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Derek Walcott, an Uncommon card
Sir Derek Alton Walcott was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 173
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 78,000
Power 173 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Derek Walcott quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Derek Walcott card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in ______.
Answer
Literature. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. From the Derek Walcott article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hip-hop culture. Hip-hop culture 94 · I.M 84 · Derek Walcott 79 · Kenzaburō Ōe 76 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.
- He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature.
- His works include the Homeric epic poem Omeros, which many critics view "as Walcott's major achievement." In addition to winning the Nobel Prize, Walcott received many literary awards over the course of his career, including the Guinness Award for Poetry in 1961 for his poem "A Sea-Chantey", the WH Smith Literary Award, an Obie Award in 1971 for his play Dream on Monkey Mountain, a MacArthur…
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Derek Walcott article was read about 78,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Derek Walcott
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Derek Walcott (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bert Nienhuis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
