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
- Philippe LatombeDeep Cut85points
- Philippe LottiauxDeep Cut85points
- Philippe Mbarga MboaDeep Cut85points
- Philippe MouillerDeep Cut85points
- Philippe NailletDeep Cut85points
- Philippe NantermodDeep Cut85points
- Philippe SchreckDeep Cut85points
- Philippe TabarotDeep Cut85points
- Philippe VigierDeep Cut85points
- Phillemon NdjambulaDeep Cut85points
- Phillip AlexanderDeep Cut85points
- Phillip Alfred TelesfordDeep Cut85points
- Phillip BrettDeep Cut85points
- Phillip JacksonDeep Cut85points
- Phillip PaulwellDeep Cut85points
- Phillip ThompsonDeep Cut85points
- Phillip Wafula OgutuDeep Cut85points
- Phillip WattsDeep Cut85points
- Phillis Naa Koryoo OkunorDeep Cut85points
- Philmore BenjaminDeep Cut85points
- Phimai KhongthanDeep Cut85points
- Phimphakan PhonsamakDeep Cut85points
- Phimphon PhonphruetthiphanDeep Cut85points
- Phimruedee TancharakDeep Cut85points
- Phinyaphat SansaneeyachiwinDeep Cut85points
- Phipat RatchakitprakarnDeep Cut85points
- Phiphit RattanarakDeep Cut85points
- Phiraphat RatchakitprakanDeep Cut85points
- Phiraphon KanokwalaiDeep Cut85points
- Phirun SaiyasitpanichDeep Cut85points
- Phisit AphiwatthanaphongDeep Cut85points
- Phisut RattanawongDeep Cut85points
- Phithak SaengkhamDeep Cut85points
- Phitsanu PhonthiDeep Cut85points
- Phloenchit KhankaeoDeep Cut85points
- Phoebe FawzyDeep Cut85points
- Phoebe KanyangeDeep Cut85points
- Phoeung SakonaDeep Cut85points
- Pholile DlaminiDeep Cut85points
- Phone MyatDeep Cut85points
- Phongmanu ThongnakDeep Cut85points
- Phongphan PhaoprathanDeep Cut85points
- Phongsak ChakaeoDeep Cut85points
- Phongsak KoetwongbanditDeep Cut85points
- Phongsamout AnlavanDeep Cut85points
- Phongsoranat ThongleeDeep Cut85points
- Phongthawat TechadetruangkulDeep Cut85points
- Phonnarong NinlanamaDeep Cut85points
- Phonphoem ThongsriDeep Cut85points
- Phonphong WangphaenDeep 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.