WikiCards
Play on iPhone nowFree in Safari. Add it to your Home Screen.Play
WikiCards · Card list · History cards · Edward Snowden
Legendary card · History
Edward Snowden, a Legendary card
Edward Joseph Snowden is a former National Security Agency intelligence contractor who leaked classified documents revealing the existence of global surveillance programs.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 98
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 195
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,900,000
Power 195 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Edward Snowden quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Edward Snowden card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 2013, he worked for two months at Booz Allen Hamilton, with the purpose of ______ more NSA documents.
Answer
gathering. In 2013, he worked for two months at Booz Allen Hamilton, with the purpose of gathering more NSA documents. From the Edward Snowden article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Born in ____ in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, he attended a community college and later enrolled in a master's programme at the University of Liverpool without finishing it.
Answer
1980s. Born in 1983 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, he attended a community college and later enrolled in a master's programme at the University of Liverpool without finishing it. From the Edward Snowden article on Wikipedia.
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.
- Born in 1983 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, he attended a community college and later enrolled in a master's programme at the University of Liverpool without finishing it.
- In 2006, he started working for the Central Intelligence Agency and then moved to Dell in 2009, where he managed computer systems for the NSA.
- In 2013, he worked for two months at Booz Allen Hamilton, with the purpose of gathering more NSA documents.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Edward Snowden article was read about 1,900,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 98 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Edward Snowden
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.
More History cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Edward Snowden in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 370Legendary · Nature · ATK 100 DEF 95
- Nelson MandelaLegendary · History · ATK 95 DEF 100
- Prince Harry, Duke of SussexLegendary · History · ATK 100 DEF 95
- Jon JonesLegendary · Arts · ATK 100 DEF 95
- The WeekndLegendary · Arts · ATK 100 DEF 95
- Javier MileiLegendary · History · ATK 98 DEF 97
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- History cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Edward Snowden (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : https://www.youtube.com/user/TheWikiLeaksChannel, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
_(cropped).jpg){kind=link}