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Uncommon card · Science
Patrick Winston, an Uncommon card
Patrick Henry Winston was an American computer scientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 48
- DEF
- 19
- Power
- 67
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 36,000
Power 67 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Patrick Winston quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Patrick Winston card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Winston was ______ as director by Rodney Brooks.
Answer
succeeded. Winston was succeeded as director by Rodney Brooks. From the Patrick Winston article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Patrick Winston. Patrick Winston 36,000 · Saab 92 28,000 · Frédéric Recordon 150 · Subpsoromic acid 120 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- Winston was director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory from 1972 to 1997, succeeding his doctoral advisor Marvin Minsky, who left to help found the MIT Media Lab.
- Winston was succeeded as director by Rodney Brooks.
- After graduating from high school, Winston left East Peoria, a suburb of Peoria, IL, to come to MIT by train.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Patrick Winston article was read about 36,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 48 and blocks with 19: each hit it takes is cut by 8 %.
How to get Patrick Winston
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Patrick Winston (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : MIT OpenCourseWare, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
