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: Saturday, August 1, 2026 (part of August 2026) - the answer will be revealed on Saturday, August 8
category: 
Television
clue: She isn't a lawyer from North Carolina. She's a TV actress who must have so enjoyed playing a ship captain and eventual wife in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that she went on to play a different kind of captain in Castle, a different kind of wife in 24, and in a different kind of Star Trek in The Orville.
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: Friday, July 31, 2026 (part of July 2026) - the answer will be revealed on Friday, August 7
category: 
Theater
clue: He wasn't a planter from Virginia. He was a Tony-nominated character actor who turned up in nine Spike Lee joints.
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: Thursday, July 30, 2026 (part of July 2026) - the answer will be revealed on Thursday, August 6
category: 
Justice
clue: He isn't a mayor from New York. He's a defense attorney whose talk was widely heard even though it urged other people to stop talking.
intended difficulty: hard
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, July 29, 2026 (part of July 2026) - the answer will be revealed on Wednesday, August 5
category: 
Sports
clue: She isn't an ironmaster from Pennsylvania. She's a British triathlete who, earlier this decade, tied for the best Olympic performance of all time in her sport.
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, July 28, 2026 (part of July 2026) - the answer will be revealed on Tuesday, August 4
category: 
Religion
clue: He wasn't a judge from Rhode Island. He was a Unitarian preacher and theologian whose influence spread far beyond the Baltimore church that he founded.
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: Monday, July 27, 2026 (part of July 2026) - the answer will be revealed on Monday, August 3
category: 
Movies
clue: He isn't a governor from Maryland. He's a film producer with ten #1 openings, including such hits as Ride Along, Think Like a Man, Obsessed, Girls Trip, and Stomp the Yard.
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, July 26, 2026 (part of July 2026) - the answer will be revealed on Sunday, August 2
category: 
Inventions
clue: He wasn't a politician from Massachusetts. He was a merry prankster who practically buzzed with joy whenever his customers made people itch, sneeze, or dribble.
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.
Recent Goos
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John Lee Hancock
Hancock wrote and/or directed The Alamo, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, The Blind Side, The Rookie, and My Dog Skip. Go »
William Petersen
Petersen acted in Manhunter, To Live and Die in L.A., Young Guns II, Return to Lonesome Dove, and C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation. Go »
Dick Stockton
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Lu Parker
Frances Louise Parker, known as Lu Parker, was Miss USA 1994. From 2005 to 2026, she worked at KTLA as a news anchor, and hosted the web series The Path with Lu Parker. She did not initially disclose her relationship with Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa while covering several stories about him in 2009. Go »
James G. Madison
Madison, sometimes called the Hat Bandit or the Mad Hatter, is a convicted thief who robbed 17 banks wearing a different hat or cap each time. He previously served 18 years in a New Jersey prison for homicide. Go »
Frank Hopkins
Hopkins was a horseman who was known for telling grand stories of his adventures, including a horse race across Arabia (adapted into the movie Hidalgo) that was very likely impossible to have happened, and introducing trick riding into Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show despite the absence of any documentation. There is a record of him being a horse handler in the employ of the Ringling Bros. Circus. Go »
Bill Williams
Herman August Wilhelm Katt, known by his stage name Bill Williams, is best remembered for playing the title role in The Adventures of Kit Carson. He was the father of actor William Katt, known for The Greatest American Hero. Go »
