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Legendary card · Arts
Ritchie Valens, a Legendary card
Richard Steven Valenzuela, better known by his stage name Ritchie Valens, was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 77
- Power
- 151
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,100,000
Power 151 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Ritchie Valens quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ritchie Valens card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Valens had several hits, most notably "La Bamba", which he had adapted from a ______ folk song.
Answer
Mexican. Valens had several hits, most notably "La Bamba", which he had adapted from a Mexican folk song. From the Ritchie Valens article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Valens transformed the song into one with a rock rhythm and beat, and it became a hit in ____, making Valens a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock and roll movement.
Answer
1950s. Valens transformed the song into one with a rock rhythm and beat, and it became a hit in 1958, making Valens a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock and roll movement. From the Ritchie Valens article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Wunmi Mosaku. Wunmi Mosaku 1,400,000 · Ritchie Valens 1,100,000 · Tarot 810,000 · Jacques Cousteau 430,000 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.
- A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens died in a plane crash just eight months after his breakthrough.
- Valens had several hits, most notably "La Bamba", which he had adapted from a Mexican folk song.
- Valens transformed the song into one with a rock rhythm and beat, and it became a hit in 1958, making Valens a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock and roll movement.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ritchie Valens article was read about 1,100,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 77: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Ritchie Valens
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ritchie Valens (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Distributed by General Artists Corportation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
