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On the Road, a Rare card
On the Road is a 1957 novel by American author Jack Kerouac, inspired by his travels across the United States.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 64
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 310,000
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
On the Road quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the On the Road card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Kerouac appears as the ______ under the name Sal Paradise.
Answer
narrator. Kerouac appears as the narrator under the name Sal Paradise. From the On the Road article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
On the Road is a ____ novel by American author Jack Kerouac, inspired by his travels across the United States.
Answer
1950s. On the Road is a 1957 novel by American author Jack Kerouac, inspired by his travels across the United States. From the On the Road article on Wikipedia.
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.
- It is widely regarded as a defining work of the postwar Beat Generation, following a group of friends living for the moment against a backdrop of jazz, poetry, and rebellion.
- The novel is a roman à clef, featuring characters based on central figures of the Beat movement.
- Kerouac appears as the narrator under the name Sal Paradise.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The On the Road article was read about 310,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 64: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get On the Road
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, On the Road (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jacket design by Bill English, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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