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Des Moines, Iowa, a Rare card
Des Moines is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 178
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 420,000
Power 178 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Des Moines, Iowa quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Des Moines, Iowa card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Its ______ was 214,133 at the 2020 census.
Answer
population. Its population was 214,133 at the 2020 census. From the Des Moines, Iowa article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Leipzig. Leipzig 92 · Des Moines, Iowa 87 · Coptic Orthodox Church 83 · Broadcom 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.
- It is named after the Des Moines River, likely derived from the French Rivière des Moines meaning 'River of the Monks'.
- The city was incorporated in 1851 as Fort Des Moines and shortened to Des Moines in 1857.
- Its population was 214,133 at the 2020 census.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Des Moines, Iowa article was read about 420,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Des Moines, Iowa
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Des Moines, Iowa (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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