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Red Skelton, a Rare card
Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton was an American entertainer best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 91
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 191
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 330,000
Power 191 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Red Skelton quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Red Skelton card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He then spent time on a showboat, worked the ______ circuit, and then entered into vaudeville in 1934.
Answer
burlesque. He then spent time on a showboat, worked the burlesque circuit, and then entered into vaudeville in 1934. From the Red Skelton article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
GameCube. GameCube 520,000 · Red Skelton 330,000 · Rita Lee 61,000 · New Yorker Hotel 37,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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 has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in radio and television, and he also appeared in burlesque, vaudeville, films, nightclubs, and casinos, all while he pursued an entirely separate career as an artist.
- Skelton began developing his comedic and pantomime skills from the age of 10, when he became part of a traveling medicine show.
- He then spent time on a showboat, worked the burlesque circuit, and then entered into vaudeville in 1934.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Red Skelton article was read about 330,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 91 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Red Skelton
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, Red Skelton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
