History prompt
Name a famous knight — Best Krillion Answers
Facing “Name a famous knight” 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: William Marshal — specific, valid, and uncommon enough for Deep Cut or better.
Avoid (Plankton): Richard the Lionheart, Robert the Bruce — correct, but the crowd's first thought.
One in a Krillion — 100 pts
The rarest valid answers — maximum depth.
William Marshal · Ulrich von Liechtenstein
Deep Cut — 85 pts
Extremely rare picks most players miss.
Bayard · Geoffroi de Charny
Rare — 60 pts
Genuinely uncommon — strong scoring.
Bertrand du Guesclin · John Hunyadi
Schooler — 30 pts
Known but not top-of-mind.
El Cid · Edward the Black Prince
Too Clever — 15 pts
A bit too obvious.
William Wallace · Godfrey of Bouillon
Plankton — 10 pts
The crowd's default — avoid these.
Richard the Lionheart · Robert the Bruce
How to play this prompt
Strategy notes specific to “Name a famous knight” — not generic advice.
History prompts punish the textbook answer. Think past the bolded names.
Lead with William Marshal. 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. Bayard works the same way if you want a second bullet in the chamber.
Watch out for Richard the Lionheart. It's valid, but validity isn't the game — rarity is. Robert the Bruce has the same problem: everyone knows it, so everyone types it, so it scores like everyone.
Notice how Bertrand du Guesclin (Rare) outscores Richard the Lionheart (Plankton) without being obscure at all. Rarity isn't about difficulty — it's about what the crowd overlooks.
Build yourself a mental shelf for this prompt: Geoffroi de Charny, John Hunyadi, Bayard. They're different answers, same rarity neighborhood — and that neighborhood is where dives are won.
Rated 4/5 difficulty — only 12 banked answers, so matching the bank is genuinely hard. Precision matters more than speed here.
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