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Kenny Wheeler, an Uncommon card
Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 38
- Power
- 104
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 18,000
Power 104 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Kenny Wheeler quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Kenny Wheeler card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Wheeler was the ______ of the Royal Academy Junior Jazz course.
Answer
patron. Wheeler was the patron of the Royal Academy Junior Jazz course. From the Kenny Wheeler article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the ____s onwards.
Answer
1950s. Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards. From the Kenny Wheeler 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.
- Most of his performances were rooted in jazz, but he was also active in free improvisation and occasionally contributed to rock music recordings.
- Wheeler wrote more than one hundred compositions and was a skilled arranger for small groups and large ensembles.
- Wheeler was the patron of the Royal Academy Junior Jazz course.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Kenny Wheeler article was read about 18,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 38: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get Kenny Wheeler
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, Kenny Wheeler (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Andy Newcombe Farnborough, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
