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Rare card · Science
Bitumen, a Rare card
Bitumen is an immensely viscous constituent of petroleum.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 320,000
Ranked #897 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Bitumen quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bitumen card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In American English, the ______ is commonly referred to as asphalt.
Answer
material. In American English, the material is commonly referred to as asphalt. From the Bitumen article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Sociology. Sociology 91 · Atom 88 · Bitumen 85 · Steel 82 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.
- Depending on its exact composition, it can be a sticky, black liquid or an apparently solid mass that behaves as a liquid over very large time scales.
- In American English, the material is commonly referred to as asphalt.
- Whether found in natural deposits or refined from petroleum, the substance is classed as a pitch.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bitumen article was read about 320,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Bitumen
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 Bitumen in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Oxford English DictionaryRare · Arts · ATK 86 DEF 93
- Universal Declaration of Human RightsRare · Arts · ATK 84 DEF 95
- Visa Inc.Rare · Society · ATK 89 DEF 90
- BrassRare · Arts · ATK 81 DEF 98
- Battle of LeipzigRare · History · ATK 82 DEF 97
- RattlesnakeRare · Nature · ATK 79 DEF 100
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bitumen (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Daniel Tzvi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
