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John Sebastian, an Uncommon card
John Benson Sebastian is an American singer, songwriter and musician who founded the rock band the Lovin' Spoonful in 1964 with Zal Yanovsky.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 90
- Power
- 170
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 200,000
Power 170 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
John Sebastian quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Sebastian card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Sebastian left the ______ after the 1968 album Everything Playing to focus on a solo career, releasing John B. Sebastian in 1970.
Answer
Spoonful. Sebastian left the Spoonful after the 1968 album Everything Playing to focus on a solo career, releasing John B. Sebastian in 1970. From the John Sebastian article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
John Benson Sebastian is an American singer, songwriter and musician who founded the rock band the Lovin' Spoonful in ____ with Zal Yanovsky.
Answer
1960s. John Benson Sebastian is an American singer, songwriter and musician who founded the rock band the Lovin' Spoonful in 1964 with Zal Yanovsky. From the John Sebastian article on Wikipedia.
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.
- During his time in the Lovin' Spoonful, Sebastian wrote and sang some of the band's biggest hits such as "Do You Believe in Magic", “Summer in the City”, "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind", and "Daydream".
- Sebastian left the Spoonful after the 1968 album Everything Playing to focus on a solo career, releasing John B. Sebastian in 1970.
- He made an impromptu appearance at the Woodstock festival in 1969 and scored a U.S. No. 1 hit in 1976 with "Welcome Back", which was used as the theme song on the sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter.
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 Sebastian article was read about 200,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 90: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get John Sebastian
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 Sebastian (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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