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William E. Thornton, a Common card
William Edgar Thornton was an American NASA astronaut.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 48
- Power
- 106
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,300
Power 106 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
William E. Thornton quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the William E. Thornton card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He flew on ______ twice, the STS-8 and STS-51-B missions.
Answer
Challenger. He flew on Challenger twice, the STS-8 and STS-51-B missions. From the William E. Thornton article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Udom Gabriel Emmanuel. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel 66 · Valentine Bambrick 63 · William E. Thornton 58 · Eccleston, Lancashire 55 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.
- He received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from University of North Carolina and a doctorate in medicine, also from UNC.
- He flew on Challenger twice, the STS-8 and STS-51-B missions.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William E. Thornton article was read about 5,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 48: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get William E. Thornton
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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- Valentine BambrickCommon · History · ATK 63 DEF 43
- Eccleston, LancashireCommon · Nature · ATK 55 DEF 51
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- Hanover S-BahnCommon · Society · ATK 65 DEF 41
- Haverholme PrioryCommon · History · ATK 56 DEF 50
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William E. Thornton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
