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Doris Lessing, a Rare card
Doris May Lessing was a British novelist – sometimes identified as Rhodesian early in her career – and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 76
- Power
- 153
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 300,000
Power 153 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Doris Lessing quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Doris Lessing card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Lessing was born to British ______ in Iran, where she lived until she was 6 in 1925.
Answer
parents. Lessing was born to British parents in Iran, where she lived until she was 6 in 1925. From the Doris Lessing article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Doris May Lessing was a British novelist – sometimes identified as Rhodesian early in her career – and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in ____.
Answer
2000s. Doris May Lessing was a British novelist – sometimes identified as Rhodesian early in her career – and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. From the Doris Lessing 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.
- Lessing was born to British parents in Iran, where she lived until she was 6 in 1925.
- Her family then moved to Southern Rhodesia, where she remained until moving to London, England, in 1949.
- Her novels include The Grass Is Singing, the sequence of five novels collectively called Children of Violence, The Golden Notebook, The Good Terrorist, and five novels collectively known as Canopus in Argos: Archives.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Doris Lessing article was read about 300,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 76: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Doris Lessing
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Doris Lessing (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Doris_lessing_20060312_(jha).jpg : Elke Wetzig ( elya ) derivative work: PRA ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
