Krillion Answers — August 9, 2026

Dive #25 · 7 prompts · 319 answers

The complete answer sheet for this day's dive, grouped by rarity tier. A perfect run was worth 700 points — a 7000 m descent. Compiled by Marina Voss from public daily puzzle data · Last verified: August 9, 2026.

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Prompt 1 of 7

Name a world capital city south of the equator

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 19 ● Rare · 13 ● Schooler · 6 ● Too Clever · 3 ● Plankton · 2
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Adamstown
Deep Cut +85 19 answers — tap to reveal
  • Apia
  • Brazzaville
  • Bujumbura
  • Dili
  • Dodoma
  • Funafuti
  • Gitega
  • Honiara
  • Lilongwe
  • Maseru
  • Mbabane
  • Moroni
  • Nuku'alofa
  • Port Louis
  • Port Moresby
  • Port Vila
  • Sucre
  • Suva
  • Victoria
Rare +60 13 answers — tap to reveal
  • Antananarivo
  • Asuncion
  • Bloemfontein
  • Gaborone
  • Harare
  • Kigali
  • Kinshasa
  • La Paz
  • Luanda
  • Lusaka
  • Maputo
  • Montevideo
  • Windhoek
Schooler +30 6 answers — tap to reveal
  • Brasilia
  • Cape Town
  • Lima
  • Pretoria
  • Santiago
  • Wellington
Too Clever +15 3 answers — tap to reveal
  • Jakarta
  • Nairobi
  • Quito
Plankton +10 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Buenos Aires
  • Canberra
Prompt 2 of 7

Name a lizard species

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 16 ● Rare · 19 ● Schooler · 4 ● Too Clever · 2 ● Plankton · 4
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Pygmy blue-tongue
Deep Cut +85 16 answers — tap to reveal
  • Armadillo lizard
  • Caiman lizard
  • Day gecko
  • Draco
  • Glass lizard
  • Jackson's chameleon
  • Lace monitor
  • Mexican beaded lizard
  • Nile monitor
  • Perentie
  • Sand lizard
  • Satanic leaf-tailed gecko
  • Slow worm
  • Sungazer
  • Uromastyx
  • Wall lizard
Rare +60 19 answers — tap to reveal
  • Agama
  • Alligator lizard
  • Blue-tongued skink
  • Chuckwalla
  • Collared lizard
  • Fence lizard
  • Frilled lizard
  • Horned lizard
  • House gecko
  • Jesus lizard
  • Marine iguana
  • Panther chameleon
  • Tegu
  • Thorny devil
  • Tokay gecko
  • Veiled chameleon
  • Water dragon
  • Water monitor
  • Whiptail
Schooler +30 4 answers — tap to reveal
  • Anole
  • Bearded dragon
  • Monitor lizard
  • Skink
Too Clever +15 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Basilisk
  • Gila monster
Plankton +10 4 answers — tap to reveal
  • Chameleon
  • Gecko
  • Iguana
  • Komodo dragon
Prompt 3 of 7

Name a type of pastry or doughnut

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 14 ● Rare · 15 ● Schooler · 22 ● Too Clever · 2 ● Plankton · 5
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Spudnut
Deep Cut +85 14 answers — tap to reveal
  • Bombolone
  • Canele
  • Croquembouche
  • Financier
  • Gulab jamun
  • Kolache
  • Kouign-amann
  • Loukoumades
  • Malasada
  • Paczki
  • Rugelach
  • Sfogliatella
  • Sopapilla
  • Sufganiyah
Rare +60 15 answers — tap to reveal
  • Beavertail
  • Berliner
  • Galette
  • Long john
  • Macaron
  • Macaroon
  • Maple bar
  • Napoleon
  • Pain au chocolat
  • Palmier
  • Pastel de nata
  • Phyllo pastry
  • Profiterole
  • Shortcrust pastry
  • Zeppole
Schooler +30 22 answers — tap to reveal
  • Apple pie
  • Baklava
  • Bear claw
  • Boston cream
  • Brioche
  • Cake doughnut
  • Cannoli
  • Churro
  • Cinnamon roll
  • Cream puff
  • Cruller
  • Eclair
  • Empanada
  • Fritter
  • Hot cross bun
  • Old fashioned
  • Puff pastry
  • Scone
  • Sticky bun
  • Strudel
  • Tart
  • Turnover
Too Clever +15 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Beignet
  • Cronut
Plankton +10 5 answers — tap to reveal
  • Croissant
  • Danish
  • Doughnut
  • Glazed doughnut
  • Jelly doughnut
Prompt 4 of 7

Name a Grammy Album of the Year winner

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 20 ● Rare · 26 ● Schooler · 18 ● Too Clever · 1 ● Plankton · 2
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Christopher Cross
Deep Cut +85 20 answers — tap to reveal
  • A Man and His Music
  • Babel
  • Back on the Block
  • Blood, Sweat & Tears
  • By the Time I Get to Phoenix
  • Come Dance with Me!
  • Fulfillingness' First Finale
  • Genius Loves Company
  • Getz/Gilberto
  • Judy at Carnegie Hall
  • Morning Phase
  • Nick of Time
  • River: The Joni Letters
  • September of My Years
  • Still Crazy After All These Years
  • The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
  • The Concert for Bangladesh
  • The First Family
  • The Music from Peter Gunn
  • Two Against Nature
Rare +60 26 answers — tap to reveal
  • 24K Magic
  • 52nd Street
  • Bridge over Troubled Water
  • Come Away with Me
  • Double Fantasy
  • Falling into You
  • Fearless
  • Golden Hour
  • Graceland
  • How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
  • Innervisions
  • Jagged Little Pill
  • MTV Unplugged
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Raising Sand
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  • Songs in the Key of Life
  • Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
  • Supernatural
  • Taking the Long Way
  • The Barbra Streisand Album
  • The Bodyguard
  • Time Out of Mind
  • Toto IV
  • Unforgettable... with Love
  • We Are
Schooler +30 18 answers — tap to reveal
  • 1989
  • 25
  • Can't Slow Down
  • Cowboy Carter
  • DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
  • Faith
  • Folklore
  • Harry's House
  • Midnights
  • No Jacket Required
  • Random Access Memories
  • Rumours
  • Saturday Night Fever
  • Tapestry
  • The Joshua Tree
  • The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
  • Unplugged
  • When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Too Clever +15 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • The Suburbs
Plankton +10 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • 21
  • Thriller
Prompt 5 of 7

Name a human hormone

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 16 ● Rare · 11 ● Schooler · 6 ● Too Clever · 2 ● Plankton · 4
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Relaxin
Deep Cut +85 16 answers — tap to reveal
  • Adrenocorticotropic hormone
  • Angiotensin II
  • Calcitonin
  • Cholecystokinin
  • DHEA
  • DHT
  • Erythropoietin
  • Follicle-stimulating hormone
  • Gastrin
  • Luteinizing hormone
  • Parathyroid hormone
  • Renin
  • Secretin
  • Somatostatin
  • Thyroid-stimulating hormone
  • Triiodothyronine
Rare +60 11 answers — tap to reveal
  • Aldosterone
  • Ghrelin
  • GLP-1
  • Glucagon
  • Histamine
  • Human chorionic gonadotropin
  • Leptin
  • Norepinephrine
  • Prolactin
  • Thyroxine
  • Vasopressin
Schooler +30 6 answers — tap to reveal
  • Cortisol
  • Endorphins
  • Growth hormone
  • Melatonin
  • Progesterone
  • Serotonin
Too Clever +15 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Dopamine
  • Oxytocin
Plankton +10 4 answers — tap to reveal
  • Adrenaline
  • Estrogen
  • Insulin
  • Testosterone
Prompt 6 of 7

Name a sport or discipline ever contested or demonstrated at the Winter Olympics

● One in a Krillion · 2 ● Deep Cut · 8 ● Rare · 14 ● Schooler · 7 ● Too Clever · 3 ● Plankton · 4
One in a Krillion +100 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Ice stock sport
  • Skijoring
Deep Cut +85 8 answers — tap to reveal
  • Bandy
  • Combined
  • Military patrol
  • Ski ballet
  • Sled dog racing
  • Speed skiing
  • Team figure skating
  • Winter pentathlon
Rare +60 14 answers — tap to reveal
  • Big air
  • Halfpipe
  • Ice dance
  • Mass start
  • Nordic combined
  • Pair skating
  • Parallel giant slalom
  • Ski cross
  • Ski mountaineering
  • Slalom
  • Slopestyle
  • Snowboard cross
  • Super-G
  • Team pursuit
Schooler +30 7 answers — tap to reveal
  • Bobsled
  • Cross-country skiing
  • Downhill
  • Freestyle skiing
  • Luge
  • Ski jumping
  • Speed skating
Too Clever +15 3 answers — tap to reveal
  • Biathlon
  • Curling
  • Skeleton
Plankton +10 4 answers — tap to reveal
  • Figure skating
  • Ice hockey
  • Skiing
  • Snowboarding
Prompt 7 of 7

Name a 2026 movie that had grossed at least $200 million worldwide by August 8

● One in a Krillion · 2 ● Deep Cut · 3 ● Rare · 6 ● Schooler · 7 ● Too Clever · 1 ● Plankton · 5
One in a Krillion +100 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Dear You
  • Scare Out
Deep Cut +85 3 answers — tap to reveal
  • Blades of the Guardians
  • Dhurandhar: The Revenge
  • Kung Fu Soccer
Rare +60 6 answers — tap to reveal
  • Backrooms
  • Disclosure Day
  • GOAT
  • Obsession
  • Scary Movie
  • Scream 7
Schooler +30 7 answers — tap to reveal
  • Hoppers
  • Minions & Monsters
  • Moana
  • Project Hail Mary
  • Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
  • The Devil Wears Prada 2
  • Wuthering Heights
Too Clever +15 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Pegasus 3
Plankton +10 5 answers — tap to reveal
  • Michael
  • Spider-Man: Brand New Day
  • The Odyssey
  • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
  • Toy Story 5

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