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Jerry Herman, an Uncommon card
Gerald Sheldon Herman was an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway theatre.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 75
- Power
- 148
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 42,000
Power 148 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Jerry Herman quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jerry Herman card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His shows ______ Hello, Dolly!
Answer
include. His shows include Hello, Dolly! From the Jerry Herman article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Byzantine bureaucracy and aristocracy. Byzantine bureaucracy and aristocracy 80 · Robert Osborne 76 · Jerry Herman 73 · Caroline Norton 69 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 commercially successful Broadway songwriters of his time, Herman was the composer and lyricist for a number of hit musicals, starting in the 1960s, that were characterized by an upbeat and optimistic outlook and what Herman called "the simple, hummable showtune".
- His shows include Hello, Dolly!
- , at one time the longest-running musical in Broadway history, which also produced the hit title song for Louis Armstrong, Mame, a vehicle for Angela Lansbury, and La Cage aux Folles, the first hit Broadway musical about a gay couple.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jerry Herman article was read about 42,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 75: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Jerry Herman
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Jerry Herman in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Joe EngleUncommon · History · ATK 70 DEF 78
- BanksiaUncommon · Nature · ATK 76 DEF 72
- Byzantine bureaucracy and aristocracyUncommon · History · ATK 80 DEF 68
- Renato GaúchoUncommon · Society · ATK 76 DEF 72
- TillageUncommon · Science · ATK 75 DEF 73
- Ángela MolinaUncommon · Arts · ATK 76 DEF 72
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jerry Herman (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : U.S. federal government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
