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
- Johannes RothenbergerDeep Cut85points
- Johannes SchätzlDeep Cut85points
- Johannes SchmuckenschlagerDeep Cut85points
- Johannes SchnizerDeep Cut85points
- Johannes SchrapsDeep Cut85points
- Johannes SteinigerDeep Cut85points
- Johannes VolkmannDeep Cut85points
- Johannes WagnerDeep Cut85points
- Johannes WiegelmannDeep Cut85points
- Johannes WinkelDeep Cut85points
- Johannes YrttiahoDeep Cut85points
- Johannes ZimmermannDeep Cut85points
- Johari AbdulDeep Cut85points
- Johari Abdul GhaniDeep Cut85points
- Johm RungsawangDeep Cut85points
- John A. RolleDeep Cut85points
- John AbuDeep Cut85points
- John Agany DengDeep Cut85points
- John AlderdiceDeep Cut85points
- John Alejandro Bermeo RodríguezDeep Cut85points
- John AngolDeep Cut85points
- John Ariko NamoitDeep Cut85points
- John ArrigoDeep Cut85points
- John AseinDeep Cut85points
- John Banygai MajakDeep Cut85points
- John Banza LundaDeep Cut85points
- John Baptist CamilleriDeep Cut85points
- John BarlowDeep Cut85points
- John BarrassoDeep Cut85points
- John BirdDeep Cut85points
- John BirtDeep Cut85points
- John BlairDeep Cut85points
- John BoitoDeep Cut85points
- John BoozmanDeep Cut85points
- John BradyDeep Cut85points
- John BrassardDeep Cut85points
- John BreslowDeep Cut85points
- John BrittasDeep Cut85points
- John BrowneDeep Cut85points
- John BurnettDeep Cut85points
- John CarterDeep Cut85points
- John Chikati MurumbaDeep Cut85points
- John ClarkDeep Cut85points
- John ClendennenDeep Cut85points
- John ConnollyDeep Cut85points
- John CooperDeep Cut85points
- John CrewsDeep Cut85points
- John CryerDeep Cut85points
- John CumminsDeep Cut85points
- John CurtisDeep 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.