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Uncommon card · Science
Jive, an Uncommon card
The jive is a dance style that originated in the United States from African Americans in the early 1930s.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 37
- DEF
- 23
- Power
- 60
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 34,000
Power 60 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 5 % of WikiCards cards.
Jive quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jive card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
The jive is a dance style that originated in the United States from African Americans in the early ____s.
Answer
1930s. The jive is a dance style that originated in the United States from African Americans in the early 1930s. From the Jive article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Ernest Guinness. Ernest Guinness 110,000 · Jive 34,000 · Gosbeck Wood 220 · Roecliffe Manor Lawns 160 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- The name of the dance comes from the name of a form of African-American vernacular slang, popularized in the 1930s by the publication of a dictionary by Cab Calloway, the famous jazz bandleader and singer.
- In competition ballroom dancing, the jive is often grouped with the Latin-inspired ballroom dances, though its roots are based more on swing dancing than Latin dancing.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jive article was read about 34,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 37 and blocks with 23: each hit it takes is cut by 9 %.
How to get Jive
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jive (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Marion Post Wolcott, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
