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: 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: 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, 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 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 9, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Thursday, July 16
category: 
Government
clue: He wasn't a statesman from Massachusetts. He was possibly America's first gay vice president, definitely America's first vice president sworn in on foreign soil, and probably America's first vice president to have both a county in Washington that was named after him and a city in Alabama that he named become far more associated with a civil rights icon with his last name. Who's the king?
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: Wednesday, July 8, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Wednesday, July 15
category: 
Military
clue: He wasn't a statesman from Virginia. He was an admiral who preferred the classroom to the war room, though I heard some submarine crews were not fond of him.
intended difficulty: 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: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Tuesday, July 14
category: Music
clue: He isn't a planter from South Carolina. He's a frequent reality TV cast member and the most famous hype man in hip hop, known for his tasty nickname and horological fashion sense, boyeee.
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: Monday, July 6, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Monday, July 13
category: 
Health
clue: He wasn't a builder from Virginia. He was a sanitarium director whose beliefs about racial superiority and holistic medicine put the flake in cornflakes.
intended difficulty: medium
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
These goos were played a week ago.
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 »
John Witherspoon
Witherspoon played supporting roles in Friday and its sequels, House Party, Hollywood Shuffle, Vampire in Brooklyn, and The Boondocks. Go »
June Blair
Blair was a TV actress who married David Nelson and joined the cast of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as his on-screen wife. Go »
Caroline Charles
Charles started her eponymous fashion house in 1963 at the age of 21. Her 2012 memoir was titled Caroline Charles: 50 Years in Fashion. Go »
Samuel Holden Parsons
Parsons was a colonial-era lawyer who advocated for independence from the British crown. When the Revolutionary War began, he spent his own fortune to form a brigade, and was eventually promoted to Major General. After the war, he moved to Pennsylvania, where he died canoeing in rapids. Go »
