The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 460: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia LXIX

Episode Date: July 19, 2023

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Tony Peterson, Mark Kenyon, Ryan Callaghan, Ford Van Fossan, Logan Williamson, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, and Cory Calkins. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee 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 Newhart, and today we're joined by Ryan Callahan, Mark Kenyon, Chester Floyd, Seth Morris, Tony Peterson, Ford Van Fossen, and Logan Williamson. Logan, this is your first time on Trivia. Tell folks what you do at First Light.

I am the waterfowl category manager here at First Light. What does that mean? That means that I manage our apparel and gear lines and our camo lines for waterfowl gear, waterfowl category. We just learned about a whole bunch of cool waterfowl stuff. What gets you most excited, Cal, about what Logan showed us this week? Well, obviously, we've been slow playing the waiter thing, and the waiters are awesome and a big foundational piece.

I mean, all the additions this year are sweet. People are going to love them. They're great. But the thing that continues to impress me is like our refuge parka I used for an entire year as a bed in the dog blind or in the, in the blind for snort. So just getting covered in, in mud and dog and dog claws and, you know, launching off after birds, super excited, used it for a year. Did you ever wear it? No, never wore it.

And then last year. And this is the endorsement you're choosing to have? Is that your dog laid on it? Okay. Yeah. This is real stuff. Versatile. Keep going.

I'm in. Last year, I actually wore that same jacket, even though it did not look great and was still completely waterproof, windproof, just a burly, freaking awesome jacket, and you can still swing a shotgun in it. So, yeah. An endorsement from Cal and Smart. Okay. Yep. That's good. Mark and Tony, this is your first time

in the new studio. What do you think of our new setup? How did Phil do? It's a little dark. Is it? But other than that, just kidding, Phil. I think Phil did a wonderful job. Thanks, Mark. That's great. I love it. Do you think it's going to change your trivia game?

I think it's going to help me win no i can feel the vibe in here what's gonna change the vibe is that there's some parody right brody and steve aren't here right now so i feel like it is an open it's an open contest today yeah it's just way more relaxed yeah uh did you cater to anyone in this room today spencer be honest you have to identify the shills to stick with our earlier poker theme. I did not. If you're on the Meat Eater, First Light, FHF, Dave Smith Decoys, Phelps, if you're on their payroll, you don't get a bone thrown to you. Nice.

All the folks in here are. Corey's also trying to mess with the vibe with the upside-down sunglasses. He's got like a World Series of Poker thing going on over here, right? Yeah, that's right. I noticed you didn't mention my name either, so it must be really throwing off everybody. See, you're right. That's how much it threw me off. And we're joined by Corey Calkins.

Thank you. Now this is a 10 round quiz show with questions from Meat Eaters 4 Verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation and cooking. And there is a prize. Meat Eater will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winners choosing and for the stat of the week this week we're comparing the performance of Mark Kenyon and Tony Peterson that's fun now these two fellas are our nerdiest whitetail nerds which is

what makes them such good hosts of Wired to Hunt but does that make them good at trivia? Does the room have any predictions on how these two stand in our four categories? Mark, Tony, what do you guys think? Spencer, can you give us a hint if there are any questions about pollinators? No, no, no pollinator questions. Then Mark doesn't have an advantage? No, no.

I'm saying for your, your historical performance, which one of you two does better? You think? I bet you we're really close. Okay. I think we're really close. Okay. I think we're really close. And I think we're, everything I've been involved in, we're like one tier below the winners usually.

Yeah. Okay. Give or take in that ballpark. We're like the Wired to Hunt bridesmaids. Sure. We're never, we're always like second or third place. Yeah. Now, Mark said that you guys are really close. He was talking about performance, but also just like you have a good relationship.

True. Again, this week, while they're in Bozeman, they're sharing a hotel room. Mark told me something that I think might have been off the record, but we're going to talk about it on the podcast. The first night you guys were here, you stayed up until 1 o'clock just chatting. Yeah. People don't know this, but we are actually best friends. Okay. Like super, maybe even super best friends.

Super best. And they're both side sleepers. People don't know this, but we are actually best friends. Okay. Like super, maybe even super best friends. Super best. And they're both side sleepers. Only one bed necessary. But we go north-south. Oh. So it's not weird. No, no, no, no.

What did you guys talk about until 1 a.m. in your hotel room? Can we be real about this? I don't know. Tony shared with me embarrassing stories about his family history. That's true. Some very strange conspiracy theory beliefs. Not mine, necessarily. Okay.

And some dark stories from Tony's past, as well as a deep conversation around why have we not been back to the moon in so many decades and that sounds like another conspiracy theory did you guys have some drinks or we know we were both completely sober yeah true spencer said we're the nerdiest of the whitetail hunters but to be clear you didn't talk about whitetails at all i don't think we did no got it no whitetails maybe if you guys don't win you can like uh change the podcast name like wired for second or something like yeah there's gonna be some new spinoff here for sure and here is comparing your performance in the category of hunting mark gets 40 of questions right while tony gets 71 wow really up tony in the category of fishing, Mark gets 40% of questions right, while Tony gets 80%.

Oh, boy. In the category of conservation, Mark gets 59% of questions right, while Tony gets 67%. And in the category of cooking, Mark gets 25% of questions right, while Tony gets 33%. A clean sweep across the board. On average, Mark gets 4.6 points per game, while Tony gets 6.3 points per game. I think your tail is off. You think so? Yeah, I feel like I've

never gotten less than 5 that I can remember. I will double check these stats for you, Mark. We'll come back sometime. Can we get a third party audit? I think that's what Mark's calling for. I feel like that was a very accurate assessment of the performance. You wouldn't say that. But no, I feel like the pressure's on now. I need to beat Tony the time it counts.

Now here's our zero percenter question of the week, which tests how much knowledge players have retained from previous games. This question was from episode 376. The topic was gear, and nobody got it right. Here's the question. If you know the answer, you just shout it out. Besides a blade, name two of the three tools that the first Swiss Army knife had. Corkscrew, tweezers.

Saw. Tweezers. So, let's see. You said tweezers, corkscrew. What else was said? Saw. A saw. A file.

Scissors. The incorrect answers given in the game we played were scissors, saws, and tweezers. The correct answer was a screwdriver, a can or bottle opener, and a reamer. The old reamer. First Swiss Army knife. Yeah. We have some housekeeping to get to. On a previous show, we talked about woodchucks, which inspired a bunch of comedians to write in with the trivia question,

how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? He'd chuck all the wood that a woodchuck could if a woodchuck could chuck wood. I have a better answer, Cal. As it turns out, this riddle actually has a solve. In the 1980s, a biologist from New York observed groundhogs and determined that they could dig an entire burrow in one day. These burrows were about 35 feet long, which meant they moved 700 pounds of dirt. Now to convert that to wood, we can look at the weight of a green piece of cottonwood, which weighs 59 pounds per square foot. So to answer the question, a woodchuck could chuck 12 square feet of wood per day

if a woodchuck could chuck wood well that doesn't rhyme i love it 12 square feet of green cottonwood per day cal does that reinforce what you think you know about woodchucks does that seem right that they could chuck 12 square feet of wood a day no i just look at them as like little bears that eat a variety of things that in my mind would make them very tasty. Although I've never, never killed one. I don't think I've, I've killed one on a friend's deck cause it was, you know, when they

pee on stuff, it stains wood. Oh. Yeah. But you didn't eat it? I didn't. No, we were in, we were in fishing mode and that was just kind of like part of the, the business that had to be taken care of before

we got to go fish. Don't show up to a cow's buddy's deck to pee on her. You're going to get shot. That's right. It's a moral of the story. Now, the Shelby Index for today's game is a three, so our winner should get six correct answers. And with that, we're on to the game of trivia.

Play the drop, Phil. Oh, lighting. Nice. Everything. Now the glasses are really... Welcome to the Thunderdome. Game on, suckers! That was fun, Phil.

You have outdone yourself, Phil. I felt like we were on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire there because I didn't realize until you just did it, but the lights do a lot of stuff during that music, right, Phil? Yeah, yeah. It's a lot of button presses. I did them in the right order. We'll see if I can keep that up for the next however many years this show runs.

Well done, Phil. I feel like I figured out how to turn these off. Just keep going. I'll figure it out. Question one. The topic is conservation, and this will be multiple choice. This first great question comes to us via Dusty Mara. If you have a question you think is right for MeatEater Trivia,

you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com. Which of these things takes the longest to decompose? Is it a glass jar, a leather shoe, aluminum can, or plastic bottle? Again, the topic is conservation. Which of these things takes the longest to decompose? Glass jar, leather shoe, aluminum can, plastic bottle. Spencer, I got to tell you, a guy came in to, a young guy came in to the tent sale that we had over the weekend. Okay.

And he was looking, looking for you. Had a bone to pick. Okay. He's like, yeah, I keep sending in trivia and none of them have been picked. So they haven't been read. I said, oh, okay. Well, yeah, sometimes, you know, you can't get through all your emails and stuff. And, and I was like, how do you know he's not reading them? He goes, uh, cause they yeah, sometimes, you know, you can't get through all your emails and stuff.

And I was like, how do you know he's not reading them? He goes, because they haven't been on the show. That's good. I like his confidence. Yeah. We will have a future stat coming up about what your odds are of getting a question read on the show, because we have a lot of people with that same feedback wondering why their question never made it to air.

So we'll learn what your chances are. Does everybody have an answer for which of these things takes the longest to decompose? Glass jar, leather shoe, aluminum can, plastic bottle. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Corey saying plastic bottle. Tony saying glass jar. Chester saying plastic bottle. Seth saying glass jar. Cal saying plastic bottle. Mark saying plastic bottle. Logan saying plastic bottle. Ford saying plastic bottle. Nobody went with leather shoe or aluminum can.

The correct answer is glass jar. A few folks got it right. It takes 50 years for a leather shoe to decompose, 250 years for an aluminum can, 500 years for a plastic bottle, and 1 million years for a glass jar. This is because there are no microorganisms in nature that can break down glass. It's estimated that only 28% of glass in America gets recycled, meaning millions of tons enter landfills every year. You want to know why you're wrong here? Go ahead.

Because plastic just gets smaller. It doesn't decompose, bro. Yeah, microplastics. You can take it up with the folks that gave this stat one million years. Listen, I'm not going to sit here and just beat you over the head with this. Okay.

You're wrong. We all know it. And we can move on. Thank you, Cal. Question two. The topic is cooking. Although it's named after an Asian city, this crispy dumpling was invented in San Francisco in the 1950s.

A stumped room. Although it's named after an Asian city, this crispy dumpling was invented in San Francisco in the 1950s. Corey with the quickest answer. And then, Corey, do you have this one right? Check. Okay. We'll see how these sunglasses fare for you.

Is it going to be performance-based on if you wear them again? Oh, absolutely. Yeah. How's the rest of the room feel? Seth, you were quick to answer performance based on if you wear them again? Oh, absolutely. Yeah. How's the rest of the room feel? Seth, you were quick to answer. Do you think you have this one right? No, just first thing that popped in my head. Cal, how about you?

I'm just dying to know the composition of this glass jar and why we need it to disintegrate or, you know, because, I mean, if it's really glass, it doesn't matter. Point is, don't leave glass in the woods. Agree? Glass can turn into basically like a sand

and be totally negated, whereas plastics, they're going to eventually make it back into you. Yeah, that's where my mind went as a kid, picking up sea glass on the shore. It's all smooth and beautiful, but I guess it hasn't decomposed technically speaking but it will get there

whereas a plastic just she's a thing cow you got it wrong no does everybody have an answer pick a question that has a finite answer does everybody have an answer although it's named after an Asian city, this crispy dumpling was invented in San Francisco in the 1950s. Logan, how we doing? Just pick an Asian city, Logan. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have

Corey saying Rangoon. Tony saying, what does that say, Tony? Manila? Manila. Chester saying wonton. That's not a good sign for your answer. Seth saying wonton.ester saying wonton. That's not a good sign for your answer. Seth saying wonton. Cal saying wonton. Mark saying Hong Kong dumpling.

Logan saying wonton. Ford saying wonton. We have a correct answer in the room. It's Rangoon. Corey got it right. That's good. The first known Rangoon was served at a Polynesian restaurant called Trader Vic's in California. Also a tiki bar. You've been there?

Well, I haven't been there, but it's one of the most famous tiki bars in the world. Really? Oh, yeah. So that's kind of devastating. Isn't that reference in Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon? Yep. Drinking a pita colada at Trader Vic's. His hair was perfect.

Wow. Yep. That's why we have you here, Phil, is for tiki bar knowledge. Yeah. Good on you. Halt the show and piss everybody off. Early versions of the dumpling

were filled with crab or cream cheese, just like today. If you want to learn how to make them with smoked trout, then go to TheMeatEater.com and check out

Jenny Wheatley's article for Smoked Fish Rangoon. Question three. The topic is hunting. This next great question comes to us via Dusty Mara. If you have a question you think is right for MeatEater Trivia, you can send it to Trivia at TheMeatEater.com. Didn't he already get a question?

I think he had. So here's the thing, Mark. Either I made a mistake or I used two of his questions. I will solve that after this episode. Question three. What was the nickname of the AK-57 Uzi radar laser triple barrel

double scoped heat seeking shotgun into 30 point buck? Oh my gosh. I gotta run through the song quick. This is gonna take a little bit. Oh man. Favorite song of mine. Here's the question again. What was the nickname of the AK-57 Uzi radar laser triple barrel

double scoped heat seeking shotgun in Deterty Point, Buck? I thought you weren't playing to people in the room. I don't know that it is. It's not a Montana thing, my friend. That's hurting. Where are you from, Logan? Michigan.

Okay. This helps you. Fort, you're from Maryland, right? Quit making so much noise. You're waking me up. That's in that song. Do you mind? Just keep singing it.

How many times have you heard that song? I've heard it so many times. This is a softball, and I can't think of it right now. I'm panicking. I've heard it zero times. What? it so many times. This is a softball, and I can't think of it right now. I'm panicking. I've heard it zero times. What? What? Zero times.

That's a lie. I mean, to be fair here, we are talking about a profoundly Midwestern song. But this is a deer camp culture thing. We try to represent all parts of the country in trivia. This one happens to favor folks. Us Westerners, you know, we're independent folk. Spencer, we like to strike out on our own. Form our own traditions.

That's right. Got our solo pursuits. Tackle nature head on. Don't listen to music. Live by our own means. Here's the question again. What was the nickname of the AK-57 Uzi? Radar, laser, triple barrel, double scoped, heat-seeking shotgun into 30-point buck.

Chester, how are we doing over there? You've been thinking long and hard. I've seen you wording the lyrics. Do you think you've come up with the right answer? No. Marcus, how about you? Hold on. You're screwing me up, Spencer.

I was almost there. Don't even look at him. I was almost there. Don't even look at him. You need to give him some time. Otherwise, this may be a zero percenter question of the week. How about you, Tony? You going to get this one right?

No clue. No clue. I don't think Cal's even going to write down an answer. I wrote down an answer. Okay. Is it going to be a good one? Yeah, it's a great one. Okay.

It's a classic firearm name. Is that kind of how the song goes? Exactly. Marcus, how we doing? Now I can sing the beginning and then I start singing like the AK-57 Uzi Raider double-barrel heat-seeking shotgun. Run out of time.

Help with Cal humming in your ear. My name is Flo. My fingers were so frozen I couldn't pull the trigger. Don't you know. We need more. Just before this. We're running out of time, Mark. It's about to be not interesting.

We're almost there. I'm not going to be able to get it is everybody ready go ahead and reveal your answers we have Corey saying Susie Tony saying Susie are you two copying off each other that's the first name that popped into my head

Chester saying Betsy Seth saying Cowitzer Cal saying Betsy Mark saying old Bessie. Logan sang Yooper's Smoke Pole. Ford sang Bess. The correct answer, which nobody got, is Betty Lou.

Close, Cal. That song was released by the Bananas at Large in 1989. Here's how they described the deer and their gun. Take it away, Phil. Well, he was eight foot tall, weighed 12,000 pounds. With every step, there was a shush. Just shaking on the ground. I think I've only heard the remix of this.

That's the issue. Yeah. He was created by God just for outdoor magazines. Right in his coffin. Yeah, right. That's the one. A combination AK-57 Uzi radar laser triple barrel

double scope T-seeking shotgun. Betty Lou. Phil, I had it so you'd cut it off before the verb. We'll push right through. But then I couldn't do an elegant fade out. Would Howitzer have counted too? No, he couldn't get to the Howitzer, he said. That's why he went for Betty Lou.

Every opening day in Michigan, that song is playing on all the radios. So every morning at deer camp, it'd be like 4.30 in the morning. My uncle would turn on the radio. The wood-burning stove's popping and crackling. And as soon as that would turn on the radio, I'd be laying on the couch still sleeping, and Grandpa and Uncle

would crank it up. And that would get me out of bed before we'd go hunting. So yeah, I still listen to it leading into hunting season when I'm getting excited. I'm so mad at myself for forgetting that. You'll never forget it again. Yeah. It's the hype song. Kind of like betraying an old friend. Yeah, it really is.

Question four. The topic is gear. The gear company that Yvonne Chouinard founded is named after a region on this continent. Here's the question again. The gear company that Yvonne Chouinard founded is named after a region on this continent.

A very confident room. Tony, you got this one right. Seth, you got this one right. Seth, you got this one right. No cheating now, Tony. We just had a 0% or we may have a 100% here. Chester and Tony doing some more writing. You guys second guessing? I was hoping you were going to make it a little harder,

like name a peak in this region or something. We'll see. It almost feels like it should be a trap here. I know. It's not. You really got to listen to that. Is everybody ready? Tony? Are you writing out all of your continents?

No. I'm good. It's got a map of the globe. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Corey saying South America. Tony saying South America. The entire room said South America. Everybody got it right. The correct answer was South America. The entire room said South America. Everybody got it right.

The correct answer was South America. Chouinard founded Patagonia in 1973. The company is named after a mountainous region of Argentina and Chile that's covered in vast forests and glaciers. For more on the history of Chouinard and Patagonia, listen to episode 188 of the Meat Eater podcast where Steven Yiannis interview the brand's founder. Question five. The topic is fishing. Merriam-Webster defines this as, quote, a current of water running contrary to the main current. Again, a confident room. Here's the the question the topic is fishing merriam-webster defines this as a current of water running contrary to the main current

seth hasn't picked up his board yet the rest of the room is ready to show their answers, though. Cal, you got this one? I know that it makes sense to me. You haven't picked up in a dictionary in a little while, so you can't know for certain. Yeah, I have no idea, but being a river feller, I know what I'd call it. River fool. That's right.

Is everybody ready? Corey? Yeah. Tony? I guess. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Corey saying confluence. Tony saying, what's that say, Tony?

Back channel. Back channel. Chester saying Eddie. Seth saying channel. Cal saying Eddie. Mark saying Eddie. Logan saying confluence. Ford saying Eddie. Mark saying Eddie. Logan saying Confluence. Ford saying Eddie.

The correct answer is Eddie. The room did pretty well. Is it I-E or I-E? Why? Is it? Why? Okay. Eddies are often targeted by anglers because they provide concentrated areas where insects

and bait fish get trapped. They usually form immediately downstream of an obstacle like a rock or stump. The word dates back to the 15th century and has synonyms like swirl, spin, pearl, and whirlpool. Phil, we are halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard update. Pretty low scoring game, guys. We've got Logan with a single point,

and everybody else is tied up with two points. No way. That's true. Still in it, though. Oh, man. We could have an eight-way tiebreaker. Time to focus here. And that would be fun.

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Welcome to the OnX club, y'all. Here we go. Question six. The topic is conservation. This next great question comes to us via Brandon Rosenboom. If you have a question you think is right for Meat Eater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com. This invasive species, which is found in 17 states,

is a South American mammal that was introduced here in 1899. Again, the topic is conservation. This invasive species, which is found in 17 states, is a South American mammal that was introduced here in 1899. Cal, do you have this one right? I think so. Okay. The room looks pretty split on their confidence. How about you, Ford? You got this one? Feeling good.

Feeling good. Are you? Actually, you know, I take it back. Okay. 17 states is a lot of states. 17 of them. That's the part that throws me, actually. Yeah.

If it was like three, I'd be super confident. Yeah. Logan told me that he listens to every episode of meat eater trivia thank you logan how does it feel to be in the room uh versus having it on your radio terrible is there a lot of pressure oh yeah this is bad and everyone else is tied for first it's not too late a lot a of game left. Here's the question again. This invasive species, which is found in 17 states, is a South American mammal that was introduced here in 1899. The date gives me pause, too. I think...

I mean, I'm assuming... This extra information is meant to help you, not confuse you. We'll see how the room does. Is everybody ready? You can add you idiots in there. Come on. Lowest scoring game ever. We'll see.

I got faith. Okay, we're ready. I got faith. Is everybody ready? Logan, still writing. Marcus, still writing. Cal's getting impatient, and you are both in reaching distance of him. I mean, let's efficiently be wrong here.

Come on. There's a saying in golf, if you're going to play bad, you can't play slow. Oh, there you go. That should apply to trivia as well. That means I'm a very fast golfer. No. Man, I feel like an idiot. We all do, buddy.

Join the club, Chester. Is everybody ready? I hate this answer. Just write down anything. Chester? He's panicked. This is not right. That's not right.

No, that's not right. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Corey saying Nutria. Tony saying Nutria. Chester without an answer. I would have wrote that, but I saw Seth's board. He sounds like Seth. Self-regulation.

Seth and Cal saying Nutria. Mark saying Burrow. Logan saying Barbary Sheep. Ford saying Nutria. Mark saying Burrow. Logan saying Barbary Sheep. Ford saying Nutria. The correct answer is Nutria. The room did pretty well. So which states? The nation's highest population of Nutria live along the Gulf Coast,

but they're also found up and down the East and West Coast. They're blamed for significant impacts and loss of wetlands in the Mississippi Delta and Chesapeake Bay. Nutria are also hard on agriculture by destroying dikes and levees that are used for irrigation. Ford, if you look at the distribution map, it's basically anything that touches the ocean. Seems like they have Nutria. Well, here's what gave me pause. In theory, in my home state of Maryland, we've eliminated nutria. All of them.

That was a major announcement. Bold, I would say. If you've ever been to the marshes of Maryland and you feel like you can confidently look at that and be like, you know what's not here. Oh, absolutely. I mean, so my first job was working at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, which is sort of the core of the Chesapeake Marshlands complex. And I remember walking by the APHIS guys every day who were in theory going to trap all the nutrient and thinking like. Did you ever see one? Nutrient?

Yeah. Yeah, for sure. Back then. But the concept of ridding Maryland's marshes of every swamp rat seemed rather ludicrous at that point. But damn if they didn't do it, apparently. You should check out the cow in the field episode down in Louisiana. We bust a nutria and eat it and talk about the

fact that because they erode swamp grasses, they're chewing on the, on the bases of the swamp grass. An acre of tidal grass holds, uh, over a million gallons of water. So it's a big, uh, big way to protect your coastal marshes or coastal, uh, coastlines from erosion is what I'm trying to say. Question seven. The topic is fishing. The Outdoor Channel helped launch this catch and release fishing league in 2011.

Again, the topic is fishing. This is question seven. The Outdoor Channel helped launch this catch and release fishing league in 2011. Seth, do you have this one right? I think so Is a league like a tournament? Not giving any hints I'll tell you the question again

The Outdoor Channel helped launch this Catch and Release Fishing League In 2011 That's all the information You will need Tony, do you have this one right? You were quick to answer I'm not sure I have no confidence in any of my answers for this, but maybe I have it right. Do you normally have some confidence though? When I'm not playing meat eater trivia,

like just generally in life, sometimes. The other shows you've been on, do you feel confident then? Not really. I panic and I'm worried because I'm not a very good closer. And so I feel that crushing weight coming in. And all I keep thinking is I'm not a very good closer. And so I feel that crushing weight coming in. And all I keep thinking is I just got to beat Mark. That's good. He did set the stage for that pressure. I'm very excited to get a scoreboard update and a few questions from now because I think it's going to be tight. I'm going to change my answer real quick.

Here's the question again. The Outdoor Channel helped launch this catch and release fishing league in 2011. Is everybody ready? Yes. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Corey without an answer. Tony saying major league fishing. Chester saying major league fishing.

Seth saying major league fishing. Cal saying catfish noodlers. Mark saying major league bass fishing. Seth saying major league fishing. Cal saying catfish noodlers. Mark saying major league bass fishing. Logan saying MLF. Forward saying major league fishing. The correct answer is major league fishing.

Mark, we're not going to give it to you. That's too many words. Logan, we will give it to you for the MLF though. Even though it is bass fishing? Do you disagree? Sorry, Mark. That's not the name of the league. I'm sorry, Mark. You're not going to have the exciting multi-person tie.

You never know. Nature's League Fishing was created by the Professional Bass Tour Anglers Association and Outdoor Channel. It differed from other fishing competitions by placing a referee on each boat to weigh every fish and guarantee a quick catch and release. The refs then used iPads to update the leaderboard, which allowed anglers to track the real-time standings. Seth, do you like watching Major League Fishing?

How does that rate compared to the other fishing competitions on TV? I'm more of an Elite Series guy personally but i do yeah i do keep track i think the i could be wrong but i think first light sponsors the mlf guy really andy morgan we do indeed andy morgan yeah it's got to be kind of exciting for you guys because that ipad means one more screen on the boat you know the screens help you learn things about fish, Cal. That was mean, Cal. Question eight. The topic is cooking.

What do you got, Chester? If it's hooked up to internet, I could then Google how to catch a bass while I'm out there. Use chat GBT there. Yeah. Question eight. We will get a scoreboard update from Phil the Engineer after this. The topic is cooking. This restaurant chain came under fire in 2021 after DNA samples revealed that their tuna contained traces of chicken, pork, and beef.

Tony was writing an answer when I was only about a quarter of the way through it. You know this one? I feel confident with this one. Okay, here's the question again. This restaurant chain came under fire in 2021 after DNA samples revealed that their tuna contained traces of chicken, pork, and beef. Our coworkers roasted beef

are continuing to eat at this place after. That's a hint for some folks. Ford, are you going to get this one right? You didn't need the hint? I've got nothing, but I'm going to think about the hint. Okay. Yeah. Logan, that's your competition there. Well, Cal, that happens often in our office, so it doesn't really

narrow it down. Corey, do you have an answer yet? I do not. I wonder if it's a fast food restaurant. I feel like you would have put that in there, though. Here's the question again. This restaurant chain came under fire in 2021 after DNA samples revealed that their tuna contained traces of chicken, pork, and beef.

Chicken of the sea. Going to need you to come up with an answer. You can't trust anything out of Corey right now with those shades. A lot of disinformation, misinformation. Ford, how are you feeling about your answer now? Pretty terrible. Did Logan help you at all? Not really.

Okay. Is everybody ready? Corey? You bet. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Corey saying subway tony saying subway chester saying arby's seth saying subway cal saying subway marcus saying pf changs logan saying subway and ford saying red lobster the correct answer is Subway. You know, the people at Subway were like, thank God we have a tuna scandal and not the other scandal that we were associated with.

Oh, yeah. We're a tuna super suspect, everybody. Now that you say that, Cal. We're the weird tuna guys. Maybe that story was planted. Come to think of it. I mean, anything. Yeah.

My God. Nilema Amin sued Subway after a marine biologist analyzed 19 samples of tuna from 19 different restaurants and found, quote, no detectable tuna DNA sequences whatsoever. They did, however, find other types of fish as well as chicken pork and beef amin filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit in may of this year saying she needed to pause the legal action because of morning sickness from her pregnancy i don't want to defend subway here but doesn't cooking fish do something to its dna makeup i do not probably not it probably doesn't add beef. Now, Logan, when you gave the hint to Ford, Ford, you said red lobster. Is it common for

first-light folks to eat red lobster and then get made fun of? Absolutely not. Actually, it should have been a hint because there are very few chains in the Wood River Valley. Subway is one of them. Used to be. Bill, we have two questions

left. Where does the leaderboard stand? The only player who is no longer in the running is Mark Kenyon. What? Two points. Yeah, this has been an all-time worst for me. I'm feeling bad. Chester, Logan

have three points. Ford and Cal and Corey have four. And Tony and Seth are tied up with five points. So we still got a race. Question eight, excuse me, question nine. The topic is biology. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Ken Denham for sending this great question.

Ken is going to get a book signed by Steve. The Platte River Valley, which is located in this state, is where migratory sandhill cranes gain 20% of their body weight each spring. Again, the topic is biology. Here's the question. The Platte River river valley which is located in this state is where migratory sand hill cranes gain 20 of their body weight each spring a confident logan logan do you have this one right i do from actually previous podcasts i think it was discussed given hints again logan my given hints out i watched a little happy g Gilmore the other day. Just a little bit? That was a good point in time for Subway.

It may have been where they peaked. I think it's famously a terrible movie glitch that they had. Not a glitch, but an inconsistency. We're happy when he's golfing. He has a flannel on, and underneath it you can see he has a Subway shirt on. In other scenes, it's just a plain white tee.

So pay attention to that next time. Subway messed up there. Yeah, yeah. I knew there was something wrong about that movie. You know, all the rest of it, I totally believed. Here's the question again. The Platte River Valley, which is located in this state, is where migratory sandhill cranes gain 20% of their body weight each spring. Corey, are you ready?

Uh, I got a map going here. Okay. Trying to figure out where the valley might be. Tony's laughing at whatever is on your whiteboard right now. United States. Mm-hmm. I'm going to need you to come up with an answer. I think we're only waiting on you.

Oh, really? How we doing, Corey? Let's go. You have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Corey saying Kansas. Tony saying Nebraska. Chester saying Colorado.

Seth saying Nebraska. Cal saying Colorado. Mark saying Nebraska. Logan saying Nebraska. And Ford saying Nebraska. They got it. The correct answer is Nebraska. Nebraska's Platte River Valley is the most important stop for sandhill cranes during

their migration north. They start showing up in February and leave in April, putting on one pound of fat in that time. The half a million Sandhill cranes that stop in Nebraska each spring are there to eat corn, earthworms, snails, and insects. Phil, we have one question left. Who is winning? We've got Ford Van Fossen with five points and tied up still. Six points apiece, Tony and Seth.

And they're the only three left in the game? Only three left in the game. Can we tell the listeners that the plat is also in Colorado? It is also in Colorado, but it's not the important stop for the Sandhill Cranes like the portion in Nebraska. Yeah, I just would have worded the question a little different. But, well, you know. Question

10. These states have this river. The topic is hunting. One of them puts a lot of fat on cranes. That's. These states have this river. The topic is hunting. One of them puts a lot of fat on cranes. That's how I would have said it. Name that state. Lucky for you, Cal. We have Yanni has volunteered to host an episode of trivia. He's writing his own questions.

He's going to do the script. And then I'm going to have to play. And I'm not looking forward to that. I'm in a good position over here. I never have to prove my knowledge. You think it's going to be like a vengeance episode? Is that how he's saying it? I don't know.

You'll be fine. We'll see. Question 10. The topic is hunting. Alaska's official dog breed, which closely resembles the husky, has a rich history of hunting bears and seals. Again, the topic is hunting. This is the final question of the game. Alaska's official dog breed, which closely resembles the Husky, has a rich history of hunting bears and seals.

We have three players left. We have Tony and is it Seth? Tony and Seth are tied and Ford is right behind them. Quick answers from the room. Cal, are you confident that you have this one right? Yeah. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Corey saying Malamute. Tony saying Malamute.

Chester saying Malamute. Seth saying Chow. Cal saying Malamute. Mark saying Malamute. Logan saying Malamute. Seth saying Chow. Cal saying Malamute. Mark saying Malamute. Logan saying Malamut. Horde saying Malamut. The correct answer is Malamute, making Tony Peterson our winner for the first time ever.

Well done, Tony. Can I say something here? What do you got? Suck it, Mark. Going back to the original premise of this whole conversation, the reason why Tony won this one and that I did not is because he kept me up until 1 a.m. talking about conspiracy theories. Hey, who kept himself up last night?

Fair enough. The Alaskan Malamute became the official dog breed of Alaska in 2010 when a group of school kids championed the effort for a class project. Malamutes have long played a utilitarian role on the last frontier as working, hunting, and family dogs. They have a history of pulling sleds, hunting seals, and protecting camps. Tony, you win with, what was it, seven correct answers? Well done.

What happens next is you get to choose where the $500 donation from MeatEater goes. You've never been in this position before. What's it going to be? You know, a lot of people probably expect me to pick a deer organization, but I am going to go with pheasants forever because I am a rooster junkie. Okay. Good on you, Tony. You have some big pheasant hunts coming up this year.

Yeah. Every time I'm not in a tree stand. Uh-huh. Yeah. If you tune into this show, Pheasant Fact Friday on the Pheasants Forever Instagram page is wonderful knowledge. That's really cool. Yeah. A lot of good habitat work there.

Tony, you will always have this on Mark now. We'll update the stats again if Mark needs them. Yeah. I think it's going to look even worse. I think after this showing, we should definitely update those stats and then announce them often. This was a rough game.

Tony may just retire now. He never has to show up again to win or prove anything. It's done. Well done, Tony. Well played. Thanks, buddy. Join us next time for more Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. Thank you.