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
- John RocheDeep Cut85points
- John RoseDeep Cut85points
- John RossoDeep Cut85points
- John RussellDeep Cut85points
- John RutherfordDeep Cut85points
- John SauerDeep Cut85points
- John Sebit MaditDeep Cut85points
- John SentamuDeep Cut85points
- John SharkeyDeep Cut85points
- John SilkDeep Cut85points
- John SlingerDeep Cut85points
- John SpellarDeep Cut85points
- John SteenhuisenDeep Cut85points
- John StevensDeep Cut85points
- John StewartDeep Cut85points
- John Still Tari QetuDeep Cut85points
- John SwinneyDeep Cut85points
- John Tap MalualDeep Cut85points
- John TaylorDeep Cut85points
- John TeiraDeep Cut85points
- John ThomasDeep Cut85points
- John TuhaikaDeep Cut85points
- John Ukech LuethDeep Cut85points
- John Vacher AmosDeep Cut85points
- John WakehamDeep Cut85points
- John Waluke KoyiDeep Cut85points
- John WhitbyDeep Cut85points
- John WhittingdaleDeep Cut85points
- John William TimakataDeep Cut85points
- John WilliamsonDeep Cut85points
- John WoodcockDeep Cut85points
- John Wuor MantengDeep Cut85points
- John ZerucelliDeep Cut85points
- John-Paul DankoDeep Cut85points
- Johnes MwarumaDeep Cut85points
- Johnny Alfredo Lavayen TamayoDeep Cut85points
- Johnny BriceñoDeep Cut85points
- Johnny ChiangDeep Cut85points
- Johnny GuirkeDeep Cut85points
- Johnny KoanapoDeep Cut85points
- Johnny MythenDeep Cut85points
- Johnny OlszewskiDeep Cut85points
- Johnny SvedinDeep Cut85points
- Johnson AsiamaDeep Cut85points
- Johnson EncarnaciónDeep Cut85points
- Johnson Ladu SururDeep Cut85points
- Johnson Manya NaiccaDeep Cut85points
- Johnson Olam NyiwecDeep Cut85points
- Joji UrumaDeep Cut85points
- Jōji YamamotoDeep 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.