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Epic card · History
Bob Geldof, an Epic card
Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof is an Irish singer-songwriter, political activist, television producer and entrepreneur.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 82
- Power
- 168
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 780,000
Power 168 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Bob Geldof quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bob Geldof card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Geldof ______ as Pink in Pink Floyd's film Pink Floyd – The Wall.
Answer
starred. Geldof starred as Pink in Pink Floyd's film Pink Floyd – The Wall. From the Bob Geldof article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He rose to prominence in the late ____s as the lead singer of the Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats, who achieved popularity as part of the punk rock movement.
Answer
1970s. He rose to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats, who achieved popularity as part of the punk rock movement. From the Bob Geldof article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Bob Geldof. Bob Geldof 86 · Jeanine Pirro 83 · Burt Lancaster 80 · Sam Cooke 77 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.
- He rose to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats, who achieved popularity as part of the punk rock movement.
- The band had UK number one hits with his co-compositions "Rat Trap" and "I Don't Like Mondays".
- Geldof starred as Pink in Pink Floyd's film Pink Floyd – The Wall.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bob Geldof article was read about 780,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 82: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Bob Geldof
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bob Geldof (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : International Monetary Fund Photograph/Stephen Jaffe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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