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Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, an Uncommon card
Giuseppe Tomasi, 11th Prince of Lampedusa, 12th Duke of Palma, GE, known as Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, was a Sicilian writer, as well as the last generation of Tomasi Princes of Lampedusa before the family's and their titles' extinction.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 77
- Power
- 150
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 58,000
Power 150 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Tomasi di Lampedusa is most famous for his only novel, Il Gattopardo, which is set in his native Sicily during the ______.
Answer
Risorgimento. Tomasi di Lampedusa is most famous for his only novel, Il Gattopardo, which is set in his native Sicily during the Risorgimento. From the Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He said of himself as a child, "I was a boy who liked solitude, who preferred the company of things to that of people", and in ____ wrote, "Of my sixteen hours of daily wakefulness, at least ten are spent in solitude."
Answer
1950s. He said of himself as a child, "I was a boy who liked solitude, who preferred the company of things to that of people", and in 1954 wrote, "Of my sixteen hours of daily wakefulness, at least ten are spent in solitude." From the Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Tomasi di Lampedusa is most famous for his only novel, Il Gattopardo, which is set in his native Sicily during the Risorgimento.
- A reserved, solitary, shy, and somewhat misanthropic aristocrat, he opened up only with a few close friends, and spent a great deal of his time reading and meditating.
- He said of himself as a child, "I was a boy who liked solitude, who preferred the company of things to that of people", and in 1954 wrote, "Of my sixteen hours of daily wakefulness, at least ten are spent in solitude."
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa article was read about 58,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 77: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
