The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 531: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CIII

Episode Date: March 13, 2024

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella,  Clay Newcomb, Jason Phelps, Brent Reaves, Hunter Spencer, Dave Smith, Paul Lewis, and Brad Cochran. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey folks, exciting news for those who live or hunt in Canada. You might not be able to join our raffles and sweepstakes and all that because of raffle and sweepstakes law, but hear this. OnX Hunt is now in Canada. It is now at your fingertips, you Canadians. The great features that you love in OnX are available for your hunts this season. Now the Hunt app is a fully functioning GPS with hunting maps that include public and crown land, hunting zones, aerial imagery, 24K topo maps, waypoints and tracking. You can even use offline maps to see where you are

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 host, Spencer Newhart, and today we're joined by Steve Rinella, Clay Newcomb, Brent Reeves, Hunter Spencer, Jason Phelps, Paul Lewis, Dave Smith, and Brad Cochran. 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. Now, Dave and Brad, this is your first time playing Meadeater Trivia. How do you think you're going to do? I'm going to bomb. You think so? My confidence is at an all-time low. Okay.

This reminds me of like high school report that's due the next morning, and I've been checking traps all morning. That could help you in this game, though. It could help. Well, the thing is, I might know the answer, but I will just freaking lock up and panic, like when I can't remember my uncle's name or something. But you know what?

I'm going to get through it. Okay. Before the show, I was saying Dave didn't have much confidence, and he said I was giving him too much credit. He has zero confidence is what he's declared. Brad, how do you think you're going to do a meat eater trivia? Topic is hunting, fishing, conservation, cooking. Oh, okay. Well, in that case, I might do okay.

I was worried you were going to say, like, we were going to talk about Einstein's theory of relativity or something. Yeah, no. Which case. I hope so. I probably wouldn't do so well. I'd be satisfied if I could figure out a way to ask that question. It's not in today's round, but yeah, maybe someday I could fit that in. Okay, fair enough.

Paul, did you ever think about naming your company the Paul Lewis Gear, like Phelps and Dave here did? We had this conversation earlier. You did? Yeah, we, FHF, I wish I would have thought that through and made it something a little easier to pronounce, but Fuffgear doesn't roll off the tongue. Now each week here on Trivia, we reveal a new stat. For the stat of the week this week,

we're looking at the prevalence of the name David Smith in America. David Smith is the second most popular full name in america david smith is the second most popular full name in the united states do you have any guesses as to what is first john smith john smith yeah that's not it any other guesses as to what the first most popular name is you have smith right really george paul george no uh james James Smith is the most popular full name. So you guys flirted with the right answer, but you didn't quite get it. It's estimated there are 42,000 David Smiths living in America right now. That means you could take every David Smith in the country,

sell out Wrigley Field with just David Smiths, and still have enough David Smiths left over to play a baseball game against each other. And you could page David Smiths and still have enough David Smiths leftover to play a baseball game against each other. And you could page David Smith. Yeah. See what happens. Dave, how many Dave Smiths do you know? I know, I know a couple for sure. Even now, which is cool. But I just remember my best friend in grade school, his name was Tim Jones. And we'd get caught climbing up on top of the roof or something like that, and they'd catch us, and they'd say, what are you guys' names? We'd be like, Dave Smith, Tim Jones,

and they're like, what are your real names? Alias Smith and Jones. Yeah, Alias Smith and Jones. Also on the show, we have an infrequently asked question segment where we answer fan questions about trivia. This week, our question comes from Clay Newcomb. Clay, what's your question?

Well, okay, so there's a lot of stuff thrown around about who's the best at this game. You know, like wins, losses, all this. Yep. I'm interested in percentage of wins per times you've been in the game. Yep. And I think I've got a shot. I can't tell you the answer off the top of my head.

I've covered it before. But, Clay, you're top three. You're like right there. I feel like I win a lot. Yeah, Clay does very well. He also doesn't play that often. And get, like, no credit. We give you your credit.

Another strong performer who doesn't play all that often is Tony Peterson. Yeah. You and Tony both do well. We could use more Clay and more Tony on. If Steve and Brody aren't here, I'll have a chance. Yeah. You're right up there, Clay. You told me, Spencer told me early on, he just nailed it.

He was like, Clay, your weakness is cooking. Yeah. And fishing. You admitted that, though. I have two weaknesses. I've seen you cook. Only half the game. I agree.

Only half the game I agree only half the game is his weakness now for the housekeeping portion of today's show I want to have Steve share a story that I heard at his birthday party

over the weekend one of Steve's old college roommates explained how Steve developed a foolproof way of keeping a house party from getting busted by the cops

and while Steve has contributed many great things to the hunting and fishing community I'm convinced this will be his greatest contribution of all steve tell folks that story uh it started out where we were coming back from fishing um steelhead on the pier marquette river and someone in front of us hit a deer and i kept the deer and took it back i was living i was in school and living in grand rapids michigan what time of year uh it was late it was later in the year maybe late may early june

i can't quite remember or it might have been like now and then you'd get some chinook up in i can't we were fishing the pm okay because now then you get some chinook in that river you'd get chinook sometimes in July, which is weird. Either way, we're fishing that river. That makes more sense. Either way, guy hits a deer. And I'd take the deer and I'd take it back. And I was living in kind of a flop house.

Like none of the people in the house were on the lease. And none of the people in the house even really knew who the house was rented from. It's just people rotated in and out and i was on a in rotation and it was friends of mine that lived there and we had an idea we were going to take the deer i had and so cut it up and sew it into a pig and have a pig roast and somehow i found out that you could do a block party. A family reunion could block the road off for some roads. So I registered a family reunion under an alias that I still use. David Smith. No.

No. And sure enough, the cops came. What was the scene of this place? Like, how many kids were there? I assume many underage. Oh, like way over 100. Yeah, many underage. Like, a lot of people were there.

Broad daylight. We had a big sign that said the blank, blank family reunion, and lo and behold, the cops did show up. We did tell them, oh, it's our family reunion. Well, that's the punchline of the whole thing is you saying that a cops never break up a family reunion yeah that was the funny part and then he went and did this and my buddy remembers that when the cop did come the cop observed that i think my brother's in there and then he said well well, you must know so-and-so. Let's be part of the family.

That's an incredible story, Steve. So in registering your family reunion party, no one actually does any research to find out if, in fact, they take you at face value when you tell them that you're having a family reunion and that you need to block your road off. That is something that's going to be used on college campuses around the country this spring, Steve. It's a great piece of advice. Now, the Shelby Index for today's round is a four, so our winner

should get eight correct answers. And with that, we're on to the game of trivia. Play the drop, Phil. Look, I need to know what I stand to win. Everything. How's that? Just stand to win everything. Game on, suckers!

Question one. The topic is conservation, and this will be multiple choice. Which of these endangered species... Well, can I interrupt? What do you got? You should tell everybody about how, what we did with the, what we did in Portland.

Yeah, so our 100th episode came out and we tried a new style of meat eater trivia that we're referring to as meat poll, where I survey hunters and anglers and they answer a question one of two ways. And then the people in here predict their answers. We did this at the Portland, uh, PNW sportsman show where I walked around and I surveyed over 100 people who were attending this event, ask them questions like, do you believe in Bigfoot? Does your hunting dog sleep in bed? Um, would you rather be attacked

by an alligator or a mountain lion? Uh, the most stunning piece of data we gathered, I think, was do you believe in Bigfoot? Well, Spencer, without realizing it, or maybe with realizing it, was doing his survey in very close proximity to the Bigfoot booth. Yeah, I've been to. There was a Bigfoot believer booth. There's a Bigfoot believer booth. Yeah. I've, I've been to, there was a Bigfoot believer booth. There's a Bigfoot believer booth. So he comes back. He's like 40% of people believe in Bigfoot. I'm like,

yeah, at the Bigfoot booth. Go to the other side of the room. Yeah. I've been to like a half dozen of these types of shows. I've never seen booth space dedicated to Bigfoot, but the Portland show had one. Now also mind you,

Washington leads the country in Bigfoot sightings. It's just a it's just a Bigfoot area. But 41 percent of people at this event who were buying calls from Jason Phelps and buying gear from Paul and Dave Smith decoys, they believed in Bigfoot. Forty one percent. Forty one percent. How many people were joking when they said it? Well, you know, it's the opposite way, Clay. People would like they were kind of bashful about saying that they did believe in Bigfoot.

Depending on who was around them, they'd be like, yeah, mark me down. Or they'd like kind of, they'd eye who could hear their answer and they would say yes. Well, that's why Trump polled low in 2016. Oh, okay. People didn't want to talk about it. They didn't want to fight about it. Well. So later when they're like, how were the polls so wrong?

A lot of people were like, I don't feel like arguing about it. I was going to act like I like someone I don't. Yeah. Meanwhile, I learned that 8% of people there believed that the moon landing was faked, which is lower than the national average, but they far exceed the amount of people who believe in Bigfoot. So they have their conspiracy theory, and that's Bigfoot, but don't bother asking about a moon landing.

They don't buy it. Question one. The topic is conservation. This is multiple choice. Which of these endangered species has the highest population in the wild? Is it blue whales, California condors, red wolves,

or black-footed ferrets. Which of these endangered species has the highest population in the wild? Your four choices. Blue whales, California condors, red wolves, black-footed ferrets. Now, Dave, you were quick to answer.

Is that just to, like, get it over with, or do you know this one? It was to get it over with. Dave, give me a to answer. Is that just to, like, get it over with, or do you know this one? It was to get it over with. Okay. Dave, give me a little peek what you got, buddy. Steve agrees. Waiting on Hunter and Jason. Blue whales, California condors, red wolves, black-footed ferrets.

Which of those has the highest population in the wild? Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Dave saying blue whales. Paul saying blue whales. Brent saying black-footed ferrets. And he drew us a raccoon-looking black-footed ferret. Phelps saying black-footed.

Why did you draw a raccoon there? I did that before you asked the question. That was his mascot. That was his mascot. Phelps saying black-footed ferrets. Hunter saying blue whales. Clay saying blue whales. Brad saying black-footed ferrets.

Steve saying blue whales. The correct answer is blue whales. About half of you got that right. It's estimated that in the wild, there are 35 red wolves, 350 California condors, 450 black-footed ferrets and 15 000 blue whales blue whales is one of those ones that they put on the that they give endangered species protection to because they feel like it ought to be it's like with the new wolverine one sure they feel

like it ought to be endangered yeah a lot of ocean critters are given a little more leeway. Or they're like, I wish it was endangered because it'd be sweet if we could put it on the endangered species list. The greatest threats to blue whales are vessel strikes, entanglement in fishing gear, pollution, and ocean noise.

Blue whale populations are on the rise and biologists are starting to see them return to places they were once extirpated. Let's go. Question two. The topic is biology. This next great question comes to us via David Escobales. This eight-letter word is defined as, quote,

the hard upper shell of a turtle or crustacean. Steve knows it. Well, I got to count. Okay. He's doing the hangman method this eight letter word is defined as the hard upper shell of a turtle or crustacean you have to spell it right you don't have to spell it right uh but i hope you have eight letters i think that anything that has to do with how you spell it should be spelled right

not we're not gonna we're not gonna make you that'd be a good genre of question I think that anything that has to do with how you spell it should be spelled right. We're not going to make you spell it right. That'd be a good genre of question. Just spelling. No, be like a type of question. How do you spell and then give a biological term? We did that once. Oh, you did? It was, we did the winning word from the kid spelling bee, which was moorhen, which is a way to describe a coot.

We had you spell moorhen. It's the only time in meat eater history, we've now had like 1,100 questions, the only time where spelling has mattered. Here's the question again. This eight-letter word is defined as, quote, the hard upper shell of a turtle or crustacean. Who thinks they have it right? The room does not look confident. You're coming up with seven letters? Yeah.

Are you writing top shell? No. Oh. Wait a minute. Eight-letter word. Steve is the only one who has any confidence. I know I got it right. Okay.

Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Can I get extra credit for the bottom? No. We have Dave saying turtle house. Paul without an answer. Brent saying epic crust. Oh, wow.

That was a good answer. Phelps without an answer. Hunter saying mollusk. Clay saying exoskeleton. He ran a few words over, a few letters over. Brad without an answer. Or Brad saying exoskeleton. He ran a few words over, a few letters over. Brad without an answer. Or Brad saying exoshell. Steve saying carapace.

Steve got it. The correct answer is carapace. The carapace is the exoskeleton on the dorsal side of a turtle, while the plastron is the shield on the ventral side. Typically, a male's plastron will be concave, and a female's plastron will be convex, which helps them during breeding. Also, a female's plastron is usually muted in color,

which is one of the best ways to identify the sex of a turtle. Hit me with that again, that last tidbit. So if you look at the bottom of a turtle shell, if it's very vibrant in color, that's likely a male. If it's very vibrant in color that's likely a male if it's very muted in color that's likely a female i didn't know that now you can go out there sex and turtles well you know it's not like you read that somewhere you know that no i read that it's like a blue crab's got the blue bottom there you go question three that's a great little tidbit. Question three. The topic is foraging.

What vulgar name is often used to describe half-free morel mushrooms? The room is stumped. The topic is foraging. What vulgar name is often used to describe half-free morel mushrooms? Half-free. Half-free. Could you describe what that means? Like poking through the...

Not going to help you out. Half-free is what some folks would refer to this type of mushroom, but there's a vulgar nickname that goes along with it. What vulgar name? What if I had a moral... Just tell me what... Like, who's the guy from, you know,

the guy from Tennessee that wouldn't fight in World War II? Yeah. Mm-hmm. A Quaker. Yeah. So you know the answer, you're saying. I know the answer, but I have moral obligations to saying it. I'd like the point.

So you know, but you don't want to put it down. I'm kidding. I don't know. But would it be below you, Clay want to put it down i'm kidding i don't know but what would it be uh below you clay to write it down if i guess it depends how vulgar it is right okay it depends steve you have this one right you're the only one who's come up with an answer like i probably got it okay what vulgar name is often used to describe half free morel mushrooms this may stump the room this is question three something bulger that's a good strategy where I'm at is I'm not even wanting to explore I'm like because I mean like what am I going to write? This is a lose-lose for me. Clay, your mom would want you to win, buddy. You think so?

It's like your mom would want. Okay, Juju, here we go. She would wait. If you don't do it out of respect for your upbringing and let your ma down by losing it. It's okay, sweetie. Clay, who would you donate to if you won? The Western Bear Foundation.

They need you. I have donated to them before and to Howl. Do it for them Clay think about all those bears all that bad legislation and then write down a bad word and then think about you sitting in hell with the healthy population of bears above you

does everybody have an answer now Brent it's like a level of vulgar where I'm comfortable reading it on the podcast. So, yeah, maybe use that for your judgment. My wife watches this show. Okay. Can I just say like a scale from 1 to 10 on a vulgar scale? It's like a 2. It's not that bad.

I'd say like a 3. Okay. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Dave saying... I'll skip Dave. Paul saying, turtle head. That'd just be a little treat for the YouTube audience.

They can see Dave's answer. Brent saying, lo and behold. Phelps saying, gnome dick. Hunter saying, bastard. Which is, that's like on the right level of thinking. Clay saying the female name for a dog. No, no, no. I actually didn't have any. I mean, it was arbitrary.

Okay. Brad saying whorls. I wasn't thinking that. I like that. Steve saying pecker heads. Steve got it. Hey! The correct answer is peckerhead or dog pecker mushroom.

Juju, I was not thinking that word. It was a joke me putting it all in a little. Peckerhead morels are edible but resemble some lookalikes that are toxic. Peckerheads smell and taste like morels and can be cooked in a similar fashion. They tend to have a longer stem than morels, with the top of the cap being connected directly to the stem. Peckerheads are a good indicator that you're in the right area at the right time to find morels.

Steve, so you knew that one. Have you seen peckerheads out in the wild? Have you ever picked them and eaten them? You haven't. You just stay away from peckerhead mushrooms. I'm familiar with them, but I had them lumped under the falsies yeah it's probably it's a safe way to forage um but if you knew what you were looking at you could take a

peckerhead why you gotta try to make a little knock on me i don't think i was oh you're like oh yeah but if you knew what you were looking question four the topic is hunting this is our listener question of the week which was won by andrew washburn for setting this great question andrew is going to get a board game signed by the crew if you want a chance to win our listener listener question of the week, which was won by Andrew Washburn for setting this great question. Andrew 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 the meat eater.com. The topic is hunting. What Greek hunter can be seen in the night sky aiming a bow at a bull? Brent and Paul, they know this one. Steve looks confident as well.

What Greek hunter can be seen in the night sky aiming a bow at a bull? Brent, you have this one right? That's a toss-up between two. Okay. Are you disappointed in Clay for not having an answer yet? No, I am. Clay is disappointed in Clay for not having an answer yet? No, I am. Clay is disappointed in Clay. What Greek hunter can be seen in the night sky aiming a bow at a bull?

I have no idea how to spell what I'm trying to say. There's a hint. Steve, is this going to keep the perfect game going? Do you have this one right? I think I got her. Okay. Steve thinks he has it. I didn't have any trouble spelling it, so it's probably wrong.

That's helpful. You guys want to get out of here? My buddy there and I said, man, I can't even. We were talking about AI, and he goes, I can't even barely spell AI. Clay and Brent, you got any more hints to trade each other here? No, we should have talked earlier. Come up with your hand signs. Chili.

Oh, check this out. My buddy, the blue collar scholar, Tommy Edson, he doesn't live in a cold climate, but he was over here in Montana and he texts me. He says says how do you people deal with the pissers on your windshield wipers freezing up and i said well you got to buy really low temp fluid he started thinking he was going to dump a bottle of cheap vodka in there and he went into the store and instead of buying like some schmiernoff or popov or something it occurred to him to put some uh isopropyl alcohol okay in there and he swore that that

fixed the problem it did it maybe it created another problem though that's what i'm waiting to hear flammable does everybody have an answer for the greek hunter that can be seen in the night sky aiming a bow at a bull go ahead and reveal your answers we have dave saying dimitri paul saying orion brent saying nimrod phelps saying he's built He spelled Socrates wrong. Hunter saying Apollo. Clay saying Poseidon. Brad saying Zeus. Steve saying Orion. Orion.

The correct answer is Orion. We had Dave and Steve and Paul. I'm sorry, Paul and Steve get that one right. Good job, guys. I told you it was between two. That was the other one you were debating between? But I decided against it because I kept thinking of Ryan's belt for some reason. He was wearing one of those FHF gear belts. What's weird is he's packing a bow, but he's got a sword, too.

Oh, really? Some cultures depict him as holding a shield instead of a bow, and then he's got a sword or a club. I like the bow version of it. I think he's got a fish bonker. Oh, there you go. According to Greek mythology, Orion was a legendary hunter who was banished to the sky for boasting about how many animals he could kill.

Now he and his two hunting dogs eternally chase Taurus the bull, but are never able to catch him. Orion can be used for navigation in the northern hemisphere by looking at his belt, which roughly runs east to west. Question five. The topic is gear. What state is the Great American Outdoor Show held in? That's a real give me.

This will be a bone to our, I don't know, maybe if you own a business that makes outdoor gear, this would potentially help you. So you're saying we shouldn't get this wrong? You're throwing a bone to the whole room. What if you can't spell the state? Don't give hints like that. There's a little hint from Clay.

Brent has a blank board right now. And a blank stare. What state is the Great American Outdoor Show held in? This is question five. Brent, just try to think. What's the greatest American state? It's going to Arkansas.

I didn't know they had that in Arkansas. When you think of America, what state pops in your mind? The Great American Outdoor Show. I'm going back with my original. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Dave saying Illinois. Paul saying Pennsylvania.

When you close your eyes and think of America, Massachusetts pops into your head? No. Arkansas does. Brent saying Massachusetts. Phelps saying Pennsylvania. Hunter, Clay, Brad, and Steve saying Pennsylvania. They got it. The correct answer is Pennsylvania.

The nine-day event wrapped up in early February. The Great American Outdoor Show is the world's largest outdoor expo. It's estimated that over 200,000 people attended the event to see over 1000 exhibitors. The show has been held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania since 1956. That's where I met Buck Bowden. Oh, you guys just hit it off. Here you are today with that big old moose

upstairs now. No, I had nothing to do with Buck Bowden. Nothing. Okay. Buck doesn't get any credit for that big old moose. How many of you guys been to the Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg?

I've never been. It's even Brad. That's it. Okay. Phil, we're halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard update. Sure thing. Brent, I'm so sorry.

Big old goose egg you've yet to make. Ow, Brent. Impression on the board. Man, that's worse than I normally do. Jason, Dave, and Brad, I'll have one point apiece. Hunter, Spencer, and Clay Newcomb have two. Paul Lewis has three. And in first place with a perfect game,

it's Steve and Rinella. Perfect game for Steve. Hey folks, exciting news for those who live or hunt in Canada. And boy, my goodness do we hear from the Canadians whenever we do a raffle or a sweepstakes. And our raffle and sweepstakes law makes it that they can't join. Whew, our northern brothers get irritated. Well, if you're sick of, you know, sucking high and titty there, OnX is now in Canada.

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if you visit onxmaps.com slash meet on X maps.com slash meet. Welcome to the, to the on X club. Y'all question six. The topic is fishing. This next great question is via Dustin bins.

The furthest inland. This fish has ever been documented in north america is near alton illinois on the mississippi river the topic is fishing the furthest inland this fish has ever been documented in north america is near alton illinois on the mississippi river You're looking for a lot of specificity here. Yeah, sure. If you think the answer is white-tailed deer, you need to say white-tailed deer.

I would put that down. What if we just said deer? That would not be good enough. You need to put white-tailed deer. Paul, Steve, and Clay all were quick to answer. Clay, do you know this one? I'm like 85%, 80. You didn't just write down deer.

That's right. Okay. Dave, can I have that decoy right there? Absolutely. What's special about that one? That's a true three-quarter strut. And I like the stand. Seven-eighths strut.

Seven-eighths strut. It's hard to walk in this room without kicking a decoy at this point. Hey, the room looks really good since the last time I've been here. Oh, you ain't seen nothing yet, dude. We got a lot of work to do in here. Phil wants to paint the whole thing.

Really? He don't like the white. Me and Phil are going to paint this whole place. Yeah, it's white. Yeah, it's kind of bright. We're going to roll it with a roller. Okay. Here's the question again.

What color? Phil Kemp's side. If it was darker, it would be a little warmer. Yeah, I'm thinking like a dark, like forest green, maybe like a dark blue. What I might, I'll think about having a sign up where you can volunteer to come. It's going to be called Paint with Stephen Phil.

Yeah. And HR, it'll be like you sign up on an HR. Yeah. But you have to be a professional painter. painter no just come and help take shit down paint hang stuff back up yeah me and me and steve are gonna be like tom sawyer we could we could do it in a half day yeah i'll be like i don't know man i don't know if i want you painting the walls in here you'd be like come on dude let me paint you need a mural steve a mural I mean, just of something really cool. I'm a big mural guy.

Here's the question one more time. This is question six. The furthest inland this fish has ever been documented in North America is near Alton, Illinois on the Mississippi River. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Dave saying Atlantic salmon. Paul saying Baskin's shark.

Brent saying Asian carp. Phelps saying swordfish. Hunter saying channel cat. Clay saying tiger shark. Brad saying bull shark. Steve saying bull shark. We have a correct answer in the room. It's bull shark, Steve, and Brad.

That's a bunch of bull sharks. The bull shark was caught about 1,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico by two commercial fishermen in 1937. They noticed their mesh nets were getting raided by a large predator, so they built a wire trap and baited it with chicken guts. What they expected to be a muskie turned out to be a bull shark that was 5 feet long and 80 pounds. For more on this story, read my article on TheMeadEater.com called Could There Actually Be Bull Sharks in the Midwest? Wow. I did that better off just saying.

Man, I knew the story, but I didn't know it was in the 30s. 1937. There's even photographic evidence. Otherwise, it probably wouldn't be verified the way it is Question 7 The topic is hunting What migratory bird goes by nicknames

Such as Tarbellies and Gigglechickens What migratory bird goes by nicknames Such as Tarbellies and Gigglechickens This is question 7 This may ruin Steve's perfect game. He has not picked up his whiteboard yet. What migratory bird goes by nicknames such as Tarbellies and Giggle Chickens? We have Brad and Dave who appear to be confident.

Hunter joining them now. Clay, you feel good about your answer? Well, I'm a little gunshot after bullshit. Yeah. Arkansas probably has all kinds of things you guys call giggle chickens, would be my guess. Most of them are relatives. That's a good one, Brent.

Damn it, man. Got a good game going. Have you come up with an answer yet? Yeah, but I don't like it. Okay. Steve doesn't like what he wrote down. This is question seven. Is everybody ready?

I'm as ready as I'm going to be. Steve is not ready. I'm not going to get it. I don't know what it is. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Dave saying Pacific Whitefront Specklebelly. Paul saying Goose. Brent saying Specklebelly. Geese Phelps without an answer. Hunter saying Speckle belly. Paul saying goose. Brent saying speckle belly geese.

Phelps without an answer. Hunter saying speckle belly. Clay saying speckle belly goose. Brad saying white fronted goose. Steve saying loon. The correct answer is speckle belly geese or greater white fronted geese. The room did very well really rubbing it into Steve

who did not get that one right. Really quick apologies. Who wrote white fronted geese brad and uh dave they got that one right other nicknames for speckle bellies include specks bar bellies laughing geese and white fronts they're known for their distinctive salt and pepper markings on their breasts as well as their high-pitched hee-hee cackle. The only banded bird I ever shot was a specklebelly in South Dakota, which was banded in the Arctic Circle. Dave Smith makes tarbelly decoys, but they're currently out of stock. Man, we hunt them just like ducks back home.

I mean, they'll work into decoys just like ducks will. Now imagine if you had some Dave Smith decoys. Oh, it'd be murder. Oh, yeah. Had to paint them blaze orange. They wouldn't stand a chance. Do you guys sell a lot of speckle Dave Smith decoys. Oh, it'd be murder. Oh, yeah. Had to paint them blaze orange. They wouldn't stand a chance. Do you guys sell a lot of speckle belly decoys? Is that like a very, very niche market or bigger than you'd think?

Oh, we sell a lot of them. Yeah. They're popular in the South and California, but there are a lot of late spec seasons now throughout the Midwest and Northwest. And a lot of guys will freelance in Canada where there are a lot of specs. So, and just for the record, I didn't put greater white fronted goose because there's also a lesser. Hmm.

They're found in Europe. Got that one. Right. Though, Steve, do you feel, uh, how do you feel about not getting that one,

man? Like I, I didn't really know what to put down. Did you homunculus? No, no. And then, but what I did know is that these boys answered it so fast.

I was like, it's definitely something they hunt. And then I just kind of clammed up. Went with a loon. Question eight, the tabagist cooking. You're saying you thought that we hunt loons? No, no. I knew I was wrong in how cockily they answered it. It's like they're definitely

intimate. They're intimate. They're like, oh, yeah. So I knew it wasn't a loon. Not that they're not intimate. They're intimate. They're like, oh yeah. Yeah. So I knew it wasn't a loon. Question eight. Not that they're not intimate with loons, but there's just like a cockiness I picked up. The topic is cooking. This next great question is via Tony Estrada.

What's the six letter name of the bowl used for crushing and grinding ingredients for food and cocktails. What's the six-letter name of the bowl used for crushing and grinding ingredients for food and cocktails? The room looks very confident. We will get a scoreboard update from Phil the Engineer after this. This is question eight. What's wrong, Phelps? It's very clearly explained, but I don't know if I knew which one's which now. Okay.

He's encountered a potential trick. You may have just helped me. Yeah, man. If you're saying it, if you're saying something, you know it or else you can't say it. I was going to be quiet. So there's no point in saying it. I feel like it was dug out of me there. Thanks, Jason. We waterboarded Jason. I felt like I was thinking what you just said.

I probably just switched mine and got it wrong. I hope so. Yeah, for the record, Clay did change just said. I probably just switched mine and got it wrong. I hope so. Yeah, for the record, Clay did change his answer. I did, 100%. Based on what Jason said. I feel like I could get out of this in court. Here's the question again. What's the six-letter name of the bowl used for crushing and grinding ingredients?

I don't think you've got anything to be afraid of, Steve. I'm losing this game. Is everybody ready? I think you're closer than you think, Clay. Go ahead and reveal your answer. We have Dave saying

komai. Paul saying pestle. Brent saying pestle. Phelps saying pestle. Hunter saying mortar. Clay saying mortar. Brad Hunter saying mortar. Clay saying mortar. Brad without an answer. Steve saying mortar. The correct answer is mortar.

I'm going to have to Google komai. Is that how you spell that indeed? I've never heard of that. That's for Spanish speakers. But also you see it used. When I Google your spelling. When you're making a big old batch of guacamole, you're not using a mortar and pestle. You're using the same thing, but it you see it used. When I Google your spelling. When you're making a big old batch of guacamole,

you're not using a mortar and pestle. You're using the same thing, but it's a komai. Is it a kamila? No. You can have the point, Dave. I'm not that passionate about it. My Google result is yielding nothing. We have one at our house.

My wife uses it all the time. I trust you. I don't know how to spell it. The pestle is the grinding club, while the mortar is the bowl. The oldest known pestle and mortar was found in southwest Asia and dates back to 35,000 B.C. Most early examples are small and handheld, but some versions that date back to 10,000 B.C. are big enough for a person to stand inside of. One of those large mortars from a cave in Israel is believed to be a spot where humans crushed cereal grains to brew beer.

Phil, we have two questions left. Give us a leaderboard update. I'll just cut to the chase and say that Steven Rinella is the winner. Oh, really? Oh, that's no fun. Two questions left. I just feel like we have a chance. We're playing for seconds.

We're on a tight schedule here. But yeah, we've got, yeah, the next person back. Clay and Hunter have four points apiece. They're in second place. Battlegrounds over here. Question nine. The topic is natural history. This next great question is via Nate Parcell.

This Native American tribe, which is part of the Iroquois Nation, has a hairstyle named after it. Question nine. Topic is natural history. We have a confident looking room. This Native American tribe, which is part of the Iroquois nation, has a hairstyle named after it. Phelps, you have this one right? No, I was going for the joke

just real quick and then realized I probably might know the answer okay Clay you know this one I mean I think so I really lost my confidence came in here talking about your great percentage of wins

and you let Steve take the victory with two questions well I don't think I've ever beat Steve. Maybe once. Wow. But when he's not here, that's when I show up. All right. Here's the question one more time.

This Native American tribe, which is part of the Iroquois Nation, has a hairstyle named after it. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Dave saying mohawk. Paul saying mohawk. The entire room Dave saying Mohawk. Paul saying Mohawk. The entire room said Mohawk. The room did well.

The entire room got it right. The correct answer is Mohawk. Phelps erased mullet. That was the joke he was going for. I came up with Mohawk. At the time of European contact, the Mohawk tribe was present in Vermont, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Quebec, and Ontario. They were the easternmost part of the Iroquois Confederacy. Some historians say the Mohawk haircut was an attempt by warriors to make their scalps a more attractive target for their enemies than those of the women and children.

Wow. Question 10. The topic is wildlife. What Arizona Diamondback pitcher killed a dove with a fastball during a 2001 spring training game? Phelps and Brent are very confident. Hunter's very confident. Steve has rolled his marker across the table.

Can't come up with a sports ball player. It's a great video, though. You might just see it after this. What state? What Arizona Diamondback pitcher killed a dove with a fastball during a 2001 spring training game? That thing just obliterated. Poof. Who was that guy?

I'll tell you in a minute. Dave Smith Yeah There's 42,000 of them to choose from Waiting on Steve to come up with an answer Clay, you got this one right? No, not even close I just put my favorite picture

That's one way to play Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Dave saying Randy Johnson. Paul without an answer. Brent and Phelps and Hunter saying Randy Johnson. Clay saying Nolan Ryan. Brad saying Randy Johnson. Steve saying James Smith.

Most popular name in America. The correct answer is Randy Johnson. The big unit. Play the video Phil. Did you get it right? I even put his nickname down. I love that the crowd even sees it happen. What are the odds, man?

Well, you could probably figure it out. You have to figure out how many pitches have ever been thrown and then put a one in front of that number with a colon. Johnson was delivering a pitch to home plate when the dove flew in the path of his fastball. The catcher described the scene as, quote, an explosion. The pitch didn't count, and it's estimated the ball was traveling at 100 miles per hour when it struck the bird.

A similar event happened during a Yankees game in Toronto in 1983 when Dave Winfield killed the Seagull with a warm-up throw. Winfield was initially charged by Toronto police with animal cruelty, but the case was later dropped. Maybe they thought he was doing it on purpose. I don't know.

You can't just go out winging fastballs at Seagulls on the beach. You know, I met Bryant Gumbel a long time ago. He was telling me how he killed a goose with a golf ball. Wow. By accident. One of my most vivid childhood memories. I might be messing that up.

No, he killed like a goose or a seagull with a golf ball. Geese love golf courses. One of my most vivid childhood memories, I was on the first grade playground and the second grade playground was over here, separated by like a ditch. And I picked up a rock and just chunk this rock into this empty field there wasn't a child within like 50 yards and hit a kid

and the rock just arches through the air and i see this kid just running and it's like slow motion and he like bam hits him in the head kid goes down did you fess up no oh really still, really? Still an unsolved crime. Nobody ever asked. Yeah, if there was a... I'm sorry, man. If there's a kid out there. Clay was nervous to write down peckerhead on his whiteboard.

He was fine stoning a child. I mean, we're all full of hypocrisy. Steve is our winner. What, eight points, Steve? Yeah. Eight points. Well done, Steve. Clay and Hunter couldn't catch him.

What happens now is you get to choose where the $500 donation from Meat Eater goes. What's it going to be? For this round, I'm trying to think of if I did LAI last time I was down here or if I did TRCP. I was going to say you did NWTF recently. I did do NWTF recently. What about turkeys for tomorrow? Well, here's what I'm going to do.

I'm going to do Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. Guaranteeing Americans quality places to hunt and fish. That's where I'm going. $500 going TRCP from Steve Rinella and MeatEater with his eight correct answers. Brad, Dave,

thanks for coming and playing. Was it as bad as you thought, Dave? Yep. Okay. He's never going to play again. This is your one opportunity to hear one of the 42,000 Dave Smiths play MeatEater trivia. Brad, how about you? Well, what was the final tally?

You'd have to ask Phil the Engineer. Would Steve win with eight? You know what? I didn't even mark down the Randy Johnson one because Steve won the game already. Did you get Randy Johnson, Brad? I did. Then you got five points. Well done, Brad.

Five out of ten. What place did I get? Honestly, you were tied for second or third. Okay. There you go. I finished second place to Steven Rinaldo. So you and I, we kind of hung in there a little bit. Maybe we'll let you and Dave and Brad team up next time.

Steve, have you ever been defeated? Oh, many times. It happens. Oh, yeah. I'm like, yeah. You're supposed to say no. And then I can say, I almost had him. I lose a lot.

I lose a lot. There's a handful of people that beat me a lot. And their names are Randall and Brody. When you tell the story, though, Brad, you can just tell, yeah, Steve has never lost before. He'd like that, I think. Join us next time for more Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. Hey folks, exciting news for those who live or hunt in Canada. You might not be able to join our raffles and sweepstakes and all that because of raffle and sweepstakes law, but hear this.

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