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Achille Lauro hijacking, an Uncommon card
The Achille Lauro hijacking took place on 7 October 1985, when the Italian ocean liner MS Achille Lauro was hijacked by four men representing the Palestinian Liberation Front off the coast of Egypt, as she was sailing from Alexandria to Ashdod, Israel.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 174
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 95,000
Ranked #1,269 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Achille Lauro hijacking quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Achille Lauro hijacking card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The hijacking sparked the "______ Crisis".
Answer
Sigonella. The hijacking sparked the "Sigonella Crisis". From the Achille Lauro hijacking article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cinema of China. Cinema of China 90 · Achille Lauro hijacking 86 · Loire 81 · Beech 76 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Beech. Beech 190,000 · Lake Constance 140,000 · Achille Lauro hijacking 95,000 · Red-billed chough 34,000 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.
- A 69-year-old Jewish-American man in a wheelchair, Leon Klinghoffer, was murdered by the hijackers and thrown overboard.
- The hijacking sparked the "Sigonella Crisis".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Achille Lauro hijacking article was read about 95,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Achille Lauro hijacking
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Achille Lauro hijacking (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : D. R. Walker derivative work: Georgfotoart, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
