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Pi Day, a Rare card
Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π with events mostly in the United States.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 123
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 320,000
Power 123 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Pi Day quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Pi Day card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Celebrations often involve eating pie or holding pi recitation ______.
Answer
competitions. Celebrations often involve eating pie or holding pi recitation competitions. From the Pi Day article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Pi Day is observed on March 14 since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant figures of π and was founded in ____ by Larry Shaw, an employee of the Exploratorium, a science museum in San Francisco.
Answer
1980s. Pi Day is observed on March 14 since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant figures of π and was founded in 1988 by Larry Shaw, an employee of the Exploratorium, a science museum in San Francisco. From the Pi Day article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
National Register of Historic Places listings in Prince George's County, Maryland. National Register of Historic Places listings in Prince George's County, Maryland 77 · Trent Dilfer 73 · Ship of the line 69 · Pi Day 66 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.
- Pi Day is observed on March 14 since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant figures of π and was founded in 1988 by Larry Shaw, an employee of the Exploratorium, a science museum in San Francisco.
- Celebrations often involve eating pie or holding pi recitation competitions.
- In 2009, the United States House of Representatives supported the designation of Pi Day.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Pi Day article was read about 320,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Pi Day
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Pi Day (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ronhip (Ron Hipschman), uploaded to the Commons by Furfur on 22-Jul-08, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
