# 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:** 13
**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 13, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/241 "2026-05-13T16:05:28Z")
#689 - 6/10 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐈 🐈🐟🐟🐈🐟 meh. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/242 "2026-05-14T10:55:00Z")
#690 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐟🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐈 ---
**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 14, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/243 "2026-05-14T11:17:42Z")
#690 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐟🐟🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 I got #3 wrong because I thought β€œsurely they can’t be repeating a recent answer”. Yes, they can. It’s β€œAbel” vs. β€œCain and Abel” all over again. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/244 "2026-05-14T11:24:48Z")
#690 - 9/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐈🐈🐈🐈 Guessed wrong on which of about four possible options the question referred to, but on the whole this one hit my knowledge set well. Usually I’m in the 6-7 points range. ---
**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 14, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/245 "2026-05-14T14:45:59Z")
#690 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐟🐈🐈🐟 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 Cool. Wrong number for James. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/246 "2026-05-15T09:51:07Z")
#691 - 8.5/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐟 🐈🐈🐈πŸ₯šπŸˆ ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/247 "2026-05-15T10:23:49Z")
#691 - 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 15, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/248 "2026-05-15T16:20:50Z")
#691 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐟🐟🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 Looked rough at first but a nice streak at the end. ---
**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 15, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/249 "2026-05-15T17:07:14Z")
> **[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. #691 - 7/10 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐟 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐈 ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/250 "2026-05-16T02:28:28Z")
> **[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. #691 - 4/10 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐟 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐈 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/251 "2026-05-16T12:09:54Z")
#692 - 7/10 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐟 🐈🐟🐟🐈🐈 ---
**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 16, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/252 "2026-05-16T13:49:21Z")
#692 - 6/10 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐟 🐈🐟🐟🐈🐈 ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/253 "2026-05-16T14:36:19Z")
#692 - 6/10 🐈🐈🐟🐟🐈 🐈🐟🐈🐟🐈 Overthought the University but got lucky on the programming language. ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/254 "2026-05-16T14:41:56Z")
Whereas I overthought the programming language (I guessed Perl over Python) and got lucky on the university. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/255 "2026-05-17T11:49:15Z")
#693 - 4.5/10 🐈🐟🐈🐈πŸ₯š 🐟🐟🐈🐟🐟 ---
**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 17, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/256 "2026-05-17T13:46:58Z")
#693 - 5/10 🐈🐟🐈🐈🐟 🐈🐟🐈🐟🐟 I probably could have gotten #5 and #10 if I had been willing to spend enough time to dredge up the names. ---
**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 17, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/257 "2026-05-17T17:24:26Z")
#693 - 3/10 🐈🐟🐟🐟🐟 🐈🐟🐈🐟🐟 Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/258 "2026-05-18T10:41:32Z")
#694 - 7/10 🐟🐟🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐈 ---
**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 18, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/259 "2026-05-18T12:57:38Z")
#694 - 6/10 🐟🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐈🐟🐟🐈 I thought #5 had some unusual items associated with it. ---
**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 18, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/260 "2026-05-18T14:05:34Z")
#694 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐈🐈🐟🐈 I’m reading The Master and Margarita right now. Also can’t believe I missed kite. I got hung up on powered people holding aircraft. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323.md?page=14)