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Thomas Schelling, an Uncommon card
Thomas Crombie Schelling was an American economist and professor of foreign policy, national security, nuclear strategy, and arms control at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 128
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 42,000
Power 128 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Thomas Schelling quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Thomas Schelling card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was also co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems ______.
Answer
Institute. He was also co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems Institute. From the Thomas Schelling article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Schelling was awarded the ____ Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for "having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game theory analysis."
Answer
2000s. Schelling was awarded the 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for "having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game theory analysis." From the Thomas Schelling article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Norman Hartnell. Norman Hartnell 74 · Zhu Xi 71 · Thomas Schelling 68 · Amina of Zazzau 65 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 was also co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems Institute.
- Schelling was awarded the 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for "having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game theory analysis."
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Thomas Schelling article was read about 42,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Thomas Schelling (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : New America, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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