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Bobby Gillespie, an Uncommon card
Robert Gillespie is a Scottish musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 42
- Power
- 106
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 150,000
Power 106 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Bobby Gillespie quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bobby Gillespie card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In October 2021, Gillespie published his ______ Tenement Kid.
Answer
memoir. In October 2021, Gillespie published his memoir Tenement Kid. From the Bobby Gillespie article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was the drummer for The Jesus and Mary Chain in the mid-____s, leaving after the release of the band's debut album Psychocandy, and was once the bassist for The Wake.
Answer
1980s. He was the drummer for The Jesus and Mary Chain in the mid-1980s, leaving after the release of the band's debut album Psychocandy, and was once the bassist for The Wake. From the Bobby Gillespie article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Richard Deacon. Richard Deacon 70 · Charley Patton 67 · Bobby Gillespie 64 · Marina Hyde 61 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 is the lead singer, founding member, primary lyricist, and sole continuous member of the alternative rock band Primal Scream.
- He was the drummer for The Jesus and Mary Chain in the mid-1980s, leaving after the release of the band's debut album Psychocandy, and was once the bassist for The Wake.
- In October 2021, Gillespie published his memoir Tenement Kid.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bobby Gillespie article was read about 150,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 42: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Bobby Gillespie
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, Bobby Gillespie (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : livepict.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
