The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 552: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CXII

Episode Date: May 15, 2024

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brad Leone, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Corinne Schneider, Collin Fopma, and Mackenzie Elmquist. 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 Cal, Brody, Randall, Corinne, Colin, Mackenzie, and Brad Leone. Brad, this is your first time on the show. How do you feel about your chances at winning Meat Eater Trivia? It's probably not very high. Okay.

Not the best trivia person I feel like you guys got a lot more experience Under your belt maybe Do you guys have repetitive questions here? Well it's based on I feel like you guys might know the answers already No no no these are all new questions What would you say a trivia strength

And a trivia weakness is for you? Yeah I don't really have any strengths Okay I can tell you and a trivia weakness is for you. Yeah, I don't really have any strengths in it. Okay. It's all weaknesses. I mean, it's like bullshit. Dude, you do all sorts of stuff. I knew ginseng. I can tell you his weakness.

He told us yesterday he doesn't remember the names or words for anything. No. That is meaningless. Well, I forgot that guy's name yesterday. I felt so bad. Oh, what was the guy? Let's make you feel bad again.

I still don't remember his name, but he came in like a second time, and I shook his hand. I was like, nice to meet you. He's like, I met you two hours ago. Oh, what was the guy? Let's make you feel bad again. I still don't remember his name, but he came in a second time, and I shook his hand. I was like, nice to meet you. He's like, I met you two hours ago. Oh, no. I felt bad. And then Brad dug his grave even deeper. He's like, were you wearing something different?

Nope. No, I think that's a great recovery, actually. Has that ever worked for you before, asking if they were wearing something different? Yeah, well, some guy came in and he was wearing like a snow outfit. I thought that was him. I thought he had glasses on. Maybe he took them off. Uh-huh.

Now in a few weeks, Brad is going to be on an episode of the Meat Eater Podcast. And yesterday you were messing around with Cal in our Meat Eater kitchen. What were you guys working on? Yeah, we were messing around all right. We were wrenching, Spencer. We were wrenching with some mystery meat. It was a real whirlwind of happy accidents. Oh.

We were going to make bear chili, but the bear turned out to be a beaver. How does that happen? Yeah, Steve was wondering. That's a great question. Was wondering the same thing. I'll tell you how it happens. It was poorly wrapped. It wasn't wrapped at all.

It was just shoved in a bag. It looked like a murder scene. Okay. And it had no labeling. No date, no label. It was a bag full of frost and blood. Okay. And dirt and pine needles.

And a rock. Really? It was a bag of his trap and bait. Probably. I was not. This is good content. It was like someone did a real fourth quarter I don't have time for this right now

Let me just shove it in the freezer And we ate it At what point in the process Did you learn it was beaver and not bear? When we finally got it thought out Yesterday morning I thought it looked like A busted femur and I was like,

maybe Randall whacked his bear a second time. And, you know, he was using a, uh, three 38 RPM, big bullet travels real fast. So, um, I was like, oh, it's a broken bone, like top of a tibia or something. Yeah. And it was sounding more and more like trapping bait because i've seen steve chop those things up with a hatchet it was two little little beaver thighs if it was in that back freezer on the right by the door it was definitely trapping bait yeah well i would didn't say that on on camera because i was like another revelation this is the meme we're

using no matter what. I feel a lot better about that. Not that we ate it, but that's how someone treated it. I was judging kind of. I did not expect this kind of trash freezer job from the meat eater crew. I want to tell you a slack message

that came through at noon yesterday to the company. It said, if you're smelling something burning in your office, you're not having a stroke. Cal is burning some noon yesterday to the company. It said, if you're smelling something burning in your office, you're not having a stroke, Cal is burning some beaver in the kitchen. Well, that was an inaccurate description of what was happening, because we didn't burn anything. And what we did do is turn

that beaver bait into a phenomenal dish. I thought it smelled fantastic. It was so tasty. My favorite Slack message from yesterday was, if your dog has been wandering around the office, please come up the piss on my carpet. Did I say that correctly? Please come clean up the piss on my carpet.

Which dog was it, Corinne? Did you know? Okay. Did you guys use the recipe from the new cookbook? Yeah, so we used the turkey chili verde recipe. And then I'll come clean right now. From the new cookbook? Yeah. So that was, we'd use the turkey chili verde recipe. Yeah. It's a good idea. And then I got to, I just, I'll come clean right now. Like.

Another admission. Brad and I are the two worst people. In the world. To combine and like follow a recipe. Mm-hmm. We're both. Easily distracted. Oh, yeah.

Plus like you just look and you're like, oh yeah, I got it. Like I, yeah. I don't, I don't and you're like, oh, yeah, I got it. Like, yeah. I don't understand what's going on. I hardly can read. I guess we won't be seeing a cookbook from you then. Not a second one anytime soon. I did one, and I still got a little PTSD from it. But, no, I mean, all jokes aside, I don't really cook for recipes.

I think they're fun inspiration. And it's almost like you see the picture, you know, it's kind of, I've done it a thousand times. I don't really cook for recipes. I think they're fun inspiration. And it's almost like you see the picture. It's kind of, I've done it a thousand times. I don't really need to read it anymore. We tweaked a couple things. It said to strain something that seemed a little unnecessary. But I'll tell you what, it came out real great. Oh, it's delicious. That video with Cal and Brad will be out later this year on MeatEater's YouTube channel.

Now, Brad, this is a- It'll actually be, it'll be out on May 27th. May 27th. Okay, quick turn. It's called Wrenchin' with Cal and Brad. Yeah, we even played a little ping pong. Yeah, we're shopping that title around because it can mean anything.

All right. A lot going on in the Meat Eater kitchen yesterday. It was good, yeah. Now, Brad, this is a 10-round quiz show with questions from Meat Eaters 4 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 because this episode is brought to you by Athletic Brewing, they're matching our $500 donation as well as sponsoring a Moneyball Question of the Week. Thanks to Athletic Brewing, today's game has the potential for a $1,500 conservation donation. Now, we've got a lot of requests, Randall, to knock it off with the slurping in the mics. I saw those requests. Okay, here we are anyway. Randall fleeds the comments.

Now, for the stat of the week this week, we're looking at player performance in tiebreakers. The highest overtime win percentage belongs to Steve, who has won 60% of the tiebreaking rounds he's been part of. That's followed by Giannis at 50%, Brody at 42%, Randall at 25%, and Cal at 0%. Thank you, Brad. Now, Cal, what do you think it is that happens

in overtime? You're 0 for 5 lifetime in the overtime round. They're a numerical question. What do you think happens there that you just don't win any of those? It's a numerical question. Okay. I like, I remember the very first round of

trivia, it was down to Brody and I, and I felt very confident. And then I literally just fucked up. Remember that? That was how long is the gestation period of an elk? Right. Measured in days. And I was like, oh yeah, no problem.

And then I was like, oh, I just can't do math. Okay. How many tiebreaker rounds have we played? I can't tell you off the top of my head. It's been like 25-ish, I think. It's about a quarter of our games and in a tiebreaker, but we're on kind of a drought right now. We haven't had a tiebreaker in a little bit. Now here's our infrequently asked question segment. If you have a trivia-related question for our crew, send it to trivia at themeateater.com with the subject line

IFAQ. Phil Owen wants to know, I've always wondered what the logistical side of things look like for scheduling trivia. I can sort of imagine how it goes down. I picture there's a company-wide channel in Slack, and someone posts to it something like, Recording trivia today at 1 p.m. in the podcast studio. We have room for two more. What's it really like? Well, I make it a priority to have our trivia heavy hitters on,

Cal, Randall, Brody, Steve, Giannis. Sometimes I try to piggyback off a regular episode of Meat Eater. If there's a guest here I'm really excited about, like Brad Leone, we'll move heaven and earth to make that happen, even if it means Steve can't be here. Brad, we've only a few times in the history of Meat Eater trivia had a guest on without Steve being here. I think you're the second time now.

So we try to get the guests on if we're excited about them. I'll send out calendar invites, usually get some rejections. For today's episode, to get seven people here, I had to invite 12 players. It's a Friday. It's turkey season. So we got a lot of rejections. But you know who's never turned down an invite? Phil the Engineer.

Every time I send out a Trivia Invite, Phil the engineer. Every time I send out a trivia invite, Phil is here. He's like a USPS man. Rain, sleet, or snow, he'll make it to trivia. It's kind of my job. I don't really have a choice. I'm like these schmoes in the room. You could, Phil. There was even the

vacation week. You came in anyway. You made it happen. You're right. I'm going to start sticking up for myself, Spencer. Do it, Phil. Can I walk out right now? Is that okay? You've earned it. I'd say I haven't turned down one either. I've in fact invited myself to several games that I've heard about. I'll get an email from Randall if he gets

word of a trivia game happening that he wasn't involved with. There was one when I accused you of leaving me out and you said, I just haven't sent the invitation. It'll be forthcoming in three or four minutes. Here we are. Now, for the housekeeping this week, we'd like to let you know that the Meat Eater Trivia board game is back in stock. We sold out of it within five weeks back in 2023, but we just got another run of them in the Meat Eater store.

The game is $25 and has 19 reviews for an average of 4.84 stars. These won't last long, though, so get your copy of the only board game where conservation always wins at store.themeateater.com. Now, the Shelby Index for today's round is a 4.5, so our winner should get nine 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 tend to win everything. Game on, suckers! Question one. The topic is biology, and as always, this will be multiple choice. Which of these animals is not native to Florida? Is it bison, flamingo, caiman, or crappie? Brad, if you need to see the question again, it's on the screen behind you. Which of these animals is not native to Florida?

Bison, flamingo, caiman, or crappie? I don't know, Coran. Sure seems like it, huh? Yeah, it does. It seems like the obvious one, isn't it? Yeah, for sure. But I'm going to have to stick with the obvious. Okay.

Brad, I don't want to offend you, but you kind of look like a Florida man today. Has anyone ever told you that? No, you're not wrong, man. I look like I could be possibly roofing your house in Florida. There's no doubt about it. Is that a t-shirt sleeve or is it like a neck gaiter? It's like a neck gaiter that I kind of wear as like a head thing. Love it.

But I bet you wore t-shirt sleeves on your head back in the day, right? No. No? I've tied a couple t-shirts on my head, but not a sleeve. I didn't know. I never even thought of that. It's not a bad idea. It's a thing back in the day.

Here's another fashion question for you. Have you ever cut the sleeves off a hoodie, Brad? This is like the perfect- I noted that as soon as you walked in. Yeah, perfect springtime garment. I like it. A real Belichick of you. Yeah, Bill Belichick.

Thank you. He inspired me to do it. I figured if Bill does it, it can't be wrong. Well, I wouldn't stick to that. Again, we're on question one. You might get caught on a ring camera at 6A. Good way to get canceled there, bud. Which of these animals is not native to Florida?

Bison, flamingo, caiman, or crappie? Is everybody ready? Wait a minute. Brody making a last second change. Bison, Flamingo, Cayman, Crappie. Something just happened over in this corner because both of them made the last minute change. Yeah, it seems like it.

Three of them are native to Florida. One of them is not. Is everybody ready? No way is a bison from Florida. Okay. Brad is telling us his answer before we... You're going to want to write that a little bigger. Is everybody ready? Yep. No.

Brad, you're making a last second change. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying caiman. Corinne crossed out bison. I kind of spelled it wrong, even though it's up on the board. Randall says caiman. Mackenzie says flamingo. I kind of spelled it wrong even though it's up on the board. I crossed out bison. You didn't say that. He crossed out bison.

The correct answer is caiman. The room did very well. Bison are native to northern Florida. Flamingos are native to southern Florida. And crappie are native statewide. Although caiman are found in the southern and eastern part of Florida, they're actually native to South America and Central America. Caiman are considered one of the state's worst invaders

because of how they outcompete native alligators and crocodiles. Question two. The topic is cooking. A cable network with cooking content is named after this tree, which has flowers that taste like ginger and jasmine. Easy one. Brad says this is an easy one.

The topic is cooking. A cable network with cooking content is named after this tree, which has flowers that taste like ginger and jasmine. Who has cable anymore? We can talk about that after, Brad. It is, in fact, a cable network. A cable network with cooking content is named after this tree,

which has flowers that taste like ginger and jasmine. We have Brad, who is very confident. Corinne thinks she knows it. Cal has not picked up his board quite yet. What do you got, Randall? I think I have the answer, but I would have never called it a cable network. Okay.

Yeah, like a show, not a network. All right, with the tips. He's taking the place of Steve today. Do people make tea or regularly eat flowers? I'm not going to give you any hints, Corinne. What are we doing here? We can talk about it afterwards. Can I phone a friend too?

I'll point out, you were engaging in a lot of verbal thought on the previous question. That was strategy, though. He was trying to tell you. You knew this one immediately, and now we're... Listen, I'm doing good here. No one can cheat. Colin, you have this one right. No chance.

Okay. He also wants to shut down the hinting. Named after this tree. A cable network with cooking content is named after this tree, which has flowers that taste like ginger and jasmine. What do you got, Mackenzie? I don't like the notebooks because I can't. You guys still have to see my answers that I got wrong. Oh, sure.

You can just cross them out. Just use a new page. We have whiteboards here in the Meade Deidre studio. This is so subjective to one's palate. I think it should be thrown out. Nope. This is an accurate question. Is everybody ready?

Yep. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying Magnolia. Corinne saying Magnolia. Randall, the same answer. Mackenzie with the same answer. Colin without an answer. Brone saying Magnolia. Randall, the same answer. Mackenzie with the same answer. Colin without an answer. Brody with no answer.

You're just not going to show us your answer. No, I don't. No answer. And Brad saying Magnolia. They got it. The correct answer is Magnolia. The Magnolia Network was originally called the DIY Network, but was rebranded in 2022.

When Chip and Joanna Gaines left hgtv to go to discovery magnolia flowers can be eaten fresh fried dried or pickled to learn how to pickle them go to brad leone's youtube channel and watch his video called pickled magnolia petals on fresh sushi they identify as a cable network and satellite network and I think streaming service as well. So on their own website, they call themselves a cable network. Brad, do you cook with magnolia petals a lot? Or was that a rarity? No, I mean, I have one in my yard.

So it's just something that I wanted to fool around with. It's a beautiful flower. When you put it in the vinegar, it does. It kind of really tastes like and even looks like when you go to like a sushi takeout place and they have that little pickled ginger little thing. It's very, very similar. Great in a cocktail.

And then if you squeeze the petal that you pickle, this like really vibrant, almost like Cal's little book there, this brilliant vinegar comes out. And they pickle very quickly, right? Yeah, a couple days, not even a day. Yeah. Question three. The topic is conservation. This next great question comes to us via Jay Rizzo.

Located in Grand Teton, this mountain town's airport is the only commercial airport that's inside of a national park. This is question three. the topic is conservation located in grand teton this mountain towns airport is the only commercial airport that's inside of a national park i don't want to be a real buzzkill here but this is a terrible question oh why is that cal well i mean I'm ready to do some arguing with this one. Who cares? Who cares? It's a conservation public lands question.

It's one of the great anomalies of our national park system. I think it's ripe for trivia. The only commercial airport inside. You want the name of the town. Tell me the town. Private jet traffic. Cal, these are all related to conservation.

Is it, though? I was working in this area, and I remember when it was in, it was, it would have been when Clinton was running, and it was a big deal because he flew into this airport while I was working. Oh, really? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Interesting. i wonder if it's like one of the smaller airports air force one has ever probably landed located in grand teton this

mountain towns airport is the only commercial airport that's inside of a national park despite what cal says this is a great question jay rizzo. We appreciate you writing in. Oh, I thought it was the Rizza, and then I was excited. Does everybody have an answer? Oh, I can't wait to see people's answers. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying Jackson Hole. Corinne saying Jackson Hole. Randall says Jackson Wyoming.

Mackenzie says Jackson Hole. Colin says Jackson. Brody says Jackson. Brad says Jackson Hole says Jackson Hole. Colin says Jackson. Brody says Jackson. Brad says Jackson Hole. Jackson Hole ain't a town. We're going to give it to you if you said Jackson Hole. Because I believe it's the Jackson Hole airport. We'll give it to you if you said Jackson Hole.

I want to point out that Corinne crossed off. Corinne crossed off what? The hole. Okay. She got crossed off what? The hole. Oh. Okay. She got it extra right there. Grand Teton National Park was established in the 1920s, and the Jackson Hole Airport was built in the 1930s. Initially, the airport wasn't part of the park,

but when the Grand Tetons expanded in the 1950s, the airstrip got swallowed up by the Department of the Interior. Today, the airport serves as a popular mating ground for sage grouse, even though it's the busiest airstrip in all of Wyoming. So there you go, Cal. Another ingredient for why that's a good conservation question. You really saved your ass by throwing in the sage grouse. I believe there is some controversy about whether or not to allow jet traffic in there. Yeah, I think it's been a battle for a while.

And they just gave up. And like I said, it's the busiest airport now in all of Wyoming. Yeah. Question four. They're like, but look at the money coming in. Question four. The topic is fishing. This next great question is via Joshua Wallace.

Fishing organizations often promote the practice of cpr which stands for what this is question four fishing organizations often promote the practice of cpr which stands for what brad has a perfect game going so far but he doesn't look as confident on this one. No, I'm really going to. We're going to need a miracle here, bud. What does CPR stand for? A practice that fishing organizations often promote.

Brody has this one right. He appears to have thrown his notebook down with some confidence. He also seems pissed. He's not happy about the Jackson Hole. They call it the Jackson Hole Airport. I'll give it to you if you said Jackson Hole. You said what town? I did say what mountain town.

I did. I'm going to be a little lenient today. I feel bad for Brad here because his nickname is Commercial Carl. Yes, it is. On the water. I don't think this acronym really fits with Commercial Carl. There's a hint for Brad that Cal has offered up. Fishing organizations often promote the practice of CPR, which stands for what?

Yeah, Carl's definitely banned from these organizations. Again, Brody is the only one who appears to be confident. Randall, do you have this one right? I don't think so. We are using notebooks today. The whiteboards we normally use got shuffled away. What kind of fishing organization are you talking about? You think there's organizations that have a different definition

of CPR? Maybe Brad will make one. I'm not going to elaborate on my thoughts. Seems like a real... I don't know. I might make mine up. We'll see if it fits. If it's not it, it should be. Is everybody ready? What do you got there, Randall?

I mean... Yeah, right? Got to be. Got to be. Okay, Brody likes Brad's answer. Randall? I just think they probably also promote the practice of normal CPR. So I'm wondering if there's a loophole there. If you want to try to write down, because I looked up what the normal CPR is,

like if we need to give it to Cal over here for a minute. If you want to write down that one no I'm just kidding. Are you saying like I'm out of shape? I'm just giving an example if we had to do CPR. That's a hard acronym. I'll put my blood pressure against anybody

in this room. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying cut, put, release. Corinne, without an answer. Randall says catch, photography, photograph,

relief. Mackenzie says conserve, protect, return. Colin says catch, photography, release. Brody says catch, photo, release. Brad says catch, photography, release. Brody says catch, photo, release. Brad says catch, picture, release. Wow.

The correct answer is catch, photo or picture or photography and release. So about half of you got that right. I didn't get that right, Phil. Cardio pulmonary resuscitation. There you go. I believe that's what the real CPR is. I thought it would be like, cut the line if the hook's too deep. CPR has become especially popular in the bass, trout, and tournament fishing communities.

Tournaments that use CPR will have the angler take a picture of the fish on an approved measuring board with the fish's value being placed on length instead of weight. We used to do a tournament like that. With belly support. With belly support and wet hands. There you go. Yeah, they'll say CPR.

I feel like that's quite common, like I said, in the bass and trout communities. Question five. That's a good question, Spencer. Way to go. Thank you, Brody. Thank you, Brad. Question five. That's a good question, Spencer. Way to go. Thank you, Brody. Thank you, Brad. Question five. The topic is hunting.

This is the athletic brewing money ball question of the week for every correct answer provided. Athletic brewing is going to make a $100 donation that's capped at $500. This week, athletic brewing is giving to the National Wild Turkey Federation. Here is your Moneyball question. This company, which used to be named Maltoid, has the best-selling dog treat at Amazon, Target, and Chewy.

What? What? How is this? The topic is hunting. This is not hunting. All of our hunting dog owners. This company, which used to be named Maltoyd, has the best-selling dog treat at Amazon, Target, and Chewy.

Brody is confident in his answer. Oh, I'm so confident. Okay. Really? Brody's got this one right. He's quite sure of it. We got dogs? Randall has now joined him with an answer.

They're the only ones. Oh. And were you, like, around when they made the company name change? I have no idea if I was there. You're just going with, like, the most popular thing. Brody's not going to give you any hints. Again, it's this company, which used to be named. Listen, Spencer's known for sticking little hints in the question.

This company, which used to be named Maltoid, has the best-selling dog treat at Amazon, Target, and Chewy. Reminder, this is our athletic brewing money ball question, so for every correct answer provided, they're donating $100 to NWTF. You know what I get for dog treats? Those, if you go to the, what's the new grocery store that doesn't take credit cards, that one? It's pretty sweet.

Winco. Yeah, you go to Winco and you get that giant thing of cheese puffs. There's like no calories. The ball ones? Yeah, the ball ones. And the dogs just love chasing those things. Yeah, exactly. That's not the answer.

I also didn't know they don't take credit cards. No. They take debit cards That's not the answer. Big butts bucket. I also didn't know they don't take credit cards. No. They take debit cards? Yeah. So strange. It's like, well, that's how Costco used to be.

Sketchy. Yeah, now they're like V-cell. They dragged an entire dead buck out of a gallatin the other day. A smelly one. Nice.

Do they have good antlers on it? No, just like little numbers. Brad, do you own any dogs? No, not yet. Okay, I think me and you are the only non-dog owners in here. This is terrible. I'm not good at this. No, this question's not good for me here.

This company, which used to be named Maltoid, has the best-selling dog treat at Amazon, Target, and Chewy. This is question five. We'll get a scoreboard update from Phil the Engineer after this. You get a half a point for getting the treat right now It's everybody ready. That's what I'm wondering like I know the treat, but I don't know if I know that What's the I didn't think about that? It's we're looking for it says this company whatever which a one two three to be named Everybody ready Go ahead and reveal your answers with Cal saying milk bone

Corrine saying neutral Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying milk bone. Corinne saying Nutribone. I was going to say pepperoni, but. Randall saying milk bone. Mackenzie saying milk bone. Colin saying milk bone. Brody says milk bone. Brad without an answer. The correct answer is milk bone.

Five of you got that right. That means Athletic Brewing is making an extra $500 donation to the NWTF. And that just got me the, now we're even, Stephen, Brad. Yeah, perfect game is gone. Game's back on. Milk Bone was created by New York City's F.H. Bennett Biscuit Company in 1908. It started out as a small bakery in the Lower East Side and grew to a 200-person factory

in Buffalo, New York. The company has since been acquired by Nabisco, Del Monte Foods, and most recently Smuckers. And this small bakery was like, man, the dogs love this stuff. You want to hear kind of a little bit of an odd story about milk bones? Yes, I do. So, I should have known this answer.

I used to, when I was younger, my neighbors across the street, when they went away, I would watch their dogs. And they had like a big box of milk bones. And they oddly smell like graham crackers. And I may or may not have nibbled on one or two of them. Just tasted them, you know. And can you recommend them? They smell way better than they, little cardboardyy, little dry ingredient list, little sketch. But definitely a little bit.

You could see the Nabisco influence. Now owned by Smuckers. I think all kids eat a little bit of dog food or dog treats. Yeah, but milk bones. I for sure remember doing that. No, milk bones. Milk bones have like. We have a box of them upstairs.

Go get them. Taste test? Oh. I just want to smell them again. Just one taste. We'll reward an extra point if you eat a Milk Bone for us today. Phil, we're halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard update.

Yeah, it's a pretty close game today. Corinne, you are in last place with two points. Mackenzie's up next with three. And then we've got a four-way tie for second place. Colin, Brody, Cal, and Brad all have four points, and in first place with a perfect game, it's Dr. Randall

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OnX Club, y'all. Question six. The topic is woodsmanship. This next great question is via CJ Emerson. Merriam-Webster defines this two-word term as, quote, a region of reduced rainfall on the lee side of high mountains. Stop writing so fast.

What was the category? This is woodsmanship. Merriam-Webster defines this two-word term as, quote, a region of reduced rainfall on the Lee side of high mountains. Mackenzie did not appreciate how cockily Randall wrote his answer. I don't think I wrote it cockily at all. What's the Lee side of a mountain? I know I'm getting,

that's, that's, I'm trying to remember the two-word for the windward side. Does anybody want to tell him about the lee side of high mountains? No? Okay. My scoreboard is just going to plummet, I feel, in the second half of this game. A lot of game left. Randall thinks he's got the perfect game still going on question six here. For the two-word term that's a region of reduced rainfall on the lee side of high mountains.

Do we know statistically where Dr. Randall's weakness is? I could... What category? I would guess it is fishing. I can't confirm that. Randall, what would you say? Which of the four verticals? I know conservation is the best.

I would guess fishing, perhaps. We've got a fishing question left. I'm just thinking about that whopper plopper. In this round. Whatever that was. Yeah, if the fishing especially is on the east side of the Missouri River, maybe that's specifically his weakness.

You know what I get reminded of all the time? My workbench, my garage. I have a bunch of salvaged fishing lures from diving freshwater. And one of which is a giant daredevil. And it hangs on my

workbench. Show me how giant. With, you know, it's like a big pike one. That is big. And it hangs on my work bench. Show me how giant. With, you know, it's like a big pike one. That is big. And it hangs with the underside facing me. So it reads the Daredevil brands right there. And that's one of the fishing ones that has haunted me because I missed it. And you'll never misspell it. Devil is spelled wrong because the people who founded the company didn't want to hurt Jesus.

Yeah. Didn't want to hurt Jesus. Yeah. Didn't want to offend the religious anglers. That was a trivia question probably a year or two ago. But they were really hung up on the name Daredevil. That was the most complimentary Cal had ever been of a question. He said he really liked it. It was like very Americana. And here he brought it up a few years later. Cal liked that one.

Does everyone have an answer? Makes me real self-conscious that Spencer's paying this close attention of me being nice. The two-word term. Wrote it in my diary. It's a short checklist. It's one of those notebooks that fits in your pocket. A region of reduced rainfall on the lee side of high mountains. Is everybody ready? Yeah.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying, rain shadow. Corinne, without an answer. Randall says, rain shadow. Mackenzie, without an answer. Colin says, never heard of making shit up now. Wait, hold on. What does Colin say? Sorry, I couldn't hear that. No answer from Colin. We have

Brody who says, alpine desert. And Brad? Sorry, I couldn't hear that. No answer from Colin. We have Brody who says Alpine Desert and Brad who says I got nothing. The correct answer is rain shadow. That means Cal and Randall got it right. According to National Geographic, a rain shadow region often turns to desert because there isn't enough precipitation there to support plant growth. Some real world examples of this are the Great Basin Desert that has a rain shadow from the Sierra Nevadas and Asheville, North Carolina that has a rain shadow from the Smoky and Blue Ridge Mountains.

Question seven. The topic is cooking. Jimmy Buffett says he wants this semi-soft cheese with an orange rind on his cheeseburger in Paradise. Oh. I hate Jimmy Buffett. You hate him? I'd peg you as a regular old parrot head. You for sure look

like you listen to a lot of Jimmy Buffett. And a dead head. It's a dead parrot head. I think you look like a pirate. I am. I dress like a senior citizen pirate. I got shoes with no laces, an elastic waistband. I got a sock.

I got a book sock on my head. So not a parrot head, but are you a deadhead? Yeah, I would definitely. Those are certainly more my people. I'd have gone dead parrot head. Florida retirees. Jimmy Buffett says he wants this semi

soft cheese with an orange rind on his cheeseburger in paradise orange oh the cheese has an orange that's right jimmy buffett says he wants this semi soft cheese with an orange rind on his cheeseburger in paradise the song is so easy to get stuck in your head, but when you actually need to frickin' remember it. How's that song go? I don't know. I like mine with lettuce and tomatoes. It goes.

Okay. French fried potato. There you go. Cal is walking you up to the answer. I don't think I've ever heard the song. Oh, you've heard it. You've heard it. He just says cheeseburger in paradise.

Not that it has anything to do with honey or fish. Cheeseburger in paradise rhythmically. God. Jimmy Buffett sucks. I've given you another hint in the question. It says it's a semi-soft cheese with an orange rind, and it's what Jimmy Buffett wants on his cheeseburger in paradise. So you've got two opportunities there to find the answer in this question.

I just picked something that would make a fun song lyric Just just a word that sounds okay Is it a semi soft cheese with an orange rind I think so okay Jimmy Buffett says he wants this Jimmy my soft cheese with an orange rind on his cheeseburger in paradise Shouldn't we say he used to say? Yeah, he did mmm if my answer is correct, I'm not sure it's actually an orange. We'll play the song for you after we reveal the answer. A hue of red and yellow.

Like I said, inessential. A little hint from Brad. This is the superfluous audio that you mentioned earlier. Is everybody ready? I'm not sure it's a rhyme either. It's more of a... Yeah, it's a weird thing. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have

Kalsang Munster. Charlesburg. Well, we don't know if that's... Charlesburg doesn't have an orange rind. Randall says Gouda. Mackenzie says Gouda. Colin says Swiss. Brody says

Munster. Brad says Munster. Brad says Munster. The correct answer is Munster. It's got to be. A few of you. It's not a rind. It's not really orange. I will Google it right now.

Everyone says it's a semi-soft cheese and has an orange or red rind. Buffett's not wrong. Great burger cheese. Great burger cheese. Melts wonderfully. This lyric is one of the most scrutinized in Buffett's not wrong. Great burger cheese. Great burger cheese. Melt wonderfully. This lyric is one of the most scrutinized in Buffett's history because some listeners think he says mustard instead of Munster. But journalist Ken Hoffman set the record straight when he interviewed Buffett in the late 1970s. Hoffman asked Buffett, quote, who puts mustard on a hamburger?

Buffett responded, not me. Why would you even ask me that? Hoffman told Buffett it's because in the song he sings, quote, medium rare with mustard be nice. That's when Buffett corrected him, saying the lyrics are munster, not mustard. Play the song, Phil. Oh, my God. I had to ruin my day with this.

I don't know why it's skipping Sorry guys Double the extra Next time we do karaoke I want Phil to sing the Oh 100% Yeah Margarita feels too expensive

Dude we were Buffett family growing up. Yeah. Oh, all the aunts and uncles played this nonstop. Maybe I'm like a closet Buffett guy. Can I just enjoy the song? Here comes the lyric. Which I be. I like the little backup.

There it is. Medium rare with mustard. Be nice. Mustard don't sound bad either. Ain't gonna lie. Is it really that big of a deal to put mustard on a burger, though? Like, I've done that. Yeah.

I feel like that's normal. I mean, if you put it in a song lyric, then it seems like you're very passionate that mustard should be on a cheeseburger. But it's no weirder than monster. You're right, Mackenzie. It's no weirder than writing a be on a cheeseburger. But it's no weirder than monster. You're right, Mackenzie. It's no weirder than writing a song about a cheeseburger in paradise. Yeah, and printing gold records off of it. Did you know there was actually, I don't know which university, but there was like a college course to study like the philosophy behind,

what was that other big song you had that like- Margaritaville? Yeah. Some stupid thing like that. And it was like a whole college credited course where you like studied like the, like the deep meaning and like philosophical application to life from it. And it's just.

Wow. But then you zoom out and you're like, oh, the merch sales and the fact that he's got planned retirement communities based around parrot heads retiring. There was a deep philosophical meaning. It's called money. Money.

We are on to question eight. Damn it. The topic is wildlife. This African animal that escaped a trailer in Washington last week became a social media darling while on the run for six days. Washington State? Washington State. What? This African

animal that escaped a trailer in Washington last week became a social media darling while on the run for six days. Unfortunately, this is becoming just like so common that it's not that big of a news item. I guided a guy who lived in Louisiana

and he previously operated a hunting operation in Africa and he had a small menagerie at his house. And he talked about the time that his ostriches got away. And then weeks later, he saw an ostrich on the news. And I'll always remember him saying, that he saw an ostrich on the news and i'll always remember him saying that was my damn ostrich did he get it back no oh okay probably didn't want i don't think it meant that much to him you know one time uh jimmy buffett let bono borrow his private plane and they were flying over jamaica and the jamaican government didn't didn't plane and they were flying over Jamaica and the Jamaican government didn't

know what they were so they shot at it. No way! Oh yeah, it got like several bullet holes in it before they were able to contact the tower. Oh, cool! Your plane? Bono was in... Oh, too bad they didn't take that fucking down. No, just Bono. Jamaicans, you gotta aim better. You gotta leave the plane a little. Anyway,

it led to Jimmy Buffett writing a song, Jamaica Me Crazy. Wait, no, that's not it. Nope, nope, nope. Jamaica Mast little. Anyway, it led to Jimmy Buffett writing a song, Jamaica Me Crazy. Wait, no, that's not it. Nope, nope, nope. Jamaica Mastaka. That's it. That's way better. I'm glad you came up with the real name.

Our world could have been so much more interesting. That's amazing. God, that would have been the best thing to happen. This is question eight. This African animal that escaped a trailer in Washington last week became a social media darling while on the run for six days. Now, Corinne, Tasting Table, they say that Monster Cheese is white with a red-orange rind. You still don't think it has a rind?

I think it's a wash. It's like that very thin, very hard. Yeah, it's like the outside part of the cheese. Cook's Info says it's a washed rind. Yeah, I call that the rind. The outside part. It's not the inside. It's like that paper-thin wax.

When you say trailer, what do you mean by trailer? I mean a trailer. What kind of trailer? Not going to give you any hints. Trailer someone lives in. Fifth wheel. Not going to give you any more. Trailer someone lives in. Fifth wheel. Not going to give you any more hints about this. Boat trailer.

African animal that escaped a trailer in Washington last week and became a social media darling while on the run. People judge me for the way I live type of sound bite. Is that what you're saying? A darling. So it's got to be kind of cute and people are rooting for it. Name an African animal. But it also has to be agile of cute and people are rooting for it. Name an African animal. But it also has to be agile enough to be on the run for six months.

And big enough to be a problem. It's not a monkey. We have Brandon. They just shot that thing. It's not a giraffe because they can't fit in trailers. It might be a giraffe because people really like them.

They're not agile enough to be on the run for six months. Oh, yeah, man. Keep going. They hit things with their head and shit. Don't sleep on the giraffe. Did it kill any domestic animals while it was out? We're not going to tell you anymore.

I think it's a giraffe now. One, two, three, go. It got in my head. It can't fit in a trailer. Reverse psychology. Yes, they can. How'd they get them here? Break your neck?

They just tuck their heads in. I'm putting it down. Maybe they bring giraffe eggs. They bring them over here as babies. Don't get smart with me, doctor. They steal them when they're babies. You're right. Does everybody have an answer for the African animal

that was on the run for six days and became a social media darling? I can't say it and then not write it down. Do you have an answer, Brad? Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying zebra. Corinne says elephant.

Randall says zebra. It was a fucking zebra. Mackenzie says giraffe. Colin says little hippo. It was. No, it was a little hippo. I think I saw the story. Brody says chimpanzee.

And Brad says, what's that say, Brad? That's an elephant. Says elephant. The correct answer is zebra. Cal and Randall got that one right. Wasn't there an elephant that made its way from Washington to Montana? No, that wasn't the zoo. That was an escaped zoo elephant.

No. Sugar the zebra was being transported from Washington to Montana when it escaped along I-90. The mare was on the run for six days before it was captured near the Boxley Creek Natural Area. While on the lam, it was caught on trail cameras and seen by hikers. Sugar has since been taken to its new home in Montana, where it'll live in a petting zoo. Good for Sugar. Did it go to Red Lodge?

I don't know what petting zoo it went to. How'd they catch it? But you're right. Well, they were putting out food stations for it, and they described it as a rescue, but Twitter and the rest of social media was like, no, they were like, that wasn't a rescue at all. That thing wanted to be there.

Yeah. So sugar the zebra. I didn't know it was going to a petting zoo right exactly only it did a decent gig it could have gone to a barbecue and then folks were showing up to try to see it and thus scared it more uh so sugar lasted six days it escaped from what a trailer the the person who was transporting it pulled over on the side of the interstate on an exit they were adjusting adjusting, I think, the trailer door. And four zebras ran out.

Sugar made a break. And they all came back except for Sugar. Good for Sugar. Where were they going? That's such a tremendous screw up. Oh, that guy. That guy messed up. Big time.

He should get his license revoked. Where were they going? To a petting zoo in Montana. And I've heard they've now made it here. So Sugar is now at her. Oh, they were en route to a were they going? To a petting zoo in Montana, and I've heard they've now made it here. So Sugar is now at her- Oh, they were en route to a petting zoo. En route to the petting zoo. Oh, so he doesn't want to be.

They should have, after like day three, it earned it. Let it just go get killed by a mountain lion or something. Phil, we have two questions left. Give us a leaderboard update. Corinne, Mackenzie, and Colin, you're too far behind to catch up for the victory, but we've got Brody Henderson, Bradley Oney, and Randall Williams. Nope, sorry. Take that back. Rewind. It's been

a long life tour. Brody and Brad, you have five points. You can still technically catch up. If Randall and Cal slip up, they're tied up with seven points in first place. Cal has seven? Is this potentially Cal's first win? Yeah, there's a big, big change there on the Munster question.

The Munster gimme, people will call it. Question nine. The great Munster gimme of 24. Question nine. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Colin Martin for sending this great question. Colin is going, or excuse me, Colton. Colton is going to get a board game signed by the crew. If you want

a chance to win our listener question of the week like Colton, then send your question to trivia at themeateater.com. The topic is fishing. Name two of the three states with the most lakes. Oh, yeah. The most lakes. The most lakes. Name two of the three states with the most lakes.

You need two answers here. If you put three, you'll be wrong. If you put one, you'll be wrong. Give me two answers for what three states have the most lakes. Brody, first one to put his whiteboard down. You think you have this one right, Brody? I think I got a very good chance. Okay.

Corrine, how do you feel about this one? Maybe. Maybe. Name two of the three states with the most lakes. This is question nine. Can you not look at a map? Not going to let you look at a map. Someday there will probably be one up in here that would help folks out.

But as of now, you're just going to have to picture a map in your mind. Although I will say different states have different definitions for lakes. That's what I was wondering, too. I know, that sucks. Name two of the three states. Aren't they all just big puddles? Impoundment? Reservoir?

Pond? I've never heard of the first one. Impoundment? Impoundment. What is that? I've never heard of the first one. Impoundment? Impoundment. What is that? It's a lot of syllables. Is everybody ready? Yeah, ready.

Mackenzie? Yeah. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying Wisconsin, Minnesota. Oh, Alaska. Corinne says New York and Michigan. Randall says Minnesota and Alaska. Randall says Minnesota and Alaska. Mackenzie says Minnesota and Michigan.

Colin says Minnesota, Wisconsin. Brody says Alaska, Minnesota. Brad says Minnesota and Maine. The three states with the most lakes are Alaska, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Most of you got that one right. Maine's got to be a close fourth, man. Alaska has the most lakes in the country

at 3 million. That's why I reacted poorly. That's followed by Wisconsin at 15,000 and Minnesota at 12,000. The other states in the top 10 are Michigan, Washington, New York, Florida, Texas, Maine, and California. I thought New York was 9th. Spencer, you want to know the thing that I got over Dr. Randall Williams? I do.

Look at him right now and look at me. Calm as a cucumber. And you can just see the color in Randall's face. He's got nervous eyes right now It's like 800 degrees in here right now Physiologically I'm not meant to be in this temperature Live for it Well then why do you

So many tiebreakers Why do you Numbers That was question 9 Phil turn up the temperature in the room a little bit. Here's a review of the correct answers so far for our listeners at home. One was Cayman. Two, Magnolia.

Three, Jackson, Wyoming. Four, catch, picture, release. Five, Milkbone. Six, Rain Shadow. Seven, Monster. Eight, Zebra. And number nine, Alaska wisconsin and minnesota phil before we do question 10 give us a final leaderboard update it's down to randall and cal they've

both got eight points here is question 10 that's a really nice let's just fight it out there was a few listener requests because they'd lose track of how many correct answers they had so we'll try to do that going forward here's question 10 the topic is hunting this bird with two colors in its name was the second most harvested duck in america in 2022 this bird with two colors in its name was the second most harvested duck in America in 2022. You got that, huh? I think this is the easiest question we've had all day. Oh, you guys are ducky folks, man.

I don't really know the names of these things. I know like five ducks. Uh-huh. Throw a few colors in one of their names. Maybe you'll have it. We have Brody who's confident. Randall, how do you feel about your answer? I feel's confident. Randall, how do you feel about your answer? I feel good.

Okay. Cal, how do you feel about your answer? Mostly good. And it's just those two remaining in the game. Brody's out of the game. Is that right? Brody has six. They are tied with eight points right now.

Brody phoned this one in. I don't feel good about my impending victory. This is question 10. Jackson Hole is not a town. This bird with two colors in its name was the second most harvested duck in America in 2022. Is everybody ready? No. Brad and Colin scrambling to come up with an answer.

I got nothing. Colin, you ready? Yeah, I just got to add a word. Okay. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying green wing teal. Corinne says green teal. Randall says blue wing teal.

Mackenzie without an answer. It's between blue and green. Colin saying green wing teal. But everybody else says green. Brody says green wing teal. I had a little teal going. I scratched it out. Brad has teal. Brody says green wing teal. I had a little teal going. I scratched it out. Brad has teal. I'll tell you one of you two

is correct between Randall and Cal. The correct answer is green winged teal. That makes Cal our winner with nine correct answers. Big win, Cal.

In 2022, Mallards were the most harvested duck in America at 2 million total. Total, that's followed by green-winged teal at 1.4 million, and then blue-winged teal and cinnamon teal, which are categorized together at 850,000. Gadwall at 800,000, wood ducks at 750,000, widgeon at 500,000, and northern shovelers at 400,000 Gadwall at 800,000 wood ducks at 750,000 Wigeon at 500,000 and Northern shovelers at 400,000. They killed 750,000 wood ducks.

That's right. That makes it, uh, I think fourth, fifth on the list here, the most harvested duck in America. Cal, that means you get to choose where the $1,000 donation from meat eater and

athletic brewing goes. Cal, what's it going to be? We're going to Land Access Initiative. Meteor Land Access Initiative. LAI, what do we got going on over there today? Oh, we're taking in lots of options. Lots of options. Always thinking.

Another project going to happen in 2024? Are we looking at 2025 right now? No, I think we can make it happen in 2024. Typically, we can squeeze one in in that wonderful time of year, the Christmas promotional season. Okay. $1,000 going to the Meat Eater LAI.

Thanks to Athletic Brewing for helping us make one of the biggest donations ever. They also made a $500 donation today to the NWTF on behalf of the Moneyball question. Brad, thanks for joining us today. I feel like you did better than you thought you would, right? Yeah, it worked out, man. Thanks for picking a couple of ones you knew I would know, and I really

appreciate that boost. Keep me on the scoreboard. How many was it? Was it six correct answers? Yeah, something that sounds right. Six, there you go. It's a good guess score for you, Brad. Thanks, bud. This was a lot more fun than I thought it was going to be. Oh. I think that's a compliment. It for you, Brad. Thanks, bud. This was a lot more fun than I thought it was going to be. Oh. I think that's a compliment.

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