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Herman Wouk, an Uncommon card
Herman Wouk was an American author.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 79
- Power
- 154
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 91,000
Power 154 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Herman Wouk quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Herman Wouk card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His books have been ______ into 27 languages.
Answer
translated. His books have been translated into 27 languages. From the Herman Wouk article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He published 15 novels, many of them historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in ____.
Answer
1950s. He published 15 novels, many of them historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1952. From the Herman Wouk article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Shijiazhuang. Shijiazhuang 82 · Banat 79 · Herman Wouk 75 · Mangonel 71 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 published 15 novels, many of them historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1952.
- Other well-known works included The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, the bildungsroman Marjorie Morningstar, and non-fiction such as This Is My God, an explanation of Judaism from a Modern Orthodox perspective, written for Jewish and non-Jewish readers.
- His books have been translated into 27 languages.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Herman Wouk article was read about 91,000 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 79: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Herman Wouk
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- Linus UllmarkUncommon · Society · ATK 76 DEF 78
- Ralph BuncheUncommon · History · ATK 75 DEF 79
- ArbitrationUncommon · Science · ATK 79 DEF 75
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Herman Wouk (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Théodore Brauner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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