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Harold Arlen, an Uncommon card
Harold Arlen was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 107
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 100,000
Power 107 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Harold Arlen quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Harold Arlen card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Arlen is a ______ to the Great American Songbook.
Answer
contributor. Arlen is a contributor to the Great American Songbook. From the Harold Arlen article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In addition to composing the songs for the ____ film The Wizard of Oz, including "Over the Rainbow", which won him the Oscar for Best Original Song, he was nominated as composer for 8 other Oscar awards.
Answer
1930s. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, including "Over the Rainbow", which won him the Oscar for Best Original Song, he was nominated as composer for 8 other Oscar awards. From the Harold Arlen article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Peter, Paul and Mary. Peter, Paul and Mary 480,000 · Gabriel G. Mourreau 180,000 · Celesta 130,000 · Harold Arlen 100,000 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.
- In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, including "Over the Rainbow", which won him the Oscar for Best Original Song, he was nominated as composer for 8 other Oscar awards.
- Arlen is a contributor to the Great American Songbook.
- "Over the Rainbow" was voted the 20th century's No. 1 song by the RIAA and the NEA.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Harold Arlen article was read about 100,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Harold Arlen
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Harold Arlen (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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