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João Gilberto, an Uncommon card
João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 128
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 100,000
Power 128 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
João Gilberto quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the João Gilberto card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It also won Best Jazz ______ Album – Individual or Group and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.
Answer
Instrumental. It also won Best Jazz Instrumental Album – Individual or Group and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. From the João Gilberto article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late ____s.
Answer
1950s. João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. From the João Gilberto article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of home video game consoles. List of home video game consoles 74 · João Gilberto 71 · Huell Howser 68 · Chanterelle 63 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.
- Around the world, he was often called the "father of bossa nova", in his native Brazil, he was referred to as "O Mito".
- In 1965, the album Getz/Gilberto was the first jazz record to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
- It also won Best Jazz Instrumental Album – Individual or Group and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The João Gilberto 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 71 and blocks with 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get João Gilberto
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, João Gilberto (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Tuca Vieira from São Paulo, Brazil, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
