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Epic card · Arts
Bobby Darin, an Epic card
Walden Robert Cassotto, known by the stage name Bobby Darin, was an American singer, songwriter, and actor who performed pop, swing, folk, rock and roll and country music.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 82
- Power
- 160
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 800,000
Power 160 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Bobby Darin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bobby Darin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Darin started his career as a ______ for Connie Francis.
Answer
songwriter. Darin started his career as a songwriter for Connie Francis. From the Bobby Darin article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, Darin was the inaugural winner of the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and also won a Record of the Year for "Mack the Knife" at the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards.
Answer
1950s. In 1959, Darin was the inaugural winner of the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and also won a Record of the Year for "Mack the Knife" at the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards. From the Bobby Darin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
All in the Family. All in the Family 86 · Franco Baresi 81 · Bobby Darin 78 · Anthony Quinn 75 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.
- Darin started his career as a songwriter for Connie Francis.
- In 1958, Darin co-wrote and recorded his first million-selling single, "Splish Splash", which was followed by Darin's own song "Dream Lover", then his recordings of "Mack the Knife" and "Beyond the Sea", which brought him worldwide fame.
- In 1959, Darin was the inaugural winner of the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and also won a Record of the Year for "Mack the Knife" at the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bobby Darin article was read about 800,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 82: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Bobby Darin
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.
More Arts cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Bobby Darin in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Rupert EverettEpic · Arts · ATK 77 DEF 83
- Ferdinand MagellanEpic · History · ATK 76 DEF 84
- Franco BaresiEpic · Society · ATK 81 DEF 79
- Terry GilliamEpic · Arts · ATK 79 DEF 81
- All in the FamilyEpic · Arts · ATK 86 DEF 74
- Anthony QuinnEpic · Arts · ATK 75 DEF 85
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bobby Darin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : General Artists Corporation (management)/photographer: "Bruno of Hollywood", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
