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Bombingham, a Common card
Bombingham is a nickname for Birmingham, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement due to the 50 dynamite explosions that occurred in the city between 1947 and 1965.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 50
- DEF
- 35
- Power
- 85
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,600
Power 85 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Bombingham quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bombingham card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Later, the ______ were used against anyone working towards racial desegregation in the city.
Answer
bombings. Later, the bombings were used against anyone working towards racial desegregation in the city. From the Bombingham article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Lord Warden of the Marches. Lord Warden of the Marches 59 · Talhae of Silla 56 · Vasil Tupurkovski 53 · Bombingham 50 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.
- The bombings were initially used against African Americans attempting to move into neighborhoods with entirely white residents.
- Later, the bombings were used against anyone working towards racial desegregation in the city.
- One neighborhood within Birmingham experienced so many bombings it developed the nickname of Dynamite Hill.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bombingham article was read about 8,600 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 50 and blocks with 35: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Bombingham
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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- Vasil TupurkovskiCommon · History · ATK 53 DEF 32
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bombingham (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Marion S. Trikosko, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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