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Halldór Laxness, an Uncommon card
Halldór Kiljan Laxness was an Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 144
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 55,000
Power 144 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Halldór Laxness quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Halldór Laxness card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He wrote novels, poetry, newspaper articles, essays, plays, ______ and short stories.
Answer
travelogues. He wrote novels, poetry, newspaper articles, essays, plays, travelogues and short stories. From the Halldór Laxness article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Halldór Kiljan Laxness was an Icelandic writer and winner of the ____ Nobel Prize in Literature.
Answer
1950s. Halldór Kiljan Laxness was an Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. From the Halldór Laxness article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Trueno. Trueno 84 · Feliciano López 80 · Olamide 76 · Halldór Laxness 70 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 wrote novels, poetry, newspaper articles, essays, plays, travelogues and short stories.
- Writers who influenced Laxness include August Strindberg, Sigmund Freud, Knut Hamsun, Sinclair Lewis, Upton Sinclair, Bertolt Brecht, and Ernest Hemingway.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Halldór Laxness article was read about 55,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Halldór Laxness
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Halldór Laxness (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nobel Foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
