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
- Janak Singh DhamiDeep Cut85points
- Janaka SenarathnaDeep Cut85points
- Janardan MishraDeep Cut85points
- Janardan Singh SigriwalDeep Cut85points
- Janchivyn GalbadrakhDeep Cut85points
- Jandira FeghaliDeep Cut85points
- Jane Abdu LugoriDeep Cut85points
- Jane AnsahDeep Cut85points
- Jane AwichDeep Cut85points
- Jane Bonham CarterDeep Cut85points
- Jane CampbellDeep Cut85points
- Jane DoddsDeep Cut85points
- Jane HumeDeep Cut85points
- Jane Kabajungu BainomugishaDeep Cut85points
- Jane KagiriDeep Cut85points
- Jane MacAdamDeep Cut85points
- Jane MarriottDeep Cut85points
- Jane Mkhonta-SimelaneDeep Cut85points
- Jane Mugafalu Kabui WaetaraDeep Cut85points
- Jane Njeri MainaDeep Cut85points
- Jane RamseyDeep Cut85points
- Jane ScottDeep Cut85points
- Jane SitholeDeep Cut85points
- Jane StevensDeep Cut85points
- Janelle BynumDeep Cut85points
- Janelle SweatnamDeep Cut85points
- Janet Aya AleDeep Cut85points
- Janet ChebetDeep Cut85points
- Janet DabyDeep Cut85points
- Janet DhillonDeep Cut85points
- Janet Finch-SaundersDeep Cut85points
- Janet FookesDeep Cut85points
- Janet Grace Akech Okori-MoeDeep Cut85points
- Janet Jepkemboi SitieneiDeep Cut85points
- Janet KyaligonzaDeep Cut85points
- Janet MuseveniDeep Cut85points
- Janet RoyallDeep Cut85points
- Janet WhitakerDeep Cut85points
- Janeth Paola Cabezas CastilloDeep Cut85points
- Janeth Peter PindaDeep Cut85points
- Janette GarinDeep Cut85points
- Janez Cigler KraljDeep Cut85points
- Janez JanšaDeep Cut85points
- Janez ŽakeljDeep Cut85points
- Jang Chul-minDeep Cut85points
- Jang Chun-songDeep Cut85points
- Jang Dong-hyukDeep Cut85points
- Jang Jong-taeDeep Cut85points
- Jang Ki-hoDeep Cut85points
- Jang Kyong-ilDeep 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.