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Väinö Myllyrinne, an Uncommon card
Väinö Myllyrinne was a Finnish acromegalic giant who was at one time the world's tallest living person, and may have become the tallest after the death of Robert Wadlow.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 41
- DEF
- 12
- Power
- 53
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 43,000
Power 53 (ATK + DEF).
Väinö Myllyrinne quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Väinö Myllyrinne card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He underwent his ______ training in 1929 in the Viipuri Heavy Artillery Regiment, and was 220 cm tall and very strong.
Answer
conscript. He underwent his conscript training in 1929 in the Viipuri Heavy Artillery Regiment, and was 220 cm tall and very strong. From the Väinö Myllyrinne article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Väinö Myllyrinne. Väinö Myllyrinne 41 · Cubic centimetre 37 · George Alfred Joy Ricker 30 · VSIG2 18 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Väinö Myllyrinne. Väinö Myllyrinne 43,000 · Loden cape 16,000 · Konstantin Deryugin 220 · George Alfred Joy Ricker 110 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.
- He stood 224 cm and weighed 141 kg at the age of 21, but experienced a second phase of growth in his late thirties, attaining a height of 248 cm.
- Myllyrinne was born in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, and is considered the tallest soldier ever, having served in the Finnish Defence Forces.
- He underwent his conscript training in 1929 in the Viipuri Heavy Artillery Regiment, and was 220 cm tall and very strong.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Väinö Myllyrinne article was read about 43,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 41 and blocks with 12: each hit it takes is cut by 5 %.
How to get Väinö Myllyrinne
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Väinö Myllyrinne (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
