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Irvin S. Cobb, a Common card
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was an American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky, who relocated to New York in 1904, living there for the remainder of his life.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 37
- Power
- 102
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 102 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Irvin S. Cobb quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Irvin S. Cobb card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Some of his works were ______ for silent movies.
Answer
adapted. Some of his works were adapted for silent movies. From the Irvin S. Cobb article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was an American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky, who relocated to New York in ____, living there for the remainder of his life.
Answer
1900s. Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was an American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky, who relocated to New York in 1904, living there for the remainder of his life. From the Irvin S. Cobb article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Irvin S. Cobb. Irvin S. Cobb 65 · Qadi Iyad 61 · Andrea del Castagno 57 · Zoltán Kocsis 53 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.
- He wrote for the New York World, Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper, as the highest paid staff reporter in the United States.
- Cobb also wrote more than 60 books and 300 short stories.
- Some of his works were adapted for silent movies.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Irvin S. Cobb article was read about 11,000 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 37: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get Irvin S. Cobb
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Irvin S. Cobb (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Underwood and Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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