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Thor Heyerdahl, an Uncommon card
Thor Heyerdahl KStJ was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in biology with specialization in zoology, botany and geography.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 96
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 176 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Thor Heyerdahl quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Thor Heyerdahl card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His hyperdiffusionist ideas on ancient cultures had been widely rejected by the ______ community, even before the expedition.
Answer
scientific. His hyperdiffusionist ideas on ancient cultures had been widely rejected by the scientific community, even before the expedition. From the Thor Heyerdahl article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Heyerdahl is notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in ____, in which he drifted 8,000 km across the Pacific Ocean in a primitive hand-built raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands.
Answer
1940s. Heyerdahl is notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he drifted 8,000 km across the Pacific Ocean in a primitive hand-built raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands. From the Thor Heyerdahl article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Brownsville, Texas. Brownsville, Texas 92 · James Dobson 88 · Magna Graecia 83 · Thor Heyerdahl 80 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Heyerdahl is notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he drifted 8,000 km across the Pacific Ocean in a primitive hand-built raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands.
- The expedition was supposed to demonstrate that the legendary sun-worshiping red-haired, bearded, and white-skinned "Tiki people" from South America drifted and colonized Polynesia first, before actual Polynesian peoples.
- His hyperdiffusionist ideas on ancient cultures had been widely rejected by the scientific community, even before the expedition.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Thor Heyerdahl article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 96: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Thor Heyerdahl
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Thor Heyerdahl (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : uncredited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
