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Great Exhibition, an Uncommon card
The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, also known as the Great Exhibition or the Crystal Palace Exhibition, was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park, London, from 1 May to 15 October 1851.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 131
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 200,000
Power 131 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Great Exhibition quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Great Exhibition card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The event was organised by Henry Cole and Albert, Prince Consort of ______, Queen of the United Kingdom.
Answer
Victoria. The event was organised by Henry Cole and Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom. From the Great Exhibition article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Beaufort Castle, Lebanon. Beaufort Castle, Lebanon 270,000 · Great Exhibition 200,000 · Vasyl Avramenko 1,700 · Dux Mogontiacensis 760 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.
- It was the first in a series of world's fairs, exhibitions of culture and industry that became popular in the 19th century.
- The event was organised by Henry Cole and Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom.
- Famous people of the time attended the Great Exhibition, including Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, C.H. Spurgeon, Michael Faraday, Samuel Colt, John Mercer, members of the Orléanist royal family and the writers Charlotte Brontë, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, George Eliot, Alfred Tennyson, and William Makepeace Thackeray.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Great Exhibition article was read about 200,000 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 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Great Exhibition
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Great Exhibition (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Read & Co. Engravers & Printers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
