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Michael Ondaatje, an Uncommon card
Philip Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer and essayist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 128
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 128 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Michael Ondaatje quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Michael Ondaatje card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It later won the ______ Man Booker Prize as the best of the first 51 Booker Prize winners.
Answer
Golden. It later won the Golden Man Booker Prize as the best of the first 51 Booker Prize winners. From the Michael Ondaatje article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Classical period. Classical period 76 · Branford Marsalis 72 · Michael Ondaatje 68 · Draco 64 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.
- Ondaatje's literary career began with his poetry: in 1967 he published The Dainty Monsters, and in 1970 the critically acclaimed The Collected Works of Billy the Kid.
- His novel The English Patient, adapted as a film in 1996, received the Booker Prize in 1992.
- It later won the Golden Man Booker Prize as the best of the first 51 Booker Prize winners.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Michael Ondaatje article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Michael Ondaatje
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Michael Ondaatje (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Tulane Public Relations, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
