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Uncommon card · Science
History of wind power, an Uncommon card
Wind power has been used as long as humans have put sails into the wind.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 168
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 26,000
Power 168 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
History of wind power quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of wind power card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Wind power was widely available and not confined to the banks of fast-flowing streams, or later, ______ sources of fuel.
Answer
requiring. Wind power was widely available and not confined to the banks of fast-flowing streams, or later, requiring sources of fuel. From the History of wind power article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Torri Huske. Torri Huske 88 · Emergency management 85 · History of wind power 77 · Horacio Cartes 74 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Emergency management. Emergency management 44,000 · Earth's energy budget 34,000 · History of wind power 26,000 · Ismail al-Faruqi 20,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- Wind-powered machines used to grind grain and pump water – the windmill and wind pump , were developed in what is now Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan by the 9th century.
- Wind power was widely available and not confined to the banks of fast-flowing streams, or later, requiring sources of fuel.
- Wind-powered pumps drained the polders of the Netherlands, and in arid regions such as the American midwest or the Australian outback, wind pumps provided water for livestock and steam engines.
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 wind power article was read about 26,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get History of wind power
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below History of wind power in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Horacio CartesUncommon · History · ATK 74 DEF 94
- Torri HuskeUncommon · Society · ATK 88 DEF 80
- Adam LarssonUncommon · Society · ATK 82 DEF 86
- Huang DongpingUncommon · Society · ATK 87 DEF 81
- History of MadridUncommon · History · ATK 81 DEF 87
- Maurice BenyovszkyUncommon · History · ATK 76 DEF 92
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, History of wind power (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Lisa-Maria Eitler, MA, IG Windkraft, Tel. +43 660 20 50 757 l.eitler@igwindkraft.at, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
