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Baltimore Steam Packet Company, a Common card
The Baltimore Steam Packet Company, nicknamed the Old Bay Line, was an American steamship line from 1840 to 1962 that provided overnight steamboat service on Chesapeake Bay, primarily between Baltimore, Maryland, and Norfolk, Virginia.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 147
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,300
Ranked #2,018 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Baltimore Steam Packet Company quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Baltimore Steam Packet Company card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
When it closed in 1962 after 122 years of ______, it was the last surviving overnight steamship passenger service in the United States.
Answer
existence. When it closed in 1962 after 122 years of existence, it was the last surviving overnight steamship passenger service in the United States. From the Baltimore Steam Packet Company article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Daiya Seto. Daiya Seto 78 · Baltimore Steam Packet Company 73 · Great Western Railway wagons 68 · Energy in Armenia 64 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Baildon. Baildon 9,000 · Teach First 6,700 · Baltimore Steam Packet Company 5,300 · Energy in Armenia 4,200 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.
- Called a "packet" for the mail packets carried on government mail contracts, the term in the 19th century came to mean a steamer line operating on a regular, fixed daily schedule between two or more cities.
- When it closed in 1962 after 122 years of existence, it was the last surviving overnight steamship passenger service in the United States.
- In addition to regularly calling on Baltimore and Norfolk, the Baltimore Steam Packet Company at various times provided freight, passenger and vehicle transport to Washington, D.C., Old Point Comfort, and Richmond, Virginia.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Baltimore Steam Packet Company article was read about 5,300 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 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Baltimore Steam Packet Company
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Baltimore Steam Packet Company (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : From collection of User:JGHowes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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