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The Sheik, an Uncommon card
The Sheik is a 1921 American silent romantic drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky, directed by George Melford, starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres, and featuring Adolphe Menjou.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 50
- Power
- 115
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 44,000
Power 115 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
The Sheik quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the The Sheik card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The film was a box-office hit and helped propel ______ to stardom.
Answer
Valentino. The film was a box-office hit and helped propel Valentino to stardom. From the The Sheik article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Sheik is a ____ American silent romantic drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky, directed by George Melford, starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres, and featuring Adolphe Menjou.
Answer
1920s. The Sheik is a 1921 American silent romantic drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky, directed by George Melford, starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres, and featuring Adolphe Menjou. From the The Sheik 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.
- It was based on the bestselling 1919 romance novel of the same name by Edith Maude Hull and was adapted for the screen by Monte M. Katterjohn.
- The film was a box-office hit and helped propel Valentino to stardom.
- In the 1926 sequel The Son of the Sheik, Valentino played both the Sheik and his son, while Ayres reprised her role.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The The Sheik article was read about 44,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 50: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get The Sheik
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, The Sheik (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Henry Clive, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
