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Double-decker bus, an Uncommon card
A double-decker bus is a bus that has two storeys or decks. Double-deckers are used primarily for commuter public transport, but there are coach variants for long-distance travel and open top buses that are most commonly used as sightseeing buses for tourists.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 90
- DEF
- 87
- Power
- 177
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 96,000
Power 177 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Double-decker bus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Double-decker bus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
They appear in many places around the world, but are presently most commonly used as mass ______ in major cities.
Answer
transport. They appear in many places around the world, but are presently most commonly used as mass transport in major cities. From the Double-decker bus article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Double-decker bus. Double-decker bus 90 · Kévin Aymoz 84 · Kumasi 81 · Gujranwala 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.
- They appear in many places around the world, but are presently most commonly used as mass transport in major cities.
- The earliest double-decker was the horse-drawn omnibus, which appeared in Paris in 1853 and became motorised in the 1900s.
- Double-decker buses were popularised in Great Britain at the start of the 20th century, with the best-known example being the red London bus, namely the AEC Routemaster.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Double-decker bus article was read about 96,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 90 and blocks with 87: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Double-decker bus
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, Double-decker bus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Martin Ruthe's Transport Photos, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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