Krillion Recorded answers
35,727 recorded answers
How to approach it
The trick is to treat the prompt as a wide funnel rather than a popularity contest. Begin with the people you know best, then deliberately travel to countries whose politics rarely make headlines and reconstruct a name from a roster you remember. National legislatures publish member lists, so recall a chamber you have read about — a small assembly, a federal upper house, a coalition partner's bench — and pick a single sitting member. Verify mentally that the person holds office now, not a decade ago. Then consider the scoring logic: the puzzle rewards answers that many people can confirm but few will think of, so an accurate, verifiable name from an overlooked country beats a famous one almost every time.
Get a hint
Start at the very top of the executive ladder: heads of government, their deputies and the senior ministers who were in office this week.
A little more
Narrow by chamber instead: a single seat in a national legislature is enough, so think of backbenchers, whips and committee chairs as well as speakers.
One step further
Go for depth over fame: a member of a small national assembly or a junior minister in a country that rarely makes the news usually scores higher than a household-name premier.
Reveal answers 35,727
- Michael DobbsOne in a Krillion100points
- A B M Mosharrof HossainDeep Cut85points
- A M Mahbub Uddin KhokonDeep Cut85points
- A N M Ehsanul Hoque MilonDeep Cut85points
- A T M Azharul IslamDeep Cut85points
- A. A. RahimDeep Cut85points
- A. E. Sultan Mahmud BabuDeep Cut85points
- A. J. BothaDeep Cut85points
- A. K. B. AmpiahDeep Cut85points
- A. K. M. Fazlul Haque MilanDeep Cut85points
- A. K. M. Selim Reza HabibDeep Cut85points
- A. KanisDeep Cut85points
- A. KoswaraDeep Cut85points
- A. van Langen-VisbeekDeep Cut85points
- A. Z. M. Rezwanul HaqueDeep Cut85points
- A.B.M. Ashraf Uddin (Nizan)Deep Cut85points
- A.J.A. BeukeringDeep Cut85points
- A.J.M. van KesterenDeep Cut85points
- A.M.M.M. RathwaththeDeep Cut85points
- A.P.M. van WijkDeep Cut85points
- A.Sj. van der GootDeep Cut85points
- A'zamjon TulaboevDeep Cut85points
- Aadil Sheegow SagaarDeep Cut85points
- Aage Thor FalkangerDeep Cut85points
- Aakriti AwasthiDeep Cut85points
- Aamal Al-BashirDeep Cut85points
- Aamer SarfrazDeep Cut85points
- Aamir al-BashirDeep Cut85points
- Aamir Talal KhanDeep Cut85points
- Aaren RaiDeep Cut85points
- Aaron Ago DagangDeep Cut85points
- Aaron BeanDeep Cut85points
- Aaron BengDeep Cut85points
- Aaron CheruiyotDeep Cut85points
- Aaron FarrugiaDeep Cut85points
- Aaron GunnDeep Cut85points
- Aaron LukasDeep Cut85points
- Aaron MotsoalediDeep Cut85points
- Aaron ValentDeep Cut85points
- Aaron VioliDeep Cut85points
- Aashtikar Patil Nagesh BapuraoDeep Cut85points
- Aasia Ishaque SiddiquiDeep Cut85points
- Aayoo Joyce MakamoeDeep Cut85points
- Ababaw Ayalew GalDeep Cut85points
- Ababiku JescaDeep Cut85points
- Ababu NamwambaDeep Cut85points
- Ababuu Damissee KaamsuurDeep Cut85points
- Abakar DjarmaDeep Cut85points
- Abakar RamadanDeep Cut85points
- Abakar Rozi TeguilDeep Cut85points
Why these answers count
Scoring here is driven by rarity rather than prominence. The single hundred-point answer, Michael Dobbs, sits alone at the top precisely because almost nobody else named that individual, while the enormous 85-point band contains tens of thousands of sitting members drawn from national chambers across every continent, from A B M Mosharrof Hossain and A. A. Rahim to Aaron Bean and Abdoulaye Diop. Those answers were correct, current and specific enough to satisfy the checker, yet common enough among players that they landed in the second tier. Below them, the 60-point group of 328 answers was presumably made up of figures who were either extremely well known, slightly stale in office, or generically described in a way that reduced their value. The lesson is blunt: a verifiable backbencher from a legislature nobody discusses is worth more than a prime minister everyone recognises, and a precise full name outperforms a vague one.