The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 447: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia LXIII

Episode Date: June 7, 2023

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Cory Calkins, Hayden Sammak, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Logan Dove, Mackenzie Elmquist, Alyssa Smith, and Austin "Chilly" Chleborad. 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. Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I'm your host, Spencer Newarth, and today we're joined by Giannis Poutelis, Brody Henderson, Alyssa Smith, Hayden Samick, Corey Calkins, Logan Dove, Mackenzie Elmquist, and Austin Kleberad, or Chili. Now, Chili, this is your first time on the show. Was that good? Was that close or no?

Totally butchered last time. What that close or no? Cleberad. Totally butchered. What is it? It's Cleberad. Cleberad. I went with Eberad. Yeah, that's all right. Cleberad. That's why we call you Chili.

Chili, tell folks what you do here at Meat Eater. I am the property and equipment manager, and I also do a little bit of IT work. Did some IT work for me today. I did, yeah. What did you do for Brody? Did you make the font big on his phone? It's already big on his phone. Is it already big on your phone? It's already big on his phone.

No, look at it. Yours is big. Janice runs it. Janice is like 72.5 on his phone. It's one letter on the screen. What was the IT help for Brody? I just basically gave him access to all the files a meter so he can just do whatever he needs to do just remember that yeah and you do the the

property management stuff this is the last episode in this podcast studio that's correct is media gonna let you go after this project's done you think i think so what use do they have for you after after this is over you haven't been in the new office. There's a lot of use for them. Okay, okay. So you got, clock's not ticking quite yet. I hope not. Okay. It's a great job. Now, if you're not familiar, this is a 10-round quiz show with questions from MeatEater's

four verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking, and there is a prize. MeatEater 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 the question breakdown by category. So far, there have been 630 questions asked on this podcast. The breakdown for those is 37% have been conservation, 25% have been hunting, 20% have been fishing, and 18% have been cooking.

The conservation category is disproportionately higher because it tends to be a catch-all for things that aren't directly tied to the other three verticals. Like bad TV shows. Bad TV shows, sure. All that stuff Brody doesn't like, that usually gets lumped into 37%. I think you should even out those categories. And for the housekeeping portion of today's show, I'm going to answer some FAQs about the Shelby Index. Now, the Shelby Index is a barometer that I use to determine how tough a batch of questions for trivia is.

I ask these questions to my wife the night before each show, and usually she gets about half as many right as the winner. And we actually had a stat on episode 424 that proved this to be true. Anyway, I get a lot of questions about the Shelby Index, and I'll do my best to answer them now. Question, how does Shelby get half points? Answer, because I'm a good husband. If there's a question where you have to provide multiple answers, and she gets half of the right answers, then she often rewards herself with half of a point. And I don't argue. Plus, I'd like that it adds some diversity to the Shelby

Index. Question, does the Shelby Index ever change the game? Answer, sometimes. I think the sweet spot for an episode is when the Shelby Index is between three and five. If she gets less than or more than that, I'll often reword questions or change them all together to create a more competitive episode. Yeah, I don't ever remember the Shelby Index being anything but between three and five. Hold on, we got another thing coming up here. Question, can you tell us which questions

Shelby gets right? Answer, no. Here's why. I know these jackals in the room will use that to their advantage for example if the shelby index is three and she has only gotten two right going into the final question then our players would know that their answer should try to match shelby's for that reason i'm going to keep her correct answers a mystery that seems like something you do brody

right if you knew that you had to match Shelby's answer on question 10. You mean if you revealed her answers? Well, if I told you which ones she got right, right? So the Shelby index was three, and at question 10, she only has two right. So you know that your answer to be correct would have to match what she said.

So think like Shelby. Yeah, I don't know that that would affect. I think it would. Because I wouldn't know what her answer was in the first place. Sure, but I think it would help inform your answer because you're like, okay, this person who isn't very familiar with the subject matter got this right. Sure, I think it could affect. I'll say, yeah. Now, question. Has Shelby ever won a game?

Answer. Yes. On episode 388, the Shelby index was six. Brody and Giannis also got six points in that game and went to a tiebreaker. The question was in the tiebreaker, what percentage of American women had fished within the last year? Brody said 22.7% and Giannis said 20.1%. The correct answer was 7%. And when I got home after that episode,

I asked my wife the same question and her answer was 9%, which would have made her the winner. I still think you're wrong. So that would mean that my wife, who hasn't shot a deer or caught a fish since 2016, was once victorious over some of the world's best hunters

and anglers. She caught you guys once. You know what? I was wondering about the Shelby Index. Maybe you've done this, but I don't think you have. You should figure out who beats the Shelby Index, exceeds the Shelby Index the most and by how much. Okay. We could do that sometime.

I would like to try to avoid hurt feelings in the stance. We could have people... What do you mean? All the stats hurt feelings. Are they? Yeah. Well, I try to lift you up for the most part. They just hurt feelings.

I think you try to lift some people up. I don't think I'm one of them. Top three against the Shelby Index or something. Like, I don't know. We can figure it out. Wouldn't that just be who wins the most? No, but... It's actually a number. Brody just wants more accolades. No, I just want't know. Wouldn't that just be who wins the most? No, but Brody just wants more accolades.

No, I just want to know. We'll keep exploring the Shelby Index. Speaking of Shelby, who's the bigger Swifty? Her or you? I would say it's equal. We inform each other's Swiftiness. But usually, Swifty would be a fan of Taylor Swift. I'm just siphoning off

of somebody else. Took me a while to catch up to what was going on there. I'm less of a fan of Taylor Swift and I'm more interested in the fandom that follows her. It's like the most feverish fandom I've ever witnessed

as someone who likes a lot of sports and TV shows and often gets like a deep dive into those things. The Swifty universe is another thing, right, Phil? Yes. And you're a Swifty, right? Yeah, yeah.

You're asking me because we've had conversations about Taylor Swift in your kitchen before. Yeah. Yeah. And you're a Swifty too? Oh, 100%. Wow. She spans such a broad range of age demographics. Yeah.

It's a universal talent that she has, I would say. I was telling my girls that we should go and she's like, why in the hell would you go? I was telling her I would go just as much for the people watching as anything. Like I said, we have other Swifties in the company and I just like to talk to them about the fandom and hear what they have to say. Corey's wife

is a huge Swifty as well, right? Yeah, that's how this all came about. Does that bleed over into you? Not so much, no. You don't consider yourself a Swifty? No, I'll how this all came about. Does that bleed over into you? Not so much, no. You don't consider yourself a Swifty? No, I'll let her play it in the drift boat every once in a while, but man, reggae has to overcome Swifty after a little while. A Swift song came on my playlist while we were in the car the other day, and within seconds, Corey had hit the next button. Yeah, Corey's wife was saying that your son is like,

Mom, can you not play this song anymore? You think? It's gotten to that level at home, right? Yeah, a little bit. But then he'll play, you know, like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles song a hundred times in a row. Evens out.

Yeah, I guess. Moving on. The Shelby Index for today's 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. Game on, suckers! Question one. The topic is cooking, and as always, this will be multiple choice. Which of these foods was not served at the first Thanksgiving?

Is it passenger pigeon, potatoes, eel, or pumpkins? Which of these foods was not served at the first Thanksgiving? Passenger pigeon, potatoes, eel, or pumpkins. Three of these things were at that first Thanksgiving. One of them was not. How we doing, Yanni? How you feel about your answer? Educated guess. Okay. How's the rest of the room doing? Brody feel about your answer? Educated guess.

Okay. How's the rest of the room doing? Brody, I think we're waiting on you. Keep waiting. I'm thinking. Okay. Do you have it narrowed down at least? Nope.

Oh, look at this cute little poem someone wrote down here on the back of my board. Roses are red, violets are blue, Brody sucks at trivia, and Steve does too. Oh, that's very nice. I don't know who wrote that one. I don't know either. That specific poem, though, I think will be in the board game as graffiti on the back of the white boards that come with the game. Yeah.

You got any updates for us there? Not yet. More to come soon. Brody, how we doing? He's writing a novel. I know. Hmm. Brody. He's writing a novel. I know. Brody. He's writing his own little poem.

I'm ready. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brody saying passenger pigeon. Hayden saying pumpkins. Logan saying potatoes. Alyssa saying pumpkins. Corey saying potatoes. Mackenzie saying pumpkins. Giannis saying potatoes. Chilissa sang pumpkins. Corey sang potatoes. Mackenzie sang pumpkins.

Giannis sang potatoes. Chili sang pumpkins. The correct answer is potatoes. Oh, it is potatoes. Damn it. Potatoes were not there. Potatoes are native to South America and hadn't yet made it to New England in 1621.

But according to historians, they did eat roasted pumpkin, boiled passenger pigeons, and smoked eel. If you want to learn more about what was on the menu, then read my article on TheMeatEater.com called The First Thanksgiving, Wild Game, Extinction, and Stuffing.

Question two. The topic is hunting. You like that? Yes. A lot to unpack there. Question two. The topic is hunting. This next that? Yes. A lot to unpack there. Question two, the topic is hunting. This next great question comes to us via Tom Testman. If you have a question you think is right for MeatEater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com. This state hosted its first elk hunt in 2020 and first black bear hunt in 2021. Some confident answers in the room.

Again, the question is, this state hosted its first elk hunt in 2020 and first black bear hunt in 2021. Yanni is not one of the confident people. Brody is. Brody, do you have this one right? Almost certainly. Okay. Your whole side of the table looks confident.

Hayden, you have this one right as well? No, I'm thinking on it. Okay. Your whole side of the table looks confident. Hayden, you have this one right as well? No, I'm thinking on it. Okay. This state hosted its first elk hunt in 2020 and first black bear hunt in 2021. Phil, last episode in this studio, what's going to be your fondest memory when we move on here?

Moving out of here? Is that it today? Yes, today's going to be your fondest memory when we move on here? Moving out of here? Is that it today? Yes, today's the last day. I'm going to miss Steve complaining about not being able to hear half the time and then realizing it's probably because he's deaf. The train, we just heard it. I don't know if that's why you asked. Do we have a train at the next studio or not? No, no train. But here's the thing. I mean, I don't think you could actually hear the train on any of the recordings, but that's an Easter egg for all you listeners out there. The train would roll by quite often.

Are you in charge of decorating? You know, I'm going to pawn that off on Hayden, I think, because he's got more experience. Hayden's going to pawn it off on Chili. No, no, no, I like decorating, man. Because we're going to be hanging up some furs. We might have a full bear mount. We're going to use a bear mount as a bass trap.

We got that black velvet wall we got to cover up. Oh, no, I like it. With a coffin-shaped podcast table. That's true. It's going to be like a goth rock music video set, but we're going to do our best to undo that. Perfect. I think everyone's fondest memory will be what you said.

Moving on here. This is a cramped room. To get 10 people in here for trivia, it's tight. Does everybody have an answer for question two? I just have a quick question. What's up? What do you mean by hosted? Like Steve Harvey came and... Yeah, like it gave out its

first tags that year for Elk in 2020 and Black Bear in 2021. Zero idea. Everybody ready? Go 150. I did. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brody saying Missouri. Hayden saying Missouri.

Logan saying Pennsylvania. And he crossed out Pennsylvania. I don't know how to spell Pennsylvania. Melissa saying Virginia. Corey saying Pennsylvania. Mackenzie saying California. Giannis saying Missouri. Chili saying New York.

The correct answer is Missouri. A few folks got it. 19,000 hunters applied for Missouri's first five elk tags in 2020. All five hunters were successful. 6,000 hunters applied for Missouri's first 400 bear permits in 2021. The state capped the harvest at 40, but only had 12 killed over the nine-day season. Missouri considered both inaugural seasons a huge success. Question three.

The topic is biology. According to the USGS, this illness is fatal for 65% of bighorn sheep that contract it. Again, the topic is biology. According to the USGS, this illness is fatal for 65% of bighorn sheep that contract it. Again, a confident answer by Brody. Giannis, slow to his board. Corey, do you have this one right? I think so. Okay. I also had a confident answer by Brody. Giannis, slow to his board. Corey, do you have this one right? I think so. Okay.

I also had a quick answer. Hayden over here, who I think is donated to the Wild Sheep Foundation when he's one. I know what it does. Has not yet come up with an answer. I know what it does. I think I have an answer. My problem is, is I think this, well, I'll explain it later if you're curious. Again, according to the USGS, this illness is fatal for 65% of bighorn sheep that contract it.

Hayden doesn't want to give any hints, but he hasn't come up with an answer yet either. That's my issue too, Hayden. I don't know if I'm writing it down correctly. Spelling is important. Yanni, you have this one right, is probably the sole person who has shot a bighorn sheep in this room? I think so. Is everybody ready? Chili?

Yeah. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brody saying pneumonia. Hayden saying brucelose. Well, clearly I'm wrong. Logan saying CWD.. Logan saying CWD. Alyssa saying CWD. Corey saying pneumonia.

Mackenzie saying brucellosis. Giannis saying pneumonia. Chili without an answer. The correct answer is pneumonia. I thought it was some sheepy version of pneumonia. One study showed that pneumonia is the top cause of death for some bighorn sheep herds with 36% of fatalities being linked to the illness. And even when bighorns do survive, they can act as carriers for future generations of lambs.

Most herds infected with pneumonia contracted the infection through close contact with domestic sheep and domestic goats. Pneumonia killed a pile of antelope in Wyoming this year. Really? I didn't know it got to them too. It's like a side effect of that bad winter. Giannis, was pneumonia an issue in the place where you hunted in Colorado? Was that a concern there?

I don't believe so. Some herds I saw, like I said, 36. It's a concern because there are domestic sheep that are still put out on range in that mountain range. But I don't know if that they've actually contracted it. Yeah. Question four.

The topic is fishing. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Kurt Gortlitz for sending this great question. And Kurt is going to get a book signed by Steve. This artist painted a tarpon on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The room is stumped. This artist painted a tarpon on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Logan, the only person. Like the Sistine Chapel? The Sistine Chapel. Do we get a year not gonna tell you the follow-up factoid has the year i'm not going to tell you the year again

this artist painted a tarpon on the ceiling of the sistine chapel logan do you have this one right potentially we were having a discussion i think in the car last week, about like how many famous artists can you name? That's all I'll say. Okay. All but, that helps. Okay. So you're just picking one of them. Yes.

Okay. That might have been a hint. This artist painted a tarpon on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Is he a ninja turtle? I feel like it's kind of a stretch to have this as a fishing question. Just go with it, Mackenzie. Very fishy. Welcome to trivia.

I'm just upset because I have no idea. Also welcome to trivia. Yanni, you going to get this one right? I love that answer. Logan, when you were having that conversation, how many artists could you name? Maybe like five. Okay.

Yep. There we go. It was Jackson Pollock. Does everybody who's going to come up with an answer have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brody and Hayden and Logan sang Michelangelo. Alyssa sang Leonardo da Vinci. Corey sang Da Vinci.

Mackenzie sang Michelangelo. Giannis sang Ed Anderson, who is currently alive. Chili sang Michelangelo. We have a correct answer in the room. It's Michelangelo. The room did very well. I figured there was no way it could be an actual fishing artist.

Because that's what I was thinking at first. I'm like, maybe he got invited down for some special project for conservation. Just a little tarpon in the corner. Consider this the first accurate painting of a tarpon. So how did it wind up next to Jonah in the

world's most famous mural? Well, in the story about Jonah getting swallowed, the Bible didn't identify the fish as a whale until the King James Version came out in 1611. That's 100 years after the Sistine Chapel was painted. Before that, it was just called, quote, a great fish. It's speculated that Michelangelo interpreted the great fish as a tarpon, so that's what he placed in the painting. Humans didn't have a consistent way to land big tarpon by that point, so some

folks, like Michelangelo, hypothesized that they grew to biblical proportions. Where would he have run into a tarpon? That's kind of the cool thing. That's why it's one of the first accurate paintings of a tarpon. What part don't you buy? I don't buy that it's a tarpon. Oh's like kind of the cool thing. That's why it's one of the first accurate paintings of a tarpon. What part don't you buy?

I don't buy that it's a tarpon. Oh, you look at the painting, it's a tarpon. You look at it and be like, oh, that's a tarpon. It's the only thing you could maybe think it is. It's like an arapaima or something like that, which I don't think he knew what that was either. I want to know how he would have seen a tarpon. An Atlantic tarpon.

Take a look at it. It's right there on the ceiling of the world's most famous mural. Question five. The topic is mountain men. Good question. Thank you, Yanni. That's why it was our listener question of the week. What book is the movie Jeremiah Johnson based off of?

What book is the movie Jeremiah Johnson based off of? The room is slow to come up with an answer. Brody, I thought this would be firmly in your wheelhouse. Why is that? Usually when we have Mountain Men questions, it's like you and Steve who get them right. You ought to look at that stat because I'm not sure. We can visit. Again, what book is the movie Jeremiah Johnson based off of?

Who has seen Jeremiah Johnson in this room? Everybody except Logan, Alyssa, Mackenzie. Robert Redford, man. Dude, Robert Redford is my favorite actor ever. A young one. Handsome man. Dude, Robert Redford is my favorite actor ever. A young one. Yeah. Handsome man. Oh, dude.

That beard? Stellar. Again, what book is the movie Jeremiah Johnson based off of? Nobody may get this one right. Corey, you have an answer. Do you have the right answer? Yes. Okay.

Giannis is now coming up with one. Gianni, are you going to have the right answer? Probably not. Logan, do you know what Jeremiah Johnson is? You haven't seen the movie. No. You haven't seen it? No, but you know what movie I did just watch that was sweet? Young Guns.

It's a classic. Me and Leo. You should go watch Jeremiah Johnson tonight. Does everybody have an answer? It'll be entertaining. I think it holds its own. Movie day at the new office? I tried to donate my projector to the new office, and they didn't take it. Really?

I said, no, we don't need it. Can we get a projector? I think we can put a new projector at the new office. We can put it on the ping pong table. I donated that to the office. We have two of them? We got two ping pong tables. This is like a ping pong business now.

There's going to be a little tourney going on. FHF is making paddles. Nah. Does everybody have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brody saying, The Mountain Man. Hayden saying, Journal

of a Trapper. Logan without an answer. Alyssa saying, How the West was Run. Corey saying, Mountain Man. Mackenzie saying, Brokeback Mountains. Giannis saying, what's that say, Mackenzie? Brokeback Mountains. Giannis saying, Mountain Men, Chile, without an answer. It was based on two books.

One of them is Crow Killer, and the other one was Mountain Men. Gianni got it right. Gianni, did you even know that was a book? Not really. Okay. Mountain Men, I think we'll give to you. What did you write, Brody? It said The Mountain Man.

I don't think we're going to give it to you. Singular doesn't work. Nah, give it to him. We'll give it to Corey. Atta boy. Well done. I was glad you got there. If he was in contention, I'd be pissed off.

If you don't give it to me, Brody's catching on here. You gotta give it to Brody. It's mostly about one, dude. We'll give it to both of you. I don't think you should. I think just Giannis should. You were one letter off. Giannis spelled pneumonia, bud.

That's right. It could have been a misspelling. Here's why I think we'll give it to you is because Giannis said to give it to you. And Giannis got it right. But now that I get to give it to somebody that's in contention with me, I feel differently. It's up to you guys, but I,

like, if I was sitting in your shoes, I would give it to Giannis and not us. But in my shoes, I'm like, yeah, give it to me.

When Yanni didn't know that you were going to get a point, he was going to give it to Corey. Spencer just really wants to go fishing again. He's not a contender.

I'm just being nice, handing out points. Well, Phil, what do you think? This is question five. Where would you land on this? Honestly, I marked Brody getting it right. Okay. We're going to do that then. We're going to give it to Corey and

Brody. Again, one of the books was Mountain Man. This game is getting soft. They wrote Mountain Man. According to IMDB, Jeremiah Johnson is based off of two books, although most just associated with Crow Killer by Raymond Thorpe and Robert Bunker.

One historian called it the genre's most influential and misunderstood book of all time. The problem with Crow Killer is that it's presented as a biography, even though it's almost entirely based on inaccurate oral histories. Phil, am I beating you on this?

Phil, we're halfway through the game of trivia. Give Brody a scoreboard update. I'm going to keep him on the edge of his seat for one more sec. Just going back to podcast studio memories. The Christmas episodes, I'd say. Oh, yeah. The two we did in here. The first one, we did some lead throwing indoors.

Melted some lead and looked at our futures. Some OSHA violations. Yeah, maybe, possibly. Who's to say? Long due. And then there was the Tiki family feud one, which was dangerous for a different reason. That's right.

We've got Alyssa yet to make an impression on the board. Mackenzie and Chili have one point apiece. Hayden and Logan have two. Corey has three. And tied for first place are Giannis and Brody. All right, I'll keep it. Hey, folks. Exciting news for those who live or hunt in Canada.

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Social media users called for a boycott of this fast food chain in 2019 after hunting photos of its founder circulated online. Social media users called for a boycott of this fast food chain in 2019 after hunting photos of its founder circulated online. We have a very confident room. Everyone may get this one right. Yanni is the slowest to name. Alyssa is shaking her head. No. Yannis the slowest to name. Alyssa's shaking her head. No.

Yannis doesn't eat fast food. Again, social media users called for a boycott of this fast food chain in 2019. After hunting photos of its founder circulated online, is everybody ready? Any fast food chain who you think's founder tried to get canceled in 2019. Did he get canceled? No. I mean, maybe as much as a fast food founder could possibly get canceled. Although Papa John's got canceled super hard.

He did? Oh, yeah, man. It wasn't a dude taking photos. He's white, and he used the N-word on a conference call. So that's a good way to lose your company. Is everybody ready? A very valid way to lose your company. Among other things, I think he had a long track record before that.

He has a lot of deranged interviews where he's sweating profusely and just spewing nonsense. You know that famous video of David Hasselhoff who's on the kitchen floor? I feel like he had things similar to that. Is everybody ready? Yep. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brody saying Jimmy John's. Hayden saying Jimmy John's.

Logan saying Chick-fil-A. Alyssa saying Burger King. Alyssa, or excuse me, Corey saying Jimmy John. Mackenzie saying Subway. Yanni saying Jimmy John's. Chili saying Chick-fil-A. The correct answer is Jimmy John's. I would not think Jimmy John's would be fast food.

I was going to say. I kind of agree. Yeah, that was their whole thing. It's pretty fast. There you go. Their wiki identifies it as a fast food. I've seen it identified elsewhere as a fast food. It's definitely fast.

Belt and K. Never had it. Feels like fast food when you eat it for sure. The hashtag BoycottJimmyJohns was tweeted over 77,000 times in 2019. This happened after photos of Jimmy John posing with dead rhinos, elephants, and zebras went viral on social media. It didn't seem to work, though, since Jimmy John's went from being the 35th most profitable restaurant in 2019 to 34th in 2020 and 32nd in 2021. It's pretty hilarious that a bunch of people that are eating ham sandwiches and roast beef subs

are like, get that guy, he hunts. Like, what the hell? Question seven. The topic is fishing. I think that guy donated a shitload, spent a shitload of money on... Rhino tags no like a utah governor he likes governor tags oh yeah yeah i feel like you've talked about cory before

how in your past life you knew guides who like explicitly worked with jimmy john is that right yeah kind of through the grapevine i guess not not one-on-one or anything he hires a lot of guides at one time what was the situation there was like kind of one guy that he had that he liked to go to, I don't know the guy's name, but whether Jimmy John was hunting like Utah or Texas or Idaho, he liked this one dude that was like basically his chauffeur. Oh man. You don't remember that? No.

Okay. We'll move on. Question seven. The topic is fishing. This next great question comes to us via Dustin O'Brien. If you have a question you think is right for Meat Eater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeatdeater.com. Three states list the walleye as an official state symbol. Name one of those states. Something. Three states list the walleye as an official state symbol. I need you to name one of those states.

This is a fishing question? This is fishing. It's question seven. State symbol. That is a fish. It's not a trick question, Brody. Just a state symbol is a state fish. States have like a state insect, a state plant, state tree, state fruit.

Do you know what Pennsylvania state fish is, Brody? Brook trout. What about state bird? Rough grouse. Pun and fishing questions. Dang. Brody's good. That was a home state.

They're from Pennsylvania. Oh. No, Brody's good. They're from Pennsylvania. Now Brody just knows them all off the top of his head. He really is a walking Wikipedia. I don't think I can answer that for Michigan. Is everybody ready? I bet you Michigan's the rough ground. I think it might be the same too. Yeah. Is everybody ready?

Could be. Alyssa? Let's try. I'm second, guys. Go ahead and reveal your answer. We have Brody and Hayden and Logan saying Minnesota. Alyssa saying Montana. Corey and Mackenzie and Giannis saying Minnesota. Chili saying Wisconsin.

The three states are Minnesota, South Dakota, and Vermont. Chili, your home state, buddy. Chile is a South Dakotan. I'm from South Dakota. I should know that. Didn't know the walleye was a state fish. Minnesota declared the walleye their state fish in 1965. Vermont followed suit in 1978

and South Dakota in 1992. Some states list multiple fish as state symbols and separate them by state saltwater fish and state freshwater fish. Vermont is the only state, though, that has a state coldwater fish and state warmwater fish. Question eight. The topic is woodsmanship. What three months are when the most acres are burned by wildfires in the United States?

What three months are when the most acres are burned by wildfires in the United States? The topic is woodsmanship. We will get a scoreboard update from Phil the Engineer after this. Again, I need you to name all three months. Most acres, you said? Most acres, that's right. What three months are when the most acres are burned by wildfires in the United States? A lot of second guessing in this room, it looks like. Folks are thinking hard.

Brody, are you going to get this one? I don't know. If it's not a trick question, I will. Is everybody ready? Never a trick question, bro. Could be, because I just recently learned that fire season is not the same. I'm going to change my answer. In the whole United States.

Is everybody ready? Did you say the U.S.? In the United States. Is everybody ready? Mackenzie? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brody saying July, August, September. Hayden saying July, August, September. Logan saying June, July, August.

Alyssa saying July, August, September. Corey saying August, September, October. Mackenzie saying June, July, August. Giannis saying August, September, October. Mackenzie saying June, July, August. Giannis saying August, September, October. Chili saying July, August, September. The three months are June, July, and August. Woo! Yes!

What up? Three folks, I think, got it right. This is according to a study that looked at wildfire trends in America between 1992 and 2015. The month when the most acres burn is June. That's followed by July, August, September, and May. That trend was only bucked in 2011 when Texas had 43% of the nation's wildfire acres. The state was on fire for the whole year with the worst one with the worst months being February, April, May, and September. So June, July, August, when the most acres burn. Phil, where does the scoreboard now stand?

Alyssa, McKenzie, and Chili are no longer in the running for the victory, but we have Logan and Hayden with four points apiece, Corey with five, and still tied in first place are Brody and Giannis with six points. Two questions left. Every time. A lot of players still in the game. Question nine, the topic is cooking.

This next great question comes to us via Dan Alonzo. If you have a question you think is right for MeatEater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com. Protein poisoning, which is sometimes called blank starvation, is when your body takes in too much protein with not enough fat or carbs. This is a fill in the blank. Here's the prompt again. Protein poisoning, which is sometimes called blank starvation, is when your body takes in too much protein with not enough fat or carbs. Brody, with a quick answer. Brody, are you going to get this one right? I don't know.

Okay. But it's something I've heard before. You should have been confident you could have put some fear in Yanni over here, who has not even picked up his marker yet. Hasn't picked up his whiteboard yet. He often waits to write. He does. He likes to contemplate stuff.

Yeah, I think he likes the drama of seeing how the rest of the room reacts, and then Yanni swoops in at the last second to get it right. I hate it when Brody's ahead, and then we have, like, I feel like traditionally— I'm not ahead. Well, you're ahead of me, bro.'s like every game this is a family show so i'm not gonna say um and then do you typically put cooking questions towards the end no just trying to give it a nice i feel like that's how it plays out man because it's a nice even mix question one today was brody's writing cookbooks and shit question nine was cooking you post cooking videos yeah but they're not yeah they're like they're

like stupid though they're like here's how to make chick-fil-a nuggets again protein poisoning i always double tap hayden which is sometimes called blank starvation is when your body takes in too much protein with not enough fat or carbs. Does everybody who is going to come up with an answer have an answer? Yanni, have you come up with an answer yet? No, is the answer. Came or come?

Either one. Does everybody have an answer? Yanni? It's a family show. Is everybody ready? All right. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brody and Hayden saying rabbit.

Logan saying false. Alyssa without an answer. Corey saying scarvy. Mackenzie without an answer. Giannis saying rabbit. He crossed out fat.enzie without an answer. Giannis saying rabbit. He crossed out fat. Chili without an answer. The correct answer is rabbit or fat.

Gianni, you had both of the answers. Really? That's right. Bonus! Rabbit starvation or fat starvation. Rabbit starvation is rare today, but it can happen in survival situations. It was first documented in 150 bc when roman soldiers died after eating nothing but boiled venison and rabbits for days symptoms include

nausea headache fatigue low blood pressure and diarrhea brody is that something you guys covered in the survival books i don't think so we maybe it got mentioned but i don't think so. Maybe it got mentioned, but I don't think so. It's kind of one of those things. It's not applicable to real world stuff. You're talking a long period of time for that to have to, you know. Sure. That's right. It'd be something like Bear Grylls would talk about.

Yeah, in two days he'd get it. Yeah. Sure. But yeah, you just eat like the liver and stuff and you're good to go. Phil? I think that's how you overcome it. We have one question left. Give us a

scoreboard update it's uh coming down to brody and janice once again we've got seven points a piece question 10 the topic is conservation consider the largest cactus that's native to the united states this plant has a national park in Arizona named after it. Spelling counts. Considered the largest cactus that's native to the United States, this plant has a national park in Arizona named after it.

Brody with a confident answer. Giannis has not picked up his whiteboard. Brody, are you going to get this one right I'm just going to let Giannis think about it for a while No comment he says Giannis is rubbing his temple Trying to find an answer It's the most famous cactus

I don't know Considered the largest cactus that's native to the United States This plant Has a national park in Arizona named after it. Corey, I want to revisit the fishing question about the Sistine Chapel.

You gave a pretty heavy hint when you said is it a teenage mutant ninja turtle? And I didn't even write down a ninja turtle. Oh, you did? I was hoping someone would have been like, bop, bop, bop, bop. And I would have been like, oh, Ninja Turtle.

I liked how you wrote it. You wrote like Michael Angelo. Like Mike Angelo. Spelling doesn't matter. Also the way you spelled Chick-fil-A too. That was pretty good. Chick-fil-A. Spelling was not my strong suit in grade school.

Yanni, how we doing over there? Blank board, bud. Blank mind right now. Are you going to come up with something? It depends on how much time you give me. You guys want to take a quick bathroom break? Nope. Hurry up. Phil, do you have any other memories about the podcast studio while Yanni

tries to come up with a cactus? Honestly, one of my favorites is Steve just absolutely going downhill the last few weeks in trivia and Brody just victorious all the time. It's been great. What a memory. Great to watch. Oh, jeez. I feel like every time I play trivia, I'm in a round with Brody and it's really hurting

my average. What? Sitting by me? No. Well, I mean, I guess in a way. You're not going to get any more questions right. Yeah, but like, here's the thing about Brody, man. If you get behind him early in the game, there is very little chance that you're catching up.

It's not a winner's mindset, dude. Exactly, man. Well, I'm not winning. You need a stronger mental game, buddy. Self-confidence, bro. Y, I'm not winning. You need a stronger mental game, buddy. Self-confidence, bro. Yanni, Phil and Hayden just bought you an extra minute, and I see your board is still blank. Yannis used to say, always be hunting,

which means you never give up, dude. Yeah, I can do that when I'm actually hunting, but when he's like, what tarpon was on the painting I get You got that one right I did get that one right that's for sure. Yanni is currently hunting for an answer Can't find one and regretting giving Brody that extra point Oh, so bad We be going to a tiebreaker Getting back to biting your ass

Unless you know Brody could still get this wrong. That's true. He could miss it. He's not super confident. Brody, what do you think? 50% chance you have this right? How come I keep going on like 95%? 95% chance.

Does any cactus? No, I know a couple of cactuses, bud, but they're not big. Yeah, I don't think you need to come up with one here. I know. Oh, I forgot it's big. But it's also named after a national park. Here's the question again. They're all sorts of ways.

Consider the largest cactus that's native to the United States. Normally I'd be arguing that he's had too much time, but he gave me that answer, so I can't say shit right now. This plant has a national park in Arizona named after it. When you hear the answer, Yanni, are you going to kick yourself, you think? Yes, I'm going to violently kick and punch myself. Maybe not too violently. No, I'm just going to give it to Brody.

You've got to at least try it. Just guess. Anything. I don't have a guess. I think if he had a guess, he would have wrote it down. Go ahead. I'm not going to guess Prickly Pear. Go ahead and reveal your answers.

Well, that's embarrassing because that's what I guessed. Brody saying Brody saying Saguaro. Hayden saying Saguaro. Logan saying Sequoia. Alyssa saying Prickly Pear. Corey saying Saguaro. Mackenzie saying Prickly Pear. Yanni without an answer.

Chili saying Sedona. Yeah, buddy. The correct answer is Saguaro making Brody our winner with eight correct answers. I'll cherish this one since it's the last one in the studio.

The largest Saguaro ever documented was 78 feet tall. They grow incredibly slow, with it taking 10 years to reach 6 inches tall. They grow incredibly slow, with it taking 10 years to reach 6 inches tall. By 70 years old, they're about 7 feet tall and produce their first flowers. At age 100,

they're 15 feet tall and produce their first arm. And at 200 years old, they reach full maturity at 45 feet tall. Yanni, was that in your head somewhere? Oh, yeah. Maybe on a different day you would have found it. You've looked at a lot of those things when you're staring through the glass

for coos deer, haven't you? I don't know about saguaro cactus, but I've been on a sheep hunt and got to watch rams just butt the shit out of those cactuses. A desert bighorn. Yeah. Really? Yeah.

Just ramming them and ramming them and ramming them. What do they do when you think? shit out of those cactuses. A desert bighorn. Yeah. Really? Yeah. Those things are tough, man. Just ramming them and ramming them and ramming them. What do they do when you think? Just like testing their head here? Blowing off steam? Practicing. Their heads are really cheap. Practicing to their buddies.

Brody takes the final victory in this studio. Brody, you get to choose whether the $500 donation from Meat Eater goes. So what's it going to be? Since the victory is controversial, I'm going to let Giannis pick. All right. Very kind. Alaska BHA so they can keep fighting the no road to Ambler fight. Are we at a particular crossroads with that right now or is this an ongoing thing?

It's an ongoing thing. What would BHA do to help that? I'm guessing that right now they're just working on messaging and just getting the word out there that this thing's going on and happening. Well done, Yanni. Nobody loses in more controversial ways than Giannis Putellis. Yeah, that's a stat. It's because you're so kind. You let that rule happen with the tiebreaker.

That was the communist setup. You let Brody have the mountain man. And I'm not a big fan of communists. And here we are now. Well done, Brody. Well done, Yanni. Join us next time for more meat eater trivia in the new studio, the only game show where conservation always

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