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Epic card · Arts
The Twelve Days of Christmas, an Epic card
"The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol and nursery rhyme.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 180
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 850,000
Power 180 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
The Twelve Days of Christmas quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the The Twelve Days of Christmas card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The carol, whose words were first published in England in the late ______ century, has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 68.
Answer
eighteenth. The carol, whose words were first published in England in the late eighteenth century, has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 68. From the The Twelve Days of Christmas article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
A large number of different melodies have been associated with the song, of which the best known is derived from a ____ arrangement of a traditional folk melody by English composer Frederic Austin.
Answer
1900s. A large number of different melodies have been associated with the song, of which the best known is derived from a 1909 arrangement of a traditional folk melody by English composer Frederic Austin. From the The Twelve Days of Christmas article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Steven Soderbergh. Steven Soderbergh 89 · The Offspring 86 · The Twelve Days of Christmas 83 · A Christmas Carol 80 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.
- A classic example of a cumulative song, the lyrics detail a series of increasingly numerous gifts given to the speaker by their "true love" on each of the twelve days of Christmas.
- The carol, whose words were first published in England in the late eighteenth century, has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 68.
- A large number of different melodies have been associated with the song, of which the best known is derived from a 1909 arrangement of a traditional folk melody by English composer Frederic Austin.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The The Twelve Days of Christmas article was read about 850,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get The Twelve Days of Christmas
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, The Twelve Days of Christmas (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Xavier Romero-Frias, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
