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Keith Emerson, a Rare card
Keith Noel Emerson was an English keyboardist, songwriter, composer and record producer.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 89
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 187
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 300,000
Power 187 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Keith Emerson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Keith Emerson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He played keyboards in a number of bands before finding his first ______ success with the Nice in the late 1960s.
Answer
commercial. He played keyboards in a number of bands before finding his first commercial success with the Nice in the late 1960s. From the Keith Emerson article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
After leaving the Nice in ____, he was a founding member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, one of the early progressive rock supergroups.
Answer
1970s. After leaving the Nice in 1970, he was a founding member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, one of the early progressive rock supergroups. From the Keith Emerson article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Vedas. Vedas 460,000 · Keith Emerson 300,000 · I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 170,000 · Wanda Jackson 100,000 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 played keyboards in a number of bands before finding his first commercial success with the Nice in the late 1960s.
- He became internationally famous for his work with the Nice, which included writing rock arrangements of classical music.
- After leaving the Nice in 1970, he was a founding member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, one of the early progressive rock supergroups.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Keith Emerson article was read about 300,000 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 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Keith Emerson
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Keith Emerson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
