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: 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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This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Thursday, June 18, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Thursday, June 25
category: 
Sports
clue: Playing at the MVP level on a championship-winning team is easier when your dad is one of your coaches.
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Richard Slominsky
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This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Wednesday, June 17, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Wednesday, June 24
category: 
Television
clue: This Benjamin Joseph got himself a job in a real office writing screenplays on real paper for a pretend office that concerned itself with pretend paper. And unlike the pretend bad bosses, he stepped away before he could become one for real.
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Richard Slominsky
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This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Tuesday, June 16, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Tuesday, June 23
category: 
Movies
clue: Cinephiles treasure him for his invention of the iron camera crane and full-scale rear projection. Japanophiles treasure him for his co-invention of Godzilla and Ultraman.
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Richard Slominsky
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Recent Goos
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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 »
Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Dennis Prager
In 2009, longtime conservative advocate Prager co-founded PragerU, an opinion platform whose full name is The Prager University Foundation but is not an academic institution. In 2015, they began producing educational videos for use in schools. In 2023, Florida became the first of several states whose Departments of Education approved PragerU content for classroom use. Go »
Andy Reid
Reid is the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. Go »
