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Mark Shuttleworth, an Uncommon card
Mark Richard Shuttleworth is a South African and British entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Canonical, the company behind the Linux operating system variant Ubuntu.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 56
- Power
- 123
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 100,000
Power 123 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Mark Shuttleworth quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Mark Shuttleworth card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He holds dual citizenship from South Africa and the ______ Kingdom.
Answer
United. He holds dual citizenship from South Africa and the United Kingdom. From the Mark Shuttleworth article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, Shuttleworth became the first African to travel to space, doing so as a space tourist.
Answer
2000s. In 2002, Shuttleworth became the first African to travel to space, doing so as a space tourist. From the Mark Shuttleworth 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.
- In 2002, Shuttleworth became the first African to travel to space, doing so as a space tourist.
- He holds dual citizenship from South Africa and the United Kingdom.
- In 2020, the Sunday Times Rich List estimated Shuttleworth's net worth to be £500 million.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Mark Shuttleworth article was read about 100,000 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 56: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Mark Shuttleworth
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Mark Shuttleworth (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jonnymccullagh, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
