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Alain de Botton, a Rare card
Alain de Botton is a British author and public speaker.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 58
- Power
- 129
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 250,000
Power 129 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Alain de Botton quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alain de Botton card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He ______ Essays in Love, which went on to sell two million copies.
Answer
published. He published Essays in Love, which went on to sell two million copies. From the Alain de Botton article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ravi Shastri. Ravi Shastri 74 · Alain de Botton 71 · Charade 68 · Theo van Gogh 65 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.
- His books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life.
- He published Essays in Love, which went on to sell two million copies.
- Other bestsellers include How Proust Can Change Your Life, Status Anxiety, and The Architecture of Happiness.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alain de Botton article was read about 250,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 58: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Alain de Botton
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alain de Botton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Fronteiras do Pensamento, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
