Krillion Game Independent log

Dive #26

Monday, August 10, 2026

256 official answers. Snapshot from Krillion's public reveal for this UTC date.

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01 Name a country that shares a land or maritime border with Russia
16 official answers · tap a tier to unblur
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One in a Krillion 100 pt · 1
United States Across the Bering Strait, two islands sit under three miles apart, one Russian and one American. The border almost nobody names.
Deep Cut 85 pt · 2
Japan A maritime border across the water, disputed over the Kuril Islands. Lithuania Also touches Russia only through the detached Kaliningrad exclave.
Rare 60 pt · 2
Azerbaijan Georgia
Schooler 30 pt · 6
Belarus Estonia Kazakhstan The longest continuous land border Russia has with any country. Latvia Mongolia Norway
Too Clever 15 pt · 2
North Korea A short 11-mile border in the far east. The surprise-fact flex, right on schedule. Poland Only via the Kaliningrad exclave. The 'well actually' pick, and yes it counts.
Plankton 10 pt · 3
China Finland Ukraine
02 Name a farm animal
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One in a Krillion 100 pt · 1
Silkworm Domesticated for silk for thousands of years: a farm animal whose barn is a mulberry tray.
Deep Cut 85 pt · 8
Capon A castrated rooster raised for tender meat. Foal Guinea pig Farmed for meat across the Andes. Mangalica A woolly Hungarian pig that looks unmistakably like a sheep. Pheasant Pigeon Reindeer Zebu
Rare 60 pt · 21
Bee Bison Boar Camel Farmed across North Africa and the Gulf for milk, meat and haulage. Emu Guinea fowl Heifer Highland cow Kid A baby goat. That really is the farm term for it. Llama Mare Mule Ostrich Ox Peacock Quail Sow A mother pig, and the animal doing most of the actual work in the barn. Stallion Steer Water buffalo Yak
Schooler 30 pt · 12
Bull Calf Cat Chick Dog Donkey Duck Goose Piglet Pony Rabbit Turkey
Too Clever 15 pt · 1
Alpaca The fluffy hobby-farm darling. Every farmers-market shopper reaches for it.
Plankton 10 pt · 6
Chicken Cow Goat Horse Pig Sheep
03 Name a rice dish
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One in a Krillion 100 pt · 1
Bringhe A Filipino paella made with glutinous rice and coconut milk, brought by trade and now nearly forgotten outside Pampanga.
Deep Cut 85 pt · 15
Bai sach chrouk Bisibelabath Chelow kabab Hoppin' John Kabsa Kedgeree A British-Indian breakfast of rice, smoked fish, and egg. Loco moco Mandi Mujadara Nasi lemak Malaysia's national dish, rice cooked in coconut milk. Nasi uduk Plov The Central Asian rice feast cooked in a giant cauldron. Risi e bisi Tahdig The crispy golden crust at the bottom of the Persian rice pot, fought over at every table. Zongzi
Rare 60 pt · 16
Arancini Deep-fried risotto balls. Arroz con pollo Curd rice Dirty rice Dolma Hainanese chicken rice Jeera rice Jollof rice The West African classic that starts friendly rivalries between nations. Khao pad Khichdi Kimchi fried rice Lemon rice Nasi goreng Indonesian fried rice. Omurice Rice-A-Roni Tomato rice
Schooler 30 pt · 12
Coconut rice Gumbo Jambalaya Onigiri Pilaf Poke bowl Red beans and rice Rice and peas Rice pudding Spanish rice Sushi Yellow rice
Too Clever 15 pt · 2
Bibimbap The Korean rice bowl every foodie deploys. Delicious, and expected. Congee The rice porridge foodies name to prove range. Comforting, and predictable.
Plankton 10 pt · 4
Biryani Fried rice Paella Risotto
04 Name a talk show host
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One in a Krillion 100 pt · 1
Steve Allen The very first host of The Tonight Show, in 1954, who invented the late-night format everyone else has copied since.
Deep Cut 85 pt · 18
Barbara Walters Charlie Rose Craig Kilborn David Frost Jack Paar The Tonight Show host between Steve Allen and Carson. Jenny Jones Kapil Sharma The Kapil Sharma Show pulls audiences most US hosts only dream about. Katie Couric Merv Griffin Also created Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. Michael Parkinson Michael Strahan Mike Douglas Montel Williams Phil Donahue The daytime pioneer who basically invented the audience-participation format. Queen Latifah Ricki Lake Sally Jessy Raphael Tom Snyder
Rare 60 pt · 22
Andy Cohen Arsenio Hall Chelsea Handler Craig Ferguson Dr. Phil Drew Barrymore Geraldo Rivera Graham Norton Joan Rivers John Oliver Kelly Clarkson Maury Povich Rachael Ray Regis Philbin Rosie O'Donnell RuPaul Ryan Seacrest Sherri Shepherd Steve Harvey Tamron Hall Tyra Banks Wendy Williams
Schooler 30 pt · 13
Bill Maher Conan O'Brien James Corden Jay Leno Jennifer Hudson Johnny Carson Jon Stewart Kelly Ripa Larry King Seth Meyers Stephen Colbert Trevor Noah Whoopi Goldberg
Too Clever 15 pt · 3
Dick Cavett The intellectual's late-night host. Name-dropped to signal you have taste. Howard Stern Jerry Springer 'Final thought' delivered with a smirk. The chaos-nostalgia pick, right on cue.
Plankton 10 pt · 5
David Letterman Ellen DeGeneres Jimmy Fallon Jimmy Kimmel Oprah Winfrey
05 Name a web browser
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One in a Krillion 100 pt · 1
WorldWideWeb The very first web browser, written by Tim Berners-Lee in 1990. Later renamed Nexus so nobody confused the browser with the web itself.
Deep Cut 85 pt · 24
AOL Explorer Avant Browser Camino Comodo Dragon Cyberdog Apple's odd 1990s browser, killed off before Safari existed. Dia Epic Erwise Flock Galeon GNOME Web Konqueror The KDE browser whose engine eventually became WebKit, and then Chrome. Links Lynx A text-only browser still used today. No images, no problem. Maxthon Netscape Communicator Orion Otter Browser Pale Moon Puffin SeaMonkey w3m Waterfox Zen Browser
Rare 60 pt · 11
Amazon Silk Arc ChatGPT Atlas Chromium Comet Dolphin DuckDuckGo Samsung Internet UC Browser Vivaldi Yandex Browser
Schooler 30 pt · 3
Brave Internet Explorer Opera
Too Clever 15 pt · 3
Mosaic The first popular graphical browser, from 1993. The computer-history flex, right on schedule. Netscape Netscape Navigator. The 'I was there' flex from anyone over 35. Tor The Tor Browser. Named to signal you know about the dark web. We noticed.
Plankton 10 pt · 4
Firefox Google Chrome Microsoft Edge Safari
06 Name a first-billed actor in a Christopher Nolan-directed feature film
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Deep Cut 85 pt · 2
Fionn Whitehead The unknown 20-year-old at the front of Dunkirk's ensemble and the soldier the film follows most closely. Jeremy Theobald Nolan's university friend and the unnamed first-billed lead of Following, shot on weekends for about six thousand dollars.
Rare 60 pt · 2
Guy Pearce Memento's first-billed man, even if Leonard could not remember it. John David Washington Tenet never gives his character a name beyond the Protagonist, but it gives Washington top billing.
Schooler 30 pt · 4
Al Pacino The name atop Insomnia, Nolan's only feature he did not also write. Hugh Jackman Billed ahead of Christian Bale in The Prestige's duel of magicians. Matt Damon Odysseus himself in Nolan's 2026 voyage. Matthew McConaughey First through the wormhole on Interstellar's billing.
Plankton 10 pt · 3
Christian Bale First billed in all three films of Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. Cillian Murphy On his sixth Nolan appearance, he finally took first billing in Oppenheimer. Leonardo DiCaprio First billed as dream thief Dom Cobb in Inception.
07 Name a movie James Cameron directed, wrote, or produced
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One in a Krillion 100 pt · 1
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away Cameron produced Cirque du Soleil in 3-D — Pandora's depth cameras pointed at acrobats instead of Na'vi.
Deep Cut 85 pt · 6
Aliens of the Deep Deepsea Challenge 3D Ghosts of the Abyss Piranha II: The Spawning Sanctum The Game Changers
Rare 60 pt · 7
Avatar: Fire and Ash Rambo: First Blood Part II Solaris Strange Days Terminator: Dark Fate The Abyss True Lies
Schooler 30 pt · 5
Aliens Alita: Battle Angel Avatar: The Way of Water Terminator 2: Judgment Day The Terminator
Too Clever 15 pt · 1
Point Break The Kathryn Bigelow surf-heist classic — Cameron executive-produced it, which is exactly the credit-line flex this prompt invites.
Plankton 10 pt · 2
Avatar Titanic

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