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The Ashes, an Epic card
The Ashes is a Test cricket series played biennially between England and Australia.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 171
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 780,000
Power 171 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
The Ashes quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the The Ashes card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ stated that English cricket had died, and that "the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia".
Answer
obituary. The obituary stated that English cricket had died, and that "the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia". From the The Ashes article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The term originated in a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, The Sporting Times, immediately after Australia's ____ victory at The Oval, its first Test win on English soil.
Answer
1880s. The term originated in a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, The Sporting Times, immediately after Australia's 1882 victory at The Oval, its first Test win on English soil. From the The Ashes article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
The Ashes. The Ashes 86 · Todd Blanche 83 · Country 78 · John F. Kennedy Jr. 75 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.
- The term originated in a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, The Sporting Times, immediately after Australia's 1882 victory at The Oval, its first Test win on English soil.
- The obituary stated that English cricket had died, and that "the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia".
- The mythical ashes immediately became associated with the 1882–83 series played in Australia, before which the English captain Ivo Bligh had vowed to "regain those ashes".
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The The Ashes article was read about 780,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get The Ashes
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, The Ashes (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : danielgreef/ Dan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
