Ellis Island, a Rare card

Ellis Island is an island in New York Harbor, within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York.
From the Wikipedia article

Rarity: Rare
Domain: Nature
ATK: 96
DEF: 100
Power: 196
Wikipedia reads a year: 320,000

Power 196 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.

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Ellis Island quiz: 3 questions

Three questions on the Ellis Island card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.

Find the missing word
It has been part of the Statue of ______ National Monument since 1965 and is accessible to the public only by ferry.
Answer
Liberty. It has been part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument since 1965 and is accessible to the public only by ferry. From the Ellis Island article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II 2,500,000 · Black Lives Matter 460,000 · Ellis Island 320,000 · Arctodus 170,000 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.

Owned by the U.S. government, Ellis Island was the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States.
From 1892 to 1954, about 12 million immigrants arriving at the Port of New York and New Jersey were processed there, according to one estimate, two-fifths of Americans may be descended from these immigrants.
It has been part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument since 1965 and is accessible to the public only by ferry.

Why it is Rare

Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ellis Island article was read about 320,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 96 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.

How to get Ellis Island

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