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John Kennedy Toole, an Uncommon card
John Kennedy Toole was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana, whose posthumously published novel, A Confederacy of Dunces, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 168
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 170,000
Power 168 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
John Kennedy Toole quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Kennedy Toole card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Having persuaded Simon & Schuster to accept A ______ of Dunces, he was unable to resolve editorial disputes.
Answer
Confederacy. Having persuaded Simon & Schuster to accept A Confederacy of Dunces, he was unable to resolve editorial disputes. From the John Kennedy Toole article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
John Kennedy Toole was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana, whose posthumously published novel, A Confederacy of Dunces, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in ____.
Answer
1980s. John Kennedy Toole was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana, whose posthumously published novel, A Confederacy of Dunces, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981. From the John Kennedy Toole article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Map. Map 94 · Heinrich Heine 84 · Drum and bass 81 · John Kennedy Toole 77 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.
- At 16 in 1954, he wrote his first novel, The Neon Bible, which he shelved in the same year, not finding a willing publisher, he later dismissed it as "adolescent".
- Toole was a successful and popular professor, first at University of Southwestern Louisiana, then Hunter College, and finally St. Mary's Dominican College in New Orleans.
- Having persuaded Simon & Schuster to accept A Confederacy of Dunces, he was unable to resolve editorial disputes.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Kennedy Toole article was read about 170,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get John Kennedy Toole
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Kennedy Toole (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Fortier High School, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
