The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 485: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia LXXXI

Episode Date: October 11, 2023

Steven Rinella hosts MeatEater Trivia with Spencer Neuharth, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Tressa Croaker, Randall Williams, Cory Calkins, Seth Morris, and Kevin Pearson. Connect with MeatEater on��Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.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 meet. Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I am your guest host, Stephen Ranella, and today we're joined by Janice Putilis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Tressa Croker, Seth Morris, Corey Calkins, Spencer Newharth, and my dentist, Kevin Pearson.

Are you guys looking for business? Always. My dentist is the only dentist, Kevin Pearson. Are you guys looking for business? Always. My dentist is the only dentist on the planet. I'm going to go out on a limb. The only dentist on the planet who's killed 10 mountain goats. Wow. In this room. Where he was raised, instead of going hunting deer after school,

you would go hunt mountain goats after school. Where was this? Yes. Toughest dentist in the world. Sitka, Alaska. Plug your dentist place. Was that guy that shot Cecil a dentist? Yes, he was. No, not this guy.

Totally different dentist. Palmer. I think we were all thinking the same thing, Brody. I just got back from South Africa, so that was a common thing. We also just got back from a sheep hunt. Phenomenal, Dennis. If you're anywhere in the vicinity of Gallatin Valley, what's your guys' place called? Kevin Pearson DDS. Google search will find me.

Yep. If you need a great dentist who's got good hunting stories, there you go. Is he in network for us? He must be. I don't know. He must be. You guys haven't been billing me this whole time, have you? Is Steve a good patient? Oh, yeah. I got a lot of dental problems.

Oh, okay. Good. I was down there. I was down there. I got two fake teeth and I was down there twice in the same month getting my fake teeth serviced.

Sure. Did you get your bad ear fixed? No, he doesn't do that. I'm asking you if you got it fixed. I'm working on it. I remember dropping you off at his office one time straight from a shoot because your tooth was... Broke because I broke one of my teeth.

He fixed that tooth up. That's not my best tooth. It would be my worst tooth and my best tooth. This is a 10-round quiz show with questions from meat eaters for verticals. Sort of. This is Spencer's writing I'm reading. Which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. And there is a prize.

Meat eater will donate 500 bucks to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing. Spencer. I'm reading Spencer's writing. It says, Spencer, this is your second time playing trivia. How do you feel about your chances this time around? I thought that'd be a little more natural. That was not natural. Usually when you read script like that, you're a little more natural.

I'm just teasing, Spencer. I'm excited. I'm less nervous this time, significantly less nervous than when Yanni hosted. Well, you know, Dr. Randall, right? With Dr. Pearson. Two doctors. Two doctors in the room. Uh-huh.

He's here because he's one of my many friends that brags up to me how good he always does. Now, the last time we brought one of the last time I brought one of these Yehoos down there, he fumbled bad. There's a lot of pressure here. Then one of these like at home listeners talking about all of his nines and tens,

we get them in the room and what happens? I think he threw like a three. Yeah. It's tough. So bear that in mind. Let me ask you a question. Has this always been a dream of yours, or did my guest hosting appearance spur this on?

Well, I wasn't here for that. I know. But no, I've always thought about doing it. He told me about it. Wait before you thought about it, Yami. No, no, I don't know about the exact timeline. Steve told me a few weeks ago he was ready to host, so then I scheduled an episode, and he said,

well, wait a minute, I meant I'm ready in spirit to host. You weren't ready with like 10 questions. But we put a lot of work into it. Each week here on the show, Spencer reveals a new stat. For the stat of this week, we're updating the Steve complaint counter, which is me. We're updating my own complaint counter. I was surprised to hear that on average, I make 5.31 complaints per episode of Meat Eater Trivia. You think that's low or high?

Well, I think that they might be, the statistician might be confusing comments. Is this a complaint? Their feedback. Oh. I got a question for you. See, now I'm in a trap. I got a question for you, Steve.

Has Spencer tried to shame you on your complaints by sending you emails that... Yeah, he does. Yeah. Yeah, he does. Yeah, he did that to me too. 49 episodes i have been on there have only been three where i did not have a single complaint not surprisingly the number of complaints shrinks in episodes where I perform well and grows in episodes where I perform poorly. In the five episodes where I complained less than two times, my average score was 7.2.

In the five episodes where I complained 10 or more times, my average score was 5.8. Here is a zero percenter question of the week. Hold on. Let's talk about this more. What was your highest complaint count? Yeah, I was wondering how many games over 10 or how many games you said. I had 1.25 or whatever complaints per question.

Yeah, yeah. He said five episodes where it was over 10, and I think the max was 14. He must have done a bad job that week. You're right, that's got to be it. Here's our zero percenter question of the week, which tests how much knowledge players have retained from previous shows. This puts me in an interesting bind,

because whenever I'm playing and you do a zero presenter, you present a zero presenter that I wasn't present for in the first place. Oh, okay. Percenter. This zero percenter. Complaint two? Yeah. I wasn't present for in the first place. Oh, okay. Percenter. This zero percenter. Complaint two? Yeah.

This zero percenter, I did retain and now know, but it doesn't do me any good because I'm in the hosting slot. Sure. Sure. Giant water bugs are more commonly known by this intimidating nickname. Nobody knows it? I remember this one. Still no one knows. I don't remember.

Brody? I don't remember the answer. But you did retain it. Yes. I wasn't here for that one. Water dragons? It wasn't like a daredevil or something. I got bit by one of these in Kentucky.

Water scorpions? I remember this question, but I don of these in Kentucky Water Scorpions I remember this question Toe Biter The incorrect answers Were Water Devils, Water Scorpions Water Striders, Man of War And Helgramite But the answer you were looking for back then And apparently you're still looking for now

Is Toe Biter I don't think it's that intimidating. I don't know. Their look, I think, goes with it. You squealed like a little girl, though. Any kind of little kid. You squealed like a little kid when you got bit by that sucker.

How does that rank on your ranking of bites that you've received from different critters? It hurt. Top three? Was over real fast. Okay. But no, it hurt. Did you kill him?

Not like a bullet ant. No, I could never find something. It's just like a bite, not a sting, right? Yeah, it's a bite. As soon as it stops biting, it stops hurting. For our housekeeping section today,

we're going to give an update on the live tour. Where do I start? The live tour is shaping up to be probably one of the, um... Oh, I'm excited. Where are you going to go with this? I don't know what you're going to say next. One of the biggest live events of the century, Spencer.

Okay. Good. One of the biggest live events of the century. The live tour starts December 6th in Denver and ends... Where's the... Can someone pull up the dates? Philadelphia. You're the only one with a laptop.

I was listening to a podcast this morning, a meteor podcast, and the same thing happened. Because it's so many dates, I can't keep them all straight in my head. I understand. And the funny thing about that Seth Is that that was actually the second time we tried to record that I don't think there's any touring I don't think there's any touring person Alive

That can tell you all of their tour dates And locations I bet we could try If they had seven tour dates I bet we could find Denver, Davenport, Kansas City Des Moines No, no, just Detroit

Who's got it pulled up? The tour starts on December 6 Denver, Colorado Just outside of Pittsburgh Come on Phil, can we just get it printed and have it in here? I'll frame it and put it next to the other tattoo

You should have a pre-recording where he has it all laid out print it and have it in here. I'll frame it and put it next to the other tattoo. Holy cow, man. You should have a pre-recording where he has it all laid out. Because this is like, it does not seem like a very good thing to buy a ticket for. Yeah, you guys need some kind of promo manager or something. Holy cow. Tressa's got it pulled up. Tressa, read it. Where are we going? All of them. Sure. Please.

December 6th, Denver, Colorado. December 6th in Denver, Colorado. December 6th in Denver, Colorado. Now, at that event, we're talking with former Broncos player, many times sacker of Tom Brady, Derek Wolf, who will be joining us on stage. And Jordan Budd. And Jordan Budd will be joining us on stage. Chester the Midwester will be opening with live music. We're going to make some Chester concert

t-shirts you'll be able to buy. It'll have the eight dates on the back. So in the future when I want to refer to this, I'll just have that t-shirt. And I can read the dates and venues on the back of the Chester t-shirt. You'll have to have two mirrors. One holding in front of you and one behind you so you can read it.

Chester will be opening. So you can tell your partner, your spouse, that you're going to take her to a concert. Which will be true for about 10 minutes. Which will be, yeah, a prominent singer-songwriter, and that will

be true for 10 minutes, and then it'll turn into something else, and it'll be hours before she realizes what exactly happened. Do we know what show that Chester is opening for? Every show. He is. Great. Chester's opening for every show.

That'll be great. So Chester's with the three of us on the bus for the whole tour? The whole thing. Him and his guitar. That tour bus needed some more Chester. Chili. Chili will be there working the merch booth. There we go.

Every show. Then we go. Every show. Then we go on to where? Kansas City. Kansas City. Kansas City, I believe, Kevin Murphy. World's greatest small game hunter will be joining Kansas City. Then we go on what date? Oh, sorry.

That's on December 7th. Pearl Harbor. I always point that out every time I promote this. That'll sell. Go on, Tressa. December 9th is Davenport. Okay, Davenport, Iowa on December 9th.

What fun tidbit you got about them, Steve? I'm still working on that. Okay. No, they'll be good stuff. A lot of it, like, I don't have a lot of at all finalized One of the Quad Cities, I think, right? That is right, well done Go on, trust them

December 10th is Kalamazoo December 10th, Kalamazoo We've done Kalamazoo before, State Theater Had a great show there I've been there as a concert goer And I believe when I was there I told my story about when I Thought I came to believe that you could not get drunk from jello shots that's correct because the

vodka got cooked out of them and boy was i wrong proved yourself wrong uh was that was that the one where you ate beef jerky off the floor from new jersey no that was detroit detroit okay that was detroit yeah go on that makes sense i saw my first ever show at the State Theater. And I've heard Kalamazoo is the hottest ticket right now. Those are the ones we've sold the most. All the VIP tickets are gone. You missed your chance on VIP already. Go on.

December 11th is Detroit. My daughter's birthday is in Detroit. This is replacing the Whiplash Bash for you people that missed the Whiplash Bash. I'm missing my daughter's birthday on the first one. Go on. December 13th is Cleveland. You know, trust it. I hope she never tries to get a job as like a barker What was that one again?

Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio, one day December 13th Cleveland, Ohio! I don't think my voice does that Who's still employing barkers? I don't know I don't even know what that is

Like the people who used to stand out The town crier Yeah, that tried to get you to come into the circus Step right up, we got a lot There we go, Phil Hit us with some more dates December 14th, it's Pittsburgh December 14th, Pittsburgh, I'll tell you a tidbit from that one

The world's greatest archer Levi Morgan will be joining on stage Local boy You think they'll let him shoot his bow in the theater? I'm going to check into that I know that Uncle Teddy got Uncle Teddy got arrested for shooting his bow in Cleveland That'd be good press

Oh you know who we have in Cleveland? Forgot to mention this In Cleveland we have We got weights and fish Jason Fisher I'm sitting his jersey's right over there I'm going to bring his jersey back to him. He doesn't know this.

I haven't talked to him about it yet. I want him to put his jersey on and do We Got Weights and Fish. If he listens to the podcast, he knows about it. He knows that. Well, he knows I invited him, but he doesn't know why I invited him. That'd be good PR if we got a citation for shooting the bow someplace that you couldn't at a show. Yeah, that'd be good.

Yeah. And then? And then last is Philly. Philadelphia. PR if we got a citation for shooting the bow someplace that you couldn't at a show. And then last is Philly. Philadelphia. I don't have any good tidbits. I have them, but I don't have any to share yet. Get your tickets now. The Katie Index The Katie Index for today's round of trivia

is a hotly contested one. Do you trust her barometer? She was very angry. And she said that now I'm going to look like such a dumbass and all that. It's a one. So our winner should get probably like a seven or eight. And with that, we're on to the game of trivia. Play the drop, Phil.

Look, I need to know what I stand to win. Everything. How's that? You stand to win everything how's that you just tend to win everything game on suckers okay question number one as always is multiple choice One of these states does not have reported incidences of manatees. Massachusetts, Hawaii, Florida, and Texas. One of these states does not have reported incidences of manatees. Massachusetts, Hawaii, Florida, and Texas.

Do you feel like you're going to pitch a fun game where a lot of people would get a lot of questions right? Is it going to be a hard? I think it's right dead nuts down the middle. Good. I think it's just like Spencer. Okay. And I'd say, well, yeah, I'd put this on the easier end of the spectrum.

Oh, so you think there's like an eight or a nine in here today? I wouldn't be surprised to have a perfect game in here today. Okay. Wow. Everybody ready? Do you have a perfect game in here today. Okay. Wow. Everybody ready? Do you have a favorite question in the batch? I don't pay attention to how you determine when you reveal the answer. Just watch the room.

See when they're done writing. If the banter dies down, then I got to warn some folks that we're running out of time. We're running out of time. Is that for Randall? Just taking with that one. I think I'm good. All right. Let's see your answers.

Seth, Massachusetts. Randall, Hawaii. Tressa, Hawaii. Dr. Kevin, Hawaii. Corey, Hawaii. Hold on a minute. You're disqualified. Why?

Because you just flipped it up now, and you crossed off what he wrote and wrote that. Come on. He already had it written? You usually write down three or four answers and then ask him which one's right. Yeah, but I don't know why. You kind of weirdly lifted it up kind of late.

We can look at the film. You know what's up? Let's go to the film for the drama. Giannis with Hawaii and Spencer with Hawaii. The room did very well. That's a Spencerism. That's a good question. The room did very well.

Correct answer is Hawaii. Trick question, I feel like. No, not trick at all. They live in the Atlantic and Caribbean. I was kind of going off a water temp thing. Yeah, well, you know what? This isn't even in my tidbit. There's been a couple

in Massachusetts, and one they actually had to rescue and bring it back down south because the water was so cold. Do we know how far north they've gotten? In 2012,

that's as far north. Okay. In 2012, a 53-year-old Florida woman was arrested after riding a manatee at DeSoto State Park in Florida. She was captured in a photo committing the act, and a misdemeanor arrest warrant was issued in Pinellas County. They picked her up while working at a Sears.

You want to hear something else? Bail? $1,500. Question two. Hold on. working at a Sears. You want to hear something else? For bail? $1,500. Question two. Hold on. Hold on. I used to fish with this guy in Belize. They call them sea cows down there.

He told me when they were kids, they used to eat those things. Kill them and eat them. I haven't met anybody that's ever told me that. That's interesting. What year was that woman arrested? 2012. Sears. I had a peg that was interesting. What year was that woman arrested? 2012. Sears. I had a peg that is like 97 years.

It's kind of a dated record. Two. Everybody knows baby rabbits are called bunnies or kits. Well, what are baby hairs called this is another one I would have got right How did your network of folks that you reached out to about getting questions, did they come through for you? Nothing. Really? A couple finger tried. A couple.

One of them was pretty good, but I already had my multiple choice. He had a great multiple choice. I'll share it with you. Great multiple choice. But I was pretty committed choice. He had a great multiple choice. I'll share it with you. Great multiple choice. But I was pretty committed to the manatee. Okay. Previously, you told me that you were not going to respect the verticals. If it came out and you didn't have...

If you didn't have any fishing questions or cooking questions, you were just going to move on. Never gave it a thought. Not an ounce of thought. Do we know the balance? There's a lot of animal questions. Oh, okay. Just pay attention. Okay. Everybody ready?

Reveal your answers. Kids for Seth. Randall's calling them fawns. Tress is calling them fawn. Kevin pups. Corey peach fuzz. It's a baby hair. Brody cubs.

Yanni's got it. I'm going to give it to Yanni. Lev. And Spencer has fawn. I'm giving it to Yanni. Lev. And Spencer has fawn. I'm giving it to Yanni. I think I have the first letter. Leverts. Oddly, here's the tidbit.

Oddly, pine squirrels are an important predator of snowshoe hare leverets. In 1994, a researcher in Alberta found that over 20% of leveret mortality was caused by pine squirrels. And here's something trippier. Everyone knows that snowshoe hares have large amplitude cycles, often in seven-year intervals, meaning population blooms on a seven-year interval swing. It's not well understood why these cycles do not occur south of the boreal forest in the Rockies. This is going to be inspiring.

Perhaps someday a listener out there might help solve this mystery. It's good. Number three. Someone's antenna is up right now thinking about that what are the adults called then hairs oh so you know altricial and precocial hairs are precocial they're born fully furred eyes open rabbits so like a snowshoe hair a jack rabbit which is actually a hare, are precocial. Rabbits, cottontail rabbits, are altricial.

They're born hairless and blind. Is that the main difference? Are male rabbits called bucks? Bucks and does. Yeah. Yeah. Question three. Everyone knows that Alaska and Hawaii. Listen up Everyone knows that Alaska and Hawaii

Are the 49th And 50th states Respectively What in the hell was the 48th state Which category is this Geography Arizona is a great state To try to draw a hunting tag in

Brody's over there Trying to ask Siri. Yeah. Third time's prompted her. So we're looking for the 48th state. She. I got to say the vibes in this room are foreboding. There's, I feel

48 states. Yep, thanks. Why is so much attention given to the 49th and 50th states? Because they're not attached. 49th is the biggest one. Because they're not attached. They're like afterthoughts. Yeah.

Now, do you know 47, 46, 45 off the top of your head? Okay. I didn't know the answer to this. Oh, okay. I would have gotten this one. I don't know. Maybe I would have guessed it.

It's a hint. I went and visited the 49th state. I don't know if this question would have flied if I would have asked it. Are you ready for the... Everybody ready? No, not quite. This might be the hardest one. Okay. I didn't know it.

I'm ready. Reveal your answers. Seth says Nevada. Randall, Nevada. Tressa, Louisiana. Kevin, close with New Mexico. Corey, Wyoming. Randall, Nevada. Tressa, Louisiana. Kevin, close with New Mexico. Corey, Wyoming. Brody, Oregon.

Giannis, Nevada. Spencer, Oregon. The correct answer is Arizona. What was your commentary at the beginning about Arizona? I gave the answer away. What the hell? I said, Arizona. You said, what's the relevance? I said, Arizona is a good place to apply for hunting tags.

Okay. Wow. Jeez, man. That's quite the trick. This is a master class. Now we're going to think about that a lot for the next. You ready for the tidbit? You're up late.

What do you call it? The factoid? Well, I call it that, but people have criticized that because apparently the definition of factoid is like kind of loosely factual, but not 100% factual. So they recommend tidbit. Tidbit or just a fact. Because factoid is a little too loose. Here's a tidbit for you. September 15th, 2022.

So about a year ago. Police were investigating a burglary at a suspected abandoned home in Arizona. And found a burglar, all right. They also found a mummified body in the bathtub. Neighbors thought the woman had moved away, but she was just dead and dried out in her tub. And this other old lady was stealing the deceased's stuff in Arizona. Isn't this one like the tidbit? Four.

The tidbit? Like you give us the year it became a state and all that kind of stuff? I like it. Or you can cover murder mysteries i thought the woman was like killed by a bear or something and that's okay that's just something from arizona okay four oh loose in what month of the year is National Hunting and Fishing Day? I should know this.

Why? Because the local sportsman's club. Because he hunts and fishes. Where I grew up, Mosquito Creek Sportsman's Club, always had a National Hunting and Fishing Day celebration, and my family used to make a big kettle of bean soup for it every year. Oh, well. What time of year did they cook the beans?

I don't know. That's what I'm trying to remember. I feel like that is kind of a hint. That's what I was going to say, Corey. That's how Randall does so good. He approaches this in that fashion. Seth is now changing his answer because he just called the soup. How do you like them beans, Seth?

He doesn't have anything written down. I did. No, I'm changing it. In what month of the year is National Hunting and Fishing Day? Are you having fun, Steve? I'd rather be playing. Okay. I'd rather be

hosting, I think, so it works out well. Everybody ready? Yes. Show your answers, please. Seth gets it right with September. Randall, September. Tressa, November. Kevin, September.

Corey, one month off with October. Brody, D-O-B with September. Giannis, two months off with November. Spencer, one month off with September. Giannis two months off with November. Spencer one month off with October. National Hunting and Fishing Day takes place the fourth Saturday of every September. Congress passed the bill unanimously in 1972. Let me tell you what else was happening in 1972. The band KISS was formed.

And McDonald's launched the Egg McMuffin. Question five. You got a favorite KISS song? Oh yeah, that O'Seth. O'Seth, I hear him calling. This is the listener question of the week with a question from Isaiah Toll, PhD. Isaiah, you'll see that I had to tweak your question a bit, but we'll still be sending you a signed book as a way of saying thanks. Now, Spencer, can we switch to a signed board game?

Once we have the board games, yes. We'll switch to that. Okay. Let Spencer know if you'd like to be equipped with a deer stop? What piece of trapping equipment might be required by law to be equipped with a deer stop? It's a great question. It is. That's why it's the listener question of the week.

Yeah. Did you choose it or it's Spencer? I picked it. Nice. That's a great question. Spencer gave me access to listener questions and he assigned me, he's behind and I understand why. The volume is. There's a great question. Spencer gave me access to listener questions, and he assigned me. He's behind, and I understand why. The volume is great.

There's so much good stuff in there. You got to pay attention. He assigned me August 1 to 15, and he wouldn't mess around in August 1 to 15. I pulled inspiration for a few, and I only got up to like August 5. I started at August 1, and I only got up to August 5, and I was done. I have August 15th through 30th.

Randall's going to host an episode coming up as well in about a month. Sorry to reveal that. No, it's good. But I happened to, that happened to be in that time period was when the episode of Trivia with your Prime Meridian question was released so about half of the emails are objecting to the phrasing of your question about the prime meridian

i didn't host that episode i did but it was a question you called me about you felt so strongly oh well i don't think i dictated to him the exact phrasing no i i specifically approved it with you oh before before the question. Didn't you get that question right anyway? I did. Thanks for pointing that out. But then it was struck later. It was struck. We had to throw out two questions.

One piece of trappy equipment might be required by law to be equipped with a deer stop. Answers, please. Seth, snare or cable restraint. Correct. Randall, snare. Tressa, clamp. Kevin, pan. Corey cable restraint. Correct. Randall snare, Tressa clamp, Kevin pan, Corey, Conabare spelled wrong. Brody snare, Yana snare, and Spencer Conabare spelled correctly. The correct answer is a snare or cable restraint.

This isn't my tidbit, but a deer stop is a feral that you crimp onto a snare so that it can only close to a minimum diameter. Well, what's a ferrule? A stop. So the snare fires and closes, but it'll be set by law that it can't be less than a two and a half inch circle, meaning a deer's hoof is never going to close. It's just like a ring around the wire. Yeah, that prevents it from closing all the way. So the lock can't close infinitely. Have you ever seen that happen?

No, because I use deer stops. A lot of states where you have to have deer stops also have 250-pound breakaways too. Yeah, this state doesn't require a stop, but it requires a breakaway. But Pennsylvania had a breakaway. So if the deer was like deer, whatever got caught sure it could still break away with 250 pounds of pressure now here is my tidbit let's say i told you i was making a care a snare using seven by seven 3 32nd aircraft cable what would that mean it would mean that there's seven strands of wire formed into each strand then i took seven of those and braided those so it's seven strands

made of seven wires each and the diameter would be 3 32nd of an inch if snaring fox you want an eight inch loop eight inches off the ground raccoons you want you want an eight inch loop, eight inches off the ground. Raccoons, you want a six to eight inch loop, three to five inches off the ground. Coyotes, you want a 10 to 12 inch loop, 10 to 12 inches off the ground. And for beaver, you want a 10 inch loop, just two to three inches off the ground.

What about those feral cows in Hawaii? Didn't you know someone who snared cows? Yeah, I don't know. I don't know the loop size, but I'm guessing it's a mighty big loop size.

Big cable, too. We've got Tressa with one point. Spencer with one point. Corey with one point. He just butted

right in there. Seth and Kevin have two points a piece, and all tied up in first place are Randall, Giannis, and Brody, who have three

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Trail begin and end? I'll accept either. The southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail or the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. We only need one. I'll accept either. And we just need the state, not the physical landmark. Either state.

You have a 1 in 25 of getting it right. Just to randomly write down a state. If you write down Hawaii... Go on. Can we write down two states? For double? No, like, can we write down two states if one's wrong? No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Now, no. If you wrote down two states if one's wrong? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. No, no. If you wrote down both the rights, I'll be impressed, but no, you can't be putting down, like, shotgun in it. We haven't had this one before. No, we had it. We had a question that was about how many states does the Appalachian Trail run through for a tiebreaker, but we have not had this. These are all checked.

Don't worry. Reminded me of something. not had this. These are all checked. Don't worry. It reminded me of something. In what states does the Appalachian Trail begin and end? I will accept

either the southern terminus or the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. Or Appalachian. Or Appalachian. Appalachian or Appalachian Appalachian.

For our long hunters project, our oral, our oral history of the long hunters, um, we're using Appalachian. That's right. My wife went to Appalachian state. I think it's like a Mason Dixon thing. I read an account of a guy who did this trail 25 years ago. And it was fun. It was entertaining.

He said the best part was the hamburgers when he hit civilization. And I was enjoying the book. And then at the end, he got to somewhere. And maybe I'll wait till we're done because there might be a clue in this story. Ready to show your answers. Joe? Steph. Maine.

Randall. Georgia. Tressa. Tennessee. Kevin. Maine. Corey. Tennessee.

Brody. Maine. Giannis. Maine. Spencer. New York. The Appalachian Trail begins, well, depending on which way you're going,

runs between Maine and Georgia. Specific points in Maine and Georgia. Mount Katahdin and Stone Mountain? Can't remember. For this question's tidbit, let's take a look at the Civil War.

Maine provided the highest per capita ratio of soldiers to the Union Army. With 80,000 enlisted fighters, over 1 in 10 would die. Maine's losses, about 9,400 killed. Georgia sent about 120,000 men into combat for the Confederacy. Surprisingly, about 5,000 Georgians fought for the Union. Of those 120,000 men, somewhere between 11,000 and 25,000 Georgians died on the battlefield or from wounds suffered there? Question seven.

Well, if nothing else, this will be the longest episode of Meteor Trivia. Just to finish up. The guy loved hamburgers. Oh, yeah, the guy. Yeah, the burgers. And then at the very last chapter, he gets to Maine and complained about moose hunts.

Ruined the whole book. Just how it shouldn't happen. It was an anti-hunting story. I don't remember the name of the book. You should have read the end. You should have read the end verse to make sure. Do you remember who wrote it? I don't. It was a comedian type. Was it Phil Bryson?

A walk in the woods? That was it. He got pissed about moose hunting? Yep. It ruined the whole story. It was the last chapter. Is it more common to go south to north or north to south? I don't know. South to north. South to north. You can start earlier in the south.

Yeah. Well, that guy's never coming on the show, I can tell you that. Question seven. In the 21st century, so the century we're in now. There have been 73 fatal bear attacks in North America in the wild. Caused by three species of bears. In order of most fatal attacks to least fatal attacks, list the bear species. So you want three names here. In order of deadliest to least deadliest in the 21st century in the wild in north america

21st century 21st century side of the table is confident how up to date is this thing because there's been a lot of action lately i trust me when he originally wrote this was wrote it last night oh everybody ready no hold on in the 21st century there have been 73 fatal bear attacks in north america in the wild caused by three species of bears in order of most fatal attacks to least fatal attacks, list the bear species.

Show your answers. Seth. Grizzly, black, polar. Randall. Grizzly, black, polar. Tressa. Polar, grizzly, black. Kevin. Black, brown. grizzly black polar truss a polar grizzly black kevin black brown polar so black grizzly polar they're brown bears cory black grizzly polar what i really messed up we mean what well what do you want to use a broad oh okay so just for listeners at home for confusion uh grizzly bears and brown bears are the same thing same species yep brody grizzly

black you got yours messed up yeah i know i let polar out grizzly black grizzly grizzly black polar. Spencer, grizzly black polar. There were 37 fatal grizzly attacks, 32 fatal black bear attacks, and four fatal polar bear attacks. So the correct answer would be grizzly black polar. For the tidbit. You know how I said there are 73 bear attacks so far this century 73 is the smallest number with 12 letters and it's spelled out name that's good this is your best question and fact do i like it it's like the Mad Hatter question eight

reminds me don't feel bad I was we're on a normal path to normal this reminds me of the the opening scene and dances with wolves when he shows up at the yeah the mad the mad Colonel that's sort? Yeah, the mad colonel. No, for a second there, I couldn't come up with a third bear. I'm like, really? We've got three bears on this continent? And then it finally came to me. There was a double

attack. A woman and her child were killed by a polar bear this century. Yikes. This animal species urine, P, this animal species urine is sometimes used as a hallucinogenic after it consumes the fly agaric mushroom. This animal species urine is sometimes used as a hallucinogenic

after it consumes the fly agaric mushroom. Spencer, you got it? I got this one. But I think I'm out of the game. This is question eight. Fly agaric mushroom. Where's that thing grow?

I'll give you a hint. Oh, don't give me a hint. No hints. This is a tight game. It's a tight game. Oh, man. How specific do we need to be? Just write the animal down.

I was going to ask that, too. Just write the animal down. I was going to ask that, too. Just write the animal down. There's a scorecard update now, right? After this question. After this question, yeah. I would do this if you got me the urine from this thing. Is that right? Sure.

Yeah. Maybe someone can send some over. How commonplace drugs have become. Reveal your answers, please. I don't like that hint. Seth, deer, not quite A little too loose Randall, toe

Kevin, a Gila monster Corey, deer Brody Reindeer Giannis, reindeer Spencer, caribou I'll accept reindeer, caribou I will not accept deer

You said it didn't have to be specific, though. Well, it's not a cervid. It's a cervid. His answer was right down the animal. That was what he said. Yeah. As the tidbit for this one, I'll point out that taxonomists... I think we should get deer, Corey.

Taxonomists regard all reindeer and caribou as one species. So even though you have woodland caribou and barren ground caribou, if you ask the geneticist, the geneticist would come and tell you that Europe's reindeer, North America's caribou are all one giant meta species. Was that your tidbit? That's the tidbit. I think there's also some Santa Claus lore that's been assigned to people That's what I was wondering. One giant metaspecies. Was that your tidbit? That's the tidbit. I think there's also some like Santa Claus lore that's been assigned to people drinking the urine of reindeer or caribou, and that has to deal

with something with their flight or Santa in general. How about that? It's all tied together. So the fly agaric is a red mushroom with white spots. If you're watching cartoons and there's a mushroom, there's a nine out of 10 chance that mushroom is a fly agaric. And we do have them in Montana.

I found some fly agarics one time growing in Seattle between the sidewalk and the street. What else about fly agarics? If you want to consume them for the hallucinogenic qualities, it's recommended that you

boil them, get rid of that water, and then boil them again. And then it is safe to consume. This statement is not endorsed. Yeah, that's right. Not endorsed. Or give it to your reindeer and drink its pee.

There we go. Might want to edit the word safe out of there, Phil. Scoreboard update, Phil? Yeah, love to. Tress update, Phil? Yeah, love to. Tressa, Corey, Spencer, and Kevin are out of the running for the win. Really?

Yes. Kevin and Spencer have three points apiece. They're up there. We've got Seth with four points, Randall and Brody with five, and Giannis is in first place with six. And by looking ahead, he's not in a bad position. That's not what I like to ahead, he's not in a bad position.

That's not what I like to hear. He's not in a bad position. Question nine. This Pine Bluff, Arkansas Natives Company, which is named after himself, was the first to mass produce archery sets and equipment. And he was among the first archers admitted into the Archery Hall of Fame. This Pine Bluff, Arkansas native's company,

which is named after himself, was the first to mass-produce archery sets and equipment, and he was among the first archers admitted into the Archery Hall of Fame. Does he still live there? Quiet. Good content. It's a sense of dread As Steve slowly sips from his mug

Seth has no answer You know what, Giannis? I've got an educated guess You got it, Corey? Yeah You do? You sure about that? I just gotta beat Katie

Katie and Dex Will you tell us what question she got right? I can't remember. Oh, Yanni's going back to the whiteboard. We let this one cook too long. Maybe he's changing it to the wrong answer. He might be. Yeah, only one of these is right, Randall.

Reveal your answers, please. Hold on, hold on. I haven't crossed one out yet is right, Randall. Reveal your answers, please. Hold on, hold on. I haven't crossed one out yet. Sorry, go ahead. This Pine Bluff, Arkansas natives company, which is named after himself, was the first to mass-produce archery sets and equipment. And he was among the first archers admitted into the Archery Hall of Fame.

Show your answers, please. Seth, Matt McPherson. Randall. Going with the obvious but not correct. Fred Bear. Tressa. Nothing. Kevin.

Hoyt. Corey. Fred Bear. Brody Fred Bear. Giannis. Pearson. Spencer Bear. The correct answer is the maker of my first compound bow. Giannis Pearson. Spencer Baird.

The correct answer is the maker of my first compound, Bo. Ben Pearson. My family's from Sweden, not Arkansas. By the company, by Ben Pearson, the company's 50th anniversary in 1988. So the company had been in business 50 years in 1988. It had 350 employees and $100 million in payroll. That year, the company presented governor, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton with the 6 millionth bow and 200 millionth arrow that they manufactured.

That year, Clinton was 42. His wife, Hillary, was 41. His future girlfriend, Monica, just 15. It's 41. His future girlfriend, Monica? Just 15. It's good. I think Yanni just won. Question 10. There's no false sense of anticipation. Yannis is the winner.

He already won. How's that possible? Steve wrote this episode because we gave you those extra five minutes to get the right answer question 10 let's play anyways the name of this national forest which covers almost 400 000 acres in the american south is much more widely known as the name for a NASCAR racetrack. You're going to get this one right, Yanni? I think so. You're going to win by, what, two?

Three. Two. Cleaned up on us. We'll keep it at two. I'm nervous. Can we talk about what we have to go do later after work today? Not a good time. What do you got to do? We're going to, well, Garrett's already cooked the chili,

but we're going to serve chili and hang out with the MSU Bobcats football team. Which part of that makes you nervous? Garrett made 36 gallons of chili. Holy shit. And his aunt baked 250 corn muffins. Wow. Each person present will be allowed a quart of chili.

I think there's a hundred, didn't he say a hundred pounds of potato salad? And there's a lot of concern about them eating through the chili, that they would eat through a quart of chili. The idea is that they'll be encouraged to make chili dogs rather than everybody get a quart to a half gallon of chili. We stretch it out by serving chili a la dog. college roster is like 93 kids or something

The name of this national forest Which covers almost 400,000 acres in the south Is much more widely known as the name for a NASCAR racetrack Those boys could probably eat too Serving chili is easy Answers please Daytona Seth

Randall Talladega Tressa Daytona Kevin Tall Randall, Talladega, Tressa, Daytona, Kevin, Talladega, Corey, Talladega, Brody, Tuskegee. I see where you was going. Yanni, Talladega, Spencer, Talladega. The correct answer is Talladega National Forest. Created in 1936 by FDR.

Who? Here's a tidbit. The first sitting president to fly in an airplane. Wow. Really? Thank you for playing Trivia. Well, I want to know how, if Kevin had a good time with his first time. I had a good time. I waited for the bone until the ninth question,

never thinking it would be my name. Oh, well. Oh, I didn't even think of that. Oh, was that the bone? No. I forgot the bone. That was unintentional? No bone.

I thought that was the bone. I forgot the bone. No question about deer teeth or something like that. No, I was waiting for that. I really was. Cementum. Yep. Nice.

We can maybe invite Kevin back for a normal game when Spencer is hosting. Which we record in about five minutes from now. I like this Mad Hatter version. All I wanted to do was beat Steve, so I couldn't do that in this round. You do that in five minutes. You guys want to know what the tiebreaker was? Yeah. Yeah. Sure.

Let's see that. Should we just play it? Let's just play it. Yeah, we just play it let's just play yeah yeah okay let's just play it okay here we go how many states allow suppressors for hunting this is a tiebreaker so closest uh closest gets it closest gets it how many states allow suppressors sometimes known as silencers for hunting. How many states allow suppressors or silencers, which is a misnomer, for hunting?

Let's make it quick since it's just purely bonus. Show your answers, please. Seth with 11, Randall with 29, Tressa with 5, Kevin with 25, Corey with 7, Brody with 9, Giannis with 29, Tress with 5, Kevin with 25, Corey with 7, Brody with 9, Giannis with 50, and Spencer with 36. I believe it's 41. Wow.

Who would have won? Gianni? Spencer. 36. Oh, damn. On June 1st, Republican Governor Phil Scott signed S-281 into law making Vermont of all places the 41st state to allow the use of suppressors

while hunting. Sweet. Let me ask you this. How many states can't you do it? It's trivia, not math class. Are you going to it's trivia not math all right we're gonna donate your money um i would like to donate meat eaters money i guess my winnings i guess i get to direct uh to how for how for wildlife howell.org um there's a big fight coming up in Colorado. There's the right to hunt lions and bobcats and trophy hunting in general as the opposition is labeling it. It's going to be up for a referendum, I think, within a year, right?

Well, they got to get the signatures first. They got to get the signatures. Oh, they'll go out to Whole Foods and get all the signatures. Yeah. Anyway, so I was on a Zoom call with a bunch of people in Howell.org last night. And they had some people that worked directly with legislators there to give testimony on how well Howell.org has been working for them, where they've gotten so many emails sent, so many phone calls made when they've asked Howell to help out,

that they actually have legislators or the office personnel of legislators coming to them and saying, look, you guys won. Can you please turn off the Howell machine? Because we don't want to field any more emails. So it was great to hear that. It was great to hear that it's working and that people from the opposition are testifying about what this

Howell thing is. And so it's gotten so big that the opposition is like, oh my gosh, we don't have a clear pathway. This Howell thing is working. So I want to bring more light to them and have everybody you know go check them out follow them on instagram give them some money and then when when you get the instagram thing that says send a message do it yeah when you're walking into whole foods to buy your meat and there's some person standing out there having you sign this stupid thing don't sign this stupid thing. Don't sign the damn thing.

And then when it does all get signed and it comes to the ballot, you have to beat it in the ballot. People got to keep hope because just because you get a ballot initiative doesn't mean it'll pass. Maine beat a ballot initiative around bear hunting. Montana beat a ballot initiative around trapping. Soundly beat it. You guys will beat this thing rocky mountain do you have fun i think the whole beginning of the end made it for colorado might have been john denver

okay the other thing i'm starting to notice is this the states that most quickly and enthusiastically embrace legal weed are the states that most enthusiastically embrace hunting bans california i'd like to see a more formal colorado alaska michigan was it michigan pretty quick that was an outlier something about people that don't want to hide in the bushes when they smoke weed? They don't like hunting. Thanks, Steve. Hunters are used to hiding in the bushes, so they don't mind hiding in the bushes and smoking weed.

How long until you host another show? I don't know. I don't think I'm going to do it again. Okay. Why not? Because I'd rather play and be a winner. Okay. Sure.

All right. Well, next week. It's like, who wants to umpire? Are umpires glad to be there? I don't know. Good job, Steve. That was a good one. Thank you, guys.

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