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AVE, an Uncommon card
Alta Velocidad Española is a high-speed rail service operated by Renfe, the Spanish State railway company.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 59
- Power
- 120
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 53,000
Power 120 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
AVE quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the AVE card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Alta Velocidad Española translates to "Spanish High Speed", but the ______ are also a play on the word ave, meaning "bird".
Answer
initials. Alta Velocidad Española translates to "Spanish High Speed", but the initials are also a play on the word ave, meaning "bird". From the AVE article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The first AVE service was inaugurated in ____, with the introduction of the first Spanish high-speed railway connecting the cities of Madrid, Córdoba and Seville.
Answer
1990s. The first AVE service was inaugurated in 1992, with the introduction of the first Spanish high-speed railway connecting the cities of Madrid, Córdoba and Seville. From the AVE article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Fotheringhay Castle. Fotheringhay Castle 99,000 · Condiment 77,000 · AVE 53,000 · Dancesport 35,000 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.
- The first AVE service was inaugurated in 1992, with the introduction of the first Spanish high-speed railway connecting the cities of Madrid, Córdoba and Seville.
- In addition to Renfe's use of the Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias-managed rail infrastructure in Spain, Renfe offers two AVE services partially in France, connecting respectively Barcelona-Lyon and Madrid-Marseille.
- Alta Velocidad Española translates to "Spanish High Speed", but the initials are also a play on the word ave, meaning "bird".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The AVE article was read about 53,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 59: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get AVE
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, AVE (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Namor88, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
