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Uncommon card · Science
Adi Shamir, an Uncommon card
Adi Shamir is an Israeli cryptographer and inventor.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 32
- Power
- 96
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 48,000
Power 96 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Adi Shamir quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Adi Shamir card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 2002, Ron Rivest, Len ______, and Shamir won the ACM Turing Award.
Answer
Adleman. In 2002, Ron Rivest, Len Adleman, and Shamir won the ACM Turing Award. From the Adi Shamir article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jackie McLean. Jackie McLean 67 · Adi Shamir 64 · Tris 58 · Principle 55 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 is a co-inventor of the Rivest–Shamir–Adleman algorithm, a co-inventor of the Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme, one of the inventors of differential cryptanalysis, and has made numerous contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science.
- In 2002, Ron Rivest, Len Adleman, and Shamir won the ACM Turing Award.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Adi Shamir article was read about 48,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 32: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get Adi Shamir
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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The cards just above and just below Adi Shamir in the power ranking, all domains together.
- LazinessUncommon · Science · ATK 60 DEF 36
- Pope LiberiusUncommon · History · ATK 56 DEF 40
- ResortUncommon · Arts · ATK 56 DEF 40
- Arms raceUncommon · Society · ATK 57 DEF 39
- Jackie McLeanUncommon · Arts · ATK 67 DEF 29
- BottleUncommon · Society · ATK 54 DEF 42
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Adi Shamir (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Duncan.Hull, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
