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Italian Sounding, a Common card
Italian Sounding is the marketing phenomenon consisting of words and images, colour combinations, and geographical references for brands that are evocative of Italy to promote and market agri-food products that have nothing to do with Italian cuisine.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 45
- Power
- 103
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 2,900
Power 103 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Italian Sounding quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Italian Sounding card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Italian Sounding began gaining media coverage during the final stages of Expo ____, hosted by Milan, Italy, and having the theme of "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life".
Answer
2010s. Italian Sounding began gaining media coverage during the final stages of Expo 2015, hosted by Milan, Italy, and having the theme of "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life". From the Italian Sounding article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
1882 California gubernatorial election. 1882 California gubernatorial election 72 · 2010 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont 61 · Italian Sounding 58 · Ford Trafford Park Factory 55 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.
- The phenomenon is described by the Office of the Ministry of Economic Development called Directorate General for the Protection of Industrial Property – Italian Patent and Trademark Office.
- Italian Sounding began gaining media coverage during the final stages of Expo 2015, hosted by Milan, Italy, and having the theme of "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life".
- As part of a debate held in the "Cibus è Italia" pavilion on the problem of counterfeiting and Italian Sounding, the Government of Italy was asked to set up a "permanent observatory on Italian Sounding".
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Italian Sounding article was read about 2,900 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 45: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Italian Sounding
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.
More Society cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Italian Sounding in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Penshurst, VictoriaCommon · Society · ATK 58 DEF 45
- Robert TaylorCommon · Arts · ATK 58 DEF 45
- 1882 California gubernatorial electionCommon · Society · ATK 72 DEF 31
- 2010 United States House of Representatives election in VermontCommon · Society · ATK 61 DEF 42
- Mustafa JabbarCommon · History · ATK 64 DEF 39
- Theo ColbornCommon · Science · ATK 63 DEF 40
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Italian Sounding (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Amin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
