Krillion Recorded answers
538 recorded answers
How to approach it
Work the problem backwards from the listener threshold rather than from fame. Ask which vocal groups have a dedicated, repeat-listening audience big enough to clear half a million monthly listeners, then sweep systematically: decade by decade, scene by scene, and label by label. Build a mental map of the four or five regional pop industries that manufacture groups at scale, then run through their active and disbanded rosters in alphabetical order so nothing is skipped. Keep a running list and rank candidates by how likely a general audience is to think of them; the ones near the top of that popularity ranking are the ones to use last, since everyone else will reach for them too. Verify the threshold before committing, because a beloved act with a small catalogue can fall short.
Get a hint
Start with the size of the fandom rather than the fame of the hits: a group can fill arenas in one market and stay invisible in another, so think in local scenes instead of global charts.
A little more
Then narrow by how the line-up was built: acts assembled by agencies or televised talent shows, sibling-led outfits and revived names from past decades tend to clear the threshold comfortably.
One step further
Finally sweep the odd-looking names — those carrying digits, a single letter or punctuation in place of words — because this pool rewards obscurity and strange styling far more than household recognition.
Reveal answers 538
- The MarvelettesDeep Cut85points
- The New BoyzDeep Cut85points
- The Pointer SistersDeep Cut85points
- The ShirellesDeep Cut85points
- The StavesDeep Cut85points
- The Three DegreesDeep Cut85points
- The Two LipsDeep Cut85points
- The Weather GirlsDeep Cut85points
- The WellermenDeep Cut85points
- The WhispersDeep Cut85points
- The Womack SistersDeep Cut85points
- TimbiricheDeep Cut85points
- timeleszDeep Cut85points
- TIMØDeep Cut85points
- TotalDeep Cut85points
- Toy-BoxDeep Cut85points
- Trem da AlegriaDeep Cut85points
- TRFDeep Cut85points
- tripleSDeep Cut85points
- TroopDeep Cut85points
- Trouble MakerDeep Cut85points
- True DamageDeep Cut85points
- TUIDEDeep Cut85points
- Turma do Balão MágicoDeep Cut85points
- UNISDeep Cut85points
- VIA GraDeep Cut85points
- VIVIZDeep Cut85points
- voXXclubDeep Cut85points
- Vremya i StekloDeep Cut85points
- WallowsDeep Cut85points
- WanMorDeep Cut85points
- WayVDeep Cut85points
- WeeeklyDeep Cut85points
- Will to PowerDeep Cut85points
- Wilson PhillipsDeep Cut85points
- WinnerDeep Cut85points
- Xdinary HeroesDeep Cut85points
- XLOVDeep Cut85points
- XscapeDeep Cut85points
- XtremeDeep Cut85points
- Zero AssolutoDeep Cut85points
- ZhanéDeep Cut85points
- ZONEDeep Cut85points
- 112Rare60points
- 2NE1Rare60points
- 2PMRare60points
- 5iveRare60points
- 98 DegreesRare60points
- a-haRare60points
- AJRRare60points
Why these answers count
The scoring spread is lopsided: 503 of the 535 recorded answers cleared 60 points, with 367 at 85, 135 at 60 and exactly one at 100. A curve that flat means the reveal list was long and generous, so crowding rather than accuracy separated the field. Household names attract dozens of players at once and sink toward the floor, while acts recognised by only a handful keep their value. The 85-point examples show the middle: &TEAM, =LOVE, 2 Unlimited, 702 and All-4-One are genuine qualifying groups, but each was named by enough players to be capped below the maximum. The lone 100, MoKenStef, is the opposite case — one remembered hit and virtually no presence in general-knowledge quizzes, so whoever thought of them collected everything. Rarity, not fame, was what paid.