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Church architecture, an Uncommon card
Church architecture refers to the architecture of Christian buildings, such as churches, chapels, convents, and seminaries.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 155
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 49,000
Power 155 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Church architecture quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Church architecture card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
These large, often ornate and architecturally ______ buildings were dominant features of the towns and countryside in which they stood.
Answer
prestigious. These large, often ornate and architecturally prestigious buildings were dominant features of the towns and countryside in which they stood. From the Church architecture article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Church architecture. Church architecture 84 · Postmodern architecture 81 · Colossal Cave Adventure 75 · Khachatur Abovian 70 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Postmodern architecture. Postmodern architecture 100,000 · Capitoline Museums 68,000 · Church architecture 49,000 · Bacchylides 11,000 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 has evolved over the two thousand years of the Christian religion, partly by innovation and partly by borrowing other architectural styles as well as responding to changing beliefs, practices and local traditions.
- From Early Christianity to the present, the most significant objects of transformation for Christian architecture and design were the great churches of Byzantium, the Romanesque abbey churches, Gothic cathedrals and Renaissance basilicas with their emphasis on harmony.
- These large, often ornate and architecturally prestigious buildings were dominant features of the towns and countryside in which they stood.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Church architecture article was read about 49,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Church architecture
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, Church architecture (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : armeniaca, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
