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John Barbirolli, an Uncommon card
Sir John Barbirolli was a British conductor and cellist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 174
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 20,000
Power 174 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
John Barbirolli quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Barbirolli card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Earlier in his ______ he was Arturo Toscanini's successor as music director of the New York Philharmonic, serving from 1936 to 1943.
Answer
career. Earlier in his career he was Arturo Toscanini's successor as music director of the New York Philharmonic, serving from 1936 to 1943. From the John Barbirolli article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He is remembered above all as conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in ____ and conducted for the rest of his life.
Answer
1940s. He is remembered above all as conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in 1943 and conducted for the rest of his life. From the John Barbirolli article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 88 · History of Rajasthan 84 · Invasion of the Waikato 81 · John Barbirolli 77 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.
- He is remembered above all as conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in 1943 and conducted for the rest of his life.
- Earlier in his career he was Arturo Toscanini's successor as music director of the New York Philharmonic, serving from 1936 to 1943.
- He was also chief conductor of the Houston Symphony from 1961 to 1967, and was a guest conductor of many other orchestras, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic, with all of which he made recordings.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Barbirolli article was read about 20,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get John Barbirolli
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, John Barbirolli (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Paolo Monti, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
