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Legendary card · History
Sam Mendes, a Legendary card
Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes is an English filmmaker and stage director.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 75
- Power
- 153
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,200,000
Power 153 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Sam Mendes quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Sam Mendes card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 2005, he received a lifetime achievement award from the ______ Guild of Great Britain.
Answer
Directors. In 2005, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Directors Guild of Great Britain. From the Sam Mendes article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, Mendes was awarded the Shakespeare Prize by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation in Hamburg, Germany.
Answer
2000s. In 2000, Mendes was awarded the Shakespeare Prize by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation in Hamburg, Germany. From the Sam Mendes article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Barry Manilow. Barry Manilow 88 · Sam Mendes 78 · Nithya Raman 75 · First Chimurenga 72 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.
- In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and he was knighted in the 2020 New Years Honours List.
- In 2000, Mendes was awarded the Shakespeare Prize by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation in Hamburg, Germany.
- In 2005, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Directors Guild of Great Britain.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Sam Mendes article was read about 1,200,000 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 75: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Sam Mendes
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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The cards just above and just below Sam Mendes in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Barry ManilowLegendary · Arts · ATK 88 DEF 65
- Christian SlaterLegendary · Arts · ATK 76 DEF 77
- Natalie DormerLegendary · Arts · ATK 79 DEF 74
- Maslow's hierarchy of needsLegendary · Science · ATK 75 DEF 78
- Coordinated Universal TimeEpic · Society · ATK 80 DEF 73
- J. J. McCarthyEpic · Society · ATK 76 DEF 77
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Sam Mendes (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Frankie Fouganthin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
