The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 534: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CIV

Episode Date: March 20, 2024

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella,  Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Danielle Prewett, Randall Williams, Cory Calkins, and Brendan Runde. 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 host, Spencer Newarth, and today we're joined by Steve, Yanni, Brody, Cal, Randall, Danielle, Corey, and Brendan Rundy. This is a 10-round quiz show with questions from Meat Eaters for Verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking, and there's a prize. Meat Eater will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing. Now, Brendan is our guest on today's episode, and for the first time ever, he is making

an appearance on trivia before he appears on the regular podcast because of some scheduling things. So, Brendan, give folks a preview of that episode of Meadeater by telling us about yourself. Thanks, Spencer. Brendan Rundy, marine scientist with the Nature Conservancy, which is the world's largest environmental non-governmental organization. I study a lot of things related to fish, but mostly what we talked about in the conversation that just concluded is offshore wind and fish and all of the various facets thereof.

And Brendan is quite competitive. He asked about playing trivia when he was invited to be a guest on the regular show. So I assume you're confident. You think you'll do okay. I don't think I'm going to win. I think I'll do okay. I might hang. Okay.

Yep. He did ask Steve before we recorded if Steve was going to be on this episode because he said it wouldn't feel like a win if he were to take the victory with Steve not being here. Just a guess here. Spend a couple minutes with the old run to TNC. It kind of strikes me as the type of guy who's going to get tied up. It's like, oh, everybody's got six points, and he's just going to crack right there.

Okay. Good joke. Yeah, pressure guy. The room is confident, and he's just going to crack right there. Okay. Going to choke. Yeah, pressure guy. The room is confident. I think I'm going to do it. Now, each week here on Trivia, we reveal a new stat. For the stat of the week this week, we're updating our total wins counter. At the top of the leaderboard is Brody with 30 wins.

That's followed by Steve with 21. Giannis with 13. Randall with 11. Cal with 5. Clay with 4. And Seth with 3. Brody, Steve, Giannis, and Randall are responsible for 75% of all the meat eater trivia wins. Brendan, maybe you need to break that up today and get a victory so that all the heavy hitters are in the room. Love to.

Yeah. See what you can do. Now, here's our infrequently asked question segment. If you have a trivia related question for our crew, send it to trivia at the media.com with the subject line. I F A Q. Carl Sorsby wants to know, what do you think is the worst question you've ever asked?

Maybe our players could answer that. Steve, what do you think is like the worst question that I've ever asked? Well, Phil, Phil came to the mic very quickly. I'm coming to the the mic to tell steve to go to his mic oh okay uh i've since proven you wrong about it too but i haven't brought it up that's your stupid thing about symbiosis you proved me wrong when did you prove me wrong i must not have been here when a

dude sent me an email proving you wrong no you were wrong about that steve i hate to tell you oh wrong about it plus plus you can't argue when i'm saying the encyclopedia britannica gives this definition okay but i'm saying that i could go like this i could say to you uh i could say to you uh according to the national earth society the earth is flat okay and you'd be like no it's not no it was a goofy flat earth website that would be a correct answer then yeah they'd be like uh i won't get into what you came to your mike the definition of mutualism is commonly held as the way spencer described it yeah there we go to answer the question what the worst question I've ever asked, a few come to mind. I've gone to the edge of our universe

and probably too far beyond with some of the cooking questions. I once had a question about what the two ingredients are in fry sauce. I don't feel great about that question. I struck that in from the board game. That didn't make it in there. If I ask a question about like

ranking the most popular onion colors in terms of like what's grown. Yeah. I like that one. Don't feel good about that one. One that's hung with me is when I asked a question about, I declared it the worst hunting song of all time. And it was Luke Bryan's drinking beer and wasting bullets. You felt bad about that?

Well, he got bullied on YouTube about it. Kind of bad. I saw the comments got deleted. So, you know, I'm like, who am I to tell Luke Bryan that his music sucks? But you're saying that he's paying attention to you? No, no, no. Not him. The people who uploaded the video and then the commenters who were like,

I came here for meat eater trivia. This song is disgusting. Yeah, being mean is fun until someone's feelings get hurt. Nashville's watching every week to see who catches a stray from Spencer. So, Luke, this is Spencer. Listen, my deets are on. You can DM me. Luke Bryan has no idea who we are.

I can apologize. But the people who upload his videos to YouTube, they were aware for a minute of us. Spencer, you didn't bring up any of the dumb TV questions that you asked. No, those aren't dumb. They're related to hunting like about some show that's 40 years old that like no i think that's the only kind of shows i know about yeah what about that perfectly fine what about that hemingway question with uh mistaken billfish identities uh yeah i mean well like i came the the following episode i came back i was like oh

yeah brody i'll give it to you i was wrong um well yeah because i mean we were right i worked myself into a pretzel um i don't think i was wrong about it i just i could have used uh better judgment about it and i've just been blatantly wrong i feel like the the dumb questions are very few and far between i wish i would have known that this was the ifaq of the day i would have prepared ahead of time and come with a list. Yeah. Now we'll get to our housekeeping. On a recent episode of Trivia, we had a question about America's hottest taco trend in 2020. The correct answer was a word spelled B-I-R-R-I-A. And I'm spelling that word because apparently me and the rest of the room butchered its pronunciation, which enraged a lot of emailers and commenters. So we're going to correct that today.

And Phil is going to bring the Latin flavor by nailing this pronunciation. Take it away, Phil. Yeah, that's what people turn to me for is Latin flavor, which is how I will say birria. Gotta roll that out there. Yeah, birria. We got it. Yeah. You think, is that satisfying?

Birria. Okay, very good. That's it. We had that last night for dinner. Oh, how was it? It was good. Steve made it. I made it with buffalo cheeks.

Say it for us. Say that word. I see both of you aren't choosing to say it. Birria. Okay, send your hate mail to Steve if you didn't like that. Now, the Shelby Index for today's round is a four, so our winner should get 8 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? You stand to win everything I'm starting to sweat This must be nerves, Steve. Game on, suckers!

Question one. The topic is hunting. And this first great question is via Robert Gallinato. Brody's not going to like this because it is related to media. What kind of coonhounds does Billy own in where the red fern grows? This is multiple choice. Are they blue tick plot, red bone or treeing Walker?

The topic is hunting. What kind of coon hounds does Billy own in where the red fern grows? Blue tick plot, red bone, treeing Walker. Who's confident in this room? Okay. Cal, Cal is the, yeah, Caling walker. Who's confident in this room? Okay, Cal.

Cal and Yanni. I'm confident. Cal and Yanni think they have this one right. Hunter Spencer just made a movie poster. We have this idea. It's a very inside joke, but a TV show called Dog Justice, where if your dog breaks a rule, there's a guy that exacts justice on the dog.

On the dog or on the owner? No, on the dog. What would be an example of justice? You catch a dog in a leash area off his leash. So the dog justice guy shows up and kills the dog. Okay. Anyhow, Hunter Spencer made a poster for the show where it's the guy,

it's the cutout from like the Red Fern Grows. No, we're talking about Old Yeller. That's who's got to kill his dog. And it says, dog justice. That dog don't hunt. Well, at least not anymore. I like how your example is like the off-leash area dog. The unleashed dog gets shot.

That kind of implies that every sentence is a death sentence. I keep hearing how Hunter Spencer is so busy. Yeah, but when you're at home sleeping or something, he just wakes up and makes something like that. Just for funsies. As a reminder, question one. What kind of coonhounds is Billyy own in where the red fern grows blue tick plot red bone treeing walker is everybody ready go ahead and reveal your answers we have brendan saying red bone yanni saying red bone

cal saying upside down red bone randall and cory saying red bone Brody saying treeing Walker. He crossed out plot. Danielle saying, what's that say? Danielle saying Redbone Steve saying Redbone. They got it. The correct answer is Redbone. Redbones are an American breed that took form a few decades before the civil war. They were bred by hunters who were successful at tracking gray foxes,

but always failed at tracking red foxes. They said red foxes were quicker and more wily and that their current coon hounds couldn't keep up. So they started selectively breeding fox hounds to create a courageous dog with superior tracking and treeing abilities, which was the foundation stock of the red bone. Who's hunted around a red bone in here? Yanni, do you know any dog owners in your network have a red bone? Oh, boy, Steve, you really bungled that camera. You can continue the show if you want.

I know of some, but I've never hunted them, hunted with them. We're on to question two. The topic is cooking. A burger named after this state is often topped with lettuce, tomato, onion, and avocado or guacamole. It's okay. He's ready.

He's up to question two there. Everyone got that last one right, Phil, except for Brody. If you needed that reminder. This is question two. The topic is cooking. A burger named after this state is often topped with lettuce, tomato, onion, and avocado or guacamole. Danielle is confident. Danielle, do you have

this one right? I sure hope so. Okay. Steve, you think you know this one or you're just guessing or certain? I'm not certain, but I got a good feeling. Lettuce, tomato, onion, and avocado or guacamole. If it said city, it would have to be Chicago

because they're putting all sorts of weird stuff on their burgers. I like my lettuce and tomato. Is that Jimmy? State of Margaritaville. That's what we're going with. Burger named after this state is often topped with lettuce, tomato, onion, and avocado or guacamole. The room looks stumped.

Can you stop saying avocado? How would you like to say it? Ah. Avocados from Mexico. Remember that? I do remember that. Is everybody ready? Corey, you have this one right?

Yeah. Randall, you have this one right. I've never heard a burger called my answer before. I don't have a better guess. As a reminder, Randall is a hot dog aficionado, but maybe not a burger aficionado. Oh, I love burgers. I'm just not into niche.

It's just tough. I like a standard burger. You ever put a hot dog on your burger? Every restaurant has ten different names for their burgers. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brennan saying California. Yanni saying Canada. Oh, no, California.

Cal saying California. Randall saying California. Corey saying California. Everybody said California. Everybody got it right. God, those are real softballs today. It's California. I have never heard a burger called a state.

The California burger earned this name because 90% of the country's avocados are grown in the state. Burger King even joined the trend in 2011 by creating the California Whopper, which came with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, guac, Swiss cheese, and bacon. If you want to learn how to make a California burger with a twist, then go to TheMeatEater.com and check out our recipe called California Wild Turkey Burger. If you want to learn how to make a California burger, put some avocado on top of it. Question three.

Question three. The topic is conservation. The catastrophic 2010 Gulf Coast oil spill was named after this specific rig that was being leased by BP. Danielle, our Texan in the room, trying to see if she can come up with a name.

My father-in-law drilled the relief well for this. The catastrophic 2010 Gulf Coast oil spill was named after this specific rig that was being leased by BP. I love seeing Brody in that little position over there, man. He's either praying or sweating. It's also the name of a Mark Wahlberg film, isn't it? I was going to say it.

He worked on the rig. If that gives it away. Shut up. Save it for his tidbit. I can't think when people are talking to me. You got to write it down. The catastrophic 2010 Gulf Coast oil spill was named after this specific rig that was being leased by BP. Steve thinks he has it.

Our guest, Brendan, thinks he has it. Is this his bone? Is this my bone? I hope not. Yeah, this should be his bone. I think it's your bone. Yeah. Brendan, what do you remember about that day?

Without saying the name of this place. Well, I remember the name. Man, day after day of CNN showing that stuff gushing into the water. I will say, not that anybody wants this to happen again, but a lot of conservation money came from that. Oh, wow. Okay. A lot of good conservation conservation projects People fall over the spoils Is there a scenario where a turbine

Could have some Doomsday scenario like that No Is everybody ready Brody Well like the turbine tips over And a buttload of oil comes ripping out of the room That'd be a surprise

It just keeps churning As a buttload of oil comes ripping out of the rim. That'd be a surprise. It just keeps sitting as a whole flock of whales come by. Chop them all. Chop up a whole pod. Is everybody ready? No, I'm not. I know it's going to come to me in the next 10 seconds. Keep talking. Let's go.

Let's go. You boys give up? Sure. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brendan saying Deepwater Horizon. That's go. You boys give up? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brandon saying Deepwater Horizon. Yanni without an answer. Cal saying 19. Mine's a little bit wrong.

Randall saying Deepwater Horizon. Corey without an answer. Brody without an answer. Danielle saying Deepwater Horizon. Steve saying Blue Horizon. The correct answer is Deepwater Horizon. We're not giving it to Steve. Blue Horizon?

This is a problem. You don't get that. Blue Bayou? I wouldn't be arguing for it. I'd be like, that's just wrong. The Deepwater Horizon rig was built in South Korea in 2001 and was owned by Transocean and operated by BP.

A judge ruled that BP was given 67% of the blame for the oil spill, while Transocean was assigned 30% and Halliburton was assigned 3%. Halliburton was the company who provided the cement intended to seal the well, which failed and caused the explosion that started the crisis. You remember when Mark Wahlberg jumped off that thing? So this is a book? Oh, it's a movie. Okay. Is it related to the Deepwater Islands? It's about it.

It's like the movie Titanic, about the Titanic. It's just one of those movies that's the title of the movie is the title of the event. I can't believe I've never heard of this. But what's it about? It's about Deepwater Horizon. Does he die? It's about the explosion.

It's not really about anything else, though. Because 10 people, no, 11 people died in the explosion. I don't have that. You have that. Question four. The topic is biology. This five-letter word is the name for the bony scales found on alligators and sturgeon.

Steve and Brendan and Brody and Cal are confident. Yanni hasn't picked up his whiteboard. Why are you telling everybody how many letters it's got? This five-letter word is the name for the bony scales found on alligators and sturgeon. Phil, why don't you just have Steve switch spots with Danielle? What is going on with the camera over here? Steve came in and punted it. Spencer, can I ask you?

It's a small room. I got a question here, too. Is this a plural? Right, same question. I don't think I'm going to give you any further hints. Don't answer that question The way that it's worded Remember about his dumbest stuff?

Yeah Right, it would be a word for I read it as a word for scales Multiple So it would need to end in an S if the question is written correctly Bony scales found on alligators So it would need to end in an S if the question is written correctly.

One of the bony scales found on alligators and sturgeons. Important clarification. I still don't know if my answer is correct, but I have a five-letter answer. Steve providing a slight hint. I'm not going to give you any more information, Danielle. Five-letter word. Randall said, you know, we're going to keep talking about this. I would have been wrong had I not. Oh, wow.

Cal is changing his answer. He was one of the first to come up with an answer. Yanni is still stumped. Yanni, has all this banter helped you at all? Not really. Five letters. Is everybody ready? Yeah, let's go.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brendan saying scoot. Yanni saying armor. Cal saying scoot. Randall saying plate. Corey saying scoot. Brody saying scoot. Danielle saying armor.

Steve saying scoot. The correct answer is scoot. Does Corey still get it even though he put those little hangman markers underneath it? I think we'll give it to him. I'm disappointed so many people got that. I even let Ramble cheat off me on that one. Sturgeon have five rows of scutes that run the length of their body. They act as armor and protect the fish when they're young and vulnerable.

Some other fish with scutes are pinecone fish, herring, and jacks. No one's counting, but I think that's two bones for Brendan. Yeah, why keep throwing the bones? I don't study alligators or sturgeon. Yeah, but you're a fisheries guy. We do do some sturgeon work. Well, so Corinne first described to me that we're having a fish biologist on the show.

So I wrote this question and then I later learned that you're a marine biologist with an emphasis on clean energy, which is how we got to the deep water horizon. So I wouldn't consider the scoot question a bone. It's like a plate of bones he's getting thrown. Question five. He's getting thrown like a museum specimen.

Fly Fisherman Magazine declared this large terrestrial, which looks like it crawled out of a nuclear disaster, one of the greatest flies of all time. Fly Fisherman Magazine declared this large terrestrial, which looks like it crawled out of a nuclear disaster, one of the greatest flies of all time. When you say terrestrial. Brody's gearing up to fight right now. As compared to extraterrestrial? Yeah, I am because. Well,

you're going to have to argue with the Fly Fisherman Magazine list if you don't like, if your answer isn't the same as my answer. So I would direct you to them. Corey has it right. He's handing out hints. He says he catches a lot of cutties on this one. Cutties. They like popcorn. Yanni, you have this one right. I believe so. The answer is trouble. I believe so.

Randall, do you have this one right? I believe so. Large terrestrial, which looks like it'd crawl out of a nuclear disaster, one of the greatest flies of all time. Brutal. This is question five.

This is, like, how many times have they done this list? This is a great reason as to why some of your questions are stupid. Right? Okay. Kyle, I would encourage you to come host an episode. In popular science, what's the most popular means of transportation? Not even close.

I'm sorry. It was the 1939 issue of PopSci. Yeah, I'd be like, outside Nags, he named this one of the best mountain towns. It's like, okay. That's a question we've done every year. Is everybody ready? Harsh, aren't they? Harsh.

You should like this question because Brendan seems like he's going to get it wrong. And I think he has a perfect game this far. Yanni, go ahead and don't show your answers yet. Is everybody ready? Yep. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brendan saying Helgramite. Yanni saying Chernobyl Ant.

Cal saying Chernobyl Ant. Randall saying Chernobyl Ant. Corey saying Chernobyl Ant. Brody saying Chernobyl Ant. Danielle without an answer. Steve without an answer. No, I got an answer. I'm not showing it to you.

Okay. I don't imagine that would fly if Chester. Interesting, the Three mile island grasshopper show his answer uh the correct answer is the chubby chernobyl but i think we'll give it to you okay i don't get blue water there are so many different kinds of chernobyl the chubby chernobyl is a variation there's no way you're gonna give chubby chernobyl and not give me blue horizon there is they got one word right i got one word right there's two words in the answer they got one i got one this would be an unanswerable

question if you didn't give us some leeway i feel no unless we all had read this particular dude i am taking that point if you do this steve is not getting a point regardless of how we land on this question brandon what do you think what? What do you think? Should they get it? Well, seeing as how I got it wrong, I don't think anyone else should get it, but I maintain Steve did not get Blue Horizon. It's kind of odd that you had a real consensus amongst the fly anglers in this room. The former fly fishing guides all had the same answer.

Yeah, but Chubby Chernobyl and Chernobyl Ant is farther apart than Deepwater and Blue Horizon. Let me read you my flavor text. Deepwater and Blue Horizon. Let me read you my flavor text. Deepwater and Blue Horizon. Let me read you my flavor text. The chubby Chernobyl is a descendant of the Chernobyl ant, which was created on Utah's Green River in 1991. The chubby Chernobyl was born about a decade later when some fly tires in Portland added

a flash tail and wings to the ant, which they originally referred to as Fat Bastard. The fly has been described as a guide's dream because even the most blind client can see a chubby Chernobyl floating on the surface. Horse radish. On your board, Steve, did you write Chernobyl? Blank, blank, blank. No.

I'm starting to come around to not giving it to you guys. Oh. Please don't give it to them. Corey, what would you, what do you have there? I mean, it's, they're all the same thing, whether it's an ant or a hopper or a beetle. If you told me to hand you. Now that fly is just called a chubby.

I think you're figuring out that you dug yourself a hole, Spencer. If you put something out super far in the deep water and you look from far away, it looks bluish because it's out so deep. If you told me to hand you a chubby Chernobyl and I handed you a Chernobyl ant, would you say, no, you handed me the Chernobyl ant? That's the same thing. You wouldn't.

I wouldn't be able to distinguish between those. It's not the same fly. Okay, then you don't get it. The answer was... They do not get the point. Nobody got that one right. And I'm like, it do not get the point. Nobody got that one right. And I'll mind you. It's not the same thing.

Spencer, it's not a big deal, dude. I knew you were going to... Yanni... Tim was ready to fight right off the bat. Yanni and Chernobyl Ant. Yanni was walking into a quagmire. Like Vietnam. They're not the same ant we've declared.

Phil, we're halfway through the game of trivia. I'll bring in... What if I just... If had just written Chernobyl? No, that's wrong. Give us a leader. Oh yeah, I just wrote Horizon. Yeah, you'd have been wrong. I'm telling you what would have happened. You would have been wrong.

That seems chubby Chernobyl is the answer. I know, but this is the fun part of the whole show. According to Field and Stream. Fly Fisherman Magazine. According to some junk I read on the internet. Hey, Phil. Hey, Spencer. Give us the scoreboard update. How are you doing today?

I just want to apologize to the YouTube audience for this episode. It's become quite chaotic. Also, Brendan, I'm sorry. I don't know why I feel the need to say that. Oh, yeah. Giannis Brody. They've got two points. Steve, Randall, Danielle, Corey, and Cal all have three points apiece. And in

first place, our guest, Brandon. He's got four points. Cal's right, though. I'm going to crack. Here it comes. That's why we needed the Chernobyl in it. Some esoteric Western National Force is about to pop up. I was also trying to guide you to the right answer by saying a large

terrestrial. Because the Chernobyl answer. But all Chernobyls are large terrestrial flies. The chubby is bigger, though. Question six. It's actually not. That's not true. It's not. We're just telling you it's not.

It has the wings and the flashtail that make it bigger, right? No, it makes it look different, but it's definitely not bigger. That's not what size is on the fly fishing scale. Question six. You know how hooks go like 10, 12, 14? Question six. It's okay to be wrong. Everybody was wrong.

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onxmaps.com slash meet. Welcome to the OnX Club, y'all. Question six. The topic is conservation. Which federal department directly oversees the United States Forest Service? Which federal department directly oversees the United States Forest Service? Whose water bottle is that? What's that mean?

That's mine. What's that mean? I'll explain it to you in just a second. Let me write something down. Water bottle says Kip kills. I don't have even a guess as to what that would mean. Yanni's trying to come up with the answer for the federal department. Is it part of the heavy arrow lifestyle?

No. Which federal department directly oversees the United States Forest Service? Yanni is stumped. The rest of the room, they look content with their answers. No, he looks a little stumped. Oh, does he? Okay, Brandon.

Oh, he's just sitting on his pile of bones over there having a nice time. I'm just going through all the departments just to make sure. Is everybody ready? There was a I don't know where the saying came from, but back in like the 80s, early 90s, they say crack kills. Crack kills, but not this kind.

It was a rap song. Kip, Emily Kip, is a coach down there at the Mountain Project gym I like to go to. And somebody just decided to make stickers that said Kip Kills because it can be a tough class sometimes that she teaches. Danielle, are you ready? Keep going. Let her go. She's getting there. Danielle has three correct answers right now so she is uh squarely in the brody that's squarely in this i want her to keep everybody ready

go ahead and reveal your answers we have brandon saying interior yanni saying interior cal saying usda oh man randall saying department of agriculture cory saying department of agriculture sang interior. Yanni sang interior. Cal sang USDA. Randall sang Department of Agriculture. Corey sang Department of Agriculture. Brody sang Department of Interior. Danielle sang Department of Interior. Steve sang USDA. The correct answer

is the United States Department of Agriculture. About half of you got that right. I had interior. This is it. I'm cracking. About half of you got that right. What did you have? I had interior. This is it. I'm cracking. Snap. The concept of national forest

came from Teddy Roosevelt and the Boone and Crockett Club. They said they witnessed game and timber being mismanaged in Yellowstone National Park, so they felt a forest reserve was needed that would have different regulations. Thus, the U.S. Forest Service was created inside of the Department of Ag

instead of the Department of the Interior. That's dumb. That was a great question. Makes sense to me. I got no joy from that run, TNC. I got no joy from it either. Question seven. The topic is woodsmanship.

This next great question comes to us via Brody Monroe. According to the CDC, seven out of 10 Americans who contract rabies were infected by this animal. According to the CDC, seven out of 10 Americans who contract rabies were infected by this animal. Cal's not going to like this question because it's via the CDC, so we assigned the answer to somebody like Fly Fisherman Magazine. He'd say, well, no. You know, how do we know? Well, how do we know the animal's name?

That's what I'm trying to get to. According to the CDC. I guess we'll never know. Just pick a name? According to the CDC, seven out of ten Americans who contract rabies were infected by this animal. You're thinking on a totally different level, Spencer. What do you think

when you see that? Not giving you any hints. Steve has two answers written down. You could show the camera here. You could show the audience what you're thinking. You got that in front? He's got two answers. Where's your eye go when you see that? Is everybody? No, everybody's

not. Let me take a look. How specific here? If you thought the answer was a channel catfish, you could just say catfish. Your noble aunt wouldn't cut it right now, would it? According to the CDC, 7 out of 10 Americans who can...

He's going to retry his old answer. Or superpowers. Let's see if it works this time. Yanni, how we doing over there? I think we're waiting on you. Oh, we are? Well, we can go. How many Americans contract rabies every year? I think it's like 25.

Just these 10. Oh, interesting. Not very many. Or maybe it's 25 who die. I don't remember. Is everybody ready? You know, one year, the CDC, there's only like seven CDC cases of a certain disease, and we had four of them. Our little group. Oh, I know.

What, are you going to tell us what it was? It was when we had trichinosis. We were like four out of seven for the country. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brendan saying raccoon. Yanni saying bat. Man, raccoon. Brendan's Brendan saying raccoon. Yanni saying bat. Kel saying bat.

Randall saying dog. Corey saying domestic dog. Brody saying bat. Danielle saying dog. Steve saying bat. He erased dog. The correct answer is bat. A few of you got it right.

Coming back hard. How many people are coming in contact with bats? I'll tell you. 7 out of 10 people who get rabies are. Let me tell you a funny story about bats. I got a buddy. I got a buddy who gets a bat in his house. And he goes to catch it in the net.

And as he's fiddling with the bat in the net, the bat scratches him with its toenail. And he says, in the back of my head, I'm thinking something about rabies. And sure enough. He got it? Yep. Was it trapped in his attic? No, it got into his house. And he like got

scratched by its toenail and had to go through all the treatments. My guess would be a lot of people who come in contact with him are like trying to get them out of their garage or trying to get them out of their fireplace or something like that. God, I'm a dire.

There was a, like a almost outbreak in Montana where, um, somebody brought a bat in, like a kid brought a bat in for show and tell at the grade school in Stevensville or middle school in stevensville montana to be like yeah check this out this is super cool which it is but that bat somebody decided to test that bat for rabies and it had rabies so the whole the whole class had

according to this this game right now it's like it's like a movie where like picture that it's a you're watching a movie about like a little kid's a you're watching movie about like a little kids sports team or something in the and they get like screwed by the ref or something but then in the end they win like championship yeah what's that would mean that the crowd would be behind you and cheering for you I mean that one what are the kids got a single and argued that it was a home run. Right. No, no, uh-uh.

That is not a strike. According to the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, there are 5,000 rabid animals reported in the U.S. each year. About 90% of those cases are wild animals, while the other 10% are domestic animals. Besides

bats, the most common carriers are raccoons, skunks, foxes, cats, dogs, and cattle. Question eight. The topic is hunting. Over 45,000 people applied to participate in a bison hunt at this national park in 2021. Nobody seems to be super confident. I'm very confident. Okay, Randall has this right. Randall has this one right.

Brody looks like he might have it. Cal, do you have this one right. Brody, looks like he might have it. Cal, do you have this one right? I'm trying to write myself clues because I know where it is, but I can't. I want to talk about this one, but Steve's going to get real angry. Okay. I'm going to abstain. No banter from Cal, but do you have it right? 50-50.

45,000 people applied to participate in a bison hunt at this national park in 2021. Oh! It's one of two. Oh, come on. Did you see someone's whiteboard or what? No, it just occurred to me. Oh, okay. It's hiding in plain sight inside my brain.

I wish it would occur to me. The humunculus. Is everybody ready? No. Dude, I was off on such a weird little mental journey. Okay. I think I was off on a weird journey too, but I'm hoping. Right into the course.

Is everybody ready? Mm-hmm. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brendan saying Yellowstone. Yanni saying Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Dude, Brendan fell apart. Cal saying Grand Canyon. Randall saying Grand Canyon. Cordy saying Grand Teton.

Brody saying Grand Teton. Danielle saying Yellowstone. Steve saying Grand Canyon. The correct answer is Grand Canyon. The correct answer is Grand Canyon. I think we had Randall and Steve and Cal get that right. Of those

45,000 applicants, of which I was one, only 12 were selected to participate in the hunt. And of those 12 hunters, just 5 killed a bison. The park hasn't sought volunteer hunters since, but did say local tribes would start participating in the hunts in 2023.

The park's goal is to reduce the bison herd from 600 to less than 200 by 2025. I think they're doing it on suspicious grounds. Explain. Them feeding the whole not genetically pure Line of it as part of the justification I think is some horse shit But I don't think they're even supposed to be bison there to begin with On the north rim

Those are, they are like 2% Cattle, which they don't qualify for Beefalo until they're like 75% I think throwing that in Is some horse shit You don't want them to be hunted at all No I'm saying, I think that saying that they're not, what they're doing is, how long you got? They tried to justify, they're trying to appease a certain group of people by saying, oh, and here's this additive information that they're not genetically pure, which should also justify the hunt instead of vilifying the park service.

I mean, if you're going to center the debate around are they native wildlife or not, there's some conflicting evidence. But to throw that little cattle introgression thing into it is just misguided and misleading. It's like you look at it, you know what you're looking at. It acts like what it is. It's like to add this little cattle thing. So everybody's running around like, oh, yeah, what you're looking at. It acts like what it is. It's like to add this like little cattle thing. So everybody's running around like, oh yeah, but they're hybrids. Isn't, I mean, aren't all, basically all wild bison have some.

Not all, most. I also don't think, Steve, that the National Park Service got too hung up on that. When I, when I was looking on their website about this hunt, it was like addressed in some FAQ that was way deep in the website about like, are these, uh, pure bison or beefalo? Um, so I don't recall that like being a big talking point for getting rid of them. I do.

You think it was? I don't. Okay. Uh, I don't think so. I do. Phil, we have two questions left.

Give us a leaderboard update. Oh, Phil, Giannis, Danielle and Brody are no longer in the running for victory. They have three points apiece. Corey and Brendan have four.

Randall has five points and tied up in first place are Cal and Steve with six points. Cal's been coming on strong lately. Oh, you want to know something funny? You know how Randall's got that doctorate and everything? Never heard this before. Did you notice?

I mention it frequently. Did you notice on the, on the archeological, like when I got my, you know, how we participated in that archeological study? Yeah. Did you see your document that came in? I haven't looked at it closely, but I saw it. Well, if you look at it closely, you notice, you're going to notice up top, Dr. Spencer Newhart.

Oh, wow. Okay. Even Seth, not even, I'm saying even seth what the hell is that supposed to mean uh especially seth question nine the topic is fishing this fishing lure pattern has chartreuse sides with an orange belly and dark green back. What? This fishing lure pattern has chartreuse sides with an orange belly and dark green back. Brody, do you... Okay, he's changing his mind.

Randall, do you have this one right? I don't know what that means. Yes. Randall knows what it means. He appears to have the correct answer. Yanni, do you have this one right? I'm pretty sure. This fishing lure pattern has chartreuse sides with an orange belly and dark green back.

That doesn't even mean anything. Okay, Brody, does it mean anything to you? It means if it's what I think it is, you're... I can't say. Oh, wow. Yeah, I truly don't get it either. Okay. Is there a category that...

The category's fishing. Yeah, that'll make this lure in any other color. There's a lot of lures out there. So you're saying there's a lure that's only available in one color. It's a pattern. No, no, no, no. It's a lure pattern. It doesn't have to be a stick bait.

Coloration. If it's okay to say coloration. I mean, you're helping out your fellow players here. Like the purple chubby. Well, it's coloration would be chartreuse, orange, and grange belly. What's that pattern? I don't know that we're going to get anywhere with this. We should probably just move on to the next question.

What's that? I'm giving away too much. You had it right, Brody. Well, I think I know where you're going with this. It's a confusing way to word the question, but I see what you're doing. Okay, how would you word it? I think it's... What's that?

How would you word it? I wouldn't reword it. I wouldn't reword it. What is this color pattern called? This fishing lure pattern has chartreuse sides with an orange belly and dark green back. I think that's what you're asking. Corey thinks he has it. Steve is stumbling a little.

It's just a piss poor question. Is everybody ready? No, give me one more second here. The topic is fishing. Can I say chartreuse, orange, and green? You'd be wrong if you did. That's dark green.

I'm sorry. That's why I'd be wrong. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brendan saying electric chicken. Oh, my God. Yanni saying fire tiger. Count without an answer.

Randall saying fire tiger. Corey saying tiger. Brody, what's it say, Brody? Broanni sang fire tiger. Count without an answer. Randall sang fire tiger. Corey sang tiger. Brody. What's it say? Brody. Brody sang fire tiger. Danielle sang trifecta. Steve sang yellow perch.

But listen, I think you left out a crucial detail. What's the crucial detail? They all have black stripes. Black perchy. The correct answer is fire tiger. How would your answer be different though? The stripes are like. But How would your answer be different though? The stripes are like.

But how would your answer be different if it, I don't think I. It just leads people to tiger if you describe the stripes. Correct. Or if I told you how many words or if I told you how many letters it had in it. But like fire tiger has stripes. Brody, did you think it was obvious based on the question? We got everybody to the correct answer. If everybody had just gone, oh, I know it, and we moved on,

would you have said that was a shitty question? Well, the way it's worded. Boy, tough crowd. So does Corey get the point? No, he doesn't. Why not? Tiger is not good enough because he didn't say fire tiger. He said fire.

No, he said tiger. He said tiger. said tiger which is happening because it's meant to look like a perch little is known about the history of the fire tiger pattern the earliest reference of fire tiger i found is in a 1975 rebel catalog that was advertising the mini r crankbait but i suspect it's much older than that. It's a popular pattern among walleye and bass anglers and most closely mimics a perch, although there isn't much in nature that looks like a fire tiger crankbait.

Do I get it for perch? You do not get it right. Phil, we have one question left. Who remains in the game? Well, to be fair, you guys were already tied up. This is a terrible children's movie. I think that was a perfect question. About half of you got it right, and that's a good indicator of a quality question.

It makes sense. I got to build myself up a little because you boys just tear me down the whole time. Well, I don't think that's the one that you should be building yourself up on. Scoreboard update. I've been very supportive. I'd like you to know. Except for the Chernobyl ant Cal Randall and Steve

are tied up with six points okay that's it there's nobody with five nobody's got five I want to apologize to our guest here I thought he was gonna

whoop everybody's ass so that's why I came out I was in first I played prison rules at the beginning gave you a quick I deserved it oh that's brutal

when you get your first few right and you think you're just sailing to victory. He's the only guy I ever saw played his board horizontal. Question 10. A lot of people do that. Question 10. The topic is cooking. This last great question comes to us via Ken Mitsui. Come on, Ken.

Named after a Swedish king, this style of steak is served with crab meat, asparagus, and butter sauce on top of it. Brendan is quick to answer. He knows the answer. Named after a Swedish king, this style of steak is served with crab meat, asparagus, and butter sauce on top of it. God, I know this one. Randall, do you have this one right?

I do. Okay. Who's left in the game? It's Randall, Steve. Randall, Steve, and Cal all have six points. Okay. And are vying for the win. Named after a Swedish king.

It's not Salisbury. This style of steak Is served with crab meat Asparagus and butter sauce On top of it Steve there's been a little plot twist In this little children's movie Oh jeez Steve

It's a rare children's movie That winds up where The kids The underdogs get beaten by the rich kids. Phil, you gotta do the director's cut of this episode with just Steve running into the camera. Did anyone else see Steve almost knock the camera?

Named after a Swedish king. This style of steak is served with crab meat, asparagus, and butter sauce on top of it. Steve, have you ever seen a steak that looked like this? This is totally foreign. A steak with crab meat?

I'm stumped. Now you're done. This is like the quintessential 80s white cloth, like the old kind of fancy steakhouse. It's not this steak if it doesn't have asparagus with it? They would have had beef wellington on the same menu, right? Maybe steak Diane. I think the asparagus is just like the classic side, but

no, it's not steak Diane. Prime rib. I'm making steak Diane tonight. It's good stuff. That was a question in the Meat Eater Trivia Championship. It was about the steak Diane. Yeah, we've been making a lot of steak Diane ever since that aired. Okay.

We good? Yeah. I should talk to you about some notes. Brody and Steve. Do you boys give up? No, give me a second. Hold on. What are we doing here?

This is what happens when we don't eat lunch. Corinne is sitting out there tapping her watch. I can't remember. You stumped the chef. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brendan saying Louie. Yanni without an answer. Cal without an answer. Randall

saying Oscar. Corey saying King Surf and Turf. Brody saying Hollandaise. Danielle without an answer. Steve saying Hollandaise. Danielle without an answer. Steve saying Hollandaise. Randall got it. The correct answer is Oscar style. Why did you take mine?

Making him our winner. Wow. The Oscar style steak was created with veal in 1897 and named after the Swedish King Oscar Frederick who loved the pairing of ingredients. King Oscar was an eccentric who wrote poetry, founded the world's first open-air museum, and funded numerous Arctic expeditions besides this surf and turf. He also has a glacier named after him. Has anyone ever had an Oscar-style steak?

Yes. I'm sure I have. It's on the menu at Chico. Oh, yeah. They have an Oscar-style steak there. That's what I had. It's on the menu at Chico. If you next time you're at Chico, they have an Oscar-style steak there. That's what I had. December 17th, 2023.

Randall wins with seven correct answers. An orange flambe for dessert. Randall, where is the $500 donation from Meat Eater going? It's going to be awkward if you don't know. We have a guest with us who's wearing a vest. This is the world's largest conservation NGO. What's that called? You got it. Let's give it to the Nature Conservancy.

Nature Conservancy. What do we like about them, Brendan? What do they do for people? They're an underdog in the conservation space. You know, that scrappy. Uh-huh. Go ahead. You can do the real.

Why should we be giving the $500 to the Nature Conservancy? Well, we're in every one of the 50 states and D.C. We're working on conservation in your backyard in the state of Montana. We're working on sagebrush restoration. We're getting rid of old fences that are in the way of migratory corridors for big game. I encourage everyone to take a look at what the Nature Conservancy is doing in your state. Get out there and volunteer. Always looking for volunteers and always looking for donations.

We're glad to have yours, Randall. Thank you. Wonderful. I'm happy to contribute. Good pitch. $500 going their way. Thank you for joining us, Brandon. You'll hear him on an upcoming episode of the Meat Eater Podcast.

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