Dive #3: October 11, 2026
The seven prompts of the October 11, 2026 daily dive, with every accepted answer and what it was worth.
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1. Name a dessert…
106 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | croquembouche “A tower of cream puffs held together with caramel.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | clafoutis, floating island, syllabub, posset, cranachan, bakewell tart, spotted dick, eton mess, queen of puddings, summer pudding, jam roly-poly, treacle tart, kheer, rasmalai, jalebi, barfi, kulfi, mysore pak, mont blanc, paris-brest, saint-honoré, opera cake, dacquoise, financier, madeleine, canelé, kouign-amann, mille-feuille, sachertorte, dobos torte, linzer torte, kaiserschmarrn, black forest gateau, baumkuchen, lamington, vanilla slice, brigadeiro, quindim, alfajor, arroz con leche, natillas, loukoumades, galaktoboureko, kataifi, sütlaç, revani, tulumba, lokum, charlotte russe, knickerbocker glory, peach melba, cherries jubilee, bananas foster, zuppa inglese, sfogliatella, zeppole, cassata, panettone |
| Rare | 60 | panna cotta, cannoli, baklava, gelato, sorbet, tarte tatin, éclair, profiterole, macaron, pavlova, trifle, sticky toffee pudding, bread pudding, rice pudding, churro, crêpe, gulab jamun, mochi, tres leches, key lime pie, banoffee pie, cobbler, apple crumble, strudel, zabaglione, affogato, semifreddo, knafeh, halva, sundae, milkshake, waffle, fudge |
| Schooler | 30 | cake, cheesecake, brownie, apple pie, tiramisu, pudding, cookie, crème brûlée, mousse, cupcake, donut, flan |
| Too Clever | 15 | baked alaska “Hot ice cream. A restaurant legend.” |
| Plankton | 10 | ice cream “Two scoops.” |
2. Name a language spoken in asia…
129 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | ainu “Only a handful of fluent speakers remain.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | dzongkha, tetum, hmong, karen, shan, cham, balinese, madurese, minangkabau, batak, acehnese, tausug, cebuano, ilocano, hiligaynon, waray, kapampangan, bikol, ryukyuan, evenki, yakut, buryat, kalmyk, tuvan, dungan, tatar, bashkir, ossetian, abkhaz, aramaic, mandaic, balochi, brahui, dari, hazaragi, kashmiri, konkani, maithili, bhojpuri, rajasthani, santali, tulu, gondi, dhivehi, newari, lepcha, limbu, bodo, manipuri, khasi, mizo, pali, teochew, saraiki, hindko, garhwali, kumaoni, magahi, awadhi, chhattisgarhi, marwari, haryanvi, tamang, sherpa, gurung, magar, tharu, sylheti, rohingya, arakanese, mon, kachin, akha, lahu, lisu, zhuang, miao, isan |
| Rare | 60 | gujarati, kannada, malayalam, nepali, sinhala, burmese, khmer, lao, mongolian, kazakh, uzbek, hebrew, kurdish, pashto, javanese, sundanese, uyghur, tibetan, tajik, azerbaijani, georgian, armenian, turkmen, kyrgyz, odia, assamese, sindhi, hokkien, hakka, wu |
| Schooler | 30 | hindi, japanese, korean, arabic, bengali, urdu, thai, vietnamese, cantonese, punjabi, tamil, indonesian, malay, turkish, persian, tagalog, telugu, marathi |
| Too Clever | 15 | sanskrit “Famous, and almost nobody’s first language.” |
| Plankton | 10 | mandarin “The most speakers on Earth.” |
3. Name a type of sword or blade…
102 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | urumi “A whip-sword of springy steel, from Kerala.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | sica, xiphos, parazonium, falcata, seax, backsword, smallsword, schiavona, katzbalger, messer, rondel dagger, baselard, misericorde, anelace, ballock dagger, sgian-dubh, dha, parang, golok, barong, kampilan, bolo, panga, khanda, firangi, pata, kirpan, jambiya, shotel, takoba, nagamaki, tachi, ken, kodachi, ninjato, tessen, kindjal, shashka, dadao, guandao, bagh nakh, katar, chakram, kunai, sai, swordbreaker, greatsword, hanger, spadroon, mortuary sword, nimcha, kaskara, flyssa |
| Rare | 60 | gladius, falchion, kukri, bowie knife, dirk, stiletto, shortsword, bastard sword, zweihänder, tulwar, yataghan, flamberge, estoc, wakizashi, tanto, nodachi, odachi, jian, dao, kopis, spatha, khopesh, kris, shamshir, kilij, cinquedea, main gauche, switchblade, butterfly knife, penknife, scalpel, cleaver, sickle, scythe |
| Schooler | 30 | rapier, saber, cutlass, broadsword, longsword, scimitar, dagger, machete, claymore, épée, foil, bayonet |
| Too Clever | 15 | lightsaber “Technically a laser sword. Prove it.” |
| Plankton | 10 | katana “Anime’s favourite.” |
4. Name a sea…
78 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | sargasso sea “The sea with no coastline, bounded by ocean currents.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | laptev sea, east siberian sea, chukchi sea, sea of marmara, sea of azov, aral sea, salish sea, sulu sea, celebes sea, molucca sea, halmahera sea, seram sea, bali sea, flores sea, savu sea, sibuyan sea, visayan sea, bismarck sea, solomon sea, amundsen sea, bellingshausen sea, scotia sea, lincoln sea, wandel sea, greenland sea, wadden sea, libyan sea, myrtoan sea, thracian sea, alboran sea, balearic sea, seto inland sea, kattegat, skagerrak, gulf of bothnia, sea of åland, archipelago sea |
| Rare | 60 | adriatic sea, aegean sea, ionian sea, tyrrhenian sea, ligurian sea, irish sea, celtic sea, norwegian sea, barents sea, kara sea, white sea, east china sea, yellow sea, philippine sea, java sea, banda sea, timor sea, tasman sea, arafura sea, andaman sea, weddell sea, ross sea, beaufort sea, labrador sea, sea of galilee, salton sea, sea of okhotsk |
| Schooler | 30 | caribbean sea, red sea, black sea, north sea, baltic sea, south china sea, arabian sea, sea of japan, bering sea, coral sea, caspian sea |
| Too Clever | 15 | dead sea “Technically a lake.” |
| Plankton | 10 | mediterranean sea “The cradle of half of history.” |
5. Name a philosopher…
120 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | nagarjuna “Argued, around 200 CE, that nothing has a fixed essence.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | parmenides, heraclitus, democritus, anaximander, thales, empedocles, anaxagoras, zeno of elea, protagoras, gorgias, pyrrho, plotinus, proclus, boethius, avicenna, averroes, al-farabi, al-ghazali, maimonides, anselm, duns scotus, william of ockham, abelard, meister eckhart, nicholas of cusa, pico della mirandola, machiavelli, montaigne, blaise pascal, malebranche, george berkeley, thomas reid, fichte, schelling, feuerbach, shankara, ramanuja, zhuangzi, xunzi, mozi, han fei, wang yangming, zhu xi, dogen, nishida kitaro, leucippus, xenophanes, antisthenes, aristippus, zeno of citium, chrysippus, cicero, al-kindi, ibn khaldun, ibn arabi, suhrawardi, mulla sadra, henri bergson, alfred north whitehead, john dewey, william james, charles sanders peirce, w. v. quine, saul kripke, robert nozick, peter singer, thomas nagel, derek parfit, iris murdoch, simone weil, emmanuel levinas, hans-georg gadamer, theodor adorno, jürgen habermas, walter benjamin |
| Rare | 60 | spinoza, kierkegaard, schopenhauer, heidegger, wittgenstein, simone de beauvoir, camus, hobbes, leibniz, francis bacon, lao tzu, mencius, seneca, epictetus, marcus aurelius, epicurus, thomas aquinas, augustine, hannah arendt, bertrand russell, john stuart mill, jeremy bentham, michel foucault, jacques derrida, husserl, merleau-ponty, karl popper, john rawls, pythagoras |
| Schooler | 30 | plato, aristotle, nietzsche, kant, descartes, confucius, hegel, sartre, hume, locke, marx, rousseau, voltaire |
| Too Clever | 15 | diogenes “Lived in a barrel. Every list says so.” |
| Plankton | 10 | socrates “I know that I know nothing.” |
6. Name a genre of music…
152 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | gagaku “Japan’s imperial court music, over a thousand years old.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | zydeco, fado, rebetiko, klezmer, gamelan, qawwali, highlife, soukous, mbalax, juju, makossa, rai, gnawa, desert blues, cumbia, vallenato, bachata, merengue, mambo, bolero, tango, milonga, forró, samba, tropicália, mpb, choro, calypso, soca, mento, rocksteady, dub, lovers rock, two-tone, oi, hardcore, crust punk, post-punk, no wave, krautrock, math rock, post-rock, slowcore, dream pop, noise rock, industrial, ebm, darkwave, goth rock, glam rock, skiffle, rockabilly, doo-wop, northern soul, sea shanty, enka, city pop, mandopop, cantopop, dangdut, luk thung, pansori, bhangra, ghazal, dhrupad, carnatic, hindustani, chiptune, breakcore, hyperpop, phonk, drill, grime, uk garage, jungle, hardstyle, gabber, happy hardcore, eurodance, italo disco, boogie, yacht rock, soft rock, jangle pop, britpop, madchester, riot grrrl, screamo, metalcore, deathcore, djent, black metal, death metal, doom metal, thrash metal, power metal, folk metal, sludge metal, stoner rock |
| Rare | 60 | opera, bluegrass, ska, grunge, trance, drum and bass, dubstep, salsa, bossa nova, flamenco, k-pop, indie, emo, new wave, synthwave, lo-fi, afrobeat, reggaeton, polka, swing, bebop, motown, shoegaze, ambient, garage, trap, dancehall, psychedelic rock, edm, world music, alternative, progressive rock |
| Schooler | 30 | rock, jazz, hip hop, country, classical, blues, reggae, metal, punk, disco, r&b, soul, folk, electronic, funk, gospel, house, techno |
| Too Clever | 15 | vaporwave “The obscure genre of the moment.” |
| Plankton | 10 | pop “Everybody’s default.” |
7. Name an architectural feature…
137 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | muqarnas “Honeycomb vaulting that hangs like stalactites.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | architrave, entablature, capital, abacus, volute, triglyph, metope, acroterion, tympanum, archivolt, voussoir, spandrel, squinch, pendentive, oculus, clerestory, triforium, apse, nave, transept, narthex, ambulatory, chancel, crypt, lancet, rose window, tracery, finial, crocket, machicolation, crenellation, bartizan, oriel, fanlight, quoin, rustication, belvedere, minaret, iwan, mashrabiya, jali, torii, dougong, chhatri, jharokha, shikhara, gopuram, mihrab, cloister, portcullis, drawbridge, moat, bailey, keep, barbican, postern, casemate, bastion, glacis, arrow slit, murder hole, undercroft, hypocaust, impluvium, peristyle, stylobate, cella, pronaos, tholos, propylaea, caryatid, atlantes, cartouche, ogee, trefoil, quatrefoil, cinquefoil, dentil, modillion, mutule, echinus, scotia, torus, astragal, cyma, ovolo, cavetto |
| Rare | 60 | arcade, colonnade, portico, cornice, pediment, façade, atrium, courtyard, gable, turret, parapet, battlement, balustrade, cupola, lintel, pilaster, frieze, mullion, transom, corbel, keystone, rotunda, loggia, veranda, mezzanine, dormer, eaves, plinth, skylight, archway, alcove, niche, bay window, fireplace |
| Schooler | 30 | column, dome, roof, window, door, staircase, balcony, chimney, tower, spire, buttress, vault, porch |
| Too Clever | 15 | gargoyle “Every cathedral tour’s favourite.” |
| Plankton | 10 | arch “It holds up half of Rome.” |
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