The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 497 Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia LXXXVII

Episode Date: November 22, 2023

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Ryan Callaghan, Hanzi Deschermeier, Mackenzie Elmquist, Christine Sawicki, Sam James, Chilly, and The Ghost of Chester Floyd. 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 Newarth, and today we're joined by Ryan Callahan, Sam James, Christine Sawicki, Chili, Hansi Dershamier, and Mackenzie Elmquist. This is a 10-round quiz show with questions from Meat Eaters 4 Verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. And there's a prize. Meat Eater will donate donate 500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing before we move on though phil tell us about uh your outfit over there yeah i'd love to hey spencer really

quick i've watched you do this for a while and i've always wanted to try something like this is it okay if i ask just like kind of like a preliminary first question yeah yeah is that okay okay give me one sec here. Okay. I'm going to cut to the, uh, cut to the question screen. I'm going to go over here. All right.

Can you guys read that? Okay. Let's see. I'm going to read it out for you. This next great question was sent to us by Phil, the engineer. Um, if you have a question that you think is right for meat eater trivia,

please send it to trivia at the meat eater.com. In the past four and a half years that Phil has worked at meat eater Inc. How many times has he taken more than three consecutive days off? Now, before anyone answers, for the people who can't see, Phil has a sun hat on. He's got a belly shirt with a Hawaiian shirt open on top of it and sunglasses. I'm going to say the answer, Phil, is zero times. You're right. Okay.

Good job. I just also want to say, mostly because HR is here, that is of no fault. Yeah, Phil, is zero times. You're right. Okay. Good job. And that's for, I just also want to say mostly because HR is here. That is of no fault of Meat Eater Inc. That is mostly a me problem. I'm kind of a control freak, much like our intrepid host over there. But I finally decided to schedule a week off. Yep. You know, I had kind of a busy summer. I sent Spencer

the iCal invite and he immediately shot back saying, oh shit, oh no, are you sure? Is this the only time that you can do this?

And I said the same thing. Well, I'd rather not come in during this week. I'm finally taking a vacation. And Spencer said, I'm really sorry, but we have to do this.

It's tournament time. So here we are. I'm really sorry, but we have to do this. It's tournament time. So here we are. I'm in vacation mode. That's what this is. I've got my Star Wars tiki mug, clearance rack stuff off Target I bought yesterday just for this. Okay. So anyway, that's where I'm at right now. And I'm giving you a hard time.

I like being here. The only reason I said yes is because I like Spencer and I like Trivia even more. But, you know, I'm off you a hard time. I like being here. The only reason I said yes is because I like Spencer and I like trivia even more. But, you know, I'm off the clock, baby. You can't stop me. Well, thank you, Phil. You didn't have to sneak any kind words in there. Very much appreciate what Phil was doing. But he chose to.

He did. Where were you supposed to be? So generous. I hope you snuck a pina colada into the tiki mug, though. I was planning on it, Hansi. But honestly, I'm out of my my good rum and so this is ice water and also it's also it's 10 o'clock in the morning on a tuesday yeah hey you know it's never by me well thank you for being here phil much appreciated

and as phil said this isn't any regular old game of meat eater trivia this is episode one of the 2023 meat eater trivia tournament there are four episodes total and by the end of the last one we'll have crowned a champion of meat eater trivia for 2023 how does the room feel about playing with the stakes being so high terrified yeah okay yeah i like that we're number one number this is episode one that's right that's good spencer tell us how the bracket's gonna work bracket is gonna work i'll explain it right here here's how this is going to work episode one is a qualifying round with seven players two of which will move on to the championship episode two is a qualifying round with seven new players, two of which will also move on to the championship. Episodes three and four are the championship rounds. Those will

feature the four qualifying players, as well as our reigning champion Brody Henderson, Steven Ranella, Giannis Putellis, and Randall Williams. Brody, Steve, Giannis, and Randall have the most victories in 2023, so they're getting an automatic buy to the championship. Now, you'll notice there are only six players in this room. I said seven. Chester was supposed to be here. He had to bail last minute.

Something out of his control. So I let him play, and we are going to keep score for Chester throughout the game to see how he does. There's a chance that he could make it to the championship. Just to put in perspective, what's the winner get? Bragging rights or is there more to it? The winner, we will get to that at the end. I'll tell you this part right now.

We have a plaque that is hanging up somewhere. Is it in here, Phil? Do we know? I think it's outside on one of the shelves. Okay. We have a plaque that will make its way in here, which has the champion's name on it, and our reigning champion, Brody Henderson.

He's the only name on it right now. Now, for the stat of the week this week, we're looking at the performance of players from last year's tournament qualifying episodes in the two play-in shows from 2022. Our competitors averaged 5.07 correct answers per game and here's our zero percenter question of the week which tests how much knowledge players have retained from previous shows this question was from a qualifying round last year the topic was biology and nobody got it right if you know the answer just shout it out how many legs does a lobster have? Eight.

Eight. Eight is not right. Shit. Six. Nope, that is not right either. Ten is correct. The correct answer was ten. The incorrect answers given in that game were eight, six, and five.

Now, Phil, you noted afterwards that there was some reason, maybe from finding Nemo, that you knew that lobsters had ten legs. Oh, no, that was from Moana. Moana, okay. Yeah, there's a, I'm actually not even sure exactly which animal he is, but he calls himself a decapod, which is, there you go.

Ten-legged critter. Phil would have got that one right. Yeah. Now we have some housekeeping. Actually, I take that back. We are skipping the housekeeping portion of today's show, but there's one final note about the tournament before we move on. Listeners with a keen ear will notice that the questions from this week and next week

resemble each other because they're both qualifying rounds. I designed the scripts to have similar themes and difficulties. Now the Shelby index for today's round is a three. So our winner should get six correct answers. And with that 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 just tend to win everything so moody the lighting The lighting. Game on, suckers! Round one.

I love that little touch. That's fun. How'd you get that voice? Is that your voice, right? Oh, no. I had like a little speech generator or something like that. Yeah. Question one.

The topic is public lands. And as always, this will be multiple choice. Which of these animals is not found in New Mexico's Gila National Forest? Is it a coos deer, mountain goat, Canada goose, or black bear? Very good, Phil. Which of these animals is not found in New Mexico's Gila National Forest? Coos deer, mountain goat, Canada goose, or black bear? Vacation mode, Phil. Obviously spent some of his vacation prepping little sounds and Easter eggs for our audience.

That's right. Where are you supposed to be, Phil? Oh, sorry. You're good. This is how Phil vacations at home. He was having a staycation, he said. That's right. So that's why I've got cheap clothes, cheaper music music and cheaper rum.

Public lands, which of these animals is not found in New Mexico's Gila National Forest? Coos deer, mountain goat, Canada goose, black bear. Has anyone been to the Gila National Forest in this room? Many times. Many times. Do you know this one? I know what I've found there. Okay.

You've seen some of the things in some of these choices? For sure, two out of those four. Okay. Coos, deer, mountain goat, Canada goose, black bear. I'm trying to, like, read your eyes to see which ones you're looking at. Well, I mean, I argue with Spencer on the answers to these supposedly well-defined questions all the time. Let me say this, too. Because the stakes are so high, I had Randall Williams fact-check all of these questions,

make sure there was no wiggle room for anyone to argue, no possibility of there being an error. So with that said, if you have a complaint, I'm going to have you file with Randall instead of me. He was the last line of defense from anything here being wrong. Nice diversion. Does everybody have an answer? I promised myself I was going to listen to my intuition.

Okay, and you're not? And I think I'm going to stick with it. Okay. Sam doing some erasing. Is everybody ready? Yes. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying mountain goat.

Oh, that's promising. Chili saying black bear. Hansi saying Canada goose. Mackenzie saying mountain goat. Christine saying mountain goat. Sam saying Canada goose. The correct answer is mountain goat. Yes!

A few folks got it right. The closest mountain goats to the Gila National Forest are located about 300 miles north in Colorado. Canada geese spend winter in the forest, while black bears and coos deer are found sporadically throughout the forest. The Gila National Forest is the fifth biggest national forest in the country. And I tell you that Chester got that one right. All right, Chester. Kyle, which other one have you not seen? Well, the Canada goose would be like,

it's a migratory bird, goes wherever it wants. I'm sure geese are in the Gila, but I haven't. I have not personally seen one. I've called the blackberry in with a cow call. On accident? Yep, yep. haven't like i can't say like yeah i've called the blackberry in with a cow call on accident yeah yeah um and i've seen coos deer and and found their sheds in the gila so cool question two the topic is hunting this is our listener question of the week which was won by steve corson for sending this great question he's going to get a book signed by Steve. Name one of the 10 most popular male dog names in 2022,

according to the American Kennel Club. Cal with an extremely quick answer. A lot of confidence over here. I got a question on this question. What do you got? So you said one of 10. Can we put multiple options down? You put multiple and you get it wrong. I feel like that's a this question. What do you got? So you said one of ten. Can we put multiple options down? You cannot. You put multiple and you get it wrong.

I feel like that's a valid question. Name one of the ten most popular male dog names in 2022. Cal, please explain your confidence. Oh, I mean, it's a good guess. Okay.

But we should play just real briefly the ten most common dog names in fishing towns oh you think you know that one oh everybody in bozeman has a dog named madison i mean my parents did growing up too so i can't say anything bad about it one of the 10 most popular male dog names in 2022, according to the American Kennel Club. How many dog owners do we have in the room? Sam? I got a dog.

Everyone except Chili and Christine. Landlord won't let me have it. I blame them then. I get this wrong. I do. Blame them forever. I feel like this is so obvious, but now that it's obvious,

I can't think about it. Phil, you're a dog owner, right? That's right. Yeah. I'm trying to, okay. Yeah.

Phil, what's your dog's name? Yeah. Mango. Well, I can't say anything because it's going to, that'll be a hint.

Name one of the 10 most popular male dog names in 2022. I mean, 10 names, Mackenzie. That's like the hard part. Am I the last one? You're the last one.

You're ruining the game. We're waiting on Sam as well. Is everybody ready? You have an answer, Mackenzie? I don't feel so confident. Just send it. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying Scout. You have an answer, Mackenzie? I don't feel so confident. Just send it. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Cal saying scout. Oh, that's smart. Chili saying boon. Hansi saying river. Oh, that's a good one. Mackenzie saying moose. Moose is good. Christine saying bear.

Sam saying Bodie. We have, I think, one correct answer in the room. It's bear. Christine got it right Here are the other nine max Milo Cooper Charlie Teddy Tucker buddy bear rocky and Leo

Charlie Of course Charlie, I'd like to point out that she has a few answers on her board So I don't think that she crossed out I do that because if they're right I want to show like oh I almost just missing the top 10 were Loki, Jack Coda, Murphy, Oliver

Ollie and Bentley some of these dog names were also among the top human names for boys Leo was the highest from the list at 22. That's followed by Cooper at 53, Milo at 120, Max at 156, Charlie at 178, and Tucker at 197. I feel like if this were just a Gallatin County survey, I think 78% of that would be Bridger. Yeah.

Bridger, Madison, River, Rio, Sage. Oh, Sage. Everybody. Do the people in this room, do you know more Cooper dogs or Cooper humans? I know one. Cooper human. How about Milo? Do you know more Milo humans or Milo dogs? Milo, Leo,

sound a lot like no. Right. Good name if you want to screw up a dog. That's right. That's a good point. And we do have a Max in the office, which is the number one. You don't need a rover anymore.

Or a bear. Bear cracks me up too because imagine being out in the woods and you're looking for your dog and you're screaming bear. That's like my most

sage advice, right? Is like, whatever you pick, you better be comfortable screaming it in a park full of strangers at the top of your lungs. Question three.

The topic is fishing. Which of the seven natural wonders of the world is also a world-class fishery for Spanish mackerel, black marlin, and giant trevally? Now I got to remember what the seven wonders of the world are. Yeah, I don't know. Seven natural wonders of the world.

Which of the seven natural wonders of the world is also a world-class fishery for Spanish mackerel, Black Marlin, and Giant Trevally? Is this a North American question? Not giving you any hints. Going back to the last question, Chester did not get one of the top ten male dog names. We are on question three. The topic is fishing. Hansi, do you think you know the seven natural wonders of the world? Oh, no.

Okay. No, definitely not. Do you think you know a few of them? Natural. Maybe a couple? I can't even think of one. Cal, you're also the only folks in the room with an answer. Do you think you have this right?

I think it's got to be a natural wonder of the world. Okay. If it's, but I mean, there's so many unbelievable features. Sure. That fish love, you know, so. Yeah. Which of the seven natural wonders of the world is also a world-class fishery for Spanish mackerel, black marlin, and giant trevally. Does everybody who's going to come up with an answer have an answer?

It sure does. I'm wondering pretty hard right now. Chili? I'm going to sit this one out. Is everybody else ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Cal, flip your board over. We have Cal saying Great Barrier Reef. I might be right. Chili without an answer. Hansi saying

Amazon River. Mackenzie saying Great Barrier Reef. Christine saying Great Barrier Reef. Sam saying Great Barrier Reef. They got it. The correct answer is the Great Barrier Reef. Well done, room. I don't even know how I pulled that out. The Great Barrier Reef

makes up 10% of the world's coral reef ecosystems it's estimated that there are 4 000 tons of fish caught by commercial anglers and 2 000 tons of fish caught by recreational anglers in the great barrier reef each year the main target of commercial anglers are coral trout which make make up 45% of the reef's total fish harvest. That's a badass looking fish too. You ever see Captain Ron? No. Is that a movie, a show? It's a movie. It's won several awards. And does he tangle with some coral trout?

No, no, but there's a Great Barrier Reef reference in there. If you're a nautical person. Well done, room. Very impressed. Everyone got that right. Chester did not get that one right. You'd love it, Chili. You'd love it. Yeah, I'm going to have to watch that.

You're going to have to watch it. We are on to question four. The topic is woodsmanship. This next great question comes to us via Steve Corson. If you have a question you think is right for Meat Eater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com. The acronym BTU, as in a camp stove's BTU rating, stands for blank thermal unit.

Cal had this one right. Did everybody see how fast I was? The acronym BTU, as in a camp stove's BTU rating, stands for blank thermal unit. I should know this. Everybody should. Yeah. Yeah.

Sam, you traffic in a lot of gear over here. Yep. On a daily basis for your job. We sell many items that are measured in BTUs. And you don't know this one. No. I mean, I've written it, writing copy for the Meteor store, certainly.

But I gotta think. Yeah, you see that acronym a lot. BTU, as in a camp stove's BTU rating, stands for blank thermal unit. Yeah, this is humbling. Yeah, I don't know if I'm listening to my intuition very well. And this is question four.

Chili in your army days, I imagine this acronym was thrown around a bit as well. Is it ringing any bells? No, no, in correction. Since you like to correct people. What do you got? I was not in the army.

Oh, I'm sorry. It's all right. Go ahead, correct me. I was in the Marine Corps. Yeah, I'm sorry. It's all right. Go ahead, correct me. I was in the Marine Corps. Yeah, there you go. But yeah, we did throw it around. And drawing blanks here, Spencer. Well, look at the board.

It's practically spelled out for you. Blank. Think of the words. Oh, I know. Now I know how many letters are in it. That's not indicative. Oh, I know. Oh, now I know how many letters are in it. That's not indicative. I tell you this. I like your attention to detail, but anytime I have a fill in the blank, it has five spaces there.

So that is not indicative of the word. Yeah, this isn't the best font for doing those little underscore things. Blank thermal unit. Starts with a B. Five spaces. That's not a hint. That's just a half a hint. It's not a hint.

It's every, anytime I have it fill in the blank, it is five spaces. I can't think of a B word. I can't think of one B word. Says HR. I can think of one. word. Says HR. Oh. I can think of one. It's got to be boring.

If I think about it for long enough, just give me a couple hours. Mm-hmm. We're waiting on a couple people here. Blank thermal unit. Is everybody ready? The only one I'm coming up with. Cal, is there any chance you have this one wrong, or you're 100% certain? Is everybody ready? Cal, is there any chance you have this one wrong? Or you're 100% certain?

I'm 100% certain. But that doesn't mean I can't be wrong. It doesn't. I think we're waiting on this side of the table. I have an answer down. I just don't like it. Okay. We're down to Christine and Sam. Blank thermal unit.

You can take your time. There's a lot on the line here. Starts with a B. Ends with thermal unit. Thank you. A lot on the line. Chili, tell us about that hat you have on. The hat?

The Kevlar. Another correction. There you go. We're up to two now. Yeah, it's called a high-cut Kevlar. And it's designed, well, for the military, obviously. And then having appellators, which are basically headphones. It's for people who like to accessorize.

That's basically it, Kyle. You can put a lot of accessories on there. You can put, you know, you can put, like, nods. You can put a lot of accessories on there. You can put nods. You can put whatever you want on there. Have a party. He said it was so he could wear his headphones as well, but he's not even wearing his headphones. Well, they're not designed for podcasts.

Sam, we are waiting on you. Ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying British. Chili saying butane. Hansi saying British. Mackenzie saying barometric. Christine saying basic.

Sam saying bells. The correct answer is British, Cal, and Hansi. Thanks for being patient with me on that. British, cow, and Hansi. I liked those guesses. A BTU is a measurement of the amount of heat needed to raise one pound of water through one degree Fahrenheit. A gas stove in your home can be up to

18,000 BTUs while a backpacking stove will have about half of that. BTUs are also how people judge what trees make for the best firewood. Oh. Question five. The topic is gear.

The Bass Pro Shops corporate headquarters are located in this state. Haven't we had this question before? We have not. We can talk about it afterwards. I know what you're thinking of, but it is not the same. Again, question five.

Topic is gear. The Bass Pro Shops corporate headquarters are located in this state. Some confidence from Sam and Chili. Sam, do you have this one right? Yes. Chili, do you have this one right? Maybe. Is this confidence born out of you guys have been there,

you just know the brand that well? Been there many times. Okay. Good on you, Sam. That's going to help. I thought I heard something through the grapevine one day. Okay. So, yeah, I'm just going with that.

Looking for the state where the Bass Pro Shops corporate headquarters are located. I feel like that might have been a little hint there, Sam. Well, unless they moved. Well, a hint as far as if you've been there many times, I know where you're from, where you grew up. So if I was an educated man, which I'm not, I'd go with that. Chili's not going to let it change his answer. I might, though.

I just saw I was in a state where Bass Pro has a store and that store has a hotel on it and it just got named like the best hotel that's cool in that state or ever?

I did not find it to be is this informing your answer? I did not find it to be... Is this informing your answer? It's not. It's not. I don't think it's the same. Does everybody have an answer?

Christine? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying Mississippi. Chili saying Michigan. Oh, Missouri. I believe Missouri is M-O, not M-S. Yeah, you're right. That's what mine says, too.

That's Missouri. We'll give it to you, Cal. Cal says Missouri. Chili says Michigan. Hansi says Missouri. Mackenzie says Missouri. Christine says Tennessee. Sam says Missouri.

The correct answer is Missouri. The room did pretty well. Our own Chester Floyd. Did Chester get that right? He did get that right. He was just on a bachelor party where he golfed on a Bass Pro golf course. I don't know if it's affiliated with Bass Pro, but I think Johnny Morris owns it. Johnny Morris started the company in 1972 from the back of his dad's liquor store.

At 500,000 square feet, the Springfield Bass Pro is the largest in the world. It's complete with waterfalls, aquariums, a gun range, boat showroom, cafe, archery hall of fame, and more. As you said, Chester, or excuse me, as you said, Cal, Chester got that one right. It's a pretty impressive place. Mackenzie, I think you were thinking about the pyramid question. Exactly, and that was in Memphis, which is a question we've had in the past. But Johnny Morris is ubiquitous in the Southeast. He is all over anything conservation related.

I feel like anything started in the back of a liquor store is the start to a good story or like business model. Absolutely. I strive for that. The, um, the pyramid houses the ducks unlimited, um, museum. And they have, honestly, it's, it's worth going into the pyramid to check that out.

It's a bunch of, there's a bunch of cool stuff. Eight gauge shotguns and, um, big kegs of powder that they use for market hunting and a bunch of punt guns and stuff. It's sweet. Do they happen to have ammo for our punt gun? Uh, yeah, they do. Yeah, for sure.

Now, Sam James came to us from Sims. I assume that is why you spent so much time at the corporate headquarters in Missouri. That's correct, Spencer. Yep. Yep. I've been there a bunch of times to talk product why you spent so much time at the corporate headquarters in Missouri. That's correct, Spencer. Yep, yep. I've been there a bunch of times to talk product with those guys. And I've heard that they have a room or a warehouse where they store all the trophy mounts

that they are getting ready to send out to stores or taking back from stores or moving them around, that it's absolutely unbelievable, as you would expect. Okay, but you haven't seen it. I haven't seen it. I guess it's a great honor maybe to be invited. We should start that rumor about Meat Eater. We've got some warehouse somewhere

where all the mounts in the world are stored over there. Yeah. I heard that from somebody. Those stores are pretty neat. Yep. Phil, we are halfway through the game of trivia, which is episode one of the tournament qualifying round. Give us a scoreboard update.

Yeah. Well, unfortunately, the Kevlar isn't helping Chili out too much. Nope. Blocking the info. He's got zero points. Coming up next, though, we've got Sam and Hansi with two points apiece. Mackenzie and Christine with three points apiece. And in first place with four is Ryan Callahan.

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A Chicago-style hot dog has so many toppings that it's said to look like it was dragged through the blank. Ick. That's gross. Topic is cooking. A Chicago-style hot dog has so many toppings that it's said to look like it was dragged through the blank. This is a turn of phrase that everybody uses when describing a Chicago-style hot dog. Everybody.

That's a bold statement. Everybody. Every single person. Did live there for four years. Haven't heard this. Dragged through the blank. There you go. First-hand experience.

You really don't know this one? No. It's five letters. Can you picture... Now, don't help the room out, Hansi, but can you picture what a Chicago-style hot dog looks like? Oh, yeah. It's got very specific

parameters, too. So, I mean, not a lot of leeway there. Hey, Hansi, as someone who's lived in Chicago for four years, is it heresy for me to say Chicago dogs are whack? I mean, I still four years is is it heresy heresy for me to say uh chicago dogs are whack i mean i still make a chicago hot dog for dinner like once a month okay so i don't know maybe i'm i'm i'm a little i love hot dogs i want to come over next time idea ideology okay that's fine we can agree i mean

i would i would put the pizza on that on that um oh you they're whack? What was your go-to place? I don't know. Were you a Lou's person? Were you a. I was a Lou Malnati's guy. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. I like Lou's. My wife and I will have one about once a month.

We order from them online. They ship it to you frozen. It's pretty sweet. It is. Yeah. It's good. It is. It's a lot.

It's a lot. Oh yeah. Yeah. It's like. It's hedonism in a package. I mean, it's, it's like, it's a big. It's a lot. Oh, yeah. It's like... It's hedonism in a package. I mean, it's like... It's a big... Yeah.

When we've all answered this question and gone through it, can you tell us about them? Yeah. Because I need to know. Can you just bring some hot dogs in and make me a Chicago-style hot dog? A Chicago-style hot dog.

Because I've never had one. Actually, I would love this. Yeah, let's do it. I will chip in towards the girls. I want it. That it's said to look like it was dragged through the blank. Phil, you seem to have some familiarity over there

with a Chicago-style hot dog. Did you know this answer? I don't think I would have gotten it. As someone who can picture a Chicago dog in their mind's eye, I have a word that would be very appropriate, but I don't think it's like Chicago enough. Okay. Yeah.

And then when Hansi brings those hot dogs in, everyone is going to be using this turn of phrase. Love hot dogs. Cal, are you going to make these hot dogs for us out of duck or something like that? I made... Duck. It's a hard staking process.

I found like the best hot dog recipe that all sources pointed me to, um, turned a lot of moose meat into hot dogs. And at the end of that process, I absolutely had a hot dog and it was so brutal to make. I was like, this is so stupid.

There's nothing moose about it. There is no, it was just a hot dog. Yeah. I've heard it's, it's, it's pretty awful process. Yeah. You emulsify and emulsify and emulsify

Yeah, there's milk involved. Oh, yeah Dry milk, okay does everyone have an answer? Yeah Everyone ready go ahead and reveal your answer We have Cal saying gutter, Chili saying streets, Hansi saying garden, Mackenzie saying mud, Christine saying dump, Sam saying trash. See, garden would be like the classy appropriate thing. Yeah, I have no idea. We have a correct answer in the room. Hansi got it.

It's garden. Cool. Sweet. That is sweet. Nice job, Hansi. Thanks. A traditional Chicago-style hot dog is topped with some variation of mustard, onions, relish, tomato slices, peppers, and a pickle spear and delivered in a poppy seed bun. Danielle Pruitt says it's her favorite way to serve a venison hot dog, and you can get

her recipe on TheMeatEater.com. Hansi, do you think that was buried somewhere in your brain, that your humunculus came up with it, or you were just using context clues of knowing all the vegetables? Yeah, I'm going to come back to that intuition thing here. I don't know. I don't know what was going on there. It just seemed like that doesn't seem Chicago specific at all. You go ahead and you Google it. Google Chicago style hot dog and you'll see the phrase drag. I mean, it's a lot more vegetables.

Google's never been wrong. It's a lot more vegetables than I think are in a lot of Chicago foods. That's right. Yeah, it makes sense. Chester did not get that one right. We are on to question seven. The topic is hunting. What hunting show did Michael Waddell start in 2008?

Huh? Who the hell is Michael Waddell? Former guest of the Meteor podcast. There's a hint for our players. What hunting show did Michael Waddell start in 2008? The room is stumped.

Cal coming up with an answer. He may be the only one. What hunting show did Michael Waddell start in 2008? Hansi, tell me about what goes on your Chicago-style hot dogs that you make once a month. Pepperoncinis. Celery leaves. Oh. A pickle.

Okay. And those are like must-dos. Pickle spear. Pickle spear, yep. Onion, mustard, and I like a little celery salt sprinkled on top there. I feel like celery salt is a must-do also, right? Yeah, well, I don't know if you see it everywhere,

but the thing that I feel like, cooking-wise, there are some parameters too, And people, I think, get really polarized about that, like cooked on a flat top griddle or steamed like in that like hot dog water steaming, like out of a cart next to the park. That's like real classic. I mean, that's people can nail the steamed

bun to where it's super gooey too. That's a delicious little treat right there. Put that in the bag after, you know, put it in the oven, put it in a bag. Hansi, that sounds like your hot dog was dragged through the garden. Lots of veggies on there. Yeah, it does. You know, I've Googled that.

It's all over. It's the only way everyone refers to a Chicago style hot dog. Again, we're on question seven. I feel like there's many neighborhoods in Chicago where you would get your ass kicked if you were like, drag that thing through the garden. Yeah, that's where I was going at with trash. I figured there's lots of vegetables. It's like a White Sox versus Cubs thing. That line of thinking was very impressive that everyone went there

because even Chester's answer, I think, was sewer. We had gutter, sewer, trash, garbage. Everyone was very dismissive of a Chicago-style hot dog. They wanted it to be gross. I thought it was going to have like chili, cheese, like jalapenos, all that. Yeah. That's why I said the mud. Does everyone who's coming up with an answer have an answer for the hunting show that Michael Waddell started in 2008.

Everybody ready? No. Man, I'm struggling this round. Yeah, I'm not doing too good. That's all right. Hansi, are you coming up with an answer? Yeah, I'm coming up with one, but that's all we're doing. Cal, how do you feel about your answer? You were the quickest, but still not very fast.

I want to say that I really enjoyed Michael Waddell on the show. I've met him several times prior to that. Always a nice dude. I can't say I've ever seen his show. I literally can't think of anything. So it's a guess. Once Handy is done writing, we're going to flip over the boards. He's writing a story.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal. Flip that over. Cal saying bone collector. Chili without an answer. Hansi saying shooting big stuff out in the woods with other people. Mackenzie without an answer. Christine saying backwoods.

Sam saying what elseell's hunts The correct answer Is bone collector Cal Got it right You know I was thinking that but I thought that was somebody else And I thought it was older than 08 Waddell said he started the show To stand up for hunting culture

His audience is referred to as the Brotherhood and his co-hosts are Nick Munt and Travis T-Bone Turner. For more on Waddell's journey, listen to episode 315 of Meat Eater and episode 316 of Meat Eater Trivia. Question 8, we will get a scoreboard update from Phil after this, and question 7 was one that Chester got right. The topic is fishing. This style of jig, which shares its name with a sport,

is designed so that it won't fall over on its side. The room is stumped. This style of jig, which shares its name with a sport, is designed so that it won't fall over on its side. One stat I'd like to know is the percentage of fishing questions that are about fly fishing or about conventional fishing. It's a good question. I try to have equal representation across pursuits and the country.

No fly fishing questions in this round, though, Mackenzie. This style of jig, which shares its name with a sport, is designed so it won't fall over on its side. No one in the room has come up with an answer yet. This is an international sport. Not going to help you. That was worth a try.

Chili, tell me an example of a sport that's not international, you think. Fair point. Fair point. I'm not going to answer your question. I don't want to. Is it a real sport, like something you play with your hands? Not going to give you any hints.

Five letters. Five letters. Is it in the Olympics? I'll just drag this one through the garden and see if we come up with it. This style of jig, which shares its name with a sport, is designed so that it won't fall over on its side. I wish you could phone a friend. Who would you call if you could?

Probably my dad. I'd call Chester. Chester. I'd call Chester. Yeah, Chester. Yeah, Chester herself. Her ears are burning. The room is slow to come up with an answer.

I would encourage you to write down some sport, though. If you are feeling stumped, this style of jig, which shares its name with a sport, is designed so that it won't fall over on its side. Is it in the Olympics? This is question eight. We will get a scoreboard update from Phil. After this, as a reminder, two people from this room

are going to move on to the championship. Cal, I think we are waiting on you. Oh no, I have not. We are waiting on you and Mackenzie. I don't to think of sports where you don't want to fall over on your side. I know. All of them. Yeah. Pretty much.

Mackenzie, we are waiting on you. Okay. Again, this is question eight. Christine? Hold on. One second. Okay, Hold on. One second. Okay, forget it. It's over.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We might be on the same track. We have Cal saying football. Chili saying bowling. Hansi saying football. Mackenzie saying skiing. Christine saying skiing. Sam saying football.

The correct answer is football. The room did pretty well. The football jig was developed to be dragged and always stay in contact with the bottom. But once bass anglers noticed how well the jig could navigate structure, it became more common for fishermen to hop it instead of crawl it. Most football jigs employ some combination of a weed guard, soft plastic, or skirt. Chester did not get that one right.

Wow. Now that you've heard the answer, do you know what a football jig is? Does it look familiar? The name is born out of the head being shaped like a football so that it won't tip over. Got it. Did you guys just guess that because you were thinking of a sport and football was the first one

to come to mind? I was thinking that like the football can't like, it can't, you can't roll it over on a different side. But I was also like thinking about bowling

for whatever reason the whole time too. Thank you. Kind of like, I don't know why. That's the only one. Yeah. Yeah.

Hard to tip over a bowling ball. Exactly. Phil, we have two questions left. Give us a leaderboard update. It looks like Chili will not be participating in the finals. Didn't want to go anyway. He's got zero points. But we've got...

Everyone else is still in the running. We've got Sam, Mackenzie, Christine, and Chester, all with three points apiece. Hansi has four, and Cal's in first place with six points. Chili is always the oldest, so if somebody were to drop off of the next qualifying round, could he squeeze back in? We could probably make that work. I don't follow hockey very closely, but in the NHL,

they have one guy who drives the Zamboni, who is the backup, backup, backup goalieoni who is like the backup backup backup goalie So a backup goalie gets hurt They like employ some dude who works at the arena to come in and play and it's like a very exciting thing whenever it happens Heck yeah, so does he get paid by the team and as a zamboni? She's she's a hockey player. She plays on like several teams I don't know the answer to that Cal when it though, it's like the leading story on SportsCenter. Cool.

Johnny Zamboni got to come in, and he only allowed three goals against a professional team. That would be scary. That's fantastic. Question nine. The topic is conservation. This next great question comes to us via Justin Sari. If you have a question you think is right for MeatEater Tri trivia, you can send it to trivia at the media.com. This conservation law that blocks the trade of illegally taken wildlife is

named after the Iowa congressman who introduced it. This is right up cow's alley. Yeah. Yep. This conservation law that blocks the trade of illegally taken wildlife is named after the Iowa congressman who introduced it. Back to the point I was making. Chili, you can be Chili Zamboni.

If someone can't make it to the championship, you are our son. You know, I'd be honored because every time I've seen one of those Zamboni guys come in as goalie, they always come in and just crush it. So that's what I'm hoping for. But I won't be upset if I don't get invited back. The room is looking stumped for the conservation law that blocks the trade of illegally taken

wildlife, and it's named after the Iowa congressman who introduced it. Oh my god. This is going to be painful for me. I talk about this. I know it's Oh my god. This is going to be painful for me. I talk about this. I know it's in there somewhere. No exaggeration.

Once every two weeks for sure. So what do you think the... I can corroborate that. What do you think the issue is at this time, Cal? Why it's not coming to you? I mean, it's the issue that I always have on this.

It's the pressure. I start off well, and then I get to the later rounds, and I'm kind of like, oh, wait, what happened? Son of a bee sting. This conservation law that blocks the trade of illegally taken wildlife is named after the Iowa congressman who introduced it. I don't think anybody

has an answer yet. I have a singular letter written down. I can write you a short history of the law. It's neat. Oh my god. This conservation law that blocks the trade of illegally taken wildlife is named after the Iowa congressman who introduced it.

This is a toughie round. This is question nine. We'll get another scoreboard update from Phil after this. You know what's fun is we've had questions on trivia for certain individuals. You feel like this one was pitched to you. Oh, this is so easy.

Just for the record, in the game of baseball, I was the kid who could sit at third base and get line drives drilled at him all day and never screw it up. Okay. The second a pot fly happened, I had just had too much time to think and I dropped the damn thing 50% of the time. Maybe if this was question two instead of question nine, then you would have had a chance at it.

God dang it. This conservation law that blocks the trade of illegally taken wildlife is named after the Iowa congressman who introduced it. We have a lot of blank boards in the room. This is so stupid. It's going to hurt when I hear this. Not to add extra pressure, Cal, but I think

if you get this one right, you will move on to the championship despite there being another question mark. But it gives the rest of us a chance. It's going to make it interesting if he drops this pop fly though. God dang it.

I think I know the first letter and I just can't, like I keep saying every other word with this letter. Is everybody ready? No. How much time do we have? Chili has not picked up his board or marker. Tell us what you're thinking about over there, Chili.

Oh, you know, while you guys are stressing out about whoever goes on to the next round, I'm just going to be sitting in my office. Oh, my God. Hey, Chili, I got some tiki mugs upstairs if you wanna hang out. Let's just go have a drink. You and me. Let's do it. Sounds like a perfect Tuesday.

It appears as though it just came to Cal. Oh wow. This is exciting. A spirit moved through the room and whispered in the answer. I just had to go through like the 150 cases that I've talked about involving that. He was going through his favorite

Iowa and Congress people. Yeah, exactly. That's how it goes. Smith, Jones. I know, and I was doing it alphabetically, so it took a while.

Is everybody ready? Yeah, just go. Sure. I don't know. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying Lacey. I knew it was an L.

Chili without an answer. Oh, God. Hansi saying Davidson. Oh, you did have an L. Mackenzie saying L. We have Cal saying Lacey. I knew it was an L. Chili without an answer. Oh, God. Hansi saying Davidson. Oh, you did have an L. Mackenzie saying L. L. Christine saying Holland. Sam saying Johnson.

Cal got it. The correct answer is the Lacey Act. Never would have gotten that. Nope. The Lacey Act of 1900 was introduced by Republican John F. Lacey and signed by President William McKinley. It protects plants and animals by creating civil and criminal penalties for a wide array of violations. Significant amendments happened to the Lacey Act in 1969, 1981, 1988, and 2022. Some of the big changes included protections for amphibians and requiring big cat owners to be licensed.

Chester did not get that one right. Phil, we have one question left. Give us a scoreboard update. Got Chili. Sorry, Chili. I had some spunk when he came in. You guessed it. Chili's at zero.

Moving on. We got Sam, Mackenzie, Christine, and Chester all still with three points. Hansi has four, and Cal took that one with a seven. Nice, Cal. We have Cal moving on. We have Hansi. If he gets this one right, he will move on. If he gets it wrong, and any of these three or Chester get it right.

Then we would have a tiebreaker. Reminder, two of you will move on to the championship. All right. It's serious. Question 10. The topic is woodsmanship. Cotton balls, shaved bark and dry grass are all examples of this, which also happens to be an app that's owned by the match group. what the hell I know it why you gotta do an app I know it I know it I know it cotton balls shaved bark and dry grass are all examples of this which

also happens to be an app that's owned by the Match Group. Hansi, do you have this one right? No. Okay. It's going to potentially make it interesting. I'm going to guess, though. We have Sam, Christine, Mackenzie, and Chester, who all still have a chance if Hansi were to get this wrong.

Not that it matters, but I feel very confident in my answer. Okay. It's not how you start, it's how you finish. Good. There you go. Hansi, you've had a little more time. Oh, are you waiting for me? Well, no, I don't think we're waiting on you.

I just want to take a temperature. Has your confidence changed? We should rush him so that he doesn't get it right. And not to put any more pressure on Hansi, but Spencer, purely hypothetically, if we do have a tiebreaker, how are we going to get Chester? I already asked Chester the tiebreaker, so I know Chester's tiebreaking answer. I think we're waiting on Hansi at this point. Sam, do you have this right?

I think so. Christine, do you have this right? I don't know. Mackenzie, do you have this right? Yes. Hansi, are you ready? You want to know what my fun hint would be?

No, don't say anything. I want Hansi to get this wrong. Just say it. No. Because then Hansi automatically wins. Hansi, we're waiting on you. I'm not having that. Cottonballs, shaved bark, and dry grass are all examples of this, which also happens to be an app that's owned by the Match Group.

Christine, I'm crossing off the one that I initially put. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying Tinder. Chili saying Kindle. Hansi saying, what's that say, Hansi? Phylum. Phylum. Mackenzie saying Tinder. Christine saying Fire Kindle. Hansi saying what's that say Hansi? Phylum. Mackenzie saying Tinder.

Christine saying Fire Kindling. Sam saying Tinder. Sam. The correct answer is Tinder. Meaning we are going to a tiebreaker with Hansi, Mackenzie, Sam

and Chester. Chester also got this one right. The definition of tinder is, quote, a very flammable substance adaptable for use as kindling. Some other examples of tinder include leaves, pine needles, cattails, dryer lint, paracord, and paper. Good tinder materials will burn hot and fast, giving you the foundation for a quality fire

and i thought the lacy answer hurt that one just really yeah yeah who in this app is familiar with tinder chili i have you why am i the one that i'm just like i'm staring at you i was like he's gonna get this one right i don't know i like kindle too, too. That was a nice... I was like, yeah. Kindle. Kindle. Kindle. Kindle. Fire match. I get up. Yeah. No, I have no idea what Tinder is. I don't use that.

Never heard of her. Doesn't care. Never heard of her. We are going to a tiebreaker. Play the drop, Phil. Tiebreaker. You ain't first, you're last. I think just cut it at, if you ain't first, you're last. And then, like, go into other stuff that's funny.

I never liked it. Hey, Phil, f*** off, man. Again, we are down to Hansi, Mackenzie, Sam, and Chester. The tie-breaking topic is Mountain Men, and as always, this will be numerical. So the person with the closest answer will be declared the winner. What year did the movie Jeremiah Johnson come out? Oh, boy. Why you got to do us dirty like that? What year did the movie Jeremiah Johnson come out?

I will encourage everyone to play along, even if they're not in the tiebreaker. Somebody could get it right on the nose nose and we will add an extra $100 donation to the end of the game. I got it. This has nothing to do with you, Spencer. It's not a criticism of you at all. This is more of like the outdoor industry in general. This is like the only movie

that has ever referenced when it comes to like the outdoors and mountain men. It's like it's always like, I think we've had several trivia questions about it. It's like the only movie Clay has seen I think. Well I'll tell you this our founder Steve Rinell

it's his favorite movie of all time. Yeah. And I'm guessing that contributes to that. There was one a couple weeks ago with Hatchet Jack. Hatchet Jack.

Giannis wrote that one. Giannis wrote about that. Is there anybody in the room that hasn't seen the movie? I have not. Are you familiar with what it is Mackenzie? So young. Well there anybody in the room that hasn't seen the movie? I have not. Are you familiar with what it is, Mackenzie? So young.

Oh, there's a hint. Okay, that's not even it. I just don't watch movies. There's a hint. You don't know the main actor's name? Jeremiah? Don't know. Let's not help anybody out. There's a lot on the line. Oh, man. Hans, you've seen this movie.

I could try and figure out. How confident are you in your answer? Like 56%. Like you're close. Yeah. Like you're close. Yeah. Sam, you've seen this movie.

I've seen this movie. How confident are you in your answer? Low. Low confidence. Mackenzie, you have not seen the movie. Are you familiar with it at all? Enough to be in the ballpark? Maybe.

Okay. We'll see. I'm within four years, I'm guessing. Is everybody ready? Again, a spot on the line to move to the championship. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Kalsang 1984. We have Cal saying 1984. Chili without an answer.

Hansi saying 1969. Mackenzie saying 1979. Christine saying 1970. Sam saying 1978. And Chester saying 1968. One of you is within three years of the correct answer. I was thinking it was 1979. Sorry, one of you is within two

years of the correct answer. The correct answer is 1972, making Hansi our winner of the time ranking round. He said 1969. Hansi! So close. You beat Chester by one 1969. Hansi. So close.

You beat Chester. You beat Chester by one year. I don't blame you. I don't blame you. One year. So close. That's the closest I've ever been. Well done, Hansi.

We'll give you a peek behind the curtain. Hansi got the invite last night to come play. Yeah. And here he is now moving on to the championship. Hansi Zamboni over here. When do you say that? When I like the Zamboni. 1 a.m.? 2 a.m.? It was late. It was late. And here he is now, moving on to the championship. Hansi Zamboni over here. When you said that, I don't like the Zamboni. 1 a.m., 2 a.m.? It was late.

It was late. And here he is now. Shows up, no preparation. You up? And wins. And Mackenzie, on the other hand, had been studying for this, she said. And none of my studies paid off. So close.

He did good. So we have Hansi and Cal moving on. Cal was the winner. Now, ordinarily, at this part of the game, Cal would get to choose where the $500 donation from Meat Eater goes. But because this is part of the tournament, we're going to do something a little different. Here's what's going to happen.

We are banking each donation until the end of the tournament. So instead of four $500 donations, the Meat Eater Trivia Champion is going to get to make one $2,000 donation. It'll be the biggest donation in Meat Eater Trivia history. Can I have a veto vote on that? Well, you can just win the tournament. How about that? You could win the tournament.

I mean, come on. There's some... Conservation always has to win. That's right. And right now, conservation is winning. Hansi and Cal, moving on to episodes three and four. Well done, Room. You made it interesting.

Did we talk enough to each other? It was good. This is one of the longer episodes of trivia. It feels like it went long. I think we got stumped so many damn times. Join us next time for more Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. That was a lot of patience from our host. He's generous.

Feels like I'm on vacation. Thank you.