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Cave of Altamira, an Uncommon card
The Cave of Altamira is a cave complex, located near the historic town of Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 48
- Power
- 113
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 100,000
Power 113 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Cave of Altamira quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cave of Altamira card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ paintings were applied during the Upper Paleolithic, around 36,000 years ago.
Answer
earliest. The earliest paintings were applied during the Upper Paleolithic, around 36,000 years ago. From the Cave of Altamira article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The site was discovered in ____ by Modesto Cubillas and subsequently studied by Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola.
Answer
1860s. The site was discovered in 1868 by Modesto Cubillas and subsequently studied by Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola. From the Cave of Altamira article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Tom Pelphrey. Tom Pelphrey 2,300,000 · Britt Lower 1,100,000 · Madame Bovary 300,000 · Cave of Altamira 100,000 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 renowned for prehistoric cave art featuring charcoal drawings and polychrome paintings of contemporary local fauna and human hands.
- The earliest paintings were applied during the Upper Paleolithic, around 36,000 years ago.
- The site was discovered in 1868 by Modesto Cubillas and subsequently studied by Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cave of Altamira article was read about 100,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 48: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Cave of Altamira
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cave of Altamira (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Museo de Altamira y D. Rodríguez, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
