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Epic card · Science
Thomas Sowell, an Epic card
Thomas Sowell is an American economist, economic historian, and social theorist.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 89
- Power
- 174
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 710,000
Power 174 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Thomas Sowell quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Thomas Sowell card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Sowell was born in ______, North Carolina, and grew up in Harlem, New York City.
Answer
Gastonia. Sowell was born in Gastonia, North Carolina, and grew up in Harlem, New York City. From the Thomas Sowell article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and was a recipient of the National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush in ____.
Answer
2000s. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and was a recipient of the National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush in 2002. From the Thomas Sowell article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
DuckDuckGo. DuckDuckGo 2,400,000 · Thomas Sowell 710,000 · Alice Hamilton 21,000 · Scientific diving 3,200 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.
- With widely published commentary and books, and as a guest on TV and radio, he is a well-known voice in the American conservative movement as a prominent black conservative.
- He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and was a recipient of the National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush in 2002.
- Sowell was born in Gastonia, North Carolina, and grew up in Harlem, New York City.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Thomas Sowell article was read about 710,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 89: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Thomas Sowell
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Thomas Sowell (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Internet Archive Book Images, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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