Dive #4: October 12, 2026
The seven prompts of the October 12, 2026 daily dive, with every accepted answer and what it was worth.
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1. Name a shape of pasta…
65 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | su filindeu “Threads of God. Only a handful of Sardinian makers can pull it.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | spaghettini, tagliolini, tortelloni, gemelli, casarecce, paccheri, mafaldine, radiatori, campanelle, strozzapreti, trofie, cavatelli, agnolotti, cappelletti, anelli, stelline, farfalline, pici, bigoli, garganelli, maltagliati, fregola, calamarata, lumache, rotelle, ditalini, ditali, mezzelune, busiate, malloreddus, testaroli, candele, conchiglioni, fileja, lorighittas, corzetti, scialatielli, spaghetti alla chitarra, tonnarelli |
| Rare | 60 | tagliatelle, pappardelle, bucatini, gnocchi, orzo, ziti, cannelloni, conchiglie, rotini, vermicelli, capellini, manicotti, cavatappi |
| Schooler | 30 | penne, macaroni, fusilli, lasagne, ravioli, linguine, fettuccine, rigatoni, tortellini, farfalle |
| Too Clever | 15 | orecchiette “Little ears. Every menu’s favourite fact.” |
| Plankton | 10 | spaghetti “The default setting.” |
2. Name a country whose name has exactly four letters…
10 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | togo “A sliver of West Africa with about 56 km of coast.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | oman |
| Rare | 60 | chad, mali, laos |
| Schooler | 30 | cuba, iran, iraq |
| Too Clever | 15 | fiji “The bottled water did the remembering for you.” |
| Plankton | 10 | peru “The llamas handle the marketing.” |
3. Name a collective noun for a group of animals…
107 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | implausibility “Wildebeest, apparently. Hard to believe.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | bevy, skein, clowder, kindle, sloth, sleuth, crash, tower, dazzle, zeal, business, unkindness, conspiracy, exaltation, convocation, charm, knot, bloom, smack, shiver, cete, romp, leap, ambush, streak, coalition, cackle, prickle, wisdom, bale, bask, congregation, string, muster, ostentation, parade, pandemonium, kettle, wake, committee, gulp, siege, descent, rookery, kaleidoscope, plague, cloud, scourge, intrusion, mischief, scurry, dray, labour, sounder, drift, trip, fluffle, bed, cast, run, hover, fever, risk, flamboyance, waddle, huddle, obstinacy, bloat, thunder, train, barrel, shrewdness, cauldron, quiver, rhumba, lounge, venue |
| Rare | 60 | shoal, parliament, drove, brood, covey, mob, army, flight, nest, team, raft, clutch, warren, band, caravan, murmuration |
| Schooler | 30 | flock, pack, school, swarm, pride, colony, pod, litter, hive, gaggle, troop |
| Too Clever | 15 | murder “Crows. Everybody’s favourite collective noun.” |
| Plankton | 10 | herd “Safety in numbers.” |
4. Name a capital city that begins with the letter b…
26 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | basseterre “Saint Kitts and Nevis. One of the smallest capitals in the Americas.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | bandar seri begawan, belmopan, bissau, banjul, bangui, bloemfontein, bridgetown |
| Rare | 60 | baku, bishkek, bamako, brazzaville, beirut, bern, bratislava, belgrade, bogota |
| Schooler | 30 | beijing, bangkok, brussels, budapest, bucharest, baghdad, buenos aires |
| Too Clever | 15 | brasilia “Not Rio. The fact everyone is proud of.” |
| Plankton | 10 | berlin “First through the door.” |
5. Name a chemical element with a one-letter symbol…
14 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | yttrium “One of four elements named after the same Swedish village.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | boron, vanadium |
| Rare | 60 | potassium, sulfur, phosphorus, fluorine, iodine, uranium |
| Schooler | 30 | hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen |
| Too Clever | 15 | tungsten “W for wolfram. The pub-quiz classic.” |
| Plankton | 10 | oxygen “About a fifth of every breath.” |
6. Name a sport played with a racket or paddle…
23 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | sphairistike “What lawn tennis was first sold as, in 1874.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | real tennis, rackets, platform tennis, soft tennis, crossminton, frontenis, frescobol, matkot, racketlon, touchtennis, sticke, battledore |
| Rare | 60 | padel, racquetball, paddle tennis, paddleball, beach tennis |
| Schooler | 30 | badminton, squash, table tennis |
| Too Clever | 15 | pickleball “The fastest-growing answer in America.” |
| Plankton | 10 | tennis “Love means nothing.” |
7. Name a moon in our solar system other than our own…
47 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | dysnomia “Moon of Eris, named for the daughter of discord.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | rhea, dione, tethys, iapetus, hyperion, phoebe, janus, epimetheus, pan, atlas, prometheus, pandora, ariel, umbriel, puck, nereid, proteus, larissa, despina, galatea, naiad, thalassa, amalthea, himalia, thebe, metis, adrastea, elara, nix, hydra, kerberos, styx |
| Rare | 60 | enceladus, triton, charon, mimas, miranda, oberon, titania |
| Schooler | 30 | titan, io, callisto, phobos, deimos |
| Too Clever | 15 | ganymede “Biggest moon in the solar system. Everyone knows that one.” |
| Plankton | 10 | europa “The icy one everybody wants to drill.” |
How are tiers decided? See Krillion scoring & tiers, or the tips guide for finding rarer answers.
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