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Gene Siskel, a Rare card
Eugene Kal Siskel was an American film critic and journalist for the Chicago Tribune who co-hosted a movie review television series alongside colleague Roger Ebert.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 166
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 260,000
Power 166 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Gene Siskel quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gene Siskel card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Siskel started writing for the ______ Tribune in 1969, becoming its film critic soon after.
Answer
Chicago. Siskel started writing for the Chicago Tribune in 1969, becoming its film critic soon after. From the Gene Siskel article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, he was paired with Roger Ebert to co-host a monthly show called Opening Soon at a Theater Near You airing locally on PBS member station WTTW.
Answer
1970s. In 1975, he was paired with Roger Ebert to co-host a monthly show called Opening Soon at a Theater Near You airing locally on PBS member station WTTW. From the Gene Siskel article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Corazon Aquino. Corazon Aquino 88 · 1993 Russian constitutional crisis 85 · Gene Siskel 80 · Lapland War 75 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.
- Siskel started writing for the Chicago Tribune in 1969, becoming its film critic soon after.
- In 1975, he was paired with Roger Ebert to co-host a monthly show called Opening Soon at a Theater Near You airing locally on PBS member station WTTW.
- In 1978, the show, renamed Sneak Previews, was expanded to weekly episodes and aired on PBS affiliates across the United States.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gene Siskel article was read about 260,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Gene Siskel
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gene Siskel (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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