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Cumberland, an Uncommon card
Cumberland is an area of North West England which was historically a county.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 132
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 132 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Cumberland quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cumberland card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The county included the city of ______, part of the Lake District and North Pennines, and the Solway Firth coastline.
Answer
Carlisle. The county included the city of Carlisle, part of the Lake District and North Pennines, and the Solway Firth coastline. From the Cumberland article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until ____, when it was subsumed into the non-metropolitan county of Cumbria together with Westmorland and parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire.
Answer
1970s. Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974, when it was subsumed into the non-metropolitan county of Cumbria together with Westmorland and parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire. From the Cumberland article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Rampart scandal. Rampart scandal 250,000 · Simple machine 160,000 · Cumberland 110,000 · Canopic jar 71,000 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.
- The county was bordered by Northumberland to the north-east, County Durham to the east, Westmorland to the south-east, Lancashire to the south, and the Scottish counties of Dumfriesshire and Roxburghshire to the north.
- The county included the city of Carlisle, part of the Lake District and North Pennines, and the Solway Firth coastline.
- Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974, when it was subsumed into the non-metropolitan county of Cumbria together with Westmorland and parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cumberland article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Cumberland
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cumberland (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Michael Walsh, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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