Dive #35

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

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

01 Name a country whose name starts with M
19 official answers · tap a tier to unblur
Open
One in a Krillion 100 pt · 1
Marshall Islands Bikini Atoll is here, and the swimsuit was named after it.
Deep Cut 85 pt · 2
Micronesia Moldova Landlocked between Romania and Ukraine, and easy to forget entirely.
Rare 60 pt · 6
Malawi Maldives Malta Mauritania Mauritius Montenegro
Schooler 30 pt · 6
Madagascar Malaysia Mali Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar
Too Clever 15 pt · 2
Macedonia Renamed North Macedonia in 2019 to settle a feud with Greece. Monaco Citizens of Monaco are banned from their own famous casino.
Plankton 10 pt · 2
Mexico Morocco
02 Name a mollusk or shellfish
41 official answers · tap a tier to unblur
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One in a Krillion 100 pt · 1
Vampire squid Latin for 'vampire squid from hell,' though it eats drifting crumbs.
Deep Cut 85 pt · 12
Bivalve Cephalopod Chiton Coconut crab Cracks coconuts bare-clawed, with a pinch outmuscling a lion's bite. Colossal squid Cone snail Its harpoon sting has no antivenom and can kill a human. Gastropod Geoduck Limpet Quahog Razor clam Squat lobster
Rare 60 pt · 13
Abalone Barnacle Cockle Conch Cuttlefish Giant clam Giant squid Langoustine Mantis shrimp Punches with the acceleration of a fired bullet. Periwinkle Sea urchin Soft-shell crab Whelk
Schooler 30 pt · 8
Crab Crayfish Lobster Mussel Oyster Scallop Shrimp Slug
Too Clever 15 pt · 3
Krill Crustacean, not mollusk, but shellfish enough to count here. Nautilus Unchanged for 500 million years, it jet-propels backward through the deep. Nudibranch Some steal stinging cells from their prey and fire them secondhand.
Plankton 10 pt · 4
Clam Octopus Snail Squid
03 Name a German dish
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One in a Krillion 100 pt · 1
Spundekas Mainz wine taverns whip this cheese spread to eat with pretzels.
Deep Cut 85 pt · 29
Blutwurst Dampfnudel Eintopf Eisbein Fischbrotchen Grune Sosse Grunkohl Handkase Hasenpfeffer Rabbit pepper stew, immortalized by the Laverne and Shirley theme. Himmel und Erde Kassler Konigsberger klopse Labskaus Leipziger Allerlei Matjes Mett Obatzda Rollmops Rote Grutze Saumagen Schaufele Schupfnudeln Schweinebraten Senfeier Spaghettieis Ice cream pressed through a noodle press to impersonate spaghetti. Spargel Spekulatius Teewurst Zwiebelkuchen
Rare 60 pt · 14
Berliner Bockwurst Bratkartoffeln Flammkuchen Gulasch Kartoffelsalat Kartoffelsuppe Knackwurst Knodel Leberkase Leberwurst Lebkuchen Maultaschen Rouladen
Schooler 30 pt · 14
Black Forest cake Currywurst Frankfurter Frikadellen Kartoffelpuffer Käsespätzle Pretzel Pumpernickel Sauerbraten Sausage Spaetzle Stollen Strudel Weisswurst
Too Clever 15 pt · 2
Bienenstich Named for a legend of bakers repelling raiders with beehives. Doner kebab Assembled into a sandwich by Turkish guest workers in 1970s Berlin.
Plankton 10 pt · 3
Bratwurst Sauerkraut Schnitzel
04 Name a YouTuber with more than 100 million subscribers
17 official answers · tap a tier to unblur
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One in a Krillion 100 pt · 2
Alejo Igoa Argentine sketch comedian with more subscribers than PewDiePie. KIMPRO Wordless Korean food skits that became 2025's most-watched channel on Earth.
Deep Cut 85 pt · 6
Alan's Universe Goldmines SET India Sony SAB Stokes Twins Zee Music Company
Rare 60 pt · 4
Blackpink First artist channel ever to reach 100 million, this past February. Kids Diana Show Like Nastya Vlad and Niki
Schooler 30 pt · 2
Cocomelon 202 million subscribers, most of whom cannot talk yet. WWE
Too Clever 15 pt · 1
T-Series Not a person, but the PewDiePie sub war made it count.
Plankton 10 pt · 2
MrBeast PewDiePie
05 Name a subatomic particle
64 official answers · tap a tier to unblur
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One in a Krillion 100 pt · 1
Tetraquark Predicted in 1964, but the first one showed up in 2013.
Deep Cut 85 pt · 37
Antineutrino Antiquark Axion B meson Bottom quark Charm quark D meson Delta baryon Deuteron Down quark Eta meson Gauge boson Glueball Hyperon J/psi Kaon Lambda baryon Magnetic monopole Muon neutrino Muonium Neutralino Nucleon Omega baryon Pentaquark Phi meson Positronium Rho meson Sigma baryon Sterile neutrino Strange quark Tachyon Hypothetical particle that could only ever travel faster than light. Tau neutrino Top quark Up quark Upsilon meson WIMP Xi baryon
Rare 60 pt · 15
Antineutron Antiproton Baryon Boson Electron neutrino Fermion Gluon Hadron Lepton Meson Muon Pion Tau W boson Z boson
Schooler 30 pt · 6
Alpha particle Beta particle Neutrino Photon Positron Quark
Too Clever 15 pt · 2
Graviton Still undetected, and physicists doubt any instrument ever could. Higgs boson Confirmed at CERN in 2012, half a century after its prediction.
Plankton 10 pt · 3
Electron Neutron Proton
06 Name a country that has a Z in its name
17 official answers · tap a tier to unblur
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One in a Krillion 100 pt · 1
Uzbekistan Doubly landlocked: every path to the sea crosses two borders.
Deep Cut 85 pt · 4
Bosnia and Herzegovina Herzegovina, the half nobody says, carries the Z here. Kyrgyzstan Home of Issyk-Kul, the world's second-largest mountain lake. Swaziland Officially Eswatini since 2018; the Swaziland spelling keeps its Z. Zaire Mobutu's 1971 rebrand of Congo, retired in 1997.
Rare 60 pt · 4
Azerbaijan Belize Czechia Czechia or Czech Republic, the Z survives either way. Mozambique
Schooler 30 pt · 3
Tanzania Venezuela Zambia
Too Clever 15 pt · 1
Kazakhstan Ninth-largest country on Earth, and Borat never filmed a frame there.
Plankton 10 pt · 4
Brazil New Zealand Switzerland Zimbabwe
07 Name a type of shoe
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Open
One in a Krillion 100 pt · 1
Chopines Venetian platforms of the 1500s that could tower twenty inches tall.
Deep Cut 85 pt · 19
Creepers Cycling shoes Galoshes Geta Ghillies Go-go boots Huaraches Jazz shoes Jodhpur boots Juttis Kung fu shoes Monk strap Moon boots Mukluks Orthopedic shoes Plimsolls Poulaines Winklepickers Wrestling shoes
Rare 60 pt · 31
Ballet slippers Birkenstocks Bowling shoes Chelsea boots Chukka boots Climbing shoes Doc Martens Driving shoes Espadrilles Gladiator sandals Golf shoes Heelys Ice skates Jelly shoes Kitten heels Knee-high boots Mules Oxfords Peep-toes Pointe shoes Riding boots Roller skates Saddle shoes Skate shoes Ski boots Slingbacks Snow boots Tap shoes Track spikes Water shoes Wingtips
Schooler 30 pt · 26
Ankle boots Basketball shoes Boat shoes Cleats Clogs Combat boots Cowboy boots Crocs Dress shoes Flats Flip-flops Heels High-tops Hiking boots Loafers Mary Janes Moccasins Platform shoes Pumps Rain boots Slides Slip-ons Slippers Uggs Wedges Work boots
Too Clever 15 pt · 2
Brogues Those decorative holes once drained bog water from Irish farm shoes. Derby Open lacing is the whole difference from an oxford.
Plankton 10 pt · 4
Boots Running shoes Sandals Sneakers

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