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John Deacon, an Epic card
John Richard Deacon is an English retired musician who was the bass guitarist for the rock band Queen.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 740,000
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
John Deacon quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Deacon card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
He joined Queen in ____ on the strength of his musical and electronic skills, particularly the homemade Deacy Amp that guitarist Brian May used to create guitar orchestras throughout Queen's career.
Answer
1970s. He joined Queen in 1971 on the strength of his musical and electronic skills, particularly the homemade Deacy Amp that guitarist Brian May used to create guitar orchestras throughout Queen's career. From the John Deacon article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Andrew Scott. Andrew Scott 1,800,000 · Pete Crow-Armstrong 940,000 · John Deacon 740,000 · Norse mythology 570,000 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.
- He wrote several songs for the group, including Top 10 hits "You're My Best Friend", "Another One Bites the Dust" and "I Want to Break Free", and co-wrote "Under Pressure", "Friends Will Be Friends" and "One Vision".
- Deacon grew up in Oadby, Leicestershire, playing bass guitar in a local band, The Opposition, before moving to London to study electronics at Chelsea College.
- He joined Queen in 1971 on the strength of his musical and electronic skills, particularly the homemade Deacy Amp that guitarist Brian May used to create guitar orchestras throughout Queen's career.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Deacon article was read about 740,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get John Deacon
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Deacon (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Christopher Hopper, Distributed by Elektra Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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