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Uncommon card · History
Alan Parker, an Uncommon card
Sir Alan William Parker was an English filmmaker.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 65
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Alan Parker quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alan Parker card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Parker was known for using a wide range of ______ styles and working in differing genres.
Answer
filmmaking. Parker was known for using a wide range of filmmaking styles and working in differing genres. From the Alan Parker article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Lindsay Davenport. Lindsay Davenport 83 · Lake Garda 76 · Alan Parker 73 · Cleopatra Selene II 69 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.
- His early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements.
- After about ten years of filming adverts, many of which won awards for creativity, he began screenwriting and directing films.
- Parker was known for using a wide range of filmmaking styles and working in differing genres.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alan Parker article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 65: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Alan Parker
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 Alan Parker in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Ken StablerUncommon · Society · ATK 75 DEF 63
- Stock exchangeUncommon · Science · ATK 75 DEF 63
- Ursula VernonUncommon · Arts · ATK 72 DEF 66
- Lake GardaUncommon · Nature · ATK 76 DEF 62
- Least squaresUncommon · Science · ATK 73 DEF 65
- Lindsay DavenportUncommon · Society · ATK 83 DEF 55
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alan Parker (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Lisa Moran Parker, CC BY-SA 1.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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