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Uncommon card · History
Horace Walpole, an Uncommon card
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, better known as Horace Walpole, was a British Whig politician, writer, historian and antiquarian.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 159
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 159 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Horace Walpole quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Horace Walpole card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
They have been published by Yale ______ Press in 48 volumes.
Answer
University. They have been published by Yale University Press in 48 volumes. From the Horace Walpole article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of Rome. History of Rome 91 · Burial 82 · Horace Walpole 78 · Sergey Karjakin 75 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 had Strawberry Hill House built in Twickenham, southwest London, reviving the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors.
- His literary reputation rests on the first Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto, and his Letters, which are of significant social and political interest.
- They have been published by Yale University Press in 48 volumes.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Horace Walpole article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Horace Walpole
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Horace Walpole (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Joshua Reynolds, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
