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Tommie Smith, an Uncommon card
Tommie C. Smith is an American former track and field athlete and wide receiver in the American Football League.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 65,000
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Tommie Smith quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Tommie Smith card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It remains a ______ moment in the history of the Black Power movement.
Answer
symbolic. It remains a symbolic moment in the history of the Black Power movement. From the Tommie Smith article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
At the ____ Summer Olympics, Smith, aged 24, won the 200-meter sprint finals and gold medal in 19.83 seconds – the first time the 20-second barrier was broken officially.
Answer
1960s. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Smith, aged 24, won the 200-meter sprint finals and gold medal in 19.83 seconds – the first time the 20-second barrier was broken officially. From the Tommie Smith 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.
- At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Smith, aged 24, won the 200-meter sprint finals and gold medal in 19.83 seconds – the first time the 20-second barrier was broken officially.
- His Black Power salute with John Carlos atop the medal podium caused controversy, as it was seen as politicizing the Olympic Games.
- It remains a symbolic moment in the history of the Black Power movement.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Tommie Smith article was read about 65,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Tommie Smith
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Tommie Smith (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Chamber of Fear retouched by Karta24 ( talk ), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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