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
- Nick HoughtonDeep Cut85points
- Nick LaLotaDeep Cut85points
- Nick LangworthyDeep Cut85points
- Nick LunaDeep Cut85points
- Nick MarkhamDeep Cut85points
- Nick MathisonDeep Cut85points
- Nick McKimDeep Cut85points
- Nick PickardDeep Cut85points
- Nick SmithDeep Cut85points
- Nick StaceDeep Cut85points
- Nick Thomas-SymondsDeep Cut85points
- Nick TimothyDeep Cut85points
- Nicklas KappeDeep Cut85points
- Nicky MorganDeep Cut85points
- Niclas NilssonDeep Cut85points
- Nico MarchettiDeep Cut85points
- Nico SmitDeep Cut85points
- Nico SomaebDeep Cut85points
- Nicol StephenDeep Cut85points
- Nicola BlackwoodDeep Cut85points
- Nicola BroganDeep Cut85points
- Nicola CalandriniDeep Cut85points
- Nicola Care'Deep Cut85points
- Nicola ClaseDeep Cut85points
- Nicola du PlessisDeep Cut85points
- Nicola FoxDeep Cut85points
- Nicola FratoianniDeep Cut85points
- Nicola GriggDeep Cut85points
- Nicola IrtoDeep Cut85points
- Nicola MolteniDeep Cut85points
- Nicola OttavianiDeep Cut85points
- Nicola RenziDeep Cut85points
- Nicola StumpoDeep Cut85points
- Nicola WillisDeep Cut85points
- Nicolae GeorgescuDeep Cut85points
- Nicolae NăstaseDeep Cut85points
- Nicolae NeaguDeep Cut85points
- Nicolae PavelescuDeep Cut85points
- Nicolae PlămădealăDeep Cut85points
- Nicolae VlahuDeep Cut85points
- Nicolae-Miroslav PetrețchiDeep Cut85points
- Nicolai RusolDeep Cut85points
- Nicolai WammenDeep Cut85points
- Nicolás Alfredo TrottaDeep Cut85points
- Nicolás Antonio Barguil CubillosDeep Cut85points
- Nicolas BelloirDeep Cut85points
- Nicolas BonnetDeep Cut85points
- Nicolas de LacosteDeep Cut85points
- Nicolás del CañoDeep Cut85points
- Nicolas DragonDeep 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.