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Uncommon card · Arts
Gertie the Dinosaur, an Uncommon card
Gertie the Dinosaur is an animated short film released in 1914 by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 173
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 47,000
Power 173 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Gertie the Dinosaur quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gertie the Dinosaur card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is the first ______ film to feature a dinosaur.
Answer
animated. It is the first animated film to feature a dinosaur. From the Gertie the Dinosaur article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Gertie the Dinosaur is an animated short film released in ____ by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay.
Answer
1910s. Gertie the Dinosaur is an animated short film released in 1914 by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay. From the Gertie the Dinosaur article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Anna Vissi. Anna Vissi 90 · Luís de Camões 84 · Edward Weston 81 · Gertie the Dinosaur 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.
- It is the first animated film to feature a dinosaur.
- McCay initially presented the film before live audiences as an interactive part of his vaudeville act, the frisky, childlike Gertie performed tricks at her master's command.
- McCay's employer William Randolph Hearst curtailed his vaudeville activities, prompting McCay to add a live-action introductory sequence to the film for its theatrical release, which was renamed Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist, and Gertie.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gertie the Dinosaur article was read about 47,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Gertie the Dinosaur
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gertie the Dinosaur (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : unknown (Box Office Attraction Co.), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
