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Bill Nye, an Epic card
William Sanford Nye is an American science communicator, television presenter, and former mechanical engineer.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 178
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 550,000
Power 178 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Bill Nye quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bill Nye card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is best known as the host of the ______ education television show Bill Nye the Science Guy and as a science educator in pop culture.
Answer
science. He is best known as the host of the science education television show Bill Nye the Science Guy and as a science educator in pop culture. From the Bill Nye article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, he left Boeing to pursue comedy, writing and performing for the local sketch television show Almost Live!, where he regularly conducted wacky scientific experiments.
Answer
1980s. In 1986, he left Boeing to pursue comedy, writing and performing for the local sketch television show Almost Live!, where he regularly conducted wacky scientific experiments. From the Bill Nye 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.
- He is best known as the host of the science education television show Bill Nye the Science Guy and as a science educator in pop culture.
- Born in Washington, D.C., Nye began his career as a mechanical engineer for Boeing in Seattle, where he invented a hydraulic resonance suppressor tube used on 747 airplanes.
- In 1986, he left Boeing to pursue comedy, writing and performing for the local sketch television show Almost Live!, where he regularly conducted wacky scientific experiments.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bill Nye article was read about 550,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Bill Nye
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bill Nye (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Montclair Film Festival, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
