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George Burns, an Epic card
George Burns was an American comedian, actor, writer, and singer, and one of the few entertainers whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film, and television.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 61
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 660,000
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
George Burns quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the George Burns card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His ______ eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks.
Answer
arched. His arched eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks. From the George Burns article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
At age 79, Burns experienced a sudden career revival as an amiable, beloved, and unusually active comedy elder statesman in the ____ film The Sunshine Boys, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Answer
1970s. At age 79, Burns experienced a sudden career revival as an amiable, beloved, and unusually active comedy elder statesman in the 1975 film The Sunshine Boys, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. From the George Burns article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
George Burns. George Burns 77 · Cobie Smulders 73 · John Deacon 70 · Todd Beamer 67 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.
- His arched eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks.
- He and his wife Gracie Allen appeared on radio, television and film as the comedy duo Burns and Allen.
- At age 79, Burns experienced a sudden career revival as an amiable, beloved, and unusually active comedy elder statesman in the 1975 film The Sunshine Boys, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The George Burns article was read about 660,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 61: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get George Burns
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 George Burns in the power ranking, all domains together.
- John DeaconEpic · Arts · ATK 70 DEF 68
- Jane LynchEpic · Arts · ATK 73 DEF 65
- Brady TkachukEpic · Society · ATK 74 DEF 64
- BarbiturateEpic · Science · ATK 75 DEF 63
- Scott MillsEpic · Arts · ATK 69 DEF 69
- Todd BeamerEpic · Society · ATK 67 DEF 71
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, George Burns (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NBC/Elmer W. Holloway, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
