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Durand Line, a Rare card
The Durand Line, also known as the Afghanistan–Pakistan International border, is a 2,640-kilometre international border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 79
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 210,000
Power 161 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Durand Line quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Durand Line card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ end runs to the border with Iran and the eastern end to the border with China.
Answer
western. The western end runs to the border with Iran and the eastern end to the border with China. From the Durand Line article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The single-page Agreement, dated 12 November ____, contains seven short articles, including a commitment not to exercise interference beyond the Durand Line.
Answer
1890s. The single-page Agreement, dated 12 November 1893, contains seven short articles, including a commitment not to exercise interference beyond the Durand Line. From the Durand Line article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Bhumibol Adulyadej. Bhumibol Adulyadej 90 · Durand Line 82 · Charles X of France 79 · Balochistan 75 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 western end runs to the border with Iran and the eastern end to the border with China.
- The Durand Line was established in 1893 as the international border between the Emirate of Afghanistan and the British Indian Empire by Mortimer Durand, a British diplomat of the Indian Civil Service, and Abdur Rahman Khan, the Emir of Afghanistan, to fix the limit of their respective spheres of influence and improve diplomatic relations and trade.
- The single-page Agreement, dated 12 November 1893, contains seven short articles, including a commitment not to exercise interference beyond the Durand Line.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Durand Line article was read about 210,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 79: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Durand Line
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Durand Line (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Weaveravel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
