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Dalton Trumbo, a Rare card
James Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Roman Holiday, Spartacus, and Exodus.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 139
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 280,000
Power 139 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Dalton Trumbo quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Dalton Trumbo card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He continued working clandestinely on major films, writing under ______ or other authors' names.
Answer
pseudonyms. He continued working clandestinely on major films, writing under pseudonyms or other authors' names. From the Dalton Trumbo article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in ____ during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry.
Answer
1940s. One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry. From the Dalton Trumbo 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.
- One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry.
- Trumbo, the other members of the Hollywood Ten, and hundreds of other professionals in the industry were blacklisted by Hollywood.
- He continued working clandestinely on major films, writing under pseudonyms or other authors' names.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dalton Trumbo article was read about 280,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Dalton Trumbo
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Dalton Trumbo (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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