The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 521: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia XCIX

Episode Date: February 14, 2024

Brody Henderson hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Mark Kenyon, Spencer Neuharth, Randall Williams, Chester Floyd, Mackenzie Elmquist, and Maddie Lehman. 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. Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I'm your guest host, Brody Henderson, and today we're joined by Steve, Giannis, Spencer, Randall, McKenzie, Mark, Chester, and Matty. It's a little bit public radio-ish when Brody does it. I like public radio. He's not bringing it. He's not bringing it like Spencer.

You know what, Steve? I was going to ask you how you think I'm going to do hosting, but I'm just going to skip that part. He's kind of got the vocal fry. Maybe my headphones aren't turned up that loud. Vocal fry, right? Can you turn my headphones up louder so he sounds more like he's bringing it? Yeah. Age old tradition. Turning up Steve's headphones.

If you're not familiar, this is a 10 round quiz show with questions from meat eaters for verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, cooking, and whatever else Spencer decides to throw in there. And there is a prize. Meat eater will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winners choosing. Steve,

how do you think I'm doing? It's not bringing it. I mean, the material is all good. It's just not like, you know what? I didn't like about what, when you, when you hosted?

I brought too much? I didn't like it when you said, everyone knows at the beginning of every one of your questions. Moving on. Well, Brody is dressed sharp. He's wearing a suit and tie. Brody, how many days a year do you wear a suit and tie? The last time I wore one was at Seth's wedding.

Okay, so once a year or so. Did you wear a suit and tie? The last time I wore one was at Seth's wedding. Okay, so once a year or so. Did you wear that suit and tie? I did. Same thing. I took most of it off a couple hours in. There's still a little bit of red wine on that shirt. He dug around under his bed and he's like, there it is. Taking this very seriously.

Yep, yep. Okay, for the stat of the week this week, we're looking at the worst performances by the best players. These are the games where our top competitors had their lowest scores. Oh, that's great. That's great. First up is me. My worst performance of all time was in episode 347 where I got two correct answers and Cal won with five.

Go. Steve's worst performance came in the same game, and he got three answers. Giannis, his worst was two in episode 287, and the winner was Steve, who got five. Did Corinne beat him in that round? I don't know. You have to ask Spencer. Randall's worst performance was in episode 469 hosted by Giannis. He got two right.

Spencer won with four. It was like the hardest game of trivia ever. There you go. Worst performances. Spencer, has anyone ever had a zero? Oh, yeah. We've had zeros before. Phil is usually gracious enough to not acknowledge it if someone is throwing an imperfect game.

I think he just leaves them off the updates once we hit collection eight. I appreciate that, Phil. You're welcome. They just kind of go away. Yeah. Here's our infrequently asked question segment. If you have a trivia-related question for our crew, send it to trivia at TheMeteater.com with the subject line IFAQ. Ryan from Michigan asks, have you guys ever checked to make sure Brody isn't a test subject for Elon Musk's Neuralink?

It's suspicious how much he knows. Brody picked that question for himself. Well, Ryan, thanks for your question and the wonderful compliment. To answer your question, Elon Musk can't design a four-wheel drive pickup truck that doesn't get stuck in four inches of snow. So there's no way I'm test driving one of his mind control devices. Got anything to say about that? No, it was great hosting. They just installed the first Neuralink this weekend.

I was going to say, we'd be able to tell if they'd stuck something in Brody's head. They'd leave a scar, you're saying? Yeah. You get a lot of scars when you're bald. Stand up and hit your head on shit. It's a rock. Okay, for Housekeep being this week, a couple of games back, Spencer played a little dirty pool and asked the question, what nine letter word describes a relationship between two organisms

in which each benefits? The answer was mutualism, but most folks answered with symbiotic or symbiosis, which just happened to also be nine letter words. But despite our arguing, Spencer's question was legit and the correct answer was mutualism. Here's why. Symbiosis is a relationship between two organisms that can be mutualistic in which both organisms benefit, commensal in which one benefits, or parasitic. That's not true.

Moving on. I'll also point out Brody wrote that section himself. So those were not my words coming out of Brody's mouth. I feel like housekeeping is meant to be punching up and not punching down at the contestants, right? I feel

like this sort of seems like an odd slot for a little victory laugh here. Well, the one part was self-serving, but that part's not self-serving because he was arguing against it. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

No, it's not. It's in service of Spencer's. You know, we're a little hard on him sometimes. There's a little credit for his work. Now that he's in the host chair, he feels like.'re using a mouthpiece a lot of pressure up here yep yeah brody i want to know how much time you invested in preparing too much game it took a lot longer than i thought it would yeah i i mean i started with a lot of questions and weeded some out and then put them back in did you dip into the listener questions? Yeah. Yeah, there's some good ones in there, man.

But the challenge is like finding questions where you know certain people aren't going to get, like it's hard, right? Like trying to make it that Randall can't win. Like Steve's going to know that. This is a history question. I'm not asking it. Randall will get it right.

But you also can't like throw up. Is there anything that you didn't put down because you thought say Giannis would get it right it right yeah i had a mountain line question in there did you pull any chester questions i'm not sure i can't picture someone saying i'm not putting that in there because chester would get it right i just don't think people do that to chester i feel like they i feel like they'd be like you know i'm gonna leave that in chester might get that no i don't disagree with you i i appreciate allester. I feel like they'd be like, you know, I'm going to leave that in. Chester might get that. No, I don't disagree with you. I appreciate all the help I can get.

You know, no one is glad to see Chester fail. I think Chester would do all right this round. The carry index for today is a 3.5. So our winner should get at least seven correct answers. If I was the guy that came up with all the stats, I would do, after a number of guest hostings, I would find out the relative accuracy of the... I think you've done something like that.

Have you done that? Well, I've done it on the Shelby Index, but I haven't done the Katie Index. The Katie Index was like.5. Yeah. 1.5. I can't remember if it was 1.5 or.5. I was being generous on the.5.

Okay. It's a no. It really is. Three? Maybe. Okay. You guys ready? Ready.

Yes, sir. Geez, don't sound so excited. Very ready. For question one. We got to tell Phil to play the drop. Oh, most important part, play the drop, Phil. Look, I need to know what I stand to win. Everything. How's that?

You stand to win everything. Game on, suckers! You know, Brody, wearing that suit to harken back to game show hosts, the one thing that I don't think you'd be able to do, you might be able to dress the part, but I don't think that you'd be able to come out during the intro music and do any kind of little physical banter. They'll do a little dances. They have a light jog,

a light jog, a wave, point to a couple of people. You mean because I'm out of shape? No, this wouldn't be your style. No, I think you'd come out and just get started.

Yep. Are you confusing it With more of like A late night TV show host No they all do that No cause they gotta come out They come out And there's a lot of flaws

They gotta rile people up Yeah I know what you're saying I guess I don't watch Enough of that Okay question one The category is Weird names for

Groups of animals This is a new topic What is a group Of javelinas called The category is weird names for groups of animals. This is a new topic. What is a group of javelinas called? Son of a bitch. A, a romp. B, a squadron. C, a pack.

Or D, a sounder. It's up there if you need to look. Shh. Yanni was so amused by Brody's outfit that he took a grip and grin with him when he got in the studio. He stood behind Brody, gave the thumbs up. Might have to put that picture up in here if there's any room left. Did anyone else have the sense that he's not wearing a matching thing beneath the suit coat? I feel like he's wearing jean shorts or something. He's wearing rubber boots. He's wearing rubber boots

in work pants. He's very flexible. I'm not like those newscasters that are on Zoom or whatever and they got a pair of boxers on and nothing else. I'll likely have a little feedback for you on this one. You have it right? At least, well, just hang tight.

Okay. Haven't even gotten past the first question and we're already getting the feedback. The category is weird names for animal groups. What is a group of javelinas called? A romp, a squadron, a pack, or a sounder? Yeah, I read it a lot because people were complaining apparently. Yeah.

My kid got in a little trouble for not taking enough time on his tests. They're encouraging the kids to use the entire class and he took one test in four minutes how do you do on the test you did good okay I don't know could've done better maybe it might make the other kids feel bad yeah it's probably but the teacher had him timing themselves. You ready? Yeah. I think so. Okay. The answer.

Oh, yeah. Spencer Squadron. Chester Romp. Mark Sounder. Randall Pack. Mackenzie Romp. Maddie Sounder. Gianna Sounder.

Steve Sounder. You're all wrong. The answer is B, Squadron. Spencer got it. I'm not used to Spencer sitting there. Good job, Spencer. I'll tell you what I wrote. It doesn't matter why.

Go ahead. Because there's a lot of pigs are sounders. That's right. Of course, these are peccaries and not pigs, but there's still a lot of people, there's still a lot of things that people refer to them like pigs. Follow me? Yep. Also known as skunk pigs or musk hogs.

Adelina have glands that emit a strong odor when alarmed, but they are not actually pig. They're collared peccaries, a species native to Southern Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico, Central, and South America. There are also social animals like pigs that travel in groups or squadrons of six to 10 animals, and they're sometimes known for being aggressive. In the Tucson, Arizona area, javelinas attack people every three to six months, usually when they're walking dogs. The javelina are likely defending themselves the same way they would against predators like coyotes.

If you want to see Steve get charged by a squadron of mean ass skunk pigs, go check out Meat Eater Season 3 Episode 6 on our YouTube channel. Spencer, did you know that? When he was reading the question, I knew it was with an S and sounder to me and it was pigs. And it also sounded like it'd be like dolphins or something like that so then i went with squadron awful quiet over there steve well he got it right but he kind of arrived at it dumb like i got it i got it wrong but i arrived at it well okay moving on to question two the category is fishing for folks who like to let fish go. Name four of the five major categories of flies used to catch trout.

What? Four or five categories. This isn't going to work. Maybe not for you. Well, so it's not. I might categorize my flies differently. Well, yeah. There's a category where it's just bifurcated into two.

I love this. You follow what I'm saying? Yeah, this is tricky. Are we sure there's five? We'll get to that. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Name four of the five major categories of flies used to catch trout.

Doesn't make any sense. It's not wet and dry. I'm like halfway there. Could be. Wet and dry? The first one looks good. That's two. That's bifurcated.

You guys need to cut the chit chat. Hand me out some hints, he says. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Or not, if your fellow players would like to encourage chit chat, go for it. Brody, I have some feedback.

I like your category names. Yeah? I like how they're specific and they're not kind of BS like sometimes Spencer finagles things. I'll let Spencer address that. General. Yeah, maybe I should. Maybe this should be a new installment. It's just getting very specific and weird with the categories.

I'm not going to get this one right. How I would create no wiggle room on a question like this, Brody. If I were doing hosting, I would be like, name four of the five major categories of flies according to field and stream. Then Steve can't argue with you. He can't be like, well, Steve, this is what field and stream said. This is what Orvis said.

I also feel like there's two different ways, very obvious ways you could categorize flies. Are you going by what they're meant to imitate, are you going by what they're meant to imitate or are you going by how they're tied? Yeah. I'd say

just let us get it wrong. It's too late. It's too late to improve this question. I don't think it needs improvement myself, but you can argue all you want. Okay. Okay. Spencer, nymph, dry fly, terrestrial subsurface.

Chester, nymph, streamer, dry fly, wet flies. Mark, dry nymph, streamer, wet. I can't see that far. Dry nymph, streamer, hopper. Moving on. Mackenzie, dry nymph, streamer hopper Moving on Mackenzie dry nymph streamer worm Maddie Dry wet black

White Dry wet nymph Terrestrial streamer Is that Is that four It's four I don't know Yanni Do I need to choose one here?

He just shotgunned it If it's four then there's a bunch of people Who have three I'm going with nymph over wet Steve has terrestrial Stonefly, mayfly Can't even see I mean that's the kind of train

There's like two types of thinking That thinking and this type. Yeah, but. And then the broody thinking. Nope. Which is what? No, no. Let's find out.

Okay. The answer is nymphs, dry flies, wet flies, streamers, and emergers. No! Not terrestrials? It's a dry fly, sonny. They fall under dry fly. According to Orvis, there are four main types of trout flies, but many other sources, myself included,

consider emergers as a fifth distinct type of trout fly. Okay, so if we got three of four, can we still get one point according to Orvis? No. However, if I were fishing an emerger, I would use soft tackles a lot, which is under the category of wet fly. But that's a wet fly. merger, I would use soft hackles a lot, which is under the category. But that's a wet fly.

Okay, let's, I'll explain it. Can we allow a little tidbit? Nymphs are subsurface flies that imitate subadult aquatic insects, such as mayflies and caddisflies. They often have a metal B-dad flash and weight and are fished under a bobber or strike indicator. Wet flies are the oldest type of trout fly. Many, like the royal coachman, are very colorful but don't look much like a real insect. Other wet flies called soft hackles are made up of just a thread body and a single wrap of soft tackle, which are feather fibers that look like the legs and chinet, or wings of aquatic insects.

Dry flies float on the surface to imitate adult aquatic insects as well as terrestrial insects like ants, grasshoppers, and even mice. Streamers imitate more active food sources like baitfish, sculpins, leeches, and crayfish. They are retrieved like lures such as plugs and spoons. A fifth category of trap flies called emergers imitates a very specific stage of a hatch when insects, aquatic insects, are shedding their exoskeleton and struggling to emerge from the water's surface film.

Yanni, you agree? Yeah. But you got that one wrong? I did. So who got that right? Chester and Mark. Wow. You guys didn that right? Chester. Chester and Mark. Mark. Oh, really? Wow.

You guys didn't put down terrestrial. So close. Oh, because you guys, yeah, I'm kind of surprised you're giving wet fly and nymph. I mean, I understand. They're different, man. They are different, but like in a category way, they're not. If you go to a fly catalog.

Oh, I know that. Okay. Nothing to say over there, Steve? No, something's wrong with our dog. I already diagnosed it. Okay, that's good. Ate your beaver lure? No, I ate a beaver pelt.

Okay. Yikes.. Ate your beaver lure? No, it ate a beaver pelt. Okay. Yikes. Chewed one up dry. Okay. That's too bad, but who takes responsibility for that? Someone's walking it right now, and they said it's just a really unusual movement, bowel movement. And they're wondering if they should take her to the vet over this. What's the verdict?

Let it play out? I just told them what it was. Okay. Which I wanted to whoop her over, but it was my fault. You can't whoop dogs no more, Steve. That's what you're laughing about because you used to beat them

with a rolled up newspaper, and now you got to go on Amazon and try to find a rolled up newspaper. now you got to like go on amazon try to find a rolled up newspaper because you don't even have one anymore you'd sell like a rolled up newspaper old-fashioned dog whooping that's great that's great okay question three the category could be wild game cooking or it could be conservation. So let's call it cook-servation. Very good. Up until 1972, the Campbell Soup Company produced soup using meat from

this species of reptile, which is now considered a threatened species by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. I am going to tell you guys, you need to be specific as in whitetail deer, not deer. Hmm. No problem.

You know this, Steve? Yeah, I know it. Hmm. Real good. Real good. Okay. I'm coming back. Tough game, Brody's pitching here here you better ask it again up until 1972 the campbell soup company

produced soup using meat from this species of reptile which is now considered a threatened species by the united states fish and wildlife service Wildlife Service. Which is now considered a threatened species by many people, me included. Like his last question. You ever get your hands on one of these, Steve? I'm not talking about it. Hinty hint. Randall doesn't know.

Yeah, that's fair. Randall was complaining earlier that you guys were out in the hallway chatting and not in here. Prepping. Getting ready. Zeroing in on the game. It's going to be really unfortunate if one of those guys... You're not repeating it enough, probably. getting ready. Zeroing in on the game. Man, I'm worried. It's going to be really unfortunate if one of those dies. You're not repeating it enough, probably.

I already repeated it twice. Anybody need to hear it? I'm really worried I'm going down the Giannis hosting where this is too hard. Four correct answers won that game. Maybe you guys are just having an off day. Up until 1972, the Campbell Soup Company produced soup using meat from this species of reptile,

which is now considered a threatened species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Good co-hosting. Helping them out. Everybody ready? Mm-hmm. Yeah. Hold on, I've got to finish writing something. Mm-hmm.

Okay, reveal your answers. Yeah. Hold on. I got to finish writing something. Okay. Reveal your answers. We have Spencer saying soft shell turtle. Chester saying snapping turtle. Mark saying gopher tortoise. I didn't finish. I was rewriting my answers. He was going for loggerhead turtle.

Komodo dragon from Mackenzie. Rattlesnake. Giannis saying blue iguana. Steve saying terrapin. The answer is alligator snapping turtle. Oh! Not snapping turtle. I feel like that's pretty good. Yeah, that's pretty darn good.

Because terrapin soup was a very... Well, it doesn't matter. They didn't make it. Dang. You should have got that one make it alligator snapping turtles which can reach weights of over 150 pounds provided a much greater quantity of meat than smaller turtles and were easy to catch for commercial trappers who got a paid a per pound rate commercial turtle turtle trapping operations strongly focused on big alligator snapping turtles, causing a huge population crash in many areas of the Gulf Coastal Plain.

That led to commercial harvest bans and the recent proposal to list the alligator snapping turtle as a threatened species. Only Mississippi and Louisiana still allow limited recreational harvest of alligator snappers. We don't have any alligator snapping turtle soup recipes on the website, but you can learn all about catching, cleaning, cooking, and eating their smaller cousins, the common snapping turtle. And Kubi Brown's media article, How to Catch, Clean, Cook, and Eat Snapping Turtles.

Brody, in your research, did you find out what recipe it was that they were slipping snapping turtle meat into? Well, I'm sure it was just turtle soup. They sold that? They came right out with it. I used to get a buck a pound dress, so you had to take the top shell off. You'd be like, Campbell's identified as turtle soup. It wasn't

just like a seafood chowder or something like that. Are you 100% sure that they just use alligator snapping turtle and not the Common Snapper? They used Alligator Snapper up until 1972. And Common wouldn't be threatened. Yep. But I'd argue too if I was you, Chester.

You can argue. If I was you, Chester, I'd be like. I'll defer to the group if they want Chester to get it right. If I was Chester, he wrote Snapping Turtle. Because he just clarified you can't do that. But if I was Chester, I'd say, well, Brody, that's the same as saying

white-tailed deer. It'd be like if you were looking for coos deer instead of white-tailed deer. That's what I'd say if I was Chester. No. No?

Because a coos deer is a white-tailed. But alligator snapper is not a northern or common snapping turtle. I think his answer was to the level of specificity as white-tailed deer.

That's my point. But I'm not Chester, so I'm not going to argue. Phil, give him the answer. I don't need the answer. Brody, I think you set the parameters very clearly. I say it's a no. Okay. It's not sea turtle.

Boy, you guys are in trouble on this next one. Oh, great. Oh, no. The category for question four is wildlife. What species of canid is the most widely distributed terrestrial mammalian carnivore in the world? Hmm. How specific do we need to be? Hmm. No, I mean.

I mean, what do you want for an answer? I don't know. I guess I'm not looking for one. How specific do we need to be on this one? You're not looking for a Latin answer. No! Common name. I got it down to two.

Man, I'm never going to host this game again. Probably not. Probably not. I am learning a lot I mean it's interesting Just not scoring very much I enjoy when my critics have to take the hosting seat As Brody being one of the top three critics

This is good I like this I've got some softballs lined up Do you? Next time you invite me Okay Yeah buddy It's gonna be like

We should just play like a 20 question game That just has really easy questions softballs lined up for the next time you invite me. Okay. Yeah, buddy. It's going to be like, it's going to be. We should just play like a 20 question game that just has really easy questions. Yeah. And everybody will leave with a trophy. Just rapid fire. Yeah. No score either.

What species of canine is the most widely distributed terrestrial mammalian carnivore in the world? This is, I believe the 99th episode that Brody is hosting today. So we got a special episode for 99 and then a special episode for 100 next week as well. Ready? If everyone's ready, flip them over. Spencer says fox.

Chester says cricket. Mark says gray fox. Randall says domestic dog. Can we go back to Chester for a second? Yeah. I don't want to just move past that one. A cricket. They're carnivores too apparently to be fair they're mammals

says gray wolf steve says wolf what would you uh what'd you have in there red fox but now i'm realizing you probably going to go with just pet dogs No Fox What fox? Red fox So I had it right Just everyone take note I did have it right Are domestic dogs canids?

Yeah There's no way They're terrestrial mammalian carnivores as well There's no way there's more red foxes No, way more dogs I feel like that's You think it should be the household dog Oh yeah

I thought that he might have been I thought it was going to be a trick question It would be dogs as well I was going to ask the clarifying question How narrowly defined is the category of wildlife? Pet dogs aren't carnivores. Yeah, they are. No, they eat mostly

like whatever dog food. Processed things. Not a lot of dogs running around above the Arctic Circle. I think I'm getting a zero. Oh, sure there are. Do I get that right for just having dogs? Definitely not. Arctic fox, gray fox, red fox. I asked for how specific I need to be and he didn't answer.

No. I could go and explain myself. There's one chance that you get it as Chester gets it for writing cricket. I don't think that's true at all. Well, I just for some reason saw terrestrial and my brain immediately wrote down cricket. So that wasn't a joke? He was wrote down cricket. He was thinking about flies. He was thinking about fly fishing. He's still stuck in fly fishing.

Well, you know, he's closer. I was thinking like, what's the highest distributed terrestrial out there? And I was thinking cricket right now because of all the protein, the protein market that they use it for. I skipped over canid and mammal.

Do you know if you put all the beetles in the world in one pile and all the mammals in the world in another pile, the beetle pile would be bigger than the mammal pile? Oh no, that's so gross. I did not know that. That makes your skin crawl. Red foxes are distributed across the entire northern

hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to southern North America, Europe, North Africa, the Asiatic steppes, India, and Japan. They were also introduced to Australia where they've established themselves throughout much of that continent as well. So I got that right, right?

You wrote fox. Did you mean Arctic fox? No, I meant the correct answer which I, again, I asked Brody. I said, how specific, Brody? I didn't say specific. No, I know. Did you mean Arctic Fox? No, I meant the correct answer, which again, I asked Brody. I said, how specific, Brody? I didn't say specific. No, I know. Did you mean Kit Fox? Did you mean Kit Fox? Well, when I wrote Red Fox, I wrote Red Fox. I crossed it out, but that's what I wrote.

Brody, are you going to give it to Spencer? No. Yeah, I don't think you can. No. Desert, oh, he must have meant the Desert Swift Fox. Alright. I guess Chester didn't get the Whitetail Yeah, I don't think you can. No. Oh, he must have meant the desert swift fox. All right. I guess Chester didn't get the white tail snapping turtle. Okay.

All right. Did anyone get it? Nope. Nobody. I think I'm 0 for 4. Wow. I think there's a good reading of this question that would make the domestic dog the correct answer. I agree 100%. Nah. not mine.

The category for this... I think you're right. Oh, go on. The category for this next question is cool things about antlers. How did that last question only get to be wildlife category? I don't know.

I got bored of trying to figure out... Many people, including me. Because of trying to figure out who. Including me. Because he wanted to rule out domestic dog. Randall's getting a little angry back there. Well, you know, I'm sitting here on a goose egg. You too. This chair is feeling rather uncomfortable.

Maybe we'll end with a few zeros. We can only hope. Okay. Next question is cool things about antlers. What is the technical term for the strings of round beads and bumps at the base of the antlers?

You know this, Mark? Yeah. Or maybe you just think you do. Poss do possibly you ought to read that question pretty closely i tried really hard spencer to you to provide info in the questions. I believe you. Listen, selfishly, this is very satisfying for me. If our guest host does a poor job, which maybe the- I don't think I'm doing a poor job.

I think you guys are. Well, well. He's got a point. What do you got, Steve? I got this one wrong. Okay. Me too. What is the technical term for the strings of round beads and bumps at the base of antlers?

I feel like a lot more people in this room should know the answer. So do I. Yeah, I agree. Or maybe they do and I'm just on my own. Everyone ready? Giannis, no? Yeah, I'm going to stick with it. You know what Dirt's dad used to use for chapstick? I think it was his grandfather. His grandfather?

Earwax. Oh. Where'd that come from? His own. He was telling me that. But earwax tastes so bad. How do you know? Steve's so disinterested in this episode of trivia. Isn't that wild?

He'd dig his own earwax out and put it on his lips. So who's got such dry lips that Steve noticed and thought that in his mind? How did that happen? I've just been thinking about it a lot since he told me that. Frugal bunch. That family. You guys ready?

Dirt's dad tried to learn how to make his own pellet grill pellets and he tried to learn how to make his own dip. Yeah, they don't like buying stuff, man. Especially chavstick, apparently. That's not. Mark, let's see what you got. Spencer says burr.

Chester says burr. Mark says pearls. Randall says. Clutch my pearls. Mackenzie, nothing. Maddie says sis. Giannis Paduncle. Steve, burrs with one R.

This one doesn't matter. We have a right answer. Burrs. one R. This probably doesn't matter. We have a right answer. Burrs. It's pearls. Pearls. Good job, Mark. Thank you. These small bead-like structures form in rows like a string of pearls around the base section of the antler.

The bumpy surface they create is believed to aid in creating rubs on trees that spread scent to communicate with other deer. It may also be an indicator of good nutrition. If they're absent or faint, a buck may have had poor nutrition, though young bucks tend to have less purling than older bucks. I feel like muleys have less of them or no? Not the one my kid shot this past fall.

That was a good question. Kind of. That was good. You had me second-guessing myself, though, when Steve's like, are you sure about that? Then I sat here sweating.

Well, I meant that he was going to go like, well, that's not what I call him. Hey, Phil. I call him Lower Junk. Does anybody have any questions for me, Phil? Something different.

We're halfway through. Yeah, well, I'll just, Phil? Something different. We're halfway through. Yeah, well, I'll just do it the typical way. We've got Giannis, McKenzie, Maddie, Randall, and Steve all tied up with zero points. Oh, yeah. Wow. Chester and Spencer have won, and Mark is blazing a trail. He's got two points in first place. All right, Mark, way to go.

Anybody's game. He's got two points in first place. All right, Mark, way to go. Anybody's game. Anybody's game. Yep. Could pour it on the next half. Mm-hmm. I thought with my long history with Brody that I would, you know, have a little bit of an advantage. You know what?

There's a question coming up about our long history. Oh. Don't like that. Oh, I look forward to that question. The answer isn't dogs, in case you're wondering. Well, at least there's one question. The right answer is dogs. Hey folks, exciting news for those who live or hunt in Canada.

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that better know it. Oh. I feel like. When you say above waves You mean like upstream Upstream from waves yes Mark's been studying How to row a boat lately

Yeah it's just not Not coming to me on this one And Rivers what is the inverted V shaped feature Just above waves called? You know this, Yanni? I believe so. You know this, Steve? Don't think so, but probably, man. You sound so defeated,

Steve. Steve, you've been drifting just further and further out of the frame as the show's going. I just want to get close to Yannis. Thank you. Come back here, buddy. We'll hang down here at the bottom of the pile together. Is everyone ready? By an upside down

V-shaped feature. You mean like a wave? Yeah. Okay. It's throwing me off. So there's a wave and above that is an upside down V. Gotcha. Well, no, he said upstream from the wave.

Yeah. Not on top of the wave. So you definitely don't have this one right. This could have been a visual question. Oh, yeah. Well, yeah. That would have been a good call. I'm just going to keep what I got.

All right. You guys ready? I'm ready. Flip them over. Spencer says ripples. Chester says tongue. Mark doesn't have an answer. Randall, riffle.

Mackenzie, precipice. Maddie, wake. Giannis, tongueice tongue steve trough that's tongue the answer is tongue from a rower or paddler's downstream perspective the tongue is an area of smooth water above a rapid that forms in the shape of an upside down b the main body of the current generally flows through the tongue and is usually the easiest and safest entrance into a rapid unless it's pointing directly towards waves rocks sleepers sweepers suck holes or other dangerous whitewater hazards the first day i met the latvian

eagle who back then was known as longton yanni was when we were in a raft together floating down the eagle river during peak runoff flows with a couple of other groups of fly fishing guides halfway through one of those other boats flipped completely over backwards when they rode the tongue of dead cow rapid straight into a 10-foot standing wave everyone survived but an older guide named Jay Corsetti was missing for a while before he eventually emerged with a bloody head wound. Do you remember that day, Giannis? I do.

How long is a while? Like seconds, minutes? He was out there for minutes. Cool. What restaurant did Gianni work at where he earned the moniker Long Tong Gianni? It's a Mexican restaurant, right? Toscanini's.

Is that a Mexican place? Not Mexican. I've got a great story about a river wave tongue that almost ended my career. It's up to him. You're not going to tell it? It's too long.

He's just going to titillate. I'll tell you later. Someday someone's going to be like, hey man, do you know anybody with a long story about river tongues? Actually. It could mean a lot of money. I'd be like, yeah, you know I do.

Let me try to find his number. Now Steve, I was expecting you to get that one. Ugh. No. So bitter. I didn't. You didn one. No. So bitter. I didn't. You didn't. Okay.

Got four more swings here. Here's a fishing question. A fishing question for you guys. Togue is the name Mainers use for this game fish. Oh. Hmm. Huh? Hmm. Huh? Hmm.

This might be a dumb question, but are Mainers people from Maine? That's right. Okay. I wasn't sure it was like some other. People named Maynard. How many Maynards do you know? Zero. Shouldn't I let Elon Musk put that thing in my head? Phil did predict before this show that there would be multiple zero percenters.

I think we've achieved that. Oh, so Phil was able to look and think that this is a toughie? He did, yes. Nice work, Phil. Pegged it. I also thought Giannis had a really great batch of questions, and that didn't pan out very well. Oh, and you learned from that.

I did, yeah. Apparently I didn't. Still time. If I remember correctly, when I hosted, it was pretty on par. Everybody knows. Steve's a good host. I don't know why I added that little. You like that phrase.

You did that when we did the two truths and the lie at the Billings Live show. You were insistent that every story had to start with everybody knows. Well, it's sort of like poking someone in the chest right before you don't when you don't it's like a little yeah it's like a little nut tap when you don't everybody knows tog is the name for manors used for this game fish well you gotta follow it up with some people don't know because then they're like shit i know that well really puts them in a bad mind frame. I can follow it up. It's like psychological warfare to do that. Yeah.

Everybody knows Yanni works for Toscanini. You guys ready? Oh, Spencer's going to make a change. One last second change here. Chester's going to get it. Chester's changing it up too. No, I don't think I can do it. Okay, flip them over. Spencer says Striped Bass.

Chester says Smallmouth. Bass. Mark. Atlantic. Salmon. Randall. Flounder. Mackenzie.

Trout. Maddie. Salmon. Giannis. Burbitt. No. Giannis Striped Bass. Steve Burbitt.

Another zero percenter, people. The answer is lake trout. Wait, I said trout? Not lake trout. Lake trout's not a trout. He didn't specify. Goes back to fox and turtles. Another is lake trout, also known as mackinaw, sisquit, paper bellies, gray trout, fork tails,

lakers, and Steve's favorite, Grease Balls. Lake Trout, which are actually a species of char, are native to much of Canada, Alaska, the Great Lakes, and northern New England. A 102-pound lake trout was netted by a commercial fisherman in Saskatchewan in 1962, but the official world record for an angler-caught laker is a 72-pound fish taken from Great Bear Lake in 1995. However, lake trout have been widely introduced throughout the western United States, and on May 5, 2023, a Colorado angler fishing on Blue Mesa Reservoir landed and released a potential new world record lake trout

weighing over 73 pounds. So why do they call them togue? Do we know? I don't know 73 pounds so why do they call them tog do we know i don't know it's just what they call them they just talk funny up there they tug boy sorry guys really really feeling bad now we're learning like you said okay question eight i guess this is a gear question with a little bit of history thrown in for good measure what is the name for the hooded pullover coats favored by indigenous arctic cultures you got this one randall? Yes. All right. Getting on the board. Still anyone's game.

Anybody's game. I mean, as long as you don't change your answer. No. I'm going to see it anyway. I was just joking because I want to get one right. Mark, aren't you glad you came all the way from Michigan for this? He's winning. Oh, yeah.

He's winning. You're right. I think Chester might be tied. If he wins, it's going to be like such an asterisk next to the win. For the lowest score ever. No, it's not. It's still a win. No, I feel like that's a bigger win of everything. Brody's defending the integrity of this contest.

Spencer won with four. No one's questioning his win. I think that this stats guy needs to right now as he's listening, think, okay, down the line, he needs to remember that every time we use these zero percenters to see how much we retained, to see how well we learned today, how much of this information we learned.

Sort of a learning we had. Mark, you still thinking or you got an answer? I have an answer. It much of this information we had. Sort of a learning we had. Mark, you still thinking or you got an answer? I have an answer. It's wrong probably, but. All right. Well, pull out your answers. Go ahead.

Spencer says a robe. Chester says parka. Mark says parka. Randall says anorak. Mackenzie says parka. Maddie, fur coat. Giannis, anorak. Steve, anorak.

Wow. You guys did really well. The answer is anorak. The old winners kind of got that one. Anorak wow you guys did really well the old winners kind of got that one anorak comes from the inupiat word anorak i don't know if i'm pronouncing that right um whalers who frequented the greenland coast during the 1800s borrowed the word and adopted it into their language spelling it a-n-o-r-K. They're waist-length, pullover coats with a hood, usually resistant to rain.

In Arctic cultures, they're often made with animal skins, and the hood is generally lined with fur. Commercially produced anoraks are also available, though they can't be considered anoraks if they're longer than waist-length or have a full-length zipper or buttons.

That would be a parka, which is also a word with indigenous origins from the illusion of people you want to talk about a hard garment to get into man yeah but there's got to be a reason why they like if it's not roomy yeah i mean they're great warm but if they you know they gotta be cut a little bit different a little baggier well it's just like you're like yeah you put one on for you listeners i just did a motion where i put my i used to have one and then what because well they make synthetic ones i've had a couple of them i like them once you got them on till you gotta take them off

but while it's on can you use the bathroom while you're wearing it yeah okay it doesn't impede that you can use the you can go to the bathroom while you're wearing anything. I mean, a hoodie is pretty much an anorak. Do you take your hoodie off every time you go to the bathroom? Well, I think they usually have. I heard something about waist length, and I couldn't remember if they go longer than your waist or shorter than your waist. I know two guys that have some kind of psychological problem. Uh-huh. Are they in this room?

Only two? psychological problem where only two well this particular psychological problem where if when they need to defecate they need to take all of their clothes off you know two people like that that's amazing now i feel like we we all know people came up in the same conversation where someone has it and was talking about having it and they named another person did these gentlemen leave their uh like boots and socks on they gotta get they gotta get they gotta get all the way you're serious i'm telling you i asked a lot of questions that's tough when it's cold out yeah what if what if they're at like home depot when it happens yeah maybe they don't do it at that point in time

okay the way they explain oh no they have a lot of stories of being in Home Depot or at a zoo and going, uh-oh. And then it is just like put the siren on and 90 miles an hour to the house. Did they live in a warmer climate? Is that, did that explain it? I think we're looking at one of them right now. That's a great observation. I mean, starting to all make sense now. Phil, we've got two questions left. How's it looking? Well, we've been saying it's anybody great observation. I mean, it's starting to all make sense now. Phil, we've got two questions left.

How's it looking? Well, we've been saying it's anybody's game, and it truly is anybody's game. That's the way I like it. Yeah, we did this on purpose. We got Matty and Mackenzie with zero points. Randall, Spencer. I thought he doesn't say when they got a zero. Well, now they're still in the game.

Still in the game with zero points. So it's quite relevant. Randall, Spencer, and're still in the game. They're still in the game with zero points. So it's quite relevant. Randall, Spencer, and Steve all have one. And tied up in first place with two points apiece are Mark, Giannis, and Chester, the Cricket Floyd. Boy, he's quick, isn't he? Yeah. I knew that was coming. Chirp, chirp.

Well, the other problem with it is that's not specific because there are dozens of species of crickets. No, I mean, it was bad. I should have just said it was a joke, but, you know, I was honest. You might have been better off going like, nah, I was just kidding. He'll tell us that later. It's actually a really long con where the joke is evolving. Okay, question nine. This next question is an audio question,

and it's also our listener question of the week from Shane Lewis. For sending this great question, Shane is going to get a board game signed by the crew. If you want a chance to win the listener question of the week, then send your question to trivia at the meat eater.com. Ready, Phil? We're ready.

When courting females, the male of this species of North American migratory game bird makes a vocalization called a paint. What bird is it? You're going to play it. Yeah. Play it again for you. The male of this species of North American migratory game bird makes a vocalization called a peat.

What bird? Could you play it for a third time, Phil? makes a vocalization called a peep. What bird? Excuse me. Could you play it for a third time, Phil? I got a peep. Why not? Ooh, nice. Okay, now I got it. Jess is going to be like, crickets.

He's like, this time I mean it. I could fall asleep to that soundscape. That was nice. Yeah, there's a couple other things getting it in the background. That's the thing when I go living in the arid west, when I go back home at night. Oh, the background noise? You're like, oh my God, it's loud at night.

That's a clue. Or tropical places. Kind of. Shh. You guys got your answers? I just mean there's a lot. Or tropical places. Kind of. You guys got your answers? I just mean there's a lot, a lot, like in the Michigan and the swamps, it's a lot louder than it is in the dry-ass prairie. That's all right.

You guys can take the clue. You guys ready? Let's show them. Spencer says Sandhill Crane. Chester says Woodcock. Mark says Coot. Randall Coot. Woodbill Duck. Maddie Mallard yannis woodcock steve woodcock the answer is woodcock the noise you're hearing is a peat

the mating call of the male american woodcock is often misidentified as a frog because woodcocks breed near swamps in the spring roughly the same time spring peepers become audible. The American woodcock is distributed throughout southeastern Canada, much of the eastern United States, the Great Lakes region, and they tend to hang out in woody, brushy areas with moist ground where they feed primarily on earthworms. Another little tidbit about woodcocks is since they're small, they're usually plucked and roasted whole. Esteemed French chef Auguste Escoffier. Auguste. Auguste. Cites the Woodcock as the king of all game birds and le guide culinaire, which was the inspiration for a book called The Scavenger's Guide to Haute Cuisine.

That was by some obscure author's name I can't remember. I really like that book. Yeah yeah it's a good book i wouldn't have guessed that a woodcock was migratory so i've learned another you want a little factoid yeah i know embarrassing i was just like i was just ridiculed uh him for a while but I'm not doing that good. Woodcocks migrate south in the fall, north in the spring. According to Project Upland, woodcocks migrate as individual birds rather than flocks, and the average migration distance is about 900 miles, but some have been documented migrating as far as 2,000 miles.

So there you go, Randall. You ever see them do their flight during the breeding season? It's crazy. I haven't, but Leopold very nicely wrote about it in Sand County. I saw it maybe more than once, but one very memorable time when there was quite a number of them doing it. It was cool. Like you found the spot. Yep.

It was on a gas pipeline um where uh staple road hits blue i think it was blue lake road and staple there's a gas pipeline it flows through a little swamp back there and we were back there and they're just going off it was cool spot running if i remember right we went back there and we couldn't find him doing it. I feel like they're often a consolation prize for rough grouse hunters because they're real easy to hit. If I wrote Timberdoodle, would you have given it to me? Oh, yes, for sure. That was another tidbit, but Phil doesn't want me giving a lot of tidbits. You know, in one of our cookbooks, we show how to truss a woodcock on its own beak.

I remember that. That's fun. Brooks, we show how to truss a woodcock on its own beak. I remember that. No. That's fun. You turn his head around and skewer it through his thighs, and so he's this little trussed package. Like he's on a little skewer, but it's his own little bill. I can't say I've ever eaten it. Say anything about it.

You can't overcook them. They get livery. Yeah. Skewer it on your own bill. That's what we should call this episode. Listen, I had a plan for a tiebreaker. That's why I did this. Skewered on your own bill.

Is Yanni winning? It is a tie between Chester and Giannis. They have three points apiece. Mark and Steve have two. Okay. This last question is more cool things about antlers. Ooh, I like it. On a moose antler, name the gap between the palm and the brow tines.

That's also a name for a feature found on lakes and oceans. Oh, why did you have to throw... Doesn't seem like it helped anybody. That last little tidbit didn't need to be in there. You're giving... Come on! You knew it just from the antler question. Yes. Where'd you learn about that?

The things you learn after you shoot a giant moose, right? Name the gap between the palm and the brow tines. It's also a feature found on lakes and oceans. Marianas. I'm going to Marianas. Now he's trying to throw. Marianas. It's not surface, is it?

Giannis is taking his sweet old time over there. He doesn't even know. He hasn't even picked up his board Should probably read that question carefully Chester do you know Yeah how are you feeling Chester 50-50 That's pretty good for this round Is Steve the only one to kill a bull moose in here I think so

I've killed a shiris. What do you mean butt? That's a moose. It was a cow. Yeah, but I'm just thinking it wasn't, didn't get it scored or it's just kind of a funky. I've never gotten one scored. Did it have palms and brow tines?

Yeah. Actually, it didn't have. Never got one scored. It had a weird split. No one cares about that. What you care about is, it's just like, how wide was it? Do you know what I mean? If you told someone, I'm sure there are people, but for the most part,

I don't think that anyone would know what you're talking about. I have no idea how they scored. Yeah, you'd be like, how many brow times and how wide was it? You guys ready? Reveal your answers. Spencer says trench. Chester says bay. Mark says bay.

Randall says inlet. Mackenzie says mouth. Maddie says peninsula. Giannis says bay. And Steve says bay. The answer is bay. What's that mean for us? That means Chester and Giannis are going to a tiebreaker.

Did you see how I got them? Well, I got them. Did you see how I got them? By saying I'm going to marry Giannis because of the Giannis trench, it entered his little head. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, on an adult boom-boos, the bay is found between the main palm. Phil, put me down for a point for that.

Forget it. Yep, you got it. The bay is found between the main palm. Phil, put me down for a point for that. Forget it. Yep, you got it. The bay is found between the main palm and brow tines or brow palm. Okay, exciting. Big tiebreaker here. I almost went with inlet. Almost. I almost went with bay.

Wouldn't have done me any good. Okay, Spencer, I didn't know this was going to happen, but is there something I need to say here? What happens next of thing going to a tiebreaker play the drop phil or something like that oh no that's the wrong one i'm so sorry tiebreaker if 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 Phil, f*** off, man. You know when your kid does something really disappointing and they look at you and you're like,

God damn it. When I look at you, that's what I'm feeling. Here we go. Here's the tiebreaker. Come on, Chester. Here is the tiebreaker. What year was the multi-tool company the Leatherman Group

founded I'm gonna play along you know I almost put my Leatherman in my pocket you can earn a little extra money if you play along and get it exactly right Spencer's throwing in an extra hundo if you're on the dot. What year was the multi-tool company the Leatherman Group founded? Down to Yanni and Chester, right?

Chester's one victory came at the Billings Live show, so he is yet to win in the podcast studio. Yanni, I'm sorry, but I'm pulling for Chester. You should. You might be disqualifying yourself. It also came down to a tiebreaker. Chester needs another dub. I got a guess.

That's all I'm doing. It's all going to conservation. You got a dip in right now? Yeah. Chester. That might be a disqualifier. Yeah. He's juicingifier yeah okay flip them over spencer says 1929 mark says 1918 randall says 1922 mckenzie says 1892 maddie says 1943 yana says 60. Oh, Steve says 1990.

Yanis says 1961. Chester says 1945. The answer is 1983. I won. Yanis wins. I won. Yanis wins. I'm not mad I won the tiebreaker. The company was founded in the spring of 1983 by Tim Leatherman.

The Leatherman Tool Company first launched their first multi-tool, the PST, that same year and received an order for 500 tools from Cabela's. Can we tease people that wrote things a long time ago since the founder is still alive? What do you mean? Oh, how were we supposed to know that?

I don't know. Steve just wants to be mean. Well, as everybody knows. I just feel like doing something mean to people. There you go. Yanni wins. Yannis, let us know where that money's going. Let's go and keep on the streak that we've been on

and give it to Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management. I just read they're the ones that are fighting Ball ballot initiative 91 which aims to outlaw the trophy hunting of uh all cats in colorado and i just read today that down to sci convention or no yeah sci convention that just happened in nashville that uh the alaska chapter kicked down 20k to help out that organization. That's nice because they'll never have to worry about it. Well, they might have to worry about that kind of stuff in parts of their land.

It'll be the last state to go to hell. Wyoming will be around for a while. Yeah, so that'll be the second last state. I think that points to, though, that people outside of Colorado think this is a very serious issue. And so even if you are a Maine togue fisherman, you might consider donating five bucks to the Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management. I believe it's SaveTheHuntColorado.com.

If I was Yanni, I would have found out a way to find a group that was going to pay his vet bills and donate to that. Yeah. If I was Yanni, I would have found out a way to find a group that was going to pay his vet bills. And donate to that. Yeah. I do need that too. And on that note. On that note, you guys are going to remember this episode forever. Coloradans to save my vet bills.

The special 99th episode. Episode 100. You'll remember it forever. Thanks, Brody. That bill. The special 99th episode. Episode 100. You'll remember it forever. Thanks, Brody. That was very enjoyable. It was a tough one, but I did learn a lot. And our winner got to four, so then it's on par with when Yanni hosted. So there we go.

That was great. Like I said, next time you invite me to host, softballs, baby. It's going to be a good one. Batting practice. It was nothing but crickets. All right. See you next week. Thanks, Brody.

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