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Wellington caretaker ministry, a Common card
King William IV had dismissed the Whig government of Lord Melbourne on 14 November 1834 and asked Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, to form a government but he declined, instead recommending Sir Robert Peel.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 42
- DEF
- 20
- Power
- 62
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,000
Power 62 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 5 % of WikiCards cards.
Wellington caretaker ministry quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Wellington caretaker ministry card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
King William IV had dismissed the Whig government of Lord Melbourne on 14 November ____ and asked Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, to form a government but he declined, instead recommending Sir Robert Peel.
Answer
1830s. King William IV had dismissed the Whig government of Lord Melbourne on 14 November 1834 and asked Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, to form a government but he declined, instead recommending Sir Robert Peel. From the Wellington caretaker ministry article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Battle of the Sambre. Battle of the Sambre 49 · Louise de Polastron 46 · Wellington caretaker ministry 42 · Namgyal Tsemo Monastery 34 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Battle of the Sambre. Battle of the Sambre 9,000 · Lê Hoài Trung 5,900 · Wellington caretaker ministry 4,000 · Milton A. Lee 2,800 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.
- Peel was in Sardinia at the time, so the Duke of Wellington took control of the government in a caretaker capacity until Peel returned and was able to form his government on 10 December.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Wellington caretaker ministry article was read about 4,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 42 and blocks with 20: each hit it takes is cut by 8 %.
How to get Wellington caretaker ministry
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, Wellington caretaker ministry (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Antoine Claudet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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