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Society of United Irishmen, an Uncommon card
The Society of United Irishmen was a sworn association, formed in the wake of the French Revolution, to secure representative government in Ireland.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 90
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 188
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 51,000
Power 188 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Society of United Irishmen quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Society of United Irishmen card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Despairing of constitutional reform, and in defiance both of British Crown forces and of Irish sectarian division, in ____ the United Irishmen instigated a republican rebellion.
Answer
1790s. Despairing of constitutional reform, and in defiance both of British Crown forces and of Irish sectarian division, in 1798 the United Irishmen instigated a republican rebellion. From the Society of United Irishmen article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Ismail Ibn Sharif. Ismail Ibn Sharif 94,000 · Society of United Irishmen 51,000 · History of Minnesota 29,000 · George Floyd Square occupied protest 17,000 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.
- Despairing of constitutional reform, and in defiance both of British Crown forces and of Irish sectarian division, in 1798 the United Irishmen instigated a republican rebellion.
- Their suppression was a prelude to the abolition of the Irish Parliament in Dublin and to Ireland's incorporation in a United Kingdom with Great Britain.
- Espousing principles they believed had been vindicated by American independence and by the French Declaration of the Rights of Man, the Presbyterian merchants who formed the first United society in Belfast in 1791 vowed to make common cause with their Catholic-majority fellow countrymen.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Society of United Irishmen article was read about 51,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 90 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Society of United Irishmen
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Text : Wikipedia, Society of United Irishmen (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file:, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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