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Rare card · History
Falco, a Rare card
Johann "Hans" Hölzel, better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian musician.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 136
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 270,000
Power 136 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Falco quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Falco card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
According to his ______, he has sold 20 million albums and 40 million singles, making him the best-selling Austrian singer of all time.
Answer
estate. According to his estate, he has sold 20 million albums and 40 million singles, making him the best-selling Austrian singer of all time. From the Falco article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
"Rock Me Amadeus" reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts in ____, making Falco the only artist in history to score a number-one hit with a German-language song in the United States.
Answer
1980s. "Rock Me Amadeus" reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1986, making Falco the only artist in history to score a number-one hit with a German-language song in the United States. From the Falco article on Wikipedia.
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 had several international hits, including "Der Kommissar", "Rock Me Amadeus", "Vienna Calling", "Jeanny", "The Sound of Musik", "Coming Home", and posthumously released "Out of the Dark".
- "Rock Me Amadeus" reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1986, making Falco the only artist in history to score a number-one hit with a German-language song in the United States.
- According to his estate, he has sold 20 million albums and 40 million singles, making him the best-selling Austrian singer of all time.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Falco article was read about 270,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Falco
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, Falco (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Kungfuman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
