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Hoagy Carmichael, a Rare card
Hoagland Howard Carmichael was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor, author and lawyer.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 99
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 240,000
Power 179 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Hoagy Carmichael quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hoagy Carmichael card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Carmichael ______ several hundred songs, including 50 that achieved hit record status.
Answer
composed. Carmichael composed several hundred songs, including 50 that achieved hit record status. From the Hoagy Carmichael article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Italian cuisine. Italian cuisine 94 · Chaldean Catholic Church 87 · Candide 84 · Hoagy Carmichael 80 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.
- Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s and 1940s, and was among the first singer-songwriters in the age of mass media to use new communication technologies such as radio broadcasts, television, microphones, and sound recordings.
- Carmichael composed several hundred songs, including 50 that achieved hit record status.
- He is best known for composing four of the most-recorded American songs of all time: "Stardust", with lyrics by Mitchell Parish, "Georgia on My Mind", with lyrics by Stuart Gorrell, "The Nearness of You", with lyrics by Ned Washington, and "Heart and Soul", with lyrics by Frank Loesser.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hoagy Carmichael article was read about 240,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 99: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Hoagy Carmichael
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hoagy Carmichael (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Press photo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
