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Epic card · Society
Basque language, an Epic card
Basque is a language spoken by Basques and other residents of the Basque Country, a region that straddles the westernmost Pyrenees in adjacent parts of southwestern France and northern Spain.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 78
- Power
- 165
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 640,000
Power 165 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Basque language quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Basque language card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ are indigenous to and primarily inhabit the Basque Country.
Answer
Basques. The Basques are indigenous to and primarily inhabit the Basque Country. From the Basque language article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Kyiv. Kyiv 92 · Basque language 87 · Mandarin Chinese 83 · Counties of England 78 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- Basque is Europe's only known language isolate and the only surviving language of Paleo-European origin.
- The Basques are indigenous to and primarily inhabit the Basque Country.
- Basque has 806,000 speakers: 93.7% are in the Spanish area of the Basque Country and the remaining 6.3% are in the French portion.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Basque language article was read about 640,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 78: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Basque language
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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The cards just above and just below Basque language in the power ranking, all domains together.
- KyivEpic · Society · ATK 92 DEF 73
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- DisneylandEpic · Arts · ATK 86 DEF 79
- Gamma functionEpic · Science · ATK 84 DEF 81
- Francisco GoyaEpic · Arts · ATK 77 DEF 88
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Basque language (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Willtron, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
