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Epic card · History
John le Carré, an Epic card
David John Moore Cornwell, known by his pen name John le Carré, was an English author.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 800,000
Power 161 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
John le Carré quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John le Carré card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Many of his ______ novels have been adapted for film or television.
Answer
espionage. Many of his espionage novels have been adapted for film or television. From the John le Carré article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Bhumibol Adulyadej. Bhumibol Adulyadej 90 · John le Carré 81 · William Garrard 78 · Action at Nineveh 75 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
John le Carré. John le Carré 800,000 · Lebanese Civil War 600,000 · William Garrard 2,800 · Action at Nineveh 720 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- Many of his espionage novels have been adapted for film or television.
- He has been described as a "sophisticated, morally ambiguous writer", and is considered one of the greatest novelists of the postwar era.
- During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked for both the Security Service and the Secret Intelligence Service.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John le Carré article was read about 800,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get John le Carré
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John le Carré (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Krimidoedel, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
