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Uncommon card · Nature
Celilo Falls, an Uncommon card
Celilo Falls was a tribal fishing area on the Columbia River, just east of the Cascade Mountains, on what is today the border between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 31,000
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Celilo Falls quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Celilo Falls card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 2019, there were calls by tribal leaders to ______ the falls.
Answer
restore. In 2019, there were calls by tribal leaders to restore the falls. From the Celilo Falls article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Celilo was the oldest continuously inhabited community on the North American continent until ____, when the falls and nearby settlements were submerged by the construction of The Dalles Dam.
Answer
1950s. Celilo was the oldest continuously inhabited community on the North American continent until 1957, when the falls and nearby settlements were submerged by the construction of The Dalles Dam. From the Celilo Falls article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Irish round tower. Irish round tower 76 · Crater Lake National Park 73 · Celilo Falls 70 · Red-headed myzomela 67 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.
- The name refers to a series of cascades and waterfalls on the river, as well as to the native settlements and trading villages that existed there in various configurations for 15,000 years.
- Celilo was the oldest continuously inhabited community on the North American continent until 1957, when the falls and nearby settlements were submerged by the construction of The Dalles Dam.
- In 2019, there were calls by tribal leaders to restore the falls.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Celilo Falls article was read about 31,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Celilo Falls
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Celilo Falls (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : United States Army Corps of Engineers., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
