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Riverhead Books, a Common card
Riverhead Books is an imprint of Penguin Group founded in 1994 by Susan Petersen Kennedy.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 40
- DEF
- 28
- Power
- 68
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 68 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Riverhead Books quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Riverhead Books card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Authors published by Riverhead won the ______ Literary Peace Prize for four out of its first six years.
Answer
Dayton. Authors published by Riverhead won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for four out of its first six years. From the Riverhead Books article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Riverhead Books is an imprint of Penguin Group founded in ____ by Susan Petersen Kennedy.
Answer
1990s. Riverhead Books is an imprint of Penguin Group founded in 1994 by Susan Petersen Kennedy. From the Riverhead Books article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Oleh Plotnytskyi. Oleh Plotnytskyi 51 · Ivan Martinović 47 · Norbert Dentressangle 44 · Riverhead Books 40 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.
- Writers published by Riverhead include Ali Sethi, Marlon James, Junot Díaz, George Saunders, Khaled Hosseini, Nick Hornby, Anne Lamott, Carlo Rovelli, Randall Munroe, Patricia Lockwood, Sarah Vowell, the Dalai Lama, Chang-rae Lee, Meg Wolitzer, Dinaw Mengestu, Daniel Alarcón, Daniel H.
- Authors published by Riverhead won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for four out of its first six years.
- Four authors have won MacArthur Genius Grants and many writers Riverhead has published have given TED Talks.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Riverhead Books article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 40 and blocks with 28: each hit it takes is cut by 11 %.
How to get Riverhead Books
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Riverhead Books (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Riverhead Books, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
