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Northumbria, a Rare card
Northumbria was an early medieval English kingdom, existing between 654 and 1066 AD, at its height spanning modern-day Northern England and Southern Scotland.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 180
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 290,000
Power 180 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Northumbria quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Northumbria card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
What was to become Northumbria started as two ______, Deira in the south and Bernicia in the north.
Answer
kingdoms. What was to become Northumbria started as two kingdoms, Deira in the south and Bernicia in the north. From the Northumbria article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Northumbria was an early medieval English kingdom, existing between 654 and ____ AD, at its height spanning modern-day Northern England and Southern Scotland.
Answer
1060s. Northumbria was an early medieval English kingdom, existing between 654 and 1066 AD, at its height spanning modern-day Northern England and Southern Scotland. From the Northumbria 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 name derives from the Old English Norþhymbre meaning "the people or province north of the Humber", as opposed to the people south of the Humber Estuary.
- What was to become Northumbria started as two kingdoms, Deira in the south and Bernicia in the north.
- Conflict in the first half of the seventh century ended with the murder of the last king of Deira in 651, and Northumbria was thereafter unified under Bernician kings.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Northumbria article was read about 290,000 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 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Northumbria
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Northumbria (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Oren neu dag ( talk ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
