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Bert Williams, an Uncommon card
Bert Williams was a Bahamian-born American entertainer, one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 72
- Power
- 148
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 41,000
Power 148 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Bert Williams quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bert Williams card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Williams was by far the best-selling Black ______ artist before 1920.
Answer
recording. Williams was by far the best-selling Black recording artist before 1920. From the Bert Williams article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of accolades received by Dune: Part Two. List of accolades received by Dune: Part Two 83 · Bert Williams 76 · Nouriel Roubini 73 · Caroline Norton 69 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.
- While some sources have credited him as being the first Black man to have a leading role in a film with Darktown Jubilee in 1914, other sources have credited actor Sam Lucas with this same distinction for a different 1914 film, the World Film Company's Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Ebony stated that "Darktown Follies was the first attempt of an independent film company to star a black actor in a movie", and credited the work as beginning a period in independent American cinema that explored "black themes" within works made for African-American audiences by independent producers.
- Williams was by far the best-selling Black recording artist before 1920.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bert Williams article was read about 41,000 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 72: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Bert Williams
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, Bert Williams (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Samuel Lumiere studio, New York City, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
