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
- Ciro MaschioDeep Cut85points
- Ciro NogueiraDeep Cut85points
- Ciro Vladimir LeonDeep Cut85points
- Ciska JordaanDeep Cut85points
- Cissé Ould BoideDeep Cut85points
- Claire ArchibaldDeep Cut85points
- Claire BakerDeep Cut85points
- Claire ChandlerDeep Cut85points
- Claire ClutterhamDeep Cut85points
- Claire CoutinhoDeep Cut85points
- Claire DelcourtDeep Cut85points
- Claire FoxDeep Cut85points
- Claire HannaDeep Cut85points
- Claire HazelgroveDeep Cut85points
- Claire HughesDeep Cut85points
- Claire Hugon LecharlierDeep Cut85points
- Claire Johnson-WoodDeep Cut85points
- Claire KerraneDeep Cut85points
- Claire LejeuneDeep Cut85points
- Claire Marais-BeuilDeep Cut85points
- Claire Martens-AmericaDeep Cut85points
- Claire SugdenDeep Cut85points
- Claire ThouryDeep Cut85points
- Claire TylerDeep Cut85points
- Claire WaxmanDeep Cut85points
- Claire YoungDeep Cut85points
- Clara ArandaDeep Cut85points
- Clara BüngerDeep Cut85points
- Clara Cárdenas GalvánDeep Cut85points
- Clara Chinwe NnabuifeDeep Cut85points
- Clara Isabel Delgado GamboaDeep Cut85points
- Clara LópezDeep Cut85points
- Clara Nubia Aliaga CastilloDeep Cut85points
- Clara VidalDeep Cut85points
- Clara Vieira TavaresDeep Cut85points
- Clare AdamsonDeep Cut85points
- Clare GeradaDeep Cut85points
- Clare HaugheyDeep Cut85points
- Clare LombardelliDeep Cut85points
- Clare MugumyaDeep Cut85points
- Clare O'NeilDeep Cut85points
- Clarence CholletDeep Cut85points
- Clarice Matilde Munga KaputuDeep Cut85points
- Clarice Modeste-CurwenDeep Cut85points
- Clarice MukindaDeep Cut85points
- Clarissa TércioDeep Cut85points
- Clarisse Eugénie RamananjarasoaDeep Cut85points
- Clarisse ImanirihoDeep Cut85points
- Claude Alphonse NsilouDeep Cut85points
- Claude CarignanDeep 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.