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Epic card · Science
Sally Ride, an Epic card
Sally Kristen Ride was an American astronaut and physicist.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 720,000
Power 176 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Sally Ride quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Sally Ride card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
She was the ______ American astronaut to have flown in space, having done so at the age of 32.
Answer
youngest. She was the youngest American astronaut to have flown in space, having done so at the age of 32. From the Sally Ride article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina 94 · Nuclear weapon 89 · Sally Ride 84 · Francis Willughby 77 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Sally Ride. Sally Ride 720,000 · Albania–Turkey relations 7,400 · Francis Willughby 5,900 · Manor of Tawstock 1,700 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Born in Southern California, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983, became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space.
- She was the youngest American astronaut to have flown in space, having done so at the age of 32.
- Ride was a graduate of Stanford University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature in 1973, a Master of Science degree in 1975, and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1978 for research on the interaction of X-rays with the interstellar medium.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Sally Ride article was read about 720,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Sally Ride
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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- Nuclear weaponEpic · Science · ATK 89 DEF 87
- OdinEpic · Arts · ATK 82 DEF 94
- Jason KiddEpic · Society · ATK 86 DEF 90
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Sally Ride (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, retouched by Coffeeandcrumbs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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