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
- Frances O'GradyDeep Cut85points
- Francesc Xavier Ten CostaDeep Cut85points
- Francesca CiverchiaDeep Cut85points
- Francesca GhirraDeep Cut85points
- Francesca La MarcaDeep Cut85points
- Francesca Muñoz GonzálezDeep Cut85points
- Francesca O'BrienDeep Cut85points
- Francesca SemosoDeep Cut85points
- Francesca TubettiDeep Cut85points
- Francesca Van BelleghemDeep Cut85points
- Francesca ViggianoDeep Cut85points
- Francesca ZarbDeep Cut85points
- Francesco BattistoniDeep Cut85points
- Francesco BocciaDeep Cut85points
- Francesco BonifaziDeep Cut85points
- Francesco BruzzoneDeep Cut85points
- Francesco CiancittoDeep Cut85points
- Francesco Emilio BorrelliDeep Cut85points
- Francesco FiliniDeep Cut85points
- Francesco GalloDeep Cut85points
- Francesco GiacobbeDeep Cut85points
- Francesco LollobrigidaDeep Cut85points
- Francesco MariDeep Cut85points
- Francesco Maria RubanoDeep Cut85points
- Francesco MichelottiDeep Cut85points
- Francesco MuraDeep Cut85points
- Francesco MussoniDeep Cut85points
- Francesco Paolo FigliuoloDeep Cut85points
- Francesco Paolo SistoDeep Cut85points
- Francesco Saverio MariniDeep Cut85points
- Francesco Saverio RomanoDeep Cut85points
- Francesco SilvestriDeep Cut85points
- Francesco SilvestroDeep Cut85points
- Francesco VerducciDeep Cut85points
- Francesco ViganòDeep Cut85points
- Francesco ZaffiniDeep Cut85points
- Francette Razafindrakoto HarifanjaDeep Cut85points
- Franci MatozDeep Cut85points
- Franciane BayerDeep Cut85points
- Francilvys Del Valle Martínez RiveraDeep Cut85points
- Francina ArmengolDeep Cut85points
- Francine ClosenerDeep Cut85points
- Francis Adenigba FadahunsiDeep Cut85points
- Francis AluaDeep Cut85points
- Francis Asenso-BoakyeDeep Cut85points
- Francis Ben AtabaDeep Cut85points
- Francis BrookeDeep Cut85points
- Francis CabreraDeep Cut85points
- Francis DonovanDeep Cut85points
- Francis E. WaiveDeep 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.