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Michel Houellebecq, a Rare card
Michel Houellebecq is a French author of novels, poems, and essays, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker, and singer.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 149
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 220,000
Power 149 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Michel Houellebecq quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Michel Houellebecq card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His first book was a ______ on the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.
Answer
monograph. His first book was a monograph on the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. From the Michel Houellebecq article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He has published several books of poetry, including The Art of Struggle in ____.
Answer
1990s. He has published several books of poetry, including The Art of Struggle in 1996. From the Michel Houellebecq article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Michael Moorcock. Michael Moorcock 81 · Michel Houellebecq 78 · Laura Nyro 75 · Al Jarreau 72 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.
- His first book was a monograph on the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.
- Houellebecq published his first novel Whatever in 1994 and his second, Atomised, in 1998, to international fame as well as controversy.
- He has published several books of poetry, including The Art of Struggle in 1996.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Michel Houellebecq article was read about 220,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Michel Houellebecq (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Fronteiras do Pensamento, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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