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Frank Fay, an Uncommon card
Frank Fay was an American vaudeville comedian, film actor, and stage actor.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 59
- Power
- 124
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 36,000
Power 124 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Frank Fay quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Frank Fay card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Considered an ______ pioneer in comedy, he has been referred to as "the first stand-up".
Answer
important. Considered an important pioneer in comedy, he has been referred to as "the first stand-up". From the Frank Fay article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He played the role of Elwood P. Dowd in the ____ Broadway play Harvey by the American playwright Mary Coyle Chase.
Answer
1940s. He played the role of Elwood P. Dowd in the 1944 Broadway play Harvey by the American playwright Mary Coyle Chase. From the Frank Fay article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Rick Remender. Rick Remender 76 · Anne Bradstreet 73 · Gérard de Nerval 70 · Frank Fay 65 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.
- Considered an important pioneer in comedy, he has been referred to as "the first stand-up".
- For a time he was a well known and influential star, vaudeville's highest-paid headliner, earning $17,500 a week in the 1920s, but he later fell into obscurity, in part because of his abrasive personality and fascist political views.
- He played the role of Elwood P. Dowd in the 1944 Broadway play Harvey by the American playwright Mary Coyle Chase.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Frank Fay article was read about 36,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 59: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Frank Fay
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, Frank Fay (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NBC Radio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
