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Jo Stafford, an Uncommon card
Jo Elizabeth Stafford was an American traditional pop singer, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 182
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 76,000
Power 182 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Jo Stafford quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jo Stafford card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Born in remote oil-rich Coalinga, California, near Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley, Stafford made her first musical ______ at age 12.
Answer
appearance. Born in remote oil-rich Coalinga, California, near Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley, Stafford made her first musical appearance at age 12. From the Jo Stafford article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Her ____ song "You Belong to Me" topped the charts in the United States and United Kingdom, becoming the second single to top the UK Singles Chart and the first by a female artist to do so.
Answer
1950s. Her 1952 song "You Belong to Me" topped the charts in the United States and United Kingdom, becoming the second single to top the UK Singles Chart and the first by a female artist to do so. From the Jo Stafford article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Guangzhou Metro. Guangzhou Metro 91 · Alexander Alekhine 88 · Coelophysis 85 · Jo Stafford 82 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.
- Admired for the purity of her voice, she originally underwent classical training to become an opera singer before following a career in popular music and by 1955 had achieved more worldwide record sales than any other female artist.
- Her 1952 song "You Belong to Me" topped the charts in the United States and United Kingdom, becoming the second single to top the UK Singles Chart and the first by a female artist to do so.
- Born in remote oil-rich Coalinga, California, near Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley, Stafford made her first musical appearance at age 12.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jo Stafford article was read about 76,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Jo Stafford
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jo Stafford (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : New York Daily News/Sunday News, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
