Current Goos
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This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Thursday, June 25, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Thursday, July 2
category: 
Movies
clue: She isn't a politician from Rhode Island. She's a British movie star who, long before she was made a dame by the queen, began her career playing a beauty queen in Lady Godiva Rides Again and then riding in The Bravados, played half of a clandestine marriage in The Virgin Queen but not in The Clandestine Marriage, played someone who became a queen by marrying a king in Esther and the King but not in My Duchess, and played a princess screwed over by a hateful pharaoh in Land of the Pharaohs but a prince's wooed who's not on the straight-and-narrow in Hard Time for Princes.
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Richard Slominsky
You're Not My Real Founding Fathers!: America loves its Founding Fathers, and the nation's 250th anniversary makes for a fine opportunity to celebrate them. But wait—who are these imitators? These are actors, and musicians, and authors, and athletes! Their John Hancocks are very similar, but these aren't the real Founding Fathers! Starting apropos on Father's Day, here are a whopping fifty goos to challenge your knowledge of patriotic trivia. Can you identify these fifty fake signatories to a Declaration of Independence that never was? With luck, you\ll hold these goos to be self-evident.Know the answer? Please log in or register in order to guess.
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Wednesday, June 24, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Wednesday, July 1
category: 
Theater
clue: He isn't a farmer from Pennsylvania. He's a Broadway actor known for playing two different British Georges, one of them diametrically opposed to this theme, and an audiobook narrator known for his interpretations of James Islington and Frank Herbert.
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Richard Slominsky
You're Not My Real Founding Fathers!: America loves its Founding Fathers, and the nation's 250th anniversary makes for a fine opportunity to celebrate them. But wait—who are these imitators? These are actors, and musicians, and authors, and athletes! Their John Hancocks are very similar, but these aren't the real Founding Fathers! Starting apropos on Father's Day, here are a whopping fifty goos to challenge your knowledge of patriotic trivia. Can you identify these fifty fake signatories to a Declaration of Independence that never was? With luck, you\ll hold these goos to be self-evident.Know the answer? Please log in or register in order to guess.
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Tuesday, June 23, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Tuesday, June 30
category: 
Government
clue: He isn't a statesman from New York. He's an attorney with a long history of fighting the EPA, and now the top elected official in West Virginia.
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Richard Slominsky
You're Not My Real Founding Fathers!: America loves its Founding Fathers, and the nation's 250th anniversary makes for a fine opportunity to celebrate them. But wait—who are these imitators? These are actors, and musicians, and authors, and athletes! Their John Hancocks are very similar, but these aren't the real Founding Fathers! Starting apropos on Father's Day, here are a whopping fifty goos to challenge your knowledge of patriotic trivia. Can you identify these fifty fake signatories to a Declaration of Independence that never was? With luck, you\ll hold these goos to be self-evident.Know the answer? Please log in or register in order to guess.
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Monday, June 22, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Monday, June 29
category: 
Comics
clue: He wasn't a politician from New Jersey. He was a cartoonist known for two famous comic strips, one of which inspired The Flintstones, and the other of which was inspired by The Wizard of Oz.
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Richard Slominsky
You're Not My Real Founding Fathers!: America loves its Founding Fathers, and the nation's 250th anniversary makes for a fine opportunity to celebrate them. But wait—who are these imitators? These are actors, and musicians, and authors, and athletes! Their John Hancocks are very similar, but these aren't the real Founding Fathers! Starting apropos on Father's Day, here are a whopping fifty goos to challenge your knowledge of patriotic trivia. Can you identify these fifty fake signatories to a Declaration of Independence that never was? With luck, you\ll hold these goos to be self-evident.Know the answer? Please log in or register in order to guess.
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Sunday, June 21, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Sunday, June 28
category: 
Disasters
clue: He wasn't a statesman from Massachusetts. He was the commander of a star-crossed lunar trip, who told Houston about a famous problem.
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Richard Slominsky
You're Not My Real Founding Fathers!: America loves its Founding Fathers, and the nation's 250th anniversary makes for a fine opportunity to celebrate them. But wait—who are these imitators? These are actors, and musicians, and authors, and athletes! Their John Hancocks are very similar, but these aren't the real Founding Fathers! Starting apropos on Father's Day, here are a whopping fifty goos to challenge your knowledge of patriotic trivia. Can you identify these fifty fake signatories to a Declaration of Independence that never was? With luck, you\ll hold these goos to be self-evident.Know the answer? Please log in or register in order to guess.
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Saturday, June 20, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Saturday, June 27
category: 
Internet
clue: You'd best know the name of this influencer, podcaster, and entrepreneur, who was just a Tennessee teen when her family became reality TV stars on a path to federal convictions.
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Richard Slominsky
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This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Friday, June 19, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Friday, June 26
category: 
Music
clue: It's clear that this opera composer has opened a window for audiences enjoying films by the likes of Stephen Daltry, Peter Weir, and Martin Scorsese, even if critics proved brittle about his repetitive style.
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Richard Slominsky
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Recent Goos
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Jalen Brunson
Brunson was named the series MVP after his team, the New York Knicks, won the NBA Finals in 2026. His father Rick Brunson, a former player, is an assistant coach with the team. Go »
B.J. Novak
Novak played Ryan Howard in The Office and was one of the show's writers. He was offered to become the showrunner for ninth season, but felt that he'd lost passion for the series and chose to leave it instead. Go »
Eiji Tsuburaya
Tsuburaya was an influential film director and special effects director in mid-century Japanese cinema. He didn't conceive of the monster Godzilla or the hero Ultraman, but as special effects director on the first Godzilla movie and owner of the production company that made Ultraman TV shows, he was a major influence on each character's appearance and depiction. Go »
Ian Channell
Ian Channell, often referred to as the Wizard of New Zealand or merely the Wizard, is a public speaker from Britain who emigrated to Australia and eventually New Zealand. Performing publicly in a wizard costume, he earned enough public good will to resist government pressure to silence him, and even persuaded the government to recognize him formally as the official wizard of New Zealand, but some of his comments have attracted widespread criticism. Go »
Bel Kaufman
Kaufman was best known for the novel Up the Down Staircase. On her 100th birthday, she was teaching a course on Jewish humor at Hunter College. Go »
Viggo Mortensen
Mortensen co-starred in Thirteen Lives, Daylight, Psycho, and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Go »
Jay Laga'aia
Laga'aia played Mufasa in a stage production of The Lion King, and Captain Typho in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (which were not Disney productions at the time but are now owned by Disney along with the rest of Lucasfilm). He is the father of actress Catherine Laga'aia, who plays the title role in the 2026 movie Moana. Go »
