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Cinque Ports, an Uncommon card
The confederation of Cinque Ports is a historic group of coastal towns in south-east England – predominantly in Kent and Sussex, with one outlier in Essex.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 165
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 72,000
Power 165 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Cinque Ports quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cinque Ports card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
At its peak in the Late Middle Ages, the ______ included over 40 members.
Answer
confederation. At its peak in the Late Middle Ages, the confederation included over 40 members. From the Cinque Ports article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Smoking ban. Smoking ban 87 · La Crosse, Wisconsin 82 · Merck Group 77 · Cinque Ports 74 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Merck Group. Merck Group 140,000 · La Crosse, Wisconsin 100,000 · Cinque Ports 72,000 · Damietta 50,000 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 name is Old French, meaning "five harbours", and alludes to the original five members.
- At its peak in the Late Middle Ages, the confederation included over 40 members.
- There is now a total of 14 members: five "head ports", two "ancient towns" and seven "limbs".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cinque Ports article was read about 72,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Cinque Ports
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, Cinque Ports (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : User:Hogweard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
