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Philip Astley, a Common card
Philip Astley was an English equestrian, circus owner, and inventor, regarded as being the "father of the modern circus".
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 51
- Power
- 114
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Power 114 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Philip Astley quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Philip Astley card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Astley's first competitor was ______ Charles Hughes, who had previously worked with Astley.
Answer
equestrian. Astley's first competitor was equestrian Charles Hughes, who had previously worked with Astley. From the Philip Astley article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Showa/Nakajima L2D. Showa/Nakajima L2D 23,000 · Najat Vallaud-Belkacem 18,000 · Philip Astley 14,000 · Regina Duarte 11,000 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.
- Modern circus, as an integrated entertainment experience that includes music, domesticated animals, acrobats, and clowns, traces its heritage to Astley's Amphitheatre, a riding school that Astley founded in London following the success of trick-riding displays given by him and his wife Patty Jones in 1768.
- Astley's first competitor was equestrian Charles Hughes, who had previously worked with Astley.
- Together with Charles Dibdin, a famous author of pantomimes, Hughes opened a rival amphitheatre in London, which Dibdin called the Royal Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic Academy.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Philip Astley article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 51: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Philip Astley
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Philip Astley (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
