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Couscous, a Rare card
Couscous, is a traditional North African dish of small steamed granules of rolled semolina that is often served with a stew spooned on top.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 84
- Power
- 159
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 410,000
Ranked #1,753 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Couscous quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Couscous card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Couscous is a staple food throughout the ______ cuisines of Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania, Morocco, and Libya.
Answer
Maghrebi. Couscous is a staple food throughout the Maghrebi cuisines of Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania, Morocco, and Libya. From the Couscous article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
First Indochina War. First Indochina War 92 · Pretoria 86 · Matt Moore 79 · Couscous 75 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong 620,000 · Couscous 410,000 · Quetta 210,000 · Matt Moore 10,000 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.
- Pearl millet, sorghum, bulgur, and other cereals are often cooked in much the same way in West Africa, and the resulting dishes are sometimes called couscous in English, French, and Hassaniya Arabic.
- Couscous is a staple food throughout the Maghrebi cuisines of Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania, Morocco, and Libya.
- It was integrated into French and European cuisine at the beginning of the twentieth century, through the French colonial empire and the Pieds-Noirs of Algeria.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Couscous article was read about 410,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 84: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Couscous
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Couscous (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Lmmima, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
