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McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial, a Common card
McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial is a World War I memorial cairn located in the village of Contalmaison, France.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 38
- DEF
- 23
- Power
- 61
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 970
Power 61 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 5 % of WikiCards cards.
McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
As such, it is the last of the 'original' Great War ______ to be built.
Answer
memorials. As such, it is the last of the 'original' Great War memorials to be built. From the McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
It commemorates the dead of the 16th Royal Scots volunteer battalion formed by Sir George McCrae, known as 'The Sporting Battalion', who participated in the First Battle of the Somme, July ____.
Answer
1910s. It commemorates the dead of the 16th Royal Scots volunteer battalion formed by Sir George McCrae, known as 'The Sporting Battalion', who participated in the First Battle of the Somme, July 1916. From the McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial 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.
- Designed by the historian, Jack Alexander, it was unveiled in 2004 after being first proposed by survivors of the battalion in 1919.
- As such, it is the last of the 'original' Great War memorials to be built.
- It commemorates the dead of the 16th Royal Scots volunteer battalion formed by Sir George McCrae, known as 'The Sporting Battalion', who participated in the First Battle of the Somme, July 1916.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial article was read about 970 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 38 and blocks with 23: each hit it takes is cut by 9 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Weglinde, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
