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Siad Barre, a Rare card
Mohammed Siad Barre was a Somali military officer, politician, and revolutionary who served as the third president of Somalia from 21 October 1969 to 26 January 1991.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 157
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 260,000
Power 157 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Siad Barre quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Siad Barre card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Barre spoke three ______, English, Somali and Italian.
Answer
languages. Barre spoke three languages, English, Somali and Italian. From the Siad Barre article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Barre, the commander of the Somali National Army, became president of Somalia after the ____ coup d'état that overthrew the Somali Republic following the assassination of President Abdirashid Shermarke.
Answer
1960s. Barre, the commander of the Somali National Army, became president of Somalia after the 1969 coup d'état that overthrew the Somali Republic following the assassination of President Abdirashid Shermarke. From the Siad Barre article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Siad Barre. Siad Barre 84 · Isoroku Yamamoto 80 · Farah Pahlavi 76 · Romulus Augustulus 71 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- Barre, the commander of the Somali National Army, became president of Somalia after the 1969 coup d'état that overthrew the Somali Republic following the assassination of President Abdirashid Shermarke.
- The Supreme Revolutionary Council military junta under Barre reconstituted Somalia as a one-party Marxist–Leninist communist state, renamed the country the Somali Democratic Republic and adopted scientific socialism.
- Barre spoke three languages, English, Somali and Italian.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Siad Barre article was read about 260,000 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 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Siad Barre
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Siad Barre (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Government of Somalia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
