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Kiss nightclub fire, an Uncommon card
On 27 January 2013, 242 people were killed and at least 630 others injured in a fire in the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 121
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 121 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Kiss nightclub fire quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Kiss nightclub fire card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
As the ______ failed, clubgoers were unable to find the building's only exit.
Answer
electricity. As the electricity failed, clubgoers were unable to find the building's only exit. From the Kiss nightclub fire article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
On 27 January ____, 242 people were killed and at least 630 others injured in a fire in the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Answer
2010s. On 27 January 2013, 242 people were killed and at least 630 others injured in a fire in the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. From the Kiss nightclub fire article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
1898 Massachusetts legislature. 1898 Massachusetts legislature 74 · Bartholomew James Stubbs 69 · Kiss nightclub fire 64 · Aït Benhaddou 58 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.
- The fire started between 2:00 and 2:30 a.m. after a pyrotechnic ignited acoustic foam on the club's ceiling.
- As the electricity failed, clubgoers were unable to find the building's only exit.
- It is the second deadliest fire in Brazilian history, surpassed only by the Niterói circus fire of 1961.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Kiss nightclub fire article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Kiss nightclub fire
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Kiss nightclub fire (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Leandro LV, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
