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Billy Kidd, an Uncommon card
William Winston Kidd is a former World Cup alpine ski racer, a member of the U.S. Ski Team from 1962 to 1970.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 117
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 21,000
Power 117 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Billy Kidd quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Billy Kidd card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Six years later, Kidd won a gold medal in the ______ and a bronze in the slalom at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy.
Answer
combined. Six years later, Kidd won a gold medal in the combined and a bronze in the slalom at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy. From the Billy Kidd article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
At the ____ Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Kidd and teammate Jimmie Heuga became the first American men to win Olympic medals in alpine skiing, winning silver and bronze in the slalom.
Answer
1960s. At the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Kidd and teammate Jimmie Heuga became the first American men to win Olympic medals in alpine skiing, winning silver and bronze in the slalom. From the Billy Kidd article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Kim Collins. Kim Collins 72 · Billy Kidd 68 · Akiba Rubinstein 65 · Cory Alexander 62 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.
- At the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Kidd and teammate Jimmie Heuga became the first American men to win Olympic medals in alpine skiing, winning silver and bronze in the slalom.
- Six years later, Kidd won a gold medal in the combined and a bronze in the slalom at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy.
- He promptly switched circuits and enjoyed a successful pro ski racing career from 1970 to 1972, winning the World Pro Ski Tour World Championships in 1970, becoming the only racer in history to win FIS and Pro titles the same year.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Billy Kidd article was read about 21,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Billy Kidd
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Billy Kidd (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
