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Cyrano de Bergerac, an Uncommon card
Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 58
- Power
- 133
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 190,000
Power 133 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Cyrano de Bergerac quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cyrano de Bergerac card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A bold and innovative author, his work was part of the ______ literature of the first half of the 17th century.
Answer
libertine. A bold and innovative author, his work was part of the libertine literature of the first half of the 17th century. From the Cyrano de Bergerac article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Since the ____s, there has been a resurgence in the study of Cyrano, demonstrated in the abundance of theses, essays, articles and biographies published in France and elsewhere.
Answer
1970s. Since the 1970s, there has been a resurgence in the study of Cyrano, demonstrated in the abundance of theses, essays, articles and biographies published in France and elsewhere. From the Cyrano de Bergerac article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cyrano de Bergerac. Cyrano de Bergerac 75 · Isaac Mizrahi 72 · Vincenzo Peruggia 69 · Kepler-22b 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.
- A bold and innovative author, his work was part of the libertine literature of the first half of the 17th century.
- Today, he is best known as the inspiration for Edmond Rostand's most noted drama, Cyrano de Bergerac, which, although it includes elements of his life, also contains invention and myth.
- Since the 1970s, there has been a resurgence in the study of Cyrano, demonstrated in the abundance of theses, essays, articles and biographies published in France and elsewhere.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cyrano de Bergerac 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 58: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Cyrano de Bergerac
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cyrano de Bergerac (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : ZH, pinxit (Zacharie Heince, 1611-1669) LAH, delin. et Sculpsit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
