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Krillion Unlimited #59 (October 29, 2026)

The daily dive from Thursday, October 29, 2026. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Seven prompts, 25 seconds each. Any correct answer counts — but the rarer it is, the deeper you sink.

Preview the seven prompts of #59
  1. Geography
    Name a U.S. state capital city
  2. Animals & Nature
    Name an animal that lives on the savanna
  3. Food & Drink
    Name a food made with corn
  4. Movies & TV
    Name a long-running adult animated sitcom
  5. Music, Sports & Games
    Name a hairstyle
  6. Brands & Things
    Name an item found on an office desk
  7. Words & Knowledge
    Name a word that starts with the letter Q

Answers stay hidden until you finish the dive — then every accepted answer and its tier is shown. Spoilers are further down the page, folded.

Krillion #59 in numbers

Dive #59 (Thursday, October 29, 2026) accepted 432 different answers across its seven prompts. The widest bank was Name a hairstyle with 115 answers; the narrowest was Name a long-running adult animated sitcom with 15, which is where a Deep Cut was hardest to find. A perfect dive is 700 points (7,000 m); the safe route of seven Plankton answers reaches 70 points, 700 m, and never leaves the sunlight zone.

Spoilers: the One in a Krillion answer for every prompt of #59
  • Geography · Name a U.S. state capital city (50 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Austin · Deep Cuts (85): Montgomery, Boise, Frankfort

    One in a Krillion (100): Montpelier — It's the least populous U.S. state capital, and famously has no McDonald's within city limits.

  • Animals & Nature · Name an animal that lives on the savanna (76 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Lion · Deep Cuts (85): Caracal, Aardvark, Bat-eared Fox

    One in a Krillion (100): Aardwolf — Despite looking like a small hyena, the aardwolf almost never hunts — it survives on termites, lapping up as many as 300,000 in a single night.

  • Food & Drink · Name a food made with corn (71 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Popcorn · Deep Cuts (85): Masa, Frito Pie, Kettle Corn

    One in a Krillion (100): Huitlacoche — Huitlacoche is a fungus that infects corn kernels, turning them into a smoky, mushroom-like delicacy Mexican cooks prize as a 'corn truffle.'

  • Movies & TV · Name a long-running adult animated sitcom (15 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): The Simpsons · Deep Cuts (85): The Venture Bros., Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

    One in a Krillion (100): Squidbillies — This hillbilly-squid cartoon quietly ran for 13 seasons and 16 years on Adult Swim, outlasting most shows most people have actually heard of.

  • Music, Sports & Games · Name a hairstyle (115 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Ponytail · Deep Cuts (85): Crew Cut, Flat Top, Ivy League Haircut

    One in a Krillion (100): Marcel Wave — It's named after French hairdresser Marcel Grateau, who invented the heated curling iron just to create this rippling wave in 1872.

  • Brands & Things · Name an item found on an office desk (52 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Computer · Deep Cuts (85): Paperweight, Letter Opener, Stress Ball

    One in a Krillion (100): Newton's Cradle — Its five clacking steel balls silently prove the conservation of momentum every time a bored executive flicks one.

  • Words & Knowledge · Name a word that starts with the letter Q (53 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Queen · Deep Cuts (85): Quokka, Quinoa, Quasar

    One in a Krillion (100): Quipu — Quipu were knotted cords the Inca used to record numbers and history — a filing system with no paper or writing at all.

Tiers are editorial estimates, not player statistics — how they are assigned is on the scoring page. Think an answer is missing or mis-tiered? Tell us.