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Dutch Cape Colony, an Uncommon card
The Dutch Cape Colony, officially known as the Cape of Good Hope Waystation, was a colony of the Dutch East India Company and Batavian Republic in Southern Africa.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 53
- Power
- 120
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 120 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Dutch Cape Colony quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Dutch Cape Colony card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The Cape was under VOC rule from 1652 to 1795 and ______ rule from 1803 to 1806.
Answer
Batavian. The Cape was under VOC rule from 1652 to 1795 and Batavian rule from 1803 to 1806. From the Dutch Cape Colony article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Centered on the Cape of Good Hope, from where it derived its name, it was founded in ____ by a VOC expedition under Jan van Riebeeck to serve as a re-supply and layover port for VOC vessels trading with Asia.
Answer
1650s. Centered on the Cape of Good Hope, from where it derived its name, it was founded in 1652 by a VOC expedition under Jan van Riebeeck to serve as a re-supply and layover port for VOC vessels trading with Asia. From the Dutch Cape Colony article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Vasily Arkhipov. Vasily Arkhipov 310,000 · Summer 240,000 · Dutch Cape Colony 110,000 · Blockade 71,000 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.
- Centered on the Cape of Good Hope, from where it derived its name, it was founded in 1652 by a VOC expedition under Jan van Riebeeck to serve as a re-supply and layover port for VOC vessels trading with Asia.
- The Cape was under VOC rule from 1652 to 1795 and Batavian rule from 1803 to 1806.
- Much to the dismay of the VOC's shareholders, who focused primarily on making profits from the Asian trade, the Cape Colony rapidly expanded into a settler colony in the years after its founding.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dutch Cape Colony article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 53: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get Dutch Cape Colony
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Dutch Cape Colony (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Himasaram, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
