The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 561: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CXVI

Episode Date: June 12, 2024

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steve Rinella, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Mackenzie Elmquist, and Max Barta. Connect with MeatEater on�...�Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:37 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, Giannis, Brody, Max, Randall, Mackenzie, Cal, and Seth. This is a 10-round quiz show with questions from Meat Eaters for Verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. And there is a prize. Meat Eater will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing. And for the stat of the week this week, we're updating our donation tracker.
Starting point is 00:01:31 Through the podcast, board game, live tour, and sponsors, Meadeater Trivia has donated over $130,000 to more than 20 different conservation organizations. A big thanks to our partners, Onyx, Athletic Brewing, and of course, Meat Eater, for making sure that conservation always wins. $130,000 to over 20 different groups. Beautiful. Good job, Spencer. Beautiful.
Starting point is 00:01:56 Now here's our infrequently asked questions segment. If you have a trivia-related question for our crew, send it to trivia at themeateater.com with the subject line IFAQ. Holly Roberts wants to know is Steve as fiery, feisty, and grouchy when he's not playing trivia? I can't tell if he's putting on a show or if that's how
Starting point is 00:02:16 he behaves around the office all the time. It's even worse when he's not Not only is it just in his office but at his home as well. It's the same person. Steve, it depends if I've been wronged. I mean, if I get wronged at home, I don't let it fly. Yeah, Steve, he's just always walking around being wronged
Starting point is 00:02:35 and a little fiery, feisty, and grouchy. I'll tell you this. I recently got a hug from Steve. That doesn't sound like a grouchy guy to me. Did I just won? Who else in here got a hug from Steve recently? Nobody. Not me.
Starting point is 00:02:50 I'm giving him a few hugs. Oh, yeah. You and me are hugged all kinds of times. Maybe we need a little hug after this. I could hug Max right now. Okay, all right. Now Max is the favorite. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:03:01 Mackenzie. Okay, look at that. Me, Max, and Mackenzie. Should have sat on the other side of the table today. Randall, yours is coming. Now, for the housekeeping portion of today's show, we're going to rewind all the way back to February when Brody hosted an episode of Meat Dealer Trivia.
Starting point is 00:03:17 If you'll recall, Brody wore a suit that day and left his hat at home. This inspired a lot of comedians to comment on YouTube and Instagram about Brody's look. So today our crew is going to pick their favorite comment. And then I'm going to send that person a signed copy of the board game. So we're like, we've got, we've gotten so low that we're making fun of people's physical appearances.
Starting point is 00:03:41 Thanks Spencer. I know this is like good old-fashioned 1980s bullion right now. You've opened up a door here. Classic shithead bullion right here. Let's do it. And as a refresher,
Starting point is 00:03:52 Phil has put a picture of Brody from that episode up on our TV screen. So as I read our comments, you can look at that. All right, here are the comments. You guys need to remember
Starting point is 00:04:04 your favorites and we'll pick the best one at the end Brody will pick the best one But the other seven folks in the room Will provide their input Brody looks like a southern baptist preacher Yeah not that Brody looks like Professor X
Starting point is 00:04:19 If Professor X became a politician That one didn't land Who's Professor X, Phil? He's part of the X-Men. Professor Charles Xavier. I forgot you pronounced the X and that Xavier. Here's the next one. It's nice you guys let a mortician host this week.
Starting point is 00:04:38 Brody looks like Boss Baby. That one's for younger children. Recent kids. I think he looks like the guy, one of the sports guys. Oh yeah, we're getting there. It's cool you got the guy from the Six Flags commercials to host.
Starting point is 00:04:56 Brody takes it so seriously that he went with a Windsor knot. That's the only knot he's got. It's like Brody wakes up trying to decide what not he's gonna put on his tie brody probably had hair until he started playing trivia no it was gone a long time brody looks like what i imagine the banker from neil deal or no deal looks like no okay i've never seen Mr. Clean in a suit.
Starting point is 00:05:27 Brody could definitely pass as a hockey coach. Here's the one that Steve was referencing. You guys got Scott Van Pelt to host this week. He is the guy from SportsCenter. My man Brody looks like he's heading to a traffic ticket hearing. I like that one. That one was actually funny.
Starting point is 00:05:49 Like, calling these people comedians is a stretch so far. No, that's like the exact opposite of the job I want. Brody looks like a high school sub who takes his job way too seriously, but also doesn't want to be there. So what, what was the favorites among the room? Brody, you pick that one as well.
Starting point is 00:06:14 All right. That was from Tanner Ballers, 1403. We're going to send you a signed copy of the board game for saying my man, Brody looks like he's heading to a traffic ticket hearing. That guy's funny. Now, was that tie tied when you put it on that morning? No.
Starting point is 00:06:30 Oh, nicely done. And the Shelby index for today is a three and a half. So our winner should get seven 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. What?
Starting point is 00:06:50 So weird. It's time to win everything. Game on, suckers! Question one. The topic is fishing, and this will be multiple choice. Which of these fish is not part of the sunfish family? Is it smallmouth bass, black crappie, pumpkin seed, or white bass? Which of these fish is not part of the sunfish family?
Starting point is 00:07:22 That means three of them are sunfish, one of them is not part of the sunfish family. That means three of them are sunfish. One of them is not. Is it a smallmouth bass, black crappie, pumpkin seed, or white bass? Brody, Seth, Yanni, they all look confident. So easy this one.
Starting point is 00:07:37 So easy. Steve must really think that I'm trying to cheat today. He just hears. Okay. Oh, sorry. Smallmouth bass, black crappie, pumpkin seed, white bass. Which of those four fish is not in the sunfish family?
Starting point is 00:07:55 Does everybody have an answer? No, give me a minute. What do you got, Max? Do you like his answer, Brody? Too late to change it. Brody does not approve of Maxwell's answer. We have a new fun thing we do where if you promise not to change it, you know Brody knows it.
Starting point is 00:08:17 You just flash it to Brody and he gives you the yes or no. Mackenzie, are you ready? Yeah. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying white bass. Mackenzie, are you ready? Yeah. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying white bass. Yanni says white bass.
Starting point is 00:08:33 Cal says smallmouth bass. Randall says smallmouth bass. Mackenzie, black crappie. Steve, white bass. Max, smallmouth. Brody, white bass. The correct answer is white bass. I think three of you got that one right. Four.
Starting point is 00:08:49 Four of you. Seth, Yanni, brody. Educate me. What's the deal? Well, the white bass are part of the temperate bass family, along with striped bass, yellow bass, and white perch. Besides smallmouth, crappie, and pumpkin seed, other members of the sunfish
Starting point is 00:09:05 family include bluegill, green sunfish, warmouth, rock bass, and as Steve said, largemouth bass. White bass are like true bass. Question two. The topic is conservation. This next great question is via
Starting point is 00:09:21 Paul Graken. If you remove the last letter of the Western Hemisphere's most diverse desert, you'll have a dog breed instead. For your answer, you could write down the desert or the dog breed, whichever you'd like. If you remove the last letter of the Western Hemisphere's most diverse desert, you'll have a dog breed instead randall very quick to answer he knows this one i'm gonna need a few minutes the rest of the room it's yet to put marker to whiteboard randall you know this one i believe so if you remove the last letter of the western
Starting point is 00:10:03 hemisphere's most diverse desert, you'll have a dog breed instead. Hopefully knock down a couple of these white bass people. We have a lot of heavy hitters in the room here today. Yanni, who's won two straight games. When you say diverse, you mean biologically diverse? I am quoting a source. I will tell you the source
Starting point is 00:10:26 afterwards, but this is a direct quote from them. Most diverse desert. Randall's here today. Yanni's won two straight games. We got Steve, Cal, Brody. Don't forget about me now, Spencer. Maxwell over here. Yanni's coming off
Starting point is 00:10:41 a perfect game. Oh, and a perfect game. That's right. Maxwell will clean up if we have any North Dakota questions today. If you remove the last letter of the Western Hemisphere's most diverse desert, you'll have a dog breed instead. Randall may be the only one who gets this one right. Cal, do you have- Did you come up with this question? Well, Paul Graykin sent in the inspiration for it, and then I had to massage it to get it to a point
Starting point is 00:11:08 where I felt like I could give our players a chance. What does diverse mean? I will tell you. As the guy asking the question, you should probably have some idea what the hell you're talking about. I know what I'm talking about. Are you choosing between two deserts that both, when you remove the last letter, they...
Starting point is 00:11:24 I think I can tell you all this. No, but I'm trying to figure out how hard I need to think about Are you choosing between two deserts that both, when you remove the letter, they... I think I can tell you all this. No, but I'm trying to figure out how hard I need to think about that super dry-ass desert in Chile. Do I need to spend a bunch of time thinking about that? That's damn dry. There's no life in places. You should. There's places that has been rain in over 150 years.
Starting point is 00:11:43 Maybe never. The only moisture ever... Dude, That doesn't sound very diverse. That's what I'm saying. Do you mean diverse by how damn dry it is? Why would it mean diverse? Now, why would it mean diverse because of how dry it is? I don't know. You'd need to come up with a desert that's one letter away from also being a dog breed.
Starting point is 00:12:02 Cal, do you have this one right? Yeah, I do. Okay. Cal and Randall may be the only ones, and they did not get question one right. Could tie it up here. Time to wrap this up, Spencer. I was dragged out for a while.
Starting point is 00:12:14 I'm thinking here. So on the bass question, like when they talk about bass conservation in North America, they refer to as green bass or black bass. You should call them all black bass. Black bass. Yeah, but bass is a family of fish, like striped bass, white bass. Temperate bass.
Starting point is 00:12:35 That's completely different than freshwater sunfish. Yeah, but I always thought smallmouth were Lumped in with the black bass They are a black They're part of the sunfish family So it would be sunfish and then you have black bass It's like calling brook trout trout But they're not trout Is that where the red eye comes from?
Starting point is 00:13:00 Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Oh, son of a bitch! We have Seth without an answer. We have Yanni saying the Mojave. I guessed it last second. And Mackenzie saying Chihuahua or Chihuahuan. Max, he's being a good sport.
Starting point is 00:13:19 He shows Shih Tzu. Steve is not being a good sport. I had Mojave. Mojave. And Brody The correct answer is The Chihuahuan Desert Or the Chihuahua Dog
Starting point is 00:13:31 When I was in graduate school I even wrote a paper For my Western History seminar About the Chihuahuan Desert Being like a biological barrier For the spread of hallucinogenics Out of Mesoamerica Into the American Great Plains
Starting point is 00:13:42 And it didn't Didn't stick with you. That's a real catchy title. Both the Chihuahuan Desert and Chihuahua dog breed are named after the Mexican state of Chihuahua. According to the National Park Service, not only is it one of the most diverse places in the world, but it's also one of the most endangered.
Starting point is 00:14:04 The region's unique plants and animals there are threatened by overgrazing, water depletion, invasive species, and urbanization. Damn. Question three. The topic is hunting.
Starting point is 00:14:16 This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Ben Cosgrove for sending this great question. Ben is going to get a board game signed by the crew. If you want a chance to win our listener question of the week, then send your question to trivia at themeateater.com. You know how you're generally resistant to change?
Starting point is 00:14:32 I feel like a good line of- Spencer or just people in general? Spencer? Okay. The other day, you know what I was thinking about? That'd be a good little thing for you to explore. Tell me. Is that you bring in a stuffed fish
Starting point is 00:14:43 or just have a picture of a fish. What fish is this? Well, you should have been here about three weeks ago. We had a picture of a hybrid fish. We did. And you had to identify what two fish created that fish.
Starting point is 00:14:55 Oh, I was texting you about that idea. He did not. What was the fish? Right after you hugged him. The fish, the fish was a sturdle fish and that was an American paddle fish. You did a photo thing. We did do a photo thing. Here's the question number three. The fish was a Sturtlefish and that was an American Paddlefish And a Russian Sturgeon We did do a photo thing
Starting point is 00:15:07 Here's the question number three In what decade did JCPenney And Sears stop selling guns? In what decade did JCPenney and Sears stop Selling guns? Your answer, if you thought they stopped selling guns yesterday, you'd say the 2020s. That's how you should write your answer.
Starting point is 00:15:30 In what decade did JCPenney and Sears stop selling guns? So we have to have four digits is what you're saying. I think you should. That's correct. Did anybody in here ever buy a gun from JCPenney or Sears? That'd be quite a clue, wouldn't it? Sure looked at it. Yeah, no kidding.
Starting point is 00:15:49 Oh, wow. I sure looked at a lot of those old catalogs. Wasn't J.C. Higgins one of their brands? I think that was it. That was the, well, I'm not going to tell you any hints. Is everybody ready? No. Oh, Yanni, making a little change.
Starting point is 00:16:06 I have a Sears boat. A Sears boat? Yep. Tell me about that. Came with my shack. It's a boat. Is it like a Sears-branded boat? Yeah, it says Sears right on the side.
Starting point is 00:16:19 Matter of fact, Seth, I think you wanted me to find out what kind of boat it was. I was going to say, who made that for them? I dug down in all the moss and shit, and lo and behold, it was Sears. Do you know who made it for Sears? No. Okay. Is everybody ready? No.
Starting point is 00:16:34 Brody is thinking hard. You know, in the old days, you could send furs into Sears. They were fur buyers. Oh, really? Yeah. At one point, they were the biggest department store in the world. So I imagine anything that you could name, they would buy or sell. Is everybody ready?
Starting point is 00:16:53 I'm changing. Mackenzie making a last second change. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying the 1980s. Giannis says 1990s. Cal, 1990s. Randall, 1980s. Mackenzie the 1980s. Giannis says 1990s. Cal, 1990s. Randall, 1980s. Mackenzie, 1980s.
Starting point is 00:17:10 Steve, 1970s. Let's take a look what they're... Crossed out an 80. Max. Look how my eight is shaped. Max, 1980s. Brody, 1960s. We have a correct answer in the room. It's 1980s, Brody, 1960s. We have a correct answer in the room.
Starting point is 00:17:26 It's 1980s. We had three of you get that one right. A 1976 JCPenney ad lists the Remington 870 on sale for $148 and the Winchester 94 for $89. And a Sears ad from 1975 lists a 25-count box of 12-gauge shotgun shells on sale for $2 and a 20-count box of.243 shells for $6. Besides those stores, you could also buy guns at Kmart, True Value Hardware, Montgomery Ward Furniture, and Western Auto. For more on this era, read one of my favorite articles from TheMeatDeeder.com called An Ode to Department Store Guns. Well, didn't you say the ads were listed in the 70s?
Starting point is 00:18:15 Those were ads that I found from the 70s, but they sold into the 80s. Oh, that's a weird way of doing things. I couldn't find an ad from the 80s. Now, Brody, you were talking about Higgins. They were JC Higgins guns, which I think there was the Ted Williams brand. Was it the Ted Williams brand? I don't know. I just read that had a JC.
Starting point is 00:18:36 Sold at Sears. I have a JC Higgins. I think it says Sears on it. I've got a Western Auto. You do? Yeah, that I bought at the Capital Sports in Helena. Maybe the most shocking thing besides prices when I was looking at those catalogs was how prevalent the 16-gauge was. You could buy all kinds of ammo, all kinds of guns that were 16-gauge.
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Starting point is 00:20:51 The Amazon's Marubo tribe became hooked on social media and porn after getting Wi-Fi from this internet provider. I was going to say, does this have like a connection? This feels like something that would be addressed on the Me, Deidre podcast. Is this recent, Spencer? Not going to give you any hints. Honestly, I'm surprised we haven't covered it. It's the first I've heard of an Arubo tribe.
Starting point is 00:21:19 We're watching natural history unfold with this subject. Some point, they'll look back on this in 80 years and be like, oh, that was when that tribe got internet. Is everybody ready? And you don't say. Porn and social media
Starting point is 00:21:34 they got into. Social media, they took a real liking. Not engineering. I want to know the search terms they used. Did they have the device before the Wi-Fi, I wonder? I don't know the answer to that. The
Starting point is 00:21:50 Amazon's Marubo tribe became hooked on social media and porn after getting Wi-Fi from this internet provider. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth and Giannis and Cal and Randall saying Starlink, McKenzie, Telecom, Steve, Starlink, Max, Google, Brody, Starlink.
Starting point is 00:22:15 They got it. The correct answer is Starlink. The reclusive Amazon tribe received Internet from Starlink about nine months ago. Initially, the Wi-Fi was heralded as a positive, helping the isolated Marubo gain educational resources and contact authorities during emergencies. But it has since divided the 2,000-member tribe that lives deep inside Brazil's rainforest. Elders in the community complained that some members have developed a social media and porn addiction with 173 year old saying quote young people have gotten lazy because of the internet they're learning the ways
Starting point is 00:22:51 of the white people he's like dan did you hear about this biden guy brody i feel like that's very relevant to me de Dieter. Like I said, that was a turning point for this very... Just a joke. Just a joke. I think that was good because I got a... I like that. Got that one right. Question five.
Starting point is 00:23:10 I'm interested in that area and I'm interested in those tribes. In fact, I got a whole book I'll tell you about later. The topic is conservation. This next great question is via Randy R. What's the colorful nickname for the harmful algae blooms that occur nearly every year in the Gulf of Mexico? What's the colorful nickname for the harmful
Starting point is 00:23:35 algae blooms that occur nearly every year in the Gulf of Mexico? So this guy's Randy R. Nice. Is that, uh, I don't know Is that... I don't know him. No, I don't know him. Brody has this one right. Max looks confident. Randall looks confident.
Starting point is 00:23:52 Yanni joins them with an answer. This is question five. We'll get a scoreboard update from Phil the Engineer after this. What's the colorful nickname for the harmful algae blooms that occur nearly every year in the Gulf of Mexico? I know this, man.
Starting point is 00:24:09 Steve knows it. We've done podcasts on this. Which is odd because he hasn't come up with an answer yet. No, I know. I can't think of it because my recall is not what it once was. He knew the Chihuahua Desert as well. He's over 50 now. No, I didn't know that.
Starting point is 00:24:20 You wrote a whole paper about it. Well, I know, but it didn't occur to me, so my recall is not what it once was. What's the colorful nickname for the harmful algae bloom that occurs nearly every year in the Gulf of Mexico? The topic was conservation, and this is question five. Is everybody ready? Is it harmful for animals or harmful for people? I'm sure he'll tell us that, Max. I bet he is.
Starting point is 00:24:42 I think Randall is right. Oh, Max just, oh, look, he could kill. That was brutal. Is everybody ready? No, give me a sec. Oh, cripes. Colorful nickname for the harmful algae blooms. Sorry, Max, I didn't mean to.
Starting point is 00:25:01 Don't let it happen again. There's just a lot of, you know, a lot of question asking going on these days. Too many questions in this room. Sometimes you're warranted. Is everybody ready? Yep. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth and Giannis and Cal and Randall saying Red Tide.
Starting point is 00:25:19 This is my ad. That's not it, though. Mackenzie says Black Algae. Steve says Red Tide. Max says Red. Broenzie says black algae. Steve says red tide. Max says red. Brody says red tide. The correct answer is red tide. Most of the room got that one right.
Starting point is 00:25:34 That's my first spearfishing nickname. Is red tide? Does Max get a point for red? Because he always had blood coming out of his nose. Max does not get a point. And coming up he always had blood coming out of his nose. Max does not get a point. And coming up with fish being like, what is this? This is toughy for you right now.
Starting point is 00:25:56 Red tide happens when algae multiplies to higher than normal concentrations that cause the water to turn red or brown. These events cause large-scale die-offs of shrimp, crabs, and fish. Red tide occurs worldwide but has become more frequent in recent years due to increased nutrient pollution. Phil, we're halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard update. Well, the chance of a perfect game was gone by question two, but we still got a couple strong players. Max has one. Max has one. Max has one. Mackenzie has two.
Starting point is 00:26:27 Steve, Giannis, Cal, and Brody all have three points and tied up in first place are Randall and Seth with four points. Ooh, Seth. A little taste of the winner's circle. I don't know why you're making it so real. Getting a little lick of the winner's circle. Even Seth. Be careful, Seth.
Starting point is 00:26:44 Spencer will start making fun of how you look question six the topic is woodsmanship and this next great question is via Janet Staples this nine letter word refers to a plant that grows somewhere
Starting point is 00:27:00 it wasn't deliberately planted such as corn growing in a bean field. This nine-letter word refers to a plant that grows somewhere it wasn't deliberately planted, such as corn growing in a bean field. The room looks very confident on this one. We may have a 100 percenter. Well, I don't know about that.
Starting point is 00:27:23 Oh, okay. How many letters? Nine letters. If you drop one, it may have a 100 percenter. Well, I don't know about that. Oh, okay. How many letters? Nine letters. If you drop one, it sounds like a dog. Okay, everybody on the- Did you get that, Spencer? I did get that. Everyone except maybe Mackenzie and Brody.
Starting point is 00:27:39 I don't know. I thought I was convinced I had it, but then I got to count. Okay. Maybe you just got to spell it differently. Randall, do you have this? I don't. That's the approach I always take. This nine-letter word refers to a plant that grows somewhere it wasn't deliberately planted,
Starting point is 00:27:56 such as corn growing in a bean field. Are you sure it's not eight letters? That's what I'm wondering. I am certain. Are there any dashes? Not ten. I just recounted. It's still nine. Just like it was yesterday
Starting point is 00:28:12 when I wrote this question. Very good, Yanni. This nine-letter word refers to a plant that grows somewhere it wasn't deliberately planted, such as corn growing in a bean field. The topic was woodsmanship. This is question six.
Starting point is 00:28:35 Seth and Yanni, very, very confident. Cal, you have this one right as well. I feel like it. Okay. They may be our only three. I'm packing it in for this round of trivia. We threw them off with the housekeeping section. It was mean.
Starting point is 00:28:50 It was never the same after. Is everybody ready? I was catching crap for my bright top of my head the other day, too. I was like, well, that's the way it's supposed to be. I spelled it wrong. Steve is now revisiting a previous answer, it appears. Well, how the hell? One, two, three, go.
Starting point is 00:29:15 Everybody? Is everybody? I don't know. How many letters? Or Max was just showing him his board, and Steve took a little sneak peek. No, I counted it wrong. One.
Starting point is 00:29:24 Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth and Giannis and Cal saying volunteer. Randall, without an answer. Mackenzie says non-native. Steve and Max say volunteer. Brody, without an answer. The correct answer
Starting point is 00:29:40 is volunteer. The room did pretty well. Seth jumps into the league. It's not the first time counting. Another name for volunteer plants is rogue plants. Volunteer plants are often spread by wind and birds or when seeds from a previous crop rotation grow the following year. Some examples of volunteer plants are soybeans growing in a ditch,
Starting point is 00:30:05 sunflowers growing in a wheat field, or marijuana plants growing in a pasture. Legal language has had to be created for volunteer plants because marijuana is so prone to growing where it wasn't planted. Out here, decorative lilies. There's tons of them. Tulips. Your compost pile will have a lot of volunteers.
Starting point is 00:30:23 I've got some volunteer lettuce i got a buddy who's a surveyor and uh one time they were out surveying this area ahead of these guys clearing a lot and um he's out surveying this realizes this area's just all weed plants and they're working and guys are clearing he's just checking some stuff as they clear and so he's like i'm gonna come back after work and gather all that up. And he goes home, and by the time he could get back, it's all gone. Question seven.
Starting point is 00:30:54 That same guy told me a story. They were surveying a line in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. And to cut the line, they had to go through the hemlocks, you know, and they're running a chainsaw and the deer were real starving that year he says you'd clear that line and then you couldn't look down with the equipment because deer would be blocking it and then he'd have a guy run down and try to shoo the deer out of the way so you could wow that guy had all the scouting on weed and deer he's there's another story okay just go out there and run the chainsaw and the deer come running.
Starting point is 00:31:27 Let me tell you this last thing. It's very similar to the weed story. He had a job for a while doing fish surveys for the state, gill net surveys, and they were not allowed to keep the fish. They had to dump the fish. So he would do the same thing. You'd go home, get your own truck and your own ice box, and go back out and pick up all the fish you weren was the same thing you'd go home get your own truck in your own ice box and go back out and pick up all the fish you weren't allowed to keep he was living the high life man
Starting point is 00:31:51 weed deer and fish question seven the topic is public land podcast title this week-long family event has been held on forest Service land since 1972. This week-long family event has been held on Forest Service land since 1972. Randall and Steve have an answer. Yanni joining them. Brody is exasperated.
Starting point is 00:32:22 Yeah, this is bizarre. I'm... It's a week-long family event. Brody is exasperated. Yeah, this is bizarre. It's a week-long family event. It's been held on Forest Service land since 1972. Steve, do you have this one right? No, unless you're being kind of cute. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:32:37 Randall, do you have this one right? Yeah, that's the answer. He's never cute. That's the answer I'm going with, too. He's never cute, though. Well, I mean, anybody can go get an extended use permit for any chunk of forest service ground. And if you want to have a family reunion since 1972. A cow's family reunion. Right.
Starting point is 00:32:56 And it's like, is everybody supposed to know about that? Uh-huh. Yep. Yanni Randall Stevens. If I got it right, I'm going to fight with you. Yeah, just wait. I'm at. Yanni Randall. If I got it right, I'm going to fight with you. Yeah. Just wait. I'm telling you.
Starting point is 00:33:08 Normally I get to fighting when I'm wrong. No, it's better to fight when you're right. No, I'll be fighting when I'm right. Sure. I'll be like, sure, I got it right. But let's talk about how stupid that was. Is everybody ready? I think there's ways you could massage this to make it a.
Starting point is 00:33:23 This week long family event. Family event has been held on Forest Service land since 1972. Like, this is a national thing? Should it be called this federally endorsed family activity? I feel like there's gotta be more than one. I've given you
Starting point is 00:33:39 all the information you need. Oh yeah, that's a great question. More than one that's been since 1972. Yeah, I'd be Yanni's turkey hunt. And a week long. Oh, no, 72. Since 19, and it's always on Forest Service land. Memorial Day weekend.
Starting point is 00:33:52 Hmm. Is everybody ready? Labor Day weekend. Yeah, but. I don't like it. I think you should have. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying Burning Man.
Starting point is 00:34:03 Yanni says Rainbow Gathering. Cal without an answer. Randall, Rainbow Family Gathering. Is this Burning Man BLM? Is it for it? Steve says Rainbow Gathering. Max says Church Camp. Brody says Rainbow Festival.
Starting point is 00:34:20 The correct answer is the Rainbow Gathering. I think there's been years when they've had it on private land. The long answer is the rainbow gathering. I think there's been years when they've had it on private land. The long answer is the rainbow family of living light national gathering. So that's why the question said a week-long family. Is that a lot? I feel like they've had it on private land. Shame on me for thinking hunting and fishing.
Starting point is 00:34:39 You know? Shame on me. Well, it has implications for hunting and fishing because there's been a lot of controversy about how degraded those landscapes can get. The rainbow gathering attracts about 7,000 people each year. All the free oatmeal you can get. It's a celebration of utopian impulses, bohemianism, and hippie culture. The Forest Service says the group has no leaders or organization, but does have a vision council who picks where each event will be held. Despite the next rainbow gathering being less than a month away, no official location has been selected yet.
Starting point is 00:35:15 A Facebook group I found strongly suggests it'll be in Washington or California, but there are rumors that Oklahoma is a dark horse candidate. I feel like you're using a little subterfuge in that. Yeah, you might want to check your facts, too, because I don't think they've always had it on Forest Service land. From what I could find, from where they have it, it's always been forest. Do you know that drugs aren't allowed? But if you want drugs, it's a good place to find it. Do you want more feedback?
Starting point is 00:35:40 Sure. So it'd be like this country in general. I think if you put quotation marks around family event. I originally had. Yeah, it is the rainbow family. I originally had the quotation marks.
Starting point is 00:35:48 But I removed it because I thought it made it too easy. So I rolled it back to this. And I'll point out, I think four of you got that right.
Starting point is 00:35:56 So I feel good about how I worked it. I'm feeling great. Questioning. You're not giving it to me? You get it. You got it. Yeah, I think we had,
Starting point is 00:36:03 yeah, rainbow. Rainbow festival. Close enough. Like I think we had Rainbow Festival. Close enough. Like I said, the short answer is the Rainbow Gathering. The long answer is the Rainbow Family of Living Light. I've never heard no one call it Festival. The Rainbow Family of Living Light
Starting point is 00:36:17 National Gathering. How many points has he got anyway? Does it matter? Here's question eight. The topic is fishing. I do not like that. Hey, folks. Exciting news for those who live or hunt in Canada.
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Starting point is 00:37:56 onxmaps.com slash meet. Welcome to the OnX club, y'all. Monkfish, cod, halibut, pike, and burbot all go by this three-word nickname. Monkfish, cod, halibut, pike, and burbot all go by this three-word nickname. The room seems pretty stuffed. I just want to shout it out after that last one. Cal, I'll remind the listeners, Cal got that one wrong. But I knew the answer.
Starting point is 00:38:37 He knew the answer, but he didn't write the answer down. That's right, because my God. Cal and Steve appear to be confident On question eight No no no Cal doesn't have anything We're sorry How many weeks Yanni Yanni
Starting point is 00:38:49 And Steve Monkfish Cod Halibut Pike And burbot All go by this So to use the bear defense
Starting point is 00:38:57 That we talked about earlier Big ol' bunker Had I been like Well The Johnsons Have been Partying on Forest Service land Since 1972 Sure You could have gotten that right Cal If you could If you could have proved that Well, the Johnsons have been partying on Forest Service land since 1972.
Starting point is 00:39:05 Sure. You could have gotten that right, Cal. And you'd be like, well, no, not that family. If you could have proven that, I'd give you the point. The week-long Johnson family gathering on Forest Service land. So Cal has a plea to the audience. If you know a family that started an annual gathering. It was a Forest Service lease cabin since 1972.
Starting point is 00:39:30 Since 1972. Please notify him. On a lake, off a lake. I mean, come on. Did you have that as your answer then? What? He did not write that. This is a hypothetical family gathering.
Starting point is 00:39:38 It's been occurring since. No. They're like, prove their wrongs. Again, question eight. Go state by state. F johnson monkfish cod halibut pike and burbot all go by this three-word nickname a lot of these i have not heard yeah yeah that's what's throwing me off but i'll play your game yeah but i can for sure know that two out of this list I've
Starting point is 00:40:07 heard call what I'm going with. The Rainbow Gathering. They have the National Gathering, right? And then I think there's some smaller local ones as well. Is it the Rainbow Gathering or the Rainbow Family Gathering? The Rainbow Gathering. I told you the long name. I wouldn't have stirred the hornet's nest again here
Starting point is 00:40:24 with an additional little... Last year was a real upset. It was held in New Hampshire, which nobody saw coming. It's a real upset when it's in your home state. Oh, yeah. Has it ever been in Montana? Oh, twice in my lifetime. Yeah, I remember it being a big old deal out.
Starting point is 00:40:40 Everybody got work. It was like them and the Hells Angels all came one summer, man. Remember that? Yeah. That was a wild summer. Does everyone have an answer for the three-word nickname? What happens when the Hells Angels come? Monkfish, cod, halibut, pike, and bird.
Starting point is 00:40:54 Oh, everybody gets all worked up. They do. Yeah, but they're not out there messing up public land, I bet. Well, listen, man, there was a lot going on. The Forest Service website said that the Rainbow Gathering Vision Council now sticks around for weeks afterwards to help clean up. Yeah, a guy wrote in. Was he writing in about the Rainbow Gathering or Burning Man
Starting point is 00:41:16 where they take those squares and to monitor the cleanup, eventually you have to get where you can throw a meter square out randomly on the ground, and then within that meter square only one piece of detritus is permissible or something like that. Weird. Is everybody ready?
Starting point is 00:41:35 Like microtrash? Yeah. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth and Giannis and Cal and Randall saying, poor man's lobster. Mackenzie without an answer, and we have Steve, Max and Bro Randall saying poor man's lobster. Mackenzie without an answer and we have Steve, Max and Brody saying poor man's lobster. They got it. The correct answer is poor man's lobster. The poor man's lobster nickname tends to be region specific for fish with firm white fillets. A typical recipe calls for boiling the fish in a pot of water with sugar and salt and
Starting point is 00:42:04 then dipping it in butter. But if you're making the real thing, check out Jenna Roselle's recipe on TheMedia.com called How to Make the Perfect Lobster Roll. Phil, we have two questions left. Give us a scoreboard update. I got to get up there now. Mackenzie and Max, you're no longer in the running for the victory. Cal and Brody, you have five points apiece. Then we have a four-way tie for first place.
Starting point is 00:42:27 Steve, Seth, Randall, and Giannis all have six points. So me and Cal have only one back? That's right, Brody. Here's question nine. The topic is hunting. What state leads the world in Columbia, Blacktail, Boone, and
Starting point is 00:42:43 Crockett entries? What state leads the world in Columbia blacktail Boone and Crockett entries this is question nine we have a four-way tie currently we haven't had a tiebreaker in quite a while I'd love to see that happen today. What state leads the world in Columbia Blacktail Boone and Crockett entries? Has the rainbow gathering
Starting point is 00:43:13 been to this state? I'm not going to give you any hints. If Randall making a change, maybe he's thinking about making a change. Steve's noises imply he's thinking about making a change. Maybe. He's thinking about making a change. Steve's noises imply he's thinking about making a change. What state leads the world in Columbia, Blacktail, Boone, and Crockett entries? Brody, how do you feel about your answer?
Starting point is 00:43:42 I feel awesome. Real good. Really? Yeah. Yanni? I'd like to know what you feel about your answer I feel awesome Real good Yanni I'd like to know what you know about this I feel awesome Have you ever killed a Colombian black tail Nope Don't even know if I've laid eyes on one
Starting point is 00:43:57 We're laying around some hints You've killed one What state was it California Is everybody ready You've killed one. Uh-huh. Steve asked, what state was it? California. Is everybody ready? But it ain't what I got. Really?
Starting point is 00:44:12 Okay, ready? Okay. Better golly. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth and Giannis and Cal and Randall saying California. Mackenzie says Arizona. Steve says Oregon. Max, says Arizona. Steve says Oregon. Max, Washington. Brody, Oregon.
Starting point is 00:44:29 The correct answer is California. We had Steve, Yanni, Cal, and Randall get that one right. California has 908 Boone and Crockett entries for typical and non-typical black-tailed deer. That's followed by Oregon with 524. Not even close. Washington with 268 and British Columbia with 50. Although California has the most entries, the world record typical black-tail was killed in Washington
Starting point is 00:44:58 and the world record non-typical black-tail was killed in Oregon. The reason I didn't put California down is all they do is complain about their deer hunt. Well, if you add up all the other states. But they also stretch a lot of tape in California. This is my thought. And things that you're like, that is a mule deer. They're like, nope, it was west of the highway. That's what I was thinking of.
Starting point is 00:45:20 That was question nine. Here's a review of our nine correct answers so far for the listeners at home. One was white bass. Two, chihuahuan. Three, 1980s. Four, Starlink. Five, red tide. Six, volunteer.
Starting point is 00:45:35 Seven, the rainbow gathering. Eight, poor man's lobster. And nine, California. Phil, give us a scoreboard update. Let's see. Brody is now eliminated. But we have Steve and Cal with six points and then
Starting point is 00:45:50 tied up in first place with seven are Giannis, Randall, and Seth. Okay. I can totally picture just a crazy question that only I know, man. Brings you back into the game. Question 10. The topic is cooking. Go ahead and grab that one out of your little sidebar
Starting point is 00:46:05 there. You have those special Steve questions. If you want another hug. Topic is cooking. Name all three parts of poultry that are defined as giblets according to the USDA. If you'd like to
Starting point is 00:46:24 argue with this one, Cal, you argue with the USDA. Getting ahead of it. Name all three parts of poultry that are defined as giblets. This could make your situation tough, Steve. Yeah, I know. We have... What is that called? What is that called, Max?
Starting point is 00:46:48 Well, we have three people tied in first place right now that's right Seth Rangel and Janos two people right behind them putting on Parsons nose boys name all three parts of poultry that are defined as giblets is this stuff that comes in that paper package,
Starting point is 00:47:07 that soaked bloody paper package inside a store-bought turkey? No, it's never. It's like that wax. Yeah. Put down a foot. Do you guys think that's what it is? Steve, do you think you have this one right? Yeah, I got it right.
Starting point is 00:47:20 Okay, Yanni, how do you feel about your answer? I got two out of the three okay how you sitting seth is that don't isn't there usually four things that come out well according to the usda three i got a lot to say about it later three are officially giblets. Randall, how you doing down there? I've erased all three of my answers and rewritten. I've written down five answers total, and I've just erased each one of them and replaced one with another.
Starting point is 00:47:59 God, I might pull ahead. Not pull ahead, but catch up. All parts of a turkey. Is everybody ready? I'm sticking with it. Randall? Yes. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying heart, gizzard, liver.
Starting point is 00:48:14 Yanni says gizzard, liver, heart. Well, story to you guys, they throw that little neck in there. Right. Cal says gizzard, heart, liver. He crossed out neck. Randall says gizzard, liver, heart. He crossed out neck. Randall says gizzard, liver, heart. Mackenzie says gullet, heart, liver. Steve says gizzard, heart, liver.
Starting point is 00:48:34 Max says liver and gizzard. Brody says liver, heart, gizzard. What's the difference between a gullet and a gizzard? I don't know. I feel like a gullet's like a pelican. So it's not right? That thing a gullet and a gizzard? I don't know I feel like a gullet's like Like a pelican That thing's gullet Well, no, it's not right
Starting point is 00:48:50 The three correct answers are heart, liver, and gizzard I think we had everyone in first place Get that one right That means we're going to overtime Play the drop, Phil You know, I had not a bad little second place finish there One of the best I can remember Going to overtime. Play the drop, Phil. You know, I had not a bad little second place finish there. One of the best I can remember.
Starting point is 00:49:10 If you ain't first, you're last. And then, like, going to other stuff that's funny. I never liked it. Hey, Phil, f*** off, man. Now, back to question 10. The USDA made an official statement on this in March of 2024 with a question on their website. They declared that although the neck is often packaged with the heart, liver, and gizzard,
Starting point is 00:49:27 it's not technically a giblet for a great giblet recipe. Check out Danielle Pruitt's recipe on the meat eater.com called the wild giblet gravy here. What's up? Just saying. Just how, how I was saying a really pretentious person, like a court of law,
Starting point is 00:49:43 you know, technically that's not a giblet. Who's in the overtime round here? It's Giannis Randall and Seth. Giannis Randall and Seth. So you were saying you were eating giblets on the night of March 7th. Did that include... I understand you were seeing nibbling on a net.
Starting point is 00:50:00 The tie-breaking topic is fishing, and this tie-breaking question is via Steve Hanrahan. How many rivers in America share a name with a state? We'll have everybody write down an answer, because if somebody can put it right on the nose, Meat Eater will add an extra $100 to the donation at the end of the game. The three people left, though, competing for the victory are Randall, Giannis, and Seth. How many rivers in America share a name with a state?
Starting point is 00:50:39 We'll give you some time to think about this. Brody was quick to answer. Brody, tell me about your strategy here. No, I can't. Oh, okay. I don't want to give it away. Doesn't want to give away his strategy. In case I'm right.
Starting point is 00:50:53 Exactly right. I see Seth is making check marks. Yanni, are you writing down the states that you know of? Okay. Yes. Randall, what's your strategy down there? Started writing down states that I know of, okay? Yes. Randall, what's your strategy down there? Started writing down states that I know of.
Starting point is 00:51:09 How many rivers in America share a name with a state? What was the winning score there, Phil? Was it seven or eight? Eight points. Eight points for Randall, Yanni, and Seth. This is a numerical question, so whoever is the closest between those three will be declared the winner.
Starting point is 00:51:28 You know, something that's never happened is we've never had to go to a tiebreaker off of a tiebreaker. That'd be kind of fun, but I'm always ready with two backup tiebreaker questions. Seems unlikely. Seems unlikely, Randall has declared. How many rivers in America share a name with a state? How much time you think you boys are going to need? I started West Coast and I'm on the East Coast right now.
Starting point is 00:52:03 Oh, okay. I could only think of four, but I put a way higher number. Oh, okay. That's cheating. Who's cheating? Oh, wow. You can't name it, don't put it down. How many rivers in America share a name with a state?
Starting point is 00:52:28 What's the podcast you guys got to record after this, Phil? The Musky Guy. Oh. Is it Larry? What's his name? Okay. He's joining virtually? Is he in the office today?
Starting point is 00:52:39 A lot. All right. That would be a good show. Yanni is done with his answer. Seth is done with his answer. Seth is done with his answer. Randall, we're waiting on you. I'm done. Is everybody ready?
Starting point is 00:52:50 Cal? Sure. Oh, and Randall is making a last second change. I don't know why it matters. I'm just going back and forth one digit. Are you ready? I'm ready. Go ahead.
Starting point is 00:53:04 You like to win, Randall? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal says 7. Mackenzie says 12. I actually have those. Steve says 6. Max says 13. Brody says 47.
Starting point is 00:53:19 And our three players remaining in the game. We have Seth saying 8. Giannis saying ten. Dude, I got way more. Don't do my number. Don't put my number in there. Randall saying 11. The correct answer is 16, making Randall our winner.
Starting point is 00:53:37 Yes. He was five off from the correct answer. That final answer change won it for me. Otherwise, you'd have had 10? I had 10. And then we went to another tiebreaker. Those 16 states are Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,
Starting point is 00:54:02 Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. Those are the 16 states that Sherry made with a river. Did you have Florida in there? Did not have Florida in there. Randall, you are our winner. Where is the $500 donation from Meat Eater going to go? It's going to go to the Missouri chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. Very specific.
Starting point is 00:54:26 Why the Missouri chapter? We met a river named after him. We met, yes, indeed. And we met a very nice gentleman at BHA Rendezvous who shared with us some pawpaw pudding. I think you're wrong about those answers. Really? Okay. I was trying to pull up his name real quick and I couldn't.
Starting point is 00:54:41 But shout out to that man and his kids. They're passionate trivia followers. And he asked that we make a donation at some point. It looks like you're right. It appears there's a Florida River. It doesn't matter. Then it'd be 17 instead. Really stole the thunder from that generous donation.
Starting point is 00:54:59 I think there could be dozens more. We could. Well, Randall still had the highest answer. It's probably a future housekeeping section, we've realized. Randall has given the $500 donation. Well, he did say rivers, so you could go find a bunch. You know what I'm saying? You could go find a bunch of obscure little trickles.
Starting point is 00:55:17 But yeah, he said rivers. Join us next time for more Meteor Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. Thanks, Spencer. It's true. I was trying to back, for the once in my life, the only game show where conservation always wins. Thanks, Spencer. It's true. I was trying to back, for the once in my life, trying to back the guy up down there. Yeah, Spencer from South Dakota, he's the host. Using those smooth, mellow tones,
Starting point is 00:55:35 he lays them questions down. And he likes taking those two- and three-year-old bucks. And he's an avid amateur rock hound. Hey, folks, exciting news for those who live or hunt in Canada. You might not be able to join our raffles and sweepstakes and all that because of raffle and sweepstakes law, but hear this. OnX Hunt is now in Canada. It is now at your fingertips, you Canadians.
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