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Rare card · History
Jack Benny, a Rare card
Jack Benny was an American entertainer who evolved from a modest success as a violinist on the vaudeville circuit to one of the leading entertainers of the twentieth century with a highly popular comedic career in radio, television, and film.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 157
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 300,000
Power 157 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Jack Benny quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jack Benny card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His radio and television programs, popular from 1932 until his death in 1974, were a major influence on the ______ genre.
Answer
sitcom. His radio and television programs, popular from 1932 until his death in 1974, were a major influence on the sitcom genre. From the Jack Benny article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Chinese calendar. Chinese calendar 84 · Isoroku Yamamoto 80 · Jack Benny 76 · Romulus Augustulus 71 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.
- His radio and television programs, popular from 1932 until his death in 1974, were a major influence on the sitcom genre.
- Benny, with self-deprecating humor, portrayed himself as a vain miser who obliviously played his violin badly and perpetually claimed to be 39 years of age.
- He was known for his comic timing and the ability to cause laughter with a long pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated summation "Well!
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jack Benny article was read about 300,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Jack Benny
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, Jack Benny (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
