These answers belong to our October 6, 2026 puzzle. They are not the official krillion.io daily solutions. Each prompt defines a bounded list; use the wording to check whether your candidate belongs before thinking about points.
1 / Geography
Name one of the five Great Lakes of North America.
Remember HOMES, but spell out a lake’s name. The wording defines the exact set for this question. Start with a candidate you know fits, then consider the alternatives before committing. After playing, use the accepted list to compare names and supported spellings; this game does not judge every possible related term.
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Huron100
Erie60
Ontario30
Michigan10
Superior10
2 / Sport
Name an event in the women’s outdoor heptathlon.
This prompt specifies the women’s outdoor version. Avoid mixing its events with the men’s decathlon or an indoor combined-event programme. Grouping races, jumps and throws gives you a recall method, but you still need an event from this exact seven-event set.
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100 metres hurdles100
800 metres60
Javelin throw60
200 metres30
Shot put30
High jump10
Long jump10
3 / Science
Name one of the first 20 chemical elements by atomic number.
Atomic number defines this boundary. Think through the beginning of the periodic table in order rather than choosing any familiar metal or gas. The game accepts element names, so a chemical symbol alone is not the best way to express your answer.
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Argon100
Beryllium100
Phosphorus100
Potassium100
Sulfur100
Aluminium60
Boron60
Chlorine60
Fluorine60
Lithium60
Magnesium60
Silicon60
Calcium30
Helium30
Neon30
Nitrogen30
Sodium30
Carbon10
Hydrogen10
Oxygen10
4 / Language
Name a letter of the Greek alphabet.
The category asks for letter names rather than Greek words, mathematical symbols or pronunciations. A useful strategy is to move beyond the letters commonly encountered in school equations. English letter-name spellings make this a naming challenge rather than a Greek keyboard exercise.
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Chi100
Omicron100
Phi100
Psi100
Rho100
Tau100
Upsilon100
Xi100
Epsilon60
Eta60
Iota60
Kappa60
Lambda60
Mu60
Nu60
Zeta60
Omega30
Pi30
Sigma30
Theta30
Alpha10
Beta10
Delta10
Gamma10
5 / Sport
Name a colour used in the five Olympic rings.
The white background is not one of the rings. The wording defines the exact set for this question. Start with a candidate you know fits, then consider the alternatives before committing. After playing, use the accepted list to compare names and supported spellings; this game does not judge every possible related term.
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Black100
Yellow60
Green30
Blue10
Red10
6 / Culture
Name an animal in the twelve-year Chinese zodiac.
The answer needs to be an animal from the twelve-year cycle rather than a Western sign. Think through the sequence and notice where you tend to skip a member. The category includes a mythical animal, so being a real living species is not a requirement.
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Goat100
Ox100
Rooster100
Monkey60
Pig60
Snake60
Dog30
Horse30
Rabbit30
Dragon10
Rat10
Tiger10
7 / Geography
Name one of the twelve sovereign countries in South America.
The boundary is sovereign countries on the South American continent. Overseas territories do not enter this set merely because they appear on the same map. Work along the coast and then inland to recall candidates without drifting into Central America.
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Bolivia100
Guyana100
Paraguay100
Suriname100
Ecuador60
Uruguay60
Venezuela60
Chile30
Colombia30
Peru30
Argentina10
Brazil10
Scoring this set
Every accepted answer receives 10, 30, 60 or 100 editorial points. A less familiar answer may receive a higher tier, but these values do not measure how frequently real players choose it. Each of the seven questions contributes at most 100 points, so the daily total is out of 700. Spelling aliases are supported only where listed in our question bank. Review after playing if you want to avoid spoilers.
Each prompt describes a set, such as planets or chess pieces. Every listed member is accepted. The points beside it are editorial game scores: a higher number rewards the answer we chose as less obvious, rather than measuring how many players picked it.
My answer wasn’t accepted
Check the exact scope: Canadian provinces exclude territories, for example. Spacing, capitalization, accents and punctuation are ignored, and selected common aliases are accepted. We do not guess at spelling errors. The revealed list shows the accepted names; it is a bounded starter library, not a general-purpose trivia judge.