The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 565: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CXVIII

Episode Date: June 26, 2024

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Tony Peterson, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Corinne Schneider, Hilary Byrne, Cory Calkins, and Hanzi Deschermeier. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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without cell phone service as a special offer. You can get a free three months to try out OnX if you visit onxmaps.com slash meet. 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 Yanni, Brody, Randall, Tony, Corey, Hillary, Corinne, and Hansi. 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 Eaters will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing. And for the stat of the week this week,

we're looking at Tony Peterson's performance in Mediator Trivia. Tony averages 6.5 correct answers per game, with his strongest category being what, Tony? What do you think is your strongest category? I think I've done really well in fishing. His strongest category is not fishing. It's hunting, where he gets 78% of questions correct. And his weakest category is what, Tony?

Cooking. His weakest category is indeed cooking, where he gets 38% of questions correct. In four games Tony has played, he's gone to a tiebreaker once which he lost and won another game outright so tony is a legit competitor you got uh you got the age on your side if i remember correctly that tiebreaker i totally got screwed in that one oh okay tell me about it i don't really remember it very well okay i just remember feeling like uh-huh that it was kind of uh rigged against me almost. Sure, yeah. That's a good attitude to carry around in meat eater trivia.

It's not uncommon. 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. Ryan Hose wants to know, how did Phil get involved with Meat Eater? Phil, tell us. Oh, shoot, that's me. This is the most boring answer. So, sorry. But thanks for writing in.

It was a search on the website Indeed.com. Okay. After a particularly stressful run of audio editing TV, I was kind of just desperately looking for a change. Never heard of Steve. Never heard of MeatEater. I thought the job was fake when I saw the listing. I was like, there are no podcast engineer jobs in Bozeman, Montana. And it turns

out there was one. So I'm here. We're so lucky for it, Phil. That makes me feel good because often I get emails and DMs like, how do I get a job at MeatEater? And I tell them, go to indeed.com. There you go. Do you? All the open positions are, yeah, they're all listed there. So, see? It works. You can be like Phil Taylor, have no background in hunting and fishing, just come in off the street and produce the number

one outdoor podcast in the world. Incredible. We're lucky, Phil. I'm lucky. Thanks, Spencer. We have some housekeeping to get to in a previous game of trivia. We had a question about the Amazon tribe who recently got internet and started watching pornography. But the day that episode aired, the New York Times published an article titled,

No, a remote Amazon tribe did not get addicted to porn. Here's what happened. About a month prior, the New York Times wrote an article about that tribe and quoted an elder who said that young people had been sending porn to each other via a messaging app. This was concerning because Marubo culture frowns upon even kissing in public. But after the article came out, news aggregators took the New York Times reporting and repackaged some of the details. This turned into places like Yahoo, the New York Post, TMZ, the Economic Times, MSN, and more, using words like addicted and hooked to describe the Marubo's relationship with porn. The reality is that it was one member expressing concerns

about the tribe in adult videos, which became distorted by secondary resources. The Marubo leader released a quote last week saying, these claims are unfounded, untrue, and reflect a prejudiced ideological current that disrespects our autonomy and identity. So in summary, the tribe has navigated to the far corners of the internet, but it's inaccurate to say they're obsessed with them. So the tribe is not hooked or addicted to porn. Great. That doesn't change the question.

Real feel good story there, Spencer. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah, feel good that the Amazon tribe is not indeed addicted to porn, but maybe not feel good about today's news cycle. Now, the Shelby Index for today's round 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. How's that? Just tend to win everything. Game on, suckers!

Question one. The topic is conservation. And as always, thisers! Question one. The topic is conservation, and as always, this will be multiple choice. Which of these conservation groups has the most members? Is it Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, Pheasants Forever, or Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation? Which of these conservation groups has the most members? Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, Pheasants Forever, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.

Randall, with a quick, confident answer. Randall, how many of these groups are you a member of? Brody, two. I've been a member of all of them at one point in time okay trout unlimited backcountry that's my answer to pheasants forever rock and mountain elk foundation do you like to rotate your memberships every now and then cycle i do i do i feel like mine is based on whether i remember to re-up or not. Or whether they auto-renew you. That's right. Which of these has the most

members? T-U, B-H-A, Pheasants Forever, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Or they get you for a life membership. Mm-hmm. Is everybody ready? You know what? Some of these conservation groups could do a better job of not sending me so much mail.

You just email me. Oh, yeah. That's been a complaint for decades, I think. Too much mail. All of them. They're all guilty of it. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Hillary saying backcountry hunters and anglers. Hansi says Trout Unlimited. Tony, BHA. Randall, Trout Unlimited. Corini says Trout Unlimited. Tony, BHA, Randall, Trout Unlimited. Corinne, Trout Unlimited. Corey, Andiani, and Brody saying Trout Unlimited. They got it. The correct answer is Trout Unlimited.

I did too. Trout Unlimited has 350,000 members that make up 400 chapters in all 50 states. That's followed by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation at 230,000 members, Pheasants Forever at 130,000, and BHA at 40,000. Question two. The topic is fishing. This Harry Potter leading lady donated a hand-tied gray wolf fly to the Wild Trout Trust charity auction in 2008. This Harry Potter leading lady donated a hand-tied gray wolf fly to the Wild Trout Trust charity auction in 2008.

You need to tell me the name of the actress, not character really that this actress plays i know the character you could come up with the character gonna need you to come up with the actress tell me her name this harry potter leading lady donated a hand-tied fly to the wild trout trust charity auction in 2008. Is anybody confident in here? First and last name? Last name is good enough. If you can do last name, we will accept that. I respect that Jeopardy does that. So if you come up

with last name, we will give it to you just like Jeopardy. Tony, do you have this one? No. No. Okay. Have you seen Harry Potter? I have seen every Harry Potter. Read them to the girls. I've actually been to Harry Potter World at Universal Studios. And I don't remember ever seeing a fly shop the whole time. This may be a zero percenter.

Have you been to Harry Potter World? I have not, no. This Harry Potter leading lady donated a hand-tied gray wolf fly to the Wild Trout Trust charity auction in 2008. Does anybody feel good about their answer? No. I feel really good about my first name. Okay.

Can we just go with that? Phil, should we accept the Harry Potter character's name at this point? No, no, no. I'm kind of surprised how many people are struggling, and if that's the case, then yeah, sure. No, no, no, not the character's name. That would help me. Phil, what do you think?

I'm actually backtracking. Okay, no. You've got to tell us who the actress is., no. You gotta tell us who the actress is. No, you tease. Tell us who the actress is. This may be a zero percenter. It's 2008. She's the Harry Potter leading lady.

And that fly was a gray wolf. I'm not familiar with a gray wolf. Is anybody familiar with a gray wolf? What is it, Corey? Describe it to me. Into your microphone. It looks like a royal wolf, but it's mostly gray. Good gray dun or a gray drake replica. Gray wolf

fly. Where would you use that thing at? Oh, late July on the big hole. This Harry Potter leading lady. Do you guys give up yet? Yeah. No. Not take initials.

Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hillary saying Watson. Damn it, I was close. Says Emma Watson. Tony, Emma Watson. Randall, Emma Watson. Corinne and Corey without an answer.

Giannis says Hermione Granger. No, no, no. The actress he says is Emma Wilson. Brody says Emma Thumper? Thompson. Who was also in that movie. She was. Emma Thumper.

That's a new fly. The correct answer is Emma Watson. This side of the table got it right. Well done. Half of you got the correct answer. Watson played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films and made that donation when she was 17 years old. One of her friends was quoted by the Telegraph saying Watson loves fly fishing and that she eats a lot of fresh trout and salmon. Along with the hand-tied fly, Watson donated a Hogwarts Express train signed by her and her co-stars

in a Harry Potter tote bag that had a thank you note from the film's producers. Emma Watson. Question three. The topic is natural history. Brigham Young famously rode this trail that starts in Illinois and ends in Utah. Brigham Young famously rode this trail that starts in Illinois and ends in Utah. Randall is very confident. He is the only one in the room who is confident.

This is question three. Brody coming up with an answer now. Brody, do you think you have this one? You want to see what my answer is right now? Oh, okay. It's a cloud. Just scribbled. Somebody get that man an eraser, please.

He has an eraser right in front of him. Bring Him Young famously rode this trail that starts in Illinois and ends in Utah. Randall, you for sure have this one right. I'm pretty certain. Okay, Randall has this one right, he believes. This could keep his perfect game going. Hansi, do you have this one? No.

Maybe. Low probability. Okay. That was Hansi's confidence on the last question, and he got it right. First and last name. Is there an actress named Emma Roberts? Yeah, it's an American horror story. I had to change that. Oh, okay. Was she a Nickelodeon kid? That was the Roberts? I wrote that now.

American Horror Story. I had to change that. Was she a Nickelodeon kid, Phil? That was the first thing I wrote down. No, I mean, she's one of those Nepo babies. She's Julia Roberts' niece and Eric Roberts' daughter. Okay, that's why we got you here, Phil. That's why me needed to hire you.

What's a Nepo baby? It's a little judgy. Famous kids who have famous parents who got their kids jobs, or at least that's the assumption. What does that mean? Nepotism. Nepotism. It means you don't take them seriously as an adult.

That's right. Because they got where they were on other people's backs. Or their daddy's back. Brigham Young famously rode this trail that starts in Illinois and ends in Utah. One point deduction for Tony. Randall may be the only one who has this one right. What'd you do at Harry Potter World, Tony? Everything that you could.

My daughters were like, I don't know, seven at the time. Where's Harry Potter World at? Universal Studios. And is that LA? No, no, down in Florida. It's at both of them, but Florida has the bigger one. Oh, Tony went to the good one. So you buy $50 wands and they shoot them at stuff.

Jelly beans. Light brown or dark brown? Yeah. It's a wild situation. I'm actually hoping the rest of the questions are about Harry Potter. Okay. I tell you they aren't. This natural history stuff sucks. I want to go back about Harry Potter. Okay. I tell you they aren't. This natural history stuff sucks.

I want to go back to Harry Potter. Brigham Young famously rode this trail that starts in Illinois and ends in Utah. Is everybody ready? Brody, you give up? Yes. I give up. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hillary saying the Madison Clark trip.

Hansi says Pony Express. Tony says Trail of Tears. Randall, Mormon. Corinne, without an answer. Corey, Mormon Trail. Giannis, Pioneer Trail. Brody, without an answer. The correct answer is the Mormon Trail.

We had Randall and Corey get that one right. The Mormon Trail was used from 1846 to 1869. It's estimated that 70,000 Mormon pioneers made the trek from the Midwest to Utah during this period. The mass migration started after Brigham Young and his followers were driven out of Illinois. Question four. Then that was like, that's like mid June, I believe. And they celebrate pioneer days on that anniversary with fireworks. So in Salt Lake City, fireworks go from about mid June all the way through 4th of July. Yanni said pioneer trail.

You can't sleep. It's not the Mormon trail. No. Question for the topic is gear. This lure, which was included in Navy survival kits during World War II, is made by tying deer hair to a jig. This lure, which was included in Navy survival kits during World War II, is made by tying deer hair to a jig. Brody is already upset with this question.

What don't you like, Brody? I don't like it either, Brody. I know what we call those, and I don't think that's what the answer is going to be. Hmm. This lure, which was included in Navy survival kits during World War II, is made by tying deer hair to a jig. Brody and Randall have come up with an answer.

Oh. Yanni is now joining them. Brody going back to his board, revisiting his answer. Oh, no, no, never mind. Randall, do you have this one right? I have an answer that I believe applies to this. I don't know if it's what you're looking for. We have Yanni showing Brody his board,

and Brody approves of Yanni's answer. This is our new favorite part of the game. Across the table, you just flash it to Brody, but you have to be on your best behavior because you can't change it, but Brody gives you an A. Only if I'm 100%. It is so much more fun than when Spencer

reads it. You don't like the delayed gratification? It's like a bonus gratification. And we just had Corey show Yanni his answer. What was your response, Yanni, to Corey's answer? I gave him a... Didn't like it.

Yeah. Okay. There's a little osmosis going on here of the Brody showing answers. This lure, which was included in Navy survival kits during World War II, is made by tying deer hair to a jig. Is everybody ready? Half expected. Got nothing. Everybody ready? Go ahead expecting it. Got nothing.

Everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hillary saying, without an answer, Hansi and Tony and Randall say bucktail. Corinne, without an answer, Corey says meps. Yanni and Brody say bucktail. They got it. The correct answer is bucktail.

What don't you like about that question, Brody? Because you're saying you're tying deer hair to a jig. Mm-hmm. And? It is, like, a bucktail is a jig. It's not like, that could mean, like, you're tying bucktail to some other kind. Like, I don't.

We had five of you get that right, I think. I feel good about that question, Brody. If you said, like, look up bucktail and look up bucktail jig, it's the same thing. I don't understand what the issue is here. We have, like, okay. Is a Mr. Twister a jig? No. It's a soft plastic.

Okay, so you're saying the jig is the head with the hook on it. Yeah, I think that's what a jig would be defined as. I think that's a soft plastic. Okay, so you're saying the jig is the head with the hook on it. Yeah, I think that's what a jig would be defined as. I think that's a jig head. Oh, does everyone agree with... So you wanted me to say jig head? I think the answer should be bucktail jig. Like, and jig shouldn't be a question. That's what I put down.

The Upperman brothers started mass-producing bucktails during World War II. The jig quickly caught on with anglers after they became standard issue in Navy pilot survival kits. The kits also included other fishing gear, such as a knife, a gaff, gloves, hand line, weights, hooks, hook sharpener, dip net, pork rind bait, and instructions for how to use the fishing gear. Pork rind bait and instructions for how to use the fishing gear. Pork rind bait. Question five. The topic is hunting. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by EJ Gregory for sending this great question.

EJ 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 themeatdeater.com. This large hunting dog breed is named after America's biggest estuary. Got Hansi, Randall, Yanni, all feeling confident about this one. This large hunting dog breed is named after America's biggest estuary. Tony now joining them with an answer. Tony, you have some hunting dog related news you could share, right? I absolutely can. I got to finish writing my answer here.

Okay, he's got to finish. Can't multitask. Yeah, we're launching a podcast similar to the Foundations on Wired to Hunt, but it's going to be on Cal's feed, And it's going to be called Houndations. And it's going to be a 20-minute brain dump on dogs. From Tony. Yep. From Tony.

Do you have this one right, Tony? I hope so. Be sure embarrassing if you didn't. I'm not an auspicious. This large hunting dog breed is named after America's biggest estuary. This was our listener question of the week. And if you've had a listener question of the week this year, we're going to be sending those out here shortly.

We were behind on copies of the board game because they sold out last year, but you will be getting your copies this summer if you won the listener question of the week like EJ. You need an entire name here. This large hunting dog breed is named after America's biggest estuary. I'm feeling more confident now that I see them go write the full thing down. Oh, and a lot of folks revisiting their boards need to be specific about this one. Is everybody ready? A lot of writing.

Yanni has declared a lot of writing. Corey, you give up? Yep. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hillary saying Chesapeake Bay Retriever. Hansi, Chesapeake Bay Retriever. Tony, Chesapeake Bay Retriever. Hansi, Chesapeake Bay Retriever. Tony, Chesapeake Bay Retriever. Randall, Chesapeake Bay Retriever. Corinne and Corey without an answer. Brody and Yanni saying Chesapeake Bay Retriever. They got it. The correct answer is the Chesapeake

Bay Retriever. The Retriever got its name in 1845 after the original sire and dam survived a shipwreck in chesapeake bay the breed is the result of crosses with newfoundland water spaniels and setters chesapeakes are considered excellent hunting dogs excelling in excelling on the water and in the field tony what else can you tell us about a chesapeake bay retriever have you ever hunted over one uh i haven't. I've been around them quite a bit. They get damn big. They get big and they are very they can be like very

protective because they used to sleep in the boats and guard all the gear and so they're kind of a if you get one, it's going to be your dog. Like it's going to be like, that's my person and they can be a training challenge, but they're cool Phil we're halfway through the game of trivia

what do you got Yanni? I heard a Chesapeake Bay Retriever story last night at dinner my wife grew up with them they always had them around did they breed them or what? no well her uncles did

but they were around the family was pretty tight I don't know if they even had their own personal Well, her uncles did, but they were around. The family was pretty tight. I don't know if they even had their own personal one, but they lived next to one of their uncles who had one. Anyways, this dog would, as Jennifer's sister put it, audio locate box turtles. And they would just be out there baying in the woods next to the house,

and they would go over, and there'd be a turtle And then they were yeah, they were allowed to keep these turtles for a day But not two before they had to release them, but they constantly had a pet turtle because of this dog captain Castori that's a great name. I wonder if that dog just kept bringing back the same Phil we're halfway through the game of trivia give us a scoreboard update yeah you ready for this oh oh what is this phil has a little graphic for us on the tv there we go but we try something new wow that's fancy so so fancy look at those text blocks we got corinne holding up the rear with one point. And then Corey and Hillary are tied up with two.

Tony and Giannis and Brody all have three points apiece. Hansi has four. And in first place, it's Dr. Randall with a perfect game. He's got five points. You should make the leader flash somehow. You know, baby steps. It took me three years to get to this point. So we'll see how long it takes to get to the next one.

Yeah, it kind of hits harder when you see it visually like that. That's why we hired him. Hey, folks, exciting news for those who live or hunt in Canada. And, boy, my goodness do we hear from the Canadians whenever we do a raffle or a sweepstakes. And our raffle and sweepstakes law makes it that they can't join. Whew. Our northern brothers get irritated. Well, if you're sick of, you know, sucking a high-end titty there, OnX is now in Canada.

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Welcome to the OnX club, y'all. Question six, the topic is public lands. Harold Henthorne was found guilty of murdering his wife in 2012 after pushing her off a cliff in this Colorado National Park. This is question six. The topic is public lands. Harold Henthorne was found guilty of murdering his wife in 2012 after pushing her off a cliff in this Colorado National Park.

There's a lot of national parks with cliffs in Colorado. Okay. Did you boys live in Colorado in 2012? I had left. I did. And they don't remember the answer. Were these the newlyweds? Not giving you any hints.

Harold Henthorne was found guilty of murdering his wife in 2012 after pushing her off a cliff in this Colorado National Park. I'm going to tell you guys something gross. I think you guys recorded a podcast today in here. We did. And what do you call this thing here? Is it a sponge? What's the deal over my microphone?

It's got a bunch of different names. Pop filter, windscreen, yeah. This pop filter smells like coffee. It smells like I have a cup of coffee right in bunch of different names. Pop filter, Winsgreen, yeah. This pop filter smells like coffee. It smells like I have a cup of coffee right in front of my face. Either Cal or Steve. We've been recording a lot today. It's an accumulation.

Just spitting right into this. Light roast, dark roast. If you close your eyes and you got a whiff of this, you'd think you had a... You ever wash these? You're in a Starbucks. I can't wait to take them home and run them through the laundry.

It would destroy them. I've heard that you can put them in the freezer to disinfect them. I don't know how scientifically sound that is, though. I felt like I heard about that over COVID. That was like a way to treat that. Don't know. Again, we're on question six. Harold Henthorne was found guilty of murdering his wife in 2012

after pushing her off a cliff in this Colorado national park. Harold Henthorne sounds like a murderer. The name of a character from Clue. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hillary saying Rocky Mountain National Park. Hansi says Estes Park. Tony, Estes Park.

Randall, Rocky Mountain National Park. Corinne without an answer. Corey and Giannis and Brody saying Rocky Mountain National Park. They got it. The correct answer is Rocky Mountain National Park. We're not going to accept the name of the mountain town outside of it, which is Estes Park. We're not going to accept the name of the mountain town outside of it, which is Estes Park. Harold and his second wife, Toni, were celebrating their 12th anniversary with a hike that day.

Harold pushed Toni off a 128-foot cliff, but claimed in court that she slipped down the mountain. An investigation revealed that he had a $4.5 million life insurance policy on his wife, which she never knew about. Harold's first wife also had a suspicious death in 1995, which happened when she was crushed by Harold's Jeep while helping him change a tire. And like his second wife, Harold had a lucrative life insurance policy on his first wife. Harold is now serving a life sentence at an Indiana prison.

Just got so greedy. I was going to say, you know what they say? If you can get away with murdering your wife with a large life insurance policy on her once, don't go back for number two. The first one was so big, he didn't have to work after that. He claimed to have had a career, but he never did. He was just raking it in off that first life insurance policy, but he needed to get a second one.

Question seven. The topic is conservation. This next great question is via Alex Taylor. This invasive insect, which goes by the acronym SLF, arrived in America in 2012. This invasive insect, which goes by the acronym SLF, arrived in America in 2012. Brody, very confident.

Randall, he's eh. He was right right away. Okay. Brody, yeah, he thinks. I'd like to tell you a difference, man. He thinks Randall is more confident than he's portraying. I'm just going with an invasive insect. I don't, I couldn't put a chronology on it.

Tony, do you have this one right? I feel like I might. This invasive insect, which goes by the acronym SLF, arrived in America in 2012. This is question seven. Next week's episode, we have a little treat. Yanni is returning to the hosting seat. It'll be his second ever guest host episode.

Yanni, how are you feeling about that? Well, I just want everybody to know that I'm going to pitch a bunch of softballs. Oh, nice. Okay. If you, you know, come feeling confident because I think we're going to be going right to a tiebreaker. Oh, that's next week's episode. Yanni is hosting. Is everybody ready to reveal their answers for question seven about the invasive insect that goes by S-L-F.

I mean, if you can't think of something, this is a great opportunity to come up with something funny. Okay, so I'm counting on you to come up with something funny, Yanni, because your board is still blank. Yanni, do you have your comedic answer ready? Is this like a common thing that it's referred to by an acronym?

I don't think I'll be revealing anything here. It'd be like if you were on an agency's website, they would refer to it the first time by the full name and then go with this afterwards. Same thing would happen usually with biologists. Is everybody ready? Is that it?

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hillary saying sexy-legged fly. Hansi says super lovely effers. Tony says spotted lanternfly. Randall says murder hornet. Corinne says small

little fly. Cori, stinging little fly. Giannis, Scottish Latvian fleas. Brody, spotted lanternfly. I thought you had it, Randall. We have a correct answer in the room. It's the spotted lanternfly.

Tony and brody got that one right spotted lanternflies are native to china and arrived in america as eggs on a stone shipment about a decade ago they've been they've since been detected in 17 states with the partnership for regional invasive species declaring them one of the fastest spreading invaders that the continent has ever seen. Spotted lanternflies are problematic because they suck sap from native plants and their waste encourages fungal disease. Randall, you're not going to believe this, but I swear to God, I saw one of those murder hornets in my backyard last summer.

Really? And I looked it up and they've seen them in Montana. Yeah, it was the only sort of newsworthy invasive insect that came to mind. SLF, like I was saying, if you were on an agency website, if you were looking at a, like an academic paper, they would refer to it once as spotted lanternfly. And after that, it would be SLF from there on out. Here's question eight. The topic is cooking. According to Delish Magazine, this regional barbecue style is best known for its, quote, burnt ends, hickory smoke, and thick, sweet barbecue sauce. According to Delish Magazine, this regional barbecue style is best known for its burnt ends, hickory smoke, and thick, sweet barbecue sauce.

Randall is very confident. Okay. Let's not get into this again. Putting words in his mouth. I'm impulsive. I think we should just say Randall. Randall's quick to answer. Yeah, Randall's quick to answer.

Randall, do you have a deep knowledge of regional barbecue? Not a deep knowledge. Okay. Enough of a knowledge to come up with a deep knowledge. Okay. Enough of a knowledge to come up with a quick answer. Yeah. For who's famous for their burnt ends,

hickory smoke, and thick, sweet barbecue sauce. Yanni, how do you feel about your answer? Pretty good, because I was doing some research about barbecue, because I have a barbecue question

for next week's episode. Alright, you are well equipped then to get this one right. This seems underhanded. Randall, you're welcome to study up on trivia for a future episode you might host.

Don't be fooled by coincidence, Randall. It just seems a little too perfect. Is everybody ready? Does everyone have a regional barbecue style written down that's best known for its burnt ends, hickory

smoke, and thick, sweet barbecue sauce? Now we have Yanni as the confident player on this side of the table. Brody has showed Yanni his answer. No, Yanni showed me his. Oh, okay. They don't agree, though. They have different answers.

I'm wrong. Yannis, let me get some of that. Is everybody ready? Sorry, I didn't mean to do that in the microphone. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hillary saying Louisiana, Hansi, West Texas, Tony, Kansas City,

Randall, Memphis, Corinne, Southwestern, Corey, Kansas City, Giannis, Kansas City, Brody, Kentucky. The correct answer is Kansas City. I think we had four of you get that one right. According to culinary historians, burnt ends were had in Kansas City was something the restaurant was giving away for free.

Here's a quote from that article. The counterman just pushes them over to the side and anyone who wants helps himself. I dream of those burned edges. To learn how to make them with wild game, check out our article on TheMedia.com called Wild Boar Belly Burnt Ends. Phil, we have two questions left. Give us a scoreboard update. Oh, geez.

Unfortunately, Hillary and Corinne are too far behind to catch up. But coming up next, we've got Hansi and Corey with four points apiece. Tony, Giannis, and Brody have five. And still in first place, he doesn't have the perfect game, but he has six points. It's Dr. Randall.

Dr. Randall. He's reeling. He's reeling. Some Rory McElroy over there got his last two questions wrong. Here's question nine. Keep it up, Randall. The topic is hunting.

This next great question is via Rick Arthur. Name two of the five states with the most federal public land as of 2023. I feel like we've had this question like five times. We have not had this question. I reviewed my documents as a board game. Not as a percentage, just the most. Name two of the five states

with the most federal public land as of 2023. Three. Very confident room with this one. Two of the five states with the most federal land. This is question nine. You should have asked the least next time. Maybe we will. Maybe that's what I have

in my document for the next game. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hillary saying Utah, Nevada. Hansi, Nevada, Alaska. Tony, Alaska, Arizona. Randi, Nevada, Alaska. Tony, Alaska, Arizona. Randall, Wyoming, Alaska. Corinne, Wyoming, Arizona. Corey, Alaska, Montana. Giannis, Alaska, Colorado. Brody, Alaska, Idaho. A diverse group of answers in the room The five states are

Alaska, California Idaho, Nevada And Utah I think we only had what Two of you or just Brody Two or two it was at least two I think two Two or three Hillary got one Hansi Hillary Hansi Brody I think

Okay Alaska leads The nation in federal land At 222 million acres. That's followed by Nevada at 56 million, California at 45 million, and Utah and Idaho at 33 million. Just missing the top five are Oregon, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, and Arizona. I always forget about Nevada, man. Here's a question, or here's a correct answer review so far for our listeners at home. One,

was Trout Unlimited? Two, Emma Watson? Three, Mormon Trail? Four, Bucktail? Five, Chesapeake Bay Retriever? Six, Rocky Mountain National Park? Seven, Spotted Lanternfly.

8, Kansas City. And 9, Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah. Phil, we have one question left. Give us a leaderboard update. Yeah, it's tightening up here. Hansi's catching up a little bit with that correct answer. Hansi, Tony, and Giannis all have five points apiece and tied up. Now are Randall and Brody with six.

I don't think I've seen a five-way tiebreaker before. Today could be the day. Question 10. The topic is fishing. This lake, which connects Lake Huron and Lake Erie, was declared the best smallmouth lake in the world by Kevin Van Dam. This lake, which connects Lake Huron and Lake Erie, was declared, quote, the best smallmouth lake in the world by Kevin Van Dam. The room looks stumped. Tony, fairly confident with an answer.

He's the only one who's come up with an answer yet. I got an answer. Okay, Brody has an answer. He'd like everyone to know. This lake, which connects Huron and Erie, was declared the best smallmouth lake in the world by Kevin Van Dam. This is the final question. We have potential for a five-way tiebreaker.

Tied up in first place right now, though, we have Randall and Brody. Is that correct? Correct, yes. They have six points. Spencer, can I write down two answers for this one? You can cross one out. You write down two answers, though,

and don't cross one out. You will be wrong, Tony Peterson. This lake, which connects Huron and Erie, was declared the best smallmouth lake in the world by Kevin Van Dam. What you doing there, Yanni? He's got his fingers up. He's counting. Counting great lakes.

Oh, okay. Is everybody ready? No. Five. We'll give you your time. We'll give you your time here. There's a lot on the line. Randall, you've been pretty quiet down there.

How do you feel about your answer? I'm not confident. I'm, uh... As a reminder, Randall's gotten three in a row. Yeah. Well, that's what I'm really wrestling with. I've lost all confidence. Did you watch the U.S.

Open this weekend? Do you have any familiarity with what happened? No. Okay. Rory McElroy had a large lead going into the last day, excuse me, like the last holes on the last day, and he just choked. He missed a putt that was under three feet and a putt that was under four feet, and

then he lost the whole tournament. Does that make you feel a lot better about yourself, Randall? What are the chances that could happen again? Uh-huh. And then right in his face, when he missed that last putt, the crowd chanted, USA, USA.

No. Should we do that to Randall if he gets this one wrong? I'm hoping for a a Luka Doncic-like performance here. You know, three, lose three, everybody's doubting you. Okay. You come out, lay the smack down, and then, I don't know.

Do you have an answer for the lake that connects? Probably Luzon 5. Probably Luzon 5. And Erie, and it was declared the best smallmouth lake in the world. I got an answer, and it's in that part of the world. Is everybody ready? Yeah. I think I'm in.

Everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Oh, the room doesn't like what they've seen. Hillary without an answer. Hansi says Ontario. Tony says Lake St. Clair. Randall says Detroit. Corinne without an answer.

Corey says Lake Champlain. Giannis says St. Clair. Giannis says St. Clair. Brody says St. Clair. We have a correct answer in the room. It's Lake St. Clair making Brody our winner with seven correct answers. What a comeback is right. It's contagious, Ray. Brody.

I erased Nevada to put in Wyoming. I think I got the first two questions wrong or three. What a comeback. Brody wins with seven correct answers. He hit the Shelby index right on the nose. Brody, what are you going to do with the $500 donation from Meat Eater? You're going to let Randall make the donation? I should be able to hop corners someday before I quit hunting,

so I'm going to donate to the MeatEater land access initiative. Hop corners legally? Yes. Yeah. So he's going to donate to the MeatEater LAI, $500. No ladders needed. Going their way. That was inspiring, Brody, to see that comeback win.

Wow. That's one way to describe it. As a reminder, Yanni is going to be in the hosting seat next week. I'm very excited for that episode, Yanni. Please listen. Please listen. Join us next week for more Meadeater trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins.

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