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Alonzo Swales, a Common card
Alonso Beaumont Swales was a British trade unionist.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 39
- DEF
- 27
- Power
- 66
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 290
Power 66 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Alonzo Swales quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alonzo Swales card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He joined the ______ Society of Engineers in 1890, and became an organiser for the union in 1912.
Answer
Amalgamated. He joined the Amalgamated Society of Engineers in 1890, and became an organiser for the union in 1912. From the Alonzo Swales article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Raccordo autostradale RA4. Raccordo autostradale RA4 46 · Porto Vera Cruz 42 · Alonzo Swales 39 · Baubigny, Manche 36 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.
- Born in Middlesbrough, England Swales began work in an engineering office before training as a blacksmith.
- He joined the Amalgamated Society of Engineers in 1890, and became an organiser for the union in 1912.
- He progressed to serve on the union's Executive Committee from 1917, and on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress from 1919.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alonzo Swales article was read about 290 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 39 and blocks with 27: each hit it takes is cut by 11 %.
How to get Alonzo Swales
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alonzo Swales (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Pictures not individually attributed. Whole double-page spread is listed as by "Photograph, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
