WikiCards
Play on iPhone nowFree in Safari. Add it to your Home Screen.Play
WikiCards · Card list · Arts cards · Fred Allen
Uncommon card · Arts
Fred Allen, an Uncommon card
John Florence Sullivan, known professionally as Fred Allen, was an American comedian.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 136
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 76,000
Power 136 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Fred Allen quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Fred Allen card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Radio ______ John Dunning wrote that Allen was perhaps radio's most admired comedian and most frequently censored.
Answer
historian. Radio historian John Dunning wrote that Allen was perhaps radio's most admired comedian and most frequently censored. From the Fred Allen article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Josh White. Josh White 82 · Fred Allen 76 · Nathaniel Wood 72 · Bolshoi Theatre 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.
- His absurdist, topically pointed radio program The Fred Allen Show made him one of the most popular and forward-looking humorists in the Golden Age of American radio.
- His best-remembered gag was his long-running mock feud with friend and fellow comedian Jack Benny, but that was only part of his appeal.
- Radio historian John Dunning wrote that Allen was perhaps radio's most admired comedian and most frequently censored.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Fred Allen article was read about 76,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Fred Allen
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.
More Arts cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Fred Allen in the power ranking, all domains together.
- DivinityUncommon · History · ATK 72 DEF 64
- Famous DexUncommon · Arts · ATK 71 DEF 65
- Ferdinand de LessepsUncommon · History · ATK 71 DEF 65
- Jeju CityUncommon · Society · ATK 66 DEF 70
- Eulerian pathUncommon · Society · ATK 70 DEF 66
- Derrick WilliamsUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 65
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Arts cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Fred Allen (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NBC Radio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
