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Tom Lantos, an Uncommon card
Thomas Peter Lantos was a Hungarian-born American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1981 until his death in 2008.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 82
- Power
- 162
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 61,000
Power 162 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Tom Lantos quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Tom Lantos card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A member of the ______ Party, he represented the state's 11th congressional district until 1993.
Answer
Democratic. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state's 11th congressional district until 1993. From the Tom Lantos article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Lantos, who served as Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in his last term, announced in early January ____ that he would not run for re-election because of cancer of the esophagus.
Answer
2000s. Lantos, who served as Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in his last term, announced in early January 2008 that he would not run for re-election because of cancer of the esophagus. From the Tom Lantos article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Operation Serval. Operation Serval 84 · Tom Lantos 80 · Everett Dirksen 77 · Ferdinand von Zeppelin 74 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.
- A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state's 11th congressional district until 1993.
- After redistricting, he served from the 12th congressional district, which included both the northern two-thirds of San Mateo County and a portion of the southwestern part of San Francisco.
- Lantos, who served as Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in his last term, announced in early January 2008 that he would not run for re-election because of cancer of the esophagus.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Tom Lantos article was read about 61,000 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 82: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Tom Lantos
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Text : Wikipedia, Tom Lantos (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
