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Common card · Science
Chalk line, a Common card
A chalk line or chalk box is a tool for marking long, straight lines on relatively flat surfaces, much further than is practical by hand or with a straightedge.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 46
- DEF
- 30
- Power
- 76
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,500
Power 76 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
Chalk line quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Chalk line card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
They may be used to lay out straight lines between two points, or vertical lines by using the ______ of the line reel as a plumb line.
Answer
weight. They may be used to lay out straight lines between two points, or vertical lines by using the weight of the line reel as a plumb line. From the Chalk line article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Eiri-Avion PIK-20. Eiri-Avion PIK-20 54 · Trichloroisocyanuric acid 49 · Chalk line 46 · Wingnut 43 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Trichloroisocyanuric acid. Trichloroisocyanuric acid 27,000 · Voskhod programme 15,000 · Mokorotlo 11,000 · Chalk line 7,500 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.
- They may be used to lay out straight lines between two points, or vertical lines by using the weight of the line reel as a plumb line.
- It is an important tool in carpentry, and the working of timber in a rough and unplaned state, as it does not require the timber to have a straight or squared edge formed onto it beforehand.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Chalk line article was read about 7,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 46 and blocks with 30: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Chalk line
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.
More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Chalk line in the power ranking, all domains together.
- WingnutCommon · Science · ATK 43 DEF 33
- Curt GilesCommon · Society · ATK 55 DEF 21
- The Roosevelt InnCommon · Society · ATK 45 DEF 31
- Upper Black Eddy, PennsylvaniaCommon · Society · ATK 50 DEF 26
- Vaal University of TechnologyCommon · Society · ATK 49 DEF 27
- Eric "Ricky" McKinnieCommon · Arts · ATK 52 DEF 24
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Chalk line (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : No machine-readable author provided. B. Askholm assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
