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Assata Shakur, an Epic card
Assata Olugbala Shakur was a Black American political activist, revolutionary, and fugitive who was a member of the Black Panther Party, and later the Black Liberation Army.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 91
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 191
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 550,000
Power 191 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Assata Shakur quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Assata Shakur card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
She was never caught and remained a ______ for 45 years.
Answer
fugitive. She was never caught and remained a fugitive for 45 years. From the Assata Shakur article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
She escaped from prison in ____ and was wanted by the FBI, with a $1 million reward for information leading to her capture, and an additional $1 million reward offered by the New Jersey attorney general.
Answer
1970s. She escaped from prison in 1979 and was wanted by the FBI, with a $1 million reward for information leading to her capture, and an additional $1 million reward offered by the New Jersey attorney general. From the Assata Shakur 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.
- In 1977, she was convicted of the first-degree murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster during a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973.
- She escaped from prison in 1979 and was wanted by the FBI, with a $1 million reward for information leading to her capture, and an additional $1 million reward offered by the New Jersey attorney general.
- She was never caught and remained a fugitive for 45 years.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Assata Shakur article was read about 550,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 91 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Assata Shakur
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Assata Shakur (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Trenton Times, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.



