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Nikolai Gogol, a Rare card
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1 April [O.S. 20 March] 1809 – 4 March [O.S.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 165
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 300,000
Power 165 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Nikolai Gogol quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Nikolai Gogol card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
These stories, and others such as "Diary of a ______", have also been noted for their proto-surrealist qualities.
Answer
Madman. These stories, and others such as "Diary of a Madman", have also been noted for their proto-surrealist qualities. From the Nikolai Gogol article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1 April [O.S. 20 March] ____ – 4 March [O.S.
Answer
1800s. Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1 April [O.S. 20 March] 1809 – 4 March [O.S. From the Nikolai Gogol article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Wendell Berry. Wendell Berry 89 · Jack Thorne 82 · Nikolai Gogol 79 · The Bacchae 76 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.
- 21 February] 1852) was a Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright of Ukrainian origin.
- Gogol used the grotesque in his writings, for example in his works "The Nose", "Viy", "The Overcoat", and "Nevsky Prospekt".
- These stories, and others such as "Diary of a Madman", have also been noted for their proto-surrealist qualities.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Nikolai Gogol article was read about 300,000 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 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Nikolai Gogol
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Nikolai Gogol (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Sergey Lvovich Levitsky, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
