The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 365: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia XXIV

Episode Date: September 7, 2022

Ep. 365: Game On Suckers! MeatEater Trivia XXIV Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Bill Vanderheyden, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Chester Floyd, Maggie Hudlow, 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 meet. 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 Bill Vanderheiden. In addition to Bill, we also have Steven Rinella, Brody Henderson, Giannis Patelis,

Corinne Schneider, Chester Floyd, and Maggie Hudlow. Now Bill, this is your first time playing Meat Eater Trivia. How do you normally feel about trivia? You like it? I don't spend a lot of time learning random information, but I do spend a lot of time hunting, fishing in the outdoors, so I might get one or two right here. That'll help you. Do you feel like you have some random information, though,

in this space, hunting, fishing, conservation, cooking? I have a little bit. Yeah. I think there's some hope. You'll do okay then. Steve promised him that you would throw him a bone. Well, that's what I was going to bring up. I just told him how you'd probably throw him a bone.

You got a bone planned out? We do. We do have one of those. Glad to hear it. I'm confident you'll at least get one of 10 then, Bill. 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 Meat Eater Trivia, we reveal a new stat. And for the stat of the week, we're looking at player complaints. Do you guys have any predictions

about what we might learn here? I think that can go unsaid. Now, Steve destroys the field with an average of 6.47 complaints per episode. That's followed by Sean Weaver at 3.21 complaints

per episode, Ryan Callahan at 3.01 complaints per episode, Ryan Callahan at 3.01 complaints per episode, and Brody Henderson at 2.51 complaints per episode. I was expecting to be right up there with Steve. You thought so? But I think I just jump on his bandwagon a lot. You got some work to do then. Steve's most dominating stretch came early February to late April

when he averaged 9.83 complaints per episode. That stretches from episode 313 to 329. That's almost more than the amount of questions that there are. That's right. But Steve has mellowed out a bit, and over the last four episodes, he's only averaging 4.75 complaints per episode. You know why? The writing's on the wall, dude. Looking at the analytics, the show,

more people listen when I'm not here. That is something that we did learn. You know, people ask me if it's a bit that Steve gets ornery about trivia. It's not, because when

we had the question about the lightning strike victims a couple episodes ago, Steve called me twice that day. One time it was five hours later. That had been on his mind for five hours, thinking about the lightning strike question, and he still wasn't convinced. Now we have some housekeeping to get to as well. In a previous game of trivia, we talked about how the world champion squirrel cook-off is held annually in Arkansas.

But then the cook-off organizers reached out and said that they were moving to Tennessee in 2022 because, because, quote, it would suck if the Super Bowl was held in Cleveland for 40 straight years. Well, in a shocking turn of events, the world champion squirrel cook-off has announced that the 2022 gathering in Tennessee has been canceled. Now, I asked why, and the event organizer said that the venue pulled the plug on them because of, quote, woke anti-squirrel people. So, the world champion squirrel cook-off is now moving back to Arkansas in 2023 and plans on staying there for good. I don't get their woke anti-squirrels or woke anti-squirrel people, which would actually probably be pro-squirrel people if they were against a squirrel cook-off. But that was what they said the issue was,

was that the venue in Tennessee did not support what they were doing. Tennessee of all places. Tennessee. Maybe NYC all places. Tennessee. Maybe NYC, but not Tennessee. So the world champion squirrel cook-off people said they learned their lesson, and I think they said something about they're staying in God's country for good, and the Arkansas Game and Fish Department is going to be a partner with them, and that is now permanently their home.

Dude, we could find them venues all day long. I think so. Wherever you want. No, listen, if I win today, I'm going to give my money, my winnings to Tennessee Wildlife Federation. It's one of the country's oldest conservation organizations. They've done a ton of good, and I bet with that $500, they could find a venue for the Squirrel Cook-Off, maybe for

2024, and so that it doesn't have to always stay in Cleveland, so to speak. There you go. Hmm. Hmm. Hey, I have a request, though. What's up? I always want to, I feel like you're not always giving us the Shelby score before

every game. Yeah, this, you know, sometime we'll introduce a Shelby index before every game. Yeah, this, you know, sometime we'll introduce like a Shelby index for every game, but this one it was three. So this is shaping up to be a tough round then. That means our winner should be in the ballpark of six. Explain the Shelby score. The Shelby index. Shelby is my wife,

and each night before I come to Meat Eater Trivia, I have her play to see how she does, and it sort of gives me a baseline of what the winner might do. Normally, she scores about half as well as the winner of Meat Eater Trivia

and last night she got three, which means this is a tougher round. And with that, we are on to Meat Eater Trivia play the drop film.

Suck it, Brody! We'll see. Look, I need to know what I stand to win. Everything. How's that? Just stand to win everything. Game on, suckers!

Question one. As always, this will be multiple choice. The topic is fishing. What mammal has the most lakes named after it in America? Is it beaver, wolf, deer, or bear? What mammal has the most lakes named after it in America? Is it beaver, wolf, deer, or bear?

That's probably your best question yet. Thank you. Steve is now going to go in the opposite direction. We'll start keeping a set of compliments. I'm going to be the most agreeable dude on the planet, man. I'm going to spend all day going like, right on. Right on. Again, your choices are beaver, wolf, deer, or bear. Yanni, you feeling

confident? No. Neither am I. No. I would, any of those. I think it's about a 50-50. I think two are pretty easy to knock out, and then it's a 50-50.

I agree with that. Does everybody have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying bear, Bill saying beaver, Maggie saying wolf, Chester saying deer, Brody saying beaver, Corinne saying beaver, and Giannis saying bear. The correct answer is bear. Me and Gianni are neck and neck. This is according to the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography. There are 438 bear lakes in America.

That's followed by 307 beaver lakes, 224 deer lakes, and 141 wolf lakes. Good question. Very happy with how that whole thing went. We're on to question two. The topic is gear. The most widely available broadhead weights at Bass Pro are 100 grain, 125 grain, and blank.

So I'm looking for third place. The most widely available broadhead weights at Bass Pro are 100 grain, 125 grain, and blank. Bill, if you're wondering about when that bone was coming, I think the bone is here. Question two. You think this is it? You think you know this one, Bill? I know I'm based on our sales.

Okay. Yeah. How about the rest of you? We don't sell there, but I know kind of what's most popular out there. Oh, that can inform your answer, but I'm, no, I'm not. Does everybody have an answer? I just want the first thing

to pop to my head. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying 85. Bill saying 150. Maggie saying 130. Chester saying 175. Brody saying 150. Corinne saying 200. And Giannis saying 85. We do saying 150. Corrine saying 200.

And Giannis saying 85. We do have a correct answer in the room. It's 85 grains. Oh, man. Steve and Gianni. Come on. These guys aren't digging it? Is it because of the crossbowers?

Is it the crossbow community? I think it's women and children that are probably shooting the 85s. I think it's been like that for a long time. So I should have got that right, right? That was your bone, dude. That was my bone. But I've seen more and more of a trend away from the.85 and more.150s. So that's why I went

.150. What kind of shooter do you find is normally shooting like a.125 or an.85 grain broadhead? Somebody who's going for light, light fast. A lot of the, a lot of Whitetail guys, a lot of guys that are set up more for target 3d shooting are trying to go light, fast, and then they just want to use the same head there.

So that's what I see. I thought the trend was more away from that, even though I didn't want to admit that maybe still is the truth. Those aren't mutually exclusive. There could be the trend away from that, but it could still be number three. Bass Pro sells 99 broadheads that weigh 100 grains. That's followed by 30 broadheads that weigh 125 grains, eight broadheads that weigh 85 grains,

and three broadheads that weigh 150 grains. We're on to question three. The topic is cooking. This next great question comes to us via Adam Moore. No, man. That's great. If you have a question you think is right for Meat Eater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com.

If you order fried cooter from a restaurant, what kind of animal are you eating? If you order fried cooter, C-O-O-T-E-R, from a restaurant, what kind of animal are you eating? Nobody knew this one right off the bat. Seems like wherever Adam Moore hails from, we don't have anyone in this room that grew up there. Again, fried cooter, what kind of animal are you eating? this room that grew up there. Hmm. Again, fried cooter. What kind of animal are you eating? Can you give us a hint where he's from?

Not giving you any hints. Does everybody... Oh, look at that! Did you know that was there? I just noticed it. We sell a water bottle that is the bear water bottle that I gave these stats to our designer, Hunter Spencer. And one of them is there are 438 bear lakes in the U.S.

But it doesn't say how many other kind of lakes there are. Well, then it follows that up by saying it's the most popular lake name among mammals. It just supports the whole Kimmy Werner hypothesis. This does. Hey whole Kimmy Werner hypothesis. This does. Hey, Kimmy. Again, fried cooter. Does everybody have an answer? Nope.

Brody, 0 for 2. Potentially starting off 0 for 3. Every once in a while you have a bad day, Spencer. Does everybody have an answer now, Brody? Let's go. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve. Still writing.

Still writing. Saying soft shell crab. Is that what it says? Yeah. Soft shell crab. Bill saying pig. Maggie saying quail. Chester saying raccoon.

Brody saying rabbit. Corinne saying gator. Giannis saying gator. Nobody got it right. The correct answer is soft shell turtle or turtle. That is saying gator. Nobody got it right. The correct answer is soft-shell turtle or turtle. I had a T written down and scratched it out. Yeah, if crab were written.

It's common in the South to refer to soft-shell turtles as cooters, specifically when they're being turned into soup or deep-fried nuggets. This can get confusing, though, because there's actually a different species of turtle called the river cooter, which looks similar to a painted turtle. Did you know that Johnny Paycheck shot a man in the head in an argument over turtle soup?

No. I didn't know who Johnny— Tales from the tour bus. Yeah, creased his—missed, kind of missed, and just creased his forehead. What do you think the argument was about? You can watch a documentary where they interview both the lawyers

who defended each side of it. Wow. Yeah. It's hilarious. It's like the weird, they were traded hats and then one guy

wanted to trade back and it escalated into an argument over going to someone's house for turtle soup and Johnny Patek shot him

and creased his forehead. Man. And then vanished into the night. Have you ever eaten soft-shell turtle? Oh, yeah. I got a soft-shell turtle story that'll curl your hair. Let's hear it. So me and Eddie Luloff's, I think it was Eddie,

we were camping at a place called Cisco Bayou on the White River, and we were eating deer steaks and throwing the trim from the deer steaks out into the bayou. Okay? You following me? Mm-hmm. The next day, we catch a soft shell in our turtle trap, butcher it, and I'll give you one guess to guess what was in its stomach.

A deer steak. Mm-hmm. That's great. Those things are aggressive. Why is that supposed to curl his hair? I don't know. Like, how big was the turtle? That's a little bit of a letdown there, bud.

Question four. The topic is public lands. Mount Rushmore is surrounded by what 1.2 million acre national forest? Mount Rushmore is surrounded by what 1.2 million acre national forest? We had a few folks in the room who knew it, but

for the most part, just going to be seeing some guesses. Again, looking for what national forest surrounds Mount Rushmore. I got to ask about that. Well, I can't. I don't want to give away too much, but. I wouldn't.

Well. Does everybody have an answer? It's just trivia. No one has ever had that thought playing trivia. It's just trivia. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying Black Hills, Bill saying Custer, Maggie saying Badlands, Chester saying Black Hills, Brody saying Black Hills, Corinne without an answer, and Yannis saying Custer. The correct answer is the Black Hills National Forest. Oh, I feel like I might have just pulled into the lead. The Mount Rushmore project started in 1927 and finished in 1941. The man who came up with the idea suggested the mountain should be dedicated to heroes of the American West,

like Lewis and Clark, Chicago Weah, Red Cloud, Buffalo Bill Cody, and Crazy Horse. But, as we now know, the hill was turned into Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln. Have you been to the Crazy Horse monument? Yes. Very underwhelming. Well, they're still working on it. They've been working on it for my whole life. And they'll be working on it for your children's whole life.

Probably. Yeah, I don't think it's underwhelming. No, it's like you look. It's just like you're watching like a thing that will take some people. I'm into it. I'm just not confident. That wasn't a complaint about Spencer. That wasn't a complaint about the show.

I want to point out. I'm into it. I'm just not confident. Like you said, that even my children will see the end of Crazy Horse. Question five. We'll get a scoreboard update from Phil after this. The topic is hunting this next great question comes to us via ali spangler if you have a question you think is right for meat

eater trivia you can send it to trivia at the meat eater.com male turkeys are said to have droppings that are in what shape male turkeys are said to have droppings that are in what shape? These aren't the kind of questions that can change a game, Spencer. I feel like this one's pretty easy. You've got to have some of those in there. Brody, did you know Black Hills National Forest, or was that just a good guess? I did. Steve, it seemed like you knew that one right away.

Isn't Custer right there? There's Custer State Park is nearby, but it's not a national forest. Yeah, but I feel like there's now Custer National Forest extends into South Dakota. Well, the Black Hills extends into Wyoming. It's not the 1.2 million acre

national forest. I don't know that there is a Custer. Oh, it's not Custer. That is not the one that surrounds Mount Rushmore. You're thinking of Custer State Park or something like that in South Dakota. No. Custer State Park is right next door. I want you to be ready because even though I'm not complaining anymore, there might be

a real problem. Again, male turkeys are said to have droppings that are in what shape? Does everybody have an answer? I see where it's going, and I headed you off. It's a real problem. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying J. Bill saying L.

Maggie saying pellet. Chester and Brody saying J. Corinne saying, what does that say? Fusilli. Fusilli. And Giannis saying J. The correct answer is J or hook-shaped. I feel like you could make an argument for L, you know,

if he's a little loose stool that way. Doesn't a J kind of look like an L? It was never in my life that someone said it's an L-shaped poop. It's a hard right angle at the bottom. I was just going to say I have like a little curl to it. I thought you were not going to give it to all the people that wrote a capital J. Why do you think it's a lowercase J? There's not a line across the top of the poop.

I was fixing to fight you over hook and J. I almost wrote J hook, but I didn't want to overdo it. While male turkey droppings are J-shaped, female turkey droppings look more like a spiral blob or snail shell. This is because female turkey droppings exit the large intestine into the cloaca, which gives them a long runway to curl and clump. Male turkeys, on the other hand, have a phallus in their cloaca near the end of the digestive tract, which means there's less room for their waist to coil. I got a feeling if you had something similar with human feces, that you could ID them by gender, that you would find that when you found surface shitters,

they would all be male. Oh, yeah. Just a feeling. Probably right. Not going to investigate it, though. It'd be really interesting if you could be like, oh, a lady did that. Or a man.

You know what I mean? Don't surface shit, guys. Phil, we are halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard update. Sure thing. We have three players who, I guess I will say, are playing trivia with a delicate touch. And by that, I mean they have zero points.

Bill, Corinne, and Maggie. And then that, I mean, they have zero points, uh, Bill, Corinne and Maggie. And then next up we have Brody and Chester tied up with two points. Giannis has three points and Steven Manila has four points. Hey, worst I've ever done. Hey folks, exciting news for those who live or hunt in Canada. And boy, my goodness do we hear from the Canadians whenever we do a raffle or a sweepstakes. And our raffle and sweepstakes law

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be part of the excitement you can even use offline maps to see where you are without cell phone service that's a sweet function as part of membership, you'll gain access to exclusive pricing on products and services handpicked by the OnX Hunt team. Some of our favorites are First Light, Schnee's, Vortex Federal, and more. As a special offer, you can get a free three months to try OnX out if you visit OnXMaps.com slash meet. OnXMaps.com slash meet. Welcome to the OnX club, y'all. Question six, the topic is cooking. This southern state is famous for their white barbecue sauce,

which is made with mayo, apple cider vinegar, sugar, salt, and black pepper. Oh, I know this. What is it? My pen is dead. I cannot think. It's probably like a, oh, gross. Oh. Again, this southern state is famous for their white barbecue sauce, which is made with mayo, apple cider vinegar, sugar, salt, and black pepper.

What is the state? Oh, it's good. Dude, I just ate lunch and I can eat a... Oh, it is really good. It's not barbecue sauce. Put that on a little bit of fried chicken. Give it some hints. I like mine on a smoked turkey sandwich.

Does everybody have an answer? Looking for the state that's famous for their white barbecue sauce. I do. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying Alabama. Bill saying Alabama. Maggie saying Alabama. Alabama.

Brody. Brody. saying North Carolina. Corinne saying Alabama. All the mighty of folk. And Giannis saying Alabama. Maggie saying Alabama. Alabama. Brody. Brody. Yana saying North Carolina. Corinne saying Alabama. All the mighty of folk. And Yana saying Alabama. Remember when Brody used to be like a formidable force? Listen, the girl back there is Alabama.

Who's got the most wins? I was just saying I don't want to get kicked ahead by a mule and have like a real bad streak and like slowly recover and shit and people get behind me again. But that's where Brody's at. Listen, I'm glad I'm throwing up a stinker before the tournament. Yeah. Now, Alabama white sauce is typically served on pork or chicken, but it's also a great condiment for upland birds and small game.

If you want to learn how to make it, then go to TheMeatEater.com and read Lucas Leaf's article called How to Make Alabama White Sauce. Comeback Sauce is another name for it, I think. Oh, never heard that one. I like it, though. Look it up. I like all of our recipe, cook, chef contributors,

but I just feel like every time I look at one of Lucas Leaf's stuff, I'm like, golly, that looks, sounds so delicious. Well, he really appeals to our sensibilities being from South Dakota and Michigan. He knows how to cook being a Minnesotan. You know what's funny is we have an article

about the McGriddle thing. My buddy... He did. My buddy is friends with the guy that makes the McGriddles and he called my buddy super excited about that Now what does that mean? He works at a McDonald's or he's like a chef at a McDonald's? No, apparently he's like the McGriddle supplier guy

And he was impressed? He really was happy Oh, great So he called my buddy to express his happiness Then my buddy called me to pass along the happiness That's right, Steve is referring to a venison McGriddle recipe we have on TheMeatEater.com. Question seven. The topic is biology.

This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Chris Droste. For sending this great question, Chris is going to get a signed copy of The Meat Eater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival. If you want a chance to win the listener question of the week, then send your questions to trivia at themeateater.com. A brewer's duck is a hybrid between a gadwall and a blank. A brewer's duck, and brewer is a proper noun. A brewer's duck is a hybrid between a gadwall and a blank. I think Steve is pacing the room to destroy

the Shelby Index of six. Oh, man. Yeah, I didn't, I'm not cocky. Uh-huh. I'm not discouraged. You know this one? No. Okay. I have a hunch. Again, a brewer's duck is a hybrid between a gadwall

and a blank. I could walk you through how I got there, but I'd be giving too much information. Chester, I saw some erasing. Are you ready? No. Corinne? I'm ready. Okay. You could just pick a duck and write that down. Come on, Corinne.

You know one duck. Corinne writes a crazy shit write that down. Come on, Corinne. You know one duck. Corinne wears the craziest shit on her board. It's like your heart's not in the game right now. I just can't. It's like, okay. That's Giannis saying he's not mad at you. He's just disappointed.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying a mallard, Bill saying a mallard, Maggie saying a mallard, Chester saying a widgeon, Brody saying a mallard, Corinne saying a widgeon, and Giannis saying a mallard. Bill sang a mallard. Maggie sang a mallard. Chester sang a widgeon. Brody sang a mallard. Corinne sang a widgeon. And Giannis sang a mallard. The correct answer is mallard. The duck was named by John James Audubon in 1822

after he collected and painted one in Louisiana. Brewer's ducks are noticeably different from mallards and gadwalls, but not in a consistent way. Their head color, chest color, wing color, and scaly pattern express a lot of variability. Question eight, we'll get a scoreboard update from Phil after this. The topic is woodsmanship. Who is the author of outdoor books like Should the Tent Be Burning Like That? If you didn't bring jerky, what did I just eat? You're not lost if you can still see the truck, and it's only slow food until you try to eat it.

Seems like Steven Brody knew it. Giannis knew it. The rest of the room is not quick with an answer. Again, looking for the author of outdoor books like should the tent be burning like that if you didn't bring jerky what did i just eat you're not lost if you can still see the truck and it's only slow food until you try to eat it Giannis, you know this one? I think so. There's a, in the 40 mile hunter office in Tokalaska. I'm looking around the room. I know who's been there.

I don't know if Bill's been there. But one of his pieces is on that door in the bathroom. It's a nice short read when you sit down. If you don't come out of there laughing, then something's wrong with you. I like it. Does everybody have an answer? Who's going to come up with one? I want it on the bottom

right, but I think Brody wrote it. I think I know if you got it wrong, I think I know what your answer would be as well. So I wrote the answer, and then on the bottom I wrote what Brody wrote. This is next level shit right here. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying Bill Heavey, and he wrote Patrick McManus under that.

Maybe I got it wrong. Bill saying Smith, Maggie without an answer, Chester without an answer, Bill saying Bill Heavey, Corinne without an answer, and Giannis saying Patrick McManus. The correct answer is Bill Heavey. You're in the ballpark, Giannis, of humorist outdoor writers, but it's not McManus. Man, I didn't know any of the titles except for the last one.

It's not... No, Bill Heavey's a good humorist, man. He's funny as shit. Great. Bill has described himself as a suburban hunter-gatherer, everyman outdoorsman, and a professional amateur. In case you couldn't tell by his book titles, his writing focuses on misadventures in the outdoors. If you want to learn more about Heavey, then listen to episode 351 of the Wired Hunt podcast where Mark Kenyon interviews him about his writing career. Is he McManus' successor?

Did he come in right after him? I would say that he assumed the throne of McManus, but him and McManus overlap. McManus is dead now. But McManus, they shoot canoes, don't they? Yeah, but I wonder if he took over his position. Oh, that I don't know. It felt like he took over that space as the back page writer.

Was it Field and Stream or Outdoor Life? Maybe both. McManus' best line ever was that whether it's a creek or a crick, depends on if there's a tire in it. McManus had a lot of writing. I didn't know this until recently. That was not focused on the outdoors.

It seemed like he was writing almost some mystery stuff that had to do with the outdoors that It seemed like he was writing almost some mystery stuff that had to do with the outdoors that I think also had humor sprinkled in. Yeah, he was funny, man. Phil, we have two questions left. Give us a scoreboard update. We have two questions left,

and we have two players left in the game, and those two players are Stephen Grinella, who's in first place with seven points, but kind of warm on his trail is Giannis Petelis with five points, but kind of warm on his trail is Giannis Petelis with five points. If Steve fails to get these next two and Gianni gets them correct, it's a tie game.

See if Gianni's got a cold nose or not. Question nine. The topic is gear. This next great question comes to us via David Chestnut. If you have a question you think is right for MeatEater Trivia, send it to trivia at themeateater.com. Five states have a firearm on their state flag.

Name one of them. Five states have a firearm on their state flag. Name one of those states. Seems like nobody knew this right off the bat. one of those states. Seems like nobody knew this right off the bat. Son of a buck. This could be... I'm like racking my fifth grade education brain

like learning all the state flags. This could be what helps Yanni catch up with Steve, looking for one of the five states with a firearm on their flag. Nobody knew this right off the bat. Yanni, it's going to be tough to catch him if you don't write an answer. No, I'm going to write one.

Okay. You know what? I think I just remembered one. Does everybody have an answer? Looking for the state. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying California. Bill saying Virginia.

Maggie saying Tennessee. Chester saying Wisconsin. Brody saying New Hampshire. Corinne saying Texas. And Giannis saying Montana. The five states are Delaware, West Virginia, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wyoming. So I think nobody got it. Holy shit.

Despite having someone from Wyoming and multiple people from Michigan in here. Well, a lot of them just got so much stuff on them, you know? They do. That's why I went with Montana, because I could have sworn the dude standing there might be holding on to a long smoke pole. But he's not. He's got like an axe or something in his hand, I think. Delaware's show is a revolutionary soldier with a long gun. West Virginia's shows two hunting rifles crossed on the ground.

Michigan's shows a man with his right hand raised in peace, but his left hand holding a gun. Some versions of Minnesota's flag show a pioneer with a rifle leaning against a tree stump, and some versions of Wyoming's flag show a pioneer with a rifle leaning against a tree stump, and some versions of Wyoming's flag show a cowboy with a holstered pistol. How did I grow up in Michigan and not notice that? I didn't know, but I like it. What do you mean?

Like some versions? So some old versions, and it depends on where you buy the flag from, how accurate they are, but flags change over time along with state seals. And Wyoming's, I believe now the cowboy doesn't have a holstered pistol, but if you bought one like 20 years ago, he would have the holstered pistol. Oh, you mean that famous

Buck and Bronco one? No, Wyoming's has the big bison in the center of the flag, and then it's the state seal in the middle of that, and the seal shows a cowboy with a holstered pistol. But I think some versions just show like a generic something hanging on his belt it could be a pliers it could be a knife but older versions show that it's very clearly a pistol we know our winner of meat-eater trivia Congratulations. But we still have a question left. Good job, Steve. Since no one cheered for Steve last time.

I won. It never gets less impressive, right, guys? Oh, man. You know, my girls just hiked six miles two days in a row with backpacks on. I was pretty proud, but I'm pretty proud of them. I'm glad he won. Gives me a little motivation to stay motivated. Your girls did six miles with backpacks on?

Yeah. That's great, man. We have one question left here. Let's play it. The topic is conservation. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommended declaring this animal extinct in 2021, whose nickname is the Lord God Bird. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommended declaring this animal extinct in 2021, whose nickname is the Lord God Bird. Seems like nobody knew this one right off the bat. Just going to be getting some educated guesses. Steve with the quickest answer.

How do you feel about this, Steve? 50-50. I think I got it. You could get this wrong and prove the Shelby Index fairly accurate, or if you get it right, you just blew it out of the water. We haven't had overtime in quite a while. We're not going to get it again today. It's disappointing.

I just got overtime questions banked up and ready. Does everybody have an answer now? Those are fun to play, too. The Lord God Bird. Johnny? I hate the lids on these pens. They just fall off. I can't think of one.

I'm almost ready to boycott until Spencer buys better. A bird or an animal that is on the verge. You ready? Give me a hint, Steve. I'm ready. Give us a hint.

It's not going to be how you're thinking about it. Steve, you can give a hint if you think you know it and you've already secured the victory. My understanding, if I'm right, it's something that has been widely understood to be extinct. I give another hint here. Its last confirmed sighting was Louisiana in 1944. And people see it, and they get all excited,

and then someone comes out and says, son, what you're looking at is a pileated woodpecker. Oh, an enormous hint there. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying the ivory-billed woodpecker. Bill without an answer. Maggie had it before Steve's hint, saying the ivory-billed woodpecker. Brody got a post-hint. Chester

without an answer. Brody post-hint. Got it. Corinne without an answer. And Giannis post-hint says ivory-billed woodpecker. That's correct. It's the ivory-billed woodpecker. Ornithologists gave them this nickname because of what people cried out the first time they ever saw one. Quote, Lord God,

what a bird. The last universally accepted sighting of the ivory billed woodpecker came out of Louisiana in 1944, but unofficial sightings have been reported since then in states like Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Cuba. Steve is our winner with eight correct answers. Thanks, guys. I've never seen smiles so big after a game of trivia. Now what happens next? Steve gets to choose where the $500 donation goes for winning. So, Steve, what's it going to be?

Spencer, it's no big, you know, me winning. It's normal. What do I normally do? I'm going to give my money because I'm on the board. I'm going to give my money to the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. Next time I win, if it turns out that the Tennessee Wildlife Federation, Foundation, Federation? Fed.

Federation, if they are eager to get that squirrel eating tournament back there, I'll donate and then me and Yanni will go to the squirrel eating tournament. Wow. That is an incentive. Me and Yanni don't do anything together anymore, so that would be a fun little trip for us. Yeah. The squirrel, I think it's the

squirrel world champion the world champion squirrel cook off is already taken so tennessee's gonna have to start their own version of that

then to get you boys down there if you go you gotta enter your own dish though oh well what would you make squirrel house and

pepper yeah i knew that was gonna be the answer yanni would you agree with that i knew that was gonna be his answer i've made it it's a with that? I knew that was going to be his answer.

I've made it. It's a little too tangy for me, personally. You could do something with some Alabama white sauce on it. I might braise squirrel in Alabama white sauce. I like it. That wouldn't work. Steve is our winner, donating to TRCP. That's it for this game of trivia.

Listen, guaranteeing Americans quality places to hunt fish. How can you argue with that? You can't. You can't. Unless there's a squirrel cook-off on the line, then you could argue. That's it for Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. Thanks, Spencer. Hey folks, exciting news for those who live or hunt in Canada. You might not be able to join our raffles and sweepstakes and all that

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