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Bombardment of Algiers, a Common card
The bombardment of Algiers took place between 12 and 21 July 1784.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 106
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,400
Power 106 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Bombardment of Algiers quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bombardment of Algiers card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The second bombardment followed a similarly failed expedition the ______ year.
Answer
preceding. The second bombardment followed a similarly failed expedition the preceding year. From the Bombardment of Algiers article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The bombardment of Algiers took place between 12 and 21 July ____.
Answer
1780s. The bombardment of Algiers took place between 12 and 21 July 1784. From the Bombardment of Algiers article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Valentine Bambrick. Valentine Bambrick 63 · Bombardment of Algiers 60 · Express Bus Terminal station 57 · T75 pistol 52 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.
- A joint Spanish-Neapolitan-Maltese-Portuguese fleet commanded by the Spanish Admiral Antonio Barceló bombarded the city, which was the main base of the Barbary corsairs, with the aim of forcing them to interrupt their activities.
- The second bombardment followed a similarly failed expedition the preceding year.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bombardment of Algiers article was read about 6,400 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 46: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Bombardment of Algiers
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bombardment of Algiers (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Lopez Llanos, José (17..-18..). Cartographe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
