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Wim Duisenberg, a Common card
Willem Frederik "Wim" Duisenberg was a Dutch politician, economist and senior official who served as the first President of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2003.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 36
- Power
- 99
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 99 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Wim Duisenberg quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Wim Duisenberg card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He then was a professor of ______ at the University of Amsterdam from February 1970 until May 1973.
Answer
Macroeconomics. He then was a professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Amsterdam from February 1970 until May 1973. From the Wim Duisenberg article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Wim Duisenberg. Wim Duisenberg 63 · Juan de Salcedo 60 · Service Medal of the Order of St John 56 · Pico House 52 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A member of the Labour Party, he previously was Minister of Finance from 1973 to 1977 and presided over De Nederlandsche Bank, the Dutch central bank, from 1982 to 1997.
- Duisenberg worked as a financial analyst for the International Monetary Fund from January 1966 until March 1969 and as an economist for DNB from March 1969 until February 1970.
- He then was a professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Amsterdam from February 1970 until May 1973.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Wim Duisenberg article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 36: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Wim Duisenberg (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : the International Monetary Fund, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
