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Cairns, a Rare card
Cairns is a city in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, on the tropical northeast coast of Far North Queensland.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 177
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 210,000
Power 177 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Cairns quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cairns card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In the 2021 census, Cairns had a ______ of 169,312.
Answer
population. In the 2021 census, Cairns had a population of 169,312. From the Cairns article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The city was founded in ____ and named after Sir William Wellington Cairns, following the discovery of gold in the Hodgkinson River.
Answer
1870s. The city was founded in 1876 and named after Sir William Wellington Cairns, following the discovery of gold in the Hodgkinson River. From the Cairns article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Amiens. Amiens 98 · Cassini–Huygens 91 · Cairns 85 · Train 80 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.
- In the 2021 census, Cairns had a population of 169,312.
- The city was founded in 1876 and named after Sir William Wellington Cairns, following the discovery of gold in the Hodgkinson River.
- During World War II, the city became a staging ground for the Allied Forces in the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cairns article was read about 210,000 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 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Cairns
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cairns (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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