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It Don't Mean a Thing, an Uncommon card
"It Don't Mean a Thing" is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Bubber Miley, first published by Irving Mills.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 53
- DEF
- 34
- Power
- 87
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 27,000
Power 87 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
It Don't Mean a Thing quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the It Don't Mean a Thing card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 2008, Ellington's 1932 recording of the song was inducted into the ______ Hall of Fame.
Answer
Grammy. In 2008, Ellington's 1932 recording of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. From the It Don't Mean a Thing article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
"It Don't Mean a Thing" is a ____ composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Bubber Miley, first published by Irving Mills.
Answer
1930s. "It Don't Mean a Thing" is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Bubber Miley, first published by Irving Mills. From the It Don't Mean a Thing article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Germaine Tailleferre. Germaine Tailleferre 60 · Richard Webb 56 · It Don't Mean a Thing 53 · Brooklyn Tabernacle 49 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.
- It is accepted as a jazz standard, and jazz historian Gunther Schuller characterized it as "now legendary" and "a prophetic piece and a prophetic title".
- In 2008, Ellington's 1932 recording of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The It Don't Mean a Thing article was read about 27,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 53 and blocks with 34: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get It Don't Mean a Thing
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, It Don't Mean a Thing (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The78Prof (on YouTube), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
