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Epic card · Society
Gene Shalit, an Epic card
Eugene Shalit was an American journalist, television personality, film and book critic, and author.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 132
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 570,000
Power 132 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Gene Shalit quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gene Shalit card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was known for his frequent use of puns and his ______ bushy mustache and Jewfro-styled hair.
Answer
distinctive. He was known for his frequent use of puns and his distinctive bushy mustache and Jewfro-styled hair. From the Gene Shalit article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Steve Hilton. Steve Hilton 1,600,000 · Gene Shalit 570,000 · Secrets 23,000 · Eskenazi Museum of Art 5,300 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.
- After starting to work part-time on NBC's The Today Show in 1970, he appeared regularly there from January 15, 1973, until his retirement on November 11, 2010.
- He was known for his frequent use of puns and his distinctive bushy mustache and Jewfro-styled hair.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gene Shalit article was read about 570,000 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 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Gene Shalit
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Gene Shalit in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Thomas Cushing AylwinCommon · History · ATK 65 DEF 68
- Steve HiltonLegendary · History · ATK 72 DEF 60
- BolsheviksEpic · Society · ATK 71 DEF 61
- Joe BastianichRare · Society · ATK 67 DEF 65
- SpringRare · History · ATK 67 DEF 65
- Rampart scandalRare · History · ATK 70 DEF 62
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gene Shalit (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
