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History of the petroleum industry, an Uncommon card
The modern petroleum industry along with its outputs and applications started in the 1800s, although the local use of oil goes back many centuries.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 142
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 73,000
Power 142 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
History of the petroleum industry quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of the petroleum industry card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
One of the earliest instances of this is the ______ of paraffin from crude oil.
Answer
refining. One of the earliest instances of this is the refining of paraffin from crude oil. From the History of the petroleum industry article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The modern petroleum industry along with its outputs and applications started in the ____s, although the local use of oil goes back many centuries.
Answer
1800s. The modern petroleum industry along with its outputs and applications started in the 1800s, although the local use of oil goes back many centuries. From the History of the petroleum industry 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.
- Petroleum's status as a key component of politics, society, and technology has its roots in the coal and kerosene industry of the late nineteenth century.
- One of the earliest instances of this is the refining of paraffin from crude oil.
- Abraham Gesner developed a process to refine a liquid fuel from coal, bitumen and oil shale, it burned more cleanly and was cheaper than whale oil.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The History of the petroleum industry article was read about 73,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get History of the petroleum industry
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Text : Wikipedia, History of the petroleum industry (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
