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Stamford Raffles, an Uncommon card
Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles was a British colonial official who served as the governor of the Dutch East Indies between 1811 and 1816 and lieutenant-governor of Bencoolen between 1818 and 1824.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 137
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 137 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Stamford Raffles quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Stamford Raffles card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was ______ under the Anglo–Dutch Treaty of 1824.
Answer
returned. It was returned under the Anglo–Dutch Treaty of 1824. From the Stamford Raffles article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He also wrote The History of Java in ____, describing the history of the island from ancient times.
Answer
1810s. He also wrote The History of Java in 1817, describing the history of the island from ancient times. From the Stamford Raffles article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Stamford Raffles. Stamford Raffles 80 · Augustus II the Strong 72 · Alexis of Russia 69 · Battle of Sedan 65 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.
- Raffles was involved in the capture of the Indonesian island of Java from the Dutch during the Napoleonic Wars.
- It was returned under the Anglo–Dutch Treaty of 1824.
- He also wrote The History of Java in 1817, describing the history of the island from ancient times.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Stamford Raffles article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Stamford Raffles
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Stamford Raffles (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : George Francis Joseph, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
