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Uncommon card · History
William Huskisson, an Uncommon card
William Huskisson was a British statesman, financier, and Member of Parliament for several constituencies, including Liverpool.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 123
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 31,000
Power 123 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
William Huskisson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the William Huskisson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
However, a number of fatal railway ______ had already occurred before this.
Answer
accidents. However, a number of fatal railway accidents had already occurred before this. From the William Huskisson article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Georges Carpentier. Georges Carpentier 74 · William Huskisson 69 · George Vassiliou 64 · Amenemope 58 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.
- He is commonly known as the world's first widely reported railway passenger casualty, since he was run over and fatally injured by Robert Stephenson's pioneering locomotive Rocket at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830.
- However, a number of fatal railway accidents had already occurred before this.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William Huskisson article was read about 31,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get William Huskisson
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William Huskisson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Richard Rothwell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
