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Julian Barnes, a Rare card
Julian Patrick Barnes is an English essayist, novelist and short story writer.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 154
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 250,000
Power 154 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Julian Barnes quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Julian Barnes card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
After completing his education, Barnes spent three years as a ______ for the Oxford English Dictionary supplement.
Answer
lexicographer. After completing his education, Barnes spent three years as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary supplement. From the Julian Barnes article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
His first work of fiction – Metroland – was published in ____, with his second – Before She Met Me – following two years later.
Answer
1980s. His first work of fiction – Metroland – was published in 1980, with his second – Before She Met Me – following two years later. From the Julian Barnes article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Bessarabia. Bessarabia 86 · The Adventures of Pinocchio 80 · Album 77 · Julian Barnes 74 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.
- After completing his education, Barnes spent three years as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary supplement.
- His first work of fiction – Metroland – was published in 1980, with his second – Before She Met Me – following two years later.
- Flaubert's Parrot was shortlisted for the 1984 Booker Prize, was a finalist for the 1988 Grinzane Cavour Prize, and won both the 1985 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the 1986 Prix Médicis Essai.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Julian Barnes article was read about 250,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Julian Barnes
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, Julian Barnes (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : WanderingTrad, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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