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Colonial Revival architecture, an Uncommon card
The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 51
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 97
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 36,000
Power 97 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Colonial Revival architecture quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Colonial Revival architecture card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
From 1910–1930, the Colonial Revival movement was ______, with about 40% of U.S. homes built in the Colonial Revival style.
Answer
ascendant. From 1910–1930, the Colonial Revival movement was ascendant, with about 40% of U.S. homes built in the Colonial Revival style. From the Colonial Revival architecture article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of ____, which reawakened Americans to the architectural traditions of their colonial past.
Answer
1870s. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the architectural traditions of their colonial past. From the Colonial Revival architecture article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Seichō Matsumoto. Seichō Matsumoto 64 · An Essay Concerning Human Understanding 61 · Jessica Reed Kraus 55 · Colonial Revival architecture 51 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 beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the architectural traditions of their colonial past.
- Fairly small numbers of Colonial Revival homes were built c. 1880–1910, a period when Queen Anne-style architecture was dominant in the United States.
- From 1910–1930, the Colonial Revival movement was ascendant, with about 40% of U.S. homes built in the Colonial Revival style.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Colonial Revival architecture article was read about 36,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 51 and blocks with 46: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Colonial Revival architecture
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Text : Wikipedia, Colonial Revival architecture (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
