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Ben Pollack, a Common card
Benjamin "Ben" Pollack was an American drummer and bandleader from the mid-1920s through the swing era.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 45
- Power
- 103
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,100
Power 103 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Ben Pollack quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ben Pollack card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
This ability earned him the ______ the "Father of Swing".
Answer
nickname. This ability earned him the nickname the "Father of Swing". From the Ben Pollack article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Benjamin "Ben" Pollack was an American drummer and bandleader from the mid-____s through the swing era.
Answer
1920s. Benjamin "Ben" Pollack was an American drummer and bandleader from the mid-1920s through the swing era. From the Ben Pollack 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 eye for talent led him to employ musicians such as Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Glenn Miller, Jimmy McPartland, and Harry James.
- This ability earned him the nickname the "Father of Swing".
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ben Pollack article was read about 6,100 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 Ben Pollack
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, Ben Pollack (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
