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Sidney Bechet, an Uncommon card
Sidney Joseph Bechet was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 70,000
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Sidney Bechet quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Sidney Bechet card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Bechet spent much of his later life in ______.
Answer
France. Bechet spent much of his later life in France. From the Sidney Bechet article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, first recording in July ____, a few months after trumpeter Louis Armstrong's recording debut with King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band.
Answer
1920s. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, first recording in July 1923, a few months after trumpeter Louis Armstrong's recording debut with King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band. From the Sidney Bechet 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.
- He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, first recording in July 1923, a few months after trumpeter Louis Armstrong's recording debut with King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band.
- His erratic temper hampered his music career, and not until the late 1940s did he earn wide acclaim.
- Bechet spent much of his later life in France.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Sidney Bechet article was read about 70,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Sidney Bechet
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, Sidney Bechet (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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