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Waiting for the Robert E. Lee, a Common card
"Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" is an American popular song written in 1912, with music by Lewis F. Muir and lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 50
- DEF
- 17
- Power
- 67
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,300
Power 67 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Waiting for the Robert E. Lee quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Waiting for the Robert E. Lee card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The "Robert E. Lee" in the title refers to the ______ of that name.
Answer
steamboat. The "Robert E. Lee" in the title refers to the steamboat of that name. From the Waiting for the Robert E. Lee article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
"Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" is an American popular song written in ____, with music by Lewis F. Muir and lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert.
Answer
1910s. "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" is an American popular song written in 1912, with music by Lewis F. Muir and lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert. From the Waiting for the Robert E. Lee article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Waldemar Bonsels. Waldemar Bonsels 9,100 · Yakima Electric Railway Museum 6,100 · Waiting for the Robert E. Lee 4,300 · Bennett Monolith 3,000 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.
- The "Robert E. Lee" in the title refers to the steamboat of that name.
- Popular versions in 1912 were by the Heidelberg Quintet, Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan, and by Dolly Connolly.
- It has since been recorded by such artists as Al Jolson, Benny Goodman, Wayne Newton, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Louis Jordan, Dean Martin, Russ Conway, Chas and Dave, and Lizzie Miles.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Waiting for the Robert E. Lee article was read about 4,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 50 and blocks with 17: each hit it takes is cut by 7 %.
How to get Waiting for the Robert E. Lee
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, Waiting for the Robert E. Lee (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gilbert, L. Wolfe (Louis Wolfe), 1886-1970, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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