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John Osborne, an Uncommon card
John James Osborne was an English playwright, screenwriter, actor, and entrepreneur, who is regarded as one of the most influential figures in post-war theatre.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 75
- Power
- 154
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 154 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
John Osborne quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Osborne card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Born in London, he briefly worked as a ______ before starting out in theatre as a stage manager and actor.
Answer
journalist. Born in London, he briefly worked as a journalist before starting out in theatre as a stage manager and actor. From the John Osborne article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Henri Cartier-Bresson. Henri Cartier-Bresson 82 · John Osborne 79 · Pedro Infante 75 · Tukaram 69 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.
- Born in London, he briefly worked as a journalist before starting out in theatre as a stage manager and actor.
- He lived in poverty for several years before his third produced play, Look Back in Anger, brought him national fame.
- Based on Osborne's volatile relationship with his first wife, Pamela Lane, it is considered the first work of kitchen sink realism, initiating a movement which made use of social realism and domestic settings to address disillusion with British society in the waning years of the Empire.
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 Osborne 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 79 and blocks with 75: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get John Osborne
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 Osborne (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : MGM, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
