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William Saroyan, an Uncommon card
William Saroyan was an American novelist, playwright, and short story writer of Armenian descent.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
William Saroyan quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the William Saroyan card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Saroyan wrote extensively about the ______ immigrant life in California.
Answer
Armenian. Saroyan wrote extensively about the Armenian immigrant life in California. From the William Saroyan article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ottoman wars in Europe. Ottoman wars in Europe 79 · Blacksmith 76 · William Saroyan 72 · Computer engineering 69 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 was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film The Human Comedy.
- When the studio rejected his original 240-page treatment, he turned it into a novel, The Human Comedy.
- Saroyan wrote extensively about the Armenian immigrant life in California.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William Saroyan article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get William Saroyan
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William Saroyan (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
