The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 464: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia LXXI

Episode Date: August 2, 2023

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Hilary Byrne, Alyssa Smith, Collin Fopma, and Phil Taylor. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey folks, exciting news for those who live or hunt in Canada. You might not be able to join our raffles and sweepstakes and all that because of raffle and sweepstakes law, but hear this. OnX Hunt is now in Canada. It is now at your fingertips, you Canadians. The great features that you love in OnX are available for your hunts this season. Now the Hunt app is a fully functioning GPS with hunting maps that include public and crown land, hunting zones, aerial imagery, 24K topo maps, waypoints and tracking. You can even use offline maps to see where you are

without cell phone service as a special offer. You can get a free three months to try out OnX if you visit onxmaps.com slash meat. 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 Yanis Poutelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Hillary Byrne, Alyssa Smith, and Colin Fopma. Colin, this is your first time on the show. Tell folks what you do here at MeatEater. Yeah, I'm Colin. I'm on the merchandising team. So I focus

primarily on strategy and day-to-day efforts for the MeatEater store and then collaborate with our partners on special and unique products. And one of our only iWegians here at MeatEater. Do you know any other iWegians that work here? What the hell is an iWegian? Colin, explain what an iWegian is. I mean, if you're from Iowa, you're important. God, explain what an Iowegian is. I mean, if you're from Iowa, you're important. So that's what an Iowegian is. And you shoot bigger bucks. Iowegian would be a derogatory term that if you're from South Dakota, Nebraska,

Minnesota, you'd refer to someone. They would call themselves an Iowan, right? We call them Iowegians. How do I go my whole life without hearing stuff like that? And what, what, I mean, is it come from anything? Like, are there two words put together to make it derogatory?

No, it's just Iwegian. Colin, if I said Iwegian fish finder, do you know what that means? No clue. Okay. South Dakota, because you guys like to come fish our waters a lot. We have significantly better walleye waters in South Dakota. Sure, I'll go do that. Yeah.

And if you saw somebody with binoculars, that's called an Iwegian fish finder. They'd see somebody catch a fish, pull up their binos. This isn't real, obviously, right? Probably somebody saw this happen once and from there forth, it was the Iwegian fish finder.

But binoculars in a boat, so you can see their color, see what depth they're at, things like that are binoculars. Man, I always carry binoculars in a boat so you can see their color, see what depth they're at, things like that are binoculars. Man, I always carry binoculars in the boat. Really? Oh yeah. Do you use them for that reason?

No. Okay. Well, what are you doing with them then? Whatever you can see, you never know. We carry them in North Carolina to scan the horizon for birds. Yeah. Well, now you know, I Ouijan fish finders.

I was just looking at whales through mine. Spencer, I feel like this is the first time we've ever met your trivia that you're not wearing a hat. You wear a hat so often that when you don't, it's surprising. Is there a reason for that today? I recently had a haircut. He just got a haircut.

I was going to say, you're looking pretty dapper. You got to let it breathe a little bit. Did you get that beard trimmed when you got a haircut? I always do. I'm not very good at trimming my beard, so I pay somebody who does a much better job than I'm capable of. Looks like it. I have no idea, and I want to know,

how much does it cost to have someone else trim your beard? I don't know. It's like a tack-on, so I think if a haircut is like $30, it's like another $15 or $20 for a beard trim. I don't remember for certain. I get my money's worth, though, Yanni. I'll go like a whole month without shaving and then let them just get in there and hack away.

Now, this is a 10-round quiz show with questions from Meadeater's four verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking, and there is a prize. Meadeater will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing. And for the stat of the week this week, we're looking at the history of the perfect game. There have been three perfect games in MeatEater Trivia. Those were Brody in episode 305, Brody in episode 355, and Steve in episode 398. In 2022, on average, there was a perfect game once every 19 episodes. However, in 2023, we've had 30 episodes without a perfect game yet. There have been some close calls five times this year. A player has ended with nine correct answers,

but we're still waiting for 2023 is first perfect game. So we've only had, uh, we've played less than 60 trivia games. Um, total. Yeah. Well, we we've we've done 30 this year we probably did 20 well if there's one perfect game every 19 games it's a good question yanni i feel like our numerical thing is up close to 70 or something like that um but i'm a little bit behind in stats so i don't know for certain but but I think we're around in 60 or 70 range

for the amount of games that we've done. Now here's our 0%er question of the week, which tests how much knowledge players have retained from previous games. This question was from episode 418. The topic was hunting, and nobody got it right. Name three of the four animals with the most entries in the Boone and Crockett record book. Name three of the four. Go ahead if you think you know them.

Shout them out. Whitetail, mule deer, elk. Whitetail, pronghorn. Whitetail, mule deer, pronghorn. You're missing one. Elk. Elk is not it. I remember getting it wrong.

Black bear. Black bear would be next. The incorrect answers given were bighorn elk, American elk, and rocky mountain elk. Again, the four correct answers are whitetail black bear, mule deer, and pronghorn. Now we have some housekeeping to get to. In a previous game of trivia, we had a question about what takes the longest to decompose between a glass jar, plastic bottle, aluminum can, and leather shoe. The correct answer was glass jar, which takes about 1 million years to decompose.

The other three materials take less than 5,000 years to decompose. Now Cal seemed to think this answer was subjective, though, and vehemently argued that plastic never decomposes, saying it just breaks down into microplastics. While it's true that plastic just gets smaller and smaller, it does eventually reach a size that can be broken down by bacteria. The bacterium Rhodococcus ruber, which is found worldwide, has been proven to eat and digest plastic. As recently as this year, scientists have observed the bacteria turning microplastics into CO2 and other harmless substances. Now, Cal was supposed to be on this episode.

And at this point, I would have thrown it to him. And I said, Cal, the floor is yours to continue arguing with this scientific fact. But Cal is not here. So we'll just have to sit in silence. I would have really enjoyed, because he felt quite strongly about that. Very strongly. I would have really enjoyed his reaction to this. Spent multiple questions arguing about it, but we have it right here in front of us. We'll have to direct him to this episode.

The Shelby Index for today's round 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. Look, I need to know what I stand to win. Everything. How's that?

You stand to win everything. Game on, suckers! Brody, that's your first time seeing Phil's light show. I kind of wish it was dark the whole time. I do, I like it. It would give you the game show feeling the whole time.

Let's do it, Phil. Can you still see our faces? I don't want to happen if we had the lighting like this, for example. Oh, I'm sure no one would complain about the amount of white level in the studio. It's never happened before. The YouTube audience would be quite frustrated.

Question one. The topic is cooking. Which of these liquids has the lowest boiling point? Freshwater in Denver, saltwater in Denver, freshwater in Miami, salt water in Denver, fresh water in Miami, salt water in Miami. For this side of the room, the question is behind you on

Phil's TV if you ever need to reference this. Phil, I saw you doing a lot of playing with this camera over here. What was going on? Oh, the aperture was just a little too open, so I closed it up. Yanni had a little glow on his forehead. I'm trying to help you out, Yanni.

But it's all good now? It's all good. Yanni, without an answer yet. Randall, do you think you have this one right? No. No, I don't. It's a mystery to me. Looking for the one with the lowest boiling point.

Freshwater in Denver. Saltwater in Denver. Freshwater in Miami. Saltwater in Miami. Hillary, how do you feel about this question? I mean, probably wrong, but using logic. Mm-hmm. So. Hillary came in sporting an enormous scar on her arm.

Hillary, show that to the camera. Oh, my God. Really? That is wicked. It's humiliating. Well, how did that happen? Thank you, Spencer. I like to ride my mountain bike downhill and sometimes crash it.

It's not humiliating because that's badass. And you didn't even wreck your bike, you said. You stayed on both wheels. Yeah, I just kind of had to run in with a tree. Very impressive. A tree did that? A tree did that. They're vicious, those trees.

They don't move. Does everybody have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. They're vicious, those trees. They don't move. Does everybody have an answer? Oh. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brody saying freshwater in Denver. Giannis saying saltwater in Miami. Randall saying freshwater in Denver. Colin saying saltwater in Denver. Hillary saying Miami saltwater.

Alyssa saying saltwater in Denver. Someone's going to get it right. The correct saying saltwater in Denver. Someone's going to get it right. The correct answer is freshwater in Denver. I think we had Randall and Brody get that one right. The boiling point of water will rise when you add salt and

will lower when you gain elevation. That means freshwater in Denver has the lowest boiling point at 202 degrees Fahrenheit and saltwater in Miami has the lowest boiling point at 202 degrees Fahrenheit, and saltwater in Miami has the highest boiling point at 212.1 degrees Fahrenheit. Doesn't saltwater lower the freezing point too? That sounds right. I think it might.

It will raise your boiling point temperature just slightly. So the correct answer with the lowest boiling point, freshwater in Denver. Hillary and I were the wrongest. We were the wrongest. That's okay. My logic was the wrongest. See how hot the water is in Miami right now?

It's almost 100 degrees. 101 degrees. Doesn't it already start at a higher temperature than in Miami? I don't think so. Question two. The topic is hunting. This next great question comes to us via Nicholas Clay. If you have a question you think is right

for Meat Eater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com. What white bird is featured on the federal duck stamp that expires in 2024? What white bird is featured on the federal duck stamp that expires in 2024? This stamp just came out a few weeks ago. Seems as though nobody knows this for certain. Just taking some guesses.

What white bird is featured on the federal duck stamp that expires in 2024? Brody, have you bought your duck stamp yet? No. I won't buy that thing until probably December. Until the night before. No, yeah. I think we're all just writing down white birds. Does everybody have an answer

go ahead and reveal your answers we have brody saying tundra swan yannis saying snow goose randall saying swan colin saying swan hillary saying snow goose alissa saying crane the correct answer is tundra swan. I don't think we're going to give it to just the swan. That's not good enough. It could have been a trumpeter swan. It could be a tundra swan. We didn't specify.

Which one can you hunt? Both of them or just the tundra swan? You can definitely hunt the tundra swan. I don't know about a trumpeter. I don't think the trumpeters are huntable. The only other time a tundra swan was featured on the federal duck stamp was in 1966. The winning painting was created by Joseph Hauptman, who is brothers with the winner of last year's contest.

Joe also painted the trumpeter swan that won in 2016. I almost asked for clarification. I should have given it I almost did too but I didn't want to give it away I was thinking Tundra Swan in my head and then I was like I don't want to get too particular about it I'll just say Swan

it's white I'll give credit to Spencer he usually clarifies whether he wants I should have given I think it would have been like if you wrote down goose. Goose would have not been good enough. No, no. Goose and that is not the same at all.

Question three. I won't fight it anymore. The topic is fishing. Merriam-Webster defines this water body as, quote, a crescent-shaped lake formed in the abandoned channel of a river's meander. Merriam-Webster defines this water body as, quote, A crescent-shaped lake formed in the abandoned channel of a river's meander. Quick answers from Colin, Randall, Giannis, Brody.

You boys all have this one, right? Yeah, buddy., Brody. You boys all have this one, right? Yeah, buddy. I hope so. Alyssa and Hillary, not as certain. Is anything coming to mind? Phil, that sticker on your back, your computer monitor is very distracting. Oh, I'm sorry. That's our guy Keith at the First Light

flagship store in Haley, Idaho. How did that become a sticker? Don't ask me. He handed it to me when I was walking out the door and I thought it was a good spot for it. I can't not look at it now. He handed you a sticker of himself. That's correct. Okay. That's a power move. That's a power move. That's right. Are you going to do a mullet? You're pretty hip, dude.

Mullets are getting hip. Don't think I can pull off a mullet. All the kids hip, dude. Mullets are getting hip. Don't think I can pull off a mullet. All the kids on my baseball team, my kids' baseball team were rocking them this year. It's coming back, man. Do you coach? Hold on. Was it ever in? Oh, yeah.

In the 80s, man? For sure. But I thought it was only in with a very small group of people. No. No? It was big time? Yeah. I mean.

My dad had one. Patrick Swayze, he had a mullet-ish. Yeah. I feel like there were a lot of heartthrobs that had... Those count as mullets? Okay. I think a mullet has become sort of this caricature of itself, but... Right, because now that's like...

An early Jerry Seinfeld. Everybody has a shaved head on the sign. Yeah, that's the thing is they're taking it to the extreme. Hillary, Alyssa, how are we doing on this question? I've got an answer. We're giving you time. I've got an answer. Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Brody saying Oxbow, Giannis saying Oxbow, Randall and Colin and Hillary saying Oxbow, Randall, and Colin, and Hillary, saying Oxbow, Alyssa, saying Brooke. The correct answer is Oxbow Lake, or for our Australian listeners, a billabong. I was going to make a joke as to whether or not if it's a... Do you need to include the lake? You do not need to. But I didn't do that because I'm fine with what happened on the previous question.

The largest Oxbow Lake in North America is Lake Chico, which is adjacent to the Mississippi River in Arkansas. The lake was formed about 700 years ago when the river channel changed its course. Here's an aerial image of that 5,000-acre lake, which you can see on this episode on YouTube. That's one of the coolest things about when you fly over the Alaskan tundra, if you're near any rivers, that those things are... You see a lot of them?

I don't want to say a dime a dozen, but yes, they're very evident. You're like, oh, look at that. River changes course, there's an oxbow lake. It's pretty cool. And it's fun how recent they can show up. Things that are geologically 700 years old like this entire 5 000 acre lake that man had nothing to do with it's a lot of fun question four the topic is woodsmanship this next great question comes to us via chase well vart if you have a question you think is right for meat eater trivia you can send

it to trivia at the meat eater.com this semi-aquatic pit viper was responsible for the last fatal snake bite in Missouri and Louisiana. This semi-aquatic pit viper was responsible for the last fatal snake bite in Missouri and Louisiana. Again, one side of the table is confident, the other side, not so much. Those are the veterans over there. How do you feel about your answer, Yanni? I don't know if this thing is known as a pit viper, but, you know, just picking like a deadly poisonous snake from that part of the country.

Can you define pit viper? I can't define a pit viper. Who's responsible for the last fatal snake bite in Missouri and Louisiana. Man, I want to ask a question. Do it, Brody. I can't. Ask a question. Because it'll just give too much away.

Randall, how do you feel about your answer? I feel pretty good going back and forth wondering whether these were snake bites that occurred in nature or during religious services. I remember that in a recent, well, not a recent episode, but in a past episode that

quite a few of the snake bites in the south occur indoors. Is everybody ready? That could be a hot tip. I'm sticking with my answer. Hillary, are you ready? I'm not, but my snake game is not very strong.

Are you going with an outdoor snake or an indoor snake? Reveal your answers. We have Brody saying cottonmouth or water moccasin. Yanis saying cottonmouth. We have Brody saying Cottonmouth or Water Moccasin. Giannis saying Cottonmouth. Randall saying Water Moccasin. Colin saying Cottonmouth. Hillary saying

Electric Heel. Alyssa saying Copperhead. The correct answer is Water Moccasin or Cottonmouth. The last fatal snake bite in Missouri happened in 2015 when a 37 year old man was bit by a cottonmouth while wading in the James River. The last fatal snake bite in Louisiana happened in 1971 when a 28-year-old was struck while collecting reptiles.

Some sources say the water moccasin is the only semi-aquatic pit viper in the world. Has anybody in this room encountered one of those snakes? Where at? Down in Texas with my buddy Alvin. What river is it? Colorado River down there. So you were in water when this encounter happened. That thing swam right up to the boat.

Did it try to get in? They'll try to like, you got to whack them with a paddle. So you did that? Really? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. We with a paddle. And so you did that? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. We saw a couple. We were in Belize once and a python tried to crawl on the boat that was swimming around the mangroves.

Whatever they got, python or constrictors, I don't know which ones are down there. You've seen one, Yanni? Yeah, a couple on a cattle ranch in Florida this past spring. We were turkey hunting. That was in water or on dry land? Dry land. Close to a canal. I don't know what would be more scary.

Probably in water. Yeah, they probably seem like they're quicker. Yeah. Three, actually. Because one, I don't quite step on it. But then when we decided to go our separate ways, he or she paralleled me for a while and uh it was giving me that feeling like it was going to crawl in the boat with me question five the topic is gear this firearm which passed the 10 million made mark in 2009 was declared america's pump gun

by field and stream what was the number the The topic is gear. This firearm, which passed the 10 million made mark in 2009, was declared America's pump gun by Field and Stream. Confident Brody and Randall and Giannis and Colin. I'm playing from behind, bud. It's not looking good. This is question five. We'll get a scoreboard update

from Phil after this. Randall is definitely not still thinking about the Tundra Swan. No, not at all. I've moved on. I've made peace with it. Maybe we could litigate

about Oxbow Lake, though. What's cool about the Cottonmouth, I wanted to add, is that the biggest one we saw was coiled up, and then their head is right in the middle of the coil, and they spread their jaws wide open to almost like where it's a flat plane, and the whole inside is bright white.

They just chill like that? Clearly. No, I think that's when you're approaching them in a vehicle. They're like, don't mess with me. But you can clearly see how they got their name. Hillary Alyssa, are you going to come up

with an answer for this question? Unlikely. Bro, do you think you have this one right? I better. Do you think you have this gun in your gun case?

Not anymore. Okay. How about you, Yass? A few regrets in my life, but I bought this gun. It was the not anymore okay i did it few regrets in my life but i bought this gun it's the first one i ever bought myself from old man dixon yep at his dixon sporting goods and uh you know i don't have any regrets but this person is you didn't even grow up near each other yeah i've known brody for like 25 years now. Okay, okay. Sorry, Yanni, carry on. And anyways, yeah,

I sold that gun away, and I kind of wish I still had it. Good turkey guns. Randall, do you have one of these in your gun cabinet? If I'm getting this answer right, then I do indeed. How about you, Colin? Yeah, if I'm right, I don't think I do. Okay. That's surprising.

I would have pegged that. Well, I'm just saying, I don't think I do. Okay. That's surprising. I would have pegged that. He doesn't know if he does or doesn't. Well, I'm just saying, I don't know if I got the question right. But if I did get it right, I don't have the gun. If you guys were confident in your answer, then it would be four for four. Alyssa Hillary, are you going to come up with an answer? I think we're going to turn over the boards. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brody saying Remington 870.

Giannis saying Remington 870. Randall and Colin saying Remington 870. Hillary and Alyssa without an answer. The correct answer is the Remington 870. Remington has been producing the 870 for over 70 years and still makes them today in their New York factory. Some say the name was created because the first version of the shotgun used materials that cost $8.70.

The 870 made Phil Borgeli's list of the four waterfowl shotguns that have stood the test of time, which you can read on TheMeatEater.com. Phil, we're halfway through our game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard update. We have Alyssa with zero points, Hillary with one, Giannis and Colin are tied up with three points apiece, Randall has four, and in first place with a perfect game is Brody Henderson with five points.

Good job, Brody. A lot of game left. Phil, could you do a second update as if we had counted Swan rather than Tundra Swan? It looks like Randall and Brody are tied up with five points. Wow, Randall's on fire.

We could litigate it out later. Maybe Brody is feeling generous. No, I'm not on that one. Remember when I had to feel generous one time, and i was and then i think it cost me the game most generous that shit's over how many points is no that was two times once we once we accepted that in the in the um in the communist but there was another one where it was a question like this and you're like

give it to him i said sure too sure. Too generous, Yanni. But he's learned his lesson. Now he's jaded. Yeah, that's right. Hey, folks. Exciting news for those who live or hunt in Canada. And boy, my goodness,

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If you have a question you think is right for MeatEater trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeatdeater.com. A baby sandhill crane goes by this four-letter name. A baby sandhill crane goes by this four-letter name. I think. I'm sticking with it. Yanni is confidence. Has a lot of confidence. The rest of the room, not so much.

Hillary was looking for a scoreboard update for Cal. Cal has zero right now. Nicely played. He's tied with me. That means two people are below me. Yanni and Colin has now come up with an answer. Colin, do you think you have this one right I think I have it right

maybe part of it's right as we learned on a recent episode they passed through Nebraska heavily I don't know about Iowa I imagine they get into Iowa yeah I'm not too sure what would an Iowegian do

if they seen a crane? Poach it, probably. Was this also a question that Cal had a problem with? Well, he had argued that the Platte River was also in Colorado, but there were qualifiers on the question, like this is where they put on a pound of weight, it's where 20% stop or something. Cal was not right.

I also think it was the South Platte that's in Colorado, not actually the Platte River. South Platte. Does everybody have an answer for the four-letter name for a baby sandhill crane? Randall's looking to use his cheat. I don't know. He disagrees with whatever Yanni's answer is. I'm just hoping that Yanni's answer is incorrect. Hillary, Alyssa, do you have an answer?

No. Yannis jumped on that. He's got to have it right. I don't know. Are you confident, Yanni? No. Okay. No, no.

But somewhere way back in there, I feel. You're humunculus now. You're humunculus now. You're humunculus. Yeah. I think we're going to turn over the boards. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brody saying baby, Giannis saying foal,

Randall saying rook, Colin saying bird, Alyssa and Hillary without an answer. Nobody got it. The correct answer is Colt. Close, Yanni. I know. It was in my head. I just thought

nah, the Colt's older, so the baby's gotta be the full. Sandhill Cranes share terminology with horses. The babies are called Colts. Males are called Rones. Females are called Mares, and groups are called a flock, siege, or herd. These labels were born out of observations that sandhill cranes gallop like horses.

Is a baby horse not a foal? Is that sex specific to a male? Oh, maybe. I don't know. So we're looking for colt. We got to watch the dance the other day at our house, which. I don't know. So we're looking for Colt. We got to watch the dance the other day at our house, which was very, very cool.

They're right at your place. Well, they're in that meadow across the way. Question seven. The topic is cooking. What dish roughly translates to ranch-style eggs in Spanish? What dish does not matter? Spelling does not matter. What dish roughly translates to ranch style eggs in Spanish?

Now, Yanni, it says that a foal is the term used for baby horses. Male foals are called colts and female foals are called fillies. I will now look for you to see if I don't think a foal is called a baby sandhill crane. But you had the right line of thinking. The question we're on, though, is what dish roughly translates to ranch style eggs in Spanish? What does one get for the right line of thinking, Phil? A thumbs up for me. A sense of self-satisfaction.

I can't tell if this is a trick question or not. I'm not seeing any results Yanni for a baby sandhill crane. I'm not going to criticize this question until I know I got it right. I know. I'm not either. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Brody and Giannis and Randall saying huevos rancheros. Colin without an answer. Hillary and Alyssa saying huevos rancheros. They got it. The correct answer was huevos rancheros. Not one of your best questions.

Now I can say that. Well, it wasn't a hundred percenter. We still had, Colin, is that familiar? You heard that before. Yeah, I mean, I ordered that all the time, but I was not thinking that. You must have been up late working on the kids trivia and the regular trivia at the same time.

You got your card switched around. This dish was created on the ran trivia and the regular trivia at the same time you got in your card switched around this dish was created on the ranches and farmlands of central mexico in the 16th century a traditional version of huevos rancheros features fried eggs on tortillas and topped with pico de gallo it's commonly served with refried beans rice guacamole and chorizo question eight the topic is conservation This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Haley Adams for sending this great question. Haley is going to get a book signed by Steve. This hallucinogenic cactus that's native to the southwestern United States has been classified as a vulnerable species since 2013. This hallucinogenic cactus that's native to the Southwestern United States has been classified as a vulnerable species since 2013.

Confident Randall Gian Giannis, Brody. Gianni, you got this one right? Got a good guess. Good guess. Brody had the confidence of someone who intimately knows this cactus. Brody, you have this one right?

No, but there's something else I'll tell you about. Okay. Does this side of the table have answers? I have one. Alyssa? No, I do not. Colin, are you going to come up with one? I don't think I can even think of one name

of a cactus. Hallucinogenic cactus. Last time I was on, there was a cactus question and I don't know cactus. Saguaro? Cacti. Yeah, that's Saguaro. That was a heartbreaker. What if that's the answer? It could be. Is everybody ready?

There's a name of a cactus for you that we just gave you. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brody saying peyote. Giannis and Randall saying peyote. Colin without an answer. Hillary saying agave. Alyssa saying agave. The correct answer is peyote. I didn't realize

it was a cactus. Me either. That was the only thing I kept thinking. You want to hear my tidbit first, Spencer? Go ahead. What do you got for us? Whenever I hear that word, I think of the movie Young Guns. Remember that scene in Young Guns? I do not. Fill me in. They get all stoned on peyote, and it's one of the greatest movies

ever, man. I think of, what is it, Fear and Loathing? I need to rewatch that. Fear and Loathing, where they take peyote, and maybe even Hunter S. Thompson was on peyote and it's one of the greatest movies ever man i think of what is it i need to rewatch that fear and loathing where they take peyote peyote and maybe even hunter s thompson was on peyote when he created that and i don't remember for certain young guns is better than that movie peyote is a small button-shaped cactus that produces yellow pink and white flowers the psychoactive plant has been used by humans for at least 5,000 years and still serves an important role in the Native American church, which is sometimes called the peyote religion. Besides giving visions, peyote is said to heal scorpion stings, fevers, toothaches, and joint pain. Phil, we have two questions left. Where does the leaderboard stand?

Oh, I think I know. Colin, Hillary, Alyssa, and yes, Ryan Callahan have been eliminated from the game. But we've got Giannis with five points, Randall with six, and still in first place is Brody Henderson with seven points. Question nine. The topic is fishing. This brand, whose logo shows a bird with a trout in its talons claims to sell the only fishing hook that's made in America. This brand whose logo shows a bird with a trout in its talons claims to sell the only fishing hook that's made in America. Is that right?

That's what they say. I couldn't verify it on my own, but I imagine that they wouldn't say that if it wasn't true. Giannis, Randall, Brody think they have it right. Colin, are you confident in your answer? No. How about you, Hillary? Are you an angler?

Do you angle? Oh, yeah, I try to, but I usually... It goes over to South Dakota to fish. Yeah, I usually just stick to trolling with, like, a cooler bush light. Fantastic. That counts as fishing. That's right. This brand, whose logo shows a bird with a trout in its talons,

claims to sell the only fishing hook that's made in America. Is everybody ready? Alyssa, Hillary? I don't know anything about hooks. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brody saying Eagle Claw, Giannis saying Eagle Claw, Randall saying Eagle Claw,

Colin saying American Eagle. Hillary without an answer. Alyssa without an answer. The correct answer was Eagle Claw. I knew it was Eagle something. The brand was born after its founder, Drew McGill, encountered a bird of prey while fishing in the 1920s. Getting a good view of its talons made him rethink the shape of a fishing hook

and thus create the Eagle Claw Company. Eagle Claw now owns other brands like Laser Sharp, Trocar, Wright & McGill, and Chappelle. Phil, we have one question left. Give us a final leaderboard update. It's down to Brody and Randall. Brody's got eight. Randall's got seven points. Question 10.

The topic is hunting. Which of the six New England states has the highest population of white-tailed deer? We would need Brody to get this wrong and Randall to get this right to go to overtime. You're not going to tell us what the six New England states are? It's for you to figure out, Yanni, which of the six New England states has the highest population of white-tailed deer. Hillary, I think you're the only New Englander in the room. Does that give you an advantage?

Don't help out some of our competitors. That gives us a tip as to one of the New England states. You didn't know that? I've said too much now. Where are you from, Hillary? Hillary, it's your choice. You can tell them or you can't tell them. Please.

It's up to you. I think you should guess. That's all my answers are. Randall, how do you feel about your answer? You know, I feel okay about it. My initial plan was to just write Tundra Swan and then flip it over, but I thought this question was, like, open-ended enough that I had a chance of tying Brody on it.

I see Brody making a list of states. I think he's trying to – I can't see his board. I think he's trying to figure out what these six are. He's going to go from there. I'm glad you specified six. Felt important to specify that. I'm sorry, Randall.

No, it's fine. I should have said the analogy that like, if you think the answer is... I'm extremely torn between a couple of these. If you think the answer is bass, you need to say largemouth bass. I thought about asking for clarification, but I thought I'll just ride it out. I'll just ride it out. I mean, a swan's a swan, right?

A swan's a swan. Which of the six New England states is the highest population of white-tailed deer? Just remember, Randall, a swan's a swan. You're only as good as your word, and a sw swans a swan you're you know you're only as good as your word and the swans a swan brody how do you feel about your answer i don't have one yet i'm torn between two states so i googled if you can hunt trumpeter swans, and this is what it says. This is from the Montana FWP website. It is also legal to hunt both tundra swans and trumpeter swans in the central flyway part of the state. I think that means, Randall, that we are still not going to accept just swan. But if you're going to shoot a tundra swan or a trumpeter swan, what do you shoot it with?

I'm not sure what you're getting at here. You shoot it with a swan tag. Is that true? I don't know if that's true. Yes, it is a swan tag. You apply for a swan tag in the Central Flyway or the Pacific Flyway. Brody, how are we doing with your answer over here? How much time do you guys have to argue a face down? I feel like I got some

momentum there. You did. You did. A little sus, but you did. I saw Spencer's chair just inch slowly away from the table. I can't argue with you, Nat. Is that true? It is true. It is true. Last year I had said swan tag, and I really wanted

to shoot one, but I just never pulled it off. Brody, are you still litigating out which state? Keep arguing about swans. Okay. I think we're only waiting on you right now. All right. Are you ready? I do not want to tie with Randall.

Oh, I want to tie with Brody so badly. Go ahead. And then beat him in a tiebreaker. Reveal your answers. We have Brody saying Maine. He crossed out New York. him in a tiebreaker. And reveal your answers. We have Brody saying Maine. He crossed out New York. Giannis saying New Jersey. I just said New York.

Randall saying Maine. Colin saying Maine. Hillary saying Maine. Alyssa saying Massachusetts. We have a correct answer in the room. It's Maine making Brody a winner. How did you guys deduce that? All I hear about is how Maine's got very few deer.

Maine has the most deer in New England at 290,000. That's followed by Vermont at 133,000. Connecticut at 101,000. New Hampshire at 100,000. Massachusetts at 95,000. And Rhode Island at 18 thousand. Maine actually has more deer than New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode

Island combined. So I think if you were going by size, Yanni, that's probably how a lot of people landed on Maine. I always say this, I don't know my eastern seaboard geography because I wrote down two states that aren't New England states. That's part of the fun of the question.

Brody wins with nine correct answers. He's not going to give Randall the ninth point to force the tiebreaker. It's fine. I don't want it. I thought I made that clear already. Brody, where is the $500 donation from me, Dieter, going to go? On the Crayfish book tour, I met someone from Outdoor Buddies, which is a group that organizes camping and fishing, hunting trips for kids and vets. So we're going to send it to Outdoor Buddies.

What part of the tour did you learn about that? Like where were we? I think it was Denver. How much feedback did you get on the Steve Brody rivalry? Constant. Constant. Yeah. Did it seem like there were more Steve fans or Brody fans out there?

You know. You're not going to make him answer that, are you? You can come to your own conclusion on that. Maybe there's more like it's not even you're a fan of one of them. You're more anti the other because it seems like that sentiment gets shared. Oh, no. As much. It was Big fan. I mean, Spencer, who are you

a bigger fan of? Everybody. He's impartial. Conservation always wins. A true professional. Now next episode is going to be hosted by Giannis. So come back next week. The first ever game of Meat Eater Trivia hosted by somebody else and I'm going to play.

Hey everyone. Phil here with a quick amendment. The trivia episode hosted by Giannis will actually be airing in two weeks. So not next week, but two weeks from when this episode drops. So look forward to that. Should be fun. Gianni, are you excited? Yes. A little nervous. Oh, I'm nervous that Spencer's playing. I'm not nervous about you hosting. I think you should be. You're going to be great, Yanni. I think about trivia a lot. I can tell you that since I've had to start thinking about trivia, the questions start to come, which is just interesting.

Or maybe you're just sort of open to the universe bringing you those questions. But it took me more time than I thought it would to write up a script for a game of trivia. So, nods to you that you put a lot of effort into this. Thank you, Yanni. You're going to do great. Here's how I know you're going to do great. Phil said he liked your questions.

Oh, yeah. Phil has a good barometer on this stuff, and he said it's a good batch of questions. It's going to be fun. Did you pick all the questions or you curate? And I'm like, Spencer over here. From like outside sources. I took, well, yeah, I didn't come up with all of them.

No, I definitely was, you know, just out and about and then I'd hear something and I'd snag it. I grabbed one from the inbox. I'm just looking forward to seeing your, if you follow Spencer's model of the voice inflection and the intonation and the cadence

and your welcome to Meat Eater Trivia. That's what I'm looking for the most. I got to come back with my radio voice. Are you going to start with your voice exercises?

That was what this episode was for, for me to warm up my voice. Coming next week. Join us next time for more Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. Hey folks, exciting news for those who live or hunt in Canada. You might not be able to join our raffles and sweepstakes and all that

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