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Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, an Uncommon card
Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, born Antoine Laumet, was a French explorer, military officer, colonial administrator in New France, and founder of Detroit, Michigan.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 135
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 56,000
Power 135 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Born in Gascony, Cadillac ______ in Acadia in 1683 at age 25.
Answer
arrived. Born in Gascony, Cadillac arrived in Acadia in 1683 at age 25. From the Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was the commander of Fort de Buade in St. Ignace and founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit in ____.
Answer
1700s. He was the commander of Fort de Buade in St. Ignace and founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit in 1701. From the Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac article on Wikipedia.
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 Gascony, Cadillac arrived in Acadia in 1683 at age 25.
- He was the commander of Fort de Buade in St. Ignace and founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit in 1701.
- Cadillac envisioned Detroit as a major settlement in the Pays d'en Haut, which he referred to as the "Paris de la Nouvelle-France", and he planned its early development.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac article was read about 56,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : op unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
