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William Birkbeck, a Common card

Major-General Sir William Henry Birkbeck, was a British Army officer and administrator.

From the Wikipedia article

Rarity
Common
Domain
History
ATK
54
DEF
38
Power
92
Wikipedia reads a year
240

Power 92 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.

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William Birkbeck quiz: 3 questions

Three questions on the William Birkbeck card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.

  1. Find the missing word

    He served in the Second Boer War and First World War, and was the director of ______ at British Army Headquarters from 1912 to 1920.

    Answer

    remounts. He served in the Second Boer War and First World War, and was the director of remounts at British Army Headquarters from 1912 to 1920. From the William Birkbeck article on Wikipedia.

  2. Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?

    Answer

    2016 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West. 2016 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West 63 · Spanish schooner Sutil 59 · William Birkbeck 54 · Yagub Ahmadov 51 ATK in WikiCards.

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The facts on the card

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Why it is Common

Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William Birkbeck article was read about 240 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 54 and blocks with 38: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.

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Credits

Text : Wikipedia, William Birkbeck (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

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