Dive #7: October 15, 2026
The seven prompts of the October 15, 2026 daily dive, with every accepted answer and what it was worth.
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1. Name a type of shark…
75 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | dwarf lanternshark “A pocket-sized shark with its own lights.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | scalloped hammerhead, great hammerhead, smooth hammerhead, winghead shark, smalleye hammerhead, scalloped bonnethead, longfin mako shark, bigeye thresher, pelagic thresher, copper shark, dusky shark, sandbar shark, galapagos shark, finetooth shark, blacknose shark, sharpnose sevengill shark, broadnose sevengill shark, bluntnose sixgill shark, bigeye sixgill shark, port jackson shark, crested bullhead shark, japanese bullhead shark, spiny dogfish, smooth dogfish, tope, starry smoothhound, small-spotted catshark, nursehound, pyjama shark, leopard shark, swell shark, chain catshark, blackmouth catshark, birdbeak dogfish, kitefin shark, velvet belly lanternshark, bramble shark, prickly shark, sicklefin lemon shark, pacific sleeper shark, salmon shark, angel shark |
| Rare | 60 | greenland shark, cookiecutter shark, frilled shark, megamouth shark, thresher shark, zebra shark, epaulette shark, sand tiger shark, oceanic whitetip shark, porbeagle, silky shark, spinner shark, bonnethead, blacktip shark, whitetip reef shark, grey reef shark, caribbean reef shark, tawny nurse shark, wobbegong, horn shark |
| Schooler | 30 | hammerhead shark, tiger shark, bull shark, whale shark, nurse shark, basking shark, blue shark, shortfin mako shark, blacktip reef shark, lemon shark |
| Too Clever | 15 | goblin shark “The famous face of the deep.” |
| Plankton | 10 | great white shark “Cinema did the publicity.” |
2. Name a soup…
80 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | kiburu “Bananas and beans share the pot.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | harira, chorba, cullen skink, cock-a-leekie, scotch broth, ribollita, pappa al pomodoro, stracciatella, acquacotta, caldo verde, açorda, sopa de ajo, salmorejo, ajo blanco, tarator, solyanka, shchi, ukha, okroshka, rassolnik, khash, kharcho, lobster bisque, crab bisque, oxtail soup, turtle soup, bird nest soup, bak kut teh, soto ayam, sayur lodeh, sinigang, tinola, bulalo, nilaga, yukgaejang, seolleongtang, samgyetang, miyeok guk, sopa de mani, locro, ajiaco, callaloo, pepper pot, groundnut soup, egusi soup, fanesca, banga soup |
| Rare | 60 | pho, ramen, laksa, wonton soup, hot and sour soup, egg drop soup, bouillabaisse, vichyssoise, mulligatawny, avgolemono, tortilla soup, chicken and rice soup, leek and potato soup, cream of mushroom soup, cream of broccoli soup, tom kha gai, goulash soup, fish chowder, matzo ball soup, pozole |
| Schooler | 30 | chicken noodle soup, french onion soup, minestrone, miso soup, clam chowder, lentil soup, pumpkin soup, pea soup, borscht, tom yum |
| Too Clever | 15 | gazpacho “The cold answer everyone remembers.” |
| Plankton | 10 | tomato soup “The grilled cheese accompaniment.” |
3. Name a meteorite with an official name…
87 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | sylacauga “A fragment struck Ann Hodges on her sofa.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | aachen, abbott, aïr, alais, alfianello, aubres, aumale, barwell, baszkówka, bendegó, benld, bensour, bilanga, bishopville, boguslavka, braunau, cangas de onís, carancas, chervettaz, cold bokkeveld, djermaia, eagle station, elbogen, el tanque, estherville, forest city, girgenti, gujba, holbrook, ibbenbüren, ithaca, jilin, juancheng, kaba, knyahinya, krymka, lancé, linn county, mbale, millbillillie, monze, morávka, moss, nan yang pao, norton county, novo urei, ochansk, pułtusk, renazzo, rumuruti, saint-séverin, sutter’s mill, tamdakht, tatahouine, tissint, toluca, vigarano, weston, zavid |
| Rare | 60 | orgueil, almahata sitta, tagish lake, ensisheim, peekskill, canyon diablo, mundrabilla, bruderheim, kaidun, esquel, brenham, seymchan, imilac, chassigny, shergotty, dronino |
| Schooler | 30 | murchison, sikhote-alin, chelyabinsk, willamette, cape york, gibeon, fukang, campo del cielo, nakhla |
| Too Clever | 15 | allende “The celebrated visitor from Chihuahua.” |
| Plankton | 10 | hoba “The heavyweight left where it landed.” |
4. Name a playwright who is no longer alive…
88 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | hrotsvitha “A medieval nun wrote plays in Latin.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | aphra behn, susanna centlivre, thomas kyd, john ford, philip massinger, thomas middleton, thomas dekker, francis beaumont, john fletcher, richard brinsley sheridan, william congreve, george farquhar, oliver goldsmith, georg büchner, heinrich von kleist, friedrich hebbel, ferdinand raimund, johann nestroy, nikolai gogol, alexander ostrovsky, maxim gorky, vladimir mayakovsky, aleksandr griboyedov, pedro calderón de la barca, lope de vega, tirso de molina, juan ruiz de alarcón, carlo goldoni, carlo gozzi, vittorio alfieri, eduardo de filippo, lillian hellman, clifford odets, elmer rice, susan glaspell, sophie treadwell, thornton wilder, william inge, edward albee, amiri baraka, sarah kane, joe orton, shelagh delaney, brendan behan, john millington synge, seán o’casey, zeami, chikamatsu monzaemon, cao yu, tang xianzu, guan hanqing, kalidasa, bhavabhuti, bhasa, vijay tendulkar, girish karnad |
| Rare | 60 | aeschylus, aristophanes, christopher marlowe, ben jonson, john webster, eugene o’neill, harold pinter, jean racine, pierre corneille, august strindberg, lorraine hansberry, august wilson, dario fo, luigi pirandello, federico garcía lorca, jean genet, jean anouilh, friedrich schiller, johann wolfgang von goethe |
| Schooler | 30 | oscar wilde, arthur miller, tennessee williams, henrik ibsen, anton chekhov, george bernard shaw, bertolt brecht, molière, sophocles, euripides |
| Too Clever | 15 | samuel beckett “Still waiting for that rare answer.” |
| Plankton | 10 | william shakespeare “All the world keeps typing this name.” |
5. Name a pharaoh of ancient egypt…
115 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | sobekneferu “Egypt had a female king before Hatshepsut.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | hor-aha, djer, djet, den, anedjib, semerkhet, qa’a, hotepsekhemwy, raneb, nynetjer, peribsen, khasekhemwy, sekhemkhet, sanakht, huni, djedefre, shepseskaf, userkaf, sahure, neferirkare kakai, neferefre, niuserre, menkauhor, djedkare isesi, teti, merenre i, intef i, intef ii, intef iii, mentuhotep iii, mentuhotep iv, amenemhat i, amenemhat ii, amenemhat iv, senusret i, senusret ii, sobekhotep iv, khendjer, ahmose i, kamose, seqenenre tao, ramesses iv, ramesses v, ramesses vi, ramesses vii, ramesses viii, ramesses ix, ramesses x, ramesses xi, smendes, psusennes i, amenemope, osorkon i, osorkon ii, shoshenq i, takelot i, takelot ii, piye, shabaka, shebitku, taharqa, tantamani, psamtik ii, apries, amasis ii, psamtik iii, nectanebo i, nectanebo ii, teos, ptolemy ii philadelphus, ptolemy iii euergetes, ptolemy iv philopator, ptolemy v epiphanes, ptolemy vi philometor, ptolemy viii euergetes, ptolemy ix soter, ptolemy x alexander, ptolemy xi alexander, ptolemy xii auletes, ptolemy xiii, ptolemy xiv, ptolemy xv caesarion |
| Rare | 60 | ramesses iii, ramesses i, thutmose iii, thutmose i, thutmose ii, thutmose iv, amenhotep i, amenhotep ii, amenhotep iii, horemheb, ay, psamtik i, necho ii, unas, pepi i, pepi ii, mentuhotep ii, senusret iii, amenemhat iii, ptolemy i soter |
| Schooler | 30 | ramesses ii, cleopatra vii, khufu, akhenaten, narmer, djoser, sneferu, khafre, menkaure, seti i |
| Too Clever | 15 | hatshepsut “The woman everyone remembers wearing the crown.” |
| Plankton | 10 | tutankhamun “The tomb did wonders for name recognition.” |
6. Name a mountain…
104 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | gangkhar puensum “Bhutan’s high summit remains unclimbed.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | gasherbrum i, gasherbrum ii, broad peak, shishapangma, gyachung kang, annapurna ii, namcha barwa, rakaposhi, nanda devi, kamet, tirich mir, noshaq, ismoil somoni peak, victory peak, khan tengri, belukha, mount damavand, mount dykh-tau, mount shkhara, mount kazbek, pico de orizaba, popocatépetl, iztaccíhuatl, chimborazo, cotopaxi, huascarán, nevado sajama, ojos del salado, monte pissis, mount fitz roy, cerro torre, mount logan, mount robson, mount whitney, pikes peak, longs peak, mount shasta, mount hood, mount adams, mount baker, mount washington, mount katahdin, mount elgon, ras dashen, toubkal, mount meru, puncak jaya, puncak mandala, mount wilhelm, mount kinabalu, mount pulag, mount apo, mount bromo, mount semeru, mount agung, mount rinjani, mount ruapehu, mount taranaki, mount ngauruhoe, mount asgard, mount thor, mount roraima, table mountain, mount sinai, mount tai, mount hua, huangshan, wutai shan, mount eiger, jungfrau, monte rosa |
| Rare | 60 | kangchenjunga, lhotse, makalu, cho oyu, dhaulagiri, manaslu, nanga parbat, annapurna i, mount rainier, mount saint helens, mount cook, mauna kea, mauna loa, mount kosciuszko, mount kenya, ben nevis, snowdon, mount erebus, mount ararat, mount vinson |
| Schooler | 30 | kilimanjaro, mount fuji, mont blanc, matterhorn, mount etna, mount vesuvius, mount olympus, denali, aconcagua, mount elbrus |
| Too Clever | 15 | k2 “The second peak gets a lot of first guesses.” |
| Plankton | 10 | mount everest “The name at the top of every list.” |
7. Name a type of fabric…
100 accepted answers, from 10 to 100 points.
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| Tier | Points | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| One in a Krillion | 100 | barkcloth “Some cloth starts with a tree’s inner bark.” |
| Deep Cut | 85 | voile, batiste, lawn, chintz, calico, chambray, gabardine, georgette, duchess satin, charmeuse, crêpe de chine, shantung, dupioni, faille, grosgrain, ottoman, moiré, matelassé, piqué, dobby, jacquard, bouclé, chenille, velour, velveteen, terrycloth, moleskin, buckram, crinoline, scrim, hessian, jute, osnaburg, drill, duck cloth, sateen, serge, melton, loden, worsted, merino, alpaca, mohair, angora, bamboo fabric, acrylic, viscose, modal, lyocell, acetate, cupro, ramie, hemp, polycotton, interlock, rib knit, ponte, neoprene, scuba fabric, softshell, silnylon, ripstop, mesh, lamé, leno, hopsack, grenadine |
| Rare | 60 | corduroy, canvas, muslin, tulle, organza, taffeta, brocade, damask, flannel, gingham, seersucker, jersey, crepe, twill, poplin, rayon, nylon, spandex, cashmere, felt |
| Schooler | 30 | silk, linen, denim, wool, satin, chiffon, lace, polyester, fleece, tweed |
| Too Clever | 15 | velvet “A plush pick with plenty of admirers.” |
| Plankton | 10 | cotton “The wardrobe’s everyday default.” |
How are tiers decided? See Krillion scoring & tiers, or the tips guide for finding rarer answers.
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