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Gatchina Palace, a Common card
The Gatchina Palace egg is a jewelled, enameled Easter egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé in 1901, for Nicholas II of Russia.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 45
- DEF
- 20
- Power
- 65
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,200
Power 65 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Gatchina Palace quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gatchina Palace card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Nicholas II presented it to his mother, the ______ Empress Maria Feodorovna, at Easter in 1901.
Answer
Dowager. Nicholas II presented it to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, at Easter in 1901. From the Gatchina Palace article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Gatchina Palace egg is a jewelled, enameled Easter egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé in ____, for Nicholas II of Russia.
Answer
1900s. The Gatchina Palace egg is a jewelled, enameled Easter egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé in 1901, for Nicholas II of Russia. From the Gatchina Palace 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.
- Nicholas II presented it to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, at Easter in 1901.
- The egg opens to reveal a surprise miniature gold replica of the Gatchina Palace that was built for Count Grigory Orlov and was later acquired by Tsar Paul I. It is one of two Imperial Easter eggs in the collection of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gatchina Palace article was read about 7,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 45 and blocks with 20: each hit it takes is cut by 8 %.
How to get Gatchina Palace
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gatchina Palace (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : House of Fabergé / Peter Carl Fabergé, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
