The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 340: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia XL

Episode Date: December 28, 2022

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Hayden Sammak, Hunter Spencer, Garrett Long, and Randall Williams. See 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, the only game show where conservation always wins. I'm your host, Spencer Newarth, and today we're joined by Steve Rinella, Giannis Petelis, Hayden Samick, Hunter Spencer, Garrett Long, and Randall Williams.

Now, Randall, this is your first time on the show, so tell folks what you do here at Meat Eater. I am a senior editor working on book projects and audio originals. I like it. And Steve, you probably know Randall best, so how do you think he's going to perform in this arena? I think he'll do strong.

But I honestly think I'll beat him. Okay. You'll do strong, but I think I'll beat him. Okay. You'll do strong, but you're going to beat him. Has anybody ever done like a little Calcutta in one of these trivia games? Oh, that'd be good. I think Randall's going to be up there in like Yanni class.

Okay. What would be the classes? Go through the tiers for us here. Top tier one, me and Brody. Okay. Tier two. Tier two would be Yanni, potentially Randall.

And trivia guess, according to the winning board. I gotta stick up for Hayden here. I think Hayden's kind of worked his way up. No, he's an emerging threat. I think he sits upper three, low two. If Seth is down in a tier three, that would necessitate a point5, and Hayden's in that zone.

Sure. Working your way up. An emerging threat. I feel like I'm the upper half of a Yanni class. You think you're better than Yanni? Well, Yanni's like- Yeah, I mean, if there's two of us, I kind of feel like- Now, if you're not familiar, this is a

10-round quiz show with questions from Meat Eaters for Verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking, and there is a prize.

Meat Eater will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing. And each week here on Trivia, we reveal a new stat.

This week, we're looking at total wins, which is something we haven't updated in quite a while. Because it's the end of the year, though, it seems like a good time to revisit the leaderboard. In first place, with 13 total wins, is the silent killer, Steven Rinella.

Mm-hmm. Did you think that's where you'd be sitting at the end of the year? Mm-hmm. That's followed by our 2022 Meat Eater Trivia Champion, Brody Henderson, who has 11 wins in third place, is a man who has come in hot over the last few months, and that's Giannis Patelis with six victories,

and that's followed by Clay with three, Cal with two, and Seth, Chester, Hayden, Corinne, and Dustin Hough with one. Wasn't Corinne's an April Fool's joke? Yes, I won that game. She was fed all the answers. Can I put that down on my list now? You already got that win.

You both got that win. And I wouldn't keep doing it if it didn't make you so angry every time it comes up. Now we have some housekeeping to get to before we play. If you'll recall to last week's episode, I told Steve that I had good news and bad news for him.

The good news was that there was a Star Wars character named Hammerhead. That correct answer changed the outcome of the game and gave Steve the victory over Giannis. But this week, I'm delivering Steve the bad news. Here it is. For that question. That question was actually an artifact question, Randall. It had to do with artifacts. Oh, I listened to this. Yeah, yeah. I'm more up on it. For that question. That question was actually an artifact question, Randall. It had to do with artifacts. Oh, I listened to this.

Yeah, yeah. I'm all up on it. For that question. Oh, do you keep score? I think that was one that Dan was on, so I just listened to it. Dan Flores was on that one. He was. But did you play or just listen?

I don't keep score. I just kind of. Oh, I see. It's easier to tell yourself that you won at the end. Yeah, that's right. I feel like I do pretty good on all these, you know? Yeah. Now, for that question, Giannis gave the answer of Hammer. Hammer is a name for the stone tool we were looking at,

but there's no Star Wars character named Hammer. Or so I thought. While researching Steve's answer and the Hammerhead character, I came across an unnamed Advanced Recon Commando who guarded cloning facilities in an episode of the 2010 TV Star Wars series, The Clone Wars. This commando didn't have an identity until 2021. That's when Lucasfilm Story Group executive Leland Shee tweeted out that the character's name was Hammer. This was legitimized later that year when an official Star Wars pack of trading cards came out that had the character and his name on them. So because that tool can be called a hammer and because that's also the name of a Star Wars character, then technically Giannis got that question right, and that would mean

that him and Steve went to a tiebreaker that episode, which Giannis won. So for the second time in media history, I'm hereby stripping Steve of that victory and reinstating it to Giannis.

Giannis, congratulations. Come on. How does it feel? and stating it to Giannis. Giannis, congratulations. Oh, man. How does it feel? The Christmas spirit is back. It's back. Hey, Steve, do you want to personally move those numbers back around? No, I don't do that kind of work.

What you couldn't hear last episode was as I was reading this off to Steve, he grabbed the trophy and updated the leaderboard, gave himself an extra victory, stripped away from Giannis. So we're going to have to do that again. Yeah, because in your intro, you even said I was down at six victories. Yeah, now we actually need to revisit the leaderboard. So in first place, with 12 victories instead of 13, is Steve Rinella. That's followed by our 2022 champion Brody with 11.

And in third place is Giannis with seven victories instead of six. That's fine, but I want to point something out. Thanks, Spencer. What a Christmas present. I knew my answer. I knew my answer. Okay. I knew my answer.

Yep. He didn't have any idea what he was talking about and happened to be right. Sometimes you get lucky in trivia. You know, as I was researching this, I felt bad about how flawed the question was, but now I couldn't be more satisfied with the outcome of what's happened. He doesn't care.

What's the percentage of, like, when Brody plays that he wins? Oh, he gets to do that. That's interesting. Spencer, I got to tell you really quick. I mean, I couldn't believe what I was hearing in the last episode. I thought it was very out of character for you. And now that I know it was leading up to this, I'm very satisfied.

Here is the official trading card from 2021 that has the name of this character, which is Hammer. Nice. Looks like Boba Fett. So you're lucky we didn't play this game a couple years ago, Yanni. That would not have gotten you the victory. Now, the Shelby Index for this game of trivia is a four. And with that, we're on to the round. Play the drop, Phil.

Look, I need to know what I stand to win. Everything. How's that? i stand to win everything how's that just tend to win everything game on suckers question one the topic is hunting on it on it Doing a board update. Those are magnetic. Okay, I'm ready. Question one. The topic is hunting.

This first great question comes to us via Mike Steffen. If you have a question you think is right for MeatEater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com. Who is the Greek goddess of nature, wild animals, and hunting? Is it Athena, Iris, Artemis, or Nemesis? Again, who is the Greek goddess of nature, wild animals, and hunting? Your choices are Athena, Iris, Artemis, or Nemesis. Steve was writing an answer before I even gave the choices. How confident are Athena, Iris, Artemis, or Nemesis.

Steve was writing an answer before I even gave the choices. How confident are you, Steve? Very. Very confident. How's the rest of the room doing? Do you guys have an answer? Still pretty confident. What was that stat about the one that's always right is generally what?

The third one? C. C. Is everybody ready? How are you feeling, Randall? Great. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hayden saying Artemis.

Randall saying Artemis. Hunter, Garrett, Giannis, and Steve all saying Artemis. I'm no emerging threat. They got it. The correct answer is Artemis. Artemis is the Greek goddess of nature, wild animals, and hunting, as well as vegetation, childbirth, child care, and chastity. She rode a golden chariot driven by

four golden horned deer, and she was the daughter of Zeus. The outdoor industry has latched... My kids got a book about her. What'd you learn? It's pretty good, man. It's violent. Oh, is it that graphic novel? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Now, the outdoor industry has latched onto this goddess as there are bibs, tents, rifles, outfitters, and more that are named after Artemis. Question two. The topic is woodsmanship. What cosmetic product is often wrongly used as an at-home chiggers remedy? What cosmetic product is often wrongly used as an at-home chiggers remedy? The room looks sort of confident.

No quick answers. Randall wrote one down pretty quickly. Oh, Randall, you know this? No, I don't. Okay. sort of confident. No quick answers. Randall wrote one down pretty quickly. Oh, Randall, you know this? No, I don't. Okay. You know cosmetic products. I mean, I just, the first one that came to mind.

So you got a chance. One more time. What cosmetic product is often wrongly used as an at-home chiggers remedy? Does everybody have an answer? When you do mine, would you mind saying what I scratched out and what everybody have an answer? When you do mine, would you mind saying what I scratched out and what I have, please? We can do that.

Does everybody have an answer? I like to cover my bases. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hayden saying nail polish remover. Randall saying nail polish remover. Hunter saying foundation. Garrett saying shaving cream. Giannis saying nail polish.

Steve saying nail polish remover. And he crossed out, I can't read that, rubbing alcohol. The correct answer is fingernail polish. I don't think we're going to give it to the people who said fingernail polish remover. Those are very different things. Fingernail polish. This old wives tale suggests that applying fingernail polish to affected areas will suffocate the chiggers. The reality is that chiggers don't burrow into your skin,

so the fingernail polish doesn't do anything but make your skin even more uncomfortable. The correct way to treat chiggers is taking a soapy bath, using Benadryl, and applying lotion to the irritated areas. Now, Giannis, was that just a guess or did you know it? No, man. I mean, Giannis, you're schooled in that shit, man. You did? Yeah. Yeah.

I've taken a series of baths down. Where were we? Missouri? Mm-hmm. Series of baths that had probably a gallon of bleach in them. Oh, yeah. You don't do that either. You don't do that either.

They're like, drain some motor oil out of your truck. When reading- Mix it with turpentine. Expert takes and articles on this, they say do not use bleach and do not use nail polish. Like I said, bath, Benadryl, and lotion. Question three. The topic is public lands. This next great question comes to us via Eric Haas.

If you have a question you think is right for Meat Eater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com. What state is home to the Adirondack Mountains? What state is home to the Adirondack Mountains? This is where I just always seem like an idiot, man. Seems like a quick answer for everybody except Garrett. Thanks Mountains. This is where I just always seem like a idiot, man. Thanks. God, man.

I don't know, man, because your dad's listening and he's going to know how you lost. Yeah. Garrett, tell us what you were telling us before the show about your family listening. It's just always this defeatism

when they call me. They're just like, sorry, man. Because I never... You bring me on here to show how smart other people are. You'll make us proud someday. We can't just fill the room... We can't just fill the room with tier one

competitors, Garrett. One more time, what state is home to the Adirondack Mountains? Garrett's going to get another set of encyclopedias for Christmas. Now, how confident are you, Garrett, before we reveal the answers? I would say like 1 in 50. Okay. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hayden saying New York, New York, New York.

Garrett? I got the N. Garrett's saying North Carolina. Giannis and Steve saying New York. They got it. The correct answer is New York. I got the N. North Carolina. Giannis and Steve saying New York. They got it. The correct answer is New York. The Adirondacks are within the Adirondack Park, which is the biggest national historic landmark in America.

At 6 million acres, it's larger than Yellowstone, the Everglades, and Grand Canyon National Park combined. It's even bigger than the neighboring state of Vermont. Have you ever been there, Steve? Doing what? Just drove through. Haven't hung out there and done anything. Can we get a scoreboard update? This is like the only time I'm going to be tied for the lead.

Coming in a couple questions. Question four. Yeah, he does get five, man. The topic is fishing. America's fourth longest river, which ends at the Gulf of Mexico, was once declared Colorado's best kept secret by Fly Fishing Magazine. What is it? America's fourth longest river, which ends at the Gulf of Mexico, was once declared Colorado's best kept secret by Fly Fishing Magazine. Quick answer from Yanni.

Yanni, did you spend part of your life in Colorado? I did. And do you think that gives you an advantage here? Yes. Okay. Looking for the fourth longest river, ends at the Gulf of Mexico, was once declared Colorado's best kept secret. You're looking for its name.

The name of the river. When it hits the Gulf. Looking for the name of the river. I read a lot about this, but I never fished that river. Okay. It's a little hint. Maybe. A lot of rivers I fished in Colorado.

That's right. But not this one. Randall, you got this one? I don't think so. Hayden, you were quick with an answer. I don't think I got it right. I was trying to work out. I don't want to say any more.

One more time here. America's fourth longest river, which ends at the Gulf of Mexico, was once declared Colorado's best-kept secret by Fly Fishing Magazine. Steve, do we have an answer? Working on it. Garrett, you have an answer? Yeah, I mean, I would just change it for the next wrong one. Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Hayden saying snake, Randall saying Rio Grande, Hunter saying Missouri, Garrett saying salmon, Gianna saying Rio Grande, Steve saying Trinity. We have a correct answer in the room. It's Rio Grande.

Gianna's got perfect game. At 1,800 miles long, the Rio Grande is about 200 miles shorter than the Yukon River and 300 miles longer than the Colorado River. The upper stretches of the Rio Grande and its tributaries offer world-class trout fishing for rainbows, browns, and native cutthroats. Damn, Yanni's just tearing at a new one right now. Until I wrote this question, I didn't even know the Rio Grande was in Colorado, and I

would imagine most folks are the same way. That's why you don't play. You're not going to believe me, but I had Rio Grande first. Really? But I didn't think it went to Colorado. That's why I like

to scratch them out just so people are like, oh, you kind of had it. It's close. Question five. We'll get a scoreboard update for Hunter after this. The topic is cooking.

Improper canning is the most common source of this potentially fatal foodborne disease. We have Steve and Hayden in a race to see who can write faster, and I would give it to Steve. Steve was done before you finished. Here's the question again.

Improper canning is the most common source of this potentially fatal foodborne disease. The answer is not Rio Grande. Garrett. Or Hammerhead. There's probably a disease named after that river, I'd imagine. It's like Rio Grande-ler disease.

Disorder disease. Spelling is. Does everybody have an answer? Who's going to come up with one? spelling is does everybody have an answer oh actually hmm did did a hunter lamenting on the spelling give you a hint Garrett okay I'm just gonna go okay yeah I think you guys are really showing each other you shit go ahead and reveal your answers we have Hayden saying botulism Rand Randall, I can't read you, saying botulism. Hunter saying salmonella.

Don't laugh at myself. Salmonella. Giannis and Steve saying botulism. Yeah, I spelled it wrong. Does that count? Very wrong, but you got the answer right. Yeah, I spelled it like it was a Russian word. I spelled it.

According to the CDC, about 50% of botulism cases are directly tied to foods that were canned at home. The disease is fatal about 5% of the time. It can be avoided by sterilizing equipment, refrigerating canned foods once they're open, and using a pressure cooker when foods have a low acidity, such as asparagus, carrots, mushrooms, oysters, shrimp, beef, chicken, and venison. In Cormac McCarthy's The Road, they're in a house looking for food and he finds some jarred, some home canned goods on a shelf. And even though everybody's starving to death and has resorted to cannibalism, he finds them and leaves them.

He's a doctor. For that reason. He finds them. Well, yeah, that's what he's thinking. Then he finds the. For that reason. He finds him. That's what he's thinking. Then he finds the pears and the kid freaks out. And they find a dried apple. Remember that? I don't remember that, if I believe you. Phil, we are halfway through

the game of trivia. They're fucking with that vending machine and find a can of Pepsi. And he gives his kid a sip of Pepsi. He gives his kid a sip of Pepsi. And then they find a legless guy. Phil, I'm thinking you could talk about the top two here.

Mr. Long, pick up your phone and start dialing now. Garrett has one point. Hunter Spencer is up next with two. Got Steven Rinella with three points along with Hayden and Randall. New player with three points, along with Hayden. And Randall, new player, four points in second place. Nice.

And in first place, perfect game, Giannis Patelis. My goodness, man. Tier two is at the top. I was intimidated. I was stepping it up. I was stepping it up. I shouldn't have poked a bear. I could have snuck in.

Yeah, that got to you. I was holding my own tier by myself. I didn't like it when I had this other guy jumping on my zone. Dude, trying to move in on tier two. I was intimidated by Randall right away. I had that effect on people. Senior editor, man. It's the highest chair.

Brody's got that title. Yeah. No, I know. That's what I'm saying. High level. Correlation. Randall's got that intimidation thing. No, I know. That's what I'm saying. Yeah, high level. Correlation. Randall's got that intimidation thing. He's got the higher chair right now.

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This is our OnX listener question of the week, which was won by Brad Kato, which is whose cousin? No relation. Okay, no relation. And he's going to get a one-year premium subscription to OnX. Now, this is a visual question. If you want to see what the room is seeing, then go to Instagram and check out at Spencer Newharth. I'll make it my most recent post.

This famous feral hog was killed by a Georgia hunter in 2004. What was the hog's nickname? The room is now seeing the phone. Wow, like, like, turns out that he... Oh, we'll address it. He might have been feral, but he wasn't a minute ago.

I need the name that this hog was given. One of those big hogs turned up and a guy, he's all over the internet with this big hog, and the guy that just sold it to him came out, and he's like, I just sold him that pig. And he's got a picture of the pig loaded in a stockade. We had Steve and Hayden with answers before I even gave the prompt. Why was Hogswood so dirty?

Does everybody have an answer? Hayden, you just said the answer. Yeah. Does everybody have an answer? Iden. You just said the answer. Yeah. Does everybody have an answer? I changed my answer. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hayden saying Hogzilla. Randall saying Hogzilla.

Sorry, guys. Hunter saying Boss Hog. Garrett saying Nuts. Giannis and Steve saying Hogzilla. God, he's on that perfect game still, man. You were like, Hayden. I was like, I don't think I'm talking that much, man. The correct answer was what, Hayden? Hogzilla, they got it. God, he's on that perfect game still, man. You were like, Hayden, I was like, I don't think I'm talking that much, man. The correct answer was what, Hayden?

Hogzilla. Hogzilla. Hogzilla was originally rumored to be 12 feet long and 1,000 pounds. Many considered it a hoax until nine months later when scientists from a National Geographic documentary dug up its remains. Based on measurements they took, they estimated the hog was actually between seven and nine feet long and weighed about 800 pounds. DNA tests revealed that Hogzilla was a hybrid of a wild boar and a domestic pig. Question seven. God, Yanni's on a perfect game.

The topic is woodsmanship. Be prepared is the official motto of what non-profit? God dang, man. Be prepared. Is that a good god dang or a bad god dang? That's a bad one. Oh, I'm sorry. Is the official motto of what non-profit? Yanni's perfect game on the line. Oh, I'm sorry. Is the official motto of what nonprofit?

Giannis, perfect game on the line, starting to write an answer. I'm going to stay consistent with my last nonprofit answer. Again, in the race between Steve and Hayden, I think we had Steve win. I didn't write an answer. Again, on the quick answer. Oh, okay. And he did win. Is that intimidating, Gianni, when Steve writes that quick?

For sure. For sure. No, it Steve writes that quick? For sure. For sure. No, it puts a little more pressure on you. One more time here. The two words are be prepared, and that's the official motto of what nonprofit? I think I know. Let me see what you got. I'm not going to change mine.

Does everybody have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hayden saying planned parenthood. Randall saying Boy Scouts of America. Hunter without an answer. Garrett saying D.A.R.E., which is what? Drugs. Drug abuse resistance education.

Okay. Yanni was a D.A.R.E. member in school. Giannis saying Boy Scouts. Steve saying Boy Scouts. They got it. The correct answer is the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts. They're about ready to settle a giant class action lawsuit, man. For like a...

It's a sexual abuse class action lawsuit. The motto first appeared in the 1908 handbook, Scouting for Boys. Here's a quote lawsuit, yeah. The motto first appeared in the 1908 handbook, Scouting for Boys. Here's a quote from the book. Be prepared, which means you are always in a state of readiness in mind and body to do your duty. Oh, wow. See that? Were you a Boy Scout, Yanni?

I was, but, you know, I don't want to call it a regret, but I made it through Life Scout, and I never did my final project to become an Eagle Scout. Oh, really? I thought you were going to say you regretted being a Boy Scout. No. I was very fortunate because I got to do Latvian Boy Scouts, which always included the Girl Scouts,

which made it a lot more fun, especially as we got into our teens. But we just seemed to have a lot more, I don't know, we just had great adventures. And it just, like, my buddies that were doing regular Boy Scouts would be like, really? That's what you guys do?

Like, ah, we went up to Canada and did this, like, five-day excursion on canoes. And I don't know, we had a lot of, yeah, had a lot of good trips. I think it could vary by, like, chapter to chapter. I worked at a fish hatchery in college, and I gave a lot of tours to Boy Scouts. Not usually good experiences.

They didn't seem like the folks that were out hunting in the fall and fishing in the summer. It seemed like somebody had drugged them there to most of those activities. Question eight. The topic is biology. This next great question comes to us via John Happ. If you have a question you think is right for Meat Eater Trivia,

you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com. Second time, I think, he you have a question you think is right for MeatEater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at TheMeatEater.com. Second time I think he's lost a marker. Here's the question. Lepus cornitus is the scientific name for what fictional creature? I'll spell this for you. Lepus, L-E-P-U-S. Cornitus, C-O-R-N-U-T-U-S. Cornetus. C-O-R-N-U-T-U-S. Lepus cornetus is the scientific name for what fictional creature?

I don't understand how there can be a scientific name for a fictional creature. Yeah, that's a stupid question. Lepus cornetus. Are you going to explain that? Maybe. Yeah, it's totally dumb. There's not a Linnaean name for a fictional creature. Does everybody have an answer for what the dumb fictional creature is?

If Yanni, if his perfect game gets blown off something as stupid as this, I'm going to be mad for him. I mean, my perfect game was blown by a question about what's the wrong thing to do in this situation, right? Yeah, the fingernail polish. Yeah, what shouldn't you do? Everybody have an answer. Lepus cornitis is a scientific name for what fictional creature? Hunter, you got an answer? Yeah, I've got one.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hayden saying jackalope. Randall saying Easter Bunny. Oh, good call. Hunter saying Bigfoot. Garrett saying unicorn. Giannis saying unicorn. Steve saying unicorn.

Nobody got it. The correct answer is jackalope. Hayden got it. It's literally right next to you, buddy. Hayden got it saying jackalope. Hayden's like, that's literally what I wrote. Here's how to unpack that scientific name. Lepus is the genus that contains hares and jackrabbits.

Cornetus is a Latin word meaning has horns. It was widely accepted that jackalopes were real well into the 18th century, and they made many appearances in scientific texts in the Renaissance times. That's how they got a scientific name. Okay, I like the question. Because the Lepus is in there, you'd be like, oh, I know Jackrabbits. Yeah, you're right. No perfect game for Yanni.

It's like a select few players. Only the tier one. Only the tier one. That's really, that's kind of like what makes a tier one player. Steve just entered it about an hour ago, actually. Phil, give us a scoreboard update. We have two questions left.

Yeah. Sorry, Garrett. Sorry, Hunter. Can Hunter and I just combine our scores? And you are still out of the game. Steven Grinnell, Hayden Samick, you have five points apiece. Randall, six points.

And you're not too far behind Giannis, who's throwing a perfect game with seven points. No, no. Imperfect. He just missed one. He just gave up a Texas League single. Oh, yeah. I'm sorry. My little scoreboard puts a cute little trophy next to whoever's in first place.

And my brain said, oh, perfect game. Question nine. So Gianni, he has to really falter right now. Well, he's only one point ahead, and there's two questions left. I thought he had seven, and we have five. You're forgetting about Randall. Randall's got six. His fellow tier two competitor, who's one question behind.

I think we should extend an invite to Garrett's dad. I know him. Oh, I'd be glad to come down, boy. I think it'd be fun. You think he'd do it? You know what? If your dad comes, you guys can be on a team. You're just going to embarrass us as a family?

That'd be the only time someone's ever had a teammate. Question nine. The topic is cooking. The sirloin tip roast has a sporty nickname that's inspired by its shape. What is it?

Steve winning the race again, I think. He did. The Sirloin Tip Roast has a sporty nickname that's inspired by its shape. What is it? Giannis, is this going to keep you in the lead, you think? I think so. Okay. Randall, how are you lead you think I think so Randall how you feeling Cut team up with Randall

I'm feeling pretty good The sirloin tip roast has a sporty nickname It's inspired by it's shape Garrett Hunter you guys good Have an answer Doesn't matter Yeah I'm just writing something Go ahead and reveal your answers Are you guys good? Have an answer? Doesn't matter. Yeah, I'm just writing something.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hayden saying football. Randall saying baseball. You son of a bitches. Hunter saying tri-tip. Garrett saying spike. Giannis saying triangle. Randall's right. Steve saying tri-tip.

It might be that. Randall's right. The correct answer is football, giving Hayden the correct answer. Oh, man. Oh, you said baseball. Yeah, it is football. The sirloin tip is located on the... I was wondering about sporty.

Yeah, he gave us a tip. Isn't a baseball a top sirloin? I always try to. I think it's another name, a top sirloin. Yes, it is. The sirloin tip is located on the... Man, when you handicap for age, that. Yes, I did. The sirloin tip is located on the I've never heard of a football. When you handicap for age, that is a legitimate emerging threat.

Yeah. Because I used to argue that it was like, it was whose oldest contest. Oh, right. That's why me and Brody dominated this contest. It's like you have longer to be like, oh, I remember that. Which is why I do bad. You know, I've considered doing that. But he, how old are you?

I am at least a decade and a half younger. How old are you? 30. 30. So decade and a half younger. How old are you? 30. So imagine, unless he gets kicked in the head by a horse or something, imagine him when he's 48. Yeah. Unless he forgets a bunch of stuff, I don't know. Yeah, it could just start spilling out.

I've considered giving a trivia stat of age, since you think that's important, but I didn't know how I'd feel about asking everyone their age. That would be delicate right now. I know most of them. Just call HR. We'll cover that at some point. The sirloin tip is located on the front side of the hind leg.

It's a good roast to keep whole or cut into steaks. If you want to learn how to cook a whole one, then go to TheMeatEater.com and check out Daniel Pruitt's recipe for a Texas-style barbecue venison roast. He put it right in your lap, Yanni. Sporty. Once you heard it, now you're like, oh, football roast. He put it right in your lap, Yanni. Sporty. Once you heard it, now you're like, oh, football roast. He threw it to you like a ball.

Oh, yeah. I used to even mark it on my packages. Really? Football. Oh, yeah. Oh, no. Oh, yeah. It's baseball, though.

No, it's football. Sorry, football. He threw it to you like a ball. We have one question left, Phil. Give us a scoreboard update. Well, Yannis is still in first place with seven points, but Randall and now Hayden have six points. So if they get it right, Giannis gets it wrong.

Could have a runoff. Question 10. The topic is fishing. What Canadian province is home to the scallop capital of the world? What Canadian province is home to the scallop capital of the world? For overtime, we would need Giannis to get this wrong and Hayden or Randall to get it right. What Canadian province is home to the scallop capital of the world? Still no answer from Giannis.

How are you feeling about this one, Gianni? 50-50. Wow. Okay, 50-50. Giannis. How are you feeling about this one, Gianni? 50-50. Wow. Okay. 50-50. Randall, what are you thinking? The province that I have down is... Don't give us too many hints. It's on a coastline. So I feel pretty good about that. And there's two coasts in Canada.

Thus my 50-50. Hayden, what are you thinking? See, I hope Hayden doesn't get it because I don't want to deal with that emerging threat problem. It's not going to go away if I don't get this one question. It changes the optics of everything. What Canadian province is home to the scalloped capital of the world? I can't even tell who I'm rooting for. And I don't know if any of our three contenders have even created an answer yet.

Randall, you got one? Oh, I do. Okay, Randall's got one. But old Gary and I have one. Oh, I do. Okay, Randall's got one. Oh, yeah, we wrote it down right away. I kind of want to help Yanni. Steve, you think you know this? Let me see, Yanni.

I think I got like a 40% chance of getting it right. Are we ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. It's one of two. We have Hayden saying Nova Scotia, Randall saying British Columbia, Hunter saying Nova Scotia. Randall saying British Columbia. Hunter saying Nova Scotia. Garrett saying British Columbia.

Giannis saying British Columbia. Steve saying Nova Scotia. We have a correct answer in the room. It's Nova Scotia. Oh, baby. Putting Hayden and Giannis into overtime. Yeah, I got that right too, you know. Steve got it right, but it's not good enough to be in the eight club and go to overtime. I often use a metric that I call the Steve Index.

And if I write something that I'm unsure about and I see Steve wrote it, I typically tend to feel a little bit better about it. Or at least I know there's somebody who's going to voice an equal disdain over losing. You don't have to be nice to him. He was just rooting against you. No, I was rooting against him. We don't even have a chip with your name on it. I contribute to the trivia guest.

The guest. Anybody not on there gets lumped in with the guest. Yeah, I guess. Do you have a win in there? He does have one. Well, he got to pull his win out and get him his own chip.

I would love a chip. We need a new trophy. He's going to design it. He's got two. We can add a spot. He needs a chip. There's room for another row up top there. We are on to question 11. We need a new trophy. Who's going to design it? He's got two. We can add a spot. He needs a chip. There's room for another row up top there. We are on to question 11.

Play the drop, Phil. To be totally frank with you, I think Corinne loses her chip. We'll just scratch it out. I wasn't going to say it. Hey, what are all the provinces real quick? Can you rip them all off? Oh, isn't there 13? No, I'm not going to be able to.

Oh, there's 13? I thought so. I don't know. I didn't think there was 13. We'll make you a chip down there. Question 11. It makes a lot of decisions I'm involved in. I'm not sure I want to replace you. Her win is not a win.

It's like, she's gone, you're in. Question 11. The topic is conservation and this is a numerical question. Whoever is closest to the correct answer will be declared our winner. What year was BP's Deepwater Horizon spill that released 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico? Hayden already wrote an answer. A very quick answer from Hayden.

I think he did it just out of intimidation. Yanni hasn't even picked up his marker. I saw Yanni's face sink when that happened. Oh, no. 1890. What year was BP's deep water horizon spill that released 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico? If the rest of the competitors in the room want to play along and write down an answer, you're more than welcome to.

But the only ones that matter are Hayden and Giannis. We have Giannis going for his eighth victory and Hayden going for his second. Wow. I want to win bad, man. Still without an answer. Good start. Good start. Hayden's like, I got a level with you.

I want to win. How much time do I have? Running low on it. Especially considering Hayden had an answer immediately. An emergent threat. What year was BP's deep water horizon spill that released 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico?

Not a good sign that he wrote down what I was thinking. Hayden, how are you feeling about your answer? Gary's like, no, no, no. Don't do it. I remember standing in a specific place when I heard about this. I could be messing it up, and I also don't know whether this is when it happened or when

Hayden could walk. There's a hint. Hayden could walk when this happened. Yanni, how are you feeling about your answer? I'm within a decade. Okay. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hayden saying 2010, Yannis saying 2019.

I think Hayden's going to be closer. No, I think I'm dead notes. The correct answer is 2010 2010 making hayden our winner let's review that for a minute perfect game i had a two-point cushion faltered got overtaken by a newcomer and then bested. Who doesn't even have a spot on the Trump. Very impressive, Hayden, that you hit it right on the nose.

Not even a chip. Wow. I think one of the most impressive things that's happened to me due to trivia is the time, Steve, that you got that there were 35 states with confirmed populations of feral hogs, and when Hayden nailed the date when the BP oil spill happened. Well, can I clarify something on that?

Let's hear it. I don't know if the listeners knew, but remember there was a technical issue? That we had like cords were unplugged. And it allowed me to make a map of America. Oh, what do you think your answer was before that? Because we had, we had one of the baseball players, one of the Mets, I think was, let's say 37, which was also like wildly close to the correct answer. I had started out higher and came down once I made my map.

Yeah. 35, well done. Hayden, 2010, dead nuts. You are the winner of Meat Eater Trivia. Where is the $500 donation going to go? I got to find out exactly what the charity is called but our own uh hillary burn her mother was involved in a charity and i saw uh hillary making a post for giving tuesday and i would like you to go there you know honestly i'm just taking hillary's word for it and i

remember on giving tuesday wanting to donate to it it. Her mom passed away about a year ago, I think. Yeah. Well done, Hayden. $500 donation going to that organization. A place he doesn't know. Good job, Hayden. It's all right. That's it. That ends our year of Meat Eater Trivia.

Before we get out of here, though, I want to say a few words to the audience while we close out 2022. I'm so appreciative of all the people who listen and the significant others who have to listen against their will. Everyone who sends in questions and corrections. Sometimes I damn near tear up when I think about what it is I get to do for a living.

And none of that would be possible without the listening audience. They're so engaging. So genuinely, thank you. It means the world to me that you're listening. We'll be back in 2023 with more of the only game show where conservation always wins. Let's hear some applause for Spencer. Yes, Spencer!

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