# 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:** 36
**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:** [September 12, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/701 "2026-09-12T14:49:43Z")
#811 - 5/10 🐟🐟🐟🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐟 Not Great ---
**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:** [September 13, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/702 "2026-09-13T13:02:51Z")
#812 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐈 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐈 I should have read #4 more carefully. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/703 "2026-09-13T17:20:15Z")
#812 - 7/10 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐟 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐈 Wrong Cuomo. If I’d just put the last name I would have been right! ---
**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:** [September 14, 2026, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/704 "2026-09-14T05:25:25Z")
> **[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. #813 - 6/10 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐟 🐈🐟🐈🐈🐟 I should have got _Magnolia_ based purely on context clues. I’ve never actually seen it. The other three wrong I’ve never heard of. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2026, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/705 "2026-09-14T11:23:03Z")
#813 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐟🐈🐈🐟 I could not remember the name of #7 if my life depended on it (and I have seen it several times). ---
**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:** [September 14, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/706 "2026-09-14T11:56:49Z")
#813 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐟 #7 was a wild swing. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/707 "2026-09-14T14:58:08Z")
#813 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐟 I almost overthought 6, but didn’t. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/708 "2026-09-15T11:49:14Z")
#814 - 4/10 🐟🐟🐟🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐟🐟🐟 Brutal one today, looking at the overall results so far. Some bad guesses on my part but on the other hand I landed one with a 2% success rate so far so I’ll take that as a consolation. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/709 "2026-09-15T12:47:08Z")
#814 - 6/10 🐟🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐈🐈🐟🐟 I almost gave up on #3, but eventually I remembered the word. #8 was a lucky guess. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/710 "2026-09-15T14:52:19Z")
#814 - 5/10 🐟🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐟🐟🐈🐟 kicking myself over a couple of mistakes. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/711 "2026-09-16T12:44:52Z")
#815 - 5.5/10 🐈🐈🐟πŸ₯šπŸˆ 🐟🐈🐟🐈🐟 ---
**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:** [September 16, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/712 "2026-09-16T13:14:55Z")
#815 - 9/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐈🐈🐈🐈 I have never, ever heard of #6 before, which surprises me. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/713 "2026-09-16T15:48:31Z")
#815 - 7/10 🐈🐈🐟🐈🐈 🐟🐈🐟🐈🐈 I stopped paying attention to the Simpsons in the early 2000s ---
**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:** [September 17, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/714 "2026-09-17T11:18:12Z")
> **[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. #816 - 9/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐈🐈🐈🐈 Sports: my old enemy (along with internet memes). ---
**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:** [September 17, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/715 "2026-09-17T12:25:26Z")
#816 - 9/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐟 So close. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/716 "2026-09-17T12:25:33Z")
#816 - 10/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 Holy cow. The other day all my β€œIt’s one of these two guesses” answers went the wrong way. Today my guessing juju blessed me on both of the relevant questions. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/717 "2026-09-18T12:41:50Z")
#817 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐟🐟🐈 Never heard of #9. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/718 "2026-09-18T14:06:07Z")
#817 - 6/10 🐈🐈🐈🐟🐟 🐈🐈🐟🐟🐈 Some dumb mistakes. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/719 "2026-09-18T14:23:08Z")
#817 - 8/10 πŸŽ‰ 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐈πŸ₯šπŸŸπŸ₯š #10 was a typo I didn’t notice but was too egregious for the game to catch. Stupid me. And #8 just wasn’t specific enough. And I’ve never heard of #9 either. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323/720 "2026-09-19T11:21:02Z")
> **[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. #818 - 6/10 🐈🐈🐟🐟🐈 🐟🐟🐈🐈🐈 More dumb mistakes, especially on 3. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323.md?page=37)