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Avoirdupois, an Uncommon card
Avoirdupois is a measurement system of weights that uses pounds and ounces as units.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 115
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 78,000
Power 115 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Avoirdupois quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Avoirdupois card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was first commonly used in the 13th century AD and was ______ in 1959.
Answer
updated. It was first commonly used in the 13th century AD and was updated in 1959. From the Avoirdupois article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, by international agreement among countries that used the pound as a unit of mass, the International Avoirdupois Pound was fixed at the modern definition of exactly 0.45359237 kilograms..
Answer
1950s. In 1959, by international agreement among countries that used the pound as a unit of mass, the International Avoirdupois Pound was fixed at the modern definition of exactly 0.45359237 kilograms.. From the Avoirdupois article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Bob cut. Bob cut 170,000 · Green flash 120,000 · Avoirdupois 78,000 · Astrophysical jet 58,000 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 was first commonly used in the 13th century AD and was updated in 1959.
- In 1959, by international agreement among countries that used the pound as a unit of mass, the International Avoirdupois Pound was fixed at the modern definition of exactly 0.45359237 kilograms..
- It remains the everyday system of weights used in the United States, and is still used, in varying degrees, in everyday life in the United Kingdom and some former British colonies, despite their official adoption of the metric system.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Avoirdupois article was read about 78,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Avoirdupois (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mauro Cateb, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
