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Brooklyn Bridge, a Rare card
The Brooklyn Bridge is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 98
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 198
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 460,000
Ranked #16 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Brooklyn Bridge quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Brooklyn Bridge card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed ______ of the East River.
Answer
crossing. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River. From the Brooklyn Bridge article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The span was originally called the New York and Brooklyn Bridge or the East River Bridge but was officially renamed the Brooklyn Bridge in ____.
Answer
1910s. The span was originally called the New York and Brooklyn Bridge or the East River Bridge but was officially renamed the Brooklyn Bridge in 1915. From the Brooklyn Bridge article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
LeBron James. LeBron James 6,700,000 · Bob Dylan 3,800,000 · The Rolling Stones 2,100,000 · Brooklyn Bridge 460,000 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.
- Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River.
- It was also the longest suspension bridge in the world when opened, with a main span of 1,595.5 feet and a deck 127 ft above mean high water.
- The span was originally called the New York and Brooklyn Bridge or the East River Bridge but was officially renamed the Brooklyn Bridge in 1915.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Brooklyn Bridge article was read about 460,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 98 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Brooklyn Bridge
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Brooklyn Bridge (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
