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Jeu de paume, an Uncommon card
Jeu de paume was a ball-and-court game that originated in France and was the precursor of real tennis and ultimately of the modern game of tennis.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 54
- DEF
- 36
- Power
- 90
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 47,000
Power 90 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Jeu de paume quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jeu de paume card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Jeu de paume was played without racquets, and so was a "game of the hand", though these were eventually ______.
Answer
introduced. Jeu de paume was played without racquets, and so was a "game of the hand", though these were eventually introduced. From the Jeu de paume article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Paula Moltzan. Paula Moltzan 64 · Dave Wottle 61 · Jeu de paume 54 · Poaching 51 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.
- Jeu de paume was played without racquets, and so was a "game of the hand", though these were eventually introduced.
- It is a former Olympic sport, and has the oldest ongoing annual world championship in sport, first established over 250 years ago.
- The term also refers to the court on which the game is played and its building, which in the 17th century was sometimes converted into a theatre.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jeu de paume article was read about 47,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 54 and blocks with 36: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Jeu de paume
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jeu de paume (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
