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Legendary card · Nature
Africa, a Legendary card
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 98
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 193
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,600,000
Power 193 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Africa quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Africa card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Based on 2024 ______, Africa's population will exceed 3.8 billion people by 2100.
Answer
projections. Based on 2024 projections, Africa's population will exceed 3.8 billion people by 2100. From the Africa article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
With nearly 1.4 billion of the world's population, Africa's population is the youngest among the continents, the median age in ____ was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4.
Answer
2010s. With nearly 1.4 billion of the world's population, Africa's population is the youngest among the continents, the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4. From the Africa article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Peter Thiel. Peter Thiel 5,500,000 · Africa 1,600,000 · Birmingham 1,000,000 · Wye College 8,500 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.
- At about 30.3 million km2, including adjacent islands, it covers around 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area.
- With nearly 1.4 billion of the world's population, Africa's population is the youngest among the continents, the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4.
- Based on 2024 projections, Africa's population will exceed 3.8 billion people by 2100.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Africa article was read about 1,600,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 98 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Africa
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, Africa (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Martin23230, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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