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Ministry of Works, a Common card
The Ministry of Works was a department of the UK Government formed in 1940, during the Second World War, to organise the requisitioning of property for wartime use.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 20
- Power
- 75
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,000
Power 75 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
Ministry of Works quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ministry of Works card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The chief ______ of the ministry from 1951 to 1970 was Eric Bedford.
Answer
architect. The chief architect of the ministry from 1951 to 1970 was Eric Bedford. From the Ministry of Works article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Ministry of Works was a department of the UK Government formed in ____, during the Second World War, to organise the requisitioning of property for wartime use.
Answer
1940s. The Ministry of Works was a department of the UK Government formed in 1940, during the Second World War, to organise the requisitioning of property for wartime use. From the Ministry of Works 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.
- After the war, the ministry retained responsibility for government building projects.
- In 1962 it was renamed the Ministry of Public Building and Works, and acquired the extra responsibility of monitoring the building industry as well as taking over the works departments from the War Office, Air Ministry and Admiralty.
- The chief architect of the ministry from 1951 to 1970 was Eric Bedford.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ministry of Works article was read about 8,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 55 and blocks with 20: each hit it takes is cut by 8 %.
How to get Ministry of Works
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ministry of Works (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : DAVID HOLT from London, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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