# 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:** 27
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2026, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/521 "2026-07-22T10:12:48Z")
#759 - 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:** [July 22, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/522 "2026-07-22T12:57:57Z")
#758 - 7/10 🐈🐟🐟🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐈 #759 - 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:** [July 22, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/523 "2026-07-22T14:48:17Z")
#759 - 6/10 🐟🐟🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐟🐟🐈 Way overthought 1. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/524 "2026-07-23T10:19:58Z")
#760 - 9/10 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:** [July 23, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/525 "2026-07-23T11:37:49Z")
#760 - 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:** [July 23, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/526 "2026-07-23T14:36:26Z")
#760 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐟🐈🐈🐈 Shaking my head about 6. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2026, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/527 "2026-07-24T10:42:34Z")
#761 - 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:** [July 24, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/528 "2026-07-24T13:46:59Z")
#761 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐟🐟🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 Never heard of 2, but I never really listened to pop punk. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/529 "2026-07-24T14:29:28Z")
#761 - 4/10 🐈🐟🐟🐈🐟 🐟🐟🐈🐟🐈 ---
**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:** [July 24, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/530 "2026-07-24T21:15:47Z")
> **[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. #761 - 3/10 🐟🐟🐟🐈🐟 🐈🐟🐟🐟🐈 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/531 "2026-07-25T12:19:12Z")
#762 - 7/10 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐈 🐈🐟🐟🐈🐈 I’d have guessed my average was around 7. Looking at my stats pages I see I’m correct there: - **7.3** Β· latest 7 days - **7.0** Β· latest 30 days - **7.0** Β· all time ---
**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:** [July 25, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/532 "2026-07-25T12:33:20Z")
#762 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐟🐟🐈🐈 My average is 6.9. I’m surprised that I’ve gotten 9/10 on 10 occasions; I thought it was only once or twice. I think it’s funny that the hardest correct answer I got was RezsΕ‘ Kasztner, since one of the clues for him was β€œKastner train” and my guess was β€œKastner”. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/533 "2026-07-25T15:43:39Z")
#762 - 7/10 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐈 🐈🐟🐟🐈🐈 guessed the wrong chancellor. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/534 "2026-07-26T11:31:57Z")
#763 - 7/10 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐟 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐟 I considered the tsar bomba for #10, but was convinced it had never actually been tested. Oh well. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/535 "2026-07-26T14:48:49Z")
#763 - 3/10 🐟🐟🐈🐟🐟 🐈🐟🐟🐟🐈 I thought I was going to set a new record, but I managed to get the last question. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/536 "2026-07-26T15:21:55Z")
#763 - 6/10 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐈 🐟🐟🐈🐟🐈 Badly overthought 6. I knew 7, but didn’t think of it. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/537 "2026-07-27T10:32:23Z")
#764 - 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:** [July 27, 2026, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/538 "2026-07-27T11:24:20Z")
#764 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐟🐈🐈🐈 Never heard of those two. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/539 "2026-07-27T16:18:43Z")
#764 - 6/10 🐟🐈🐟🐈🐈 🐟🐟🐈🐈🐈 I slapped my forehead when six was revealed. I know the name, but I’d not only forgotten it, I’d forgotten that I knew it. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/540 "2026-07-28T07:39:44Z")
> **[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. #765 - 3/10 🐟🐈🐟🐈🐟 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐈 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323.md?page=28)