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
- Andrew WilkieDeep Cut85points
- Andrew WillcoxDeep Cut85points
- Andrew YatilmanDeep Cut85points
- Andrey AnikeevDeep Cut85points
- Andrey BushevDeep Cut85points
- Andrey GimbatovDeep Cut85points
- Andrey IvanetsDeep Cut85points
- Andrey KikotDeep Cut85points
- Andrey KuznetsovDeep Cut85points
- Andrey LugovoyDeep Cut85points
- Andrey MakarovDeep Cut85points
- Andrey NikitinDeep Cut85points
- Andrey ParfenovDeep Cut85points
- Andrey TrifonovDeep Cut85points
- Andrey Uladzimiravich RusakovichDeep Cut85points
- Andri SilberschmidtDeep Cut85points
- Andrian CheptonarDeep Cut85points
- Andrianantoandro RaharinaivoDeep Cut85points
- Andrianavalona Fanomezanjaka Pierrot RanaivosonDeep Cut85points
- Andrianirina Marie Bruno RakotoarisoaDeep Cut85points
- Andriantsilavo Frédéric RakotomalalaDeep Cut85points
- Andries GryffroyDeep Cut85points
- Andries NelDeep Cut85points
- Andrii HnatovDeep Cut85points
- Andrii LopushanskyiDeep Cut85points
- Andrii MotovylovetsDeep Cut85points
- Andrii OsadchukDeep Cut85points
- Andrii PuziichukDeep Cut85points
- Andrii SharaskinDeep Cut85points
- Andrii SybihaDeep Cut85points
- Andrii ZadorozhnyiDeep Cut85points
- Andrii ZhupanynDeep Cut85points
- Andrija MandićDeep Cut85points
- Andrija NikolićDeep Cut85points
- Andrine WintherDeep Cut85points
- Andris BērziņšDeep Cut85points
- Andris KulbergsDeep Cut85points
- Andris SkrideDeep Cut85points
- Andris SprudsDeep Cut85points
- Andris ŠuvajevsDeep Cut85points
- Andrius BagdonasDeep Cut85points
- Andrius BusilaDeep Cut85points
- Andrius PalionisDeep Cut85points
- Andriy BobliakhDeep Cut85points
- Andriy BohdanetsDeep Cut85points
- Andriy ButenkoDeep Cut85points
- Andriy HerusDeep Cut85points
- Andriy KitDeep Cut85points
- Andriy KlochkoDeep Cut85points
- Andriy KozhemiakinDeep 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.