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Guy Lombardo, an Uncommon card
Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo was a Canadian and American bandleader, violinist, and hydroplane racer whose unique sweet jazz style remained popular with audiences for nearly five decades.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 93
- Power
- 174
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 64,000
Power 174 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Guy Lombardo quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Guy Lombardo card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
They billed themselves as creating "the sweetest music this side of ______".
Answer
Heaven. They billed themselves as creating "the sweetest music this side of Heaven". From the Guy Lombardo article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Lombardo formed the Royal Canadians in ____ with his brothers Carmen, Lebert and Victor, and other musicians from his hometown.
Answer
1920s. Lombardo formed the Royal Canadians in 1924 with his brothers Carmen, Lebert and Victor, and other musicians from his hometown. From the Guy Lombardo article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of concert halls. List of concert halls 97 · Ink wash painting 84 · Guy Lombardo 81 · Hindu mythology 75 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.
- Lombardo formed the Royal Canadians in 1924 with his brothers Carmen, Lebert and Victor, and other musicians from his hometown.
- They billed themselves as creating "the sweetest music this side of Heaven".
- The Lombardos are believed to have sold between 100 and 300 million records during their lifetimes, many featuring the band's lead singer from 1940 onward, Kenny Gardner.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Guy Lombardo article was read about 64,000 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 93: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Guy Lombardo
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, Guy Lombardo (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Music Corporation of America-photo by Maurice Seymour , Chicago., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
