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Krzysztof Penderecki, an Uncommon card
Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki was a Polish composer and conductor.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 175
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 57,000
Power 175 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Krzysztof Penderecki quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Krzysztof Penderecki card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
After graduating from the Academy of Music in Krakow, he became a teacher there and began his career as a composer in ____ during the Warsaw Autumn festival.
Answer
1950s. After graduating from the Academy of Music in Krakow, he became a teacher there and began his career as a composer in 1959 during the Warsaw Autumn festival. From the Krzysztof Penderecki article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Culture of Italy. Culture of Italy 95 · List of extinct bird species since 1500 91 · Hindu temple architecture 87 · Krzysztof Penderecki 78 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia Museum of Art 72,000 · Krzysztof Penderecki 57,000 · Louise Nevelson 38,000 · Byzantine music 30,000 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.
- His best-known works include Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, Symphony No. 3, his St Luke Passion, Polish Requiem, Anaklasis and Utrenja.
- His oeuvre includes five operas, eight symphonies and other orchestral pieces, a variety of instrumental concertos, choral settings of mainly religious texts, as well as chamber and instrumental works.
- After graduating from the Academy of Music in Krakow, he became a teacher there and began his career as a composer in 1959 during the Warsaw Autumn festival.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Krzysztof Penderecki article was read about 57,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Krzysztof Penderecki
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, Krzysztof Penderecki (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Adam Kumiszcza, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
