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Rupert Brooke, an Uncommon card
Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, such as "The Dead" and "The Soldier".
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 139
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 139 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Rupert Brooke quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Rupert Brooke card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He died of ______ following a mosquito bite whilst aboard a French hospital ship moored off the island of Skyros in the Aegean Sea.
Answer
septicaemia. He died of septicaemia following a mosquito bite whilst aboard a French hospital ship moored off the island of Skyros in the Aegean Sea. From the Rupert Brooke article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Frankie Laine. Frankie Laine 82 · The House of Mirth 78 · The Castle 73 · Rupert Brooke 70 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 was also known for his boyish good looks, which were said to have prompted the Irish poet W. B. Yeats to describe him as "the handsomest young man in England".
- He died of septicaemia following a mosquito bite whilst aboard a French hospital ship moored off the island of Skyros in the Aegean Sea.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Rupert Brooke article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Rupert Brooke
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Rupert Brooke (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : "From a photograph by Sherril Schell" taken in 1913., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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