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
- Chet GreeneDeep Cut85points
- Chetan BaboolallDeep Cut85points
- Chetawan ThuaprakhonDeep Cut85points
- Cheutich RufinaDeep Cut85points
- Cheyla Pérez MachadoDeep Cut85points
- Chhatrapal Singh GangwarDeep Cut85points
- Chhay RithisenDeep Cut85points
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- Chi Lien-chengDeep Cut85points
- Chi NguyenDeep Cut85points
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- Chiara AppendinoDeep Cut85points
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- Chiara BragaDeep Cut85points
- Chiara ColosimoDeep Cut85points
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- Chiaranai TangkiratiDeep Cut85points
- Chibamba KanyamaDeep Cut85points
- Chico AlencarDeep Cut85points
- Chico RodriguesDeep Cut85points
- Chidiebere Nwaoma UwaDeep Cut85points
- Chiew Choon ManDeep Cut85points
- Chikage KogaDeep Cut85points
- Chiku Athuman IssaDeep Cut85points
- Chimango MughoghoDeep Cut85points
- Chimaobi Sam AtuDeep Cut85points
- Chimdo Hanchela BulchaDeep Cut85points
- Chimunthu BandaDeep Cut85points
- Chimwemwe ChipunguDeep Cut85points
- Chinami NishimuraDeep Cut85points
- Chinbaataryn AnarDeep Cut85points
- Chinbatyn UndramDeep Cut85points
- Chinchot SaengsangDeep Cut85points
- Chinedu Tochukwu OkereDeep Cut85points
- Chinembiri BhunuDeep Cut85points
- Chingchai KopraphakitDeep Cut85points
- Chintamani MaharajDeep Cut85points
- Chintawan TraisaranakulDeep Cut85points
- Chioma Egondu Nwosu-IhemeDeep Cut85points
- Chipoka MulengaDeep Cut85points
- Chirag PaswanDeep Cut85points
- Chiranit HavanondDeep Cut85points
- Chirasak ChukhwamdiDeep Cut85points
- Chiratchaya SapphoDeep Cut85points
- Chirawat SiriphanichDeep Cut85points
- Chirawut SingtotongDeep Cut85points
- Chirayu Isarangkul Na AyutthayaDeep Cut85points
- Chiril MoțpanDeep 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.