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Earl Cairns, a Common card
Earl Cairns is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 50
- DEF
- 23
- Power
- 73
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 3,100
Power 73 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 15 % of WikiCards cards.
Earl Cairns quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Earl Cairns card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was Lord High ______ of Great Britain in 1868 and from 1874 to 1880.
Answer
Chancellor. He was Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain in 1868 and from 1874 to 1880. From the Earl Cairns article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
It was created in ____ for the prominent lawyer and Conservative politician Hugh Cairns, 1st Baron Cairns.
Answer
1870s. It was created in 1878 for the prominent lawyer and Conservative politician Hugh Cairns, 1st Baron Cairns. From the Earl Cairns article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Maria Clara Lobregat. Maria Clara Lobregat 55 · Earl Cairns 50 · Spotted barb 46 · 1974 United States Senate election in Georgia 43 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.
- It was created in 1878 for the prominent lawyer and Conservative politician Hugh Cairns, 1st Baron Cairns.
- He was Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain in 1868 and from 1874 to 1880.
- Cairns had already been created Baron Cairns, of Garmoyle in the County of Antrim, in 1867, and was made Viscount Garmoyle, in the County of Antrim, at the same time he was given the earldom.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Earl Cairns article was read about 3,100 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 50 and blocks with 23: each hit it takes is cut by 9 %.
How to get Earl Cairns
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Earl Cairns (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The original uploader was Ugen64 at English Wikipedia ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
