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Gene Weingarten, a Common card
Gene Norman Weingarten is an American journalist and former syndicated humor columnist for The Washington Post.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Gene Weingarten quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gene Weingarten card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Weingarten is known for both his ______ and humorous work.
Answer
serious. Weingarten is known for both his serious and humorous work. From the Gene Weingarten article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Through September ____, Weingarten's column, "Below the Beltway," was published weekly in The Washington Post magazine and syndicated nationally by The Washington Post Writers Group.
Answer
2020s. Through September 2021, Weingarten's column, "Below the Beltway," was published weekly in The Washington Post magazine and syndicated nationally by The Washington Post Writers Group. From the Gene Weingarten article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of San Jose Sharks players. List of San Jose Sharks players 89 · Mikhail Kukushkin 80 · Gene Weingarten 72 · Coffee cup 66 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.
- He is the only two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing.
- Weingarten is known for both his serious and humorous work.
- Through September 2021, Weingarten's column, "Below the Beltway," was published weekly in The Washington Post magazine and syndicated nationally by The Washington Post Writers Group.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gene Weingarten article was read about 13,000 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 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Gene Weingarten
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The cards just above and just below Gene Weingarten in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Leopold AuerCommon · Arts · ATK 69 DEF 69
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- Alan SternCommon · Science · ATK 70 DEF 68
- May GibbsCommon · Arts · ATK 70 DEF 68
- Mikhail KukushkinCommon · Society · ATK 80 DEF 58
- Alexander SimsCommon · Society · ATK 82 DEF 56
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gene Weingarten (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Slowking4, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
