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Legendary card · Arts
Lionel Richie, a Legendary card
Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and television personality.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 145
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,500,000
Power 145 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Lionel Richie quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Lionel Richie card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1980, he wrote and produced the US ______ Hot 100 number one single "Lady" for Kenny Rogers.
Answer
Billboard. In 1980, he wrote and produced the US Billboard Hot 100 number one single "Lady" for Kenny Rogers. From the Lionel Richie article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, Richie wrote and produced the single "Endless Love", which he recorded as a duet with Diana Ross, it remains among the top 20 bestselling singles of all time, and the biggest career hit for both artists.
Answer
1980s. In 1981, Richie wrote and produced the single "Endless Love", which he recorded as a duet with Diana Ross, it remains among the top 20 bestselling singles of all time, and the biggest career hit for both artists. From the Lionel Richie article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Sombr. Sombr 2,600,000 · Lionel Richie 1,500,000 · Richard Gadd 1,000,000 · Dinho Ouro Preto 3,300 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 rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of the Motown group Commodores, writing and recording the hit singles "Easy", "Sail On", "Three Times a Lady", and "Still" with the group before his departure.
- In 1980, he wrote and produced the US Billboard Hot 100 number one single "Lady" for Kenny Rogers.
- In 1981, Richie wrote and produced the single "Endless Love", which he recorded as a duet with Diana Ross, it remains among the top 20 bestselling singles of all time, and the biggest career hit for both artists.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Lionel Richie article was read about 1,500,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Lionel Richie
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, Lionel Richie (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Shawn Miller/Library of Congress, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
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