The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 406: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia XLIII

Episode Date: January 18, 2023

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Savannah Ashour, Randall Williams, Brody Henderson, Cory Calkins, Hayden Sammak, Seth Morris, Maggie Smith, and Sam James. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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without cell phone service as a special offer. You can get a free three months to try out OnX if you visit onxmaps.com slash meat. It's a meat eater podcast. Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I'm your host, Spencer Newharth, and today we're joined by Stephen Ranella, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Hayden Samick, Corey Calkins, Marge Smith, Randall Williams, Sam James,

and Savannah Ashore. Now, Savannah, this is your first time on the show, so tell folks what you do here at Meat Eater. I'm the director of publishing at Meat Eater, and that means I work on our print book projects as well as Campfire Stories, our audiobook series. How do you feel about your chances at Meat Eater trivia? Very, very bad. I tried to get out of this. Steve, you know Savannah well.

How do you think she's going to do? First, I'll say that when it comes to book publishing me and brody and savannah like nuts on a dog okay like a three nutted dog that's right and you've added a fourth nut lately right and we've grown a fourth but about media how do you think she's gonna do well here's the deal uh savannah admittedly the hat the what here's what makes savannah a great collaborative partner is she looks at everything with a fresh eye okay she's not biased by past knowledge savannah has steve told you this? This is a beautiful way of describing me. She said it's just in one ear, the information comes in.

She works on so many books, that's what she's done her whole career. It comes in, there's no place for it to live. 100%. It gets worked on, and then it leaves. She's not like, that's not the way you hunt deer. No. It would drag me down to have to just store that information. She's done ghost writing in her past, publishing.

There's no room for it all. Just to be clear, this is a compliment you're giving her? Yeah. She's able to very quickly immerse herself into a world, look at it from the perspective of a non-insider. Find out what makes sense, what works, what needs better explanation. And then a vacuum apparatus of some sort. Sucks it back out.

The vacuum is my brain. What? Sucks it back out. Since she's worked on so much meat eater stuff. There's a chance some of it may be back there in the back of her head and it might help her out. Her homunculus may have trapped some information. Remember this, Savannah? But I'm mostly saying, because this is what Savannah was saying, I had to basically beg her to come down here.

And I'd sort of got her to come down under the idea that she would be on my team. Oh. But that idea wasn't well received. Shot down immediately by Hayden, Brody, Seth. Brody didn't like it. I keep thinking like, I'm going to come down here and I don't know, Brody will have like, you know, you'll hit like your pension.

I don't know. What happens? Like he gets a certain age. Uh-huh. I mean, like he'll be like oh no bro you're retired not yet he's got no way man he's got like a gold watch and shit i don't know but every time i come down here like there he is sitting there yeah same place now it's not lost he didn't retire it's not lost on me steve that you've got like the whole book publishing team

in town does that mean something you got anything to share yeah it's kind of a yeah we got a lot of projects so we got a new we got a new title coming out we have a activity for a great activity book it's like an activity book but it's an educational manual if you want you if you wish your kids knew all the shit you don't know you'd get them this book so this is for kids and adults no it's, it's for a wide swath of kids. Okay. Catch a crayfish, count stars. When does that come out? I don't know.

When does it come out? We're done with it. Very soon. May, June? June of next year. No, June of this year. I'm sorry, June of this year. So I have, my kids are 8, 10, and 12.

It's very appropriate for all of my kids. It'd be appropriate for kids a bit younger and my 12 year old definitely hasn't aged out of it but it's like it's the whole world put into these things they like activities they can do some you know if you're not careful your kid might cut his finger off or something so you got to be you got to exercise caution some they can do on their own. Some they'll need some help with. We loaded it with all of the requisite warnings.

Um, but if you want your kid to understand the planet and their place in it and like what's going on around them, um, this is the, a book you ought to buy for them. Love it. Is it safe to assume that there is always a book in the works? Oh, multiple titles, always in the works. So like this

one that's coming out, the kids activity book, how long has that been in the works? Like 10 years, I don't know. I'm joking, but I mean, we started working on it a year and a half ago. As soon as we finished the wilderness skills book, we got into this one. And then we got more, we're doing like a

we're doing a sportsman's Atlas of America. Mm-hmm. So if you wanted to be like, where exactly did Hugh Glass get killed? Um,

it would point you to that place and it would tell you it would, what it looks like, what went on there, how you can go to probably the closest known spot to be like,

where did Hugh Glass get mauled by a grizzly bear? It'll help you pinpoint as close as possibly known. Where was Daniel Boone's first son killed? Where was Daniel Boone's second son killed? And then other shit too, not just old

people like that. I'm just throwing that out as an example. And we're doing a thing, and Randall's working on this right now. We're working on an audio original that will be a complete, the story and explanation of the Longhunters and Mountain Men and all the market factors, what they did, like the real shit you want to know. Yeah.

Forgot about the cookbook. Oh, my goodness. That's a lot of words you guys have. It's just right here. Outdoor cookbook. Yeah. We're finishing an outdoor cookbook right now. It's like a follow-up to the Fishing Game Complete Guide to,

or not a complete guide. What the hell is that book called? It's the Meat Eater Cookbook. The follow-up to the Meat Eater Cookbook. Which is still selling like hotcakes. That's our best selling title ever Are any more of these releases in 2023? No

No Just one And then one more cookbook The Daniel Pruitt Wild and Whole Wild and Whole cookbook That's being finished up right now So many books Steve can't even remember them all Well and then

Just so people understand, if you like the Close Calls series, the audio original, the Meteor's Close Calls, that was Savannah's project. That's great. But all that information went out of her head. And there's a volume three in the works. That's true.

Wow. Now, Savannah, if you're not familiar, this is a 10-round quiz show with questions from MeatEaters4Verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. And there's a prize. Meat Eater will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing. And each week here on Trivia, we reveal a new stat. This week, we're looking at Steve and Brody's performances when the other isn't playing. Ooh, I like this. Because the last time I was here, it was like an observation of his.

It wasn't a stat. It wasn't a stat, man. Now, Brody has accused Steve of racking up wins when Brody isn't here, and Steve has accused Brody of racking up wins when Steve isn't here. Well, now we're going to get to the bottom of this. When Steve has played without Brody, he has won eight of ten times. When Brody has played without Steve, he has won four of eight times. So 67% of Steve's Meat Eater Trivia victories have happened without Brody playing,

and 33% of Brody's victories have happened without Steve playing. God, he really is better than I am. This is the advanced metrics revolution here. That's right. That means that Steve's winning percentage when Brody isn't here is 80%, and his winning percentage when Brody is here is 29%. Brody's winning percentage. He knew that again?

He knew that again? Your winning percentage without Brody is 80%. Really? Your winning percentage with Brody is 80%. Really? Your winning percentage with Brody is 29%. Brody's winning percentage when Steve isn't here is 50%, and his winning percentage when Steve is here is 33%. Huh. This, to me, one of the things you may not recognize,

it sounds like Brody needs Steve to be here to sort of amp him up. It wakes him up. That's right. Helps his performance. I get bored. Because he's like, what's the fun in beating Chester? Meanwhile, Steve gets hyped up when Brody isn't here, and that's when he has his A game.

Oh, dude, when Brody's here, I'm paying way more attention. Uh-huh. Yeah it doesn't help we have some housekeeping to get to before we play on last week's episode we heard from a linguist on why colorado is not only an acceptable pronunciation but also the preferred one among locals but steve said that he will side with whatever John Denver says. So I went through Denver's entire discography and found seven different songs where Colorado is in the lyrics. God, he really was on the, he was on like the payroll, the state promotion. Those songs are I Guess I'd Rather Be in Colorado, Christmas Like a Lullaby, Whispering Jesse, The Harder They Fall fall durango mountain caballero the blizzard and steve's favorite sing-along rocky mountain high play the clip phil i've seen it raining fire in the sky Yeah. Need to hear Chester cover that.

Yep. Yep. That's what I thought. You feel good about that? I do. And most people who live there live there because of Johnny Denver. Okay. That's a good stat.

I like that. That's what I thought about some stats. Now, in all seven of Denver's songs that mention Colorado, he sings Rado instead of Rado. I couldn't even find one instance of Denver using the local pronunciation, but there's a reason for that. John Denver isn't a Colorado native. Denver, who was born as Henry John Deutchendorf in 1943, was raised in Arizona. He went to college in Texas, then moved to Los Angeles, and then moved to Minnesota. It wasn't until he was nearly 30 years old when he moved to Aspen, where he lived from 1970 to 1997. So when he wrote Rocky Mountain High in 1972, he had only been a Colorado resident for two years. So Steve, does that change your stance at all on John Denver being the authority?

I'm holding tight. Okay. What was John Wayne's last name? What was John Wayne? Like his real name is Marion. I don't know.

Deutchendorf? I guess I'm the one guy with a computer. Deutchendorf. My kids like that cartoon. What's that cartoon? Phineas and Ferb. Phineas and Ferb.

Marion Robert Morrison. Yeah. John Wayne's. He's like, yeah, yeah, yeah. He's kind of John Wayne. So you're sticking with Rado. John Wayne. He's like, yeah, yeah, yeah. He's kind of John Wayne. So you're sticking with Rado. Oh, yeah. Okay.

The Shelby Index for this round is a four, so our winner should get eight correct answers. 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. How's that? You stand to win everything.

Game on, suckers! Question one. The topic is public lands, and as always, this will be multiple choice. Which of these animals is not found in Yellowstone National Park? Is it garter snakes, wolverines, pelicans, or largemouth bass? Which of these animals is not found in Yellowstone National Park? Is it garter snakes, wolverines, pelicans, or largemouth bass? Savannah, just to be clear, there is one right answer, not multiple. One right answer in this bunch. Garter snakes, wolverines, pelicans, or largemouth bass?

Does everybody have an answer? Me and Brody are tied. Okay. That's right. Everybody have an answer? Wait. Okay. Garter snakes, wolverines, pelicans,

largemouth bass. Remember when Hayden was an emerging threat? What do you call a declining threat? A receding threat. You ready, Hayden? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying largemouth bass, Savannah saying pelicans, Hayden saying

wolverines, Brody saying largemouth bass. Savannah saying pelicans. Hayden saying wolverines. Brody saying largemouth bass. Sam saying largemouth bass. Marge and Corey and Randall. Corey got it wrong. And Seth saying largemouth bass. Black bears. He just wrote bass.

They need to be real worried about smallmouth these days, though. The correct answer is largemouth bass. You want me to tell you a stat that'll sure blow your mind let's hear it in these ponds here about town uh-huh anything that has anything besides a rainbow or a cut was illegally introduced fishing game has never done perch never done largemouth bass never done bluegill it's all bucket biology or gold they've never done or done goldfish they've never done it. Never done goldfish. They've never done it. I thought at some point they were doing perch.

They've never done perch. When they find smallmouth, that's the threshold. Then they nuke the waterway. But they'll, I guess somehow, they'll tolerate the perch and stuff. But if you went down and threw a smallmouth into the pond down the road here. They'd get mad. They're going to nuke it. Garter snakes are considered the most common reptile in Yellowstone. Pelicans regularly nest in the southern arm of Yellowstone Lake, and it's thought that there are about a dozen wolverines in the park, with the last sighting happening in March of 2022. Largemouth bass are not found there, but smallmouth bass are threatening to make an appearance. The park has a strict catch and kill policy for any smallmouth

caught within its boundaries. Question two, the topic is anthropology. Roughly 1,000 years ago, Native Americans invented America's oldest team sport that used balls made of deer hide. What is that sport? Roughly 1,000 years ago, Native Americans invented America's oldest team sport that used balls made of deer hide. What's Brody doing over there? What is that sport? You thinking Brody or what? Yeah, I'm thinking.

Quick answers from Steve, Hayden, Seth, Randall, Sam. Brody's still thinking. What was Brody? Sports ball. Brody faltering? Listen, man. Remember how I was ahead of you and then I was behind you and then I was ahead of you last time and then you were ahead? I'm not worried. One more time

here. Roughly 1,000 years ago, Native Americans invented America's oldest team sport that used balls made of deer hide. What is that sport? Brody's like, jeez, I was just a little kid. Does everybody have an answer? Marge, you good?

Oh, I showed mine on accident. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying lacrosse. Savannah, you got to pick one, Savannah. Croquet or football? Which one is it? Croquet. Croquet.

Hayden saying lacrosse. Brody saying baseball. Sam saying lacrosse. Marge saying handball. Corey saying polo. Randall and Seth saying lacrosse. They got it. The correct answer is lacrosse. Marge saying handball. Corey saying polo. Randall and Seth saying lacrosse. They got it. The correct answer is lacrosse.

It's kind of like baseball. Polo's a cool idea, though. Early versions of the game featured matches that could last for days with hundreds of men on fields that were miles wide. For equipment, the sticks were made of wood, the balls were made of deer hide, and the nets were made of deer sinew. Oral traditions cite that the first ever lacrosse game was played between birds and mammals.

Man, my wife for Christmas got us this little, it's like a net that you can turn your kitchen table into a ping pong table. Dude, I'm obsessed, man. Really? Me and my kids play every night. Really? Does it just stay on there for days sometimes yeah i beat you guys eat around it i beat everybody you know it takes you can get it off so fast i like it because i just went that's great i beat my wife i beat all my kids you don't want to rephrase that office 2.0 that opens this year is going to have a ping pong table, so we'll be able to test these claims.

I had one for years in my garage, and I gave it to the company, so it should show up in the new office. It's there already. I'm kicking around. I can't decide, but I'm kicking around. At what point you should buy a really nice paddle. Yeah, you should. You should.

Does it make a difference? For sure, yeah. And the panels have ratings on them, like control and spin and speed and stuff like that. That's not where I'm at. I want one that says, like, that you'll hit it more often. He just wants one that's bigger. He wants one that says Big Steve on the paddle. Question three.

The topic is woodsmanship. This is our OnX listener question of the week, which was won by Logan Estes. For sending this great question, Logan is going to get a one-year premium subscription to OnX. If you want a chance to win our listener question of the week, then send it to trivia at themeateater.com. This plant, which combines the name of a mammal with the name of a vegetable is said to smell like rotting meat. What is it? This plant, which combines the name of a mammal with the name of a vegetable, is said to smell like rotting meat.

What is it? Quick answers. I'm having a rough start here. What was the category? Woodsmanship. Quick answers from Steve and Seth and Hayden. Seth, you 100% know this? I wouldn't say 100%, but I feel pretty good about it.

Brody's just looking him down there, man. Listen. The heckling? I don't do it to you. But I'm going to start. Okay. No, I'm quitting. No need.

You guys can trade sides here. Brody can heckle and you can be silent. It gets in my head and then I can't think. It's unfair. Go ahead. Feel good? Does everyone else have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Steve saying skunk cabbage. Savannah saying dogwood We have Steve saying skunk cabbage. Savannah saying dogwood. Hayden saying skunk cabbage. Brody without an answer. Sam saying skunk cabbage. Marge saying corpse flower. Corey saying cattail. Randall saying skunk cabbage.

And Seth saying skunk cabbage. They got it. The correct answer is skunk cabbage. We should play in that stuff all the time. The corpse flower does smell. I never got the dead, the corpse thing from it. Well, the corpse thing kind of threw me off. Yeah.

Dead meat. That's what you said. Rotting meat. Rotting meat. Yeah. Rotting meat. My board's kind of falling apart. Skunk cabbage has the unique ability to generate heat and melt snow, which allows it to emerge in early spring.

This warm air helps carry the plant's foul odor and attract pollinators. Eastern skunk cabbage is found from Canada to Tennessee, and western skunk cabbage ranges from Alaska to California. Bears will dig that out and eat it when it's young. Question four. The topic is cooking. What does M-R MRE stand for? Quick answers from everyone in the room.

This may be a 100% right question. Again, topic is cooking. What does MRE stand for? Working on perfect game over there, huh? Does everybody have an answer? No. No. Okay.

Hayden, you might be the only one. No. Oh, okay. Couple folks. Couple folks. What does M-R-E stand for? Brody, at least you're not getting heckled by the host. No, I can take the heckling.

I quit, dude. I'm going back to being the silent killer. He ain't going to get it. Okay. I'm not getting it. Maggie, you good? I don't know it. Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Steve saying, meals, ready to eat. Savannah saying, meal, ready to eat. Brody without an answer. What? I to eat. Brody without an answer. What? I'm sorry. Hayden without an answer. Brody. Defensive.

Sam saying meals ready to eat. Corey and Marge without an answer. Randall saying meal ready to eat. Seth saying made ready to eat. The correct answer is meals ready to eat. So I'm the only one that got it. I got it. I got it. You had plural? The plural isn't important.

If you got meal or meals. I'm not going to give it to Seth, though, who said made ready to eat. Bummer, bud. This is a bummer. Although the Department of the Defense began developing MREs in 1963, they weren't issued to soldiers until

1981. Early iterations of MREs were so unpalatable that soldiers created their own version of the acronym, Meals Rejected by Everyone. Others complained about the constipation they caused, which inspired another nickname, Meals Requiring Enemas. Question five. The topic is woodsmanship. This next great question comes to us via Jari Jacobs. If you have a question you think is right

for Meat Eater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com. According to Dole Bear's Law, you can determine air temperature by counting the number of these in 15 seconds. What was the category again?

Tell me that again. Woodsmanship. According to Dole Bear's Law, you can determine air temperature by counting the number of these in 15 seconds. We stumped the room with this question. Dole Bear's Law. How?

Not giving any hints. Can determine air temperature by counting the number of these in 15 seconds. Is anybody coming up with an answer? Any guesses? I kind of know it, but I kind of don't. Okay. Stephen Brody, have you yet to write anything down? I got something written down.

Okay. Do you know it? Nope. Oh, I do know. Okay. You know it? Nope. Oh, I do know it. Hayden knows it. Nobody look. Steve, how's it going over here? Oh, just not good.

Okay. This is going to be a saving grace. I was on a perfect game, buddy. Until question five, which is according to Dole Bear's law, you can determine air temperature by counting the number of these in 15 seconds. Are you going to come up with anything? I don't think so. I mean, if you gave me all day, I might.

Does everyone else who is going to come up with an answer have an answer? I mean, I'll throw up something out there, but. Brody, odds are you got this one right. Oh, like 10%. Okay. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve without an answer. Savannah saying birds. Hayden saying cricket chirps.

Brody saying echoes. Sam saying ice crystals. Marge saying birds. Corey saying thermometers. Randall saying snowflakes. Seth saying clouds. We have a correct answer in the room. Randall sang snowflakes. Seth sang clouds. We have a correct answer in the room. It's cricket chirps.

That is so stupid. Got it. That's so stupid. This law was formulated by Amos Go outside right now and tell me what the temperature is. It's not zero. I think it's a summertime thing, man.

It sure doesn't work on Antarctica. It sounds like more of a theory than a law. It's not zero. I think it's a summertime thing, man. That's not what Spencer said. It sure doesn't work on Antarctica. No way. I thought it was a great question, bro. No way. I'll call Doug Dern right now. I'm telling you, it's Dole Bear's law. Can we just cut the past two minutes and just do a new question?

Now, this law was formulated by Amos Dole Bear in 1897. For the most part, his claim has proven to be fairly accurate. It's believed his experiments were done with snowy tree crickets, but other types of crickets work as well. If you're solving for Fahrenheit, then you count the chirps in 15 seconds and add 40. If you're solving for Celsius, then you count the chirps in 8 seconds and add 5.

I heard a lot of questions in this game, Steve. I never said it's right. What's the law that talks about animal size with latitude? That's not always accurate either, but it's still a question. But it's a legitimate principle. And this is a legitimate law. I thought it was really good. How can it be legitimate if you're trying to take the air temperature in Antarctica?

Or here, right now, or most anywhere. You guys are getting too mad about the accuracy of it. It's Dole Bear's Law. Dole Bear's Law. You can argue with him who died in 1897. It's just like the Bergman's Principle. I'm going to dig his bones out and urinate on him. Phil, we are halfway through the game of trivia.

Give us the scoreboard update. Who got it right anyway? Hayden did. How did you know that? Dole bear's law. I'm surprised it's actually not in your kid's book. Turkey hunting, actually. A kid's activity book.

We would never put something like that in there. I said quite clearly earlier that it's just that you do want your kids to know. Yeah. Okay. Phil, scoreboard update. Everyone is on the board. We've got Savannah, Maggie, and Corey with one point apiece.

Brody Henderson with two points. Seth and Hayden with three. And then we've got a three-way tie in first place between Steve, Sam, and Randall who have four points. I knew Randall would be a formidable opponent. Man, those guys are being pretty quiet about how well they're doing. That's how they should be.

I think Randall's going to win. I mean, I've been dreaming of this my whole life. That's great. Now, Steve, this summer, maybe when you hear some crickets, go and do this experiment and see how accurate it is. What if you just buy some crickets and bring them with you everywhere you go? Oh, yeah, my kid's gecko cage. That means it's about 500 degrees all the time.

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Savannah, this is probably the furthest removed from your wheelhouse. What do you think the odds are that you're going to get this one right? Zero. Zero. Okay. But I confidently wrote a couple of states down. You got two states written down? Yeah.

All right. Does everybody else have an answer? Looking for two of the top five states in America that kill the most geese. Steve, you good? No. Not. Everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers.

I know one of them. We have Steve saying North Dakota, South Dakota. What did you cross out? Texas. Savannah saying Florida, Arkansas. Hayden saying South Dakota, Kansas. Brody saying Maryland, Iowa. Sam saying Wyoming, Nebraska.

Marge saying Wisconsin, North Dakota. Corey saying Louisiana, Alabama. Randall saying South Dakota, Minnesota. Seth saying South Dakota, North Dakota. Corey saying Louisiana, Alabama. Randall saying South Dakota, Minnesota. Seth saying South Dakota, North Dakota. The top five states are Texas, Minnesota, California, Maryland, and North Dakota. Son of a bitch! I don't think anybody got two of them. Most folks got one state.

Well, I did. Steve crossed out Texas. Most folks got one state, but not two. California bugs, man. Is that counting? Cross it out. I don't think so. Texas leads the country in goose harvest, and they're followed by Minnesota in second,

California in third, Maryland in fourth, and North Dakota in fifth. In Texas, the average hunter kills five geese in three days afield. The state also has the top five counties in America that kill the most geese, with most of them being located on the Gulf. Question seven. The topic is gear. This next great question comes to us via Douglas Carr. If you have a question you think is right for MeatEater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com. Hunter's Specialties declared this tool, which is used to remove a deer's

anal canal, the best invention since the knife. You use one of these, right? No, but I like imagining how it would theoretically work for me. I got one as a joke. I got one as a joke one time. Some very confident answers in the room.

I drew a picture of it. Yeah, well, you accept a picture of it. You also need to have what it's called. Oh, I also put that. It is for the room. Can't think of it, huh, Steve? Never used one? Shut up a second, man.

I'm going to be a stickler on this one with the answer, Big Mouth Billy Bass. I let a lot slide, but this one, you need to have the exact name. Hunter's Specialties declared this tool, which is used to remove a deer's anal canal, the best invention since the knife. Steve, do you have anything written down? One word. Okay. Not the, not the,

oh, how the mighty have fallen. Dude, if I had just gotten that last one, it wouldn't matter that I can't get this one. If only. And I know what you're talking about. I'll draw it for you. Okay. Sounds like a few folks have.

We've got Brody pointing to his watch, which is directed at Steve. Does everybody else have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying rectum reamer. Rectum reamer. Savannah saying... Tell him what I crossed out. He crossed out butt. Savannah saying the

anal scoop with the little TM logo. Hayden saying butt out. And he drew a... A popular graffiti icon. You can use your imagination. Brody writing

butt out. Sam saying corkscrew. Marge without an answer. Corey saying butthole extractor. Randall and Seth saying butt out. They got it. The correct answer is butt out. Thank you for that, Corey. It'll live forever. Did I get one for that?

The butt out tool has been on the market for about 15 years. The plug was designed to keep hunters from splitting the pelvic bone or puncturing the bladder. Although it's often given as a gag gift, the 3,000 Amazon reviews for an average of 4.7 stars speaks for itself. Brody, have you used the tool that you got as a gag gift? Never. Okay. You think you ever will? No. I imagine they're not real popular on this side of the Missouri River. I mean, I don't know anyone who's ever used one. Question eight. The topic is fishing. What type of shark is responsible for the second most attacks worldwide?

What type of shark is responsible for the second most attacks worldwide? Not looking for first, looking for second. Brody, you got this one? Pretty quick answer. No, I feel like this one could be some kind of trick question. Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too. Dude, I feel like this one could be some kind of trick question. Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too. Dude, I'm telling you, don't anticipate them being trick questions. It has worked very poorly for me.

This is question eight. We will get a scoreboard update from Phil the Engineer after this. Does everybody have an answer? Looking for the type of shark that's responsible for the second most attacks worldwide. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying great white. Savannah is saying the less great white. Hayden saying bull. Brody saying tiger. Sam saying bull. Marge sang Blue Shark. Corey sang Bull Shark. Randall sang Tiger Shark. Seth sang Great White.

The correct answer is Tiger Shark. Son of a... Damn it. I wrote that down for a while. A couple folks in the room got it right. The Great White is first on the list with 351 attacks.

Now I'm out of the game. The tiger shark is second at 142, and the bull shark is third at 119. The rankings for fatal attacks are the same. Great whites are first at 59, tigers are second at 39, and Bulls are third at 26. I thought for sure it was one of them trick questions, man. I thought it was going to be like Nurse or some dinky little shark. Something like that. Am I out, Phil?

We have two questions left. Is Steve out of the game? Corey, Maggie, and Savannah are out of the game. Okay. And technically, Steve, Seth, Sam, Hayden, and Brody are still in the game with four points apiece, but Randall Williams has a two-point lead and has six points. Randall. Really came on strong in the second half of the game.

Have you finalized all your paperwork? Exactly. Savannah, still a probationary period. Question nine. The topic is biology. What type of biologist studies reptiles and amphibians? What type of biologist studies reptiles and amphibians? This will do nothing to change the relative scores.

Doesn't look like Randall's going to get this one wrong. He's going to coast to an easy victory. You almost had me. I thought you were going to say it doesn't look like Randall's going to get this one wrong. He's going to coast to an easy victory. You almost had me. I thought you were going to say it doesn't look like Randall's going to get this one right. Can I change it still? Again, what type of biologist studies reptiles and amphibians? I was hoping for a couple

that only I would know. Does everybody have an answer? I feel like I'm being too specific, but I can't. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying herpetologist. Savannah saying reptologist. Reptologist.

Aiden saying herpetologist. Brody saying herpetologist. Sam without an answer. Marge without an answer. Corey saying newtologist. Randall saying herpetologist. Randall saying herpetologist. And Seth saying herpetologist. They got it.

The correct answer is herpetologist. Some of the world's most famous herpetologists include Jeff Corwin and Steve Irwin, who are considered herpetological showmen. The average salary for a herpetologist in America is $67,000. Phil, we have one question left. What does the scoreboard look like? The scoreboard looks like Randall Williams is our winner. Already? Already. He's still up

two points with one question left. Dude, doesn't even need the showdown. No, we're going to kneel on the ball here. What is his score with one question left? He has seven points. Seven points. With Brody, Hayden, Seth, and Steve having five.

Oh, my God. Randall, you're now chasing the Shelby Index. If you get this one right, you will have hit it. Question 10. The topic is public lands. This next great question comes to us via John Honeycutt. If you have a question you think is right for Meat Eater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at the meat eater.com.

What word describes a man-made stack of rocks that sometimes used to mark trails or graves? Spelling is important. Spelling is never important. What word describes a man-made stack of rocks that's sometimes used to mark trails or graves? Randall, are you going to get this one right?

It's another layup that doesn't do anything to change the realm. It's like you gave Randall a bunch of questions that I knew but erased. And then the minute he got a lead, it's all just... I was fully on board. I was fully on board with all the complaining when we were talking about the crickets.

But I feel like at this point, we just kind of need to move on, right? It's cool down here. One more time. What word describes a man-made stack of rocks that's sometimes used to mark trails or graves? Does everybody have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Steve saying Cairn. Savannah saying Gravehead.

Hayden saying Cairn. That spelling is so far off that it cannot stand. Now he's testing me. Don't give it to him. That spelling is so far off. The emerging threat slowly increases. Brody saying Cairn, Sam saying Cairn,

Marge saying Cairn, Corey and Randall and Seth saying Cairn. We have a lot of very creative spellings in the room. The correct answer is C-A-I-R-N Cairn. Although these are sometimes used as calculated markers, cairn building has become more destructive in the last decade.

In 2018, Zion National Park begged visitors in a Facebook post to stop building them. They said this practice is vandalism and that it's destroying habitat and creating erosion. Leave no trace. Can I interject real quick? What do you got? I think that at their best, when you're hiking in an area and you get into an alpine area, and over time, because there's no obstacles, people tend to emerge into the area and then spread out. Sure. people tend to like emerge into the area and then spread out sure and so in trying to like

to limit traffic in these in alpine tundra you would be like okay like here's a rough course yep even though you can go wherever you want maybe you'd kind of stay on this little path but it is you go out on some things and there's like eight of them up there and people just make them for the for the fun of it yeah sometimes good uh but most often it's folks that just want a cool instagram picture can i tell you can i tell you one more little tidbit yeah um and reading about arctic explorers whenever they want to they leave a note uh about you know bob's dead We ate Dave Maybe we're gonna be at Death Bay You know

For the winter They would Write a note Put it in a bottle Or a tin Go to a headland And make a giant Rock cairn

And then You know Someone five years later Three years later What someone's looking for Oh that's where they went How giant you talking Big enough to see from a ship

It must have been sizable chunks It must have been huge And then you dismantle it And find whatever they had You know whatever It was like Oh, that's where they went. How giant are you talking? Big enough to see from a ship. It must have been sizable chunks. And then you dismantle it and find whatever they had, whatever dire news they had would be shared that way. Randall, congrats on the victory. Eight correct answers. It's an authoritative win. Phenomenal game. Phenomenal game.

Well done, sir. What happens next is you get to choose where the $500 donation goes from Meat Eater. So what's it going to be? I would like the $500 to go to the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. Oh, it's just like I won. Steve also claiming victory and started another round of clapping for himself. Now, Randall, what do you like about them?

They're a wonderful employer uh my previous employer prior to coming to meat eater and they do a lot of excellent work great folks and uh focus on substantive policy that makes life better for hunters and anglers good on you randall that's a tier two competitor that came in here stepped toe-to- to toe with you and Brody in tier one. He's joined tier one. Took the victory. Tier two is kind of like you don't even know the guy. How do you know he's tier two? Listen, Steve is the one.

I thought he came in at tier two and Yanni was bummed because Yanni was the only person in tier two. Oh, I see how you're grading him now. He was so lonely. He's tier two until he's proven he's Tier 1. Okay, we'll flesh it out over the rest of the year. Yeah, he's like, to take it to a sports analogy, be like an untested but very excited draft pick. It's good.

You like that? I feel like LeBron James came into the league, had a strong showing in my first round, won a championship this time. Just keep going. We'll see. Well done, Randall round. Won a championship this time. Just keep going. We'll see. Well done, Randall. That's it for this episode.

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