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Uncommon card · History
Wangarĩ Maathai, an Uncommon card
Wangarĩ Maathai was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on planting trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 90
- Power
- 172
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 172 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Wangarĩ Maathai quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Wangarĩ Maathai card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 2004, she became the first ______ woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Answer
African. In 2004, she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. From the Wangarĩ Maathai article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gaelic Ireland. Gaelic Ireland 87 · Wangarĩ Maathai 82 · Ali al-Rida 78 · Pechenegs 75 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.
- In 2004, she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
- As a beneficiary of the Kennedy Airlift, she studied in the United States, earning a bachelor's degree from Mount St. Scholastica College in Atchison, Kansas, and a masters degree from the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh.
- She then became the first woman in East and Central Africa to become a Doctor of Philosophy, receiving her Ph.D. from the University of Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Wangarĩ Maathai article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 90: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Wangarĩ Maathai
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- Al AinUncommon · Society · ATK 81 DEF 91
- Ali al-RidaUncommon · History · ATK 78 DEF 94
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Wangarĩ Maathai (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
