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C. S. Forester, an Uncommon card
Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, best known by his pen name C. S. Forester, was an English novelist known for writing tales of naval warfare, such as the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 109
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 109 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
C. S. Forester quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the C. S. Forester card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Other works include The ______ Queen and The Good Shepherd, both of which were later adapted as movies.
Answer
African. Other works include The African Queen and The Good Shepherd, both of which were later adapted as movies. From the C. S. Forester article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Hornblower novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the ____ James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.
Answer
1930s. The Hornblower novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. From the C. S. Forester 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.
- The Hornblower novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.
- Other works include The African Queen and The Good Shepherd, both of which were later adapted as movies.
- During World War II, he moved to the United States where he worked for the British Ministry of Information, writing propaganda for the Allied cause.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The C. S. Forester article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, C. S. Forester (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bassano Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
