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Epic card · Arts
Gabriel Byrne, an Epic card
Gabriel James Byrne is an Irish actor. He has received a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for a Grammy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 59
- Power
- 135
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 800,000
Power 135 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Gabriel Byrne quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gabriel Byrne card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 2009, The ______ named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.
Answer
Guardian. In 2009, The Guardian named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. From the Gabriel Byrne article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Byrne's acting career began at the Focus Theatre in Dublin before he joined London's Royal Court Theatre in ____.
Answer
1970s. Byrne's acting career began at the Focus Theatre in Dublin before he joined London's Royal Court Theatre in 1974. From the Gabriel Byrne 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.
- Byrne was awarded the Irish Film and Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 and was listed at number 17 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors in 2020.
- In 2009, The Guardian named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.
- Byrne's acting career began at the Focus Theatre in Dublin before he joined London's Royal Court Theatre in 1974.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gabriel Byrne article was read about 800,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 59: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Gabriel Byrne
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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The cards just above and just below Gabriel Byrne in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Danny McBrideEpic · Arts · ATK 73 DEF 62
- Laura BraniganEpic · Arts · ATK 70 DEF 65
- Francesco SchettinoEpic · History · ATK 73 DEF 62
- Lauren BettsEpic · Society · ATK 72 DEF 63
- Ol' Dirty BastardEpic · Arts · ATK 73 DEF 62
- MustelidaeEpic · Nature · ATK 71 DEF 64
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gabriel Byrne (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ian Smith from London, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
