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Peggy Ashcroft, an Uncommon card
Dame Edith Margaret Emily "Peggy" Ashcroft was an English actress whose career spanned more than six decades, both on screen and stage.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 167
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Power 167 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Peggy Ashcroft quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Peggy Ashcroft card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Ashcroft maintained her ______ place in British theatre for the next 50 years.
Answer
leading. Ashcroft maintained her leading place in British theatre for the next 50 years. From the Peggy Ashcroft article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gamelan. Gamelan 86 · Megalith 81 · Basil of Caesarea 78 · Peggy Ashcroft 75 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Peggy Ashcroft. Peggy Ashcroft 140,000 · Furniture 100,000 · Nadine Gordimer 74,000 · Piano Sonata No. 2 49,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- Born to a middle-class family in Croydon, Surrey, Ashcroft was determined from an early age to become an actress, despite parental opposition.
- She was working in smaller theatres even before graduating from drama school, and within two years she was starring in the West End.
- Ashcroft maintained her leading place in British theatre for the next 50 years.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Peggy Ashcroft article was read about 140,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Peggy Ashcroft
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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The cards just above and just below Peggy Ashcroft in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Hernando de SotoUncommon · History · ATK 81 DEF 86
- George BerkeleyUncommon · Society · ATK 86 DEF 81
- MegalithUncommon · Arts · ATK 81 DEF 86
- Basil of CaesareaUncommon · Society · ATK 78 DEF 89
- Dark chocolateUncommon · Society · ATK 77 DEF 90
- Rugby SchoolUncommon · Society · ATK 77 DEF 90
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Peggy Ashcroft (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Culver Pictures, New York, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
