History prompt
Name a US president — Best Krillion Answers
Facing “Name a US president” 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: Millard Fillmore — specific, valid, and uncommon enough for Deep Cut or better.
Avoid (Plankton): Barack Obama, Donald Trump — correct, but the crowd's first thought.
One in a Krillion — 100 pts
The rarest valid answers — maximum depth.
Millard Fillmore · Chester A. Arthur
Deep Cut — 85 pts
Extremely rare picks most players miss.
James K. Polk · Warren G. Harding
Rare — 60 pts
Genuinely uncommon — strong scoring.
Ulysses S. Grant · Theodore Roosevelt
Schooler — 30 pts
Known but not top-of-mind.
Thomas Jefferson · John F. Kennedy
Too Clever — 15 pts
A bit too obvious.
Abraham Lincoln · George Washington
Plankton — 10 pts
The crowd's default — avoid these.
Barack Obama · Donald Trump
How to play this prompt
Strategy notes specific to “Name a US president” — not generic advice.
History prompts reward the second thing you learned, not the first — the famous names are always crowded.
The winning instinct on this one: skip your first thought entirely and type your second. Millard Fillmore is a perfect example — completely valid, just not the reflex answer. James K. Polk plays the same role as a backup.
The trap is Barack Obama — correct, but it's the reflex answer for a reason: it's the first thing the category suggests. Donald Trump is the same story. Typing either one puts you shoulder-to-shoulder with most of the player base at 10 points.
Notice how Ulysses S. Grant (Rare) outscores Barack Obama (Plankton) without being obscure at all. Rarity isn't about difficulty — it's about what the crowd overlooks.
Think in clusters, not singles. Warren G. Harding, Theodore Roosevelt, and James K. Polk sit in the same rarity band — knowing one should unlock the others when the clock is running.
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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