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Pierre Monteux, a Common card
Pierre Benjamin Monteux was a French conductor.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 182
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 182 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Pierre Monteux quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Pierre Monteux card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Thereafter he directed ______ around the world for more than half a century.
Answer
orchestras. Thereafter he directed orchestras around the world for more than half a century. From the Pierre Monteux article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
After violin and viola studies, and a decade as an orchestral player and occasional conductor, he began to receive regular conducting engagements in ____.
Answer
1900s. After violin and viola studies, and a decade as an orchestral player and occasional conductor, he began to receive regular conducting engagements in 1907. From the Pierre Monteux article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Iranian architecture. Iranian architecture 36,000 · Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 26,000 · Brian Bolland 20,000 · Pierre Monteux 13,000 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.
- After violin and viola studies, and a decade as an orchestral player and occasional conductor, he began to receive regular conducting engagements in 1907.
- He came to prominence when, for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company between 1911 and 1914, he conducted the world premieres of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and other prominent works including Petrushka, The Nightingale, Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé, and Debussy's Jeux.
- Thereafter he directed orchestras around the world for more than half a century.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Pierre Monteux article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Pierre Monteux
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Pierre Monteux (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Marked "Photo de Monde Musical" in bottom righthand corner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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