A Krillion Prep Sheet for Five Recurring Prompt Themes
The useful thing to prepare for Krillion is a way into a category: a valid fallback, a less familiar branch, and a check against the exact wording. A memorized 100-point answer can lose its value when the prompt changes. Here are five worked examples from saved sheets, with the source beside each one.
Five examples you can actually check
Read the prompt before uncovering the answer. Each example is a recorded result, not a suggested answer for today’s dive.
Geography: São Tomé and Príncipe
Prompt: Name a country in Africa (2026-07-16). The saved roster labels São Tomé and Príncipe One in a Krillion, worth 100 points.
Recall route: Start with the region. A small country elsewhere does not satisfy “in Africa.”
Constraint check: Before choosing an island state, check whether the prompt asks for a country, territory or capital.
Food: su filindeu
Prompt: Name a pasta shape (2026-07-16). The saved roster labels Su filindeu One in a Krillion, worth 100 points.
Recall route: Move from a generic food name to a specific regional variety.
Constraint check: Do not assume every dish containing pasta is itself a pasta shape.
Animals: Steller’s sea eagle
Prompt: Name a bird of prey (2026-07-17). The saved roster labels Steller’s sea eagle One in a Krillion, worth 100 points.
Recall route: Move from the broad group to a particular species.
Constraint check: Keep the species inside the requested group; an unusual songbird is not a bird of prey.
Screen culture: Wings
Prompt: Name a movie that won the Best Picture Oscar (2026-07-18). The saved roster labels Wings One in a Krillion, worth 100 points.
Recall route: Search the older end of the category, not only recent titles.
Constraint check: The actual award category matters: an Oscar nomination or another award is not Best Picture.
Sports: Basque pelota
Prompt: Name a sport that has ever been part of the Summer Olympics (2026-07-16). The saved roster labels Basque pelota One in a Krillion, worth 100 points.
Recall route: Notice the words “has ever been”: the time window allows historical events.
Constraint check: If a later prompt asks about current events or a particular discipline, recheck eligibility.
Why a fixed “best answer list” fails
Basque pelota is an especially useful comparison. It was worth 100 points on the July 16 Summer Olympics prompt, but 15 points on the July 29 racquet-or-paddle prompt. The word did not change; the task and saved tier assignment did. Preparation should expand your choices rather than turn one old gem into an automatic response.
A short preparation exercise
Choose a past prompt from Questions, leaving its answer groups closed. Write down three candidates: one obvious fit, one regional or historical example, and one precise technical name if the category has one. Cross out any candidate you cannot justify against every qualifier in the prompt.
Then open the dated roster and compare. Record your answer, the full prompt, the date and the assigned tier. If your answer is absent, mark it “not in this saved roster”; absence does not prove that the real-world answer is invalid. Why answers can be missing explains the next checks.
For an untimed version, use Practice. This is an editorial study routine, not a measured promise of higher scores. These five examples illustrate recall routes; they do not establish how often subjects will appear in future dives.