# 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:** 21
**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:** [June 15, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/401 "2026-06-15T14:31:23Z")
You’re too kind. Often I only remember things vaguely or guess; For example [big spoilers/hints]: #1: I have the album, so… #2: I see posters for it regularly here. Haven’t seen it yet though. #3: If it weren’t for the mention of Hulk Hogan I wouldn’t have guessed this at all as I’d never used the site, but I remember the lawsuit killing it. #4: Easy one - Wyoming geysers, etc #5: My first thought was “uranium glass” but it said specifically “ceramics” and the clues mentioned “uranium” too much for it to be part of the answer. Still, it took me ages to remember the name of it. #6: First thought was the _other_ famous book by Victor Hugo, but the clues matched the right answer somewhat better. #7: Usually they don’t include a significant part of the name in the clues, but…“toads”. #8: Haven’t read the book and have only seen the film remake but I do know that Lem wrote it. #9: Seriously - I saw a reference to her appearance on “Hot Ones” recently and went “Who the hell is that?” so I looked her up at the time. Still haven’t listened to any of her stuff. #10: Another relatively easy one. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/402 "2026-06-16T11:18:25Z")
#723 - 10/10 🎉 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 ---
**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:** [June 16, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/403 "2026-06-16T13:45:52Z")
#723 - 9/10 🎉 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 Talked myself out of a right answer, dammit ---
**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:** [June 16, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/404 "2026-06-16T15:07:20Z")
#723 - 6/10 🐈🐟🐈🐈🐟 🐟🐈🐟🐈🐈 meh. Two of them I probably would have gotten if I’d thought harder. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2026, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/405 "2026-06-16T22:30:36Z")
#722 - 8/10 🎉 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐟 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐈 #723 - 8.5/10 🎉 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐈🥚🐈🐈 ---
**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:** [June 17, 2026, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/406 "2026-06-17T09:52:32Z")
Oof. Brutal. #724 - 4/10 🐟🐟🐟🐈🐈 🐈🐟🐟🐈🐟 I again talked myself out the right answer for #1 but the rest there was no chance on. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/407 "2026-06-17T11:21:48Z")
#724 - 6/10 🐟🐟🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐟 This was one of those days where I either knew it, or knew I couldn’t come up with even a reasonable guess. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2026, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/408 "2026-06-17T11:27:17Z")
> **[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. #724 - 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:** [June 17, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/409 "2026-06-17T15:27:03Z")
#724 - 4/10 🐈🐟🐟🐈🐈 🐈🐟🐟🐟🐟 Ugh. 7, 8 and 9 I should have got, but I didn’t ---
**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:** [June 17, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/410 "2026-06-17T15:45:10Z")
#724 - 8/10 🎉 🐈🐟🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐈 ---
**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:** [June 17, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/411 "2026-06-17T23:52:42Z")
> **[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. #724 - 3/10 🐟🐟🐟🐈🐟 🐈🐟🐟🐈🐟 ---
**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:** [June 18, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/412 "2026-06-18T10:02:28Z")
#725 - 7.5/10 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐈 🐈🥚🐈🐈🐟 Wasn’t sure whether #7 referred to one person or two. I guessed wrongly, but was half-right anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/413 "2026-06-18T10:36:44Z")
#725 - 7/10 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐟 🐈🐈🐟🐟🐈 #7 had the category “Recipients of the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award”. While it didn’t help me pick the right answer (50% chance and I went the right way), that award is given by my small undergrad college in Maine and doesn’t come up that often in general practice. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2026, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/414 "2026-06-18T11:22:32Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Wasn’t sure whether #7 referred to […] I made an educated guess based on the fact that there were no references to being Jewish. #725 - 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:** [June 18, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/415 "2026-06-18T15:14:57Z")
#725 - 7/10 🐈🐈🐟🐟🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐟 Not bad after yesterday’s disaster. All the one’s I didn’t get are one’s I had never heard of, so I don’t feel that bad. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2026, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/416 "2026-06-19T04:09:02Z")
Not too bad 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. #726 - 6/10 🐈🐟🐟🐈🐈 🐟🐈🐟🐈🐈 ---
**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:** [June 19, 2026, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/417 "2026-06-19T05:02:28Z")
#726 - 8/10 🎉 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐈 🐟🐈🐈🐈🐈 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/418 "2026-06-19T11:37:55Z")
#726 - 7/10 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐈🐟🐟🐈 ---
**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:** [June 19, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/419 "2026-06-19T13:01:03Z")
#726 - 9/10 🎉 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 Saved in two instances by the “Did you mean?” function. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/420 "2026-06-19T16:11:13Z")
#726 - 8/10 🎉 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐈 overthought 9. Almost overthought 4, but didn’t. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323.md?page=22)