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Umberto Saba, a Common card
Umberto Saba was an Italian poet and novelist, born Umberto Poli in the cosmopolitan Mediterranean port of Trieste when it was the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 38
- Power
- 96
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,700
Power 96 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Umberto Saba quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Umberto Saba card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He suffered from ______ for all of his adult life.
Answer
depression. He suffered from depression for all of his adult life. From the Umberto Saba article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
From ____ he was the proprietor of an antiquarian bookshop in Trieste.
Answer
1910s. From 1919 he was the proprietor of an antiquarian bookshop in Trieste. From the Umberto Saba article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Joseph Martin Kraus. Joseph Martin Kraus 63 · Umberto Saba 58 · Monte Cassino Territorial Abbey 54 · Stance 51 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.
- Poli assumed the pen name "Saba" in 1910, and his name was officially changed to Umberto Saba in 1928.
- From 1919 he was the proprietor of an antiquarian bookshop in Trieste.
- He suffered from depression for all of his adult life.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Umberto Saba article was read about 8,700 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 38: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get Umberto Saba
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Umberto Saba (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
