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Alice Ayres, a Common card
Alice Ayres was an English nursemaid honoured for her bravery in rescuing the children in her care from a house fire.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,900
Power 161 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Alice Ayres quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alice Ayres card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Ayres was a ______ assistant and nursemaid to the family of her brother-in-law and sister, Henry and Mary Ann Chandler.
Answer
household. Ayres was a household assistant and nursemaid to the family of her brother-in-law and sister, Henry and Mary Ann Chandler. From the Alice Ayres article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, a fire broke out in the shop, and Ayres rescued three of her nieces from the burning building, before falling from a window and suffering fatal injury.
Answer
1880s. In 1885, a fire broke out in the shop, and Ayres rescued three of her nieces from the burning building, before falling from a window and suffering fatal injury. From the Alice Ayres article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
History of telecommunication. History of telecommunication 20,000 · Jean-Claude Mézières 15,000 · Alice Ayres 9,900 · Serhiy Tihipko 7,800 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.
- Ayres was a household assistant and nursemaid to the family of her brother-in-law and sister, Henry and Mary Ann Chandler.
- The Chandlers owned an oil and paint shop in Union Street, Southwark, then just south of London, and Ayres lived with the family above the shop.
- In 1885, a fire broke out in the shop, and Ayres rescued three of her nieces from the burning building, before falling from a window and suffering fatal injury.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alice Ayres article was read about 9,900 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Alice Ayres
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alice Ayres (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : "F.T."., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
