The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 349: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia XVI

Episode Date: July 13, 2022

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Seth Kantner, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Hayden Sammak, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. 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 special guest and photojournalist, Seth Kantner. In addition to Seth, we also have Steve, Giannis, Cal, Brody, Corinne, and the newlywed, Seth Morris. Now, Seth Kantner, how do you feel about trivia? Oh, I can't stand it. I never know what you people are talking about.

Really? What about like generic trivia that would be in like Jeopardy? You dig that? Not at all. Okay. I bet you'll do better than what you think. Any other questions, Betsy? Are you sure you want to stick around? Oh, pretty much. Okay.

Now, if you're not familiar, this is a 10-round quiz show with questions born out of MeatEater's four verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. And there is a prize. MeatEater will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing. Now, last time I told you we're going to reveal a new trivia stat each time we play. Today, we're going to look at each person's average score per game. Now, before I reveal this data, who do you guys think averages the most right answers per

round of trivia? Brody. Brody, for sure. Giannis, Brody, any other guesses? Huff. Well, I thought you kind of, when you were like, percentage of right questions last time, we like... No, last time we talked

about the uh winning percentage so who wins games all right here we go in first place is brody brody averages 6.63 correct answers per game which gives him a fairly demanding lead compared to everyone else that's followed by steve at 5.88, Giannis at 5.80, Hayden at 5.75, Sean at 5.2, Hunter at 5.0, Cal at 4.86, Chester at 4.79, Seth Morris at 4.25, Trivia Guess averaged 3.53, and Corrine at 3.23. So the top three are Brody, Steve, and Giannis. Yeah, but it doesn't count in the win-loss column, man.

No, because you can consistently score good, but just never be a winner. That's right. Brody's a regular season team. When you talk professional sports, you have regular season teams and playoff teams. You're always up there, but you ain't always aware. There's only one person with more wins than me. That's right. Now, we are going

to introduce a new trivia wrinkle for listeners. Who's that, Brody? Well, it's this guy named Steve. Also this week, we're going to introduce a new trivia wrinkle for listeners that starts right now. Here's what it is. Each episode, I'm going to declare one listener question of the week, which will win them a prize.

This is to reward those folks who send in great trivia questions and help keep this show going. If you want a chance to win our listener question of the week, send your question to trivia at themeateater.com. What do they win? We'll get to it when we get to that question. We'll have a different prize each week. Like a hat or something good?

The winner this week is very much going to like their prize. Is there anything today about questions you screwed up last time? I'd send them a chunk of this whale blubber and a chunk of this dried caribou meat. You think we can get that in the mail? There's got to be something on Ash Wednesday. Yeah, because when it gets there, it'll be fermented.

Right now it's fresh. Now on a previous episode, we talked about the world record flathead catfish that was caught in Kansas. The 123-pound cat was caught in 1998 by Ken Pauley in Elk City Reservoir. Ken told Field and Stream that he caught the flathead while crappie fishing with a bobber and minnow and that he was able to land the behemoth after it helplessly got caught in big waves that were rolling into shore. But shortly after that episode aired, someone wrote in to tell me that that's not actually what happened at all. And what you're about to hear is this person's account of how that catfish was caught, which, if true, is a massive development because it would likely disqualify this fish from counting in any record book.

Now, I remind you again, this fish is currently recognized by the IGFA as the world record and by the state of Kansas as the state record. Play the clip, Phil. Hi, my name's Clayton Crellin and my dad used to work with Ken Pauly, the guy who caught the state record flathead. And my dad got the real story

about that fish that no one else knows. Apparently, the flathead was choking on a carp and dying on the surface of the water when the guy snagged it with his crappie rod, so he didn't really catch it on a bobber and a minnow like the others reported. He also told my dad that he wished he never caught the fish. Here's why. After word got out about the giant flathead, a photographer contacted him about getting some pictures of him and the catch.

Ken obliged and had a few photos taken. Eventually, Field and Stream reached out to Ken asking to use the photos, and Ken gave them permission. But when they did, the photographer sued Ken for thousands of dollars for not getting his permission to use the photos. Ken lost the lawsuit to the photographer and told my dad that in the end, he felt like he lost more than what the fish was worth. Now, Steve, you talk about stories making their own gravy. This one makes all kinds of gravy. Oh, yeah, man. That's a good story.

I wonder if that's true. Now, I traded a lot of emails with clayton who you just heard i believe every word of it pretty convinced that what he's saying has some legitimacy i've reached out to igfa to see if they've heard this claim before but they haven't gotten back to me so this won't be the last time we talk about this story god you're gonna smoke out this guy's ifga record man Man, but this guy's like, I mean, I don't know. But I mean, that's like third-hand information.

It is third-hand information. He heard from his old man who heard from the, the, the, the, the. Yeah, that kind of thing never happened. And then he got in. If he did get sued by the photographer, I'd rather have him have a world record after losing that lawsuit. I heard that Callahan keeps a sheep in his bed.

Do you know what I mean? Yeah, that's bad information, Steve. So wait, I didn't catch it. Did you try reaching out to the actual angler to get his side of the story? So I tried to find Ken. I wasn't able to track him down. I'm sure somebody's going to reach out and be like,

oh, he's my neighbor. Here's his phone number if you want to talk to him. I kind of feel bad about you playing that story and not getting his side of the story. I did some other Facebook sleuthing and found people that are related to him saying similar things. But here's what makes me a little bit hesitant.

I also found other folks claiming that there was a snapping turtle in the stomach of this thing that helped weigh it down and give him the record. So there's a lot of uh things floating around out there so like about this you've been new hearthed there you go oh yeah the turtle ate a couple of d cell batteries before it got eight i i think we're gonna hear from a lot of folks in the catfishing community in kansas

after this episode man we're gonna have like a a lot of folks in the catfishing community in Kansas after this episode. Oh, man. Spencer's like a trivia host and like an investigative journalist. He's like Maury Povich. That's right. Who is the father who happened to be a talk show host in the 80s the last time Steve watched a talk show. And with that, we are on to meat eater trivia. Play the drop, Phil.

Look, I need to know what I stand to win to everything. How's that? You stand to win everything. Game on, suckers! Question one. This will be multiple choice, and the topic is gear.

Seth, I can see you're bored, buddy. Finish this 1934 quote from outdoor writer Nash Buckingham. Hold on, back up. Finish this 1934 quote from outdoor writer Nash Buckingham. Oh, I got it. A blank in the hands of the unskilled is one of conservation's greatest assets. Is it bow, duck call, fly rod, or turkey tag? Again, this is a 1934 quote from outdoor writer Nash Buckingham. A blank in the hands of the unskilled is one of conservation's greatest assets. Is it

bow, duck call, fly rod, or turkey tag? I'll tell you, Nash Buckingham was probably also an actor's name in the 70s. Give me the four options one more time. Bow, duck call, fly rod, or turkey tag. Now, Steve, you said you knew it. Did you actually know this one? No, I was joking. Okay. That was before he gave the question. A blank in the hands of the unskilled is one of conservation's greatest assets. I'm quite confident in my answer,

but I wouldn't know Nash Buckingham if he was sitting in here right now. Does everybody have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Giannis saying duck call, Steve saying duck call, Whale Seth saying fly rod, Brody saying bow, Cal saying duck call, Walleye Seth

saying turkey tag, and Corinne saying bow. The correct answer is duck call. Of course it is. What he's saying is you're preventing ducks from getting killed. What'd you write, Brody? I wrote a bow. But I could also see that it could be turkey tag in the hands of the unskilled. Listen to me.

Don't already make faces. Turkey tag. The category was gear. This is where my mind was, Yanni. That was slipped in there to trick you up. Buckingham wrote that quote in his book Deshooting this gentleman He was known for his flamboyant Writing style and perspective on Waterfowl conservation that was

Decades ahead of his time If you like to hunt ducks and geese in the Mississippi Flyway then his books are for you Man if I met a dude named Buckingham Right now I would completely write him off Do you know what I mean I'd write him off The Duke of?

Yeah, I'd be like, oh, brother. Question two. The topic is conservation. This next great question comes to us from Mike Steffen. If you have a question you think is right for Meat Eater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com. What ecological word describes the state or condition of having become locally or regionally extinct? What ecological word describes the state or condition of having become locally or regionally extinct?

We had some quick answers from Brody and Steve. Yeah, me and Brody are neck and neck, bro. You're ahead right now. He started out ahead. Does the spelling have to be right? I'm winning. The spelling never has to be right. Don't give tips.

He's winning after one question. What ecological word describes the state or condition of having become locally or regionally extinct? People start talking about how spelling stuff and pronouncing stuff, that's called tips. Yeah, but the spelling thing came from Seth, so it doesn't really say how long the word is. You have to spell every word, so I don't think it's a tip. It is.

Going forward, you never have to spell correctly unless I say you do. That is a tip. Does everybody have an answer? Yeah. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Giannis saying extirpated. Steve saying extirpated. Whale Seth without an answer.

Brody saying extirpated. Cal saying extirpation. Walleye Seth saying extirpated. And Corinne without an answer. The room got it. It is extirpation or extirpated. But is it? Read it to me again.

I'm just worried about word tense. What ecological word describes the state or condition of having become locally or regionally extirpated? I'll accept either. Some examples of extirpation include wolves in Nebraska, sage grouse in New Mexico, pronghorn in Minnesota, caribou in Maine, paddlefish in Michigan, and Steve's favorite example in the world, elk in Iowa. It also included muskx in northern Alaska, and in Alaska, entire Alaska. I couldn't remember the word, but I have it written in the book. I find myself in that situation now. Muskox were reintroduced from Greenland because of it.

Yeah, in a while. It's hard to picture. How would they reintroduce muskox? They captured them, I think it was in Greenland, and brought them by ferry to New York or somewhere over there. Corinne would know. And then they rode by train, I think, to the West Coast and were brought to Fairbanks and then shipped to Nunavak Island and then northwest Alaska later. I got a trivia question for you. Let's hear it. What writer who happened to write a book called The Snow Leopard

wrote a book about part of the reintroduction of muskox to Alaska? No idea. Peter Matheson. Peter Matheson. Did I get it? You didn't get it. I didn't get it. I love throwing a trivia question, Spencer.

He never knows. We are on to question three. The topic is cooking. According to Anthony Bourdain, you should never order seafood from a restaurant on what day of the week? According to Anthony Bourdain, you should never order seafood from

a restaurant on what day of the week? Again, quick answers from Brody and Steve. You boys know this? No. I think I do. I've read it, but I don't know it. Again, you should never order seafood from a restaurant on what day of the week? Does that include Long John Silvers?

Any answer would work. You've got to be careful with these day of the week questions because Cal is here. Yeah, don't say whatever your answer is. Christmas. Don't say the day after. That was so funny. Does everybody have an answer? Yanni?

Yeah, I'm going to stick with it. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Yanni saying Sunday. Steve saying Sunday. Whale Seth saying Friday. Brody saying Sunday. Cal saying Sunday. Walleye Seth saying Thursday.

Just Corinne saying Sunday. Just pick today. Nobody got it. The correct answer is Monday. Because they haven't done it because there's no way. Oh, you know why? Because they're getting rid of the old shit to make room for the new shit. Bourdain gave this advice in his 2000 book,

Kitchen Confidential Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. He said that most restaurants get their seafood on Thursday or Friday in anticipation for the weekend. So by Monday, it's already four or five days old. Yep. Yep. Yep. Walleye Seth could have stumbled into that one. Just writing down random days of the week.

Yeah, put down Tuesday Eve. Question four. The topic is hunting. This next great question comes to us from J. Mill. If you have a question you think is right for MeatEater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com. Is he the guy that wins something?

Not yet. We'll make a whole spectacle out of it when we get to our listener question of the week. Oh, did you know our punt gun is sitting over on the floor? Yeah, I thought we talked about this. I can't believe we haven't opened it up yet. Oh. All right.

Got to do an unboxing video. No, I'm going to do an unboxing video. That's going to be great. Smokey the Blue Tick Coonhound is the official mascot for this state's biggest college. The Blue Tick Coonhound is also this state's official dog breed. What is it? Smokey the Blue Tick Coonhound is the official mascot for this state's biggest college. The Blue Tick Coonhound is also this state's official dog breed.

What is it? Cal the Dog Man, how you feel? I'm putting a lot of weight on one word and your question. Rita, one more time. Smokey the blue-ticked coonhound is the official mascot for this state's biggest college. Oh, Cal, thank you. The Blue Tick Coonhound is also this state's official dog breed.

Thank you. It was a total guess is what I should have said. Thank you, thank you, thank you. So you don't bitch about hints? Yeah. That is to your advantage. Does everybody have an answer? No.

That was a very good tip. I don't know if it's right. What's the word, Cal? Is it college? I'm just kidding. Don't say it. Don't say it. I want to make clear what I did have before Cal tipped me off.

And I want you to know this is smallest. Does everybody have an answer? No. No. No. That everybody have an answer? Nope. Nope. Nope. That's hustle. That's hustle. All right.

That's not it, Brody. How many words does this state have? Oh, how often is Cal just watching Brody write shit? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Yanni saying Georgia. Steve saying Tennessee. Whaleseth saying no idea. Brody saying North Carolina.

Cal saying Tennessee. Walleye Seth saying Kentucky. Corinne saying West Virginia. The correct answer is Tennessee. Cal, Smoky Mountains, dude. Gave it away. Keeps me in the lead. There are 10 statues of Smokey

on the University of Tennessee's campus. Listen, I'm fine for that. People need to shut their mouths. You need to shut your mouth. No, shut your mouth. I got that because of a hot tip that someone gave accidentally. Shut your mouth.

And I'm irate about getting it right. Good on you, though, Cal, for picking up on that. Smokey X just turned 10 years old and is set to retire this year. Smokey XI has already been selected. He's a one-year-old blue tick from the same

bloodline as his predecessor. I had North Carolina written down until he opened his trap. Again! Well, then we should just void that question. No. No. Because that's why I want this to stand. Steve's like, I can't do it on principle because

I have the same answer that you got written. We live in a society. Not because I like it. There's nothing I can do about it. People need to shut... You'll notice, I am never like, is it with an X or a... I never do that stuff. I just sit over here quiet. Years ago.

Silent killer, they call me. I ran, I ran black bears in Idaho with a houndsman from Smoky Mountain National Park. And they actually had an inholding, he and his wife. They're born and raised less than a half a mile away from each other in the hauler, Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee, named Audie Kerr. Ooh, that's good. That's a good houndsman name. It is. And he was a long, lanky mountain man.

Really? Yep. But he didn't have Kerr dogs. He had what kind of dogs? I have no idea. He had a lot of them. He didn't want that kind of confusion. He had a staple gun.

He'd just go down that line of dogs, iodining and stapling everybody back together. We're on to question five. The topic is public lands. Into the Wild is based on a 19-year-old who leaves a privileged life to live in the Alaskan wilderness where he dies of starvation. What was that man's name? Into the Wild is based on a 19-year-old who leaves a privileged life to live in the Alaskan wilderness where he dies of starvation. What was that man's name?

Is this the bone you're throwing to a whale, Seth? It is. I thought you were going to ask what he was eating that killed him. I could answer that. I feel like there's too much speculation. I could answer everything but the son of a bitch's name, man. Again, Into the Wild, the book and movie. It's based on a 19-year-old who leaves a privileged

life to live in the Alaskan wilderness where he dies of starvation. What was that man's name? Oh. Can I give the name he went by? I'm going to do that. No. No, I'm going to give what he wanted his name to be.

That is totally acceptable. There's a lot of hints. Oh, yeah, but still. Does everybody have an answer? I do not have an answer. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Iani saying Chris McCandless. Steve saying Alex Supertramp.

That was his chosen name. Steve saying McCandless. Brody saying Chris McCassin. Cal saying Christopher. Walleye saying Sean. And Corinne saying I forget the correct answer. Walleye said saying Sean and Corinne saying I forget Walleye said

the second of Sean Penn who directed that movie I think he did the correct answer is Chris McCandless Alexander Supertramp Spencer I just want to

clarify really quick don't tell me you're not accepting Alexander Supertramp I vote no that was his that was his chosen name are you telling people what bathroom to go into now?

Oh, get the fuck out of here. That's what he identified as. That's what he identified as. Classic film! And if 2022 has taught you anything, what you identify with is where you're at. Spencer, Giannis was the only one who got that one correct, right? We're accepting Christopher McCandless.

We also had Whale Sean. Get it? I thought I said Whale Seth. Get it? I think I should get it. Listen, Spencer, if you don't accept what I wrote. There's previous examples of people getting half an answer and getting counted. If you don't accept what I wrote, I am going to be so pissed. That's what he identified as is Alexander Supertramp.

I would actually lean towards giving that to Steve. Yes. What does our guest think? What do you think? Would you take that answer? No way. I was impressed, but no. Oh, but he's not in charge of the show.

What about me, then? Cal, I'm going to say no. What is that? First names don't get you anything in Jeopardy. Yeah, but you have established on this show a long history. Brody's McCormick? No. Not McCormick, McCah.

McCah. Yeah, McCah. We're going to go with no on Brody and Cal. Okay, can you tell me why? Because he didn't say his last name. I got the name of what he wanted to be called. He changed his name to that. Legally?

Wasn't that because you forgot his name? I want you to name for me, Phil. Name for me a famous athlete who was once on the Wheaties box. What is their name now? Please, please tell me the individual's name who I'm talking about. They legally changed it. Michael Jordan? Oh, so it has to be legal?

You wouldn't accept it if it wasn't legal? Spencer. Are you sure? Tell me the name, Phil. What is the individual's name? Score update. No, Phil, please. Share with me the individual's name. The former athlete

who was on a Wheaties box, please. Muhammad Ali. Because you know why you can't do it. You won't do it. That's why I'm right. Because you can't say Bruce Jenner anymore. I think this carries... The same way you can't say Chris McCandless. He was Alexander Supertramp.

I think this carries a lot of weight You can't say Chris McCandless? what I'm about to read. From his bio, it says, Christopher Johnson McCandless, also known by his pseudonym, Alexander Supertramp. Okay.

I think I would give it to Steve. Let's move on. Boy, I want a trivia superfan here to just go through and come up for our host. Like who would have won? No, just a general

guideline to what is a correct answer. If he had said, if he had said, who was a famous athlete that was on a Wheaties box? I thought you were going with Muhammad Ali and like his name is Cassius Clay, right? Or no. Yeah, if you said, who's the boxer that blankety blank blank, and I was like, Muhammad Ali, you'd be like, uh-uh, it's Cassius Clay. Bullshit, dude.

I think we'll give it to you. had that been given in a multiple choice right i mean that's all i'm saying is like there's the the correct answer is in quotations which is an interesting way to play uh it's one way to look at it you know we were trying to keep this game tight and here we are. Phil, hit us with a scoreboard update. Corinne has zero. Seth and Brody have one. Cal and Giannis have three. And Steve, oh my god, he has four points. He's in the lead.

Good job. You call him the silent killer because he's so quiet over there. Two of those were benefited from. Phil is a killer. Not so silent. The teeth are coming out. All right. We're on to question six.

The topic is conservation. Now, this is our listener question of the week, which was won by Joe Zimlich for sending this great question. Joe is going to get a copy of the Meat Eater Fish and Game Cookbook autographed by Steve. If you want a chance to win the listener question of the week, send your question to trivia at themeateater.com. This bird, which can be hunted in 42 states, is involved in more aircraft collisions than any other animal. And I'll give you a hint. It is not a Canada goose.

Oh, shit. Thanks. I really wish you wouldn't have given that to me. Can be hunted in 42 states. This bird, which can be hunted in 42 states, is involved in more aircraft collisions than any other animal. And I'll give you a hint. It is not a Canada goose.

Notice how I'm writing very reluctantly and slowly. But I was writing cockily a minute ago. This is a great question. Before I even finished the question, Steve was writing down Canada goose, which we stopped him on. I would have as well. Well, isn't that the bird that, you we stopped him on. I would have as well. Well, isn't that the, that's the bird that, you know, the miracle on the Hudson.

Sully. Yeah. Again, this is our listener question of the week. That's how much I like this damn question. Wow. Yep. It's a good one. Gotta say the gut was going Canada goose. Oh, I was doing that only because of Sully.

My wheel I think that's what he said No, my aircraft He took the control He seized the controls from the co-pilot Saying my aircraft Does everybody have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers

We have Giannis saying morning dove Steve saying crow Whale Seth saying pintail Brody saying snow goose. Cal saying dove. Walleye Seth saying snow goose. And Corinne saying, what is that? What is that? It was mallard

but I crossed out snow goose. Snow goose, mallard. The correct answer, which somebody got, is morning dove. Really? Who wrote that down? Cal and Giannis got that. Wait, this counts? Yes.

What if it was Rock Dove? Why would that count? That can't count. We are going to give you Dove. That's 100 kinds of Doves. We're going to give you Dove. And you know what? I was writing Morning Dove,

but I learned from Brody on previous games. To be vague. To be vague. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, 11% of birds struck by aircrafts are morning doves. And although 97% of aircraft collisions are with birds, strikes with other animals do occur. The most commonly struck non-bird species are white-tailed deer and coyotes.

Was crow anywhere on that list? I just put it down because it's like, you know, no one cares why I put it down. The FFA doesn't give much detail. They say morning dove is the most struck bird. And then it's something weird that although only like 5% of collisions happen with waterfowl, they make up like 50% of damage to aircraft. Have you seen that video clip of that pitcher? That famous...

Randy Johnson. Randy Johnson. Hitting that morning dub with a baseball. Played for the Diamondbacks. Yeah, like 90... Mariners first. Like 90 mile an hour pitch, man. Had hair like Seth used to.

That's right. We're on to question seven. The topic is gear. Name one of the top five states with the highest rate of gun ownership. Now, this number is calculated by how many people own guns tracked against the total population. So name one of the top five states with the highest rate of gun ownership. We've got some quick answers in the room. How are you feeling, Corinne?

Good. She's not giving any hints. Well, you've got five to choose from. Does everybody have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. You've actually got 50 to choose from. We have Yana saying Idaho, C saying Alaska, Whale Seth saying Alaska, Brody saying Texas, Cal saying South Dakota, Walleye Seth saying Texas,

and Corinne saying Wyoming. That's ballsy. Wally Seth saying Texas. And Corinne saying... Brody, that's ballsy. That was such a weird choice on your part. And Brody, that's a weird choice. I don't know. We'll find out, won't we? I have nothing to lose. I can't win this game now. Because it's got so many... You've got Dallas. You've got Houston. You know what I mean?

It's like, you've got to go to places where... Not a lot of people. The five states are Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, Idaho, and West Virginia. Oh, wow. Very weird choices around there, man. Me and Whale Seth, though. This data was compiled by the... Oh, I didn't get it.

No. I mean, I knew Alaska was on the list. I knew Wyoming was on the list. So you just put one that you didn't know was on the list? I was pretty confident. Listen, gang, you people want to win. I'm here for the actual information.

Oh, I didn't realize that's why you were here. The repetitiveness of the conversations. We're here to learn, Cal. You came here to argue gender politics. Apparently that's what we're doing. And to talk about how things are scored every week.

Oh my god. What would happen with the percentage though? Who's going to get an answer that's not really the right answer? At some point you might need to bring in you might need to find and bring in the most impartial person on the planet and it'd be that everyone agrees that that person calls it and you can't argue it.

That's the truth, yeah. This data was compiled by the Pew Research Center. Montana is number one with a 66.3% gun ownership rate. The bottom five in gun ownership rate are Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Hawaii, and New York. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. I feel like we have Phil as the impartial party.

No, no, no. But I had to overrule him. No. On the knees. No. Phil's got little axes to grind, man. I'm sensitive to that. I sit across from him, so I see his face.

He's got little axes. He's got little axes. Little bitty axes. He's got little hatchets to grind over there. Does steel sell those little bitty axes? We're on to question eight. We'll get a scoreboard update from Impartial Phil after this. That's what they call me. The topic is biology. The silent killer in Impartial Phil.

What animal lays the biggest egg in the world? Oh Hmm What animal What animal lays the biggest egg in the world? Hmm Not many quick answers Well, I got a couple questions.

Can we go outside? I thought you were saying earlier how you never talk before a question. You just write your answer down. Like an oxymoron. What is an animal? I wish I could call a little conference when they have a thing you know in baseball the manager goes out and talks to the pitcher

the coach or whatever you're using a lot of sports references today go ahead Seth, Seth had an actual question oh no I don't I'm too nervous too nervous he's within arm's reach of Steve right now yeah he'll get pounced on.

Does everybody have an answer? I don't know. It's going to be one of them, oh, I didn't know that questions. What animal lays the biggest egg in the world? Yanni, you good? Yeah. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Yanni saying emu.

Steve saying emu. Whale Seth without an answer. Brody Yana saying emu, Steve saying emu, Whale Seth without an answer, Brody saying whale shark, Cal saying ostrich, Walleye Seth saying ostrich, and Corinne saying ostrich. Well, there's sharks that do lay eggs, and then there's sharks that have live young. You have a viperous and oviviparous. The correct answer is ostrich.

Oh, it can't be bigger than an emu's egg. Oh, that's what I had. I erased it because I thought you'd call it a bird. Although it's the biggest egg in the world, it's actually the smallest egg in relation to the size of the bird. The average ostrich egg is about 3.5 pounds, which is the equivalent in volume to two dozen of Yanni's chicken eggs. I see Brody picked up his phone. I think he's Googling

a whale shark egg size. That's how you're doing? What are you doing? Oh, you know what I saw that was just so unbelievably cute and it was only the second time I've ever seen it is a little hummingbird nest where we were camping. And he'd come and

sit in there and just kind of relax in there. Yeah, cutest thing on the planet, man. He? Heck yeah. Whoever. He, she, I don't know how they... I haven't even looked up. Like, do they share nesting responsibility? Back to the gender politics. I mean, this little nest, Spencer, this little nest, so small that the

hummingbird's head and tail are hanging out of the nest. 20 years ago. Did you see the eggs? No, I tried to get my kid to climb up there and have a look, but they didn't want to disturb it. You had to get right up in its business to kind of look. It would have been neat if you could have seen him laying one. Oh. Phil hit us with a scoreboard.

I'm going to throw in Phil for a real look. I'm looking at the scoreboard right now, and I feel like I've made a mistake, but I'm going to read this out loud just to hear Steve's response. In last place with one point is Brody Henderson. Wow. Oh, the guy with the most average right is sitting in seventh. Well, I thought I'd let Steve catch up a little bit.

Yeah, that was nice. And then coming up, tied for second place with two points apiece, we have the Seths, Whale and Walleye, and Corinne. And then tied for first place, each with five points, are Cal, Giannis, and Steve. Wow. Three-way. A barn burner going into the last two questions. Cal is over there bitching his little face off.

And he's sitting there in the number one slot. And we have not had overtime in a while, so today may be the day. His mama called him Christopher. I'm going to call him Christopher. in the number one slot. And we have not had overtime in a while, so today may be the day. His mama called him Christopher. I'm going to call him Christopher. God, this room feels like an alternative reality. I don't know what's happening. It might be the whale blubber.

It's all hopped up on your heads, man. Question nine. The topic is mountain men. This next great question comes to us via Robert Davis If you have a question you think is right for MeatEater Trivia You can send it to trivia At themeateater.com Does he win the stuff?

No, we had that back in question 6 Where did he win? He won a signed book by you What was I talking about? I missed this? We declared it You're kidding me I'm not done. You have some guesses. I have some guesses. I missed this? We declared it. You did. You're kidding me. Yeah, we're still arguing.

A book that I need you to sign after this for him. Here's the question. Oh, my God. Pemmican was a popular food for mountain men because it's lightweight, stable, and nutritious. Name two of the three primary ingredients used to make pemmican. Pemmican was a popular food for mountain men because it's lightweight, stable, and nutritious. I need you to name two of the three primary ingredients used to make pemmican.

You done, Brody? Oh, yeah. Why do I care about Brody all the time? Yeah, you shouldn't. I should be like, are you done, Cal? But I do feel like this are you done, Cal? But I do feel like this mountain man category is totally skewed towards your jam. Being an American and all?

Well, no. You should build every question as if they're going to be about Daniel Boone. Yeah. Now, something he may have carried would have been pemmican Does everybody have an answer? Looking for two of the three ingredients Go ahead and reveal your answers We have Giannis saying berries and meat Steve saying dry meat and fat

Whale Seth saying dried meat and fat Brody saying meat and fat Was it two out of the three? Two out of the three Well everybody knows all three Cal's got cal and fat. Two out of the three. Everybody knows all three. Cal's got Cal and fat. Cal only says fat.

Walleye said salt and meat. Corinne's saying meat and berries. The room did well for the people who wrote down two answers. This is such a Cal thing. I think Cal should get it. He's made of meat. The three ingredients are meat, fat, and fruit or nuts.

So the room did very well. I mean, growing up in Montana, we learned pemmican every single year by every single teacher. Down to me and your honey, man. Pemmican was invented by Native Americans but was widely adopted by fur trappers and explorers across the continent. No, I mean, but right now, he's out. Right now. No, he's not. He's out of the winner's circle.

This being the winner's circle. If you want a great recipe for this superfood, check out Brody Henderson's 2018 article on TheMeatEater.com. Going way back. Called Pemmican the Original Hunter's Trail Food. And Brody was just salty that this question was written for Steve despite him having an article about the Pemmican. Well, you know, I remember writing that article and Steve had a lot to say about it. Question 10.

Oh my god. The game is still up for grabs. The topic is fishing. This state has world records for cobia, roanoke bass, northern snakehead, white bass,

and blue catfish. What is it? This state has world records for cobia, roanoke bass, northern snakehead, white bass, and blue catfish. What is it? We are down to Cal, Steve, and Giannis. Hmm.

Steve may have had the quickest answer in the room. How are you feeling? 70%. Okay. Put a percent on it for you, Cal. I'm playing with house money right now. A thousand.

A thousand. Or zero. And Yanni, where's your confidence at? Very low. Very low. Very low. Okay. I wish I had a map of the United States. Again, Colby, Roanoke, Bass, northern snakehead, white bass, and blue catfish.

Now my confidence is getting shaken. Johnny, you have an answer? I had a gut reaction, then I switched it. Did you say, you just said records, right? World records. World records. World records. Those are the real big ones.

Yes. Oh. Like salty. Salty. Flathead catfish in Kansas. I don't think I know any of those fish. Or are you still competing, Brody?

Oh, I want to get the answer right. Does everybody have an answer? No. Hold on a minute, man. I might change my answer. Oh, it's painful. Well, yeah, I guess I'm just focused on the overlap of species, not the world records records which I know absolutely Nothing about

That's more of a Seth thing We have a shaken Three leaders in the room here Does your homunculus Have anything to say over there Steve? My homunculus has a lot to say Can you read the fish one more time? We have

cobia, roanoke bass, northern snakehead, white bass, and blue catfish. Everybody ready? Okay, I'm just going to move it. Yep. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Giannis saying Maryland, Steve saying North Carolina, Whale Seth saying Minnesota, Brody saying Virginia, Cal saying

Virginia, Walleye Seth saying North Carolina, and Corinne saying Maryland. North Carolina's a good guess. We do have a correct answer in the room. It is Virginia, which makes us go to a three-way tiebreaker. Is that right? That's right. Dude, you know what? Roanoke is in Virginia,

and I thought it was too obvious. Roanoke, the city, is in Virginia, and I think Roanoke Colony, where the famous thing happened, I think is in North Carolina. So two states should have narrowed it down for you. And North Carolina is so well known for Cobia. What's a Cobia? Why'd you put Virginia down?

Because of the Roanoke deal. I was leaning Virginia on Roanoke. Virginia is just a world record fishy place. Just this morning, I wrote this question last night, just this morning, the new world record fall fish was caught, which also came from Virginia. This is always my... I've never even heard of a fall fish. This was my question in regards to...

So you can go and fish, you know, six miles north of Virginia in Maryland waters and be a hundred miles offshore. And if you return to your Virginia Harbor, it is a Virginia world record. Hmm. Yeah, it makes no, I'm like, a lot of that stuff is just, I think, how your departments of natural resources can scrape together some more fish and dollars. We are on to the tiebreaker. I don't know if you guys knew this in the room, but we now have a tiebreaker sounder. Oh, you've been sitting on this tiebreaker for months.

It has been a while. And if you haven't heard Phil's tiebreaker, it's very good. I always come and I ask Phil for like a $5 piece of audio. And i ask phil for like a five dollar uh piece of audio and then phil gives us like a thousand dollar piece of audio so good every time we need something god if i would have gone two out of three pemmican materials mixing materials well yeah well spencer you specifically asked for hip-hop air horns so i had to add those in there as well. That's right. Hip hop. What's a hip hop air horn? Tiebreaker. If you ain't first, you're last.

That doesn't make any sense at all. First, you're last. You can be second. You can be third, fourth. Hell, you can even be fifth. The tiebreaker topic is fishing. What is the average cost of an annual resident fishing license in america in 2022 what is the average cost of an annual resident fishing license in america in 2022 this is a numeric question which means the closest between Steve, Giannis, and Cal will be

declared our winner. And none of that over-under bullshit, just closest. You're going to need a second tiebreaker. I have four of them. Okay. This is tough, because you know those southern states are cheap. I know what everybody's going to write. Cal, how are you feeling?

I mean, we're all going to be in the ballpark. Okay. You really think so? All right. That's good to know. Let's see if you're right. Are you three ready? Yeah.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Giannis saying $17. Now we are in the ballpark. Steve saying $20. And Cal saying $16. The answer is $25.42 I win! Making Steve our winner

The silent killer comes in and wins It's not too silent right now By silent killer he means everyone else goes silent Good job, Steve. Well earned. Dude, everybody hates a winner, man. Well, you know what I think it was? I saw an email that was

to Spencer the other week. It was like, please, more Mountain Man related questions. Please, Steve. If it wasn't for that hint that you hate so much. Here's what I'm that hint that you hate so much. Here's what I'm going to do. $500 donation.

Seth, is your publisher actually a non-profit? Like a legit non-profit? Yeah. What's it called? Mountaineers Books in Seattle. Okay. I want my... That counts as a conservation group.

Sure. Because they publish environmental work. Well, what do they do? Tell us about it. I don't know. They publish environmental work. Absolutely. Yep. That's what they do. And they publish environmental work. Well, what do they do? Tell us about it. I don't know. They publish environmental work. Absolutely. Yeah, that's what they do.

And they publish Seth's books. I think they started years ago publishing mountaineering guiding books, but now they have a... Mountaineering Books is the preeminent nonprofit publisher of mountaineering histories, biographies, conservation, adventure narratives, natural history, and other guidance. Right there.

That counts? I like it. Okay. I want my $500 to go to Seth's publisher because I appreciate that they published Seth's book. It's an important book. He's an important writer. I want them to have the money. I like it. Because he's on the show.

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