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Ronnie Biggs, a Rare card
Ronald Arthur Biggs was a British criminal who helped plan and carry out the Great Train Robbery of 1963.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 72
- Power
- 145
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 250,000
Power 145 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Ronnie Biggs quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ronnie Biggs card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was released from prison on compassionate grounds in August 2009 and died in a ______ home in December 2013.
Answer
nursing. He was released from prison on compassionate grounds in August 2009 and died in a nursing home in December 2013. From the Ronnie Biggs article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Ronald Arthur Biggs was a British criminal who helped plan and carry out the Great Train Robbery of ____.
Answer
1960s. Ronald Arthur Biggs was a British criminal who helped plan and carry out the Great Train Robbery of 1963. From the Ronnie Biggs article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Freiburg im Breisgau. Freiburg im Breisgau 81 · Peter Finch 76 · Ronnie Biggs 73 · Scott Turner 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.
- He subsequently became notorious for his escape from prison in 1965, living as a fugitive for 36 years, and for his various publicity stunts while in exile.
- In 2001, Biggs returned to the United Kingdom and spent several years in prison, where his health rapidly declined.
- He was released from prison on compassionate grounds in August 2009 and died in a nursing home in December 2013.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ronnie Biggs article was read about 250,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 72: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Ronnie Biggs
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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- Alycia ParksRare · Society · ATK 77 DEF 68
- Cosimo de' MediciRare · History · ATK 71 DEF 74
- Lisa LeslieRare · Society · ATK 75 DEF 70
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ronnie Biggs (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Buckingham Constabulary, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
