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William Walton, an Uncommon card
Sir William Turner Walton was an English composer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 49,000
Power 179 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
William Walton quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the William Walton card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several ______ genres and styles, from film scores to opera.
Answer
classical. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera. From the William Walton article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Robert Lowell. Robert Lowell 77,000 · William Walton 49,000 · Wolfgang Tillmans 32,000 · Canadian Museum of History 23,000 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.
- During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera.
- His best-known works include Façade, the cantata Belshazzar's Feast, the Viola Concerto, the First Symphony, and the British coronation marches Crown Imperial and Orb and Sceptre.
- Born in Lancashire, the son of a classical musician, Walton was a chorister and then an undergraduate at Christ Church, Oxford.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William Walton article was read about 49,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get William Walton
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William Walton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : AP Wirephoto, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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