Current Goos
Can you solve the goos below? You'll improve your score if you do. Good luck! For more information, see How to Play.
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Thursday, July 16, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Thursday, July 23
category: 
Justice
clue: He isn't a surgeon from Maryland. He's a legal officer who was briefly the second first Attorney General of Donald Trump.
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm
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, July 15, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Wednesday, July 22
category: 
Television
clue: He isn't a politician from North Carolina. He's an actor, best known as an angel who lied for a yuk to the Supernatural brothers and a soldier who died in the muck with the Band of Brothers.
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Richard Slominsky, and Erik Bates
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, July 14, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Tuesday, July 21
category: 
Music
clue: No es un comerciante de Massachusetts. Es un popular cantante mexicano y estrella de las redes sociales que recordó bien su promesa de regresar.
intended difficulty: very hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm
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, July 13, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Monday, July 20
category: 
Legends
clue: He wasn't a lawyer from Massachusetts. He was an outdoorsman who risked death many times to get up close and personal with the beasts who would become his legacy, turning up years later in such places as the Bronx Zoo, an NBC TV series, and the flag of California.
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Richard Slominsky, and Erik Bates
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, July 12, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Sunday, July 19
category: Television
clue: He isn't a surveyor from Pennsylvania. He's an actor who started out as an L.A. lawyer before becoming a sad NYPD detective and eventually a candidate to occupy the West Wing.
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Richard Slominsky, and Erik Bates
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, July 11, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Saturday, July 18
category: 
Sports
clue: He isn't a physician from New Hampshire. He's a retired baseball player and 2010 all-star whose skill at pitching was a thorn in opponents' sides.
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: Friday, July 10, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Friday, July 17
category: Music
clue: He isn't a university founder from North Carolina. He's one of the most beloved film composers of all time, having written iconic themes for Darth Vader, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, E.T., Superman, Kevin McCallister, Jaws, and countless more.
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Richard Slominsky, and Erik Bates
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.
Recent Goos
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William Rufus King
King was the 13th vice president, elected on a ticket with president Franklin Pierce. He was sworn in on March 4, 1853 in Cuba, where he had gone to seek treatment for tuberculosis. He died on April 18, 1853 only two days after returning home to Selma, Alabama. His very close relationship with future president James Buchanan has been widely speculated to have been homosexual, although no conclusive proof survives. King County, Washington was named for him upon its founding (originally as part of Oregon) in 1852, but in 2005 it was retroactively renamed for Dr. Martin Luther King. King planned and named the Alabama city of Selma where he resided, but that town, too, became more associated with Martin Luther King during the 1960s civil rights movement. Go »
Richard Henry Leigh
Several times, Leigh was pulled away from his job teaching mathematics at the U.S. Naval Academy to serve in a war. His work in World War I involved tests of listening devices that proved for the first time that submarines could be detected acoustically, which changed the course of warfare. He eventually reached the rank of admiral. Go »
Flavor Flav
William Drayton, known by his stage name Flavor Flav, rose to fame as the hype man in Public Enemy. Go »
John Harvey Kellogg
Kellogg was a Seventh-Day Adventist who operated their sanitarium and treatment center in Battle Creek, Michigan. With his brother Will, he is credited with popularizing cornflakes as a breakfast food to improve indigestion, a tradition that continues today with the Kellogg's product line of breakfast cereals. He is also remembered for his support of racial segregation and firm belief in eugenics, which was the primary focus of his work for the final three decades of his life. Go »
Jonathan Dickinson
Dickinson left Jamaica in 1696 bound for Philadelphia with his family and their slaves. A storm wrecked their ship along the Atlantic coastline of Florida, and they were soon taken captive by Jobe Indians. They were marched to South Carolina and freed by Spaniards there. Dickinson and his wife eventually made it to Philadelphia where he became prosperous enough to win election twice as mayor. Go »
George Washington Carver
Carver, who was born into slavery during the Civil War and died during World War II, was a scientist, inventor, and environmentalist. His work at Tuskegee Institute helped families whose farmland had been depleted of nutrients by many years of cotton and needed to be converted to other crops like sweet potatoes and peanuts. Go »
Frances Dana Barker Gage
Gage was a lifelong advocate for all adults to have the right to vote regardless of race or gender, particularly freed slaves, though she was crippled for the final 20 years after a carriage accident. She authored three books for children under the pen name Aunt Fanny: Fanny at School, Fanny's Birthday, and Fanny's Journey. Go »
