The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 501: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia LXXXIX

Episode Date: December 6, 2023

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Ryan Callaghan, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Cory Calkins, and Hanzi Deschermeier. 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 meat. It's a meat eater podcast. Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I'm your host, Spencer Newhart, and today we're joined by Stephen Ranella, Brody Henderson, Giannis Poutelis, Randall Williams, Ryan Callahan, Hansi Deschermier, Seth Morris, and Corey Calkins. What's the problem here? I can't hear the questions.

No, your headphones are on, Steve. It's just uh so we just went through a whole thing where i had to turn spencer's down by a ton because they were up for you it hurt my head i can't hear out of an ear i don't know if you know this give me give me a sec here i got an ear infection playful band three weeks ago i deferred deferred a doordale is he gonna come back i gotta wait they can't put the tube in there yet. You got to wait. Oh, okay. I feel like I can prove that you can't hear.

I'm like, you kind of sound like you're a little stuffy. I don't have my balance. I can't do one leg of deadlifts and shit like that. I'm in rough shape. You're going to have someone that's dead? Go on. That's why my thing's turned on. Okay.

Hey, Steve, are these your headphones? Are they getting louder? So when you go to prove that you can't hear, you just show them things turned on. Hey Steve, are these your headphones? Are they getting louder? So when you go to prove that you can't hear, you just show them all this footage. That's a good idea. Steve's going to be shooting a crossbow this year. Steve, how's this? Disabled.

You can't hear anything. It's worse than we even thought. You're going to have to have someone that's just dedicated to listen for moose callers. This might be Brody or Hansi, and I apologize. That's you. Mine's super fucking loud. This is a great start.

Here's the thing. We don't have any audio questions. Okay. Do you want to start over, Spencer? No, no. Let's keep this in. Because the cameras haven't been switching as I've been doing stuff. Can we carry on now?

This is a 10-round quiz show with questions from Meadeater's four verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking, and there is a prize. Meadeater will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing. But this isn't just any regular old game of Meat Eater Trivia. This is episode three 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 eater trivia for 2023. Now this game will have spoilers. So if you haven't heard episodes one and two yet,

then pause this and go back and listen to those first. All right. Now that everyone's caught up, we're ready to declare our second ever meat eater trivia champion. Will it be Steve, the man who will try to argue his way to a victory instead of just getting the answers right or could it be Giannis who left in Elkhorn early for a chance to win or could it be Randall a player who told me that he literally loses sleep over trivia or will it

be Corey the man who sneakily came in second place in last year's tournament or could it be Seth whose wife told him not to come home if he does bad? Or could it be Hansi, a player with only four games under his belt? Or will it be Cal, a man who conveniently says he doesn't care about trivia when he loses at trivia?

Or will it be Brody, the defending champion from 2022? That is what we're here to decide. Now, I'd like to hear from our competitors. What do you got? Right now? We're deciding this?

Today. Today. Today. It's happening now. In two hours from now, we will know who the meat eater trivia champion is. Oh, my God. I had no idea. I was coming in for this.

I didn't know there was already two episodes of this thing. Yeah, you got, because you win it off. You get win it off, or you just got put in. I knew that. It's got a sports thing, right? I didn't know we were going to final champions today. The invite to this game today, Yanni, said Meat Eater Trivia Championship. Should have given you a clue.

I thought it was multiple games. It is multiple games. Some of us, Yanni, have been fighting it out in the trenches to get here. Now, I'd like to hear from our competitors. Who do you think will win? Let's go around the room and get an answer from everyone. No cop-outs. Don't say, like, conservation's going to win.

Do they do this at the beginning of NFL games, too? Every year. Every year, they actually do. I'm going to, in keeping with the NFL theme, I'm going to get a question right early, and then I'm going to keep getting the questions right. Okay. That's my strategy. Explain to me how that relates

to the NFL. Because they always go like, oh, we're going to score early and get ahead and stay ahead. That's a good strategy. Okay. So Steve is picking himself. Hansi, who you got? Oh, boy. Conservation? Was that an answer? No, no, no. Can't do that you could pick yourself

you could pick someone else oh boy um you know i'm gonna i'm gonna take the the cheats tell us who's gonna win i'm gonna take the cheap seats here and go randall randall okay randall who's gonna win i mean i don't know i'll just say me okay good yanni now yanni last year i think when i asked you this question you went on a tangent about old yeller i believe to explain your answer which i'm not even sure if you ever got to that mangy yellow dog yeah so who do you think is going to win really and you don't remember how i correlated the two no No. I wish you could. You can try again. No, I don't have it in me now. I'm a little emotional.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I actually just started reading between, no, Where the Red Fern Grows. Okay. Again, in preparation for Hound Hunting season. Crying already? No, that's at the end. Big Dan, Little Am? Yanni, who's at the end. Big Dan, little Am.

Yanni, who's going to win? If I had to put my money on it, I'm going to give it to the doctor, too. Wow. Three votes for Randall so far. Set. Who is going to win Meat Eater Trivia? Since Corey got second last year, I think he has it in him to get first. What?

He got second in the whole championship? The whole thing last year he took second place. Cal, who's going to win? Giannis. Oh. That would be Cal. B. He did in fact beat you. Brody, who's going to win? Who you got?

I think he rolled around the top of his board. I'll remind you, nobody has picked Brody yet. Oh, I know. Well, you know, that's what happens when you got ten more wins than everyone else. Uh-huh, yeah. Yeah, I'm going to win. Okay, Corey? Hey, I don't think mine ever got updated after my last win, Carter.

I have to do a big update at some point. No, mine definitely is small. It is a little out of date. I don't think mine ever got updated after my last win, Carter. I have to do a big update at some point. No, mine definitely is small. It is a little out of date. I don't even have one, so. Corey? This is not because he picked me, but Seth's on a roll, so I got to play on Seth. Okay, well, the room money is on Randall then. Randall, a lot of pressure on you.

Oh, I love the pressure on Randall right now. Yeah, I think Hansi set in motion the first of many steps that will lead up to eventual disappointment. I'm changing my answer to Randall. I think Randall's going to win. Okay, I think that's five votes for Randall. Randall, we could just quit right now. You know, I'm all for that, actually. Now, before we move on, I should first explain how this is going to work. Our championship will be decided by 20 questions instead of 10. You'll hear the first 10 questions this week

and the second 10 questions next week, but there's a twist. Only six of you will advance to the final episode. That means our two lowest performing players from today will be eliminated from the tournament, so the stakes are high. Sounds like

I would do a more aggressive cut if you ask me okay what if what if you're like sixth place i'll remind you so i'd be like yeah let's keep it the way we have i remind you see what happened last year we had some qualifying episodes to which i granted you a buy and you said bs i will not take the buy i'm going to earn my way and then i think you barely snuck in by the skin of your teeth. And about halfway through the episode, you're like, you know, I think I will take that buy to the next round. Oh, okay. And that was actually after I explained to you what a buy meant, which was I love that, that you didn't know. It's so organic that you didn't know what a buy was in sports.

It's very on brand. I appreciate it. And I don't even remember what you told me. I feel like Spencer gets really mean in these championship rounds. Because he's like Mr. Big Guy. Have you guys seen that t-shirt? I think it was given to Steve, but Rosemary wears it and it's the dude

dunking and it says touchdown. I laugh at least 10 times that day every time I look over and see that t-shirt. That's great. Back to your point, Brody, of me being mean. I think this game usually fluctuates somewhere between entertaining and informative.

And downright mean. Yeah, today the needle is just like broken off the scale and it's down to like competitive. Oh, I can take it. Don't worry about it. You can be as mean as you want. So two of you are not going to be in next week's episode. Now for the stat of the week this week, we're looking at player performance from last year's trivia championship.

Brody won the game with six correct answers, followed by Corey and Giannis with five. All three players were tied going into question 10, but Brody pulled away after answering correctly that the cardinal is the most common state bird in america brody if i hadn't reminded you would have you remembered that your winning question was about the most common songbird that is not i remembered but i remember being real happy about i was the only one that had that answer good on you brody 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 last year's trivia championship.

The topic was fishing and nobody got it right. Name the state with either the heaviest or lightest largemouth bass state record. Who knows it? I'll remind you, nobody got this right last year in the championship episode. If you have an answer, just shout it out. California. Georgia. No.

Brody got it right. Georgia was the heaviest. Do you know the lightest? Nevada. No. New Hampshire. No. Michigan.

No. Alaska. Alaska was right. The correct answers were Georgia and Alaska. The incorrect answers given were Texas, California, and Florida. Everybody went with heavy and everybody got it wrong. Now there's no housekeeping today so we can

get on with the tournament. The Shelby Index for all 20 questions. Are there largemouth bass in Alaska? There is like one or two ponds that have them. The state record for Alaska was like 7 ounces. And I think there's a chance that they may have eradicated all of them by now. Cool. So it was very recent. I don't think they would think it's cool. But they may have eradicated all of them by now. Cool.

So it was very recent. I don't think they would think it's cool. Really? But it is cool. Oh. I have a hard time seeing Largemouth getting a foothold in Alaska. Yeah. Now, there's no housekeeping today. The Shelby Index for all 20 questions is a 7,

so our winners should get 14 correct answers. And with that, we're on to the game of trivia. Play the drop, Phil. Look, I need to know what I stand to win to everything. I mean, size is relative, right? Seven ounces. It's going to be hard to figure out. Game on, suckers.

Final round. Oh, Phil, nice touch there. What's the matter, Yanni? You had your arms up. So we're doing 20 questions this game and then another 20 questions for the final final. 10 questions this week, 10 questions next week. Got it.

Our listeners can have a peek behind the curtain. This is recorded the same day, Yanni. So when we finish this episode, we're going to do the next episode right away. Satisfied? Minus two people. Minus two people. That's right, Corey. Question one. The topic is woodsmanship. And as always, this will be multiple choice. Which of these trees is not native to North America? Is it a red maple, a black locust, a blue spruce, or white poplar? Three of these are native to North America. One of them is not. Is it a red maple, a black locust, a blue spruce, or white poplar? I'll remind our players on this

side of the table, you can look at Phil. The questions are on the TV next to him if you need a reminder of what you're answering. Pick a color. Pick a color. Which of these trees is not native to North America? Red maple, black locust, blue spruce, white

poplar. Seth with the quickest answer. Him and Yanni are sharing what they think might be it. We have not. You with the quickest answer. Him and Yanni are sharing what they think might be it. I feel like we have not. You don't know that. Okay. We've been over here just, you can't even read our lips.

Fill me in now. But I feel like I asked him if he knows it. Uh-huh. Because I feel like he should. He should. Because he has a degree. Oh, you guys were chit-chatting? In forestry? No, we were just with our eyes.

There's one of these species I'd never heard mentioned when I was in forestry school. Okay. Red maple, black locust, blue spruce, white poplar. Does everybody have an answer? How's that arborist history treating you? What's weird, Cal? I can't hear it. Oh, I find it weird that Seth says, you know,

there's a list of trees there that he never heard mentioned, and like one of those things he never heard mentioned in school. Yeah, one of them. Is everybody ready? Brody, you ready? I hate missing the first question. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying red maple.

Seth saying white poplar. Giannis saying blue spruce. Randall saying black locust. Hansi saying red maple. Steve saying blue spruce. Corey saying black locust. Brody saying white poplar. It was between red and white for me.

Every choice was picked. The correct answer is the white poplar. Yeah. I think we had Seth and Brody. I don we had Seth and Brody. Get it right. White poplars are native to Eurasia, but were introduced to North America in 1748. They have been reported in 48 states and are most prevalent east of the Missouri River. White poplars have been named one of the worst invaders of the Great lakes region where they overtake native trees shrubs and grasses isn't it colorado blue spruce yeah well i know but that's what i was thinking but i thought i remember someone saying that it was

like a misnomer they are native to the rocky mountains you're not allowed to cut them down for christmas trees where we used to live they're like protected yeah question two the topic is hunting this archery term refers to the percentage of draw weight that a shooter holds on a fully drawn compound bow a confident room this archery term refers to the percentage of draw weight that a shooter holds on a fully drawn compound bow. A very confident room. Now we have Corey second guessing. Hansi without an answer. Randall, do you have this one right? I think so.

Randall's not a big archery guy. No. No, so I'm a little concerned that it seems to be causing confusion for people who are big archery guys. This archery term refers to the percentage of draw weight that a shooter holds on a fully drawn compound bow. Did you get the first one right? No, I didn't.

Is everybody ready? Hansi? Sure. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying let off. Seth saying let off. Hansi saying let off. Randall saying let off. Hansi saying break. Steve saying let off. Corey saying let off. Brody saying let off.

They got it. The correct answer is let off. It's a weirdly worded question. Compound bows use cables and cams that store energy which reduces the bows held weight at full draw for example if you are shooting a 70 pound bow with 80 percent let off then you would actually have just 14 pounds of felt weight at full draw most hunters have a let off around 80 percent while target archers are closer to 70 percent that's a definition you'll find Brody anywhere

where you look up archery lingo. No, I know what it is. It's like worded weirdly. I mean, if they were up to me, I'd throw out the first two, just throw them out. Question three. Really quick, Hansi, were you the only one who didn't get that?

I was the only one. Okay, thank you. Sorry. I hate it when I have to do that, but I apologize. Won't be long. I'll be able to move a little to the right. Was it your right ear that you can't hear from or your left ear? Question three.

The topic is public lands. What national park is home to the rock formation known as El Capitan? Yeah. What national park is home to the rock formation known as El Capitan? We have a very confident room yet again. Except for Seth. I can't tell if this is a trick question. I know.

Because. Because. Seth, is this a trick question? It's hard to articulate. Let's just a trick question. I know. Because. Because. Seth, is this a trick question? It's hard to articulate. Let's just have the question. Just have the question be out there. We just want to hear you make that noise. As someone who knows the answer,

I believe it is El Capitan. Yes, it is. Oh, okay. That was the problem. El Capitan. It's not a trick question. I don't know what is happening. I don't know what is happening. I don't know what is happening in trivia right now.

This is unprecedented. You mean that he don't need to pronounce his own questions? Me against pronunciation is a life-threatening question. That's the question. It's just the wrong word. Okay. Are we all on the same page? I am shocked.

I'm shocked. There's a lot of shouting in this episode. People are going to love it. In Espanol, there is no captain. Capitan. I'm also shocked at the general agreement in the room right now. About how that's bad. Well, just how it's like, well, you got to play the ball where it lies.

Like, sorry if you don't know it. I spelled it wrong, and I read it wrong. It is El Capitan. Can we have a little sound bite? Just Spencer saying he was wrong about one of his questions. I'll add that into the intro. It happens often. What national park

is home to the rock formation known as El Capitan? Does everybody have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying Yosemite. Seth saying Theodore Roosevelt. We have Cal saying Yosemite. Seth saying Theodore Roosevelt. Yana saying Yosemite. Everyone else saying Yosemite.

They got it right. The correct answer is Yosemite. There goes Seth's lead after getting the first goal. Long game, Seth. Long game. El Capitan is a granite monolith that's 3,000 feet from base to summit. The free solo documentary, which came out in 2018,

follows Alex Honnold in his pursuit of being the first person to free solo climb the wall. Honnold accomplishes that and is still the only person to ever climb the rock without the aid of ropes or protective gear. El Capitan has claimed 30 climbing fatalities in the last 100 years. Did you hear about the bear? Wasn't there, they just saw a bear climbing that thing recently? Whoa. I'm pretty sure.

I'm pretty sure. I hope I'm right, but I'm pretty sure. I hope you're right too. That would be impressive. I think he's just following the trail of sweat and chalk. This was like within the last week or two. Question four. The topic is cooking.

What cut of meat does the filet mignon come from? What cut of meat does the filet mignon come from? Room was very confident on question three, not as confident on question four. Giannis, do you know this? We have a Hansi and a Giannis. I do. Hansi.

Poke Giannis. Hansi, do you know this? I think. Steve, do you know this? I don't know. I mean, I got an answer written down. What cut of meat does the filet mignon come from? Randall, you look confused.

I'm not confused. I just don't have an answer. I see the situation quite clearly, actually. I'm unhappy with it, but no confusion here brody you are the chosen one it's not hot dog well there could be hot dog or it could be in a hot dog this is question four of 20 can we argue the poplar question? Was it not native to North America or not native to the United States? Not native to North America. It is native to Eurasia.

Which is not in the United States. I was saying the United States weren't formed in 1774, right? Is that what you said? I would say this, and it doesn't look so good after the last question, but I had all of these questions

fact-checked by our very own Jordan Sillers, who is also a doctor and whose work I very much trust. So I have confidence in these questions going forward besides, you know, what happened with the rock formation. What cut of meat does a filet mignon come from? Does everybody have an answer? I have an answer. Randall? Sure.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying tenderloin. Seth saying loin. Giannis saying tenderloin. Randall saying round. Hansi saying tenderloin. Steve saying tenderloin. Corey saying tenderloin. Brody saying tenderloin.

The correct answer is tenderloin. The room did pretty well. You know, that's a place in San Francisco too, don't you? A filet mignon is the small end of the tenderloin. Although it wouldn't be practical to separate the tenderloin on a deer, it would be worthy of doing so on a bison, moose, or elk. If you were to purchase an elk filet mignon online,

it would cost about $50 for a 6-ounce serving. Question 5. I'm going to take that job. Fish is his job, Spencer. You want to play host? You should try it. Let's do it. I'm going to work up a little list.

And I know I want to get what? 6? 6, right? 6-9. It's a healthy score, I think. You think you would do it? And I know you, and I know I want to get what? Six, six, right? Six to nine. Six to nine score. It's a healthy, healthy score, I think. Yeah. I'd like to try that. You think you could, you would do it?

Give me a minute. Did you listen to Giannis' episode? No. But the problem is, no, I've never listened to any of the ones I'm not on. Oh, really? Well. Well, I listened to one and I won. I listened to one.

I won. I quit listening because it's too painful. Oh, really? Yeah. I sat there and won. It's not fun to listen to the ones where you're not there and play along. It is. And you'd be like, if I was there, I'd win.

But I won, and it doesn't do me any good. He called me immediately after. I think I could hear the music exiting the podcast to tell me that he had just won. And that was it. That was the phone call. To which I got no credit. Spencer, you paint a colorful picture there. Question five.

The topic is fishing. What legendary fishing family created the Lindy Tackle Company and In Fisherman magazine? What legendary fishing family created the Lindy Tackle Company and In Fisherman Magazine? A confident Seth, a confident Giannis, a confident Brody. Brody, do you have this one right?

Yes. What? What legendary fishing family created the Lindy Tackle Company and In Fisherman Magazine? Do those things sound familiar to you, Steve? Do you know what the Lindy Tackle Company is? No, I know all that shit. Just coming as a real surprise that the name is Lindy. I just don't know anything about, like, I didn't even know that they were related.

I didn't know that, you know what I mean? Seth, you have this one right, I assume. Giannis is also confident. Randall does not look confident. Steve, you got to cover your board up, man. I haven't written anything. You looked like you were getting ready to write. He could probably get away with not covering his board with how small he wrote his last answer.

What was going on there? What legendary fishing family created the Lindy Tackle Company and In Fisherman Magazine? This country has a legendary fishing family. Giannis, Seth, Brody. A dynasty. This is a dynasty. In America. We're handing out hints here.

You never heard of the Patellises? That's another one. There's two. Does everybody have an answer who's two. Does everybody have an answer? Who's going to come up with an answer? A legendary fishing family. Ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Cal saying Linderman. Seth saying Lindners. Giannis saying Lindners. Randall saying Winkleman. Ponzi saying Berkley. I don't know. Steve saying Houston. The Houston family. Cordy saying the Lindys. Ponzi saying Berkeley. I don't know. Steve saying Houston. The Houston family. Cordy saying the Lindys.

Brody saying Lindners. They got it. The correct answer is the Lindners. Well, if I had written the Lindys because the Lindy rig, that would have been right. We're not going to give that to you, and we're not going to give it to Cal. I think he got two. I said Linderman. Linderman.

We're not going to give that to you. It was a guess. Al and Ron Lindner created the Lindy Tackle Company, which is famous for their Lindy rigs, in 1968. They sold the brand about a decade later so that they could focus on In Fisherman, a magazine they launched in 1975. Al, Ron, Bill, and James Lindner

are all in the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame. Man, 50 years, that magazine? God, I didn't know there was a Freshwater Hall of Fame. I thought, yeah, I thought... You did know that, Steve, and last time you said, I think I'd like to be in there. Well, I would. Okay.

So you did know it existed. I was trying so hard to figure out how they got Lindy out of Winkleman. I don't know why I would have just written, I know there's a Lindy rig, why did I not write Lindy? Because that's not a famous fishing thing. Lindy wasn't right. I wouldn't have gotten it right? No.'s a Lindy rig. Why did I not write Lindy? Because that's not a famous fishing thing. Lindy wasn't right. I wouldn't have gotten it right? No.

I thought he tried it. He did. And it didn't work. Oh, okay. So I wasn't even close. Because that's the closest. Okay. Fell we are a quarter of the way through our game of trivia.

Give us a scoreboard update. Yeah, I think everyone picking Randall as the probable winner was completely psyched him out. I don't know. That was a good group effort. Randall could get eliminated here. Randall has two points as well as Hansi. You got Steve, Seth, Corey, and Cal all tied up with three points apiece. Giannis has four.

And in first place with a perfect game is Brody Henderson. What? A perfect game. You've got to be kidding. Really? The game ain't over yet. You've got to be kidding. Really? The game ain't over yet. Come on. Let's play.

Question six. That's what Brody says when he's beating his kid's ass of checkers. He's like, come on, finish it up. Next year, can we have graphics when you do the score updates? Yeah, I'll have to think of a new program to use when I do this, but I'll try to figure something out. It would just be more impactful. Yeah, I know, but it kind of eliminates my job,

and I'm here to stay. My wife and I like to play Scrabble a lot, and I beat her the other night, and I was such what she called a sore winner She launched the scrabble board Wow It took me two days to find the pieces I have no problem envisioning that happening

Doesn't surprise me one bit What was the distribution of the pieces How far from I was waiting for the unexpected turn So it was like cooking Eating, sitting, just everywhere. What did you say after your win? I don't even remember.

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onxmaps.com slash meet. OnXMaps.com slash meet. Welcome to the OnX club, y'all. Question six. The topic is gear. This gun maker who's famous for their military and police revolvers, announced in 2021 that they'd be moving their headquarters from Massachusetts to Tennessee. This gun maker, who's famous for their military and police revolvers, announced in 2021 that they'd be moving their headquarters from Massachusetts to Tennessee. A fairly confident room.

Steve, you have this one, right? Yeah, I do. I think maybe Brody's still doing some writing. Cal, I think you're the only one who hasn't come up with an answer yet. This gun maker who's famous for their military and police revolvers announced in 2021 that they'd be moving their headquarters from Massachusetts to Tennessee. Cal, I think we are waiting on you. No, I mean, I wrote an answer down. Oh, okay. I just don't have any confidence. Then Brody, we're waiting on you. No, I mean, I wrote an answer down. Oh, okay. I just don't have any confidence. Then Brody, we're waiting on you.

He's waiting. God loves you, Brody. He's diagramming. I'd love to see Brody falter, man. He's drawing a little picture of the country with an arrow showing where they went and where they ended up. Nope. I mean, yeah, it's like there's a lot of manufacturers that were famous at that time. He's got the square footage of the facilities.

Sure. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying Colt. Seth saying Smith & Wesson. Giannis saying Springfield. Springfield's a weird one, too, because they have a factory in Argentina. Randall saying Smith & Wesson.

Hansi saying Colt. Steve saying Smith & Wesson. Corey saying Smith & Wesson. Hansi saying Colt. Steve saying Smith & Wesson. Corey saying Smith & Wesson. Brody saying Smith & Wesson. The correct answer is Smith & Wesson. The room did fairly well. So tell me, like,

I want to know based off of what criteria is Smith & Wesson famous for military revolvers? They produced the, I think the M10, which they distributed 6 million of. It became like the official contracted revolver of the military and law enforcement. I'm all for tearing Spencer down and all that, but you're barking up. Didn't you ever see the Dirty Harry movies, man?

The other criteria. Just the fact that you're challenging him makes me generally supportive. But he's right. The other criteria. In the history of firearms, right? Colt, by far and away, is the historic firearm of revolvers. But they didn't move. In 2021 did they announce that they were moving

from Massachusetts to Texas? Let's get down to the why, right? Which is, I genuinely wanted to know. Right? It's a trivia knowledge thing. And I explained it. Six million of them. So I'm interested in trivia. Shoot me. Which I didn't ask beyond that.

I didn't challenge beyond that. Smith & Wesson had been headquartered in Massachusetts since 1852. They said the move was because of state legislation that would have prohibited the company from manufacturing certain firearms. Their migration to Tennessee started earlier this year. Question seven. That was a good tidbit, Spencer. The topic is biology. This is the female reproductive part of a flower,

which is made up of a stigma, style, and ovary. Topic is biology. This is the female reproductive part of a flower, which is made up of a stigma, style, and ovary. Brody, I think, is the most confident right now. He's the only one who's been writing. Not so confident. Dude, I need to channel my inner Jennifer Jones.

I'm going to get in trouble for that. Explain who that is. My wife, who's a botanist. She'd be good to have here right now. Right now if I had her in my pocket. This is the female reproductive part of a flower, which is made up of a stigma, style, and

ovary. This is question seven. As a reminder, two of you will not go on to the next round. Does it roll over at ten, or does it keep going? It will roll over. So it's a fresh start. No, no, no. We'll start. If the

winner of this game has nine, they will have nine to start the next game. So why would you eliminate people? Can we do it where it starts over? No. 20 questions. 20 questions. Brody, it's common in sports like golf, if you think about it. 20 questions. Brody, it's common in sports like golf where you have a cutoff and your score keeps going.

It doesn't just stop there. No, golf's not a sport. Okay. Here's the question again. This is the female reproductive part of a flower, which is made up of a stigma, style, and ovary. Does everybody have an answer? No. Yes.

You have to give us five minutes. I know it's one of two. I know it's one of two. That's a real... Doesn't it feel... Biology class back in the day. Doesn't it feel more representative? Just like I knew it was S&W or Cole.

Doesn't it feel more representative, Steve, if our winner of the whole trivia tournament won based on 20 questions rather than just 10? I'm not looking at that. I'm looking at what would be most helpful to me right now. Getting this question right, that would be helpful. Does everybody have an answer?

Sorry, Phil. Bump to camera. Does it look okay, Phil? Yeah, I think so. It looks fine. Giannis, are you ready? No. We're waiting on you. Looks like there Giannis, are you ready? No. We're waiting on you. Looks like there's something wrong. You have an answer right about. I do.

I do. Don't feel good about it. We're not going to be able to monetize this episode. We have Brody dropping an F-bomb. We had Cal showing a naughty finger. So you're telling me after all this time it's just about the money? Spencer. Spencer Newhart. The money that goes to conservation organizations.

You can't bleep that out? Giannis, we're waiting on you. All right. Go ahead. Oh, Corey. Corey. We're going to. This is your last chance.

Everybody ready. Come on. Go ahead and reveal your answers. One sec. That was too late. We have Cal saying stamen. Seth saying stolen. Giannis, what's that say, Giannis?

Peddle. Saying pedal. Randall saying stamen. Hansi saying stamen. What did Steve say? Steve saying pistol. Corey saying pollen. Brody saying stamen.

We have a correct answer in the room. It's stamen. Oh. Steve. Excuse me, it's pistol. It's pistol. It's pistol. it's pistol it's pistol it's pistol the correct answer is pistol spelled wrong oh my goodness i pulled that out of my listen let me do a little thing related to this i'm a big scrabble fan okay There's a thing that happens in Scrabble

Where you write something down And you gotta spell it right I don't know what that is But that's a word Sure And that is a cheap way to get a point Yeah And then as Brody pointed out

And that's just what just happened to me You spelled it wrong I didn't know the answer We'll give it to you I spelled it right No you didn't We should do a special episode Based off of this

Where we bring my grandma in And she plays Steve. In Scrabble? Uh-huh. And what would happen? Because she just does this stuff where she plays the old lady part up and then gives you a dead stare. And she's like, oh, you can challenge if you want. And it takes a strong person to be like.

Yeah, Katie tried to make it for a while that you had to use it to sentence. I'm like, I'm not agreeing to that. I'm not agreeing to that. The male parts are called stamens and usually surround the pistil. The stamen is made up of the anther and filament. During the process of fertilization, pollen lands on the stigma, and then the oval becomes the seed, and ovary becomes the fruit. It's the little kid in me that wanted pistol to be masculine.

Well, that's why I thought I didn't have it right. It would be convenient if it was. I thought I didn't have it right because it felt manly. Question eight. The topic is cooking. The name of this trendy Hawaiian food translates to cut into chunks and is sometimes served as a burrito. Very confident room.

Quick to answer. Here's the question again. The name of this trendy Hawaiian food translates to cut into chunks and is sometimes served as a burrito. Seth now coming up with an answer. Giannis without an answer. The rest of the room is pretty sure this is question eight. We will get a scoreboard update. Don't be looking at me.

I'm bombing this episode. After this. I've never been more desperate for a score update in my life. So I can stay in the top six. The top six. That's how you need to advance. The score will carry over. The name of this trendy Hawaiian food translates to cut into chunks

and is sometimes served as a burrito. Giannis is stumped. He's not picked up his board. I guess I haven't read my Bon Appetit enough lately. I'm going to be really mad if I don't have it right. We have a confident Brody, a confident Steve. Confident Hansi and

Randall. Corey has still not come up with an answer. Question eight. Man, that TikTok's starting to get annoying. You should be glad you don't have your headphones on. Well, you can take yours off, Brody. No. It's not mandated.

I want to try someone else's and see if mine were just broken. No, I'm wearing yours. That must be it. They're working? Yeah, they work just fine. Actually, they're a little loud. It's the hardware. Here, say something.

One, two, three. Oh, I can hear it through there. Oh, okay. No, I'm good. Oh, I can hear it through there. Oh, okay. No, I'm good. Corey, do you have an answer? I'm into chunks. I feel like I'm good at Yannis. Yannis?

I feel like he's getting like this guy. Yeah, let's go, Yannis. Are you going to come up with an answer? Some bitch is sitting over there just milking it at a lot of these manly. He's writing. I'm going to come to him from outer space. Yeah, Spencer, we might have to have a stat on who drags it out the longest.

I'll tell you another stat. Who chit-chats too much about the answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. If Cal's saying poke, Seth's saying poke, Giannis saying shish kebabs, Randall and Hansi and Steve saying poke, shish kebab burrito Randall and Hansi and Steve saying poke. Shish kebab burrito.

Brody saying poke. I had to write down something. The correct answer is poke. Traditionally, poke was raw seafood that was chunked. Shish kebab burrito. Sounds pretty good, though. Traditionally, poke was raw seafood that was chunked and then marinated in soy sauce and sesame oil. But more modern versions have introduced other types of protein and served

it with avocado, rice, edamame, carrots, cucumber, and delivered it in a bowl or burrito. If you want to learn how to make it, then go to TheMeatEater.com and check out Kimmy Werner's video called How to Make a Poke Bowl. Phil, we have two questions left in this episode. Give us a scoreboard update. I think the bottom is tight. It's very tight. It's going to be scrapping it out. The bottom.

The bottom is the bottom leaderboard. It's just, it's tight. We've got Hansi with three points. Randall, Giannis, Corey, and Cal all have four points. Ouch. Seth has five. Steve has six. And Brody is still in first place with seven points.

Wow. Good gravy. I think I'm not coming back from this one. Question nine. Topic is conservation. You guys are getting two right answers per question. Where's the multiplier? Is there a mega millions multiplier in here?

This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Dan Miller for sending this great question. Dan is going to get a book signed by Steve. Encyclopedia Britannica defines this two word term as quote, an organism that serves as a measure of the environmental conditions in a given locale. The topic is conservation. Encyclopedia Britannica defines this two-word term as an organism that serves as a measure of the environmental conditions in a given locale.

Hansi, do you have this one right? There's a chance. There's a chance. I got two right, actually. Oh, there you go. I feel like this is going to be, there's an easy way to say this, and then there's another way to say this. I feel like there's a way to say it.

You're chit-chatchat about the answer too much. Sounds like Steve's confident in his answer. The more I know the answer, the less I like to chit-chat. If I'm clueless, I welcome the chatter.

I watch Cal and be like, Cal's going to say something helpful. Now Seth has a little bit of a buffer. Cal's going to be something helpful. Now, Seth has a little bit of a buffer. Cal's going to be like, you know, is it I before E? Uh-huh. Or C, how's it go? That's good. I before E except after C.

The spelling matter, that's a common way to give a hint. That was a hint there. No, I'm just saying that's the most common way that people give hints. I think what Corey was getting at, what you gave away was. This is what we're talking about, this damn chit-chat. Let's get it. The set has a little bit of a bumper. There was some answer.

I have an answer. There was something where someone was like, the spelling count. Most of the answers were like, red, blue, chartreuse. The spelling matter? Does everybody have an answer? Corey? Yep. Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Cal saying keystone species. Seth saying keystone species. Giannis saying indicator species. Say what I mean, Steve. Randall saying keystone species. Hansi saying indicator species. Steve saying indicator species. Corey saying eco-friendly. Brody saying indicator species. Corey's saying eco-friendly.

Brody's saying indicator species. We have a correct answer in the room. It's indicator species. Which is exactly what this is. No, no, no, no. No, it's not. A keystone species is one that's very important to an area. Oh, this is absolutely what it is.

We had a question about it. We've had a question about it another time. He said the publication. This is Encyclopedia Britannica's definition Oh this is horse shit No no no no An organism that serves as a measure of the environmental Conditions in a given locale

Indicator species, keystone species At this point in time Is the exact same thing We had a question about keystone species You know what's bad When you say it's horse shit? There's a long pause between horse and shit.

That's bad. What do you get from keystone species that you don't get from indicator species and by the way? An indicator species to just be like

an indicator that one particular environment is in bad shape. Cal, let me read you the follow-up fact and then we'll hash this out after. Indicator species would someone else talking help? read to you, Cal, that this doesn't do. Cal, let me read you the follow-up fact, and then we'll hash this out after. Indicator species

are often... Would someone else talking help? Tensions are high. It's getting hot in here. Indicator species are often microorganisms and plants, but they do come in all shapes and sizes. For example, river otters, which are also a keystone species,

are sensitive to mercury and their numbers will quickly decline if the bottom of the food chain collapses. Frogs are another often cited indicator species because their skin absorbs chemical pollutants. And algae blooms are one of the most obvious indicator species, which signal a change in the season or environment. Does that satisfy you, Cal? Figures don't lie, Cal.

Algae blooms would not be a keystone species. Like you're writing an article, let's say, for a publication. Sure. That exact same sentence that you just read. If you swapped out indicator and keystone, that would mean something different to you. It would. A keystone species would not be an algae bloom. It would not be a frog,

but it could be an otter. You're saying... I think what he's saying is it can be an indicator species without being a keystone species. Right? But not every keystone is an indicator. Spencer, before I run out,

can I get a look at that next question? At this point in time, like, keystone is essentially debunked. Everything can be a keystone species, right? Does anybody have a copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica? I am pulling it up right now, Cal. Here's the keystone. The white mark behind. Here's the keystone species definition from Encyclopedia Britannica. A species that has a disproportionately

Large effect on the communities All I'm saying is you're doing a disservice To people out there Because this is not up to date But You're arguing for an incorrect answer That wasn't the answer Well okay sorry

I don't know the definition According to Encyclopedia Britannica. What I'm saying though is for like functional biology at this point in time, Keystone does not mean what it meant when it was defined by Encyclopedia Britannica. Still arguing. But Keystone wasn't the answer, Cal. It'd be like if you said, I don't know, like the food pyramid. You're like, the food pyramid's not a thing anymore.

I was like, well, the answer wasn't food pyramid, so it kind of doesn't matter. Let's say the answer's red, and everybody writes red, and somebody writes Rojo. I think we've established that this is in English. Phil, we have one question left. Give us a scoreboard update. Yeah, sure thing. I think we've established that this is in English. Phil, we have one question left. Give us a scoreboard update. Yeah, sure thing. The only two players who are safe and are moving on for sure.

How's it going over there, Steve? Are Brody and Steve. Brody has eight points. Steve has seven. Then coming up behind them, going backwards this time, we have Giannis and Seth with five points. And then Cal, cory honzi and randall all have four points apiece wow question 10 will there be a tiebreaker there will be a tiebreaker if we need to do a tiebreaker to move on question 10 the topic is hunting which turkey subspecies is found in states like Louisiana, Kansas, and Washington?

It is as though you chose this question to eliminate me. What are states like? What's that? States like. Which turkey subspecies is found in states like Louisiana, Kansas, and Oregon? Well, it's like Washington. Do you mean such as? Sure.

Or similar to. In states similar to, you know, Louisiana, Kansas, Washington. Which turkey subspecies is found in states such as Louisiana, Kansas, and Washington? Spencer, you want an example of how algae bloom can be a keystone species? Sure, I would like an example. Let's concentrate. Algae bloom is a new species. I feel like this question would be hard to argue.

It's almost like you wrote this one just because you wanted to stir the pot some more. I feel like this is an arguing question. The question 10 or question 9, you're saying? Whatever number we're on. This here one. Well, there's a lot of problems with it. One thing I'll point out is a lot of people think the whole subspecies thing is bogus. So the whole question is based off of questions.

There's one argument. Does everybody have an answer? Phil, remind us who is fighting to move on at the bottom. That doesn't even matter because the game, you're not rolling it over, so he still gets to be in the lead. Yes, but two people will not advance for a chance at the next 10. But they're not going to win anyways. Who cares if they stay here?

They could. There's no way to catch up. They're not going to win anyways. Who cares if they stay here? They could. There's no way to catch up. Brody could falter, you're saying. Sure. No, but Brody's not going anywhere. If you're losing so bad right now that you can't stay, you ain't winning. But what if

Brody gets his wrong, say, and one of these people at the bottom gets it right, there's only like two points separating them. Oh, really? I don't know how many points is it. Four points. Well, yeah, it's a case. Brody has eight. Steve has seven.

Everyone else is fighting it out depending on where they land and where the tiebreaker lands. You and I can sit here. That might make sense. Giannis and Seth have five. Cal, Corey, Hansi, and Randall have four. Does everybody have an answer for this question?

I got a problem with this question. Does everybody have an answer? You're ready to fight. You know what's going to knock the fight right out of us if he gets it right. When did they lock the building? I won't say a word if I get it right.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying Rio Grande. Seth saying Eastern. Giannis saying Eastern. Randall saying Merriam's. Hansi saying Merriam's. Steve saying Eastern. Corey saying Merriam.

Brody saying Eastern. The correct answer is Eastern. And I don't know what that means for our game. I got nothing to say. Yeah, give me a sec here. I'm going to read the factoid, and then Phil is going to tell us who is moving on and who is leaving. It was the only turkey I actually knew.

Louisiana only has Easterns. Kansas has Rios and Easterns, and Washington has Merriams, Rios, and Easterns. Although Easterns seem especially out of place in Washington, Rios and Merriams aren't native to the state either. According to NWTF, all turkeys that live in the Pacific Northwest are introduced populations. So the only answer could possibly be Easterns, because that's the only subspecies found in Louisiana. But they're probably states like Louisiana and Kansas that have Merriam's.

Similar. Yeah, similar too. Phil, tell us who is not joining us in episode four. Well, the players who are joining us are Brody, Steve, Giannis, and Seth. We need to go to a tiebreaker between Cal, Corey, Giannis, and Seth. We need to go to a tiebreaker between Cal, Corey, Hansi, and Randall, who all have four points.

And the two players who are closest. I'm already excited about the work I have to do outside of this room. We're going to pause the game to do this. You can just tell me to go. We have a tiebreaker ready so we just get to sit back and watch him squirm phil we are down to cory cal hansi and randall need to go to a tiebreaker and the two closest in the tiebreaker will move on this is going to be a question about

like a lion ring like roman times like four people I feel like the family dog tied up by the leash to the bumper and they're taking off and they forgot you back there. There's a rabbit ahead of that. They're not going to remember. So the winners of this, the two winners of this, will move on to play the next ten questions that have

four question disadvantage. That is precisely right. It's a coveted spot. it's as painful as it sounds pressure free the tie-breaking topic is hunting what percentage of white-tailed deer were harvested on private land in the midwest in 2021 and this is via the National Deer Association. They categorize the Midwest as 13 states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Great question.

Here is the question again. What percentage of whitetail deer were harvested on private land in the Midwest in 2021. Can I play along? Even if you're not in the running to be eliminated, I'd like you to play along. We could potentially have somebody hit it right on the nose and add an extra $100 donation. To a decimal. Answer to one decimal point. So, I am confused.

Okay. Is this a percentage of the total North American population of whitetail deer? No, just of all the deer harvested in the Midwest, what percentage of those deer were harvested on private land? That's right. And Phil's screen is showing you the states that this question is referencing. What percentage of whitetail deer were harvested on private land in the Midwest in 2021. And as Cal pointed out,

this is the percentage of all the deer that were harvested in the Midwest. I always get the sense that Kentucky and Missouri, they don't necessarily like being included, lumped into that group. Well, because a lot of them think they're Southernersouth you know they can ice fish at times is everybody you know

I thought I just went by because wines being the same number what percentage of Spencer's questions are flawed mmm this one of them is everybody ready? Take that as a yes. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying 77. Giannis saying 71.5. Steve saying 88. Brody saying 82.3. Why don't you read what Randall had?

Our four competitors left are Corey with 60%. Hansi with 78%, Randall with 86.2%, and Cal with 64%. Hold up your boards one more time for me. The four people left. Keep them down, you guys that are way ahead of us.

The correct answer is 91%, meaning Randall and Hansi were advanced. Can you please point out that I was actually the closest in the room? Steve was the closest at 88%. This should be more like... Steve, you were within three percentage points.

I would have hosted it like, oh my gosh, Steve almost got it exactly right. But of the people in the tiebreaker, let's take a look. And we had Randall, who was 5% off, and Hansi, who was 13% off. And Hansi who was 13% off. Hey, I really want to thank you for this opportunity. Kyle, you didn't throw that game, did you? Huh?

Oh, I just wanted to believe that there was more opportunity on public land. He's optimistic. I think there is. It's just whether people use it or not, right? Yeah. Oh, I, right? Yeah. Yeah. And then you get into those QDMA states or formerly known as, the artists formerly known as.

A lot of 100-acre farms. Now, normally at this point in the show, the trivia winner would get to choose where the $500 donation from me to go is. But because this is part of the tournament, we're doing something a little different. Here's what's going to happen. We are banking each donation until the end of the tournament we're doing 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 five hundred

dollar donations the trivia champion is going to make a one two thousand dollar donation it'll be the biggest donation in meat eater trivia history well reallocated actually well you didn't have to you didn't have to put it that way ste. Can we fit another correction into the conclusion of this show? Cal and Corey, you guys advanced from earlier episodes, but now we say goodbye. It was fun. I know, you know what I mean? It doesn't sound like you mean it.

To be honest with you, I was surprised Corey wasn't even in the room. Despite him getting second last year and beating Steve in the tournament. Join us next time for more Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. Thank you.