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Columbus Day, an Epic card
Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, intended to celebrate the anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 630,000
Power 176 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Columbus Day quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Columbus Day card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He went ashore at Guanahaní, an island in the ______, on October 12, 1492 [OS].
Answer
Bahamas. He went ashore at Guanahaní, an island in the Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 [OS]. From the Columbus Day article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He built La Navidad on the northwestern coast of the island of Hispaniola in late December ____, the first European fort in the Americas.
Answer
1490s. He built La Navidad on the northwestern coast of the island of Hispaniola in late December 1492, the first European fort in the Americas. From the Columbus Day article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Economy of China. Economy of China 99 · Hans Niemann 87 · Eunuch 84 · Columbus Day 81 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.
- He went ashore at Guanahaní, an island in the Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 [OS].
- He built La Navidad on the northwestern coast of the island of Hispaniola in late December 1492, the first European fort in the Americas.
- After the destruction of the fort by the indigenous Taíno people, Columbus established La Isabela on the central-northern coast of the island in late December 1493, the first stable European settlement in the Americas.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Columbus Day article was read about 630,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Columbus Day
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Columbus Day (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dióscoro Puebla, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
