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BP, an Epic card
BP p.l.c. is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 99
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 197
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 680,000
Ranked #27 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
BP quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the BP card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is one of the oil and gas "______" and one of the world's largest companies measured by revenues and profits.
Answer
supermajors. It is one of the oil and gas "supermajors" and one of the world's largest companies measured by revenues and profits. From the BP article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
BP's origins date back to the founding of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in ____, established as a subsidiary of the Burmah Oil Company to exploit oil discoveries in Iran.
Answer
1900s. BP's origins date back to the founding of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in 1909, established as a subsidiary of the Burmah Oil Company to exploit oil discoveries in Iran. From the BP article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Diego Maradona. Diego Maradona 3,900,000 · Generation Z 3,000,000 · Minneapolis 1,100,000 · BP 680,000 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 is one of the oil and gas "supermajors" and one of the world's largest companies measured by revenues and profits.
- It is a vertically integrated company operating in all areas of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and extraction, refining, distribution and marketing, power generation, and trading.
- BP's origins date back to the founding of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in 1909, established as a subsidiary of the Burmah Oil Company to exploit oil discoveries in Iran.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The BP article was read about 680,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 99 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get BP
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, BP (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : WhisperToMe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
