# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/21 "2026-03-11T18:32:05Z")
I was on fire today > **[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. #626 - 9.5/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈πŸ₯šπŸˆπŸˆπŸˆ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 The egg was because I thought the article was about both Butch & Sundance ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/22 "2026-03-11T19:22:42Z")
I think I understand how this works. #626 - 6/10 🐟🐈🐈🐟🐈 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐟 Interesting. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/23 "2026-03-12T04:10:06Z")
#627 - 8/10 🐟🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐈 I had no clue about the first question. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/24 "2026-03-12T11:36:09Z")
> [@Thumper668](#): > > The egg was because I thought the article was about I (mentally) flipped a coin and lost. ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/25 "2026-03-12T12:07:18Z")
> **[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. #627 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐟🐈🐈🐟🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/26 "2026-03-12T16:12:02Z")
Oof, I did bad today. #627 - 2.5/10 🐟🐟🐟🐈🐟 🐟πŸ₯šπŸŸπŸŸπŸˆ For the third one, I thought β€œOh, I bet it’s the guy that killed Oswald. What was his name? Jack something? Jack… Rose?” Well, at least I got the first letter. Then, I misspelled Phnom Penh. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/27 "2026-03-12T16:54:09Z")
Personally, when I know the answer confidently, but make a typo in the entry box, I count that as a correct answer. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/28 "2026-03-12T17:11:41Z")
> **[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. #627 - 3/10 🐟🐟🐈🐈🐟 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐈 I got the easy ones. Jack Ruby, The Whale, and Minotaur. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/29 "2026-03-12T17:33:22Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Jack Ruby, The Whale, and Minotaur. That’s my favorite Chronicles of Narnia book. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2026, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/30 "2026-03-13T09:33:29Z")
> **[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. #628 - 4/10 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐈 ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/31 "2026-03-13T12:05:50Z")
> **[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. #628 - 5.5/10 🐟πŸ₯šπŸŸπŸˆπŸ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:** [March 13, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/32 "2026-03-13T12:43:02Z")
#628 - 7/10 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐈 🐟🐈🐈🐟🐈 I felt bad for missing #6, but the other two I wouldn’t have gotten. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/33 "2026-03-13T13:09:14Z")
#628 - 5/10 🐈🐟🐟🐟🐟 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐈 Could have done better but blanked on Big Sur and put Watership Down after deciding Velveteen Rabbit was wrong - oops. Definitely two I never would have gotten: the architect and the body of water. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/34 "2026-03-13T13:37:18Z")
#628 - 5.5/10 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐟 🐈🐟🐈🐟πŸ₯š I am not happy that the game gave me half a point for Isabella the First of Castille when they wanted Isabella I. of Castille (or was it the other way around?). I will mentally award myself 6 points. Sorry, I mean six points. And I don’t know whether it is the game itself or wikipedia as a whole, but the questions seem too USA-centered to be fair to non US-ians. Or maybe most of the people who suggest questions are from the USA. Perhaps I should suggest some words too, from far away? We’ll see. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/35 "2026-03-13T14:11:24Z")
I just wrote Isabella and got awarded full credit. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/36 "2026-03-13T18:44:54Z")
> [@Strinka](#): > > You get to decide for yourself if a guess is close enough. The β€œClose enough” button appears when you make a guess that doesn’t match the title. If you don’t think your guess was close enough, you click the β€œNext” button. I like that feature. Washington Post has a daily news trivia question, but you have to spell answers exactly right. _Is that Meghan Markle or Megan Markel?_ If I ever look things up, it’s just for the spelling. (Usually.) I like this game. Installed the app version and put it on my home page. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/37 "2026-03-14T00:48:12Z")
What’s the app version called? I don’t see it on the Play Store. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/38 "2026-03-14T13:47:36Z")
#629 - 7/10 🐈🐈🐟🐟🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐈 I’m flabbergasted that the majority of players knew what #9 was. I guess I’m out of the loop. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/39 "2026-03-14T17:13:51Z")
> **[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. #629 - 3/10 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐈 🐟🐈🐈🐟🐟 ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/40 "2026-03-14T17:27:17Z")
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