The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 579: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CXXIII

Episode Date: July 31, 2024

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Randall Williams, Max Barta, Corinne Schneider, Cory Calkins, Matt McCormick, Brady Davis, and Nate Mason. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on 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 Newharth, and today we're joined by Yanni, Randall, Corinne, Corey, Max, Matt, Brady, and Nate Mason. Nate, this is your first time on Trivia. Tell folks what you do here at Meat Eater. Yeah, I'm interning here for the summer, looking for full-time employment, doing a little finance, little production work, just a little bit of everything. Nate's been showering me with compliments about TriviaSing.

It was an honor to be invited. It's his dream to play trivia. None of that meant anything, though. Those were all empty words until he brought in some baked goods, though, today. They are so good, too. Yes. You think that's going to help you in trivia? Potentially.

It helped me in Calc 2 I passed by Bribing the Smart Kids With Panera bagels Okay You made those Panera bagels? No I worked there And you could take them home for free At the end of the night

Wait so you don't make the bagels at Panera? No no no no And you're saying we should be Keeping an eye on you for workplace theft Yes No you're allowed to Yeah I was told most things are free Yeah Well that's That's where the cooler went Keeping an eye on you for workplace theft. Yes. No, you're allowed to. I was told most of the time you're free.

Well, that's a good way to turn this internship into a full-time gig, Nate. Do you have a ball for Nate? I do not. Oh, Tomer. Take that back. Yeah, he's taking the treats away. Now, 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 for the stat of the week this week, we're looking at a breakdown of question prevalence by category. Although I always say we have four main verticals, trivia ends up having more like eight, with the additional ones being woodsmanship, wildlife, gear, and natural history. Now, of those eight categories, the most popular one is conservation. 19% of all the questions in meat eater trivia history have been conservation-based. That's followed by fishing at 18%, hunting at 17%, wildlife at 14%, cooking at 13%, gear at 8%, woodsmanship at 6%, and natural history at 5%.

So the four main verticals make up for 68% of trivia, with the other four categories making up 32% of trivia. Now, Nate, if I were going to throw you a bone, what would that bone be maybe? Like which of those categories is your strong suit? Not fishing. Not fishing. Okay, well that's our second most common category. So if this is a fishing heavy game, it's not bad news. I'm going to warn you

there's a good deal of fishing. That's unfortunate. In today's episode of trivia. I'm ready to set the hook. Good one, Max. Please play the drop. That was quick. Count on Max. It'd be fun

if when Max hosts an episode as a guest host, he could do like all waterfowl. We can invite Matt and Grady again. They'd get ten bones, basically. Really clean up on... We'd like to be present for that one. Yeah.

I would like to be playing during that. Now here's our infrequently asked question segment. If you have a trivia-related question for our crew, send it to trivia at themeatdeater.com with the subject line, IFAQ. Jake Emery wants to know, I absolutely love trivia, but my brother, who also hunts and fishes, hates it.

He won't listen or play along, and when I ask him why, he doesn't have a good answer. He just says he hates it. Why do you think that is? Well, Jake, I'm going to break it to you. I think your brother's dumb. Find a new brother. Yeah.

I just think he's dumb. If he doesn't like this and he likes to hunt and fish, you probably already knew that about him. But he's just a jabroni. That's all there is to it. It can't be that he doesn't like me. Hold on. He doesn't like to hunt and fish or doesn't like to play trivia? Jake's brother likes to hunt and fish, but he does not

like trivia. In fact, his strong words are for it that he hates it. Let's get him in here. Perhaps he doesn't like to be challenged. Yeah. Not a good guy. Max said it good. Find a new brother. Find a new brother. Find a new brother.

Okay. Perhaps he's just not a quick thinker. Not a quick thinker. Maybe he just hates the sound of our voices. Yeah. It can't be that. Now we have some housekeeping to get to. In a previous game of trivia, we had a question about the Spanish word that means red that's commonly used in Mexican

cuisine. The correct answer was rojo or roja, but a few listeners wrote in asking if Colorado would also be an acceptable answer. Well, Colorado in Spanish means colored red, and the word is often used as an adjective in Mexican cuisine. The taco bus down the street from us actually has Colorado enchiladas and Colorado burritos on their menu so if you said Colorado for that question that would absolutely be an acceptable answer so you could say Roja Rojo or Colorado now the Shelby index for today's game is a five so I'm putting us on perfect score alert and with, we're on to the game of trivia. Play the drop, Phil. No, point at me. Pressure.

Me. I need to know what I stand to win. I'll take a finger. Just stand to win everything. Game on, suckers! Yanni was saying there's pressure on him and Randall in this game. Just Randall. Oh, just Randall.

I thought you were motioning that it was the two of you. No, he squirmed when you said the Shelby Index was five. You like that, Randall, or you don't like that? I love it. Okay, you like a five Shelby Index. I love it. Okay, here's question one. The topic is hunting, and this a five Shelby index. I love it. Okay, here's question one. The topic is hunting, and this will be multiple choice.

Which of these states did not have a black bear hunting season in 2023? Is it Missouri, Florida, Washington, or New Jersey? Oh, that's not the right one. Which of these states did not have a black bear hunting season in 2023? Your four choices. Missouri, Florida, Washington, New Jersey. Three of those states had a black bear season. One of them didn't. Missouri, Florida, Washington, or New Jersey. Nobody looks very confident in the room. those states had a black bear season one of them didn't missouri florida washington or new jersey

nobody looks very confident in the room just a lot of educated guesses i think randall a lot of pressure here on the perfect game to get question one right boy that does make it tough well i mean if you have ever posed us a trick question or a tricky question, I mean, all of these states are recent or recently had, had not, controversy. Sure. Been in the media about black bear hunting. Yanni thinks I'm trying to get you guys to trip up and not get that perfect game and double the conservation donation. Did Shelby get this one?

Not going to tell you that. A lot of folks have requested that to know what Shelby gets right. I don't want to tell you that because then I think it would inform your answer. You'd think like, okay, Shelby knew this, so it would be this certain kind of answer because she knew the answer.

So I'm not going to tell you which ones that Shelby got right. He's two steps ahead of you, to be honest. it's one of the most common requests uh that we get but you're not going to find out which ones shelby got is everybody ready again four choices missouri florida washington new jersey which of those states did not have a black bear hunting season in 2023 go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brady saying New Jersey. Nate says Washington.

Corinne, New Jersey. Randall, Washington. Corey, Washington. Max, New Jersey. Giannis, Washington. Matt, New Jersey. Nobody's going to have a perfect game. The correct answer was Florida.

What? Zero percenter? A zero percenter, which does not often happen. I'm glad we're all starting back at zero. Does not often happen on a multiple choice. Holy cow. What? Washington harvested 1,799 black bears in 2023, followed by New Jersey with 493 and Missouri with 12.

There was a black bear hunting season in Florida from the 1930s until 1993. The state reopened bear hunting in the fall of 2015, but shut it down again after just two days. In those 48 hours, hunters harvested 295 bears with some regions going over triple their quota. Officials said it was a good sign that the bear populations are growing in Florida and that the hunt could be on the table again in coming years.

So I thought there was controversy in New Jersey and then like a couple of years ago, they closed trap or hounds. In coming years. So I thought there was controversy in New Jersey. And then like a couple years ago, they closed traps. I'm saying it was the spring seasons that were like under attack. Washington and maybe New Jersey as well. But those states harvest. Washington killed 1,800 bears last year. And yeah, New Jersey, 500 of them. Pressure's off, boys.

All right. Question two. The topic is cooking. This crab is duly named after the cold climate where it lives and because its meat turns from red to white when cooked. The topic is

cooking. Randall, you have this one right? Boy, I hope so. Maxwell,, you have this one right? Boy, I hope so. Maxwell, do you have this one right? Maybe. This crab is dually named after the cold climate where it lives and because its meat turns from red to white when cooked. The question says then that it has two names. No, it's dually named, meaning that it has two purposes.

Both of those reasons. One name that serves two purposes here. This crab is dually named after the cold climate where it lives and because its meat turns from red to white when cooked feeling better now is everybody ready yes um no honey is going back to it i saw his answer let's go this has been quick oh so max you disagree so now you're giving me a tip max this is don't don't come on it up max so yanni you you now did you change your answer Yanni? I would have changed it anyways

So you did change it, okay Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers We have Brady saying Dungeness Nate saying Dungeness Corinne says Snow Randall, Snow Corey, Snow

Max, Snow Yanni had Dungeness, he crossed it out And wrote down Snow Randall, snow. Corey, snow. Max, snow. Yanni had Dungeness. He crossed it out and wrote down snow. Matt says snow. They got it. The correct answer is snow crab. I think Yanni actually wrote down snow as a risk. That was an obvious one.

The name snow crab refers to two primary subspecies that reside in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans. They live in deep cold water and have long legs with thin shells. Three pounds of Alaskan snow crab legs cost roughly $120 online, which is about the same price as Dungeness crabs and half the price of king crabs. Has anybody had a snow crab in here? I don't think so. I don't think I have. Lots of them.

You have had a lot of snow crabs. Yeah, and I missed the question. And you missed it. Yeah. Oh, man. Well, have you ever been to Joe's Crab Shack? No, I have not. They serve, like, all-you-can-eat snow crab.

Oh, really? Actually, you know, Bar 9 does that, too, right down the road here. Thursday nights. Thursday night. I haven't been to Bar 9 since to as well. Bar 9 does that too right down the road here. Thursday nights. Thursday night. I haven't been to Bar 9 since we did Kickball. That's not the kind of place I'd want all you guys to eat. I'm going to be honest. It's not the top shelf snow crab.

I'm not going there still. You want to drink the bucket first and then get into the snow crab. Okay. All you can eat snow crab at Bar 9. Not the kind of place I'd want to do all you can eat seafood, but I'm intrigued. Here's question three. The topic is woodsmanship. This is our listener question of the week,

which is won by Stephen Higgs for sending this great question. Stephen 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 themeadeater.com. What's the name of the North Star? Randall, quick to answer. You know, I was going to say that Bar 9 is the only bar I've danced on the bar at. But then I remembered another bar.

Okay. So was Bar 9 the first or the second? I don't know. Yeah. It's an important detail. How many weeks ago was that oh at least 250 phil do they have the best karaoke in bozeman this is like an ad for bar nine now oh boy i don't know man i've been i've been out of the karaoke scene pretty much since kickball because that was like my excuse to get out with you know two kids at home i don't i don't really get out karaoke anymore but like i that's the only reason i

would go to bar nine these days though is karaoke karaoke and uh all you can eat snow crab maybe they fall on the same night sometime what a treat i think we got to put it on the schedule here's question three again the topic it's wood is woodsmanship what's the name of the North Star? Yanni, you have this one right. A word just popped into my head as I was staring into Max's eyes, and I'm going with it. Max, will you

look over here? Did that help you, Corey? No. What were you dancing to, Randall? The Macarena. It was the whole playlist. Oh, wow.

So you had a residency at the Bar Nine. Yeah, I'm trying to remember. I believe one of the songs played was, I don't remember the artist, but the song Bugatti, where the chorus is, I woke up in a new Bugatti. I woke up in a new Bugatti. I woke up. This is a long time ago.

It's not a very old song, though, so not that long ago. Like he said, 250 weeks. Again, what's the name for the North Star? I think the artist's name is Ace Hood. I think so, too. Wow. Okay. Well, we can fact check that.

That's impressive. It's not impressive because he danced on the bar to it. It's obviously like a very meaningful song to him. It is Ace Hood. You're right. When did that drop? Let's see here.

2016? That was 2013. So it's within the last decade that Randall was on the bar. Does everyone have an answer for the name of the North Star? I was working in high school, Randall. Was on the bar. Does everyone have an answer for the name of the North Star? I was working on my PhD.

Successfully. Sounds like it. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brady saying Magellan. He crossed out Garmin. Nate says Polaris. Corinne says you are space. She couldn't finish the answer.

Randall says Polaris. Coreyne says you are space. She couldn't finish the answer. Randall says Polaris. Corey says guide star. Max says bright. Yanni says Polaris. Matt says Nordic. We have a correct answer in the room. It's Polaris. I think we had Nate, Yanni, and Randall get that one right.

Polaris is Latin for pole star. It's found at the tip of the Little Dipper's handle. As the name implies, it sits less than one degree away from the North Celestial Pole. The star was first cataloged in 169 A.D. by a Roman astronomer, but it had long been used before that for navigation. Some ancient tribes referred to Polaris as the star of the sea because it was essential for traveling

by water. Question four. The topic is fishing. Sorry, Nate. This next great question is via Jimmy Horn. What nautical measurement is equal to six feet? I think I got this one. Okay. What nautical measurement is equal to six feet i think i got this one okay what nautical measurement is equal to six feet the topic is fishing this is question four yanni nate randall all appear confident i think nate's playing a pretty strong game for his first one nate told me the other day

he got eight right in the Jabroni episode, which would have sent him to a tiebreaker. I think Nate's a strong competitor. And then I double tied with Hansi in the overtime. I would have loved that. We still have yet to have a double tiebreaker.

Phil said he has a special sound back there he's going to play for when that happens. If we ever go to a second tiebreaker. It's never happened in 130-something episodes of Meat Eater Trivia. Where does everybody's head go when you say, Phil has a special noise he's going to play? I don't know. We're going to find out. Phil, he talks about it all the time.

He says, I can't wait until we do the second tiebreaker and I can unveil the sound. How do you find a special noise, Phil? Yeah, Phil. I wish I had a good answer to that question, Yana. Spencer's talking out of his ass right now. That's his voice. Phil on the spot, so he has a special noise when that happens. You don't have that power over me.

Maybe that special noise just comes out of his mouth. It's not even a drop that he makes. Okay, that I will commit to. I thought you just play the regular over time. I'll just play it twice, just like a little bit off. Twice as loud. What does it say when you play it backwards? It's not back masking.

Yeah, it would reveal a lot of things about Phil that we don't want to know. Again, question four. What nautical measurement is equal to six feet? I'm between two. Man, last time I got my captain's license, you know, forgot it. Is everybody ready? I think I'm in trouble. Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Brady saying, what's that say, Brady? Tears. Tears, that's not right. Nate says, fathom. Corinne says, league. Randall, fathom. Corey, crossed out fathom, wrote down league. That's exactly what happened.

Max says, not. Giannis, fathom. Matt, without an answer. The correct answer is fathom. About half of you got that one right. A fathom is a unit of measurement for depth. The measurement originated as the

distance from the middle fingertip of one hand to the middle fingertip of the other hand of a large man holding his arms fully extended. The United States EPA allows anyone to perform a burial at sea, but requires you to be at least three miles offshore and in 100 fathoms of water before doing so. Those are their words,

100 fathoms of water if you're going to do a burial at sea. Question five, the topic is gear. This next great question is via Preston Domini sometimes referred to as the trailer hook this is the extra hook that's added to an existing lure to improve hook sets sometimes referred to as a trailer hook this is the extra hook that's added to an existing lure to improve hook sets.

Randall, do you have this one right? Not sure. Okay. Max, you appear to be confident. Very confident. Why do you think you know this one, Max? Without giving away too much, what would you add one of these hooks to? Don't you want to say? I'm not going to say. I've already got...

You already gave Yanni the snow crab answer. This is question five. We'll get a scoreboard update. If my answer's not right, I'm going to... You're fixing to argue. Okay. Sometimes referred to as a trailer hook. No one else will change it.

This is the extra hook that's added to an existing lure to improve hook sets. Max, you and Gianni, are you in agreement on the answer? No one can change it. Once we play this game, you're not allowed to change it anymore. I don't know. This is a new thing we've started doing. Mostly you do it with Randall, not Randall. I do it with Brody all the time.

Yeah, and it's fun. Yes, I do like his answer. Typically, though, you don't waive your answer to the entire room. I trust all of you guys not to change your answers. Randall, did you see his answer? I did. Do you agree with his answer? I don't want to say because everybody knows what his answer is.

Randall's not a fan. When Spencer asked me, I said no. Hopefully he was going to change his answer. I just don't know how much Nate likes cheating. I'm not going to change mine. Well, we know he's a thief, so he might be a cheat. He said they allowed him to take the bagels, dude. Yeah, I guess you're right.

We allow him to take answers sometimes if the whiteboard happens to be seen at just the right angle. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brady saying caboose. Nate says buddy. Corinne says anchor hook. Randall says stinger. Corey says stinger.

Max, stinger. Yanni, stinger. Matt, stinger. But upside down. They got it. The correct answer is stinger hook. Stinger hooks are used across every fishing pursuit from saltwater fishermen to fly fishermen to ice fishermen. They are commonly attached to lures that have a big profile with small hooks or when there's a light bite.

A stinger hook can be attached to an existing hook or connected by line or swivel. Phil, we are halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a leaderboard update. Terrible. Yes, sir. Apologies to Brady. Terrible. He's got zero points.

Glad I said yes to this. I have five questions left. That's kind of what it looks like. Corinne has one point. Corey, Max, Matt, and Nate all have two points apiece. And then tied up in first place are Giannis and Randall with four. Here we go. Gianni and Randall.

Almost a perfect game. Almost. Corey, Gianni, what in the fly fishing world would you attach a stinger hook to? I think I've only attached them to streamers. Yeah. Streamers. attached them to streamers. Yeah. Streamers. Swinging big streamers. Growing up we did jig heads for walleyes.

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of baked goods to be one of the best tree stand snacks of all time. Oh. Man. Yanni's jaw is on the floor. Nate, look at him go

the man worked at Panera good point I'm a connoisseur of pre-made treats we're throwing him a bone in the baked goods category I mean hunting bowhunting.com declared this brand of baked goods to be one of the best tree stand

snacks of all time? Randall, you have this one, right? It's the brand, not the specific. Looking for the brand. Declared this brand of baked goods to be one of the best tree stand snacks of all time. If my answer is wrong, they're wrong. Okay. I'm here to tell you.

It's not one of the, yeah, you wrote down an answer for one of the best duck blind snacks of all time. And tree stand. Okay, and tree stand. You know what my favorite turkey hunting snack is? Uncrustables. Mmm. I did see you posting about them this season. Oh, yeah.

They're great. I'll tell you this, Max. That was on their list as well. Really? Well, like number two? A Max. That was on their list as well. Really? Well, like number two? A PB&J was on their list. I think it was number nine on their list of the best tree stand snacks. Should be number one.

Is everybody ready? Did Braunschweiger with a thick layer of butter on some Latvian rye bread make that one? Not there. I'd really question some things about their authority on tree stand snacks if they said that one. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brady saying hostess. Nate says little Debbie.

Corinne says, what's that say, Corinne? She crossed out little Debbie. Randall and Corey and Max and Yanni and Matt say Little Debbie. They got it. The correct answer is Little Debbie. Little Debbie makes gas station staples like Swiss rolls, chocolate cupcakes, zebra cakes, oatmeal cream pies, cosmic brownies, nutty buddies, fudge rounds, and honey buns. Other foods on bowhunting.com's list include Halloween candy, trail mix, jerky, lunchables, and apples. With all due respect to bowhunting.com, that's like saying the best breakfast food is Kellogg's. Right?

I mean, sure. Correct. They didn't want to offend anybody with like their specific little debbie choice uh because if they would say you know like oatmeal cream pie sucks and then be fighting words yeah but what's your favorite candy mars what's your favorite little debbie randall i like oatmeal cream pies i used to eat a lot of them get them uh in the big box. What about in the duck blind, Matt and Brady?

What little debbies make it there? Well, you can tell by my answer I wrote Hostess, which is indeed the greatest baked goods of all time. And I'm a Hostess crunchy donut guy with a little Mountain Dew about four in the morning. Crunchy donut. A little diesel fuel down the hatch and you're ready to roll.

I like Nutter Butters. That's really nice. Feels like a lot of ducks. I like Nutter Butters. Yeah, they're really good. But here's my problem from a tree stand snack standpoint. You gotta be quiet. Little Debbie's. Is they're too loud.

The wrappers are way too loud. And they can get crushed real easy. It's like a smash burger by the time you pull it out. But if you go oatmeal cream pie, it doesn't matter. It's just as good. That's right. Question seven. The topic is cooking. This word translates to barbecue in Spanish

and refers to meat that's been slowly cooked and shredded. This word translates to barbecue in Spanish and refers to meat that's been slowly cooked and shredded you have this one right max maybe brady you're thinking about i'm looking for my first point so yeah any any help i think i got it do the uh the flying v duck blinds do those have uh like little grills in them they do yeah what gets cooked on those typically it's we're we're kind of a breakfast burrito crew so i'd say like sausage and bacon potatoes eggs cheese so you're making the burrito in the blind oh it's not a pre-made burrito no no no no we uh we have a bit of a rolling roster so if i cook one day then matt's

cooking the next kind of runs down the roster. Yeah. And yeah, somebody in the blind just kind of, you can still keep your gun by you and shoot, but when the rest of the time you need to focus on. Making the whole burrito. Feeding the team. Yeah, feed the team. This word translates to barbecue in Spanish

and refers to meat that's been slowly cooked and shredded. This is question seven. Yanni, do you have an answer at all? I have an answer, but it's not right. Okay. This could separate him and Randall. What do you got, Max? Let's just not have any more funny business on this side of the table.

Yanni, what's on on the table your board what does it say this is never play leapfrog with a unicorn I didn't write that but speaking of unicorns you know the Museum of the Rockies right now has a mythical creature Cal said it was really cool it It explains the genesis of a lot of these things, or possibly what could be the... It's exactly what kind of stuff they should curate there. That's fun. Museum's too stuffy.

If it doesn't have something weird like that, is everybody ready? Corey and Max? What do you got? I don't remember. Yanni, are you ready? I have to be, I guess. Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Brady saying barbacoa. See, that's too obvious. Nate says barbacoa. Corinne and Randall and Corey say barbacoa. See, that's too obvious. Nate says barbacoa. Corinne and Randall and Corey say barbacoa. Max has the word that's going to get me in trouble because I don't roll my R's enough. That's baria. Yanni says barbacoa. Matt crossed out asado and wrote down barbacoa.

That's too obvious. Everybody except Max got it right. I was just going to think outside the box. It's barbacoa. Although most associate barbacoa with Mexican cuisine, it was actually created

in the Caribbean centuries ago. Barbacoa can be made by roasting or braising and is typically served with tortillas for a great barbacoa recipe that can apply to venison, goose, or braising and is typically served with tortillas for a great barbacoa recipe that can apply to venison, goose, or beef. Check out Danielle Pruitt's article on TheMeatEater.com called Barbacoa Tacos with Peaches.

Question eight. The shredding gave it away. The topic is conservation. Oh, really? See, I didn't know it was shredded. Yeah, the shredding for me is what gave it away. The translation I was questioning. I was worried about carnitas. Yeah, yeah. Barbacoa The translation I was questioning. I was worried about carnitas.

Barbacoa. Here's question eight. I was worried about getting the right answer. The topic is conservation. This military base is located inside of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge. Really? Yanni's jaw is on the floor for the second time this game. And we have Maxwell quick to answer.

I wouldn't trust my answer. I'm sure he's going to now peek at the boards of Corey and Yanni with all this extra time he's given himself. This military base is located inside the Desert National Wildlife Refuge. Max, how do you feel about your answer? You shouldn't even ask me. Corinne with a total freaking guess. She's declared. Nate,

do you have this one right? I think. What branch of the military were you in again? Army. Army. We've thrown two bones to him now with the baked goods and with this question about the military base that's located inside

of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge. I don't consider this a bone. One, because he didn't plan it. And two, I'll explain later. Randall has yet to come up with an answer. I don't even know if mine's a military base to be honest with you

I don't either, that's where I'm at Randall, how do you feel about your answer? I don't really like it I know I know this but I don't really like what I have down Yanni, do you like what you have down? I think you and Randall are in front right now.

We'll get a scoreboard update from Phil after this. I'm happy with my answer. Okay. Is everybody ready? Randall? I'm happy I have one. I'll go with this. Okay, Matt, are you ready?

Yep. Brady, are you ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brady saying, Dougway, Nate says White Sands. Corinne, White Sands. Randall, Ellsberg. Corey, White Sands.

Max, Area 51. Yanni, White Sands. Matt, Yuma. We have a correct answer in the room. Area 51. It's Area 51. Yes. Suck it, guys.

That was my first answer that I erased. Seriously? Yeah, I had Area 51 and 29 Palms, and I erased it. You should give me like five points for that. Gosh, come on. The Desert National Wildlife Refuge is the biggest refuge in the lower 48. It was created in 1936 to protect critical habitat for the desert bighorn sheep and desert tortoise. Area 51 moved into the refuge in 1955, selecting the desolate site because the dry lake next to it was the perfect place to test aircrafts. The best view that a citizen can get of Area 51 is from Tikaboo Peak, which sits about 25 miles to the east of Area 51 on BLM land. From that mountain,

you can catch a glimpse of the Air Force hangars. However, 30 years ago, Tikaboo Peak was actually the third best place to see Area 51 from. Prior to that, you could hike to Whitesides Ridge or Freedom Ridge, which are located 15 miles from the base on federal land. But those places were closed to the public in 1995 due to security concerns. Phil, we have two questions left. Give us a leaderboard

update. You can just skip me. Unfortunately, we can't, Brady. You've got one point and you're in last place thank you coming up next is corinne with two nate cory max and matt are weren't they tied up the last time we did this everyone's kind of in the same exact spot they've all got four points and still tied up are randall and yannis with six did area 51 come to anyone else's mind for that last question. I mean, I had. I wrote it down and erased it. It crossed my mind. I didn't think it was... I was searching for the name of a reel.

I didn't know if it was an actual base. My emotions going from the only person who didn't get the right answer to the only person getting the right answer was night and day. That's probably a rare feat in this room. Oh, yeah. I could run around the office right now.

This might rival your other upcoming big day. Your feelings right now. Yeah, think about that for a second. Max gets married in about 10 days. Here's question 9. The topic is woodsmanship and this next great question is via Arnie Goff. According to the CDC,

the three most common poisonous plants in America are poison ivy, poison sumac, and poison blank. Nate and Corinne and Max all quick to answer. According to the CDC, the three most common poisonous plants in America are poison Ivy poison sumac and poison blank Randall do you have an answer I do okay? Randall Randall so quick to answer. I didn't even see him right down. I've been thinking about this statistical anomaly that Max's Ask two questions must have been I challenge our scorekeeper whose name escaping me, but I would like if he could scour the archive for any previous instance.

You don't need to do that, Matthew. We'll trust that this is the only time it's ever happened. Max can ride that high. Breathtaking. For the rest of his life. According to the CDC, the three most common poisonous plants in America are poison ivy, poison sumac, and poison blank. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brady saying algae.

Nate and Corinne and Randall and Corey and Max and Yanni and Matt saying oak. They got it. The correct answer is oak. Similar to poison ivy, poison oak has three leaflets. There are two main types of poison oak in America. The Pacific poison oak, which is found on the West Coast, and the Atlantic poison oak, which is found in the South and the East. Pacific poison oak usually grows as a vine,

while Atlantic poison oak typically grows as a shrub. We're on to question 10 with Yanni and Randall. Tied up with seven correct answers, they're the only players left in the game. Got this. Have you ever had anybody just get one point in an entire game? I mean, we've oh i mean we've had zeros we've had ones okay it's not it's not unheard of okay yeah uh you're in good company

with i think corinne she just said that she's she's been there before yeah i'm shooting for two though so hang on question 10 the topic is fishing this island nation holds the IGFA world record for brown trout, Pacific bluefin tuna, and striped marlin. Randall, very quick to answer. He feels confident Yanni's going to have to get this one right to force overtime, it seems. This Island Nation holds the IGFA world record for brown trout, Pacific bluefin tuna, and striped marlin. Randall, do you want me to help him? I'm feeling confident. What do you think, Max?

I just tried to really juice you up on those last two questions. I'm not going to do that to you. Corey was looking at his hand, trying to picture a globe, it seems. Did you find the Island nation on your hand somewhere? I was just making sure it was in the Pacific. Okay. What are you talking about? Well, yeah.

So the three fish are a brown trout, a Pacific bluefin tuna, and striped marlin. You got it, Yanni. Oh, wow. Everyone's encouraging Yanni here, Randall. What are we doing? No, I want Randall to win. Randall, you have a lot of wins, buddy. Everyone's encouraging Yanni here, Randall. What are we doing? No, I want Randall to win. Randall, you have a lot of wins, buddy. It's not cute.

Yeah, Randall asked after last week's episode, which was the wives and girlfriends. If the wives and girlfriends wins count towards the husbands and boyfriends, he is his wife. Not an unreasonable question, I thought. Randall was the most invested out of everybody. When the women emerged from the room and word had spread that his wife, Sydney, was the winner, there was a very earnest fist pump from Randall.

He looked like Tiger Woods just winning the Masters. And he said, yes. Well, I had to listen all week to the, oh, I'm not going to do well. I hope I get one question right. I hope I get one question right. And so I felt I was right. Yeah, it was satisfying. Again, question 10.

This island nation holds the IGFA world record for brown trout, Pacific bluefin tuna, and striped marlin. Yanni, are you ready? Yeah, sure. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brady saying New Zealand. Nate says Australia.

Corinne says New Zealand. Randall, New Zealand. Corey, New Zealand. Max, New Zealand. Yanni, New Zealand. Matt, New Zealand. They got it. The correct answer is New Zealand, Yanni, New Zealand, Matt, New Zealand. They got it. The correct answer is New Zealand.

New Zealand holds 55 IGFA for trout fishing in the world, saying the country has giant trout who live in a beautiful place and aren't picky about what flies they'll eat. We have Randall and Yanni tied up at eight points, meaning we're going to overtime. Play the drop, Phil. What was the best place to fly? Tiebreaker. I don't remember. If you ain't first you're last and then like go into

other stuff that's funny i never liked it hey phil i know the tie-breaking topic is fishing and this question came to me via james cossett what is the assumed average weight per person that the Coast Guard uses when determining a boat's passenger capacity? So what this question is implying, if you had a boat that said it's rated for six people, what is the weight that they are using to calculate that that they think each person weighs. Here's the question. What is the assumed average weight per person that the Coast Guard uses when determining a boat's passenger capacity? We're down to Yanni and Randall, but everyone else in the room is going to write down an answer because if somebody gets it right on the nose, Meat Eater will add an extra $100 donation to the end of the game.

Randall, very quick to answer. It's almost as though you know it. Well, I am a captain. And a doctor. I think I know it. I think I know it. I've always remembered it as like a percentage of a Randall. So I'm trying to just.

Are you really a captain? I have an expired captain's license. Thanks, Captain. Where were you living when you got that? Alaska. Yanni, how do you feel about your answer? You don't have the captain credentials, it appears. No, I'm taking an educated guess here.

Okay, educated guess. Nate, also quick to answer. Nate, do you know this one? No clue. Okay, no clue. Maybe I should change it. After Maxwell changes his answer, we will reveal our whiteboards. Again, the question is, what is the

assumed average weight per person that the Coast Guard uses when determining a boat's passenger capacity? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Brady saying 180 pounds. Nate says 165 pounds.

Corinne says 150 pounds. Corey says 165 pounds. Max says 155 pounds. Matt says 185 pounds. And our two players left, we have Yanni saying 200 pounds. Matt says 185 pounds. And our two players left, we have Yanni saying 200 pounds and Randall saying 160 pounds. One of you got it right on the nose.

Captain? The correct answer... It's going to be 200 pounds. ...is 185 pounds, making Yanni our winner. He was 15 pounds off, and Matt getting it right on the nose with 185 pounds. Nice work, boys.

So Yanni 15 pounds off, Randall 25 pounds off, and Matt right on the nose. From 1960 to 2011, that number was 160 pounds. But the Coast Guard eyed making a change to 185 pounds in 2006 and made it official five years later. So it used to be 160, which I think a few of you said, including Randall, who has the expired captain's license. That makes sense. But in 2011, they changed something poetic about that 185 pounds in certain areas of the country i'm certain it's higher they had to err on the side of caution

because i mean what you know is it if you have six of you know me randall and not grady then the 165 or the 185 you're way way under. Is the boat going to hold us? Yeah. I also think this number might be stuck in my head from being in a canoe and you see the U.S. Coast Guard rating on a little plate. Pre-2011. I probably spent all my childhood staring at

that thing like, boy, I better not get any bigger. 185 pounds. I sent a picture to my Coast Guard buddy and he said 180. Oh. So he even got that wrong. Okay well. He's the actual Coast Guard. Right there. Yanni is our winner. He gets to choose where the $600 donation from Meat Eater goes. Yanni what's it gonna be? Uh Coloradans for responsible wildlife management. Still I know everybody's sick of hearing about it, but I believe it's still a very important topic.

The latest over there is that the signature gatherers that needed to collect, I forget, 126,000 verified signatures, they turned in like 190,000. So there's a good chance, it sounds like, if those get verified, that it's going to make it to the ballot. And the real big push is going to come now. And I know that, you know, we all hear a lot about it

because it's on everybody's feed all the time right now. But I feel like, again, those of you living in Colorado, especially on the front range, you need to do outreach to the non-hunters and do it in a nice way and educate them about sound wildlife management. And, uh, that's going to be where we're going to lose or win this. It's not going to be all because all the hunters vote for or against it, you know, Yanni and me, Dieter helping the cause sending $600 their way. I know we got a big announcement next week.

If you're not a jabroni like our Iaq emailers brother uh you'll be interested in this so something i'm very excited to tell you about in the next episode and join us next week for more meat eater trivia the only game show where conservation always wins good job guys thank you spencer yeah nice work johnny nice work thanks randall yeah spencer from south Dakota, he's the host. Using those smooth, mellow tones, he lays them questions down. And he likes taking those two- and three-year-old bucks. And he's an avid amateur rock hound.