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Nelson Riddle, an Uncommon card
Nelson Smock Riddle Jr. was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 42
- Power
- 111
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 76,000
Power 111 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Nelson Riddle quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Nelson Riddle card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He scored and arranged music for many films and television shows, earning an ______ Award and three Grammy Awards.
Answer
Academy. He scored and arranged music for many films and television shows, earning an Academy Award and three Grammy Awards. From the Nelson Riddle article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He found commercial and critical success with a new generation in the ____s, in a trio of platinum albums with Linda Ronstadt.
Answer
1980s. He found commercial and critical success with a new generation in the 1980s, in a trio of platinum albums with Linda Ronstadt. From the Nelson Riddle article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Nelson Riddle. Nelson Riddle 69 · Dave Fennoy 66 · Poul Anderson 61 · Arizona bark scorpion 58 ATK in WikiCards.
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 worked with many vocalists at Capitol Records, including Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Judy Garland, Dean Martin, Peggy Lee, Johnny Mathis, Rosemary Clooney and Keely Smith.
- He scored and arranged music for many films and television shows, earning an Academy Award and three Grammy Awards.
- He found commercial and critical success with a new generation in the 1980s, in a trio of platinum albums with Linda Ronstadt.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Nelson Riddle article was read about 76,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 42: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Nelson Riddle
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Nelson Riddle (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
