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Carl Perkins, a Rare card
Carl Lee Perkins was an American country and rockabilly guitarist, singer and songwriter.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 148
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 220,000
Power 148 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Carl Perkins quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Carl Perkins card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A rockabilly great and pioneer of rock and roll, he began his ______ career at the Sun Studio in Memphis in 1954.
Answer
recording. A rockabilly great and pioneer of rock and roll, he began his recording career at the Sun Studio in Memphis in 1954. From the Carl Perkins article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Carl Perkins. Carl Perkins 81 · Icelandic language 76 · Treaty of Tordesillas 73 · Atalanta 67 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.
- A rockabilly great and pioneer of rock and roll, he began his recording career at the Sun Studio in Memphis in 1954.
- Among his best known songs are "Blue Suede Shoes", "Honey Don't", "Matchbox" and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby".
- According to fellow musician Charlie Daniels, "Carl Perkins' songs personified the rockabilly era, and Carl Perkins' sound personifies the rockabilly sound more so than anybody involved in it, because he never changed".
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Carl Perkins article was read about 220,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Carl Perkins
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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The cards just above and just below Carl Perkins in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Darius IIIRare · History · ATK 69 DEF 79
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- Cathy FreemanRare · Society · ATK 77 DEF 71
- French toastRare · Society · ATK 69 DEF 79
- LatitudeRare · Science · ATK 76 DEF 72
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Carl Perkins (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
