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Newton Mearns, an Uncommon card
Newton Mearns is a town and the largest settlement in East Renfrewshire, Scotland.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 50
- Power
- 114
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 114 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Newton Mearns quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Newton Mearns card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is part of the ______ Glasgow conurbation.
Answer
Greater. It is part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation. From the Newton Mearns article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Bourbon claim to the Spanish throne. Bourbon claim to the Spanish throne 68 · Newton Mearns 64 · African palm civet 61 · Amundsen Sea 58 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Cooksonia. Cooksonia 35,000 · Mimivirus 26,000 · Viral replication 20,000 · Newton Mearns 15,000 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.
- It lies 7 miles south-west of Glasgow City Centre on historically the main road to Ayrshire, 410 feet above sea level.
- It has a population of approximately 26,993, stretching from Whitecraigs and Kirkhill in the north-east to Maidenhill in the south-east, to Westacres and Greenlaw in the west and Capelrig/Patterton in the north-west.
- It is part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Newton Mearns article was read about 15,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 50: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Newton Mearns
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Newton Mearns (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gordon McKinlay, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
