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Uncommon card · History
Benny Goodman, an Uncommon card
Benjamin David Goodman was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing".
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 93
- Power
- 169
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 190,000
Power 169 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Benny Goodman quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Benny Goodman card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
From 1935 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the ______ States.
Answer
United. From 1935 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States. From the Benny Goodman article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of video games. History of video games 95 · Cossack Hetmanate 89 · Kwasi Kwarteng 79 · Benny Goodman 76 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- From 1935 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States.
- His concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 16, 1938, is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's 'coming out' party to the world of 'respectable' music." Goodman's bands started the careers of many jazz musicians.
- During an era of racial segregation, he led one of the first integrated jazz groups, his trio and quartet.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Benny Goodman article was read about 190,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 93: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Benny Goodman
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, Benny Goodman (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Photo by Jammes J. Kriegsmann , New York, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
