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Uncommon card · Science
Gruyère cheese, an Uncommon card
Gruyère is a hard Swiss cheese that originated in the Fribourg, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Jura, and Bern cantons in Switzerland.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 126
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 150,000
Power 126 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Gruyère cheese quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gruyère cheese card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is named after the town of ______ in Fribourg.
Answer
Gruyères. It is named after the town of Gruyères in Fribourg. From the Gruyère cheese article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Blood sugar level. Blood sugar level 74 · Cast iron 71 · Ketone 67 · Gruyère cheese 63 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 town of Gruyères in Fribourg.
- In 2001, Gruyère gained the appellation d'origine contrôlée, which became the appellation d'origine protégée as of 2013.
- Gruyère is classified as a Swiss-type or Alpine cheese and is sweet but slightly salty, with a flavour that varies widely with age.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gruyère cheese article was read about 150,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Gruyère cheese
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, Gruyère cheese (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gruyere alpage, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
