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Charlie Parker, a Rare card
Charles Parker Jr., nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 173
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 400,000
Power 173 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Charlie Parker quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Charlie Parker card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Parker primarily played the alto ______.
Answer
saxophone. Parker primarily played the alto saxophone. From the Charlie Parker article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Rosie O'Donnell. Rosie O'Donnell 90 · Christopher Marlowe 85 · Charlie Parker 79 · Nymph 75 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Rosie O'Donnell. Rosie O'Donnell 1,400,000 · Alan Arkin 850,000 · Charlie Parker 400,000 · Frank Capra 320,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique, and advanced harmonies.
- He was a virtuoso and introduced revolutionary rhythmic and harmonic ideas into jazz, including rapid passing chords, new variants of altered chords, and chord substitutions.
- Parker primarily played the alto saxophone.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Charlie Parker article was read about 400,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Charlie Parker
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, Charlie Parker (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
