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Rare card · History
Mel Tormé, a Rare card
Melvin Howard Tormé, nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 131
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 230,000
Power 131 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Mel Tormé quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Mel Tormé card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Tormé won two Grammy Awards and was ______ a total of 14 times.
Answer
nominated. Tormé won two Grammy Awards and was nominated a total of 14 times. From the Mel Tormé article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Field hockey. Field hockey 84 · Mel Tormé 71 · Nan Madol 68 · Beaufort Castle, Lebanon 65 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Nathuram Godse. Nathuram Godse 580,000 · Burt Young 430,000 · Mel Tormé 230,000 · Jousting 180,000 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 composed the music for "The Christmas Song" and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells.
- Tormé won two Grammy Awards and was nominated a total of 14 times.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Mel Tormé article was read about 230,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Mel Tormé
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Mel Tormé in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Nikolai ValuevRare · History · ATK 72 DEF 59
- Dana IveyRare · Arts · ATK 71 DEF 60
- Field hockeyRare · Society · ATK 84 DEF 47
- Meredith VieiraRare · Society · ATK 72 DEF 59
- AtollRare · Nature · ATK 70 DEF 61
- Bailiwick of GuernseyRare · Society · ATK 67 DEF 64
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Mel Tormé (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
