Music prompt
Name a famous guitarist — Best Krillion Answers
Facing “Name a famous guitarist” in a dive? Here is how to think rare: the best picks, the safe backups, and the crowd defaults to avoid. Every answer below is real and valid — rarity decides the tier.
Best rare pick: Django Reinhardt — specific, valid, and uncommon enough for Deep Cut or better.
Avoid (Plankton): Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton — correct, but the crowd's first thought.
One in a Krillion — 100 pts
The rarest valid answers — maximum depth.
Django Reinhardt · Andres Segovia
Deep Cut — 85 pts
Extremely rare picks most players miss.
Stevie Ray Vaughan · Chuck Berry
Rare — 60 pts
Genuinely uncommon — strong scoring.
Jimmy Page · David Gilmour
Schooler — 30 pts
Known but not top-of-mind.
Carlos Santana · Mark Knopfler
Too Clever — 15 pts
A bit too obvious.
Slash · Eddie Van Halen
Plankton — 10 pts
The crowd's default — avoid these.
Jimi Hendrix · Eric Clapton
How to play this prompt
Strategy notes specific to “Name a famous guitarist” — not generic advice.
Music prompts are a popularity contest in reverse — the biggest hits score the least.
Lead with Django Reinhardt. It's the kind of answer that makes other players say 'I knew that!' after the reveal — which is exactly why they didn't type it. Stevie Ray Vaughan works the same way if you want a second bullet in the chamber.
The trap is Jimi Hendrix — correct, but it's the reflex answer for a reason: it's the first thing the category suggests. Eric Clapton is the same story. Typing either one puts you shoulder-to-shoulder with most of the player base at 10 points.
Jimmy Page and Mark Knopfler are the honest middle of this prompt — answers most players know but few type first. If your instinct answer feels too easy, reach for this layer instead of the obvious.
Think in clusters, not singles. Chuck Berry, David Gilmour, and Stevie Ray Vaughan sit in the same rarity band — knowing one should unlock the others when the clock is running.
Rated 3/5 difficulty with 12 banked answers — a balanced prompt where rare-answer thinking decides everything.
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