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Grand Coulee Dam, an Uncommon card
The Grand Coulee Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 172
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 172 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Grand Coulee Dam quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Grand Coulee Dam card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Constructed between 1933 and 1942, Grand Coulee originally had two ______.
Answer
powerhouses. Constructed between 1933 and 1942, Grand Coulee originally had two powerhouses. From the Grand Coulee Dam article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The third powerhouse, completed in ____ to increase energy production, makes the Grand Coulee Dam the largest power station in the United States by nameplate capacity at 6,809 MW.
Answer
1970s. The third powerhouse, completed in 1974 to increase energy production, makes the Grand Coulee Dam the largest power station in the United States by nameplate capacity at 6,809 MW. From the Grand Coulee Dam article on Wikipedia.
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.
- Constructed between 1933 and 1942, Grand Coulee originally had two powerhouses.
- The third powerhouse, completed in 1974 to increase energy production, makes the Grand Coulee Dam the largest power station in the United States by nameplate capacity at 6,809 MW.
- The proposal to build the dam was the focus of intense debate during the 1920s between two groups.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Grand Coulee Dam article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Grand Coulee Dam
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Grand Coulee Dam (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Farwestern Photo by Gregg M. Erickson, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
