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Thabo Mbeki, a Rare card
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a South African politician and economist who served as the second president of South Africa from 1999 until his resignation in 2008.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 90
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 173
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 230,000
Power 173 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Thabo Mbeki quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Thabo Mbeki card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He previously served as deputy ______ under Nelson Mandela from 1994 to 1999.
Answer
president. He previously served as deputy president under Nelson Mandela from 1994 to 1999. From the Thabo Mbeki article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Born in the Transkei, he left South Africa aged twenty to attend university in England, and spent almost three decades in exile abroad, until the ANC was unbanned in ____.
Answer
1990s. Born in the Transkei, he left South Africa aged twenty to attend university in England, and spent almost three decades in exile abroad, until the ANC was unbanned in 1990. From the Thabo Mbeki article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Thabo Mbeki. Thabo Mbeki 90 · Benigno Aquino III 87 · Great power 81 · Vercingetorix 75 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.
- He previously served as deputy president under Nelson Mandela from 1994 to 1999.
- The son of Govan Mbeki, an African National Congress intellectual, Mbeki has been involved in ANC politics since 1956, when he joined the ANC Youth League, and has been a member of the party's National Executive Committee since 1975.
- Born in the Transkei, he left South Africa aged twenty to attend university in England, and spent almost three decades in exile abroad, until the ANC was unbanned in 1990.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Thabo Mbeki article was read about 230,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 90 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Thabo Mbeki
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Thabo Mbeki (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Lula Oficial, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
