WikiCards
Play on iPhone nowFree in Safari. Add it to your Home Screen.Play
WikiCards · Card list · Society cards · New Zealand Railways Department
Common card · Society
New Zealand Railways Department, a Common card
The New Zealand Railways Department, NZR or NZGR and often known as the "Railways", was a government department charged with owning and maintaining New Zealand's railway infrastructure and operating the railway system.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 180
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,800
Power 180 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
New Zealand Railways Department quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the New Zealand Railways Department card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The role of ______ the rail network was subsequently separated from that of the network's construction.
Answer
operating. The role of operating the rail network was subsequently separated from that of the network's construction. From the New Zealand Railways Department article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Brian Joubert. Brian Joubert 18,000 · André Greipel 11,000 · Joey Ryan 8,500 · New Zealand Railways Department 6,800 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.
- The department was created in 1880 and was corporatised on 1 April 1982 into the New Zealand Railways Corporation.
- Originally, railway construction and operation took place under the auspices of the former provincial governments and some private railways, before all of the provincial operations came under the central Public Works Department.
- The role of operating the rail network was subsequently separated from that of the network's construction.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The New Zealand Railways Department article was read about 6,800 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get New Zealand Railways Department
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 New Zealand Railways Department in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Joey RyanCommon · Society · ATK 83 DEF 97
- 2022 West Java earthquakeCommon · Nature · ATK 81 DEF 99
- Muisca ConfederationsCommon · Science · ATK 89 DEF 91
- Radu PaisieCommon · History · ATK 81 DEF 99
- Decompression theoryCommon · Science · ATK 90 DEF 90
- Times Square HotelCommon · Society · ATK 80 DEF 100
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Society cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, New Zealand Railways Department (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : New Zealand Government Railways, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
