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John Wilkes Booth, a Legendary card
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated United States president Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 187
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,000,000
Power 187 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
John Wilkes Booth quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Wilkes Booth card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Booth was a noted actor from the ______ 19th-century Booth theatrical family from Maryland.
Answer
prominent. Booth was a noted actor from the prominent 19th-century Booth theatrical family from Maryland. From the John Wilkes Booth article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated United States president Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, ____.
Answer
1860s. John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated United States president Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. From the John Wilkes Booth 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.
- During the American Civil War he served as a Confederate spy, he opposed the then-recent abolition of slavery in the United States.
- Booth was a noted actor from the prominent 19th-century Booth theatrical family from Maryland.
- During the Civil War, he was a Confederate sympathizer who denounced Lincoln and joined the Confederate Secret Service.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Wilkes Booth article was read about 1,000,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get John Wilkes Booth
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Wilkes Booth (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alexander Gardner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
