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COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships, an Uncommon card
Early in 2020, in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the disease spread to a number of cruise ships, with the nature of such ships – including crowded semi-enclosed areas, increased exposure to new environments, and limited medical resources – contributing to the heightened risk and rapid spread of the disease.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 100
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 185
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 42,000
Power 185 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Of 3711 ______ and crew, around 700 people became infected and 9 people died.
Answer
passengers. Of 3711 passengers and crew, around 700 people became infected and 9 people died. From the COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The British-registered Diamond Princess was the first cruise ship to have a major outbreak on board, with the ship quarantined at Yokohama from 4 February ____ for about a month.
Answer
2020s. The British-registered Diamond Princess was the first cruise ship to have a major outbreak on board, with the ship quarantined at Yokohama from 4 February 2020 for about a month. From the COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships. COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships 100 · Stochastic process 93 · Cloud 88 · Meningitis 84 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 British-registered Diamond Princess was the first cruise ship to have a major outbreak on board, with the ship quarantined at Yokohama from 4 February 2020 for about a month.
- Of 3711 passengers and crew, around 700 people became infected and 9 people died.
- With that, many cruise lines suspended their operations to mitigate the spread of the pandemic and were replaced by "cruises to nowhere" that had no stops.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships article was read about 42,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 100 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alexey Solodovnikov (Idea, Producer, CG, Editor), Valeria Arkhipova (Scientific Сonsultant, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
