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Counties of England, a Rare card
The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 87
- Power
- 165
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 480,000
Power 165 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Counties of England quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Counties of England card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Counties have been used as ______ areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times.
Answer
administrative. Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. From the Counties of England article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Kyiv. Kyiv 92 · Slavs 87 · Mandarin Chinese 83 · Counties of England 78 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.
- Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times.
- There are three definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purposes of lieutenancy, the 84 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties, and the 39 historic counties.
- In most cases a ceremonial county shares its name with a local government county, but often covering a wider area.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Counties of England article was read about 480,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 87: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Counties of England
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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The cards just above and just below Counties of England in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Wendell BerryRare · Arts · ATK 89 DEF 76
- Mandarin ChineseRare · Society · ATK 83 DEF 82
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Counties of England (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : English_ceremonial_counties_2010.svg : Nilfanion derivative work: Dr Greg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
