# 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:** 12
**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 9, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/221 "2026-05-09T04:20:19Z")
> **[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. #685 - 9/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐈 I missed another chance at 10/10. I even had the right answer and then I second-guessed myself… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/222 "2026-05-09T04:35:57Z")
#685 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐈🐈🐟🐈 10/10 is possible today. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/223 "2026-05-09T14:48:00Z")
I had multiple guesses today that I could have gone another way with. And yet I managed to go the right way on them. #685 - 10/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 I do not ever expect to do this again. ---
**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 9, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/224 "2026-05-09T15:27:32Z")
#685 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐟 My answer for four, angle trisection, was absolutely valid. I’m a little annoyed. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/225 "2026-05-09T18:53:45Z")
I had the same wrong answer you did Larry! Mainly because I have a kid doing geometry this year and that was one of the problems he had to try to solve. Got 9/10, missing only that one. Which, I agree, should be a valid answer. ETA: After checking, our incorrect answer has the exact same categories minus one (which I think would also apply). ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/226 "2026-05-10T10:55:15Z")
#686 - 7/10 🐈🐟🐟🐟🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/227 "2026-05-10T10:57:21Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > I had the same wrong answer you did Larry! Mainly because I have a kid doing geometry this year and that was one of the problems he had to try to solve. I joined the discord last week and noticed others with the same issue in the chat for yesterday’s. The developer (I think that’s who that person is) has confirmed that because of the issue, that article (and I assume the matching one) won’t be used again. ---
**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 10, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/228 "2026-05-10T12:50:50Z")
With regards to geometry, I thought of β€œdoubling the cube” but I went with the one I thought would be more common. #686 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐟🐈🐟🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 ---
**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 10, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/229 "2026-05-10T15:25:47Z")
#686 - 4/10 🐈🐟🐟🐟🐈 🐟🐟🐈🐟🐈 Ugh. ---
**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 11, 2026, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/230 "2026-05-11T04:42:35Z")
#687 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐈🐈🐟🐈 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/231 "2026-05-11T06:18:41Z")
6/10 For some reason, I could NOT remember Switzerland’s capital. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/232 "2026-05-11T10:23:48Z")
#687 - 5/10 🐈🐟🐈🐈🐟 🐟🐈🐟🐟🐈 ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/233 "2026-05-11T10:55:13Z")
I didn’t think Switzerland technically _had_ a capital. ---
**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 11, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/234 "2026-05-11T15:42:14Z")
#687 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐟🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐈🐈🐈🐈 better than yesterday, though 9 was kind of a lucky guess among the swiss cities I knew. Should have got 2. 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 12, 2026, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/235 "2026-05-12T11:01:44Z")
#688 - 7/10 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐈 🐈🐟🐈🐟🐈 ---
**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 12, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/236 "2026-05-12T14:26:10Z")
#688 - 5/10 🐈🐟🐈🐟🐟 🐟🐟🐈🐈🐈 managed to snatch mediocrity from utter failure I put Brooklyn 999 for Brooklyn nine nine, which I guess isn’t good enough for a close enough ---
**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 12, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/237 "2026-05-12T19:13:52Z")
> **[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. #688 - 7/10 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐟🐈🐟🐈 A couple of people I’ve never heard of today. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/238 "2026-05-13T01:45:07Z")
#688 - 9/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈πŸ₯šπŸˆπŸˆπŸˆ 🐈🐈🐈πŸ₯šπŸˆ I knew the 2 most obscure people, found by only 2% and 4% of players, but was just β€œclose” with an answer that 79% of players knew. ---
**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 13, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/239 "2026-05-13T04:34:55Z")
#689 - 6.5/10 🐈🐟🐟🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐟🐈πŸ₯š ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/240 "2026-05-13T10:59:18Z")
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