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History of the potato, an Uncommon card
The potato was the first domesticated root vegetable in the region of modern-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia between 8000 and 5000 BC.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 158
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 158 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
History of the potato quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of the potato card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ archaeologically verified potato tuber remains have been found at the coastal site of Ancón, dating to 2500 BC.
Answer
earliest. The earliest archaeologically verified potato tuber remains have been found at the coastal site of Ancón, dating to 2500 BC. From the History of the potato article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of Thailand. History of Thailand 92 · Nepalese Civil War 80 · History of the potato 75 · Rose of Lima 71 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.
- Cultivation of potatoes in South America may go back 10,000 years, but tubers do not preserve well in the archaeological record, making identification difficult.
- The earliest archaeologically verified potato tuber remains have been found at the coastal site of Ancón, dating to 2500 BC.
- Aside from actual remains, the potato is also found in the Peruvian archaeological record as a design influence of ceramic pottery, often in the shape of vessels.
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 potato 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 75 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get History of the potato
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- Jae CrowderUncommon · Society · ATK 79 DEF 79
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, History of the potato (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Pattych, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
