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William Hall, a Common card
William Nelson Hall was the first Black person, first Nova Scotian, and the third Canadian to receive the Victoria Cross due to his actions in the 1857 Siege of Lucknow amid the Indian Rebellion.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 58
- Power
- 121
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Power 121 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
William Hall quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the William Hall card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Hall's actions were integral to the ______ of the siege and subsequent British evacuation.
Answer
breaking. Hall's actions were integral to the breaking of the siege and subsequent British evacuation. From the William Hall article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
William Nelson Hall was the first Black person, first Nova Scotian, and the third Canadian to receive the Victoria Cross due to his actions in the ____ Siege of Lucknow amid the Indian Rebellion.
Answer
1850s. William Nelson Hall was the first Black person, first Nova Scotian, and the third Canadian to receive the Victoria Cross due to his actions in the 1857 Siege of Lucknow amid the Indian Rebellion. From the William Hall article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Julio María Sanguinetti. Julio María Sanguinetti 70 · HMAS Toowoomba 66 · William Hall 63 · Theudebert I 60 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.
- In the face of heavy enemy fire, Hall and an officer from his ship continued to load and fire a 24-pounder gun at the walls of the Shah Nujeef mosque, a prominent stronghold of the Sepoy defence.
- Hall's actions were integral to the breaking of the siege and subsequent British evacuation.
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 Hall article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 58: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get William Hall
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William Hall (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
