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Alex Haley, an Uncommon card
Alexander Murray Palmer Haley was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 155
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 190,000
Power 155 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Alex Haley quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alex Haley card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
ABC adapted the book as a ______ miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers.
Answer
television. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers. From the Alex Haley article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Alexander Murray Palmer Haley was an American writer and the author of the ____ book Roots: The Saga of an American Family.
Answer
1970s. Alexander Murray Palmer Haley was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. From the Alex Haley article on Wikipedia.
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.
- ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers.
- In the United States, the book and miniseries raised the public awareness of black American history and inspired a broad interest in genealogy and family history.
- Haley's first book was The Autobiography of Malcolm X, published in 1965, a collaboration through numerous lengthy interviews with Malcolm X. He was working on a second family history novel at his death.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alex Haley article was read about 190,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alex Haley (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : University of Texas at Arlington Photograph Collection, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
