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
- Belkassem MirDeep Cut85points
- Belkhir BelhaddadDeep Cut85points
- Belkis Marina Gomez ZambranoDeep Cut85points
- Belkis Sánchez LiceaDeep Cut85points
- Belkisa ZekiriDeep Cut85points
- Bell Ribeiro-AddyDeep Cut85points
- Bella ForsgrénDeep Cut85points
- Bello LimaneDeep Cut85points
- Belmiro José MalateDeep Cut85points
- Belmonde DogoDeep Cut85points
- Beltrán BeneditDeep Cut85points
- Bemamy BerizikyDeep Cut85points
- Ben CarrDeep Cut85points
- Ben ClineDeep Cut85points
- Ben ColemanDeep Cut85points
- Ben GoldsboroughDeep Cut85points
- Ben HouchenDeep Cut85points
- Ben LakeDeep Cut85points
- Ben LobbDeep Cut85points
- Ben MacphersonDeep Cut85points
- Ben MaenuDeep Cut85points
- Ben MaguireDeep Cut85points
- Ben MossDeep Cut85points
- Ben Mulunga PhiriDeep Cut85points
- Ben Obese-JectyDeep Cut85points
- Ben PolidoriDeep Cut85points
- Ben Ray LujánDeep Cut85points
- Ben SmallDeep Cut85points
- Ben SpencerDeep Cut85points
- Ben StephensDeep Cut85points
- Ben StonehamDeep Cut85points
- Ben StreffDeep Cut85points
- Ben UlengaDeep Cut85points
- Ben ZyskowiczDeep Cut85points
- Benae Serge GabrielDeep Cut85points
- Benard Kibor KiturDeep Cut85points
- Benard Muriuki NebertDeep Cut85points
- Bence BárkányiDeep Cut85points
- Bence CsontosDeep Cut85points
- Bence RétváriDeep Cut85points
- Bence TuzsonDeep Cut85points
- Bencsik ZitaDeep Cut85points
- Bendito Dos Santos FreitasDeep Cut85points
- Benedetto Della VedovaDeep Cut85points
- Benedict EtanabeneDeep Cut85points
- Benedict Ole-NangoroDeep Cut85points
- Bénédicte AuzanotDeep Cut85points
- Benedictus LikandoDeep Cut85points
- Benedikt BogasonDeep Cut85points
- Benedikt BüdenbenderDeep 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.