The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 398: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia XXXIX

Episode Date: December 21, 2022

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia and a special holiday round of Family Feud with Steven Rinella, Dan Chumbler, Janis Putelis, Hayden Sammak, Maggie Smith, Hunter Spencer, and Corinne Schneider.... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 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
Starting point is 00:00:37 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 Newharth, and today we're joined by Stephen Rinella, Giannis Petelis, Hayden Samick, Maggie Smith, Corinne Schneider, Hunter Spencer, and Dan Chumbler.
Starting point is 00:01:17 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. But there's a twist for this week's very special show. This is our Christmas episode of Meat Eater Trivia. Steve, ask me what that means. What's that mean?
Starting point is 00:01:43 I'm glad you asked. Well, on this week's show, all ten questions from our four verticals are holiday-themed. And after our regular round of trivia, we're playing Christmas Family Feud. Now, Steve hated that game last year and even declared afterwards that we'd never do it again. But our audience loved it, so we're bringing it back for round two. I don't remember. What did I hate about it? It seemed as though
Starting point is 00:02:06 you didn't understand it. That would make sense that I wouldn't like it. That made it less fun. And I think you said afterwards, let's not do that again. His team must not have won. His team did win, but they couldn't double their money in fast money.
Starting point is 00:02:22 We'll see if you like it better this year. Oh, no, I know why I didn't like it. money. We'll see if you like it better this year. And then if that doesn't go well. Oh, no, I know why I didn't like it. Uh-huh. Part of the reason I wouldn't like it is you stole Family Feud's idea. Oh, yeah. Well, I didn't come up with trivia either. No one came up with trivia.
Starting point is 00:02:38 It's like, it'd be like coming up with watching the sunrise. Uh-huh. Be like, all right, invented the sunrise, watching the sunrise. It's like you can't invent trivia, but you can invent Family Feud. The fun thing with Family Feud, though, is most folks already get it. It's like built in. They know how to play. You can play along at home.
Starting point is 00:02:52 We're going to try it again this year. And if you're still against it, we'll never do it again. Okay. Never say never, Spencer. That's right. And here's what makes this Christmas episode extra special. We are going to potentially make our biggest donation in meat eater trivia history. There will be a $500 donation for the winner of trivia,
Starting point is 00:03:10 a $500 donation for the winner of family feud and potentially an extra $500 donation. If the winning family feud team is successful at fast money. So we'll potentially have a $1,500 donation for conservation at the end of this show. That's already been approved by our accounting department. I'm not just coming up with this right now. It's not one of those things where you appreciate that. That's right.
Starting point is 00:03:32 That's right. Do you see what Steve just scribbled on the back of his board? Suck it, Spencer. He's got a new line. It's 2023. I was surprised I found an empty board that I hadn't already written on. Hey, so folks listening to this are going to get to listen to a regular trivia and a bonus Family Feud all at one time.
Starting point is 00:03:50 This is a packed episode of trivia, all Christmas themed. Oh, baby. Now we have some housekeeping to get to before we play, and I have some good news and some bad news for Steve. In the spirit of Christmas, though, I'm only going to deliver the good news right now. We'll save the bad news for next week's episode because I don't want to ruin the holiday cheer.
Starting point is 00:04:09 Was it a correction that would have cost me a win? We're going to talk about that right now. You ready? Here's the good news. On episode 386 of Meat Eater Trivia, I showed the room a stone tool and said it shares its name with a Star Wars
Starting point is 00:04:25 character. The answer I was looking for was Maul, but Steve said Hammerhead. Now, some do refer to these tools as Hammerheads, but there isn't a Star Wars character with that name, or so I thought. Four listeners wrote in to say that in the 1977 Star Wars movie, Episode 4, A New Hope, viewers are briefly introduced to an alien species called Ithorians, but they aren't identified as Ithorians until later on in the series. So as a placeholder, Star Wars called them hammerheads
Starting point is 00:04:56 on their merchandising. That must be what I had. Some of the only evidence of this is a 1977 Star Wars action figure that is labeled as a hammerhead on the package. I have it still in my mom's attic. You think so? I know so. Okay.
Starting point is 00:05:12 So to Steve's credit, his answer satisfies both parts of the question that Stone Tool can be referred to as a hammerhead. And there is a Star Wars character with that same name. Steve, you've been vindicated. But did I win anyways? Well, now here's even better news for you. That episode ended in a tiebreaker between you and Giannis, which Giannis won. But since I'm retroactively giving you credit for a correct answer, then that would mean that you won the show outright and we didn't need to go to overtime.
Starting point is 00:05:42 So you got to go get your 500 bucks back from that place? I don't think. Where did he give his money to? I would guess. So I'm changing the board. I switch it up every time. So I don't know. I'm changing the board.
Starting point is 00:05:55 So an immediate or trivia first. I'm officially stripping Giannis of that victory. Hold on one second here. And giving it to Steve. No, no, no. You're the host. Do whatever you want. I love you, Spencer.
Starting point is 00:06:06 But listen, the Hammerhead, first of all, it was a species, not a character. I trust Phil. Not a character. It was a species. It's not their canonized name. And the character's name is Nomadon or something like that. There's no character named Hammerhead. It was a Star Wars action figure they put out and it says
Starting point is 00:06:25 Hammerhead right on it. This is egregious. I will not stand for this. I am going to allow it. I want to But how are you going to get your money back? Well, that part will not happen. But we're all about accuracy. It's the end of the year and Spencer's is buttering up
Starting point is 00:06:41 his boss a little bit. I think that's what's going on here. That's right. This is absolutely unfair. Where do you keep these numbers? There are some under the board and Spencer's is buttering up his boss a little bit. I think that's what's going on here. That's right. This is absolutely unfair. Where do you keep these numbers? There are some under the board, and there's some in that bag. We can also address it later. Spencer's not even done talking, and Steve is adjusting the winner's board. That's the guy I have.
Starting point is 00:06:58 Here it is, right on the packaging. It says Hammerhead. The only way you would know that is if you were old as shit because a couple years after that, it was no longer called the Hammerhead. He probably had the metal lunch pail
Starting point is 00:07:12 with the character on it as well. Phil, does that sound familiar to you, the Hammerhead? I brought up on the episode. You find a single case where Phil had my back
Starting point is 00:07:23 on something. I had your back on that episode because I referenced E.T. He did, actually. When Elliot does reference that character, he says, this is Hammerhead, but that's not the character's name. And it's also not the species name. It was a confused merchandising department in the 70s. That's what that was.
Starting point is 00:07:40 So Steve gets his victory. Now that was good news for Steve, bad news for Yanni. I'm sorry, Yanni. Can you do me a favor, though, and go back and find out where he gave that money? We can address that after the show, and we're going to call them up and say, sorry, we have this thing with Star Wars in 1977. You're going to need to figure out, you might be having, the Newhart household might be lightening up on the Christmas.
Starting point is 00:08:04 We're going to make our own donation. Christmas presents because you're going to get dinged 500 bucks on the old next paycheck. And it'll be a nice explanation of, now you see there's this Star Wars question and this stone tool that's 10,000 years old. Yanni? No comment. No comment. I wonder how often that happens to me. I'll bring it up.
Starting point is 00:08:28 I'll bring it up. Four listeners had your back, Steve, and all has been made right. And next week, we will get to the bad news. Didn't want to ruin the Christmas spirit. Am I going to need to go in and adjust that thing? No, no, no. Oh, okay. Now, the Shelby Index for this game is a 3.5,
Starting point is 00:08:47 so our winner should get about seven right. And with that, we're on to the game of trivia. Play the drop, Phil. Look, I need to know what I stand to win. Everything. How's that? You stand to win everything. Game on, suckers!
Starting point is 00:09:11 Question one. The topic is conservation, and as always, this will be multiple choice. What state grows the most Christmas trees? Is it Oregon, North Carolina, Wisconsin, or Utah? What state grows the most Christmas trees? Oregon, North Carolina, Wisconsin, or Utah? Quick answers from the room.
Starting point is 00:09:39 Does everybody have one? Yanni's doing some extra writing. My pens aren't working. Okay. Maybe it's that board. You ready? Yeah. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying Oregon. Dan saying
Starting point is 00:09:55 Wisconsin. Hunter saying North Carolina. Hayden saying Wisconsin. Corinne saying North Carolina. Maggie saying Wisconsin. Yannis saying North Carolina. Maggie saying Wisconsin. Giannis saying North Carolina. The correct answer is Oregon. Ooh, off to a good start. Damn it, I had that and erased it.
Starting point is 00:10:16 Oregon harvests 4.7 million Christmas trees each year. That's followed by North Carolina at 4 million, Michigan at 1.5 million, Pennsylvania at 1 million, and Wisconsin at 700,000. You know, I looked this up the other day. And is that how you knew it? Huh? Is that how you knew this answer? No, I already knew. Okay. You know why I looked it up? Because you were a Christmas tree hunter. Well, because I'm becoming like a Christmas tree enthusiast. Okay. And what else did you learn?
Starting point is 00:10:48 Well, you know how you can get a permit and like harvest a tree? I'm going right after this episode to go get one. I got some tips for you, but here's the thing I'm going to start doing, man. I already talked to Onyx about it. I'm going to have Onyx make a new Christmas tree icon. That's great. And I'm going to go out in the woods.
Starting point is 00:11:02 I'm going to find beauties. I'm going to eliminate their neighbors, which is illegal. I'm going to prune them and fertilize them. And I'm going to maintain about 10 of them. And for Christmas presents, I'm going to give out my waypoints. Oh, that's great. I like that. But I don't think people would appreciate it as much if they have to cross a creek to do it.
Starting point is 00:11:24 I saw the photo you had that you were. It's going to be like a treasure hunt. You're going to get a waypoint and it's going to be like a logistical, you know, and you're going, it's going to be like the perfect tree. There you go. That I've been taking care of. And you have one already for this year. I already got mine for this year. I would also like Onyx to create a fossil waypoint.
Starting point is 00:11:44 I've been waiting on that. They have about 50 waypoints. Don't have one for fossils yet, though. Hmm. Now, ecologists are torn. You got me down for that one, Phil? Unfortunately. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:11:55 Ecologists are torn on the impact that Christmas tree farms have on the environment. While they use a lot of energy to harvest and transport trees and promote the use of pesticides, they also capture a ton of carbon dioxide, keep transport trees and promote the use of pesticides. They also capture a ton of carbon dioxide, keep artificial trees out of landfills, and create edge habitat for wildlife. Uh, that wasn't an erasable
Starting point is 00:12:15 rookie move. Steve used a permanent marker. DQ him by the episode. I was so cheerful coming into this room, and I'm just so upset. Question two. The topic is Mountain Men. This award-winning film, which features mountain men like Jim Bridger and Andrew Henry,
Starting point is 00:12:39 was released on Christmas Day in 2015. This award-winning film, which features mountain men like Jim Bridger and Andrew Henry, was released on Christmas Day in 2015. Some slow answers in the room, but folks now look confident. Everybody have one? Oh, you're trying to do all Christmas-themed.
Starting point is 00:13:04 All Christmas themed. Does someone have a phone ringing? No. It's Corinne. Oh, Corinne. Corinne buzzing. Corinne making it strange. She's thinking.
Starting point is 00:13:14 Whatever Corinne thinks, that's the noise that actually occurring. Is it working? Nope. No. Everything is Christmas themed in this episode. One more time here. This award-winning film, which features mountain men like Jim Bridger and Andrew Henry, was released on Christmas Day in 2015. Corinne?
Starting point is 00:13:36 She's drawing a Christmas tree. Let's go. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying the Revenant. Dan without an answer. Hunter saying Revenant. Revenantvenant. Dan without an answer. Hunter saying Revenant. Revenant. Corinne without an answer. Maggie and Giannis saying the Revenant.
Starting point is 00:13:52 They got it. The answer is the Revenant. I was trying to figure out when Steve was like peak pissed off about the bear attack. It would have been about 2015. The movie was nominated. We have the author on the podcast. I mean, it's like, but it's like, it doesn't have anything to do with this book. The movie was nominated for 12 Oscars and won three of them.
Starting point is 00:14:13 It debuted on the same day as Hateful Eight, which inspired the Daily Beast to declare it as the bloodiest Christmas day of all time. Question three. The topic is hunting. What comedian sang the redneck 12 days of Christmas where he receives three shotgun shells, two hunting dogs, and some parts to a Mustang GT? What comedian sang the redneck 12 Days of Christmas, where he receives three shotgun shells, two hunting dogs, and some parts to a Mustang GT. Yanni, you like this song?
Starting point is 00:14:54 I don't know if I've ever heard it. Okay. But there is a contender for best hunting song ever that has just recently debuted. Have you heard it? Which one is it? Childers? Haunting Dogs Go to Heaven.
Starting point is 00:15:09 Is that the one? That's the one. A lot of folks want us to talk about that. It's great, too. I don't believe that that's true. You don't think it's a contender? I don't think they go to heaven. The hunting dogs?
Starting point is 00:15:21 No, I don't think they go to hell or heaven. This is dark. In the song, in the song. Christmas episode, ladies and gentlemen. He just says if he can't hunt on God's ground, he'd rather go to hell with his friends and his dogs. There you go. Does everybody have an answer about what comedian sang the redneck 12 Days of Christmas
Starting point is 00:15:40 where he receives three shotgun shells, two hunting dogs, and some parts to a Mustang GT. I can't believe you didn't sing that a little bit, or at least have Phil sing that for us. Yeah, why don't you play a clip? Hold that thought. Corinne, do you have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying Jeff Foxworthy, Dan without an answer, Hunter and Hayden saying Foxworthy,
Starting point is 00:16:04 Corinne without an answer, Marge saying Joe Rogan, and Giannis saying Foxworthy. They got it right. The answer is Jeff Foxworthy. For the people that didn't write Foxworthy, who else would do that? Larry the Cable Guy. Oh, Larry the Cable Guy. That's right. Larry the Cable Guy could have done it.
Starting point is 00:16:18 I've never even heard the damn song, but I'm like, his whole gig was like, you know you're redneck when you're fucking here. Boxworthy released that song on his 1996 album called Crank It Up, the music album. Play it for us, Phil. Man, this ain't normal Christmas presents. No, they're redneck gifts. Redneck gifts? Yeah, you know, like if you buy your wife earrings that double as fishing lures?
Starting point is 00:16:46 Or if you can burp the entire chorus of Jingle Bells. Perhaps if you think the nutcracker is something you did off the high dive, or if you've ever misspelled anything in Christmas lights, or if you leave cold beer and pickled eggs for Santa Claus. What's wrong with that? I didn't say anything wrong with it. It's hard to beat. Twelve pack of Bud Lem, wrestling tickets, 10 of Copenhagen, 9 years probation, 8 table dancers, 7 packs of Redman, 6 Kansas bats. 5 battle shots. 4 big mud tires, 3 shotgun shells, 2 hunting dogs, and some parts to a Mustang G2. Does that really put you in the Christmas spirit?
Starting point is 00:17:26 I'm coming back around. On what? The Christmas spirit. After you ruined it when you started this episode. Yeah. You going to crank that on the way home now? No, I'll be listening to Childress about dogs. Question four.
Starting point is 00:17:40 The topic is cooking. This word with German origins is defined as the hearts, livers, and gizzards from fowl. This word with German origins is defined as the hearts, livers,
Starting point is 00:18:00 and gizzards from fowl. We have markers dying left and right here. We're going to have to get a new shipment of markers. You want to know something interesting? You know how I wrote with a Sharpie on my board and it would not erase? I then put a bunch of that dry erase ink over that and let it sit a minute and it dissolved the Sharpie
Starting point is 00:18:23 and turned the Sharpie into erasable, and I just erased it. Okay. Impressive. I did all that while you guys were sitting here. Wow. One more time. This word with German origins is defined as the hearts, livers, and gizzards from fowl.
Starting point is 00:18:40 Does everybody have an answer? There's a catch-all. Does everybody have an answer? There's a catch-all. Does everybody have an answer? You know it, Corinne. Come on. Let's just cut the chit-chat. Let's go. Steve is running a clean sweep.
Starting point is 00:18:57 Corinne has yet to get one, and Steve says no. Do not help her. We're not going to have any fun here today. Does everybody have an answer? He's got too much confidence because Brody's not here. Oh, no, I love it when Brody's not here. The fact that he spaced it and didn't show up is hilarious. If you're listening, Brody is supposed to be here,
Starting point is 00:19:15 but said he didn't see the calendar invite. But he accepted it. He accepted it. I sent him a photo showing that he accepted it. I thought that dude lived for trivia. He does. He does. He would miss his children's.
Starting point is 00:19:26 The 2022 tournament winner could not bother to show up. Now, that's confidence, actually. Does everybody have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying giblets. Dan saying giblets. Hunter without an answer. Hayden saying giblets.
Starting point is 00:19:41 Corinne saying awful. Maggie saying bah humbug. And Giannis saying giblets. Corinne saying awful. Maggie saying bah humbug. And Giannis saying giblets. They got it. The correct answer is giblets. I'm not getting a German vibe off that. Me neither. German origins.
Starting point is 00:19:54 These organs are often turned into stuffing on Thanksgiving and Christmas. If you want to learn more ways to cook with giblets, then go to TheMeatEater.com and check out Steve's recipe for pickled game bird gizzards and Danielle Pruitt's recipe for wild giblet gravy. I think I might have shared this with you, but I think I've told you that my father, who was a World War II veteran, never forgave
Starting point is 00:20:16 the Germans. Okay. He would be like, even when they say I love you, it's ugly. And he'd go, Is that how it sounds? He would be like, even when they say I love you, it's ugly. And he'd go, ugly me dick. Is that how it sounds?
Starting point is 00:20:28 When he did it. That does sound mean. Said the smell of their cigarettes makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. It's going to make you look at the word giblets differently. Question five. The topic is fishing. Christmas Island is located 1,000 miles west of Australia in what ocean? Christmas Island is located 1,000 miles west of Australia in what ocean?
Starting point is 00:20:57 Quick answer from Hunter. You know this? We'll find out. Rest of the room taking their time. Phil, while we're waiting, tell us about the Christmas Carol. How's that going? Well, this is going to air after this, obviously. That's how podcasts
Starting point is 00:21:14 work, but tonight's opening night. Oh, that's great. Yeah. Woo. Excited. Alright. I'm going on Saturday. Anybody else going on Saturday? I'm going on the 22nd. I'm going on the 16th. I think it's closing night. I'm not sure when I'm going. Oh, we got you covered, Phil. Every night. Yeah, there we go.
Starting point is 00:21:28 Should we bring banners or signs or anything to cheer you on? Yeah, yeah. Preferably one that you can hang from the balcony and just block everyone's view. Hey, Phil, text your wife and tell her to buy tickets. See how that's coming along. Yeah, we'll do it. Like I said, she's been too like, she's so worried about seating.
Starting point is 00:21:47 Well, here's the thing. The longer you wait, the seats aren't going to get any better. No, I know. She's so worried about, what if there's a pillar in the way? It's a small theater. There are no bad seats, honestly.
Starting point is 00:21:56 Yeah. One more time. Christmas Island is located 1,000 miles west of Australia. In what ocean? Does everybody have an answer? I think my sweep's ending because I'm not listening to my own homunculus. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying Indian, Dan saying Indian, Hunter saying Indian, Indian, Indian, Marge saying Arctic, and Giannis saying Indian. The correct answer is Indian. Oh, sweet. The room did very well.
Starting point is 00:22:31 Christmas Island is famous for what most anglers consider to be the best international bone fishing in the world. The island is also known for its abundance of trevally, wahoo, tuna, and sailfish. The Pacific Ocean also has a less famous Christmas Island, but it's located about 1,200 miles south of Hawaii. Phil, we're halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a Christmassy update. Yeah, I'm a little annoyed because I was going to make a really mean joke about Corinne getting a goose egg for Christmas, but she got it! Corinne and Maggie have one point.
Starting point is 00:22:56 Dan has two points. Hunter has three. Giannis and Hayden have four, and in first place, it's Stephen Ranella with five points. A perfect game. Steve Hammerhead Ranella. Can you ask a sports
Starting point is 00:23:11 question? Please. Question six. The topic is gear. What brand of BB gun does Ralphie get in the 1983 movie A Christmas Story? What brand of BB gun does Ralphie get in the 1983 movie A Christmas Story? Very confident room.
Starting point is 00:23:38 Disgusted that I even asked the question. No, there's just like, I got a handful. Don't give it away. I got some feedback for you. Don't give it away. Okay. What brand? You're going to get specific about model numbers. Yeah, I'm not 100% sure that I'm going feedback for you. Don't give it away. Okay. What brand? You're going to get specific about model numbers. Yeah, I'm not 100% sure that I'm going to get this.
Starting point is 00:23:48 Does Ralphie get in the 1983 movie A Christmas Story? Does everybody have an answer? Can we go outside for a minute? What's the Latvian word for you fucked up? Nojčakere. Nojčakere. Does everybody have an answer? Corinne?
Starting point is 00:24:11 Come on, Corinne. What's the one BB gun manufacturer out there ever? No? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Listen. Okay. Are you confusing brand with model? Oh, I knew it
Starting point is 00:24:26 You get bonus points for both He says Red Rider What did I say? Daisy Red Rider Dan saying Daisy Red Rider Hunter saying Daisy Red Rider Hayden saying Red Rider He's out
Starting point is 00:24:40 Dude, no That's a bottle Mark saying Red Rider. Yann is saying Daisy Red Rider. They got it. The correct answer is Daisy Red Rider. We're going to give it to them if they just said Red Rider. No, you can't.
Starting point is 00:24:55 That's model. That's a model. It's not a brand. You didn't say make and model. Or no, you said brand. Nobody in the history of the world has been like, he got a Daisyisy for Christmas. If I said to you, what kind of phone you got? An iPhone.
Starting point is 00:25:13 No, no. Okay. But specifically, what is it? It's an iPhone 14. Okay. Or no, it's a 12. If I said, what brand of phone does Hayden have? And someone wrote 14?
Starting point is 00:25:23 Well, someone might write iPhone, but they wouldn't write Apple. Listen, that's a stupid example that I just gave. But no way. We're in the holiday spirit. Steve, you cannot argue this and then take the stupid thing Spencer gave you with the hammerhead. Because that's not even right. We're going to give it to you. That's not what we're saying.
Starting point is 00:25:43 That's not the brand. That's the model. It's a Red Ryder model of a Daisy brand BB gun. Spencer is a work in progress when it comes to being a trivia host. I like to call Doug Duren right now. We're learning. Ralphie is very
Starting point is 00:25:57 specific about the type of BB gun he wants. Asking for quote, an official Red Ryder carbine action 200 200 shot, range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time. When he finally gets one on Christmas Day, his mother instructs him to not shoot any animals or birds, but dad interjects and says, quote, except for the bumpus's dogs. We're going to give it to you if you just said Red Rider.
Starting point is 00:26:23 Question seven. Thank you, Spencer. The topic is cooking. What southern European country is famous for their Feast of the Seven Fishes that takes place on Christmas Eve? What southern European country is famous for their Feast of the Seven Fishes that takes place on Christmas Eve. This may ruin the perfect game that Steve has going. Southern European country that's famous for their Feast of the Seven Fishes that takes
Starting point is 00:27:03 place on Christmas Eve. Not a very confident room. I haven't even seen Steve come up with an answer yet. Well, I know. Spencer, I'm sorry for getting so upset with you. I don't mean it. I feel bad. It's okay, Phil.
Starting point is 00:27:21 I'm still going to come to Christmas Carol. Merry Christmas. Why does Phil root against me? I don't think he does. I think he's just trying to be honest. Steve, news break. I think there's a large portion of the listeners that are not going to catch you. This just in.
Starting point is 00:27:41 It's just the way it is. Does everybody have an answer? When you're on top. Yeah. That's right. Come at the king, you best not miss. Steve? Yeah, but will you please read the one?
Starting point is 00:27:52 Please read the one I scratched out and the one I left in. Go ahead and reveal your answer. Steve scratches out Spain and instead writes Italy. We have Dan saying Greece. Hunter saying Italy. Hayden saying Italy. I almost put Greece. Corinne saying Italy or Croatia. Oh, but she circled Greece. Hunter saying Italy. Hayden saying Italy. Corinne saying Italy or Croatia.
Starting point is 00:28:09 Oh, but she circled Greece. Greece is her answer. Marge saying Greece. And Giannis saying Italy. We have a correct answer in the room. It's Italy, keeping Steve with the perfect game. Oh, man. Greece just felt logical. The meal often includes some combination of anchovies,
Starting point is 00:28:30 lobster, sardines, cod, smelt, eel, squid, octopus, shrimp, mussels, and clams. The menu may also include pasta, vegetables, baked goods, and wine. Americans refer to this meal as the Feast of the Seven Fishes, while Italians call it the Vigil. Question eight. The topic is fishing.
Starting point is 00:28:50 Sounds delicious. Oh, you know how, like, how much do you get if you win right now? $500. Oh, that's just normal. You could get a perfect game, though, which is $1,000. I know, but I thought you were saying it's like an extra bonus amount of money. Well, that's in the family feud portion. So, we could have anywhere from
Starting point is 00:29:08 $1,000 to $2,000 could be donated in this episode. But right now, it's like $500. $500. You need to get these next three questions right. That's tough. I'm going to do that. 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.
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Starting point is 00:30:50 OnXMaps.com slash meet. Welcome to the OnX club, y'all. Question eight. The topic is fishing. The Wall Street Journal declared this the most annoying adult toy of all time, which was a popular gift for anglers in the early 2000s. Corinne appears to know it. Wow.
Starting point is 00:31:18 The Wall Street Journal declared this the most annoying adult toy of all time, which was a popular gift for anglers in the early 2000s. Steve, is this going to keep the perfect game going? Oh, yeah, buddy. Okay. How specific? Be specific. If I don't get the exact brand name right, am I going to get in trouble?
Starting point is 00:31:38 Be specific. If you know what I'm talking about. Can you say brand? If you said action figure, that wouldn't be right. But if you said G.I. Joe, that's what I need. What southern European country? Oh, I'm sorry. Just kidding.
Starting point is 00:31:56 Just making sure you're paying attention. The Wall Street Journal declared this the most annoying adult toy of all time, which was a popular gift for anglers in the early 2000s. Does everybody have an answer? I can only think of one annoying fishing toy, so I'm going for it. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying Billy the Bass. Dan saying Billy Bass.
Starting point is 00:32:18 Hunter saying Big Mouth Billy Bass. Hayden saying Big Mouth Bass, the singing fish. Corinne saying Billy Bass. Marden sang Big Mouth Bass, the singing fish. Corinne sang Billy Bass. Marge without an answer. Giannis sang Big Mouth, Billy Talking Bass. I think those were all different. Well, the only one I don't like
Starting point is 00:32:36 is Hayden's. Dude. You better rewrite it, bud. I want to see what you had on there. The correct answer is... Oh, here, he erased it. The correct answer is... Oh, he already erased it. He already erased it. The correct answer is Big Mouth, Billy Bass. I don't know if anyone wrote that exactly.
Starting point is 00:32:51 But I have Billy the Bass singing. I think we give it to everybody. Because we gave the Red Rider, we will give it to the folks who maybe missed a couple words. But I don't think Yanni should get it. Two points for Yanni. Yanni has it talking next to your taxes. it to the folks who maybe missed a couple words. Hunter wrote it perfect. Two points right from the south. Yanni has it talking next to your taxes.
Starting point is 00:33:10 There's several floating around your family. Yeah, exactly. That would be a great white elephant gift. You're just trying to add to your little cushion, huh? Or cushion your little leads, is what I'm trying to say. He didn't talk. Yeah, I understand. You're one ahead, bud. KB Toys and Spencer's Gifts said it was their most popular adult toy in 2000
Starting point is 00:33:30 and that new shipments always sold out within 12 hours. Amazon.com said that based on reviews, it is one of their most hated products of all time, along with the movie Showgirls and Ronald Reagan's biography. My mom has that thing hanging in her house, man. The book, Ronald Reagan's biography. I wouldn't be surprised if she does. Big Showgirls fan.
Starting point is 00:33:54 Phil, we have two questions left. Give us a scoreboard update. Yes, unfortunately we have to say goodbye to Maggie, Corinne, and Dan, who are no longer in the running. I mean, still play along. Glad to have you here. Pad your stats. With six points, Hunter Spencer.
Starting point is 00:34:11 Coming up next, we got Giannis and Hayden with seven points apiece. And in first place, still throwing a perfect game, it's Steven Rinella. Question nine. The topic is hunting. This holiday, which Brits celebrate on December 26, is traditionally a day of fox hunting. What is it?
Starting point is 00:34:32 This holiday, which Brits celebrate on December 26, is traditionally a day of fox hunting. What is it? Some quick answers and some non-answers in the room. I think I got this one. Okay. Steve, is this going to keep the perfect game going? I give about a 75% chance this keeps the perfect game going. I almost missed that.
Starting point is 00:35:01 Steve, now that you've come this far, I'm kind of rooting for you. As much as I hate to admit it. I'm not getting, like, I have it in my head, and my homunculus isn't having another idea. This holiday, which Brits celebrate on December 26th, is traditionally a day of fox hunting. Does everybody have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying, Boxing Day, Dan without an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers.
Starting point is 00:35:26 We have Steve saying Boxing Day. Dan without an answer. Hunter and Hayden saying Boxing Day. Corinne saying King Day. Marge saying Boxing Day. And Giannis saying Boxing Day. The perfect game keeps going. It is Boxing Day.
Starting point is 00:35:42 The United Kingdom tradition dates back to the 15th century, but it was banned there in 2004. Today, sportsmen in the UK hold a simulated fox hunt instead. This is where someone drags artificial scent behind them and stays on the move until the hound catches up with them. At that point, the hounds are rewarded with treats, and then the hunt starts again. Each simulated fox hunt lasts a couple hours. Fight for your hunting rights, folks. Unless you want to be running around the woods dragging scent.
Starting point is 00:36:12 You know how I knew that? I used to hang out with these Canadians and they always had a big old deal on Boxing Day. Canadians like the holidays. Yeah, and they like the Brits. Question 10. Did they hunt on Boxing Day? No, but I just knew about how that was called Boxing Day
Starting point is 00:36:27 and that they kind of modeled themselves in large measure after our old enemies from the 1770s. Question 10. The topic is conservation. This type of caribou, which used to be found from Maine to Alaska, is considered the largest of the subspecies. This type of caribou, which used to be found from Maine to Alaska, is considered the largest of the subspecies.
Starting point is 00:36:57 If Steve gets this right, he will have thrown a perfect game and gets to make a $1,000 donation. If he gets it wrong, though, we have a chance for overtime with Giannis. Well, we might need to step outside. Not in a fighting way. Not in a fighting way. Just in a discussing way.
Starting point is 00:37:18 You don't want to do that for a tiebreaker? Go outside and wrestle? Farm wrestle? Oh. This type of caribou, which used to be found from Maine to Alaska, is considered the largest of the subspecies. Oh, is there? No.
Starting point is 00:37:34 Does everybody have an answer? Well, here's the deal, man. How hip to you are? How hip? Well, we'll talk about it in a minute. Let's see how this goes. I don't think I got it wrong, by the way, but I think that you might be operating on a dated. Does everybody have an answer?
Starting point is 00:37:53 I'm writing what I'm. Hold on, Yanni's showing his off. Yanni's very proud of his answer. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying Woodland. Dan saying Tundra. Hunter saying Arctic. Hayden saying Woodland. Dan sang Tundra. Hunter sang Arctic. Hayden sang Woodland.
Starting point is 00:38:07 Corinne without an answer. Maggie sang Rudolph. And Giannis sang Woodland. The correct answer is Boreal, Forest, or Woodland, which gives Steve the perfect game. But do you know how... Oh, already? I won! I won!
Starting point is 00:38:26 And he was the last one to know. What's your discussion on this? Do you know geneticists... The number of caribou subspecies just keeps shrinking, and at this point now, if you ask the geneticist, they're saying that all caribou, Europe, Asia, North America,
Starting point is 00:38:49 is just it. And it's phenotypes. This is going off of the Super Slam, which I think is 29 species, and I think they have five or six caribou in there. And this is one distinct caribou that they separate from the rest, is the woodland, boreal, or forest.
Starting point is 00:39:06 So that's where I got that answer. Okay. Steve? The $1,000 donation. $1,000. We've only had. If you want to quickly, you know, educate yourself. Well, I just texted.
Starting point is 00:39:20 I just texted with Fosberg at TRCP. TRCP is aware of the Ambler fight, which is going to be brewing soon. And I'm going to donate my $1,000 to the organization where I sit on the board of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. Okay. And what do you like about them so much? Because guaranteeing Americans quality places to hunt and fish. Can't argue with that. Steve, with I think our third perfect game in meat eater trivia history,
Starting point is 00:39:52 and it happens on the Christmas episode nonetheless, now we potentially have a $2,000 donation coming up. We've got to see how Family Feud goes. We're going to take a little break. We will be back with the feud after this. All right, we are back with you. This is a very special Christmas edition of Family Feud. Every single question is Christmas related.
Starting point is 00:40:22 If you're not familiar with Family Feud, our crew will split up into two teams. Then a member from each team will face off to determine who gets control of the board. During the face-off, whoever provides the highest ranking answer will get to choose if their team passes or plays. During the main play, each member of the team will provide answers they think are on the board. If you get one wrong, you'll get a strike and you'll hear this. If you get one right, you will hear this. You only get three strikes before the other team gets an opportunity to steal. When a team has a chance to steal, they get to come together as a group
Starting point is 00:41:00 to decide on what they think is the best answer, and then the captain will provide it. Why not just play trivia? It's not the same. This is about 100 people being pulled. Now, there are four rounds. Different game, Steve. Point totals are doubled in round three and tripled in round four.
Starting point is 00:41:18 The team with the most points at the end will get to choose where the $500 conservation organization donation goes. They'll also get to play fast money for a chance to double the donation to $1,000. Now let's meet our families. Who are you polling? Family Feud would poll people. I assume they have like an outside agency that cold calls folks. You told a hundred people
Starting point is 00:41:39 about all this shit. No, no, no. Family Feud did. So you're stealing their questions too? Absolutely. They were probably standing in like a shopping mall somewhere asking folks this. You sold their questions
Starting point is 00:41:50 and their idea. They sell Family Feud packs on the internet. You can go to Amazon right now and buy like Family Feud Thanksgiving, Family Feud
Starting point is 00:41:57 Fourth of July, Family Feud Christmas. God, I hope you don't do that with all your work. All of it. All of it. I just want 30 minutes of watching these two go at it.
Starting point is 00:42:06 Let's meet our families. Over here we have the Steve and Rinella family, which features Tom, Corinne Schneider, Hayden Samick, and Dan Chumbler. Now, Steve, how do you feel about your family's ability to play Christmas Family Feud? Do you like what you see? Yeah, Hayden's been an emerging threat. Okay. Is it good to have threats close?den's been, he's an emerging threat. Okay. It's not good to have threats close.
Starting point is 00:42:28 It's the best he's got. You won by one. He's got an emerging threat on the team. And going up against them is the Yanni Patelis family, which includes Hunter Spencer, Garrett Long, and Maggie Smith. Yannis, how do you feel about your family's ability to play Christmas? Do you think you're losing to any of your teammates in the future? If these are pretty current event type questions, contemporary, I think we're going to do much
Starting point is 00:42:51 better because our family is much younger than Stephen. Like Bob Barker's been dead. Isn't he dead? No, he's still alive. He's very much alive. Oh, wow. He looks dead, though. Is he the guy that wants you to spay and neuter your pets?
Starting point is 00:43:03 Yes. And Drew Carey still says that line at the end of the episode. He does? Yeah. He does. All right, going up against each other first, we have Steve and we have Yanni. Do you understand what's going to happen?
Starting point is 00:43:17 No, I don't understand. Here's what's going to happen. You two are competing for a chance for your team to get control of the board. I will ask a prompt. Whoever rings in first gets to answer. Okay. And then when you answer, if you give the top answer,
Starting point is 00:43:32 can you give me an example of what you mean? I would say something like top eight answers are on the board. We asked 100 people name someone. You wouldn't want to hear you making whoopee or something like that. And that's combining. No, I'm with you. Right, and then you'd be like, my mom! Yes, and then we'd say,
Starting point is 00:43:53 survey says, and then ding, mom is number three. Right? And if you don't give the top answer, Yanni would get a chance to provide a better answer than that. So right now you're going for speed and accuracy. Do you both understand? So the minute I think I know
Starting point is 00:44:10 what people would say that they talked to in a parking lot some years ago, I hit this buzzer. Exactly. Are we ready? Mm-hmm. Yannis, get your hand by your buzzer. Top eight answers are on the board. We asked 100 people. Name a popular Christmas cookie shape.
Starting point is 00:44:27 We have Yanni. Oh, yeah. Yanni beat him bad. Dude. What? What? There's no way. Did anyone else have to weigh in?
Starting point is 00:44:37 I think Steve won. It was clearly Yannis. I have a lot of time to think about my answer now. Yannis, give us your answer. No way! Dude, that was simultaneous. I think Family Feud has technology
Starting point is 00:44:52 that tells you what's up. And Phil thinks Steve Ringers. Nobody was recording this. I said I couldn't see. There's no way. Corinne thought Giannis had it for sure. Well, and Hayden thought,
Starting point is 00:45:08 oh, Corinne, Corinne, you said Giannis? No. Corinne. He just put words in my mouth. Get it. I wouldn't do that. I thought she said it.
Starting point is 00:45:14 How about we both just write down our answer? No, we'll figure this out. We just gotta keep Giannis. Let's give it to Giannis. We gotta keep going. Giannis. Giannis.
Starting point is 00:45:23 Giannis. You get to go. Christmas tree. Christmas tree. Show me Christmas tree! It's way higher on the list. Number one answer. Christmas tree. 32 people said that. Gianni, you now get to choose
Starting point is 00:45:37 if your team is going to pass or play. If you play, you get the first chance to get all eight answers. If you choose to pass, Steve's team will instead. If you don't get all eight answers, Steve's team would get a chance to steal and they just have to come up with one correct answer that's left on the board. So what's
Starting point is 00:45:53 it going to be? Pass or play? Do I get to discuss real quick with my team? No, just choose one. Really? Really. Come on. How confident are you guys at eight? Play? Play is more fun. How confident are you guys at eight? Play? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:46:06 Play is more fun. Oh. Yanni's team is choosing to play. We're now over to Garrett. Garrett, eight answers are on the board. We asked 100 people. What's up? Real quick.
Starting point is 00:46:17 Like, how much does it matter that you just gave them the bell thing? Is that like a huge up for them, or is it in the end it just washes out? Gave them the bell? We rung the bell at the same time. It's a big deal. You somewhat arbitrarily said he did it. Steve, the chances of them getting all eight, honestly, are probably pretty slim. And then if they don't get all eight, you just have to get one,
Starting point is 00:46:39 and your team gets all the points. I think the smart tactic in Family Feud is if it's like seven or eight, you should pass. If it's like five or six, you should play. So they chose what I would say incorrectly here. And your chance might get a chance to steal. We're over to Gary. Garrett, we talked to 100 people and said name a popular Christmas cookie shape. The number one answer is gone.
Starting point is 00:47:03 What do you got? Santa Claus. Santa Claus. Show me Santa Claus. Whoa. No Santa Claus. And it feels terrible. They're done already? No, they get three strikes.
Starting point is 00:47:18 Not yet. Hold your discussion until you get to steal. We're now down to Hunter Spencer. Hunter, only one answer off the board. Seven left. We asked 100 people, name a popular Christmas cookie shape. Stocking. Nice.
Starting point is 00:47:34 Good one. Show me stocking. Stocking is the number six answer. We had three people say that. Nice. Three. We are down people say that. Three. We are down to Maggie. Maggie, your team has one strike.
Starting point is 00:47:49 You have the number one answer, which is tree. The number six answer, which is stocking. What do you got for me? Name a popular Christmas cookie shape. A star. A star. Show me star. High on list.
Starting point is 00:48:00 That's there. Number two answer. 22 people said star. We are back up to team captain Giannis. Gianni, you guys have one, two, and six gone. You also have one strike. Name a popular Christmas cookie shape. The heart.
Starting point is 00:48:15 Heart. No. Show me heart. No heart. This is not Valentine's Day. I would say that's a pretty bad answer, Gianni. I'm sorry. Heart. Suck it, Spencer. No heart. This is not Valentine's Day. I would say that's a pretty bad answer. Suck it, Spencer.
Starting point is 00:48:32 There goes that Christmas spirit again. Two strikes. Gone. We are up to Garrett. Garrett, your team has the number one answer, tree. The number two answer, star. And the number six answer, stocking. If you don't get this right. Are you guys allowed to chit chat?
Starting point is 00:48:45 No. The Steve Rinella family will get a chance to steal. Garrett, what do you got for me? Name a popular Christmas cookie shape. Snowflake? Snowflake. Show me Snowflake. Number five answer.
Starting point is 00:49:01 Five people said Snowflake. We are now on to Hunter Spencer. A reminder, if you don't get this, it will go to the Steve Rinella family for a chance to steal. Hunter, name a popular Christmas cookie shape. Your board is right above Phil's head if you need a reference. Snowman. Nice.
Starting point is 00:49:19 Nice, Spencer. Nice. Show me snowman. Number seven answer, three people said snowman. You people you guys get off your phones over there We're down to March Marge your family has just thought you put yours down your family has two strikes name a popular Christmas cookie shape a wreath Show me wreath. No.
Starting point is 00:49:50 That's bullshit. Sorry, Yannis. Tell his family we're now going to come to the Steve Rinello family. Steve, your family gets a chance to discuss what your one answer is going to be. As a reminder, you have the number three option available, the number four option available, and the number eight option available.
Starting point is 00:50:08 It's definitely. You can discuss a lot here. I don't know. We're not a boss. We make hearts. So to me, it's like, which one are we going to hedge our bets on? My mom was like a major baker and had all the little punch-out things. Always do the bell.
Starting point is 00:50:22 I'm not saying the bell's not good. I'm just saying. What about just like 100? We're talking to 100 average folks. What happens now? So Steve, if you get this correct, your team wins all the points on the board. If you don't get it right, Yanni's team will take the game
Starting point is 00:50:36 and they win the points. There's no second steal. Steve, what are you guys discussing between? That's your answer? Well, you mean, do I think that people make a lot of candy cane cookies? Or, let me introduce one more. An angel. So what are we discussing between over here?
Starting point is 00:50:53 What are you choosing between? I'm good with either. They're both on there. Bell or candy cane. They're definitely both on. Bell or candy cane. But I feel like candy cane is very specific to this holiday. Steve, we're going to need an answer.
Starting point is 00:51:07 Candy Cane. This is for the game. Show me Candy Cane. No! We did not take it. The Giannis Vitello family takes the victory. Can we see if Bell is on there? Bell for sure is on there.
Starting point is 00:51:24 Show me the number three answer. Gingerbread men. Show me the number four answer. Ornament. And show me the number eight answer, which two people said. Bell. You guys should listen to me. I did listen. I did listen. answer which two people said Belle. You guys should have listened to me.
Starting point is 00:51:47 I did listen. The first thing I did was Belle. The first thing out of my mouth. And I said it like Belle too. I mean, so many times. You're like, oh no, it's a candy cane. I approached it with a very obvious attitude.
Starting point is 00:52:02 I'll take the point. I said Beth. Maggie, there's a human over there. That's what happened. The Ronell family putting the feud in family feud. Oh, this is the Ronell quest. This walk race is over. Oh, wait.
Starting point is 00:52:16 I didn't even say. How many points did they get? Oh, I've got to do some math here. They got 65 points. 65 points to the Giannis Patelis family. We are now on to Dan Chumbler and Garrett Long. Do you both understand what's going to happen here? I do.
Starting point is 00:52:32 I'll ring the bell first. First one to ring in gets to give an answer. Garrett Long, Dan Chumbler. Top six answers are on the board. We asked 100 people. Besides family, name someone you buy a christmas present for i think we last time last time we had a tie and we went to the yannis family this time we had a time we will go to the steve brunella family that means dan chumbler tell me besides family name
Starting point is 00:52:58 someone you buy a christmas present for best friend show me friend number one answer you get to now choose if your team is going to pass or play there are six answers on the board you guys have the number one gone what's it going to be pass or play we'll play they're gonna play uh we are over to hayden hayden six answers on the board we asked 100 people. Besides family, name someone you buy a Christmas present for. A co-worker. Show me. Co-worker.
Starting point is 00:53:33 Number two answer, 25 people. Said co-worker. Your team now has the first and the second answer gone. We're down to Corinne. Corinne, besides family, name someone you buy a Christmas present for. We can't kibitz. No. You do not discuss yet.
Starting point is 00:53:49 You and Yiddish, dude. Your kid. Your kid. Or your child. Child, which is family. Show me child. What do you can't do, family? The question is not a the question is besides family, name someone you buy a Christmas.
Starting point is 00:54:08 Yeah. I'm going to say no. We still get three strikes, so we're all right. You get three strikes. Oh, I forgot about that. I totally didn't even get it. We are up to Steve, the head of the family. Besides family, name someone you buy a Christmas present for.
Starting point is 00:54:23 Teacher. Show me. Teacher. Show me. Teacher. Number four answer, eight people said teacher. We're back to Dan who started this game. Your team has one strike and you have three answers off the board. That means three answers left. Besides family, name someone you buy a Christmas present for.
Starting point is 00:54:42 Your pet. Show me. Pet. Number three answer. Eleven people said pet. We are now down to Hayden. Hayden, your team
Starting point is 00:54:58 has the top four answers gone and you have one strike. So tell me besides family, name someone you buy a Christmas present for. Neighbor. Show me neighbor. Number five answer. That means you guys have one answer to go
Starting point is 00:55:17 and you only have one strike. If Corinne doesn't get this, Steve will get another chance. Corinne, besides family, name someone you buy a Christmas present for. And if you get this right, your team will take all 100 points. Your boss. Co-worker.
Starting point is 00:55:32 That's different. For the victory, show me boss. They got it. They cleared the board and got all six answers. Wow. Well done, Steve Rinella family. That means we're going into round three with the Giannis Petelis family at 65,
Starting point is 00:55:49 the Steve Rinella family at 100. In round three, the point totals will be doubled. And we are now down to Hayden versus Hunter. Top five answers are on the board. We asked 100 people, name something you need to wrap a present. That was clearly me. Clearly Hayden. Hayden, tell me.
Starting point is 00:56:13 Name something you need to wrap a present. Wrapping paper. Wrapping paper. Show me wrapping paper. Number two answer, which means Hunter has a chance to steal. Hunter, if you can provide the number one answer on the board Your family will get a chance to choose to pass or play Hunter name something you need to wrap a present tape show me tape
Starting point is 00:56:38 Number one answer 55 people said tape hunter you now get to choose if your family will pass or play. Hunter, I'm giving you a book for Christmas. I'm wrapping the entire thing in tape. Yeah, but here's the whole thing. What's up? Like, who cares about these Hunter people? I don't know what kind of idiots they're asking. It's part of the game. Yeah, they totally messed up on the candy cane thing.
Starting point is 00:56:57 Hunter, do you solve all your problems by just randomly asking people what they think? It's called voting. Totally uncredentialed strangers what they think. It's called voting. totally uncredentialed strangers what they think. It's called voting. Hunter, is your team going to pass or play?
Starting point is 00:57:09 I thought you loved our country and democracy. There are five answers, so you guys already have two of the five gone. We'll play. They're going to play. That means...
Starting point is 00:57:18 You could have glue. You still wouldn't have... If you don't have wrapping paper, you're not wrapping shit, dude. We are down to Maggie. Maggie, top five answers are on the board. Your team already asked two of them, God.
Starting point is 00:57:31 We asked 100 people, name something you need to wrap a present. A ribbon. A ribbon. Show me ribbon. Number four answer, three people said that. We're up to Giannis.
Starting point is 00:57:44 Giannis, you have two answers left to give. I would put that with, like, nice to have. Yeah. You don't need that. You need wrapping paper. Yeah, but there's five answers, though. But you're wrapping paper without tape ain't going to stick to your... You can actually totally make it work.
Starting point is 00:58:00 Elaborate folds. Elaborate folds. How about you guess glue next time, Steve? See how far that gets. Yannis, name something you need to wrap a present. Box. Show me box. That's not necessary.
Starting point is 00:58:16 Number five answer. Three people said box. Man, I really have no idea. Garrett, your team does not have any strikes, and you only have one answer left to get. You need to provide the number three answer, or you will be given a strike. Garrett, what's it going to be? Name
Starting point is 00:58:31 something you need to wrap a present. Packing paper? Show me packing paper for the win! No, packing paper is not on the list. We're up to Hunter.
Starting point is 00:58:49 Hunter, your team needs one more answer to take the victory. Tell me, name something you need to wrap a present. Hands. What's that? A bow. Show me bow. Not on the board. Meg, your team now has two strikes if you get this I don't know what if not the Steve Rinella family will get a chance to win
Starting point is 00:59:14 tell me Maggie knows something you need to wrap a present scissors show me Show me scissors. You don't need those. You can just... Dang it! What? They do not get it. The Steve Rinella family now gets a chance to steal. Yes, you guys get to discuss. Are they like smart asses where it's a present? Four of the five answers are gone. But what's that thing you always put like to, mom, from? That's what I was trying to get at.
Starting point is 00:59:41 I feel like I was thinking like... I think that's so much lamer. Yeah, listen, I thought yours was for sure. Steve, what are we deciding? You're saying two wrap a present, so it can't be a smart-ass thing like, oh, present. Steve, what are we deciding between over here? Well, I thought that was a smart answer.
Starting point is 01:00:00 I messed everybody up with the candy. Okay, here's what we're going with. I don't know how you want to put it. We're calling it a card or a tag? I would call it a gift tag. I messed everybody up with candy. Okay, here's what we're going with. I don't know how you want to put it. We're calling it a card or a tag? I would call it a... A gift tag. I would call it a tag. I actually don't really want to participate in this, man.
Starting point is 01:00:14 I think it's going to be a card. I think it's going to be a tag. But here's the thing, man. I've gotten a lot of gifts without a card, right? I've also gotten a lot of gifts without a tag, though. You know, like an address. You gotta get in the head of these morons. I remember being a kid, and on Christmas
Starting point is 01:00:30 Day, my brother and my presents were like, intermingled, and like, the tag was like the difference. Actually, my dad would just die him up and be like, you have to go with yours. What is your family going with? Okay, tag. To steal the victory. Show me tag. To steal the victory, show me tag.
Starting point is 01:00:48 No. They did not get it. Show me gift tag. What is the last answer on the board? I know. It's what I said. Four people said gift. Smartass.
Starting point is 01:01:03 That's brutal. The people aren't listening to the question. You said, what do you need to wrap a present? So it's like you're implying that there's a present. If you said, what do I need to dress a person? You wouldn't go, a person. The person is the given. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:01:23 Phil? Why are you taking other people's ideas? Phil, this team got 96 points, doubled. Where do we sit after three rounds? Like, what do you use to start your car? A car? I'm just trying to think of what group we'll donate to. All right, the Giannis family.
Starting point is 01:01:46 The Giannis family has 257 points. The Steve family has 100. But point totals are tripled in this final round, so you can still take the victory. Dude, listen. This is so stupid. What you need to do, Steve, is go to the random New Jersey shopping mall
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Starting point is 01:04:03 Yes. Can you imagine if the subjects of these surveys were vetted in some way or another? This would be like a completely different process. Take their pulse and then ask them? This is a great idea. Thank you.
Starting point is 01:04:17 I love it. Steve, you can just sit it out next year if you like. I'm not coming. Top seven answers are on the board. I'm not coming. No way. Top seven answers are on the board. We asked 100 people. If Santa had a party, who might he invite?
Starting point is 01:04:32 I think it was Maggie. I mean, I think it was Karun. Phil agrees. It was Maggie. Maggie, tell me, if Santa had a party, who might he invite? His elves?
Starting point is 01:04:43 Show me elves. Number one answer, 29 people said elves. Maggie, you get to choose if your team is going to pass or play. There are seven answers on the board. He'd rather have elves than baby Jesus. You want to talk about the commodification of Christmas. You're missing your classic line, the war on Christmas. Maggie, what's it going to be, pass or play?
Starting point is 01:05:07 Pass. They're going to pass. It means we're over to the Steve family. We're going to start with Corinne. Corinne, there are seven answers on the board. The number one answer is gone. We asked 100 people, if Santa had a party, who might he invite? Rudolph.
Starting point is 01:05:24 Show me. Isn't might he invite? Rudolph. Show me. Isn't it my turn? Rudolph. Rudolph, number two answer. Rudolph or reindeer. Both of them fall under that second one. 23 people said Rudolph or reindeer. We are now up to Steve.
Starting point is 01:05:38 Steve, seven answers are on the board. We asked 100 people. If Santa had a party, who might he invite? Mrs. Claus. Show me the German version of Mrs. Claus. Giblets. Got it. The number four answer. 15 people said
Starting point is 01:05:57 Mrs. Claus. Dan, your team does not have any strikes and you still have the third answer on the board, the fifth, sixth, and seventh answer on the board. So tell me, if Santa had a party, who might he invite? The Easter Bunny. Show me the Easter Bunny. Steve didn't like that.
Starting point is 01:06:21 Number three answer. 18 people said Easter Bunny, which is three more than said Mrs. Claus. Who are, like, I gotta meet somebody. It's obviously Dan was in there. Apparently he was sitting next to one.
Starting point is 01:06:37 Hayden, your team does not have any strikes. You have the fifth, the sixth, and the seventh answers available. We asked 100 people, if Santa had a party, who might he invite? Well, now you know where people's heads are at, right? No, you can't tell me. I made a joke earlier.
Starting point is 01:07:02 I'm starting to wonder if that wasn't a joke We're running out of time Hayden The Grinch Show me Grinch Because he's a charitable dude Grinch is not on the board Corinne we're down to you Your team has one strike
Starting point is 01:07:20 And three answers to go to take the victory I thought that was a good one Hayden Corinne if Santa had a party Who might he invite? Frosty Has one strike and three answers to go to take the victory. I thought that was a good one, Hayden. Corinne, if Santa had a party, who might he invite? Frosty. Yeah. Good. Good.
Starting point is 01:07:32 Family likes it. Show me Frosty. Number six answer. Three people said Frosty. Steve, we are back to you. There were two answers left. Dude, this is a risky move, man. I think that he wouldn't bite Jesus. Yeah, that's a good call.
Starting point is 01:07:46 Because show me Jesus. Not on there. War on Christmas. Dan, we are up to you. If you don't get one of the answers, then the Giannis Petelis family will get a chance to steal. Your team has two strikes, so tell me if Santa had a party, who might he invite? Dan?
Starting point is 01:08:13 A Thanksgiving turkey. Dan, two answers left. What's it gonna be? Can't discuss. Dan, we need an answer. Yeah. I'd have the chimney sweep for sure, man. All dirty all the time.
Starting point is 01:08:37 Turkey. Show me turkey. Not on the board. We are over to the Giannis Patelis family. Gianni, your team gets a chance to discuss. And here's what's on the board. We are over to the Giannis Patelis family. Gianni, your team gets a chance to discuss. And here's what's on the line. If you get this right, your team takes the victory and will go to fast money. But if it gets it wrong, then Steve's team will win and they will go to fast money.
Starting point is 01:08:59 So you have to give me a correct answer. It all comes down to one answer. What are we deciding between over here? She's got Jack Frost. They also have kids. We're going to go with kids. Kids. If you get this right,
Starting point is 01:09:15 your team wins. Children. I think children would work. If you get it wrong, Steve's family will win. That's right. Show me children. Number seven answer. Three people
Starting point is 01:09:32 said it. That means the Patelis family is moving on to fast money. We had one answer left. Let's see what it is, board. Number five answer. Tooth Fairy. Nine people said the Tooth Fairy Nine people Said the tooth fairy Goodness gracious
Starting point is 01:09:46 How weird I can't believe you like this To be fair Those are all the mystical entities That give children like gifts Whether it's Easter baskets Or money In exchange for teeth
Starting point is 01:09:59 So he's got like the recipients Other gift givers Not the reason for the season Yup I didn't say it was a good idea man Oh my goodness The recipients, other gift givers, not the reason for the season. Yeah. I didn't say it was a good idea, man. Oh, my goodness. Now, here is how fast money works.
Starting point is 01:10:12 I'd at least ask for the wise men. Your team needs to select two players to represent your family. The first player will stay in the room while the second player needs to leave. I'll give you five questions, which you need to answer as fast as you can. The first player gets 15 seconds while the second player gets 20 seconds. If the second player gives the same answer as the first player, they'll be told to try again.
Starting point is 01:10:34 Giannis, who are the two people going to be? My head's not in the game. It's not? No, it hasn't been good lately. Who's feeling... You guys are all three gonna bail on me? No. Okay, well I guess I'm gonna be one of them. Giannis is one and Hunter is the other.
Starting point is 01:10:50 Who's going first between the two of you? You can choose. You wanna go first or second? I'll go first. Giannis, we need you to leave the room. We will see you in a little bit. Here we go for Hunter.
Starting point is 01:11:05 Name a popular Christmas cartoon. Frosty. Name a drink that's served at holiday parties. Poinsettia. Besides Rudolph, name one of Santa's reindeer. Blitzen. How many weeks before Christmas do you decorate? Two.
Starting point is 01:11:22 Name a dessert you eat on Christmas Day. Give us an answer. What was the question? You don't get it. You don't get it. Okay, let's go through your answers. Name a popular
Starting point is 01:11:34 Christmas cartoon you said... Frosty. 19 people. 19 people said Frosty. Name a drink that's served at holiday parties. I'm sorry, Hunter, but poinsettia is not on the board.
Starting point is 01:11:51 Besides Rudolph, name one of Santa's reindeer. You said? Blitzen. Blitzen. 15 people said Blitzen. How many weeks before Christmas do you decorate? Hunter said? Two.
Starting point is 01:12:06 Twelve people, and you did not get to the fifth question. So how many points does Hunter have after one round? Hunter got 46 points for the Giannis family. 46 points. Okay, we can now send Giannis in. Can you leave, Dan, please? Got a lot of work to do, but there are a lot of number one answers. It was good seeing you, Dan. Your performance Got a lot of work to do, but there are a lot of number one answers. It was good seeing you, Dan.
Starting point is 01:12:27 Your performance review is around the corner. Giannis, we have good news and bad news. The bad news is Hunter only got 46 points, and your team needs 200 to double the conservation donation. The good news is there are a lot of number one answers left on the board, so you could pull it off. A lot of number one, okay. You will get 20 seconds if you a lot of number one answers left on the board, so you could pull it off.
Starting point is 01:12:45 A lot of number one. Okay. You will get 20 seconds. If you repeat one of the same answers that Hunter gave, you will hear this. Okay. Are you ready? Yeah. A lot of pressure, folks. If you're just listening in your car right now, this room is hot.
Starting point is 01:13:01 A lot of eyeballs staring at me. Your time starts. Except for Steve Rinelli. He's on his phone. He don't care. Your time starts after I finish the first question. Okay. Never doing this again. Name a popular Christmas
Starting point is 01:13:16 cartoon. Rudolph. Name a drink that's served at holiday parties. Spice cider. Besides Rudolph, name one of Santa's reindeer. Dixon. How many weeks before Christmas do you decorate? Four. Name a dessert you eat on Christmas Day. Pie.
Starting point is 01:13:32 Pie. All right. I think you have a chance, Yanni. We will go to the board. Name a popular Christmas cartoon you said. Rudolph. Number one answer. 29 people said Rudolph. Yeah, buddy. 29 people said Rudolph.
Starting point is 01:13:45 Didn't he say a bomb and a wall? That was my second guess. Name a drink that's served at holiday parties. You said cider. Cider. Eight people. Eight people said cider. That's better than my answer.
Starting point is 01:14:01 Besides Rudolph. Number one answer. Number one answer was wine. Number one answer was wine. Nobody got it. Number one answer was wine. Really? Bring him Jesus back into it. Mold wine. 46 people said wine.
Starting point is 01:14:11 Turn the water to wine. Besides Rudolph, name one of Santa's reindeer. You said vixen. Six people. Six people said vixen. A lot coming down. Am I getting one point for each person? Yes.
Starting point is 01:14:28 So you got six. Number one answer was Dasher. 30 people, said Dasher. How many weeks before Christmas do you decorate? You said four. Number one answer. 150 people. 43 people, said four.
Starting point is 01:14:41 Last question. Name a dessert people eat on Christmas Day. You said pie. That's the number two answer. 13 people said it's not going to be good enough. You guys will not double your conservation donation. But luckily, Steve pitched a perfect game earlier, so we still had $1,500 going out this episode.
Starting point is 01:15:00 You still get to choose where a $500 donation goes. So what's it going to be, Team Giannis? Is anybody on my team? I get to do this quite often. If you look at the leaderboard over there. No, but I'd like to just throw it to you guys if you guys have anything close to your heart
Starting point is 01:15:17 as far as conservation organizations. That'd be a new one. Okay, Maggie says sportsman for Boundary Waters And what do you like about that, Maggie? Why is that one important to you? Well, I'm a native Minnesotan And I love the Boundary Waters There you go
Starting point is 01:15:36 $500 going to sportsman First wilderness area ever designated That's right, sportsman for the Boundary Waters There's four, there's one of four I know this for a fact. No, because the Gila predated the Wilderness Act. Well, fine. When the Wilderness Act was founded in 1964.
Starting point is 01:15:52 No, I think the Gila because the Gila was already there. Oh, Maggie. Join us next year. I'm talking about the Wilderness Act. I think that you're not correct. Join us next year for more Family Feud
Starting point is 01:16:06 For our Christmas episode We're going to bring it back for round three Because Steve loves it so much And join us next week for more Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show Where conservation always wins Dude, there's no way in hell I'm playing that next year Because I'd have to know
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