Current Goos
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This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Wednesday, August 5, 2026 (part of August 2026) - the answer will be revealed on Wednesday, August 12
category: 
Health
clue: She wasn't a banker from New York. She was Harvard's first female faculty member and an industrial health expert who helped America get the lead out.
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: Tuesday, August 4, 2026 (part of August 2026) - the answer will be revealed on Tuesday, August 11
category: 
Music
clue: He wasn't a diplomat from New York. He was a massively successful record producer from South Central L.A., whose association with Death Row Records became a sad predictor of his fate.
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, August 3, 2026 (part of August 2026) - the answer will be revealed on Monday, August 10
category: 
Sports
clue: He wasn't a lawyer from North Carolina. He was a German-Canadian all-star who was the biggest thing in the NHL.
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: Sunday, August 2, 2026 (part of August 2026) - the answer will be revealed on Sunday, August 9
category: 
Justice
clue: He isn't an uncle from Pennsylvania. He's a corporate lawyer most famous for his advice about which apprentice to fire.
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: 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.
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