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Randy Pausch, an Uncommon card
Randolph Frederick Pausch was an American educator, a professor of computer science, human–computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 58
- Power
- 128
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 87,000
Power 128 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Randy Pausch quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Randy Pausch card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Pausch learned he had ______ cancer in September 2006.
Answer
pancreatic. Pausch learned he had pancreatic cancer in September 2006. From the Randy Pausch article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In August ____, he was given a terminal diagnosis: "three to six months of good health left".
Answer
2000s. In August 2007, he was given a terminal diagnosis: "three to six months of good health left". From the Randy Pausch article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Lebesgue integral. Lebesgue integral 74 · Randy Pausch 70 · TheOdd1sOut 65 · Muffin 62 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.
- Pausch learned he had pancreatic cancer in September 2006.
- In August 2007, he was given a terminal diagnosis: "three to six months of good health left".
- He gave an upbeat lecture titled, "The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" on September 18, 2007 at Carnegie Mellon, which became a popular YouTube video and led to other media appearances.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Randy Pausch article was read about 87,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 58: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Randy Pausch
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Randy Pausch (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Randy Pausch, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
