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Uncommon card · Nature
Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, an Uncommon card
The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are a series of sculptures of dinosaurs and other extinct animals in Crystal Palace Park, South London.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 79
- Power
- 150
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 73,000
Power 150 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Crystal Palace Dinosaurs quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ were unveiled in 1854, as the first dinosaur sculptures in the world.
Answer
models. The models were unveiled in 1854, as the first dinosaur sculptures in the world. From the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
They were commissioned in ____ to accompany the Crystal Palace Exhibition building after its relocation from the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park.
Answer
1850s. They were commissioned in 1852 to accompany the Crystal Palace Exhibition building after its relocation from the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park. From the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs article on Wikipedia.
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.
- They were commissioned in 1852 to accompany the Crystal Palace Exhibition building after its relocation from the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park.
- The models were unveiled in 1854, as the first dinosaur sculptures in the world.
- The dinosaur sculptures, inaccurate by modern standards, were designed by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins under the scientific direction of Sir Richard Owen, representing the latest scientific knowledge at the time.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs article was read about 73,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 79: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Crystal Palace Dinosaurs
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, Crystal Palace Dinosaurs (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ian Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
