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René Caillié, a Common card
Auguste René Caillié was a French explorer and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 142
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,700
Power 142 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
René Caillié quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the René Caillié card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Caillié was therefore the first to ______ alive.
Answer
return. Caillié was therefore the first to return alive. From the René Caillié article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Caillié had been preceded at Timbuktu by a British officer, Major Gordon Laing, who was murdered in September ____ on leaving the city.
Answer
1820s. Caillié had been preceded at Timbuktu by a British officer, Major Gordon Laing, who was murdered in September 1826 on leaving the city. From the René Caillié article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of France. History of France 79 · Alex Caffi 75 · René Caillié 71 · Walter Q. Gresham 67 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.
- Caillié had been preceded at Timbuktu by a British officer, Major Gordon Laing, who was murdered in September 1826 on leaving the city.
- Caillié was therefore the first to return alive.
- Caillié was born in western France in a village near the port of Rochefort.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The René Caillié article was read about 7,700 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get René Caillié
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, René Caillié (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Amélie Legrand de Saint-Aubin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
