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Halifax Explosion, an Epic card
On the morning of 6 December 1917, the French cargo ship SS Mont-Blanc and the Norwegian vessel SS Imo collided in the harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 740,000
Ranked #741 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Halifax Explosion quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Halifax Explosion card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Laden with high explosives, Mont-Blanc caught fire and detonated, devastating the ______ district of Halifax.
Answer
Richmond. Laden with high explosives, Mont-Blanc caught fire and detonated, devastating the Richmond district of Halifax. From the Halifax Explosion article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
On the morning of 6 December ____, the French cargo ship SS Mont-Blanc and the Norwegian vessel SS Imo collided in the harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Answer
1910s. On the morning of 6 December 1917, the French cargo ship SS Mont-Blanc and the Norwegian vessel SS Imo collided in the harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. From the Halifax Explosion article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Punjab, India. Punjab, India 96 · House of Lords 90 · Chelsea Clinton 85 · Halifax Explosion 81 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.
- Laden with high explosives, Mont-Blanc caught fire and detonated, devastating the Richmond district of Halifax.
- At least 1,782 people, largely in Halifax and Dartmouth, were killed by the blast, debris, fires, or collapsed buildings, and an estimated 9,000 others were injured.
- The blast was the largest human-made explosion at the time.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Halifax Explosion article was read about 740,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Halifax Explosion
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Halifax Explosion (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
