# 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:** 15
**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 22, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/281 "2026-05-22T15:15:56Z")
#698 - 5/10 🐟🐟🐟🐈🐟 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐈 I see a lot of people had a hard time today. I should have got Robert Moses. And I figured it couldn’t be Wong Kar-wai since he’d just come up. ---
**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 23, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/282 "2026-05-23T02:16:41Z")
> **[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. #698 - 2/10 🐟🐟🐈🐈🐟 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟 ---
**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 23, 2026, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/283 "2026-05-23T07:45:11Z")
I saw the low scores that were posted and thought today’s would be difficult, so I was surprised to get 8/10. Then I came back to this thread and saw that those scores were from yesterday. #699 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐟🐈🐈🐈 I don’t remember how I did yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/284 "2026-05-23T11:11:02Z")
#699 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐟🐈🐈🐈 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/285 "2026-05-23T11:12:38Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I don’t remember how I did yesterday. If you go to [today’s results page](https://catfishing.net/game/today) you can click β€œprevious game” and see how you did yesterday. If you want to. ---
**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 23, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/286 "2026-05-23T13:17:38Z")
#699 - 7.5/10 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐟🐈🐈πŸ₯š ---
**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 23, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/287 "2026-05-23T13:55:37Z")
#699 - 9/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐟🐈🐈🐈 It’s feast or famine with this game. ---
**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 23, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/288 "2026-05-23T15:41:04Z")
#699 - 7/10 🐈🐟🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐟🐈🐈🐈 Overthought two painfully. ---
**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 23, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/289 "2026-05-23T21:34:15Z")
> **[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. #699 - 3.5/10 🐟🐟🐈🐟🐈 🐟🐟πŸ₯šπŸˆπŸŸ I badly misspelled question 8 due to butterfingers and didn’t know how to correct 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 24, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/290 "2026-05-24T04:22:19Z")
#700 - 5/10 🐟🐟🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐟🐟🐈🐈 Oh, very cute today. ---
**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 24, 2026, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/291 "2026-05-24T05:40:13Z")
> **[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. #700 - 3/10 🐟🐟🐈🐟🐈 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐈 ---
**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 24, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/292 "2026-05-24T13:28:31Z")
#700 - 7/10 🐟🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐟🐈🐟🐈 A very appropriate score. I didn’t notice the obvious pattern until I was finished! ---
**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 24, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/293 "2026-05-24T15:00:42Z")
#700 - 6/10 🐟🐈🐈🐟🐈 🐟🐟🐈🐈🐈 I would have scored a lot better had I seen the gimmick earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/294 "2026-05-24T18:51:52Z")
#700 - 9/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐈 Caught the theme by q3, don’t know aircraft for #9. All I could guess was 767 which I knew wasn’t right, but. ---
**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 25, 2026, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/295 "2026-05-25T10:18:07Z")
#701 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐈 ---
**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 25, 2026, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/296 "2026-05-25T10:28:20Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > I would have scored a lot better had I seen the gimmick earlier. I got 7 1/2 (I accidentally submitted halfway through typing one of the longer answers). I would have scored a lot worse if I _hadn’t_ seen the gimmick earlier. Some of those questions were quite vague if you didn’t have the extra clue. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2026, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/297 "2026-05-25T10:57:18Z")
#701 - 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 25, 2026, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/298 "2026-05-25T11:29:23Z")
#701 - 7/10 🐈🐟🐟🐟🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 ---
**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 25, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/299 "2026-05-25T13:04:32Z")
#701 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐟🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐈 Could have had a 9. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/300 "2026-05-25T13:43:22Z")
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