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Wilbur Smith, an Uncommon card
Wilbur Addison Smith was a Rhodesian-born British-South African novelist specializing in historical fiction about international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 151
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 151 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Wilbur Smith quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Wilbur Smith card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He went on to write three long chronicles of the South African ______, which became best-sellers.
Answer
experience. He went on to write three long chronicles of the South African experience, which became best-sellers. From the Wilbur Smith article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of 24 characters. List of 24 characters 83 · Rose Parade 80 · Wilbur Smith 77 · Epistle to the Hebrews 74 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.
- He gained a film contract with his first published novel, When the Lion Feeds, which encouraged him to become a full-time writer.
- He went on to write three long chronicles of the South African experience, which became best-sellers.
- He acknowledged his publisher Charles Pick's advice to "write about what you know best", his work focuses on southern African ways of life, with emphasis on hunting, mining, romance, and conflict.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Wilbur Smith article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Wilbur Smith
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Wilbur Smith (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : jimincairns, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
