Krillion 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
- JoBeth Coleby-DavisDeep Cut85points
- Jocelyn BoridaDeep Cut85points
- Jocelyn DessignyDeep Cut85points
- Jocelyne AntoineDeep Cut85points
- Jocelyne GuidezDeep Cut85points
- Jochen HaugDeep Cut85points
- Jock StirrupDeep Cut85points
- Jocsen Leonard Alvarado PérezDeep Cut85points
- Jodey ArringtonDeep Cut85points
- Jodie BelyeaDeep Cut85points
- Jodie GoslingDeep Cut85points
- Jody KollapenDeep Cut85points
- Joe BejangDeep Cut85points
- Joe ConwayDeep Cut85points
- Joe CooneyDeep Cut85points
- Joe CourtneyDeep Cut85points
- Joe Ernest RakotonirinaDeep Cut85points
- Joe FaganDeep Cut85points
- Joe FlahertyDeep Cut85points
- Joe GiglioDeep Cut85points
- Joe Issa el-KhouryDeep Cut85points
- Joe KuliDeep Cut85points
- Joe LongDeep Cut85points
- Joe ManduwaDeep Cut85points
- Joe MartinDeep Cut85points
- Joe MaswanganyiDeep Cut85points
- Joe McGluwaDeep Cut85points
- Joe MorrisDeep Cut85points
- Joe NeguseDeep Cut85points
- Joe NevilleDeep Cut85points
- Joe NyutuDeep Cut85points
- Joe O'ReillyDeep Cut85points
- Joe PowellDeep Cut85points
- Joe RobertsonDeep Cut85points
- Joe SaddiDeep Cut85points
- Joe SungiDeep Cut85points
- Joe WilsonDeep Cut85points
- Joel Armando Kafuka PachecoDeep Cut85points
- Joël AviragnetDeep Cut85points
- Joël BruneauDeep Cut85points
- Joel ChogonaDeep Cut85points
- Joel ChuaDeep Cut85points
- Joel Daniel Flores MezaDeep Cut85points
- Joël GodinDeep Cut85points
- Joël LightboundDeep Cut85points
- Joel Martínez HerreraDeep Cut85points
- Joel NanaukaDeep Cut85points
- Joel Ortega DopicoDeep Cut85points
- Joel Queipo RuizDeep Cut85points
- Joel SampsonDeep 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.