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Lachlan Macquarie, an Uncommon card
Major-General Lachlan Macquarie was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Scotland.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 177
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 53,000
Power 177 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Lachlan Macquarie quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Lachlan Macquarie card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Macquarie ______ urban planning in the colony.
Answer
orchestrated. Macquarie orchestrated urban planning in the colony. From the Lachlan Macquarie article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of Chicago. History of Chicago 86 · Futures studies 83 · Lachlan Macquarie 80 · Kate Sheppard 77 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.
- Macquarie served as the fifth Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821, and had a leading role in the social, economic, and architectural development of the colony.
- He is considered by historians to have had a crucial influence on the transition of New South Wales from a penal colony to a free settlement and therefore to have played a major role in the shaping of Australian society in the early nineteenth century.
- Macquarie orchestrated urban planning in the colony.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Lachlan Macquarie article was read about 53,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Lachlan Macquarie
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Lachlan Macquarie (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : John Opie?, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
