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ANZUS, an Uncommon card
The Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty is a collective security agreement between Australia, New Zealand, and the United States that was signed in 1951, and from which New Zealand has been partially suspended since 1986.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 141
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 56,000
Power 141 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
ANZUS quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the ANZUS card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It also provides for a council of the signatories foreign ministers, in which the ______ of the treaty can be discussed.
Answer
implementation. It also provides for a council of the signatories foreign ministers, in which the implementation of the treaty can be discussed. From the ANZUS article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
ANZUS. ANZUS 75 · Calipers 72 · Abubakar Tafawa Balewa 69 · Battle of Zenta 66 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Calipers. Calipers 87,000 · ANZUS 56,000 · Independence of Finland 40,000 · Lithuanian partisans 22,000 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.
- It firstly recommits the parties to the purposes of the United Nations, prohibiting the use of force or threats except in self-defence.
- The following provisions require the parties to maintain their "capacity to resist armed attack", consult with each other on security matters in the Pacific and declare that an armed attack on any of the parties "would be dangerous to [each signatory's] peace and safety" and that each signatory "would act to meet the common danger in accordance with its constitutional processes".
- It also provides for a council of the signatories foreign ministers, in which the implementation of the treaty can be discussed.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The ANZUS article was read about 56,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get ANZUS
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, ANZUS (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Archives New Zealand from New Zealand, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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