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Académie Française, an Uncommon card
The Académie Française, also known as the French Academy, is the principal French council for matters pertaining to the French language.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 133
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 81,000
Ranked #2,239 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Académie Française quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Académie Française card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is the oldest of the five académies of the ______.
Answer
institute. It is the oldest of the five académies of the institute. From the Académie Française article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Académie was officially established in ____ by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII.
Answer
1630s. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. From the Académie Française article on Wikipedia.
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 Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII.
- Abolished in 1793 during the French Revolution, it was restored as a division of the Institut de France in 1803 by Napoleon Bonaparte.
- It is the oldest of the five académies of the institute.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Académie Française article was read about 81,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Académie Française
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Académie Française (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
