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J'Accuse...!, an Uncommon card
"J'Accuse...!" is an open letter, written by Émile Zola in response to the events of the Dreyfus affair, that was published on 13 January 1898 in the newspaper L'Aurore.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 52
- Power
- 119
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 119 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
J'Accuse...! quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the J'Accuse...! card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Zola pointed out judicial errors and a lack of ______ evidence during Dreyfus's trial.
Answer
serious. Zola pointed out judicial errors and a lack of serious evidence during Dreyfus's trial. From the J'Accuse...! article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
"J'Accuse...!" is an open letter, written by Émile Zola in response to the events of the Dreyfus affair, that was published on 13 January ____ in the newspaper L'Aurore.
Answer
1890s. "J'Accuse...!" is an open letter, written by Émile Zola in response to the events of the Dreyfus affair, that was published on 13 January 1898 in the newspaper L'Aurore. From the J'Accuse...! article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Magazine. Magazine 78 · Bernard Purdie 71 · J'Accuse...! 67 · Division of the Mongol Empire 63 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.
- Zola addressed the president of France, Félix Faure, and accused his government of antisemitism and the unlawful jailing of Alfred Dreyfus, a French Army General Staff officer who was sentenced to lifelong penal servitude for espionage, and sent to the penal colony on Devil's Island in French Guiana.
- Zola pointed out judicial errors and a lack of serious evidence during Dreyfus's trial.
- The letter was printed on the front page of the newspaper, and caused a stir in France and abroad.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The J'Accuse...! 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 67 and blocks with 52: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get J'Accuse...!
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, J'Accuse...! (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Émile Zola, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
