Recorded answers
36,048 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 36,048
- Borys PrykhodkoDeep Cut85points
- Boška Ban VlahekDeep Cut85points
- Boštjan MočnikDeep Cut85points
- Bosun TijaniDeep Cut85points
- Botche CandéDeep Cut85points
- Both Tour Manmie BielDeep Cut85points
- Bothaina Mostafa OtmanDeep Cut85points
- Botir KudratkhodjaevDeep Cut85points
- Botir ZohidovDeep Cut85points
- Botirbek ToʻrazodaDeep Cut85points
- Botlogile TshireletsoDeep Cut85points
- BotomananatsaraDeep Cut85points
- Botond CsomaDeep Cut85points
- Bouabid LbidaDeep Cut85points
- Bouake FofanaDeep Cut85points
- Bouakhong NammavongDeep Cut85points
- Boualem BouguetaiaDeep Cut85points
- Bouba MoussaDeep Cut85points
- Boubacar CamaraDeep Cut85points
- Boubakari DjiddaDeep Cut85points
- Boubekeur BenbouzidDeep Cut85points
- Bouchaib AmmarDeep Cut85points
- Bouchra BoudchicheDeep Cut85points
- Bouhouaita Qaramesh FayrouzDeep Cut85points
- Boukar MichelDeep Cut85points
- Boulanouar Doha Aiat EllahDeep Cut85points
- Bouna SyllaDeep Cut85points
- Bounfeng PhoummalaysithDeep Cut85points
- Bounkham VorachitDeep Cut85points
- Bourema KansayeDeep Cut85points
- Bourkou Louise NgaradoumriDeep Cut85points
- Bouselham DaichDeep Cut85points
- Boutaina KarrouriDeep Cut85points
- Boutrous Alison MagayaDeep Cut85points
- Boutu BaterikiDeep Cut85points
- Boviengkham VongdaraDeep Cut85points
- Boyce ManeliDeep Cut85points
- Boyd Were Ong'ondoDeep Cut85points
- Boyko BorissovDeep Cut85points
- Boyko MladenovDeep Cut85points
- Boyko RashkovDeep Cut85points
- Bożena BorowiecDeep Cut85points
- Bożena Borys-SzopaDeep Cut85points
- Bożena LisowskaDeep Cut85points
- Bożena ŻelazowskaDeep Cut85points
- Bożenna HołowniaDeep Cut85points
- Bozhidar BozhanovDeep Cut85points
- Božo PetrovDeep Cut85points
- Brad CooperDeep Cut85points
- Brad FinstadDeep 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.