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Badger escape, a Common card
The Badger escape occurred in July 1833 when twelve convicts in the British penal colony of Van Diemen's Land used the government schooner Badger to escape to Macau, China.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 54
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 97
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,100
Power 97 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Badger escape quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Badger escape card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Most of the convicts involved were experienced seafarers who had been appointed to man the vessel soon after their ______.
Answer
transportation. Most of the convicts involved were experienced seafarers who had been appointed to man the vessel soon after their transportation. From the Badger escape article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Badger escape occurred in July ____ when twelve convicts in the British penal colony of Van Diemen's Land used the government schooner Badger to escape to Macau, China.
Answer
1830s. The Badger escape occurred in July 1833 when twelve convicts in the British penal colony of Van Diemen's Land used the government schooner Badger to escape to Macau, China. From the Badger escape article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Pennsylvania Route 208. Pennsylvania Route 208 61 · NGC 3610 57 · Badger escape 54 · Hettlingen 49 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.
- Most of the convicts involved were experienced seafarers who had been appointed to man the vessel soon after their transportation.
- For this, the colonial press accused the government of extreme negligence, and also called for the removal of lieutenant-governor George Arthur.
- In The History of Tasmania, John West wrote that, of all the escapes from Van Diemen's Land, "never was the government more culpable, or the prisoners less so, than in the instance of the Badger".
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Badger escape article was read about 1,100 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 54 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Badger escape
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Badger escape (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Joseph Lycett, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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