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Canary Islands, a Legendary card
The Canary Islands or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost autonomous community of Spain, located about 100 kilometres off the northwest coast of Africa.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 93
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,200,000
Power 179 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Canary Islands quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Canary Islands card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The only other inhabited island is La ______, which is administratively dependent on Lanzarote.
Answer
Graciosa. The only other inhabited island is La Graciosa, which is administratively dependent on Lanzarote. From the Canary Islands article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
São Paulo. São Paulo 98 · Canary Islands 93 · East India Company 88 · Ark of the Covenant 79 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Khabib Nurmagomedov. Khabib Nurmagomedov 2,100,000 · Ashkenazi Jews 1,600,000 · Canary Islands 1,200,000 · São Paulo 850,000 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 archipelago has a population of approximately 2.27 million inhabitants, making it the most populous overseas special territory of the European Union.
- The seven main islands, listed from largest to smallest by area, are Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, and El Hierro.
- The only other inhabited island is La Graciosa, which is administratively dependent on Lanzarote.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Canary Islands article was read about 1,200,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 93 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Canary Islands
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, Canary Islands (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : No machine-readable author provided. Zirland assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
