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Gus, a Common card
Gus was a 700-pound polar bear and icon of the Central Park Zoo in New York City.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 45
- Power
- 103
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,500
Power 103 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Gus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His exhibit was visited by over 20 million people during his ______.
Answer
lifetime. His exhibit was visited by over 20 million people during his lifetime. From the Gus article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He came to public notice in the ____s, when he began swimming obsessively in his pool for up to 12 hours a day.
Answer
1990s. He came to public notice in the 1990s, when he began swimming obsessively in his pool for up to 12 hours a day. From the Gus article on Wikipedia.
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 exhibit was visited by over 20 million people during his lifetime.
- He came to public notice in the 1990s, when he began swimming obsessively in his pool for up to 12 hours a day.
- Reporters dubbed him "neurotic", "depressed", and "flaky", turning him into a "symbol of the stress of living in New York City".
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gus article was read about 7,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 45: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Gus
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 Gus in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Nikolay SemyonovCommon · Science · ATK 62 DEF 41
- Ali JavanCommon · Science · ATK 61 DEF 42
- Dick SwaabCommon · History · ATK 59 DEF 44
- Lincolnton, GeorgiaCommon · Society · ATK 59 DEF 44
- San Pietro di CastelloCommon · Arts · ATK 55 DEF 48
- Brewster H. ShawCommon · History · ATK 61 DEF 42
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Marie-Lan Nguyen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
