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Maurice Bishop, an Uncommon card
Maurice Rupert Bishop was a Grenadian revolutionary, politician and the leader of the New JEWEL Movement, a party that sought to prioritise socio-economic development, education and true black liberation.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 141
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 150,000
Power 141 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Maurice Bishop quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Maurice Bishop card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Bishop headed the People's ______ Government of Grenada from 1979 to 1983.
Answer
Revolutionary. Bishop headed the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada from 1979 to 1983. From the Maurice Bishop article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The NJM came to power on 13 March ____ and ushered in the Grenada revolution and installed the People's Revolutionary Government which removed Prime Minister Eric Gairy from office.
Answer
1970s. The NJM came to power on 13 March 1979 and ushered in the Grenada revolution and installed the People's Revolutionary Government which removed Prime Minister Eric Gairy from office. From the Maurice Bishop 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.
- The NJM came to power on 13 March 1979 and ushered in the Grenada revolution and installed the People's Revolutionary Government which removed Prime Minister Eric Gairy from office.
- Bishop headed the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada from 1979 to 1983.
- In October 1983, he was deposed as Prime Minister and executed during a coup engineered internally by Deputy Prime Minister Bernard Coard.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Maurice Bishop article was read about 150,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Maurice Bishop
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Maurice Bishop (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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