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Battenburg markings, an Uncommon card
Battenburg markings or Battenberg markings are a pattern of high-visibility markings developed in the United Kingdom in the 1990s and currently seen on many types of emergency service vehicles in the UK, Crown dependencies, British Overseas Territories and several other European countries including the Czech Republic…
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 55
- Power
- 136
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 46,000
Power 136 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Battenburg markings quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Battenburg markings card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The name comes from its ______ in appearance to the cross-section of a Battenberg cake.
Answer
similarity. The name comes from its similarity in appearance to the cross-section of a Battenberg cake. From the Battenburg markings article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Battenburg markings. Battenburg markings 81 · Hermann Weyl 73 · Ethane 70 · Abhinavagupta 67 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Ethane. Ethane 80,000 · Hermann Weyl 60,000 · Battenburg markings 46,000 · Autosuggestion 25,000 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 name comes from its similarity in appearance to the cross-section of a Battenberg cake.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Battenburg markings article was read about 46,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 55: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Battenburg markings
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.
More Society cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Battenburg markings in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Maurice MaeterlinckUncommon · Arts · ATK 73 DEF 63
- Vytautas the GreatUncommon · History · ATK 70 DEF 66
- AbhinavaguptaUncommon · Arts · ATK 67 DEF 69
- Manuela SchwesigUncommon · History · ATK 72 DEF 64
- Carnival AdventureUncommon · History · ATK 68 DEF 68
- Textile manufacturingUncommon · Science · ATK 75 DEF 61
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Battenburg markings (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Yoghurtfish, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
