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Epic card · Arts
Louis Armstrong, an Epic card
Louis Daniel Armstrong, nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American jazz and blues trumpeter and vocalist.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 920,000
Power 181 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Louis Armstrong quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Louis Armstrong card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Among the most influential figures in jazz, his career spanned five decades and several eras in the ______ of the genre.
Answer
history. Among the most influential figures in jazz, his career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of the genre. From the Louis Armstrong article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Isaac Asimov. Isaac Asimov 94 · Louis Armstrong 87 · Mary Wollstonecraft 84 · Yahweh 81 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.
- Among the most influential figures in jazz, his career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of the genre.
- Armstrong received numerous accolades, including the Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance for "Hello, Dolly!" in 1965, as well as a posthumous win for the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1972.
- His influence crossed musical genres, with inductions into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame, among others.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Louis Armstrong article was read about 920,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Louis Armstrong
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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The cards just above and just below Louis Armstrong in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Harry HoudiniEpic · Science · ATK 87 DEF 94
- YahwehEpic · Arts · ATK 81 DEF 100
- Mark AntonyEpic · History · ATK 90 DEF 91
- Roberto CarlosEpic · Society · ATK 83 DEF 98
- CougarEpic · Nature · ATK 86 DEF 95
- AtherosclerosisEpic · Science · ATK 86 DEF 95
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Louis Armstrong (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Harry Warnecke / Gus Schoenbaechler, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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