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In Flanders Fields, a Rare card
"In Flanders Fields" is a war poem in the form of a rondeau, written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 76
- Power
- 147
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 260,000
Power 147 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
In Flanders Fields quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the In Flanders Fields card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
"In Flanders Fields" was first published on December 8 of that year in the ______ magazine Punch.
Answer
London. "In Flanders Fields" was first published on December 8 of that year in the London magazine Punch. From the In Flanders Fields article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was inspired to write it on May 3, ____, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres.
Answer
1910s. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres. From the In Flanders Fields 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.
- He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres.
- According to legend, fellow soldiers retrieved the poem after McCrae, initially dissatisfied with his work, discarded it.
- "In Flanders Fields" was first published on December 8 of that year in the London magazine Punch.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The In Flanders Fields article was read about 260,000 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 76: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get In Flanders Fields
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, In Flanders Fields (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Lx 121, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
