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Alfred, Lord Tennyson, a Rare card
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson was an English poet.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 164
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 290,000
Power 164 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alfred, Lord Tennyson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was Poet Laureate of the ______ Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign.
Answer
United. He was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign. From the Alfred, Lord Tennyson article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____ he was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu".
Answer
1820s. In 1829 he was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu". From the Alfred, Lord Tennyson article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
First Balkan War. First Balkan War 89 · Quito 84 · Alfred, Lord Tennyson 78 · Storming of the Bastille 73 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 was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign.
- In 1829 he was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu".
- He published his first solo collection of poems, Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, in 1830.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alfred, Lord Tennyson article was read about 290,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alfred, Lord Tennyson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
