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Baroness Orczy, an Uncommon card
Baroness Emma Magdalena Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci, usually known as Baroness Orczy, was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 116
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 69,000
Power 116 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Baroness Orczy quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Baroness Orczy card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Some of Orczy's ______ were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.
Answer
paintings. Some of Orczy's paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London. From the Baroness Orczy article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Opening in London's West End on 5 January ____, The Scarlet Pimpernel became a favourite of British audiences.
Answer
1900s. Opening in London's West End on 5 January 1905, The Scarlet Pimpernel became a favourite of British audiences. From the Baroness Orczy article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Guy Scott. Guy Scott 70 · Baroness Orczy 67 · Leonhard Seppala 64 · Gulab Singh 61 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.
- She is best known for her series of novels featuring The Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who turns into a quick-thinking escape artist in order to save French aristocrats from "Madame Guillotine" during the French Revolution, establishing the "hero with a secret identity" in popular culture.
- Opening in London's West End on 5 January 1905, The Scarlet Pimpernel became a favourite of British audiences.
- Some of Orczy's paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Baroness Orczy article was read about 69,000 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 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Baroness Orczy
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Baroness Orczy (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bassano Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
