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Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a Rare card
The Cocos Islands, officially the Territory of Cocos Islands, are an Australian external territory located in the Indian Ocean, comprising a small archipelago approximately midway between Australia and Sri Lanka and relatively close to the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 167
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 320,000
Power 167 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ consists of two atolls made up of 27 coral islands, of which only two – West Island and Home Island – are inhabited.
Answer
territory. The territory consists of two atolls made up of 27 coral islands, of which only two – West Island and Home Island – are inhabited. From the Cocos (Keeling) Islands article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2008 Sichuan earthquake. 2008 Sichuan earthquake 92 · Cocos (Keeling) Islands 84 · Passerine 77 · Pear 74 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Passerine. Passerine 600,000 · Cocos (Keeling) Islands 320,000 · Pear 220,000 · 2008 Sichuan earthquake 150,000 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 territory's dual name reflects that the islands have historically been known as either the Cocos Islands or the Keeling Islands, the latter of which is still a common short name.
- The territory consists of two atolls made up of 27 coral islands, of which only two – West Island and Home Island – are inhabited.
- The population of around 600 people consists mainly of Cocos Malays, who mostly practise Sunni Islam and speak a dialect of Malay as their first language.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands article was read about 320,000 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 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Cocos (Keeling) Islands (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : TUBS, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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