# Catfishing, a daily Wikipedia trivia game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 9, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323 "2026-03-09T20:49:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/201 "2026-05-02T23:13:08Z")
#678 - 8/10 ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ I think 95% correct is the highest Iโ€™ve seen so far. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/202 "2026-05-03T11:27:46Z")
#679 - 6/10 ๐ŸŸ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ ๐ŸŸ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/203 "2026-05-03T13:00:30Z")
#679 - 6/10 ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ ๐ŸŸ๐ŸŸ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/204 "2026-05-03T14:59:39Z")
#679 - 6/10 ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ ๐ŸŸ๐ŸŸ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ Complete brainfart on both the Taylor Swift album and the Israeli Prime Minister. I shoulda had both. Oh well. Never heard of the hacker. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/205 "2026-05-04T10:44:30Z")
#680 - 8/10 ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ I didnโ€™t expect to get the tennis player right. That was just the only name I could think of other than MacEnroe - who I knew was way too early to be right. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/206 "2026-05-04T11:17:21Z")
#680 - 6/10 ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/207 "2026-05-04T13:59:48Z")
#680 - 6/10 ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ๐ŸŸ๐ŸŸ was doing so wellโ€ฆ ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/208 "2026-05-05T10:43:44Z")
#681 - 6/10 ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/209 "2026-05-05T12:02:52Z")
> **[catfishing - the Wikipedia guessing game](https://catfishing.net/)** > > Guess the Wikipedia article from its categories. 10 interesting people, places, and things to guess every day. #681 - 8/10 ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/210 "2026-05-05T15:33:40Z")
#681 - 6/10 ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ rough one today. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/211 "2026-05-06T10:40:40Z")
#682 - 7/10 ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/212 "2026-05-06T11:14:06Z")
#682 - 9/10 ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ Dang, today was the day when I could have had 10/10. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/213 "2026-05-06T15:25:50Z")
#682 - 6/10 ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ๐ŸŸ ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ Six seems to be my average score. Couple of brainfarts on 5 and 10. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/214 "2026-05-07T11:18:08Z")
#683 - 6/10 ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ ๐ŸŸ๐ŸŸ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/215 "2026-05-07T11:38:39Z")
#683 - 6/10 ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ ๐ŸŸ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/216 "2026-05-07T13:28:24Z")
#683 - 8/10 ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ ๐ŸŸ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ Not too bad. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/217 "2026-05-07T13:30:33Z")
6/10 as well. They didnโ€™t like my answer of crappy-quality copper selling guy. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/218 "2026-05-08T10:57:29Z")
#684 - 9/10 ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ So close. But the one I missed Iโ€™d never heard of. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/219 "2026-05-08T12:06:50Z")
#684 - 9/10 ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/220 "2026-05-08T15:52:18Z")
#684 - 5/10 ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŸ ๐ŸŸ๐ŸŸ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆ ugh. Couple brainfarts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323.md?page=12)