The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 370: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia XXVI

Episode Date: September 21, 2022

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Ryan Callaghan, Cory Calkins, Phil Taylor, Sean Weaver, Logan Dove, Tressa Croaker, and Corinne Schneider.��See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 because of raffle and sweepstakes law, but hear this. OnX Hunt is now in Canada. It is now at your fingertips, you Canadians. The great features that you love in OnX are available for your hunts this season. Now the Hunt app is a fully functioning GPS with hunting maps that include public and crown land, hunting zones, aerial imagery, 24K topo maps, waypoints and tracking. You can even use offline maps to see where you are

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. 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 Giannis Petelis, Ryan Callahan, Brody Henderson, Corey Calkins, Tressa Croker, Logan Dove, and Sean Weaver. Now, Tressa, this is your first time on the podcast, so tell folks what you do here at Meat Eater. I wear many hats across our digital product aka the website and platforms

so I guess my favorite part that I do is anything dev related so coding promo pages or just anything development related. And you left out that you're one of our fishiest people in the office so much so that your dog's name is Tippett. It is. Do you also drive the pickup in the parking lot that says 5X on the license plate? I do, yes. Man. Anything related to fishing. Been on any adventures lately? I just got back from a five-day trip in Montana and Idaho where we basically just chased tricos around both states.

And it was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. I netted a few and lost a few. Anybody else in this room got experience chasing those? Do you know what a tricho is, Spencer? Take a guess. We should use that for trivia questions. What is it? Tricho is a very small aquatic insect.

Is it a mayfly? Mayfly. Meany, meany black mayfly. You got to catch fish on size 22, 24 hooks. Oh. That was your first time doing it? I did it once last year, but this is my first time dedicating more than one day to it. Did you break down and just put a giant hopper on at some point?

Hoppers in the afternoon for sure. So I woke up for sunrise and the trichos. We're just ripping that purple haze out there. Now, if you're not familiar, this is a 10 round quiz show with questions from MeatEater's four verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. And there's a prize. MeatEater will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing. And each week here on MeatEater Trivia, we reveal a new stat. This week, we're looking at player performance in the conservation category, which is our biggest and broadest topic. Brody is our best performer there,

getting 58% of conservation questions correct. That's followed by Steve with 56%, Cal with 55%, and Giannis with 54%. They are the only players that get over half of their conservation questions right, and amazingly, they're all within four percentage points of each other. It's kind of like we hang out together. And this is a big sample size. This is like over 100 questions that have gone into this. I think Cal would like to see that percentage a lot higher than it is. Oh, I don't think anybody here is done growing.

That's right. Now, in a previous game of trivia, I brought up how I'm uninspired by the progress of Crazy Horse, a mountain monument under construction in the Black Hills National Forest. Steve and Brody were dismissive of me being dismissive, so I wanted to use this chance to give everyone a Crazy Horse update. The Crazy Horse Memorial has been in progress since 1948, even though the man who designed it estimated it would be done in 30 years. For comparison, Mount Rushmore, which sits 17 miles away, took 14 years to create from start to finish. So what's taking so long? Well, unlike Mount Rushmore,

Crazy Horse is on private land and uses private funding, and they'd like to keep it that way, despite multiple offers from the government to help. And here's why I'm a skeptic of the whole project. Crazy Horse was originally meant to be a dedication to Native American tribes and honor the hardships they've endured. But as Business Insider reported in 2018, the family who owns it makes nearly $13 million a year off of tourists with little progress actually being made on the mountain. Jim Bradford, a Native American state senator, told the publication, quote, all of a sudden one non-Indian family has become millionaires off our people. So if Crazy Horse is ever completed

and really becomes the world's second tallest statue, I'll give it the credit it deserves. But until then, consider me a Crazy Horse cynic. So there you go. Bro, do you feel any different about Crazy Horse now? Not really. I'm still saying it looks cool. It does look cool.

I'll give you that. Like it's something I'd still thinking it looks cool. It does look cool. I'll give you that. It's something I'd like my kids to see. Yeah, maybe their grandchildren will see it. Then you can tell them the whole story about capitalism. Sure. Or I could tell them the story about Crazy Horse. There you go. I think you should tell them both.

How far away from completion are they? Oh, not even close. They have his face done um and when it's done i think it'll be they said the second tallest statue in the world uh only beat by one in india i believe uh right now they just have his face i think they hope in the next 15 years to have like his hair done and maybe his arm that's pointing um but i don't know about wait so a privately funded project is taking longer than the government funded project. It is. I'm not saying this is a situation where like,

Hey, we're the government we're here to help. Um, but, uh, I imagine this would be a different conversation if this wasn't a family who was like kind of raking it in, um, and not really going anywhere. 13 million bucks a year. I'm sure they're like, yep, sticks and stones. Sticks and stones. Now the Shelby Index for this round is three, so our winner should get about six right. It is a difficult batch of questions. And with that, we're on to meat eater trivia.

Play the drop, Phil. Look, I need to know what I stand to win. Everything. How's that? You stand to win. Everything. How's that? You stand to win everything. Game on, suckers! Question one, the topic is haunting. Hey, real quick.

Sorry to interrupt. What's up? It's okay. Do you think we could have that cute little girl also record her saying Phil could record her saying

suck it Brody at some point she's probably come close to saying that before probably don't even need to yeah just keep

a microphone around her long enough it'll happen question one the topic is hunting and as always this will be multiple choice who said this quote if some animals are good at hunting and other animals are suitable for hunting then the gods must clearly smile on hunting is it stephen hawking fred, Aristotle, or Ted Nugent? Here's the quote again.

If some animals are good at hunting and other animals are suitable for hunting, then the gods must clearly smile on hunting. Is it Stephen Hawking, Fred Bear, Aristotle, or Ted Nugent? Yanni, you got a grin on your face. What's going on over there? I have no clue what the answer is. If some animals are good at hunting and other animals are suitable for hunting,

then the gods must clearly smile on hunting. Does everybody have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Corey saying Fred Bear, Logan saying Ted Nugent, Brody saying Nugent, Sean saying Aristotle, Cal saying Aristotle,

Giannis saying the Nuge, and Tressa saying Ted Nugent. The correct answer is Aristotle. Damn it. Nice. Good job, boys. The gods part threw me off. I was like, eh, might be, yeah.

Yeah, it's a Nuge. Yeah. He seems kind of religious. I don't know. I don't really know him. He's spiritual. He's way into gods. I don't know. He's spiritual. He's way into God. I think it'd be singular, not plural.

Capital G. Right. Yeah, okay. Although Aristotle is most famous for his work in philosophy, he was also considered one of the fathers of biology and zoology. His greatest contribution to conservation was being the first person to attempt to classify animals into groups according to behavior and physiologies. It's on bitch.

We've come back from Mauritianus. Aristotle supports hunting. That's good enough for me. Question two. My topic is cooking. What state produces 90% of America's farmed and wild-caught crayfish? What state produces 90% of America's farmed and wild-caught crayfish? Cal, what gave it away to you on that last one that it was Aristotle?

Just the structure of the quote. Felt old. Not necessarily old, I guess, but it just seemed familiar in that way, I guess. I categorized it and placed it into a group.

It wasn't the Stephen Hawking group. And it was not the Stephen Hawking group. Does everybody have an answer for which state produces 90% of America's farmed and wild-caught crayfish? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Corey saying Louisiana. Logan saying Alabama. Brody, not showing me his answer, says Louisiana. Sean's saying Louisiana, Louisiana, Louisiana, Louisiana.

They got it. The correct answer is Louisiana. Crayfish are also commercially harvested in Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Carolinas, but none of them hold a candle to Louisiana. It's estimated that the crayfish industry in the Bayou State employs about 7,000 people and injects $300 million into the state's economy. 7,000? 7,000 people, and injects $300 million into the state's economy. 7,000? 7,000 people.

That's a lot. That's where it's all coming from. That's a lot of people. Question three, the topic is conservation. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Brad Rice. For sending this great question, Brad is going to get a Cal's Week in Review hat signed by Cal. If you want a chance to win our list or question of the week, then send your question to trivia at themeateater.com.

America's 33rd president, who was in office from 1945 to 1953, is credited for creating the Bureau of Land Management. Who was that president? I really like these pens, by the way. Yeah? New and improved pens. This is a conservation question. It was a two-termer. And the listener is getting a Cal's Week in Review signed hat.

Cal, do you know this one? It's super easy as long as you memorize all of our presidents and know where they rank. Yeah? You know. Does everybody have an answer? No. Do you have one yet, Logan? I wrote one down, but I'm very not confident on my response.

I'm having a hard time just'm very not confident on my response. I'm having a hard time just coming up with something to write down. I put down the only president I could think of that had anything to do with conservation, so hopefully it's that. Heavy hint there by Logan. Yanni, you got an answer now? Yep, I'm good. Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Corey saying Eisenhower. Logan saying Roosevelt. Brody saying Hoover, Sean saying Truman, Cal saying Truman, Giannis saying Garfield, and Tressa saying Bush. The correct answer is Truman.

Well done, Cal and Sean. It was a tough one. Thanks for the dates. The dates. The Truman administration created the Bureau of Land Management In 1946 While going through an agency reorganization He combined the General Land Office And U.S. Grazing Service

To make what we now know As the BLM How confident were you on that one Sean and Kel? Did you like know it know it? 100% Really? Wow because you knew the 33rd president? No the dates the dates yeah good on you or the years right yeah question four the topic is biology

what southeast asia country is home to the komodo dragon what southeast asia country is home to the Komodo dragon? Quick answers again from Sean and Cal. You boys know this one? Yeah. Yeah, I'm sticking with my answer. I'm second-guessing myself. Turns out there's a lot of Southeast Asian countries.

A whole bunch. I can't phone a friend or anything? No. Keep that computer closed. Now I'm totally second guessing myself. What Southeast Asia country is home to Komodo dragons? Does everybody have an answer? I do.

Tressa, are you going to create one? I don't know. Just list any Asian country you can think of. Yeah. I believe Mongolia is an Asian country. Yes, so is Russia. Don't choose either of those. Go ahead.

Try it. Give it a shot. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Corey saying Philippines, Logan saying Thailand, Brody saying Philippines, Sean saying Indonesia, Cal saying Japan, Yanis saying Japan, and Tressa saying Mongolia. We do have a correct answer in the room. It's Indonesia. Damn, well done, Sean.

Good job, Sean. Biologists used to think that Komodo dragons are a modern species that evolved from monitor lizards so that they could eat pygmy elephants. But more recent fossil discoveries indicate that Komodos have actually been around for about 4 million years and that they did a lot of island hopping between Australia and Asia. Today, they're only found in Indonesia, where it's speculated that they arrived about 900,000 years ago. Cool. Question five. The topic is woodsmanship. This next great question comes to us via Josh Ringsmooth.

If you have a question you think is right for Meat Eater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com. What is the phenomenon related to hypothermia victims in which bodies are found either partially or completely undressed? Oh. Can you repeat that question? What is the phenomenon related to hypothermia victims in which bodies are found either partially or completely undressed? This is question five, so we'll get a scoreboard update from Phil after this. I have a hard time understanding the question.

What is the phenomenon related to hypothermia victims in which bodies are found either partially or completely undressed? Brody, you know this one? I do, but it's not coming to me. Can we explain the phenomenon, or you need to know the name? No, it's got a name. It's got a name. It's got a name.

Does anybody know this? Brody's breaking down. Oh, no. The hemunculus is working hard for Brody. I've never seen him this stressed. Hat pulled down, slumped over in his chair. I mean, it's a bit... Steve has talked about this many times before.

It's in our Wilderness Skills and Survival. Oh, no. Yeah, so it's, like, very embarrassing that I can't think of it. I mean, very familiar, but I had no idea that that... Got a name. has a name. Does everybody have an answer? Who's going to come up with one? Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Corey saying Trippin. Logan without an answer. Brody, Sean without an answer. Cal saying Hysteria. Giannis saying Hyperhot. Tressa without an answer. Nobody got it. The correct answer is Par hot, and Tressa without an answer. Nobody got it. The correct answer is paradoxical undress.

Get out. Never would have got that. Yeah, I would have never guessed that. This happens when people with prolonged exposure to freezing conditions start to hallucinate. Rather than feeling extremely cold, they start to feel warm and take off their clothes. They actually feel hyper hot, Spencer. Studies have shown that between 20% and 50% of hypothermia cases have paradoxical undressing. That's just something that people came up with because they were forced to be in a room for too long together. Well, we got to name it.

That's a good name. I like that name. Yeah, I think Corey's answer was actually probably the closest. Trippin. Judges? Doesn't count. Give us a scoreboard update. We are halfway through the game of trivia. Sure thing.

Logan Dove has yet to get himself on the board. That's fine, though. He's got a great spirit. We've got Brody, Corey, Giannis, and Tressa all with one point apiece. Ryan Callahan has three points. And Sean Weaver is in first place with four points. Wow. Separating yourself from the room here.

Man, another blowout. Halftime blowout. I'm not confident, though. 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 makes it that they can't join. Whew, our northern brothers get irritated well if you're sick of you know sucking high and titty there on x is now in canada the great features that you love in on x are available for your hunts this season the hunt app is a fully functioning gps with

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Not exactly a game changer kind of question. Well, it appears not many other folks know it. What outdoor gear company was started in Maine by Leon Leonwood in 1911? You don't like this one at all? I hate it. I hate this question. Does everybody have an answer? I like it because I got it right.

Well, go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Corey saying outdoor research. Logan saying G5. Brody saying LL Bean, LL Bean, LL Bean, LL Bean, LL Bean. They got it. You know what gave it away for me? Oh, my God. Damn it.

Was it the 1911 part? Is that it? It was the year. It was the year. Had nothing to do with Leon, Leon. Leon sold his first 100 pairs of boots by obtaining a list of Maine hunting license holders and sending them flyers. He promised that if they weren't satisfied with the boots purchased from him, he'd give them their money back. This resulted in him refunding 90% of his customers when the rubber boots developed cracks. But he overcame that initial hiccup

and went on to create one of the biggest outdoor retail companies in the world. What's it called? I like that story. Leon Leon Wood Bean. Question 7. The topic is hunting. This next great question comes to us via John Ryan.

If you have a question you think is right for Meat Eater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com. Wasn't he just in a TV show? Yeah, I was going to say, isn't that Hunt for Red October? John Ryan? Don't know. His question. Oh, Jack Ryan.

Yeah, yeah. What are the two continents that don't have deer native to them? Huh. What are the two continents that don't have deer native to them? Huh. What are the two continents that don't have deer native to them? Do I have to list both of them? You got to list both of the continents. Looking for the two continents without native deer.

Does everybody have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Corey saying Antarctica and South America. Logan came up with Antarctica. Couldn't think of a second continent. Brody saying Antarctica and Australia. Sean saying the same thing. Cal saying Antarctica and Hawaii.

Giannis saying Australia and Antarctica. Tressa doesn't have an answer. The two continents are Australia and Antarctica. Tressa doesn't have an answer. The two continents are Australia and Antarctica. Australia. The hidden one. Cal, tell me about that Hawaii answer. I don't know. It just stuck in my head.

I don't know. Do we agree that's not a continent? What? Do we agree that's not a continent? Yeah, it's not a continent. Okay. All right. Despite not having any native deer, Australia does have six introduced species. Those deer are fallow deer, red deer,

sambar deer, rusa deer, hog deer, and access deer. Question eight. The topic is biology. What is the formal name for a scientist who works with insects? What is the formal name for a scientist who works with insects? It's very confident answers so far. Logan, how you feel about this one? I'm thinking about adding an ologist to the end of something. I'm not going to tell you what. Okay. Yanni, you know this going to tell you what. Okay. Yanni, you know this one? I think so. Okay.

Sean, who I think is our leader, appears as though you know this one too. I'm going with my gut. Now I'm second-guessing myself, but I think I know it. Do it. Second-guess yourself. No. This is question A. We'll get a scoreboard update after this.

I just lost my brain. I can't think past that last question. This is like something I squarely know. And I'm drawing a blank. Does everybody have an answer? Nope. It's not Bug Doctor, Cal. Not on this continent.

What is the formal name for a scientist who works with insects? Cal? Just go. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Corey's saying epologist. Logan's saying insectologist. Brody's saying entomologist. Sean's saying entomologist.

Cal without an answer. Giannis saying entomologist. And Tressa without an answer. The correct answer is entomologist. I knew an answer. Jan is saying entomologist and Tressa without an answer. The correct answer is entomologist. I knew it started with an E. I knew it ended with ologist. Since two-thirds of the world's species are insects, this is one of

the largest forms of zoology on the planet. There are nearly 1.3 million known insect species with about 10,000 new ones being discovered each year. Phil, we have two questions left. Give us a scoreboard update. Sean Weaver is our winner today.

Sorry to break that news a little early. Yeah, he's got seven points, and the next players behind him are Giannis Calambrodi with four points apiece. My goodness. Well, let's see if four points apiece. My goodness. Well, let's see if he can run up the score here. Well, hold on. He could not get the next three. There's only two left. Oh, there's only two left? Come on, let's do three. No money ball.

No money ball in this game. Question nine. The topic is hunting. Queen Elizabeth came under controversy in 2000 when she was caught on camera wringing the neck of what animal? Queen Elizabeth came under controversy in 2000 when she was caught on camera wringing the neck of what animal? Now, the category is what? Hunting.

Okay. Okay. Did that question make it in because of her being in the news this week? Yes, it would not have otherwise been in the news. Yeah, she did make some headlines. She did. Folks are talking about her. Would I know the answer if I'd read the meat eater article yesterday?

Maybe. Queen Elizabeth came under controversy in 2000 when she was caught on camera wringing the neck of what animal? Is it bad that I thought some of the memes and videos of Princess Diana waiting at the gates of heaven were just hilarious?

I think it's fine. I understand she's a divisive character. My favorite was I saw someone say that she was a devout cousin to her husband. Which is true. It was her third cousin that she married. Does everybody have an answer? Yep.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Corey saying snake. Logan saying pheasant. Brody saying pheasant. Sean saying pheasant. Cal saying snow leopard. I would love to see it. Yana saying pheasant

and Tressa saying turkey. The correct answer is snow leopard. No, it's pheasant. Hey, I got a point. Down and go. Local tabloids declared her the killer queen for this act and called her quote, absolutely disgusting.

She didn't acknowledge the controversy, but the day after the story dropped, she showed up in church wearing a hat decked out in pheasant feathers, which was basically a big old Michigan hello to her critics. For more on the queen and her hunting exploits, read Jordan Siller's article on TheMeadEater.com called, Was Queen Elizabeth II a Badass Hunter? I'm having a real hard time coming up with what organization Sean's going to donate to. We got one question left. We can find out after that. Question 10. Good job, Sean. The topic is fishing. This next great question comes to us via Jackson Phillips.

If you have a question you think is right for Meadeater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at the meat eater.com. What is the name of the tool that fly tires use to hold a spool of thread in place? What is the name of the tool that fly tires use to hold a spool of thread in place. Sean, would you say this is your weakest category? Fly fishing specifically? Probably. Okay. Yeah.

You use a lot of duck feathers. Yeah, you do. Yeah. CDC. Sean, do you know where a CDC feather comes from off a duck? A CDC? Called a canard. Uh-uh.

Come on, Sean. I'm going to go ahead and guess right behind the wing on the side. Comes off their ass on their preening gland. Right in between the preening, just above their preening gland. Yeah, somewhere on that back end. Does everybody have an answer for what the name of the tool is that fly tires used to hold a spool of thread in place. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Corey saying a bobbin,

Logan saying nips, Brody saying bobbin, Sean without an answer, Cal saying bobbin, Giannis saying bobbin, and Tressa saying vice. The correct answer is bobbin. Sean is our winner.

Seven or eight right? Eight. Well done. It's an authoritative victory Ducks everywhere are rejoicing On what I consider to be a tough round of questions So Sean What happens next is you decide where the $500 donation goes So what's it gonna be

Finally I get to donate to Delta Waterfowl Is that what you expected Brody Ah you know that or Ducks Unlimited Why Delta What do you like about them Well I like both to Delta waterfowl. Is that what you expected, Brody? Ah, you know that or ducks unlimited. Why Delta? What do you like about them? Well, I like both. But Delta waterfowl is just taking a different approach. Land management with waterfowl is multifaceted. Ducks unlimited focuses way more on just increasing the number of acres in duck production and Delta focuses on doing more with those acres. So lots of predator trapping and, uh, you know, making good with those acres, making sure we're hitting the, the 15 ducks, um, per acre.

Did you do a show with some of those guys? Yeah. Yep. Good way to put it. Well done, Sean. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yep. Good way to put it. Well done, Sean. Congrats to Delta Waterfall. I think that's maybe the first donation

they've got from Meat Eater Trivia. And that's it for this episode. Join us next time for more Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation

always wins. 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 because of raffle and sweepstakes law, but hear this. OnX Hunt is now in Canada. It is now at your fingertips, you Canadians. The great features that you love in OnX are available for your hunts this season. Now the Hunt app is a fully functioning GPS with hunting maps that include public and crown land, hunting zones, aerial imagery, 24K topo maps, waypoints and tracking.

You can even use offline maps to see where you are 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.