The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 321: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia V

Episode Date: March 16, 2022

Spencer Neuharth hosts another round of MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Kevin Gillespie, Brody Henderson, Sean Weaver, Maggie Hudlow, and Phil Taylor. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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without cell phone service as a special offer. You can get a free three months to try out OnX if you visit onxmaps.com slash meat. It's a meat eater podcast. Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia. I'm your host and trivia curator, Spencer Newhart. This is trivia you're not going to get from Jeopardy, Trivial Pursuit, or any bar and grill trivia. These are born out of Meat Eater's four verticals.

I feel like maybe curator's not a great word. What do you think would be? It gets thrown around a lot now. Oh yeah? Everything's curated now. I think this is a curation. Everything's curated now. Of facts?

It's not. No, because you're creating the things. You're not like... If you go to a website, it's like curated home goods. It's like they go around to a bunch of places and order stuff. I'd say fewer and fewer things are being curated. It's a lot of algorithms choosing things. There's no algorithm here.

Trivia master. Let's ask probably the person who's most hip to Chef Kevin Gillespie, probably most hip to like buzzwords. Yep. Why am I the one who's most hip? Because you work in the restaurant world. Yeah. And so you know, you like pay attention to what's going on around you.

Yeah. Curated is definitely like a cool kid word right now. For sure. See, there you go. Absolutely. For sure. I told you. I think this is.

But I also think what Phil is saying is also true. So we've just started using the word curated because it makes something sound valuable.

No, it's fine. What do you think would be better? This is valuable. Just keep it at host you think? No, I'd be like host Spencer Newhart

and I'm the one who creates and compiles. I am your trivia creator and compiler. Trivia master. Trivia master. He cherry picks bullshit questions. Well, no, because that dude at NPR, the puzzle master, Will Shorts, you don't want to get confused with him. Sure.

Now, these are born out of Meteor's four verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. It's almost like he's a little annoyed. Yeah, I was going to say. Spencer hated that so much. No, no, no. I like's almost like he's a little annoyed. Yeah, I was going to say. Spencer hated that so much. No, no, no. I like it. All right. Sorry, Spencer.

I got to keep it moving along here. We got a lot of things to get to. Now, there is a prize. And if you weren't at our last game of trivia, you don't know this yet. But Meat Eater has upped the ante from donating $100 to $500. So the winner will get to choose where that $500 goes to what conservation organization is going to receive it.

We've played eight times so far. The more popular the show gets, the more we're going to add money to it. Yeah, we can't go the other direction at this point. I think we should have players that are sponsored by individual conservation groups. Oh, boy. Like I'm playing for, then you're playing for. I'm playing for TRCP.

Yeah. Like Celebrity Jeopardy. That's right. Now, we've played eight times so far. Steve has won half of those. Brody has won twice. Clay has won once. And Seth has won once.

I'm that far ahead of Brody. Yeah. Brody, but see, we quit inviting him for a while. I'm in it every time. We excluded him last time, and he was not happy about it. Yeah, we quit inviting him, and I pulled way ahead, which go figure. Yeah.

We have some housekeeping to get to from last time. A couple games ago, I asked what the seven skin glands are of a white-tailed deer. The most mysterious of those glands is the metatarsal. You just screwed up again. Uh-oh. You never said skin glands. Well, I don't think I did specify skin glands, but it should be skin glands.

You damn sure should have. And that's what people pointed out, because there's all kinds of glands inside your body. But I would, it's not in the spirit of the game for Cal to say, like, pituitary, or whatever Cal's answer was. Okay. I did not say skin glands. You're correct. When we come out with was. Okay. I did not say skin glands. You're correct. When we come out with the trivia board game, it will say skin glands.

We got that part cleaned up. Now, the metatarsal is the most mysterious of these glands, which I said some biologists speculate is used for temperature regulation. Jim Heffelfinger wrote in to let me know that he doesn't buy that theory, but he provided three others that he thinks are more likely true. One is that they are used to mark an individual deer's bed. Two is that at the optimal height to rub on vegetation is deer walk by, leaving their scent as they go. And three is that they can release an odor that serves as an alarm signal to other deer. This all goes to show that even today, there are't buy any of those. there are some mysteries about America's most pursued big game animal.

You know, don't even play the Heffelfinger jingle. That was the only bad Heffelfinger feedback we've ever gotten. You know, I liked it. You don't buy dragging their feet through the grass to leave sand? No, the thing that is the right height to rub brush. Oh!

I thought, not orbital. Metatarsal, which is on their legs. Now we gotta go back and re-insert. Put the jingle back in. He's a conservation ranger. Jim had

four fingers. I got off on orbital. Also a few games ago, there was a question... He's rubbing his eyeballs on the brush. Okay, no, I buy that. That's a good call. Also a few games ago, there was a question about the inspiration for Jägermeister's logo, which dates back to about 1300 years ago when St. Hubert saw a white stag walking through the forest with a glowing cross hanging from its antlers. Kustafote, a Greek Orthodox Christian listener from Texas, wrote in to let me know that he will actually pray to St. Hubert before hunts.

Here is part of one of the prayers that he'll recite, which he got from a Louisiana hunter, Don Dubik. Great St. Hubert, bless all who gather here in this natural setting whose aim is to follow in your footsteps to be skilled and ethical hunters. Grant us confidence, perseverance, patience, and the accuracy to increase our proficiency in the fields, forests, swamps, and marshes. But above all, St. Hubert, we ask your help in always holding a deep sense of respect and reverence for the game we pursue. Bestow on us a spirit of generosity and humility that we may enjoy bountiful hunting and that we pass these cherished and sacred rights to future generations forever. Amen. He's got that memorized.

I don't know if he has it memorized. I'd be impressed. It's actually almost twice as long as that. That's an excerpt. This is a snappy game of trivia, so we cut it down a little. Did I catch right that Jaeger has been around for 1,300 years? No. That is when St. Hubert was around. I think Jaeger's been around for 1300 years? No. Oh, okay. That is when St. Hubert was around.

I think Jaeger has been around for about 100 years. Gotcha. I just really enjoyed the prayer and its message. So just what I want to say. Now, we also, before our game of trivia started recording, had Steve further arguing about the lake question, calling it all sorts of names. Oh, I was arguing too.

Stupid, idiotic, nobody as well. Now, I got. So dumb, it's as though the guy that came up with it must be dumb. Yes, I got quite a bit of feedback on that question. But it wasn't about the question, it was about Steve's attitude towards the question. Yeah. Everybody who wrote in was like, why was Steve so grumpy? Why does he hate that question?

Why is Steve, like, if he doesn't know it, get angry at Spencer because he then doesn't know it. And I'll also point this out. I wasn't even going to bring this up until it happened before the game of trivia. Your answer was Fort Peck, I think? I don't know. Your answer was Fort Peck. It was wrong. And then you had said, you're like,

and I even crossed out Flathead. Now, I looked it up here, and Fort Peck. It was wrong. And then you had said you're like and I even crossed out Flathead. Now, I looked it up here and Fort Peck is actually 18th in size so that wasn't even close to being right and Flathead is 30th. So on both accounts, you were

quite wrong. Right, but take a look at You are gaslighting me. You're gaslighting me. Speaking of buzzwords. I'd ask anyone to take a look at a map and look at Lake Oahe, which was what, number what? Three.

Look at that thing and ask yourself if that's a lake or a river. That comes back to if you count reservoirs in general, though, because then all reservoirs wouldn't count. My gripe with the question was, the only fair question would have been something like like the three largest natural lakes like crater or something because these reservoirs are you have a dam and an impoundment and it's like not very fixed at what point the thing begins.

Some of them run hundreds of miles long, and then in drought cycles, they shrink by 100 miles. It's just a bullshit question. But I don't think that's unique. You're misrepresenting my problem with it. Okay. My problem with it was, it's just like, just go with natural lakes. Where does the river end and the lake start? It's like impossible to determine.

And then it's like, you said, you clarified surface area, not volume, which opens it even up more to like what makes a lake a lake. But droughts are not unique to reservoirs either. It impacts reservoirs because reservoirs are so shallow. Lake of the Woods doesn't change its depth, right? But like, you know, Elephant Butte in New Mexico is 100 feet down right now or something like that. I imagine this won't be the last time we talk about it. No. I just want to go on record.

You're saying that drought impacts natural lakes as readily as it does a reservoir. I didn't say that. I said they're not unique to reservoirs. That was what I said. Yeah, whatever. And we are on to our ninth game of trivia. Play the drop, Phil. Look, I need to know what I stand to win.

Everything. How's that? You stand to win everything. Game on, suckers! Alright, the first question, as always, is going to be multiple choice, and the topic is woodsmanship. What is the most common tree in America? Is it white oak, Douglas fir, red maple, or quaking aspen?

What is the most common tree in America? White oak, Douglas fir, red maple, or quaking aspen? And this is not measuring by volume. This is just the sheer number of these trees. Stem count. Stem count. Stem count. That was North America? America, the United States.

This counts Hawaii and Alaska. White oak, Douglas fir, red maple, or quaking aspen. Does everybody have an answer? Yep. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have... Notice how cockily I put my thing up. We have Giannis saying the red maple, Kevin saying the Douglas fir, Steve saying quaking

aspen, Maggie saying the Douglas fir, Brody saying the Douglas fir, and Sean saying the white oak. I can tell you who ain't right. Sean. The incorrect answer is red maple. Oh! Yanni got it? Only Yanni got it.

Dang. There are nearly 22 trillion red maples in the United States, according to the Forest Inventory and Analysis. Is it because it's such a little shitting tree? It must be. That is followed by the loblolly pine, the sweet gum, and Douglas fir. And although only about 4% of America's trees are Douglas fir, by volume they are number one,

making up about 13% of the nation's trees when measured by cubic feet. Can I tell you why I use quaking aspen? Absolutely. Because I felt, I was wrong perhaps, but growing up, listen, we would call like I think that that quaking aspen exists in a lot of places where they don't call it quaking aspen definitely like we always call it we are like a tree called poplar and someone was telling me that poplar is like what

I was calling poplar is quaking aspen so then I got to thinking maybe it's I don't know if I was one of them trick questions. Yeah, I only went with the maple because I know that on the property up there in Wisconsin that I hunt, when we cut, the maples just like take over. They're like the successional tree that comes in after all the shrubs and stuff. That's Doug's grape with it. And they're just super crazy thick. So that's why I went with that. Yeah, Doug's grape is when you log, when they log oak.

I don't know why. When you log oak, you wind up with a lot of maple. We are on to question two. The topic is hunting. In whitetail hunting lingo, what does the acronym BBD stand for? In whitetail lingo, what does the acronym BBD stand for? We have a confident room.

Looks like. I'm angling for some bonus points. I don't know where to achieve bonus points on this question. Well, because I think you could say maybe... Save it for the after banter. All right. Does everybody have an answer? Save it for the after banter.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Giannis saying, big buck down. Kevin without an answer. Steve saying, big buck down. Big buck down. Big buck down. And big buck down. Kevin without an answer. Steve saying, big buck down. Big buck down. Big buck down. And big buck down. What about my oar?

Bell Biv DeVoe. You're going to have to explain that one to me. Man, you're young. It's a band. It's a band. Or a guy. I don't know. That was Bobby Brown or someone, wasn't it?

I don't know. The correct answer. Bell Biv DeVoe is a band. Right. Right. Yeah. The original boy band. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Probably. Yeah. The correct answer. Bell Biv DeVoe is a band. Right. Right. Yeah. The original boy band. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Probably. Yeah. The correct answer is Big Buck Down. Now, I tried to track down the origin of BBD. The first ever article I could find where BBD was written was from the National Deer Association in 2012.

And the first forum mention of BBD I could locate was from 2009 on bowhunting.com. Well, I thought it was uh before that even cliff and tiffany no lee and tiffany lakowski were using the phrase on their 2007 show getting close with lee and tiffany i reached out to tiffany to see if her and lee were the genesis of this acronym and tiffany said she believed so that's i always thought that was like taken as a matter of course that they invented that saying. It seemed as though no one had asked her that before. But if you think you know where it came from before that even, if it wasn't Lee and Tiffany on their 2007 outdoor show, let me know.

Prove us wrong. I'd like to see it. Is that what you're going to say, Giannis? Yeah, that is. Hey, let me ask you a question. If I send you a BBD text in November, and then you're like, sweet, send me a picture, and I send you a picture of that buck I killed in rifle season in Wisconsin,

are you going to be like, WTF, back? Or are you going to be like, hell yeah? No, I love to- That counts? Absolutely, that counts. I like to pick people up. If they send me a picture of deer they killed I'm always going to be like your number one hype man

I hope I hope you felt that way when you text me pictures of your deer You know what I don't like to see Well nevermind I don't like to see deer that are too far removed From the person Like my cousin's neighbor's cousin Oh sure

Got this buck Unless it's like an absolute Slob Like you're somehow taking credit For someone else's deer Yeah it's like look at this buck My neighbor got You know

Unless it's like a thing Where I can't believe it exists Do you know what I mean You know what's not fun Unless it's like a thing where I can't believe it exists. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. You know what's not fun? If you send a picture to somebody of a deer you killed and they're like, would have been a good one next year. Not too bad.

It's real kick to the groin. Yeah. So I always want to like be there for you, Jan. If you send me a picture of a buck, I'm going to be like, way to go, Janice. That's great. Amazing deer. They're all big, Giannis. That's great. Amazing deer. They're all big bucks to you. That's right. So if he says BBD, then you text back NBNY, which is Nice Buck next year.

We'll get that started. Question three, the topic is biology. This is an audio question. Phil is going to play you a 30-second clip of a vocalization from a North American animal. You need to tell me what animal you're listening to. Play the clip, Phil. 10 seconds in, Steve has an answer. Hmm.

That's the whole thing. You need to come up with what critter was making that noise. That's as much as you get critter. That's what you get. North America? North America, based on those vocalizations. Basically anything alive. Sure.

It's not a woolly mammoth. But could be a Bigfoot. Good tip. This one's hard. I feel like we're going to see a wide range of answers here. Yeah. And none of them are going to... For sure I've heard one animal make that exact sound, but it ain't going to be the right answer.

You're going to be like, no. Yeah. But I know for sure that animal's made that sound. Mm-hmm. Again, we had a confident Steve. I think he was the only one. I don't want to tell you how I arrived at what I arrived at, but I arrived at its wrongness.

But I have no rightness. Does everybody have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Giannis saying a dolphin. Kevin without an answer. Steve saying... No answer, Steve! I didn't have Giannis saying a dolphin. Kevin without an answer. Steve saying... No answer, Steve! I didn't have time to write one down. I haven't thought of one yet. Let me put one down.

What were you writing? I'll put it back, even though it's not right. Steve saying... I can't even read that. Sikadir. Kevin saying a walrus. Maggie saying an alligator. Brody saying a baby mountain lion. And Sean saying a jackrabbit. You guys weren't listening to the background

noise. I can tell you that damn much. Nobody got it right. The correct answer is a porcupine. Really? What? Really? Wow. Porcupines have a number of different moans, grunts, coughs, wails, whines, shrieks, and chatters that they use for everything

from mating to eating. Some of the best comments on this particular video liken them to a shrieking witch, a crying baby, a squeaky door hinge, or crazed Ewok. What's an Ewok, Phil? They're the little teddy bear creatures from the forest moon of Endor from Return of the Jedi. Those kick ass, man. Is that different than a Chewbacca? Oh, yeah. A Chewbacca's a Wookiee. It's like a mini Che Jedi. These guys kick ass, man. Dang. Is that different than a Chewbacca? Oh, yeah.

A Chewbacca's a Wookiee. It's like a mini Chewbacca. Okay, I got it. Listen, the only noise in the woods that's freaked me out more than a barred owl when I'm not ready to hear a barred owl early in the morning has been a porcupine. And the two times that they've freaked me out,

it's been completely different. One, just like moaning and groaning to the point where I was like, thought it was a human that was possibly in trouble. Like people coupling in the bushes. Oh, like in trouble. No, no, no, no, no, no. Yeah. Sorry.

Bad, like negative moaning and groaning. And it got, I was so scared. I walked, like I should have gone to help, but I went the other way. It was getting dark. It was getting dusky. It's too late to help him. I left. I left.

It was scary. Another time, it sounded like two women giggling and laughing, almost like my mom and her sister when they get together and laugh about nothing, literally. It was like that, uncontrollable laughter, giggling. I went over to the hill and found a nothing, literally. It was like that. Like uncontrollable laughter, giggling. And I went over to the hill and found a porcupine. I talked to a game warden once who told me he'd responded to multiple calls from people that thought they had heard someone in distress in the woods,

but it was a porcupine. Really? Yeah. Freaky. Dude, I don't think I've ever heard one. Huh. So nobody got that one right I've ever heard one. Huh. So nobody got that one right. We are on to question four.

The topic is hunting. Hey, it's not time yet for a leaderboard check? No, no, no. He's got a whole system, dude. I haven't been around much for this. The system calls for checking after five questions. We will get a leaderboard update. Question four.

The topic is hunting lore. This next great question comes to us via Cody Miller. If you have a question you think is right for MeatEater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com. What Western state considered declaring the jackalope as its official mythological creature? What Western state considered declaring the jackalope as its official mythological creature? Do we know what constitutes considered? Like, did it, is it a part of a bill somewhere? Okay, like drafted out.

Yes. Multiple times. Hide your board, Kevin. I have two, just so you know. I have two answers, and I know one of them is right. I just don't know which one to... You can't pull a Mike Waddell and put eight answers down. I don't know which one I'm going to asterisk as my actual answer.

Does everybody have an answer? Steve, we need you to eliminate one. Oh, it's painful. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Giannis saying the Good Dakota, Kevin saying Nevada, Steve saying Wyoming, Maggie saying Wyoming, Brody saying Wyoming, and Sean saying Wyoming. Wyoming is the correct answer. I almost went with Nevada.

I don't know why. I erased Wyoming and put Nevada down. The first ever jackalope was created in 1939 by a taxidermist in Douglas, Wyoming. Multiple times since then, bills have been introduced there that would declare the jackalope an official state symbol. When it happened in 2005, Representative

Dave Edwards pushed for it to pass because he said it would certainly boost the tourism industry, which has a lot of gift shops and sells all kinds of different jackalopes. I don't know about that. That's not going to make someone's business. So my roommate actually owns one of those jackalopes, and it's like this big.

One of what jackalopes? That comes from that shop. Oh. And then they have like giant ones, like all ranges of sizes. So it's not based off a real rabbit. It is. They're all real jackrabbit. Oh, so it's like the big white-eared jack or black-tailed.

Yeah, kind of like, Corinne was just showing me the rogue taxidermy, some of that last night. She's into that, yeah. Yeah, it's kind of like that. They just glue some horns on top. Well, Maggie is our Wyoming. There's one upstairs. It's made out of a snowshoe hare. It's pretty awesome.

It's name is Steve, actually. But I didn't name it after you. Whose jackalope was upstairs? That was one that we purchased for... What were we filming? We were filming a gnome video. The gnome measuring... He was measuring a jackalope, right?

That's right. He was scoring a jackalope. We will get a score update after this one. The topic is cooking. Uh-oh. What Mexican dish roughly translates to little donkey in Spanish? What Mexican dish roughly translates to little donkey in Spanish? I don't think Steve has come up with an answer yet.

The rest of the room seems like they know it. Again, what Mexican dish roughly translates to little donkey in Spanish? Maggie, do you have a jackalope on your water bottle? I do. Okay. Does everybody have an answer? If they don't, they're screwed. Not directed at anybody specifically.

Steve? We're giving Steve all kinds of extra time today. I'm just struggling today, man. I got that long COVID brain fog. I think I got long COVID now. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Giannis saying the... Oh, that's what I got long COVID now. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Giannis saying the burro Chico. Kevin saying burrito.

Steve without an answer. Maggie saying burrito, burrito, burrito. Giannis, I think that's pretty donkey. Or is it lady donkey? Chico? The correct answer is burrito. I can't believe how bad I am today. Juan Mendez is credited with naming the burrito during the Mexican Revolution between 1910 and 1920.

Supposedly, Mendez rode around on a donkey selling tacos and wrapped them in extra large flour tortillas to keep them warm. Soon thereafter, locals started referring to these meals as the food of the donkey. Learn something new every day. It was too easy. That's why I missed it. That's why I'm stupid. Too easy questions.

Too obvious. Phil, let's get a scoreboard update. In third place, we have Kevin Gillespie with one point. Tied for second are Steve and Giannis with two. And then Maggie, Brody, and Sean are tied for first with three points. Anybody's game, man. Anybody's game. How many questions we got left?

We are halfway through the game. I'm coming for you this week. I told you, Brody. Yeah. Well, Brody had an advantage. He stayed sharp before we got in here because him and Hayden were arguing about spawning steelhead or

something. Yeah. What was the argument? That steelhead. There wasn't really an argument. Hayden was trying to say that steelhead only spawn in the spring. What was your argument? That there are different, they spawn at different times. They don't all spawn in the spring

What's the latest you've ever heard them spawn? They can be manipulated in hatcheries To spawn I hear them spawn in June But do they Still spawn in November? In Lake Erie there is The ones that run out of Lake Erie

They're going up there to spawn or to snack on stuff? No they're spade streams so they just run up to spawn. It's like a fall spawn. Oh, really? Yeah. Anyway, we had Brody running hot before the game of trivia, so he's sharp. He was using the right mind. Hey, Sean, if you win and I don't think you will,

what are you going to donate to? Delta. Delta Waterfall? Not the airline. Oh, yeah. I'm taking my Delta waterfall. Yep. Not the airline. Oh, yeah. I'm taking my 500 bucks and going on a trip. Hey, folks.

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onxmaps.com slash meet. Welcome to the OnX Club,.com Welcome to the OnX Club, y'all We are on to question six The topic is conservation Which major North American flyway Starts near Greenland And follows the East Coast

Until it hits the Caribbean? Really? Which major North American flyway Starts near Greenland coast until it hits the Caribbean? Really? Which major North American flyway starts near Greenland and follows the east coast until it hits the Caribbean? We have a lot of fast answers in the room.

Steve seems to think it was too easy. No, I don't know. That was the ones that tripped you up. I don't know. I might be made to look a fool here. Does everybody have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Atlantic, Atlantic, Atlantic, Atlantic.

That can't be right. Everybody says Atlantic. That is correct. Oh, hey! I thought it was going to be like Eastern or something. Yeah, me too. I've, in the podcast we were just doing, referenced it. Oh, really?

Yeah. The Atlantic Flyway is about 3 000 miles long and is the easternmost flyway in north america it's the most densely populated flyway of the four making its greatest threats urban sprawl and industrial development some notable stops in this flyway include acadia national park cape cod national seashore delaware bay and ding darnling national wildlife refuge i will add to that that just in general the chesapeake bay is like National Seashore, Delaware Bay, and Ding Darnling National Wildlife Refuge. I will add to that that just in general, the Chesapeake Bay is like one of the most important wintering grounds. Just adding to it.

That's why we got you here. Question seven. The topic is woodsmanship. This next great question comes to us via Clayton Crockett. If you have a question you think is right for Meat Eater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com. What tick is responsible for passing alpha-gal syndrome to humans, which causes a red meat allergy? Again, a very confident room.

What tick is responsible for passing alpha-gal syndrome to humans, which causes a red meat allergy. I didn't hear the first part of that. I just wrote down tick. I will not accept that. Tick, tick. Coming up on tick season soon. Uh, no.

Does everybody have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Giannis saying the Lone Star. The Lone Star. The Lone Star. Maggie saying the Texas Tick. Brody saying Lone Star and Lone Star. Lone Star is correct.

But I would also accept Deer Tick. While the Lone Star Tick is the primary source for alpha-gal syndrome, some recent studies have shown that deer ticks can transmit it as well. There are about 4,000 cases of Alpha-Gel syndrome in the United States per year with no known cure. The most high-risk areas are portions of the Southeast and New England. Lone Star is up in New England? Mm-hmm. Evan Hafer had it.

It fades. Mm-hmm. So he's not allergic to red meat anymore. Its effects are diminishing. It's fading. We are on to question eight. We'll get another scoreboard update after this. The topic is fishing. Orvis declared this the world's most recognizable

and most fished streamer of all time. It can loosely imitate crayfish, minnows, sculpins, leeches, helgramites, and other natural foods that fish love to eat. Again, Orvis declared this the world's most recognizable and most fished

streamer of all time. When did they declare that? I don't know. You can't do that kind of stuff. I know. But the answer would have been different 50 years ago. You're like, can I use it? Does everybody have an answer? Confident room again.

Three in a row. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Giannis saying woolly bugger. Kevin without an answer. Steve saying woolly bugger, woolly bugger, woolly bugger. And Sean saying the marabou. Which is what you use to tie a woolly bugger. The correct answer is a woolly bugger, woolly bugger, woolly bugger, and Sean saying the marabou. Which is what you use to tie a woolly bugger. The correct answer is a woolly bugger.

In the 1994 book, The Professional's Favorite Flies, Bill Hunter says, The woolly bugger is so effective it should be banned from some watersheds. I suspect its effectiveness is due to its resemblance of so many edible creatures in the water. Its tail undulating behind a fiber bubble-filled body is just too much for most fish to resist. It's like those infomercials for that lure that's illegal in like... Yeah. You can't fish it in tournaments. It's like illegal in like 13 states.

It's so good. Phil hit us with a scoreboard update. In third place, with three points, Kevin Gillespie. Tied for second, we have a three-way tie. It's Steve, Maggie, and Sean with five.

And then, in first place, Brody Henderson. Oh, damn. With how many? Six points. Six points. It's a tight game. Hold on.

I'm in last right now? No, I'm in last. Oh, wait. Sorry, Giannis. I forgot you. It's a four-way tie for second No, I'm in last. Oh, wait. Sorry, Giannis. I forgot you. It's a four-way tie for second. You also have five. Okay.

Thank you. Sorry, Annie. So Brody's got six. Four people have five. We need Brody to stumble. I need a lot of people to stumble. That Texas tick thing got me, man. I flustered.

We have two questions left. You're doing good, Maggie. Question nine. The topic is biology. What is the condition called when an organism has an increased amount of black pigmentation in its skin, feathers, or hair? What is the condition called when an organism has an increased amount of black pigmentation in its skin, feathers, or hair? I don't think Brody's getting this one wrong. What do you think?

Is he cocky over there? I think he never is. I had a minor stumble, but then I came back. I can't see what's going on because of Maggie's microphone. Was it cocky? Initially, it was confusion, but then I got cocky. Confusion

turned cockiness. Does everybody have an answer? Gavin's not playing Go ahead and reveal your answers That's why I stopped playing too We have Giannis saying Melanistic Melanistic

Hyperpigmentation From Maggie Brody Damn it What did you originally start writing? I almost started writing Leucistic Which would have been

A big problem Brody says melanistic And Sean says melanistic. That is the correct answer. Many animals experience melanism, such as squirrels, snakes, owls, bass, and moths. In 2020, Sam Lundgren wrote about a very rare melanistic turkey that was killed by a hunter in Oregon. Biologists estimate that it's present in only about one out of every 50,000 wild turkeys. If you want to read about that gobbler and see the pictures of it,

you can find it on the media.com titled, Ultra Rare Color-Phased Turkey Killed in Oregon. Hmm. My buddy killed a Drake Mallard that was melanistic, and its whole body is like charcoal black, but then the head is still a dark enough pigmentation where it's green. Oh, really? So he got this gradient of black and green.

It's pretty cool. Is he going to get it's green. Oh, really? So you got this gradient of black into green. It's pretty cool. Is he going to get stuffed? He did. We are on to the last question, which Brody has to get wrong. So if he gets it wrong, we're going to go into overtime. Well, assuming Steve gets it right and assuming, who else is there?

Sean and Yanni also have six points. Okay. So Steve, Sean, Yanni get it right, Brody get it wrong, and we could have a four-way tiebreaker, which we've never had more than two people in the tiebreaker. Try to think of something Brody don't know. The topic

is public lands. This next great question comes to us via Eric Klein. If you have a question you think is right for Meat Eater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com. Ten states don't have a question you think is right for MeatEater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com. Ten states don't have a national forest. Name two of them.

Ten states don't have a national forest. Name two of them. Brody is thinking hard. Again, we would need Brody to get this wrong, plus Steve, Sean, or Giannis get it right to go to the tiebreaker.

Ten states don't have a national forest. Can I look at a map? No. I need you to name two of them. Maybe I shouldn't be so confident. Will one work? One will not work. There's no partial credit given. Brody's still writing.

He's nervous about the title. I was like, you listed all ten? Extra credit? Wait, if they all three get it wrong and I get this right. I think I, you listed all 10? Extra credit. Wait, if they all three get it wrong and I get this right. I think I just made a mistake changing. Pull out the win. Out of all of us here, you might be the most traveled haunter, I think, in the past 365 days. Everybody have

an answer? Man, I'm not really happy with this. Go ahead and reveal them. We have Giannis saying Maryland and Connecticut. Kevin saying Florida and Hawaii. Steve saying Texas and Florida. Maggie saying Florida and Hawaii. Steve saying Texas and Florida. Maggie saying Iowa and Ohio. Brody saying Kansas and Texas. He crossed out North Dakota.

And Sean saying Iowa and Kansas. The 10 states are Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Dakota, and Rhode Island. Oh! I didn't get a one. kansas maryland massachusetts new jersey north dakota and rhode island i didn't get a wonderful so i would have gotten it right you would have gotten it right damn it for the first time should not have second guessed that. In meat eater trivia history, Brody had it written down and crossed it out. What did you swap it out for? I embraced Kansas. Texas.

Brody stumbled. Brody's like, what's her name for the Olympics? Just faltered. Pressure got hot. What about the Olympics? Are you referencing a ski racer right now, Steve? I didn't know you paid attention to skiing. Listen, there's a whole story about me that night that that happened,

that I happened to be tuned in because it was playing behind me. Michaela Schifrin is her name. Yeah, I never heard of her, but I started to really fall in love with her. She's great. They were really building it up, and then she just reminded me of Brody right there. I need to know what the National Forest in Texas is. I know, that's what I'm getting. Sam Hughes? No. We are on to the tiebreaker, which we have Brody right there. I need to know what the National Forest in Texas is. I know that's what I'm getting. We are on to the tiebreaker, which we have Brody,

Giannis, and Sean competing for. This is one of those silly guess a number questions. This is a numerical question. Whoever's closest will be declared the winner. I like these because it gives you like a winner. Yeah. There's no two winners.

The topic is fishing. According to a 2020 survey, what percentage of American anglers exclusively fish for saltwater species only? Read it again. I'm not playing. I just want to make sure According to a 2020 survey What percentage of American anglers Exclusively fish For saltwater species only We have folks thinking hard

I would argue They didn't survey me so how do they know You're set up the best to get this one right And Sean would be the furthest removed from getting this one. Why's that? Sal Ducoden who haunts Waterfowl. Oh, that's a good point. A Pennsylvanian who's lived all over and guided fishermen.

Oh, I hate this question. Giannis has an answer that he wrote down pretty fast. Where do you put your money, Yanni, if you win? Does this get into decimal points? You're going wild sheep. Or is this like a round number? Brody, where's your money going if you win? Yanni's doing wild sheep.

You know, I'd like to do something local like, what's that, Lower Yellowstone River Coalition? They're trying to open up. You know that one? Nope. They're trying to open up public access on the Lower Yellowstone River Coalition. They're trying to open up. You know that one? Nope. They're trying to open up public access on the Lower Yellowstone. Sweet. I think that's what it's called. So if you win, that's where your money's going.

That's right. Sean's going Delta Waterfall. Yanni's going Wild Sheep. And to make sure that we have a winner and we don't have to go to another tiebreaker, write to the decimal point because the answer is to the decimal point. That's really smart. God dang it. A lot of pressure.

Do all three of you have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Giannis saying 6.5%. Brody saying 30.3%. Way lower. And Sean saying 5.1%. Think all saying 30.3%. And Sean saying 5.1%. Think all the big cities on the coast. I'll tell you, Brody is out

of the game. Brody is far too high. Listen to the question. It was only. I hear you. I heard the question. Can I tell you what I would have put down? What would you put down? Oh, sorry. Sorry, sorry. What would Steve put down? I would have put down like two. I would have guessed three and a half.

Yeah, because what kind of fisherman is like, I'm not going to go catch that. Has anyone in this room been surveyed? Ask that question. So, Brody is out. We're down to Giannis and Sean. Come on, wild sheep, baby. Let's go. Our winner is Giannis.

Oh, no. The correct answer was 11.6%. That's way higher than I would have thought. Roughly 70% of fishermen are freshwater only. About 18% fish both fresh and salt. And then about 12% are exclusively saltwater. How many do both? 18%.

Only 18%? Oh, yeah, both. Okay, good. Now, what percent are strictly fresh again? 11 point, excuse me, 70. Strictly fresh. Strictly fresh. Congratulations, Giannis. Hey, thanks, man. He joins the club.

Unlead performance, man. If only you had gotten burrito. You wouldn't even have had to go down this road. The woolly bugger one really eats me up now. Only if you had gotten burrito. Stayed with it. You wouldn't have had to go down this road. Imagine that. The woolly bugger one really eats me up now. He stayed with it. He played a strong game. He got out ahead early.

Right? Kept the lead. I love Steve trying to think of things that sports commentators say. Came from behind. Victory in overtime. Snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. A year ago, do you think you would have donated to the Wild Sheep Foundation? Oh, geez.

No. This is because of my recent sheep hunt, sheep awakening. The great sheep awakening. Alright, so $500 from Giannis Wittels, the Wild Sheep Foundation. Congratulations, Janice. Thank you.

Well done, Janice. Thank you for joining us. We have more meat eater trivia coming soon. Thank you.