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William Sterndale Bennett, a Common card
Sir William Sterndale Bennett was an English composer, pianist, conductor and music educator.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 180
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 10,000
Power 180 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
William Sterndale Bennett quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the William Sterndale Bennett card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Among those impressed by Bennett was the ______ composer Felix Mendelssohn, who invited him to Leipzig.
Answer
German. Among those impressed by Bennett was the German composer Felix Mendelssohn, who invited him to Leipzig. From the William Sterndale Bennett article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Music of Canada. Music of Canada 23,000 · Henry Wood 17,000 · William Sterndale Bennett 10,000 · George Griffith 5,100 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.
- At the age of ten Bennett was admitted to the London Royal Academy of Music, where he remained for ten years.
- By the age of twenty, he had begun to make a reputation as a concert pianist, and his compositions received high praise.
- Among those impressed by Bennett was the German composer Felix Mendelssohn, who invited him to Leipzig.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William Sterndale Bennett article was read about 10,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get William Sterndale Bennett
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William Sterndale Bennett (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Thomas Oldham Barlow / After John Everett Millais, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
