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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
- James Hoth MaiDeep Cut85points
- James IqbalDeep Cut85points
- James JamiesonDeep Cut85points
- James Janka DukuDeep Cut85points
- James KilbyDeep Cut85points
- James Kok RueaDeep Cut85points
- James Kueth CholDeep Cut85points
- James Kuol Deng DierDeep Cut85points
- James LarsenDeep Cut85points
- James LawlessDeep Cut85points
- James Lomenen EkomwaDeep Cut85points
- James Longar WolDeep Cut85points
- James LorimerDeep Cut85points
- James Lual Deng KuelDeep Cut85points
- James LuptonDeep Cut85points
- James Mabor Gatkuoth NyakDeep Cut85points
- James MacClearyDeep Cut85points
- James Magok AterDeep Cut85points
- James MaloneyDeep Cut85points
- James MarapeDeep Cut85points
- James McGrathDeep Cut85points
- James McMurdockDeep Cut85points
- James MeagerDeep Cut85points
- James MonazardDeep Cut85points
- James MoylanDeep Cut85points
- James MurphyDeep Cut85points
- James MurrayDeep Cut85points
- James NaishDeep Cut85points
- James NaumetaDeep Cut85points
- James Nen ThoatDeep Cut85points
- James NomaneDeep Cut85points
- James NyikalDeep Cut85points
- James O'ConnorDeep Cut85points
- James O'ShaughnessyDeep Cut85points
- James Onyango OyooDeep Cut85points
- James Pangsang Kongkal SangmaDeep Cut85points
- James PatersonDeep Cut85points
- James Pitia MorganDeep Cut85points
- James Rab GollongDeep Cut85points
- James Reat GonyDeep Cut85points
- James RobertsonDeep Cut85points
- James SassoonDeep Cut85points
- James Shaibu BarkaDeep Cut85points
- James Sigin BanakDeep Cut85points
- James TimpsonDeep Cut85points
- James Wal GarangDeep Cut85points
- James WalkinshawDeep Cut85points
- James Wani IggaDeep Cut85points
- James WhartonDeep Cut85points
- James WildDeep 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.