The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 526: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CI

Episode Date: February 28, 2024

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Randall Williams, Maggie Hudlow, Chester Floyd, Mackenzie Elmquist, and Hanzi Deschermeier. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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without cell phone service as a special offer. You can get a free three months to try out OnX if you visit onxmaps.com slash meat. It's a meat eater podcast. Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I'm your host, Spencer Newarth, and today we're joined by Cal, Brody, Randall, Maggie, Chester, Seth, McKenzie, and Hansi. This is a 10-round quiz show with questions from Meat Eaters for Verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking, and there is a prize.

Meat Eater will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing. And for the stat of the week this week, we're looking at player performance in regular episodes versus guest host episodes. During a regular round of trivia, the average player score is 4.72. During a guest host round of trivia, the average player score is 3.2. That's a difference of 1.52 points. During a regular round of trivia, the average winning score is 7.38. And during a guest host round of trivia, the average player score is 5.75. That's a difference of 1.63 points.

It's safe to say that guest host rounds are significantly harder. I've had a lot of.38 type answers. So that's... You know that might, Cal? I would have guessed that there would have been a much larger differential between... Well, I think we had Brody and Yanni's games had four as the winning

score, and then I think yours was eight and Steve's might have been eight, something like that. So you and Steve brought the average score. And then I think yours was eight and Steve's might have been eight, something like that. So you and Steve brought the average up. Cal, or excuse me, Brody and Yanni brought the average down. It's still harder though. People will sometimes ask for harder rounds of trivia.

They get it when someone else is the host. Now here's our infrequently asked question segment. If you have a trivia related question for our crew, send it to trivia at themeat eater dot com with the subject line. I F A Q. Josh Chapman wants to know my kids enjoy playing along every week, but they especially loved the kids episode of trivia. Will there be more of those coming out? The answer is yes.

We have some kids specific podcasts coming out later this year, hopefully in the next couple months. Trivia will be part of that show. I think that's all I can say for now. I've heard the pilot that Phil has edited. I think it's one of the best things that we're putting out as an audio product. I am stoked on it, Phil. I think it is a lot of fun. I would listen to it even though I'm not a kid.

I don't have kids. Yeah, yeah, it's awesome. I mean, we made a mistake. It's sort of what we usually do around here is we talk about something like way before we know when it's coming out. We have no set date on when this kids podcast is going to start, but it'll happen eventually. This year. Stay tuned. Yeah, this year, hopefully.

Good work, Phil. Hey, Phil, I got a question for you. Hey, what's up? Mentally, what's going on every every time you watch spencer manhandle his mic like that he's just like constantly touching i mean i've talked to him about it before and i've just kind of given up sorry yeah that's a fidget i fidget a lot okay i just got done editing the brody hosted episode even when you're not in the host seat spencer you are moving that thing around like you're swirling a glass of scotch or something. So you would

say it does have an effect then? Yeah, a little bit. It's not too hard to clean though. We're only like 100 episodes in. One of us will figure it out. Either Phil will just put up with it or I'll solve it and not mess with the mic anymore.

It's probably not going to be me messing with it. White knuckle of a desk, you know. Apologies, Phil. Apologies. Now's probably not going to be me messing with the mic. Sounds like Phil's been dealing with it. Apologies, Phil. Apologies. Now we have some housekeeping to get to. In a previous game of trivia, we had a question about the six states that the Wolverine Foundation says has established populations of wolverines. Those states are Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, and Alaska.

In the follow-up factoid, I said that California's last wolverine sighting was in 1922, but that's when the species was extirpated, not when it had its last sighting. California actually had a sighting in 2008 and 2023, which are the state's only two confirmed sightings in the last 100 years. Biologists believe those two wolverines either wandered in from Oregon to the north or the Rocky Mountains to the east. Similar to California, Utah has had wolverine sightings but is not considered to be part of their current range, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. There have been eight confirmed wolverine sightings in Utah since 1979, with four occurring in 2021. Biologists actually captured and collared a male there in 2022 so it feels

like they are expanding their range but the wolverine foundation still says that their current range is those six states well i i mean come on it's like you're lying to your audience right now to fit your narrative like like filling folks with like how biology works, right? Like your, your question was, where is the established range? According to the Wolverine Foundation. Not established range, established population. Established population.

So sightings don't count as established populations, right? Like there's not mountain lions in Pennsylvania. We need a breeding population. However, if you also talk to these folks, like the way that they do their studies is not totally comprehensive. Like the Sierras in California, impossible. Right. But, or the, the, even the Wasatch range, like the both heavily peopled, but impossible to

catalog the whole range all the time. So, but it is absolutely Wolverine range and it has all the factors that, uh, Wolverines need that the people at the Wolverine society would say, these things have to be met in order to have a Wolverine society would say these things have to be met in order to have a Wolverine population. So did they ever get extirpated from California? It's a weasel, a highly mobile weasel.

I find it very, very hard to believe that they did. Well, I'm glad that's settled. Maybe in our lifetime, Cal. They'll draw that part in on the map for part of their range. Well, I'm just, I mean, it's like, again, we know that there's this theme of your answers

not being like a hundred percent the answer. Cal, you should host an episode. No, I don't want to. I'm here to argue with you. That's the fun part. You're fulfilling it today. Thank you. Now the Shelby Index for today's round is a 5, so I'm putting us on perfect

game alert. And with that, we're on to the game of trivia. Play the drop, Phil. Look, I need to know what I stand to win. Everything. How's that? You stand to win everything. Game on, suckers! We have Seth and Chester with a $1 bet.

Is that what you said? Yeah. Okay, on who wins trivia? Yeah. All right. Well, not who wins, who scores higher. Got it. This is the first time you boys have put money on a game of trivia. This is the first time. Well, not who wins, who scores higher. Got it. This is the first time you boys have put money on a game of trivia.

Yes. This is the first time, so. Okay, $1 bet on the line, $500 for everybody else. Now that football's over, you just can't help yourself. You need some other way of getting your fix. Exactly. Question one, the topic is conservation, and this is multiple choice. Which of these animal classes has the most listings on America's endangered species list?

Is it fishes, amphibians, reptiles, or mammals? This is counting animals that are listed as endangered and threatened on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list for the United States. The question is, which of these animal classes has the most listings on America's endangered species list for the United States. The question is, which of these animal classes has the most listings on America's endangered species list? Your four choices are fishes, amphibians, reptiles, mammals. Nobody in the room looks very confident. Cal hasn't picked up his whiteboard yet which of these animal classes has the most listings on America's endangered species list fishes amphibians reptiles mammals you know like fishes why can't

we just say fish you know the the US Fish and Wildlife Service when they list it the category is fishes. Oh, I know. So I respected that and went with the ES. Fishes, amphibians, reptiles, mammals. Hmm. Hmm.

I think we're waiting on Cal and Brody. Oh, really? I thought we'd drag this one out a little while. No, we could. What are you going with? What's the first letter? F-A-R-M. Two different letters right now.

Which animal class has the most listings on America's Endangered Species List? Fishes, amphibians, reptiles, mammals. Is everybody ready? Cal? Cal? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying amphibians, Hansi saying fishes, Chester saying amphibians, Randall saying fishes, Mackenzie saying mammals, Cal saying fishes, Maggie saying amphibians, Brody saying fish. Cal, saying fishes. Maggie, saying amphibians. Brody, saying fish. The correct answer is fishes. About half of you got that right. Hansi, Randall, Cal, Brody, and Cad, fish. There are 139 fish listed on the United States endangered species list. That's followed by mammals with 81, reptiles with 50,

and amphibians with 43. In total, there are 726 animals and 939 plants on the list. Question two, the topic is hunting. This next great question comes to us via Tim Volz. States such as Wyoming, Illinois, Louisiana, and New York offer this color as an alternative to wearing hunter orange. The topic is hunting. States such as Wyoming, Illinois, Louisiana, and New York offer this color as an alternative to wearing hunter orange. Amphibians are so far down on that list it makes me think we ran out of them before we started knowing that they were here maybe you know what spencer steve

would be real happy with the way you worded this question such as he's changed from like it was a new year's resolution 2024 you're gonna have like in questions significantly less we're going with such as that'll make our grammar nerds and Steve particularly happy. Here's the question one more time. States such as Wyoming, Illinois, Louisiana, and New York offer this color as an alternative to wearing hunter orange. Is everybody ready? Maggie from Wyoming, do you have this one right, Maggie?

I hope so. Okay, she hopes so. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying pink. Hansi saying red. Chester saying red. Randall saying pink.

Mackenzie saying neon yellow. Cal and Maggie and Brody saying pink. They got it. The correct answer is pink. Other states that offer pink as an alternative color include Wisconsin, Washington, Virginia, Minnesota, Maryland, and Colorado. Proponents of blaze pink say it's a way to encourage more women to hunt. But when the topic came up during 2015's Wisconsin legislative session, the Women's Hunting and Sporting Association objected to the bill and called

it demeaning. For more on this subject, go to TheMeadEater.com and read Sarah Keller's article called Is Pink the New Orange? How about for more on this subject, we ask the two women in this room what they think. I think that's bullshit. Which way? I never wear hot pink. Okay. So I'm not going to let that stop me from wearing orange. But do you think the line of thought that it would encourage more women to hunt? It just seems...

No. It's going to be a hard no for me. Maybe little girls. I don't think I own an article of pink clothing, so that might just be my opinion. It's hot pink. Hot pink is the word. I also don't own an article of hot pink clothing. But to make the assumption that changing what color that you can wear in the woods would make more women go out there is just so absurd and so old-fashioned. Just put your Hunter's Orange on and get out there.

About a dozen states disagree with you, though. Question three. You want some super fun First Light knowledge? Okay. This is something that I found fascinating. Some deep insider information here from Cal. When we were working on the women's line. Cal, you were like, what, employee three at First Light?

Something like that? Well, I was the first actual employee. Okay, employee one. Wow, all right. Carry on. Yep. Um, so when we were working on the women's line, I had, uh, rounded up, uh, basically all the, uh, women that I knew that were guides and outfitters and we were sending them stuff and getting feedback from them.

And then, and it was unanimous. It was like, no, we don't want any pink. However, the buyers, like the vast majority of buyers in box stores are male. And two, 100% of them said, you know what you should do with this? Put a little pink on there. So what'd you guys do? We didn't put any pink on there. Thank you.

Question three. The topic is cooking. Eater said this six letter dish, which is basically Mexican beef stew was America's hottest taco trend in 2020. Eater said this six-letter dish, which is basically Mexican beef stew, was America's hottest taco trend in 2020. Brody is confident.

First one to come up with an answer. You have this one right, Brody. I think if anyone who spends any amount of time on Instagram would get this one right. Okay, Cal, you have this one right as well. I'm really holding off on my hand. Really holding off. The Randall Chester, Hansi Seth side of the table is not confident.

Has to do with the conversation that we had with Randall earlier. Okay. I spend a lot of time on Instagram, but it's mostly for health and wellness and fitness trends. Well, you know, part of health and wellness is food when done right. Eater said this six-letter dish, which is basically Mexican beef stew, was America's hottest taco trend in 2020. Maggie, you have this one right as well.

I hope so. Okay, this corner of the table Cal, Maggie, Brody they have it right Our other five players I feel like it should be more obvious Don't know the answer I'm just stumped I'm gonna hear it and be like

Yeah exactly It's probably on the menu at Chipotle or something Six letter dish I don't even know what you're referring to. Don't tease me like that. That seems like a hint for some folks. That confused me.

Eater said this six-letter dish, which is basically Mexican beef stew, was America's hottest taco trend in 2020. Do we give up

our five players who have not come up with an answer? Mackenzie, Randall. No, I really don't want to give up our five players who have not come up with an answer? Mackenzie, Randall. Oh, I really don't want to give up. Okay. No. The hottest taco trend.

The hottest taco trend in 2020. I'm just thinking of 2020. Taco trends. And taco trends aren't coming to mind. Supply line disruptions. Yeah. Masks. COVID.

Taco trend is just not on my I think you're running out of time oh it's gonna be so obvious no it doesn't matter Spencer just go oh Phil says go ahead and reveal your answer way to go we have Seth and Hansi

and Chester and Randall and Mackenzie without an answer we have Cal saying upside down burr-ea. Maggie saying burr-ea. Brody saying burr-ea. And they all spelled it right. The correct answer is burr-ea. I would have never gotten that.

They're so good. They're such good. You should make them if you haven't had them. Is it because of the gross amount of cheese? No, it's because of the dippy sauce. Yeah. Berea was invented in the 1600s in Mexico and gained popularity when it started getting served out of food trucks in California in the early 2000s.

Eater says it got national attention after a viral Instagram post in 2018 which showed someone dipping a berea taco in a steaming cup of consomme. If you want to learn how to make it, then go to TheMeatEater.com and read Wade Trunk's recipe called Venison Burrito Tacos. Randall, did you know that one? I know what, I mean, I'm familiar with burrito. It just did not cross my mind.

You weren't aware of that taco trend in 2020. It's still a trend. I guess that's where it's throwing me off. But, yeah. You can go check out our recipe on the media.com. I like how they're able to pinpoint when it was invented. If you'd said a six-letter dish beginning

with B, I would have gotten it. Oh, really? Quite confidently, I can say that. I would agree. I think that that would have spurred it. It was deep down in the memory. Question four. The topic is fishing. This next great question is via Jared Curtis. A 2008 book declared this fish, which goes by the nickname Bunker, to be, quote, the most important fish in the sea.

A 2008 book declared this fish, which goes by the nickname Bunker, to be the most important fish in the sea. Brody and Cal and Randall know it. Dr. Williams has an unfair advantage on this one. Oh, really? Tell us about it. No, no. You need to stop talking. Okay. need to stop talking okay a book declared this fish which goes by the nickname bunker to be the most important fish in the sea for those of you who have it right uh brody cal randall do you agree that this is the most important fish in the sea i think it depends on where you're at in the sea

but yeah i have a hard time making just large-scale pronouncements about the sea because it's so mysterious. So did you see what Cal posted about the sea? They found a beer bottle on the bottom of the Marianas Trench. Yeah. Wow. What kind of beer was it? It still had the label on, green glass. I wonder where that started, like its drift, if it was like.

It was a rolling rock, I'd if it was like from a continent away? I mean, even if it were to go straight down, the amount of time it takes for something to get to the bottom. Yeah, it's like 35,000 feet or something like that. Yeah, 37,000. Humans are so impressive. We can litter at the bottom of the earth. Well, yeah. I mean, the first time we got some sort of live feed down there,

the first thing that they saw was a plastic bag going by. Everybody got real excited. They were like, oh, it's a plastic bag. Go humans. We're undefeated. And now where we can put our litter. A 2008 book declared this fish, which goes by the nickname Bunker, to be the most important fish in the seas.

Everybody ready? Hansi? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying striped bass. Hansi saying alewives. Chester saying coho salmon. Randall saying menhaden. Mackenzie saying grouper Randall saying menhaden.

Mackenzie saying grouper. Cal saying menhaden. Maggie saying sardines. Brody saying menhaden. The correct answer is menhaden. I've never even heard of that. A 2008 Bruce Franklin book called Menhaden, the Ocean's Unlikely Hero. He goes on to describe how billions of them are ground up and turned into animal food, fertilizer, and oil each year. Menhaden play an important role in

marine ecosystems as one of the primary food sources of bluefish, striped bass, sharks, whales, and dolphins. Now, what is the advantage that Dr. Randall had? Thank you so much for asking. Dr. Randall Williams used to work for the Tater-Rosevelt Conservation Partnership. And what was TRCP doing on the issue of Menhaden? We did a lot of things. Uh, it's a complicated issue because it's a marine fishery, so like there's different state

jurisdictions, things like that. Go ahead and skip the parts that matter, sir. Yeah. I mean, this reduction fishery, uh, is like blowing up a sort of keystone, uh, forage fish that affects game fish populations and it's all the way up and down the Atlantic coast and in the Gulf. Um, and, uh, yeah, I've spent more time thinking and talking and writing about Menhaden than one might, uh uh ever want to

yeah in the most folks who live in montana we're a long ways from that are there other names for them bunker i'm just other than bunk pokey oh yeah question five the topic is wildlife this next great question comes to us via ty brooks name one of the three states with kota mundi according to the national park service some online pronunciations like miriam webster kawada mundi yeah kawada mundi um but most folks uh that i hear say it are kota mundi name one of the three states that have kota Mundi according to the National Park Service. I just recently observed.

Are you kidding me? There's a little hint from about five words that Seth got out of his mouth before Brody and Randall shut him down. I've been everywhere from Montana to Pennsylvania to... Mackenzie, did that give you a hint? She's shaking her head yes. Look what you did. Thanks, Seth. I mean, I don't know if it's right.

I don't know all this shit. Hey, I can tell you my story now. Chester, did that give you a hint? I mean, yeah. I already... Hansi, did that give you a hint? Yeah. Where were you on Berea, Steph? It also

confused me a little bit. Gave him a hint and confused him. Wow. Crazy trip to Pennsylvania. I can give you another hint. Season just closed there for Guatemala. I can give you another hint. When you were running your trap around Pennsylvania. Where I've most

recently been, where people probably thought I was talking about. I've never observed them there. Okay. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying Arizona. Hansi saying Texas. Chester saying Arizona.

Randall saying Texas. Mackenzie saying Texas. Cal saying Texas. Maggie saying Arizona. Hansi saying Texas. Chester saying Arizona. Randall saying Texas. Mackenzie saying Texas. Cal saying Texas. Maggie saying Arizona. Brody saying Arizona. Everybody got it. The three states are Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Nobody said New Mexico.

Everyone got it with Arizona or Texas. Can somebody tell me what that is? The National Park Service says that this animal is best described as a long-nosed raccoon. They use that long snout to root around in soil and leaf litter for food. Their diet is similar to a raccoon, which is to say that they'll eat anything. As omnivores, they'll dine on fruits, nuts, insects, birds, eggs, lizards, snakes, grubs, and more. One of the best hunt days I've ever had was because of a Quattamundi. Rick Smith and I were posted up on a mountain, and he is just dead to the world sawing logs.

And I'm watching some deer and, you know, really on alert, figuring something could happen at any time. And I looked down this old dozer grade, and the only thing that could come to mind was I'm slapping Rick, trying to get him to wake up because he's an international man of mystery. He's been around the world like 19 times. I'm like, Rick, Rick, raccoon monkey, raccoon monkey. Amazing creature. Amazing creature. Amazing creature.

I guess they get eaten a lot. Like people eat them in Central America. What was this one doing that you watched? Just came cruising down the road and dinked around. It was awesome. Being a raccoon monkey. When we were in Mexico, I was glassing a hillside and I came across just this giant furry black spot on the hillside. Like what in the hell is that?

And then finally they all dispersed. It was 15 of them like all sleeping together in like a ball. Huh. It was crazy. Very cool. Yeah, my folks are down poking around in Arizona right now. And their dog Hank kicked up like three of them and they sent me a video and I've never seen that dog look so just like baffled. Like he's a Wyoming dog.

He's never seen a raccoon, let alone see that. It was a good video. Raccoon monkey. Phil, we're halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard update. Everybody's on the board. Thanks to Seth, probably. We've got Mackenzie

and Chester with one point apiece. Seth and Hansi have two. Maggie has three. Randall has four. And tied up in first place with perfect games are Brody and Cal. Mackenzie, what do you think you would have put for that last question if Seth didn't give you the hint? I have no idea. I had not

heard of that before. I was thinking Alaska. I was also thinking down South because there's a lot more diversity down there. Chester, how did Randall, excuse me, how did Seth confuse you? It didn't really confuse me. It threw me off a little bit. I had Arizona in my head before he said, you know, he just recently saw one of those. So I thought Texas. But then, yeah, I stuck with my Arizona. The funny thing is where I recently saw them was not in any state.

Mexico. Oh, Mexico. But it borders several states. It's true. I wish you had traveled to Berea, Kentucky. You told us all about that. Spelled differently, five letters, but it would have ticked me off. Hey folks, exciting news for those who live

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A sushi roll filled with salmon, cream cheese, and avocado is named after this East Coast city. Anything with cream cheese is not sushi. Just getting that out there. Seth, you have this one right. I put down a city on the East Coast. Randall, you have this one right. Boy, I hope so. Brody and Cal also look confident.

Mackenzie, you have this one right? Maggie, you have this one right? Alright. We're gonna load it with cream cheese, we're gonna deep fat fry it, and then we're gonna coat it in mayo. That's sushi. That's sushi, yeah. Looks like it'll be up to Hansi and Chester if this is a

100 percenter or not. Go ahead and reveal your answer. We have Seth saying Philly, Hansi saying Philly, Chester saying Philly. Everybody said Philly. Everybody got it right. The correct answer is Philadelphia. This sushi roll was created during a Philadelphia culinary competition in the 1980s. Although the city is famous for its cream cheese, that cream cheese was actually invented in New York in 1872. The Philadelphia namesake was just a marketing move to capitalize on the region's reputation for good dairy products. If you want to learn more on how to make your own sushi, then watch Kimmy Werner's

video on TheMeatEater.com called How to Make Sushi. They were going to use a can of cream mushroom soup, but they couldn't quite get it to stick on there. Question seven. The topic is conservation. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Keith Jordan for sending this great question. Keith is going to get a board game signed by the crew. If you want a chance to win our listener question of the week, then send your question to trivia at TheMeatEater.com. What country is home to 40% of the world's tropical rainforests and 10% of the world's biodiversity?

Phil would like to speed the game up here. Here's the question again. The topic is conservation. What country is home to 40% of the world's tropical rainforests and 10% of the world's biodiversity? Cal, who has a perfect game going, is changing his answer. Randall just won behind them. Brody, are you confident in your answer? No. Okay.

I mean, this is a tough one. Randall was quick to answer I'll tell you that maybe he's trying to get in your head that doesn't mean he got it right okay Randall did you get this one right I'm trying to

seeds of doubt uh huh Africa yes there you go what country is home to 40% of the world's

tropical rainforests and 10% of the world's tropical rainforests and 10% of the world's biodiversity. Mackenzie, do you have an answer? I think we're waiting on you. Oh, yeah, sorry. I have one. Is everybody ready? Oh, Chester doing a little scribbling. Chester, are we changing an answer or clarifying an answer? Changing an answer. Go ahead an answer? Changing an answer. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying Brazil.

Hansi saying Brazil. Everybody says Brazil except Maggie. Maggie says Costa Rica. The correct answer is Brazil. I don't know why I did that. At first I heard continents and I wrote down a continent and I was like, that's impossible. And then I had to think of a country. That's a good story. Man, my brain short-circuited right there. I initially read it as county and I thought it was a very difficult question. I got to ask why you decided to include

the biodiversity part of it. Just a little more details. I don't know. It might throw you off. You'd have to ask the listener. Biodiversity is what threw me off because like Madagascar and Borneo. Keith didn't have that detail in there. I included that detail. It said that Brazil is the most biodiverse place on earth and is home to about 200,000 species of plants and animals. A 2015 paper said the country is so vast and remote that some species of birds have gone extinct there in our lifetime before biologists even knew they existed. It's estimated that 20% of Brazil's rainforests have been removed. Cal, you were talking about earlier about those amphibians. You're like,

yeah, maybe we don't know about all the amphibians. Well, they're admitting in the Brazilian rainforest, which is what the Amazon rainforest that we don't know about everything because stuff is disappearing before we even knew it was there i'd like to have that same question for and just just for my own personal knowledge uh regarding central america just move her move her down a little bit closer to the equator be interesting question eight the topic is fishing this country artist who should have been a cowboy purchased Lucky Strike lures in 2023. This is question eight. We still have a couple perfect games going.

This is a pop culture question. This is a fishing question. This country artist who should have been a cowboy purchased Lucky Strike Lures in 2023. Cal, is this going to keep the perfect game going? Yes. Brody, is this going to keep the perfect game going? No, I'm like, because I can't think of his damn name. Okay, can't think of his damn name.

That's a problem. Question is asking for his name. For some of us, it's a problem. For others, it's a blessing. Two perfect games going through question eight. Oh, there's two names in my head right now. This country artist who should have been a cowboy purchased Lucky Strike Lures in 2021. There is Cal handing out hints, filling in some more lyrics for folks.

Seth, you have this one right. I think so. Maybe. Chester with a blank board, our musician in the room. I recently heard the story of why he wrote that song. There's a hint. It's a he that purchased it.

Sorry, I thought that. So we've got about ten more words of lyrics from Cal, and we've gendered him from Maggie. This country artist who should have been a cowboy purchased Lucky Strike Lures in 2023. Brody, how we doing over here? Not good. Keep talking amongst yourselves, bro.

You guys got any more hints for Brody? I would suggest you not give them. Well, it's a good, I don't think there's any hints. I'll wait until we reveal, until I tell the story. All right. Oh, my gosh. Chester, our musician and fisherman, our singing fisherman, does not have an answer. Songwriter, I think, is.

You probably want to be known as a songwriter. Songwriter, singer, artist. All right. It's not going to come to me. Go ahead and reveal your answers. I don't even want to look. We have Seth saying Toby Keith. I thought I was wrong.

Hansi saying Luke Combs. Oh, God. Chester without an answer. Randall saying Toby Keith. Mackenzie saying Toby Keith. Cal, Maggie, and Brody saying Toby Keith. They got it. Oh, no.

The correct answer is Toby Keith. So here's the story. Toby Keith was in the bar after hunting, wearing camo with his buddies, trying to get these girls to dance with him. Wouldn't dance with them. They were dancing with the cowboys wearing Western shirts and whatnot.

His buddy looked at him and was like, man, should have been a cowboy. Went home, wrote the song, topped the charts. There we go. Nice. Should have been a cowboy. He wasn't wearing first light. Lucky Strike made the puzzling decision in their press release to say that the company was in disarray before last year's acquisition. Keith was quoted on their website saying Lucky Strike needed focus and vision and that he was there to pick up the pieces. Part of their rebrand was a new patriotic logo that's red, white, and blue. Keith died last week at the age of 62. What are some famous lures that company

makes? I'm not aware of much Lucky Strike. You know, they're like in Walmarts though, like they're sold around the country. But as far as a specific thing they've created, I couldn't tell you. Phil, we have two questions left. Give us a scoreboard update. Chester, Mackenzie, Hansi, Seth, and Maggie are not in the running for the win. We've got Randall

with seven points and still tied up in first place with perfect games. Our Brody and Cal. Phil, what do I have and what does Chester have? Oh, yeah. For our $1 bet on the side. Seth has five. Chester has three.

Oh, Chester, you'll need to get these both correct. I should have been a cowboy. That Lucky Strike press release was really fascinating that they said the company was in disarray. Imagine if when we bought First Light or Dave Smith decoys, we'd be like, boy, they were a total mess. Good thing we're here. And they kept around most of the leadership Lucky Strike did.

Great press release. Question nine. The topic is hunting. This next great question comes to us via Peter Hawthorne. Peter. The National Deer Association describes this deer condition as, quote, a genetic mutation that causes patches of white hair. The National Deer Association describes this deer condition as, quote, a genetic mutation that causes patches of white hair. Seth, are you going to put away Chester with your answer here?

Yes. You get either of these last two right. You just win the $1 bet. What are you going to spend that buck on? I don't know. Maybe we'll go double or nothing on a different round. I know this, too. It's funny that you haven't wrote down an answer there, Chester. I don't know. Maybe we'll go double or nothing on a different round. I know this, too. Do you?

It's funny that you haven't wrote down an answer, Chester. I was just talking to someone about this the other day. Really? Yeah. Give me some insight into how that happened. Maybe don't. It was my brother-in-law, Todd, and he was talking about this deer he saw in northern Wisconsin with some white patches on it,

and he was confused that he couldn't shoot it because he thought it might be blank, but it was, in fact, not blank. It was, in fact, this word that we're looking for, and I can't think of it. You know what, Chester? You may have confused folks, actually. This is a strong story.

I have a... I got a question and I can't ask it. Randall likes where he's sitting. I just cannot. Cal and Brody. Do you care to embellish on the type of answer you're looking for? I do not.

Is everybody ready? Then I'll just argue if I'm wrong. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying piebald. Hansi saying albinism. Chester without an answer. Randall saying piebald. Mackenzie saying albinism. Chester without an answer. Randall saying piebald. Mackenzie saying albinism. Cal

saying dalmatia. Maggie saying piebaldism. Brody saying piebald. The correct answer is piebaldism or leucistic. Piebaldism is a form of leucism. I wrote down piebald

as my original answer. That would have been correct. Oh, yeah, Mackenzie was cheating and saw that you wrote down piebald. No, I specifically, I would have written it down if I was cheating anyway. I thought piebald was just the face. No, it can be splotches all over. Well, if it's splotches. But I think it's like a weird, it's like a very informal term for a genetic condition.

Well, yeah. It seems like. Because, you know, Appaloosa horse, they're. There's piebald horses. Yeah. But that's what they're bred for. And they're not, they are no longer referred to as a piebald. Sometimes they are.

Well, isn't it reducted? You're like, it's a piebald Appaloosa. So like paint horses, it's technically piebald, isn't it? But you call them paint horses because that's just the vocabulary we use. But it's like a genetic trait that they breed for. I guess what I'm saying is I'm expecting more out of the national deer. I want to know more about Dalmatia. What's that?

I think that's a real word. It's piebald. It's a region. On the Adriatic. Piebald deer will have blotches of white fur while maintaining their normal eye, nose, and hoof color. Albino deer will have completely white coats with pink eyes, pink noses, pink or white hooves,

and pink or white velvet. It's estimated that about one in 1,000 deer are piebald and one in 30,000 deer are albino. You can read my recent article on TheMeatEater.com about a piebald elk that was recently shot in New Mexico. Thank you, Maggie. Very good. And Cal, yeah, the piebald thing, sometimes it's like 10% of deer, like you'll see some extra white around their legs. Other deer like covers 90% of them. They, they turn white. Not limited to just one spot.

I mean, that's like part of the deal. Like I shot a doe this year that had a white around her hooves and I wasn't taking pictures on Instagram or telling people, you know what I shot. Sounds like a you problem. Pie ball deer. Phil, we have one question left.

Who is left in the game? Cal and Randall have eight points. And in first place, Brody Henderson has nine points. Perfect game on the line for Brody. Tie this blee hotch up. Better be a good 10 here, Spencer. Question 10. The topic is woodsmanship.

This climate pattern translates to little girl in Spanish and refers to when strong trade winds push warm water towards Asia. Brody, very, very confident in his answer. This may close out the perfect game for him. Distance himself from Cal and Randall. This climate pattern translates to little girl in Spanish

and refers to when strong trade winds push warm water towards Asia. We better do the tiebreaker just for fun because this is such a letdown. I'm not going to lie. It is a little anticlimactic. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying El Nino. Hansi saying

La Nina. Chester saying La Nina. Randall saying La Nina. Mackenzie saying La Nina. Everyone says La Nina. They got it. The correct answer was La Nina. Did you do that on purpose? He did the male version. El Nino, which is wrong.

On your Spanish down in Mexico, right? La Nina's powers felt across North America. Typically, this results in a drought in the southern United States, heavy rain in the Pacific Northwest, colder temps in the north, warmer temps in the south, and a more severe hurricane season. La Nina also creates colder, more nutrient-rich waters off of North America's west coast, which is beneficial for squid and salmon.

NOAA predicts we'll transition from El Nino to La Nina in the summer of 2024. Brody is our winner with the perfect game, 10 correct answers. We're not going to do a tiebreaker. And then if Cal wins the tiebreaker, we'll split the thousand bucks between two different conservation groups.

That sounds like a great idea. I bet folks on YouTube would really be into that. Can I play along? We'll split it three ways. Nine. You're going to twist my arm. I guess we'll do a tiebreaker. I think we've once done a tiebreaker Just for the fun of it

And that was during the wives and girlfriends episode I think you owe it to the audience After that lame question 10 Okay Seth you got the lame question wrong Here is the tiebreaking question Can we have a pizza party afterwards? As long as we're just throwing out requests.

I got orange slices outside for you. The topic is cooking. According to the USDA, how many calories are in a raw 3-ounce serving of wild-caught channel catfish? Phenomenal question. This is a good question. Alright.

Do you see the difference? According to the USDA, how many calories are in a raw three-ounce serving of wild-caught channel catfish? Cal, this could just be for real if you were stuck with Piebald. I don't have to participate in this. This is more fun.

It means nothing. As per usual, we're going to just the closest. Closest. This is not Price is Right rules. Who's eating a three-ounce serving of catfish? That's very small. Write it to...

That's how I do all that stuff. It's just the measurements. Sashimi catfish. It's like if you're getting a bunch of catfish bites. It's not even enough for one sandwich. It's too big for a bite. It's just like the standard nutritional measurement. Do you have a Prep for your answer

What it would be like from an actual I absolutely do Well from a fish farm I have the fish farm difference Write your answer to.1 decimal places That way We have a winner for certain Hans's answer is out there

For all to see. Maggie, go ahead and participate. Is everybody ready? Can we do it Price is Right style where you can't go over? I don't think so. I really dislike the prices. That's just an excuse for them to give

away less money when they do that. That's what's going on there. Go ahead. Oh, hold on. We're still waiting on Cal. You're on a dollar. You're up a dollar. It strikes me that we could wager that.

We wager that right here. Who is closer? Sure. Okay. Okay. So Seth has won the bet with Chester, and now it may wind up that Chester ends up paying Hansi because Hansi is now doing a $1 bet with Seth as to who is closer on this tiebreaker.

Is everybody ready? Yeah. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying 90.1. Hansi saying 90.0. Chester saying 100.0. Randall saying 97.1. Mackenzie saying 117.0. Randall saying 97.1. Mackenzie saying 117.0.

Cal saying 21. Maggie saying 30.2. Brody saying 188.0. Dying. The correct answer is 80.8 calories. Meaning Hansi gets the dollar from Chester. 80.8. I think Hansi was the closest. He was

9.2 calories off. Brody and Cal went with the widest spectrum in the room. They gave us our lowest and highest answers. Hansi, do you have Venmo? Are we going to donate this money to someone, Spencer? Now that is 20 calories less than a channel catfish that came from a fish farm.

So your wild-caught channel catfish has 20 fewer calories than a fish farm catfish. Working for a living. Brody has $1,000 to donate because of his perfect game. Brody, where is that $1,000 going? We haven't dumped any money into the land access initiative in a while so let's do that thousand dollars going to the lai are we going to have another project this year cal i'm jumping the gun a little bit here but i it's going to be mid to late march okay that's a quick turnaround. Is our next auction. Oh, all right.

The next auction house of oddities is mid to late March. You haven't zoned in on a spot yet. No, sorry, I have. So that was the actual question. Timing is going to be mid to late March for the fundraising efforts, but we got bills due on the Wyoming corner crossing case. And the reason that that is perfect for the land access initiative is because as it's made its way up

through the federal courts, it can have national impacts here. So in Wyoming alone, 2.4 million acres of just corner locked. The most of any state in the country. Public ground. And then we're at like 1.7, I think in Montana,

1.7 million of actual like corner locked, where as we all know, it takes a footstep to get from public to public without ever infringing on somebody's private property rights. So this is a clear just use of our access money for big access impacts. $1,000 going to the Meat Eater Land Access Initiative. We have the Auction House of Oddities coming up in about a month from now. Join us next time for more Meat Eater trivia,

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