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Jerome Kern, an Uncommon card
Jerome David Kern was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 93
- Power
- 171
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 100,000
Power 171 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Jerome Kern quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jerome Kern card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A native New Yorker, Kern created dozens of ______ musicals and Hollywood films in a career that lasted for more than four decades.
Answer
Broadway. A native New Yorker, Kern created dozens of Broadway musicals and Hollywood films in a career that lasted for more than four decades. From the Jerome Kern article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Movie theater. Movie theater 85 · Parallel computing 82 · Jerome Kern 78 · Mahdist State 75 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.
- One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A Fine Romance", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "The Song Is You", "All the Things You Are", "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Long Ago".
- He collaborated with many of the leading librettists and lyricists of his era, including George Grossmith Jr., Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin and Yip Harburg.
- A native New Yorker, Kern created dozens of Broadway musicals and Hollywood films in a career that lasted for more than four decades.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jerome Kern 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 78 and blocks with 93: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Jerome Kern
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jerome Kern (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : John Hanrahan Publishing Company, Inc., photograph by Alfredo Valente, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
