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Book of Lamentations, an Uncommon card
The Book of Lamentations is a collection of poetic laments for the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BCE.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 152
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 84,000
Power 152 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Book of Lamentations quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Book of Lamentations card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
By the mid-19th century, German scholars doubted Jeremiah's authorship, a view that has since become the ______ scholarly consensus.
Answer
prevailing. By the mid-19th century, German scholars doubted Jeremiah's authorship, a view that has since become the prevailing scholarly consensus. From the Book of Lamentations article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Carnatic music. Carnatic music 78 · Canon 75 · Jean Renoir 72 · Book of Lamentations 69 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Carnatic music. Carnatic music 120,000 · Book of Lamentations 84,000 · Sheppard 60,000 · Skillet discography 38,000 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.
- In the Hebrew Bible, it appears in the Ketuvim as one of the Five Megillot alongside the Song of Songs, Book of Ruth, Ecclesiastes, and the Book of Esther.
- In the Christian Old Testament, it follows the Book of Jeremiah, for the prophet Jeremiah is traditionally understood to have been its author.
- By the mid-19th century, German scholars doubted Jeremiah's authorship, a view that has since become the prevailing scholarly consensus.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Book of Lamentations article was read about 84,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Book of Lamentations
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, Book of Lamentations (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Францішак Скарына, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
