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Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, a Common card
Marc-Joseph Marion "Macé" du Fresne was a French privateer, East India captain, and explorer.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 55
- Power
- 118
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 118 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In New Zealand, they spent longer living on shore than any previous European ______.
Answer
expedition. In New Zealand, they spent longer living on shore than any previous European expedition. From the Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The expedition he led to find the hypothetical Terra Australis in ____ made important geographic discoveries in the south Indian Ocean and anthropological discoveries in Tasmania and New Zealand.
Answer
1770s. The expedition he led to find the hypothetical Terra Australis in 1771 made important geographic discoveries in the south Indian Ocean and anthropological discoveries in Tasmania and New Zealand. From the Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ioannis Bourousis. Ioannis Bourousis 69 · W. D. M. Bell 66 · Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne 63 · Paul J. Weitz 60 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 expedition he led to find the hypothetical Terra Australis in 1771 made important geographic discoveries in the south Indian Ocean and anthropological discoveries in Tasmania and New Zealand.
- In New Zealand, they spent longer living on shore than any previous European expedition.
- Half way through the expedition's stay, Marion was killed during a military assault by Ngare Raumati: one of the oldest Māori tribes from the Whangārei region.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 55: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Charles Meryon (died 14 February 1868), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
