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Uncommon card · History
Arthur Sullivan, an Uncommon card
Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan was an English composer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 89
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 189
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 189 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Arthur Sullivan quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Arthur Sullivan card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His hymns and songs include "Onward, ______ Soldiers" and "The Lost Chord".
Answer
Christian. His hymns and songs include "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "The Lost Chord". From the Arthur Sullivan article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Baalbek. Baalbek 180,000 · Arthur Sullivan 110,000 · Indonesian occupation of East Timor 86,000 · Pita Limjaroenrat 58,000 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 is best known for 14 comic opera collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado.
- His works include 24 operas, 11 major orchestral works, ten choral works and oratorios, two ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous church pieces, songs, and piano and chamber pieces.
- His hymns and songs include "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "The Lost Chord".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Arthur Sullivan article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 89 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Arthur Sullivan
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, Arthur Sullivan (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ellis & Walery, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
