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Coup of 18 Brumaire, an Uncommon card
The Coup of 18 Brumaire brought Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consul of the French First Republic.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 51
- Power
- 111
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 111 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Coup of 18 Brumaire quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Coup of 18 Brumaire card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
This bloodless coup d'état overthrew the ______, replacing it with the French Consulate.
Answer
Directory. This bloodless coup d'état overthrew the Directory, replacing it with the French Consulate. From the Coup of 18 Brumaire article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
This occurred on 9 November ____, which was 18 Brumaire, Year VIII, under the short-lived French Republican calendar system.
Answer
1790s. This occurred on 9 November 1799, which was 18 Brumaire, Year VIII, under the short-lived French Republican calendar system. From the Coup of 18 Brumaire article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Eduardo Bolsonaro. Eduardo Bolsonaro 69 · Steve Rauschenberger 66 · Bey 63 · Coup of 18 Brumaire 60 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.
- In the view of most historians, it ended the French Revolution and would soon lead to the coronation of Napoleon as Emperor of the French.
- This bloodless coup d'état overthrew the Directory, replacing it with the French Consulate.
- This occurred on 9 November 1799, which was 18 Brumaire, Year VIII, under the short-lived French Republican calendar system.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Coup of 18 Brumaire article was read about 180,000 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 51: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Coup of 18 Brumaire
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Coup of 18 Brumaire (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : François Bouchot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
