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2002 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, a Common card
The opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics took place at the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, on 8 February 2002.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 45
- Power
- 105
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,800
Power 105 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
2002 Winter Olympics opening ceremony quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the 2002 Winter Olympics opening ceremony card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
NBC's Bob Costas ______ the move during the network's coverage of the opening ceremony.
Answer
applauded. NBC's Bob Costas applauded the move during the network's coverage of the opening ceremony. From the 2002 Winter Olympics opening ceremony article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Eden Phillpotts. Eden Phillpotts 66 · 2002 Winter Olympics opening ceremony 60 · Maguiresbridge 56 · Muhammad's eclipse 53 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Desventuradas Islands. Desventuradas Islands 17,000 · Carya laciniosa 13,000 · 2002 Winter Olympics opening ceremony 9,800 · Japurá River 7,500 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.
- U.S. president George W. Bush opened the Winter Olympics, the first U.S. president to do so, which took place five months after the September 11 attacks, with: "On behalf of a proud, determined and grateful nation...", then the standard opening formula followed.
- The president was standing among the U.S. athletes, while previous heads of state opened the Games from an official box.
- NBC's Bob Costas applauded the move during the network's coverage of the opening ceremony.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The 2002 Winter Olympics opening ceremony article was read about 9,800 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 45: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get 2002 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
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.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, 2002 Winter Olympics opening ceremony (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Journalist 1st Class Preston Keres, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
