What is the Krillion Music pack?
It is the main game with the prompt pool narrowed to music. The rules do not change: seven open prompts, one typed answer each, 25 seconds per prompt, and points awarded by how uncommon your correct answer is. What changes is the shape of the knowledge being tested. Music memory is built from repetition, and repetition is exactly what makes the famous answers crowded.
That is why the pack has such a wide deep end. The same person who can sing every word of a hit single may struggle to name the bass player, the B side or the instrument carrying the melody. The pack asks for the second kind of memory.
What you'll be asked
The 7 prompts cover five reliable shapes, each with its own kind of deep answer:
- Songs by an artist — the hits are crowded; album tracks and B sides are not.
- Instruments — the guitar and violin are first answers; the kora and erhu are not.
- Genres — rock and pop are the surface; shoegaze and zydeco are the trench.
- Musicians — the canon is short, and the names behind it are long.
- Bands and line ups — the famous four are easy; the four you have never seen named are not.
| Prompt | Easy answer | Deep answer |
|---|---|---|
| Name a Beatles song | Hey Jude · 10 | The Inner Light · 100 |
| Name a string instrument | Guitar · 10 | Kora · 100 |
| Name a jazz musician | Miles Davis · 10 | Sun Ra · 100 |
How a music dive runs
Seven prompts are dealt from the music pool. Each accepts one typed answer and grades it against a hand built list. Matching ignores case, accents and punctuation, and each answer carries aliases for the ways people actually type it: “The Beatles” and “Beatles”, “R.E.M.” and “REM”, “8½” and “8 1/2”. A match earns the tier's points; a miss is marked on the results screen.
The pool is small enough that prompts repeat across dives. A song you blanked on once becomes a song you can prepare for next time. The pack is a practice loop with a soundtrack.
Why the famous song scores least
A hit is a shared memory. It has been played in every kitchen, advert and wedding, so it arrives before the prompt has finished. That is precisely why it sits at ten points: everyone else is having the same arrival at the same moment. Rarity is a measure of crowding, not of taste or knowledge.
The deep answer is usually a real, respected song that sits behind the hit in memory: the track on side two, the single that charted low, the standard from before the artist was famous. It is not obscure for the sake of being obscure. It is simply less rehearsed.
One prompt, three eras
| Prompt: “Name a song by Queen” | Tier | Points | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bohemian Rhapsody — the shared first answer | Plankton | 10 | 100 m |
| Killer Queen — a real step sideways | Rare | 60 | 600 m |
| '39 — correct, and almost nobody reaches it | Deepest | 100 | 1,000 m |
Same band, same right or wrong test. The difference is whether you know the catalogue or just the choruses.
Going deeper: B sides, jazz and world instruments
Three habits produce most of the deep answers. Think in catalogues rather than singles: once an artist prompt appears, run the albums, not the greatest hits. Think in instrument families: a string prompt accepts anything from a lute to a kora, and the non Western names are rarely typed. And think in eras: jazz, soul and pre 1970 pop have deep benches that most players never reach under a clock.
None of this needs a music degree. It needs the willingness to spend the second half of the clock looking for a second answer, which is the same skill the main game teaches.
The music pack in the bigger game
Music is one of six themed packs, alongside geography, movies, sports, food and history. The mixed game is the better test of range; the pack is the better test of depth in one subject. Use the pack to build a shortlist, then take it into a mixed dive and see what survives the shuffle.
Music pack: frequently asked questions
Is Krillion Music free to play?
Yes. The pack is free and unlimited, runs in the browser and needs no account. Every dive deals seven music prompts from the bank, with the same six rarity tiers as the main game.
Which kinds of music does the pack cover?
Songs, bands, instruments, genres and eras. A dive can move from a Beatles prompt to a string instrument to a jazz musician, so it rewards range rather than one artist or one decade.
Why did a famous song score so little?
Because fame is exactly what the scoring measures. Hey Jude and Bohemian Rhapsody are correct, but they are also the answers most players type first. The deep answers are the album cuts, the B-sides and the names behind the famous ones.
Do I need to know music theory?
No. The prompts ask for names: songs, artists, instruments, genres. You need listening memory and a willingness to move one step sideways from the obvious answer, not notation or theory.
Is this the official Krillion music pack?
No. This is an independent, fan made game with its own prompt bank and hand graded answers. It is not affiliated with krillion.io or any artist, label or publisher.
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Seven music prompts, 25 seconds each. The famous song is the shallow one.
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