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Lion Monument, an Uncommon card
The Lion Monument, or the Lion of Lucerne, is a rock relief in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 59
- DEF
- 52
- Power
- 111
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 100,000
Power 111 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Lion Monument quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Lion Monument card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 2006, it was placed under Swiss monument ______.
Answer
protection. In 2006, it was placed under Swiss monument protection. From the Lion Monument article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Lion Monument, or the Lion of Lucerne, is a rock relief in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in ____–21 by Lukas Ahorn.
Answer
1820s. The Lion Monument, or the Lion of Lucerne, is a rock relief in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn. From the Lion Monument article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gary Owens. Gary Owens 71 · Robert Morley 67 · Sanda 63 · Lion Monument 59 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.
- It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were killed in 1792 during the French Revolution, when revolutionaries stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris.
- It is one of the most famous monuments in Switzerland, visited annually by about 1.4 million tourists.
- In 2006, it was placed under Swiss monument protection.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Lion Monument article was read about 100,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 59 and blocks with 52: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get Lion Monument
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Lion Monument (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gürkan Sengün, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
