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St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury, a Common card
St Chad's Church in Shrewsbury is traditionally understood to have been founded in Saxon times.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 141
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,500
Power 141 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
For a period of nearly 1000 years the church was at the ______ College Hill site, only moving to its current building and site in 1792.
Answer
original. For a period of nearly 1000 years the church was at the original College Hill site, only moving to its current building and site in 1792. From the St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Richard Taruskin. Richard Taruskin 74 · Angelus Silesius 71 · St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury 68 · Antonio da Sangallo the Younger 65 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Angelus Silesius. Angelus Silesius 20,000 · Richard Taruskin 11,000 · St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury 7,500 · Ai Shimizu 6,000 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.
- King Offa, who reigned in Mercia from 757 to 796 AD, is believed to have founded the church, though it is possible it has an earlier foundation even than that.
- The church may have been operating on its initial site from buildings that were part of a royal palace established in the 500s AD, in the Kingdom of Powys, who had their capital at Shrewsbury, when it was known as Pengwern.
- For a period of nearly 1000 years the church was at the original College Hill site, only moving to its current building and site in 1792.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury article was read about 7,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Steve Aze, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
