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Booker T. & the M.G.'s, a Rare card
Booker T. & the M.G.'s were an American instrumental, R&B, and jazz band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1962.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 132
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 240,000
Power 132 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Booker T. & the M.G.'s quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Booker T. & the M.G.'s card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The band helped shape the sound of ______ soul and Memphis soul.
Answer
Southern. The band helped shape the sound of Southern soul and Memphis soul. From the Booker T. & the M.G.'s article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Booker T. & the M.G.'s were an American instrumental, R&B, and jazz band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in ____.
Answer
1960s. Booker T. & the M.G.'s were an American instrumental, R&B, and jazz band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1962. From the Booker T. & the M.G.'s article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Andrew Choi. Andrew Choi 400,000 · Mitch Albom 300,000 · Booker T. & the M.G.'s 240,000 · Charlotte de Witte 190,000 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.
- The band helped shape the sound of Southern soul and Memphis soul.
- The original members of the group were Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Lewie Steinberg, and Al Jackson Jr..
- In the 1960s, as members of the Mar-Keys, the rotating slate of musicians that served as the house band of Stax Records, they played on hundreds of recordings by artists including Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Bill Withers, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Johnnie Taylor, and Albert King.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Booker T. & the M.G.'s article was read about 240,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Booker T. & the M.G.'s
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Booker T. & the M.G.'s (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Stax Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
