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Old Bedford County Jail, a Common card
The Old Bedford County Jail, sometimes known as the Rock House Jail, is a 19th-century jail building located near the public square in Shelbyville, Tennessee.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 40
- DEF
- 33
- Power
- 73
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 550
Power 73 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 15 % of WikiCards cards.
Old Bedford County Jail quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Old Bedford County Jail card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The old jail is a two-story building built in 1866-7 from solid hand-hewn ______.
Answer
limestone. The old jail is a two-story building built in 1866-7 from solid hand-hewn limestone. From the Old Bedford County Jail article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Goodspeed's ____ History of Tennessee described it as "one of the handsomest and most conspicuous buildings in Shelbyville".
Answer
1880s. Goodspeed's 1887 History of Tennessee described it as "one of the handsomest and most conspicuous buildings in Shelbyville". From the Old Bedford County Jail article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
1985 United Nations Security Council election. 1985 United Nations Security Council election 53 · La Follette, Wisconsin 49 · Quitman High School 45 · Old Bedford County Jail 40 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 old jail is a two-story building built in 1866-7 from solid hand-hewn limestone.
- Goodspeed's 1887 History of Tennessee described it as "one of the handsomest and most conspicuous buildings in Shelbyville".
- According to Goodspeed, it was "one of the most secure jails" in Tennessee, lighted and ventilated by "long, narrow windows, through which the smallest person could not escape".
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Old Bedford County Jail article was read about 550 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 40 and blocks with 33: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get Old Bedford County Jail
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Text : Wikipedia, Old Bedford County Jail (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Skye Marthaler, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
