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Beaufort scale, a Rare card
The Beaufort scale is an empirical measure that relates wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 51
- Power
- 118
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 390,000
Ranked #2,499 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Beaufort scale quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Beaufort scale card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was officially ______ by the Royal Navy and later spread internationally.
Answer
adopted. It was officially adopted by the Royal Navy and later spread internationally. From the Beaufort scale article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
It was devised in ____ by Francis Beaufort, a hydrographer in the British Royal Navy.
Answer
1800s. It was devised in 1805 by Francis Beaufort, a hydrographer in the British Royal Navy. From the Beaufort scale article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
War Like Goddess. War Like Goddess 70 · Beaufort scale 67 · Lagoon 64 · Tar River spinymussel 60 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.
- Its full name is the Beaufort wind force scale.
- It was devised in 1805 by Francis Beaufort, a hydrographer in the British Royal Navy.
- It was officially adopted by the Royal Navy and later spread internationally.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Beaufort scale article was read about 390,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 51: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Beaufort scale
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The cards just above and just below Beaufort scale in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Brandon ClarkeLegendary · Society · ATK 69 DEF 49
- Porter WagonerEpic · Arts · ATK 65 DEF 53
- AsphyxiaRare · Science · ATK 68 DEF 50
- Rance HowardRare · Arts · ATK 70 DEF 48
- Samuel GoldwynRare · Arts · ATK 66 DEF 52
- Chess pieceRare · Society · ATK 59 DEF 59
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Beaufort scale (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NOAA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
