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HMS Challenger, an Uncommon card
HMS Challenger was a Pearl-class corvette of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 February 1858 at Woolwich Dockyard.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 37
- Power
- 95
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 43,000
Power 95 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
HMS Challenger quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the HMS Challenger card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
She carried the first global marine survey, ______ by the Royal Society in the 1870s.
Answer
organised. She carried the first global marine survey, organised by the Royal Society in the 1870s. From the HMS Challenger article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
HMS Challenger was a Pearl-class corvette of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 February ____ at Woolwich Dockyard.
Answer
1850s. HMS Challenger was a Pearl-class corvette of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 February 1858 at Woolwich Dockyard. From the HMS Challenger 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.
- She carried the first global marine survey, organised by the Royal Society in the 1870s.
- As part of the North America and West Indies Station, she took part in naval operations during the Second French intervention in Mexico, including the occupation of Veracruz, in 1862.
- She was assigned as the flagship of Australia Station in 1866, undertaking a punitive expedition in Fiji before leaving the station four years later.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The HMS Challenger article was read about 43,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 37: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get HMS Challenger
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, HMS Challenger (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : William Frederick Mitchell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
