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Luis von Ahn, an Uncommon card
Luis von Ahn is a Guatemalan-American entrepreneur and software developer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 50
- Power
- 117
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 117 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Luis von Ahn quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Luis von Ahn card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
For these projects and others, von Ahn is known as one of the pioneers of ______.
Answer
crowdsourcing. For these projects and others, von Ahn is known as one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing. From the Luis von Ahn article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He is the founder of the company reCAPTCHA, which was sold to Google in ____, and the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo.
Answer
2000s. He is the founder of the company reCAPTCHA, which was sold to Google in 2009, and the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo. From the Luis von Ahn article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Brett Gallant. Brett Gallant 71 · Luis von Ahn 67 · Bidhan Chandra Roy 64 · Dragon fruit 60 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 the founder of the company reCAPTCHA, which was sold to Google in 2009, and the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo.
- For these projects and others, von Ahn is known as one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing.
- Von Ahn was a professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Luis von Ahn article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 50: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Luis von Ahn
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Luis von Ahn (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : EneasMx, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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