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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
- Riccardo ZucconiDeep Cut85points
- Rich McCormickDeep Cut85points
- Richard A. CorrellDeep Cut85points
- Richard AcheampongDeep Cut85points
- Richard AllanDeep Cut85points
- Richard AzanDeep Cut85points
- Richard BakerDeep Cut85points
- Richard BalfeDeep Cut85points
- Richard BamisileDeep Cut85points
- Richard BenyonDeep Cut85points
- Richard BestDeep Cut85points
- Richard Boyd BarrettDeep Cut85points
- Richard BragdonDeep Cut85points
- Richard BuanganDeep Cut85points
- Richard BurgonDeep Cut85points
- Richard BylesDeep Cut85points
- Richard ChartresDeep Cut85points
- Richard ColbeckDeep Cut85points
- Richard DannattDeep Cut85points
- Richard DenisonDeep Cut85points
- Richard DowlingDeep Cut85points
- Richard FaulknerDeep Cut85points
- Richard FerrandDeep Cut85points
- Richard FoordDeep Cut85points
- Richard FrederickDeep Cut85points
- Richard FullerDeep Cut85points
- Richard GilbeyDeep Cut85points
- Richard GomezDeep Cut85points
- Richard GrenellDeep Cut85points
- Richard Gyan MensahDeep Cut85points
- Richard HarringtonDeep Cut85points
- Richard HermerDeep Cut85points
- Richard HoldenDeep Cut85points
- Richard HudsonDeep Cut85points
- Richard JacksonDeep Cut85points
- Richard JomshofDeep Cut85points
- Richard K. MullaDeep Cut85points
- Richard KeenDeep Cut85points
- Richard Ken Chonga KitiDeep Cut85points
- Richard KilelDeep Cut85points
- Richard KnightonDeep Cut85points
- Richard KuuireDeep Cut85points
- Richard Kwame SefeDeep Cut85points
- Richard LayardDeep Cut85points
- Richard MarlesDeep Cut85points
- Richard MartelDeep Cut85points
- Richard MaruDeep Cut85points
- Richard MasereDeep Cut85points
- Richard NealDeep Cut85points
- Richard NewbyDeep 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.