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Corinth Canal, an Uncommon card
The Corinth Canal is a canal in Greece that connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 72
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 170,000
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Corinth Canal quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Corinth Canal card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The canal was dug through the ______ at sea level and has no locks.
Answer
Isthmus. The canal was dug through the Isthmus at sea level and has no locks. From the Corinth Canal article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Completed in ____, it cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnese peninsula from the Greek mainland.
Answer
1890s. Completed in 1893, it cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnese peninsula from the Greek mainland. From the Corinth Canal article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hubei. Hubei 80 · Canadian dollar 77 · Hermit 72 · Corinth Canal 68 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.
- Completed in 1893, it cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnese peninsula from the Greek mainland.
- The canal was dug through the Isthmus at sea level and has no locks.
- It is 6.4 kilometres in length and at 24.6 metres wide at sea level, it is impassable for many modern ships.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Corinth Canal article was read about 170,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 72: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Corinth Canal
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Corinth Canal (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Winston Cooke, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
