The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 582: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CXXIV

Episode Date: August 7, 2024

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Randall Williams, Cory Calkins, MacKenzie Elmquist, Maggie Smith, Anthony Finissi, and Matt Miller. 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.

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. The great features that you love in OnX are available for your hunts this season. Now the Hunt app is a fully functioning GPS with hunting maps that include public and crown land, hunting zones, aerial imagery, 24K topo maps, waypoints and tracking. You can even use offline maps to see where you are

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 Yanni, Cal, Randall, Marge, McKenzie, Corey, Anthony, and Matt Miller. Matt, this is your first time on the show. Tell folks what you do here at Meat Eater. I am our director of content partnerships, so I get to work with all the cool brands that help support us and give us all kinds of fun stuff to try out and use in the field. Yanni's best friend, Cal's best friend.

I thought he was going to say I work with all the cool people. Oh, yeah. That's true. Now, you're neighbors with Cal and Randall. What's it like being office neighbors with those fellas? It's actually kind of nice. It was real quiet up there on the third floor, but now I get to BS with Randall every day and it's nice.

Cal, I don't see as much, but it's good. They're good neighbors. Randall, give us a real report now. What's it like to be neighbors with Matt? Well, it is nice to have someone with a dependable attendance record. I will say I'm still adjusting. I'm in here most days.

I'm right next to you. Also neighbors of Mackenzie. Yeah, I'm just, well, I don't often make it past my office. Mackenzie's in an awkward spot because she's right next to the bathroom. That's the thing, I try not to make eye contact on my way to the men's room. Now this is a 10 round

quiz show with questions from MeatEaters4Verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. 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 near perfect games in 123 episodes. We've had 28 times where someone has gotten nine out of 10 questions correct, which means that happens 23% of the time.

A few times it's happened in the same show, like when Brody and Randall tied with 9 points in episode 473, or when Randall and Cal tied with 9 points in episode 524. It was fun. Brody is responsible for 11 of those near-perfect games, followed by Randall with 4, and Steve and Cal with two. Randall, would you rather win with eight points or nine points? Is the nine just like really

bittersweet or do you just want the dominance? Just the W. Just the W. Yep. Yanni, it's happened to you once. Do you remember the question you slipped up on where you didn't get the perfect game? This isn't a rhetorical question. I don't know the answer. Oh, you don't? Was it that recent one maybe where I messed up on sugar and maple?

Oh, you're right. Oh, no. It was about. That's right. That's right. Yeah. The iron. Was it iron in Beaverton?

Yeah, yeah. That cost Yanni his perfect game. Didn't know his periodic table. Yeah. What is the periodic symbol? For iron? F-E. Uh-oh.

F-E. Oh. Randall, clearly that question was not for you. Oh, sorry. Gianni said he would not have gotten it, though. Now here's our infrequently asked question segment. If you have a trivia-related question for our crew, send it to trivia at TheMeteater.com. With the subject line, IFAQ.

Jen Ermsten wants to know, who is John Schlesinger and why do you always choose his questions? I'm jealous. Well, John Schlesinger and Steve Corson, they are the goats of sending in questions for me, Dieter Trivia. I'm actually a little concerned about like their home life because they send me so many emails, but I'm very appreciative of their efforts. I bet combined they've sent in like between 100 and 200 questions. So a big shout out to John and Steve.

Nicely done. And to answer your question, Jen, I choose their questions because they send in so many, and sometimes they're perfect for the show. That's John and Steve send me a ton of questions. Do we pay them? Really appreciate that. So Jen's takeaway is just send in

more. Send in more questions, Jen. Eventually something will stick and it's going to make it on this show. That's right. Now we don't have any housekeeping to get to this week, but I want to tell you about the project that I teased at the end of the last episode when I told you we have an exciting announcement.

Starting next week on our website, we will be releasing Meat Eater crossword puzzles. Yeah, there you go. Clap it up, Yanni. Thank you very much. It's very cool. Every Wednesday, starting on August 14th, we will have a new crossword puzzle on TheMeatEater.com.

The topics are similar to what you get in Meat Eater Trivia, with the first three themes being outdoors, national parks, and hunting. Every crossword puzzle has 20 clues, and the site will track your time and score. You don't need to create an account or log into play, but by logging in, you'll have the ability to save your work so that you can finish the puzzle later or on a different device. Now, I want to give you a preview of what the clues are like. I'm going to read you one of the entries, and maybe the room can solve it for you and give you a freebie for that first puzzle.

Here it is. The crossword theme is outdoors. This is number nine going down. It has 11 letters. Here's your clue. Phlox, poppies, black-eyed Susans, Tom Petty. Wildflowers. Wildflowers is exactly right.

11 letters. That is an example of the kind of clues that you'll get in the Mediator crossword games. Now, that's easier than you sent out a little sample, a little test a month ago, and I looked at it for five minutes, couldn't figure out a single one, just deleted the email. I did the exact same thing. I'm like, yeah, this ain't for me. Lately we've had Yanni guest host an episode.

Randall is going to be guest hosting next week. Shelby guest host an episode. That was so we could focus on this project for a little bit. You're right. It was a little hard to begin with, Yanni, and we're going to make it a little easier, hopefully a little more fun. The first one comes out next week. And as Randall just said, that first answer is wildflowers.

Phlox, poppies, and black-eyed Susans are all wildflowers. And Tom Petty released a triple platinum album in 1994 called Wildflowers that had an opening track of the same name. Again, Mediator Crosswords will be available every Wednesday starting next week, and they are free to play. You can get the first one at TheMediator.com backslash games. If you like this podcast, then you'll love this crossword. Take that, New York Times.

That's right. We're coming for them. I'm excited. I used bartender to place. It opened at 8 a.m., and the first thing you do is get the crowd that does the crosswords, and it's a bunch of old retired dudes. What crosswords did they play? New York Times, the, you know, Missoulian.

It was in Missoula. The Gazette. Yeah. All the Montana papers, but yeah, it was good crowd. I mean, hopefully we'll have a little more of a stand-up crowd here and we pile around. Those were the honest days of crosswords. It wasn't so easy to Google something if you had to cheat a little bit. No, it was a dictionary.

Yeah. Did you have one of those available? We did. We had a thesaurus and a dictionary at the bar. Yeah. TheMeDeeter.com next week for that first Meed Eater crosswords. Is there a check function on it? Like as you're going, it'll like on New York Times, how there's that check function.

That's right. We will, when you log in to play the game or you don't have to log in, like I said, but when you're on the website, we'll explain a little bit. You can reveal a word if you're absolutely stumped. You can reveal a letter if you need some help that way. You can check your answers. Now, all these things, there's an algorithm that gives you a score at the end based on how quick you did it, how accurate you were. And if you have to use any of those cheats, that will take away from your points.

That'll be explained on the webpage. So we're going to do like a companion deal too like they do for the New York Times? Like the hints article or whatever it is. It's like this week's. Maybe on this here podcast you can get some of those hints to help you out.

I see what you did. Clever son of a bitch. Just like when Randall saw wildflowers for the Phlox Poppies, Black-Eyed Susans, and Tom Petty. Do you think you'd have gotten that one, Yanni? Yes. Right, okay, which part of it gave it away, the whole thing, or was there one specific part?

Tom Petty. Tom Petty, you knew it was Wildflowers. You could have left out Tom Petty. You still would have gotten it. Off the word count. Well, that was a little more help. Tom Petty makes it fun. You're not, that's right, a little more help. Tom Petty makes it fun. That's right. A little more fun, and maybe if you're not so well versed in the outdoors, you have a chance

then. It's like a biology test otherwise. What do you think the average age of a crossword player is? My mom does a crossword every morning. I could Google that right now. My guess is it's in the early 50s. I don't think so. I'm an age of a Tom Petty fan at this point, right?

I'd say with the advent of the New York Times mini crossword, it's much, much lower. I think you're right. Now it's become so app dependent. I think you're right, Mackenzie. It's probably much younger than it was a decade ago. What are you, Gen Z? By only one year. Then it's a long list.

I don't like to talk about that. I don't have the commitment 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. How's that? You stand to win everything. Game on, suckers! Question one, the topic is cooking, and this first great question is via Stefan Ryskowski. And as always, this will be multiple choice. The USDA recommends you cook a turkey to this temperature, which is when salmonella instantly dies. Is it 135 degrees

Fahrenheit, 150 degrees, 165 degrees, or 180 degrees? And for our listeners around the world who don't know Fahrenheit, that's 57 degrees Celsius, 66 degrees, 74 degrees or 82 degrees. That was a really nice touch. Lot of quick answers. Some folks did not even need the choices. Here they are again. 135 degrees, 150 degrees, 165 degrees, or 180 degrees. And we're looking for what the USDA recommends you cook a turkey to, which is when salmonella instantly dies. Do you follow this rule, Yanni? Do you know the answer and do you follow this rule? If the answer that I've written is correct, then yes. Randall and Corey, very quick to answer. You boys know this one?

I look this up once a year. Okay. Right at Thanksgiving or is it after spring turkey season? Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving. And yeah, if I actually get it up to 165 knots not, it sort of depends on how the day is going. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Randall just said it.

165 from Randall. Corey says 165. Mackenzie 165. Matt 165. Cal 150. Anthony, Marge, and Ianni saying 165. The Yanni saying 165.

The correct answer is 165. Nearly the whole room got that. Salmonella is the top cause of born illness. USDA is for folks who can't walk, you know? Although the USDA and CDC strongly recommend cooking a bird to 165 degrees Fahrenheit, there are alternative temperatures that are safe. For example, salmonella will die at 150 degrees after four minutes, at 155 degrees after two minutes, or at 160 degrees after 30 seconds. So you don't have to hit 165 to kill that disease. You do to kill that dinner.

It's a good way to look at it. For our Canadian listeners, the correct answer was 74 degrees Celsius. Question two, the topic is biology. This next great question is via Kendon Martin. Encyclopedia Britannica defines this two-word term as quote any flesh-eating animal that has no natural predators or enemies it's a two-word term the topic is biology we're looking for the definition for any flesh-eating animal that has no natural predators or enemies.

Randall, did you realize on that last one in your little banter that you said the answer 165 degrees? No, I didn't. Okay, you had no idea. Yeah, I just let that slip, I guess. That's tremendously embarrassing. Didn't matter. The room was done writing.

Again, we're on question two. Encyclopedia Britannica defines this two-word term as any flesh-eating animal that has no natural predators or enemies. Yanni, you got this one? Believe so. Believe so. Feeling good about it. Randall looks confident. I think that's called a kelsey now

revealing the answer to the full room uh that is a uh throwback to the wives and girlfriends episode the uh there was a question about a definition a two-word term the answer was girl dinner and i think kelsey had said in that episode she goes the only thing i can think of that it would be is girl dinner. Yeah. Which is, there was good reasoning for that because that was the answer. Marge, on that last question, question one about the turkey, she drew us a beautiful Thanksgiving turkey. Do you have a little doodle for question two? No.

Okay. Do you have a good answer for question two? No. Okay. Again, looking for any flesh eating animal that has no natural predators or enemies, your answer should be two words. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Randall saying apex predator.

Corey says meso predator. Mackenzie says mega carnivore. Matt, apex predator. Cal, apex predator. Anthony, apex Carnivore. Matt, Apex Predator. Cal, Apex Predator. Anthony, Apex Carnivore. Mackenzie, excuse me, Marge, without an answer. Yanni saying Apex Predator. The correct answer is Apex Predator or Super Predator.

What do you guys think? Should we give it to Anthony who had Apex but had carnivore instead of predator Crandall think about where we came from Ohio well yeah everyone knows would you go to breakfast together or something I mean listen that's that's not what the term is if I'm gonna be an about it okay I don't think that's being an asshole, Phil. All right. We're going to be an asshole about it, and Anthony does not. I wrote down the temperature at which salmonella dies. Got no points for that. It occurs to me now that everybody groaned when I said that because I'd revealed the answer.

I thought everybody was just reacting poorly to my joke that I sometimes serve an undercooked turkey. Okay. Try not to think about it for the rest of the episode, Randall. I'll try not to. Listen, my theory is that's just the way Randall wanted to start. It's just a mental slap to everybody's face. He's so confident, he's giving away answers. Apex predators hold the top position of an ecosystem's food chain.

Some examples of apex predators are alligators, grizzlies, killer whales, ospreys, cheetahs, and giant squids. But many ecologists argue that the ultimate apex predator is humans. Question three. The topic is fishing. Name three of the four states that the Arkansas River flows through. Ooh. The Arkansas River flows through four states. You need to tell me three of them. This is question three.

Yanni, thinking hard. Yanni, how many states do you have so far? One. One, okay. Can I guess what your one state is? Name three of the four states that the Arkansas River flows through. We have Corey searching the room for a map, hoping that some sort of art that has geography in it around here could help him out.

Did you find anything, Corey? That Nebraska map had more details, right? Yeah, I'm staring at the Nebraska map. It's not helping. Name three of the four states that the Arkansas River flows through. Nobody has finished writing quite yet. Except for Randall, first one to put his marker and whiteboard down. Randall, how many do you have for sure?

Two. I'm really thinking a third. Flows through four states. You need to tell me three of them. How are your hands helping you out there, Anthony? Tell me about what you're doing. Doing a little geography with the states. And now I'm second-guessing my answer.

Corey, finishing up his answer. Corey, do you think you have this one right? No. Yanni, do you think you have this one right? No. Yanni, do you think you have this one right? No. Good. The room is leaking confidence.

As I said earlier, next week, Randall is hosting. Randall, how do you feel about the episode you've created? I'm very excited for it. I've got a little surprise supplementary media. Okay. I like that. Did you tell Phil yet? Yeah. Okay. Phil thinks it's too long. Okay. Genuine hurt on Dr. Randall's face for those just listening. His response was, I thought you would say that.

I told him I thought it was too long. Then Phil said, I thought you would say that, Randall. And he always would be in a real pretzel. Does everyone have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Randall saying Colorado, Kansas, Missouri. Corey says Missouri, Colorado, Kansas. Mackenzie says Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee.

Matt says Arkansas, Missouri, Alabama. Cal says Colorado. He wrote down four states. Isn't that the question? No, no, no. You got to write down three of the four. He says Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas.

Anthony says Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas. Marge says Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma. Giannis says Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas. Phil, I don't think anybody got it right.

That'll be a zero percenter. Nobody got that one right. The four states are Arkansas, which a few of you just didn't bother to write down. Thought it was a trick question. Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma. A lot of you had three of the four, but not, excuse me, a lot of you had two of the three. Try to get cute with it. Not all three.

Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma. The Arkansas River is the sixth longest river in the United States and the 45th longest river in the world. It starts in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and it ends at the Mississippi River in Arkansas. The Colorado portion of the river is famous for its trout and has been named one of the best fly fishing destinations in America by Trout Unlimited. Question four, the topic is hunting. This next great question is via Matthew Ault. This Miami Dolphin Hall of Famer hosted a hunting and fishing show that aired on ESPN from 1998 to 2005. All Randall needed was this Miami Dolphin Hall of Famer, and he was writing down his answer. The topic is hunting.

This Miami Dolphin Hall of Famer hosted a hunting and fishing show that aired on ESPN from 1998 to 2005. I know one person, and that's because of one movie. That is not necessarily a football movie. Okay, I think I know what you're talking about. But it is a great movie. Oh, one of the best. Yeah, exactly. Real thinker.

Cal's confident. Manel's confident. Man was confident. Yanni, do you have this one right? Don't know yet. Corey Calkins, do you have this one right? I got a great guess. This Miami Dolphin Hall of Famer hosted a hunting and fishing show that aired on ESPN from 1998 to 2005. Did he play on that undefeated Miami Dolphins team?

I'm not going to give you any hints, Yanni. They did the Super Bowl shuffle, Yanni. That was great. Mackenzie just not going to pick up her whiteboard for this one. I respect that stance. Don't even entertain the question. This Miami Dolphin Hall of Famer hosted a hunting and fishing show that aired on ESPN

1998 to 2005 Is everybody ready? I don't think so Go ahead and reveal your answers We have Randall saying Larry Zaka Corey says Dan Marino Mackenzie without an answer Matt and Cal

And Anthony say Dan Marino. Marge drew a football being kicked through some uprights. Yanis says Larry Zonka. The correct answer is Larry Zonka. Yanis and Randall got that one right. And for

spell check, his last name is C-S-O-N-K- k a which either one of you got right but you were i didn't see zaka was famously part of the 1972 perfect season where the dolphins went 17 and 0 and won the super bowl yanni after retiring from football he moved to alaska and started filming his outdoor adventures zakaka has hosted multiple hunting and fishing programs including north to alaska suzuki's great outdoors and zonka outdoors what a crap place to have to play football oh yeah he said it drove him to alaska because he hated the training camp yeah the training camp there in the summer would just zap him, so all he could think about was Alaska,

and it kind of inspired what became his outdoor production empire. That tracks with me. I guided the nose tackle from that team to a four-point bull elk in Colorado. Does he have a name? Manny Fernandez. Yanni guided him. In 1972, you didn't have to be a giant to play nose tackle. A lot of those just looked like average dudes. Yeah. Could have been a plumber. Question

five. The topic is woodsmanship. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Tim Jasper for sending this great question. Tim 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 themeatleader.com. Merriam-Webster defines this seven-letter word as, quote,

a primary root that grows vertically downward and gives off small lateral roots. Merriam-Webster defines this seven-letter word as a primary root that grows vertically downward and gives off small lateral roots. Randall, quick to answer. He's the only one. Okay, Marge. Oh, Marge is already onto her doodle. You know this one,

Marge? Marge has this one, and now she's working on her drawing for us. Yanni, you have this one, right? I believe so. A primary root that grows vertically downward and gives off small lateral roots. Randall, did you ever watch Zonka Outdoors on ESPN2? I did.

Loved it. He famously, I think he ended that show after he had to get rescued off the coast of Alaska. Yeah, they got caught in a storm, drifted 15 miles off course on a black tail hunt, and then the show ended. Yeah. He was saved. He was saved by the Coast Guard. The crazy thing about the Coast Guard when they had to come rescue him, I think it was a 10-hour flight to get there. It's just far away from everything that they were.

Seems hard to believe. It was a 10-hour flight to get there. It's just far away from everything that they were. Seems hard to believe. Again, we're on question five. Merriam-Webster defines this seven-letter word as a primary root that grows vertically downward and gives off small lateral roots. Yanni, Randall, and Marge are confident. I feel like I know it. Mackenzie feels like she knows it. And Yanni feels like Mackenzie knows it as well.

I got really excited when the first thing I wrote down was primary and it had seven letters. And then I realized that it was already in the question. Well, carnivore was in the carnivore question. The answer was in the carnivore question as well as in the question nope well predator that's why i didn't put predator any flesh-eating animal that has no natural predators or enemies again we're on question five we will get a

scoreboard update from phil after this this. Sure is a fun part of the day. Oh, it's great. The day doesn't really start until we start playing. Are you a wordler? No, I'm a crossword man. I held my tongue earlier when people were joking about how old you need to be to play

crosswords. In fact, Spencer sending me his test crossword inspired me to renew my time subscription. Oh, wow. And then I knocked out a couple bad boys in the first week and I haven't really touched it since. He's getting back into playing shape when the crossword

comes out. I think something we'll do is we'll maybe tell you some crew member scores for that week's crossword. Randall doesn't want to be embarrassed by his pathetic score that he has. So he's been practicing. You didn't want to be embarrassed by his pathetic score that he has so he's been practicing you didn't have a pathetic score I'm just I smoked that crossword you said to me in like no more minutes and he smoked the hard crossword that I sent to him and I was gonna make sure whatever score he

has to present to the meat eater audience is going to be as good as it gets I don't mean to come across as a jerk or anything. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Randall saying taproot. Corey says spiders. Mackenzie without an answer. Matt

says primary. Cal says primary. Anthony says the root. Marge says taproot. And Drew has a beautiful little garden that has, what are those, carrots? Dandelions. Dandelions, okay. And a large, perfect. And Yanni says taproot.

He got it. The correct answer is taproot. The taproot serves many functions like anchoring the plant, absorbing water and nutrients, and storing proteins. In some cases, the part of the plant that we eat is actually the taproot. This is true for vegetables like carrots, radishes, turnips, and beets. Phil, we're halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard update. All right.

Everyone's on the board. We've got Cal, Anthony, Corey, and McKenzie with one point. Matt and Maggie have two. And hey, just like last week's game of trivia, it's down to Randall and Giannis currently. They're tied up with four points apiece. Anybody's game.

I don't think so. I don't find it particularly hard. I cannot think. You know the taproot one? I've never heard that word in my life. Never heard of it. You know how sometimes you're really close to getting it? Yeah.

Never heard that word. What about the band? Hmm? Taproot. No. I don't know what you're talking about. Heavy metal? That's the problem.

I think that's the problem. The bad part is like every basic biology class in the United States has a lesson off of taproot. 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.

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OnX club, y'all. Question six. The topic is cooking. This state produces 60% of America's seafood. And this is measured in pounds. Question six. The topic is cooking. This state produces 60% of America's seafood.

Corey, very quick to answer. Mackenzie now joining him with an answer. Yanni is grinning as he writes down an answer. This state produces 60% of America's

seafood. I feel like this is a tricky one. I feel like it's a trick question. It's got to be right. Randall, do you have this one right? I don't know. I just don't know. Corey, do you have this one right?

The quickest to answer. I feel like it can't be any other state. Oh, okay. How about you, Yanni? Good guess. That's all Yanni? Good guess. That's all I got. Good guess. He liked what Corey said.

It seemed to bring him a bit of confidence. I haven't read anything about stats along the lines of where most of the seafood comes from. Again, measured in pounds, this state produces 60% of America's seafood. Is everybody ready? Oh, Mackenzie making a last second. I was just crossing off my non-answers. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Randall saying Alaska.

Corey. Alaska. Mack. Alaska. Mackenzie and Matt and Cal saying Alaska. Anthony says Maine. Marge says Maine. Yanni says Alaska. Could be Louisiana. The correct answer is Alaska.

Very well. is alaska very well in 2022 commercial anglers in alaska produced five billion pounds of seafood that's followed by louisiana with 900 million pounds virginia with 400 million and mississippi and oregon with 200 million that's steep. 60% of your seafood comes from Alaska. Question seven. The topic is fishing. The Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation created this three-word campaign as a way to increase participation in fishing. Didn't we have this question? We've not had this question.

It's something so similar. We had a question about a movement that became a group, which was Leave No Trace. So there's a hint. The answer is not Leave No Trace to this one. That's helpful. The question again is the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation created this three-word campaign as a way to increase participation in fishing. Randall and Yanni both have an answer. Do you boys have this one right?

I think so. If it were in any other context, I probably wouldn't be second-guessing myself. But given here we are, question seven, all tied up up i think you boys are outside no i'm overthinking it you have this one right yeah i don't know watch this gauge spencer's reaction to a little quick peek at my board a glimpse yanni flashed me his answer to the question i couldn't read his reaction recreational boating and fishing foundation i know i created this three-word campaign as a way to increase participation in fishing i wrote that down and then i erased it and wrote my answer oh oh so we have different answers that's good and they

disagree good for the game good for the game not going to be good for one of us. Yeah. Good for this family. Well, you never know. We might both get it wrong. Well, I don't like that it was my initial guess. Is everybody ready? I've learned over the years of playing trivia, you gotta stick with your gut. You should have three words for your

answer. I'm a coward. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Randall saying take me fishing. Corey says let's go fishing. Mackenzie, get out there. Matt, just go fish. Cal,

take a kid. Anthony, take a cast. Marge, go fish. Giannis, let's go fishing. We have a correct answer in the room. It's take me fishing. Oh, Randall. Got that one right.

When Congress passed the Sport Fishing and Boating Safety Act in 1998, they required the Department of the Interior to address fishing participation. Thus, the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation was made, who then created the Take Me Fishing program. Take Me Fishing helps new anglers, especially kids, acquire the gear, licenses, and knowledge to start fishing. You were all on the right track, but only Randall came up with the correct answer. Strong.

Here's question eight. Strong trivia. The topic is conservation. Randall came up with the correct answer. Strong. Here's question eight. Strong trivia. The topic is conservation. This endangered amphibian, which has become a popular aquarium pet, is only native to lakes near Mexico City. Uh-huh. This endangered amphibian, which has become a popular aquarium pet, is only native to lakes near Mexico

City. Can we have a verbal answer if we don't know how to? Just write down your answers. Spelling has never mattered, except for one time in the history of Meteor Trivia, one question in the 1,300 questions I've ever answered

asked, you had to spell correctly this one. You do not. This endangered amphibian, which has become a popular aquarium pet, is only native to lakes near Mexico City. I'm on the same page as you, Marge, I think.

Corey thinks he has it right. Mackenzie and Marge maybe have it right. Randall, do you have an answer written down yet? I do not, which is surprising because I'm pretty into exotic pets. Wow, that is surprising. My kids are obsessed with these things. Oh, okay.

There's a hint if you know Phil's family. You can see one in town. Oh, okay. Another hint from Marge. What? Where at? At the beach. That's enough. You can see one in town. Oh, okay. Another hint from Marge. What? Where at? At the V. What?

That's enough. The what? Cut us off there. What's the V? It's an aquarium store where I go for Gary. Oh, really? Who's Gary? Nice.

The goldfish Spencer and Seth did not eat on part of my plate. That's right. No way. And you now house him? Yeah. He's like this big. Doing well. I call it the Viv. And I also have to go there

to get crickets for my pet frog. Oh, yeah. The Viv. It's the spot. Jesus. This endangered amphibian. All roads lead to the Viv. Which has become a popular aquarium pet

is only native to lakes near Mexico City. Phil, what have you gotten this one right if you didn't have the answer in front of you? Oh, yeah. Okay. Because there is another building in Bozeman where you can see one of these that's not the V. Oh, wow. Okay.

But I'm not going to say. All right. Phil's house. We have provided many hints for this answer. Yanni now has an answer. Randall, do you have an answer? It's a joke answer. Okay, is everybody ready?

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Randall saying Pokemon. Corey says axolotl. Mack Corey says axolotl. Mackenzie, axolotl. Matt, Gila, Cal, and Anthony without an answer. Marge says axolotl, and she drew us an axolotl. Yanni says leopard frog. The correct answer is axolotl.

About half of the room got that one right. How do you spell it? A-X-O- L-O-T-L. Did anybody have that right? I just missed the first letter. Corey was close. Yeah, Corey was very close. Axolotl are a type of salamander

that reach sexual maturity without undergoing metamorphosis. Instead of taking to land, adults remain fully aquatic and gilled. They are one of the planet's most endangered animals, with recent surveys indicating that there are fewer than 1,000 left in the wild. However, they are easy to breed

and take care of in captivity, which has made them popular in the pet trade. Man, you gotta wonder, right? Like, if that species could go back and do it again, would they further evolve? Or are they like, no long-term survival says kids are going to put us in tanks and we're going to be everywhere. And they are,

and they're all white now. Basically any axolotl you see in aquarium is leucistic or albino. We have, there's a series of lakes in Montana called the axolotl you see in an aquarium is leucistic or albino. There's a series of lakes in Montana called the Axolotl Lakes, which have a tiger salamander in them, which does not fully go through metamorphosis, but they're not a true axolotl. They're high up in some alpine lakes. It's just too cold to determine that. They never decided to take that next step. Yeah, they're like, we're not crawling out of here.

Phil, we have two questions left. Give us a scoreboard update. Yeah. Let's see. I usually do the math before this, but I wasn't paying any attention. I think, let's see, Randall and Giannis are once again the only players.

Oh, no, because we're on question eight. So anyone with three points can catch up. So, well, no. No, they can't. Nope. It's down to Rand points can catch up. So, well, nope. Not to me. Nope. It's down to Randall and Giannis. Randall's got six. Giannis has five.

We just heard Phil doing the math. Phil, I think you ought to get an axolotl. Oh, please. Please don't plant. I mean, if my kids have a roll of hair again, I know you and you will definitely plant that in their heads. I think I will. Question nine.

The topic is wildlife. This state capital is known for having North America's largest urban bat population, which you can see at the Congress Avenue Bridge. I swear to God we've already had this one. We've never had this question. I promise. I know you have a system for this, but it was worded a different way maybe. Nope. them for this but it was worded a different way maybe nope i i promise we've had questions about we had a uh where you had to name a state capital where you could fish in the missouri river or

mississippi river i think it was we've never had this question though if you try to take on spencer's spreadsheets cal it's a losing battle let you know this state capital is known for having winning an argument against sp's largest urban bat population, which you can see at the Congress Avenue Bridge. Randall, do you have this one right? I believe so. Corey, do you have this one right? I'm just making a guess of a state that I think has a lot of bats.

Marge, do you have this one right? No. Okay. Yanni, we need you to get this one right to keep pace with Randall, who's confident in his answer. Yeah, I'm failing at that. Okay. You need to write down a state capital that is known for having

North America's largest urban bat population, which you can see at Congress Avenue Bridge. Randall, have you ever seen this place? Have you been there? I saw it on the TV. That's helpful. No one else in the room looks very confident. Again, your answer will be a state capital.

Don't write down the state. Write down the state capital. I also could be wrong. Maybe the TV was wrong. No, I just don't want to be overconfident. I could be misremembering what I saw on the television. It's super easy. Super.

Do you have this on your iCap? Yes. Okay, have you been there? Yes, I have. Oh, did you like see the thing or no? I feel like it's kind of like impossible to go to this town and not hear about this. I feel like everybody here has been there. Cal's having deja vu because he already told the story in another game of trivia.

Exactly. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Randall saying Austin. Corey says Albuquerque. Mackenzie. St. Paul. Met. Baltimore. Cal. Austin, Austin. Corey says, Albuquerque, McKenzie, St. Paul, Met,

Baltimore, Cal, Austin, Massachusetts, Anthony, Sacramento, Marge, Austin, and she drew us a bat,

Giannis, Lexington. Wait a minute, it's Boston, Texas. I lied when I said I didn't know. The correct answer is Austin, Texas. We had about half of the room get that one right. I lied when I said I didn't know. The correct answer is Austin, Texas. We had about half of the room get that one right. Roughly 1.5 million bats call Austin home from March to September. Each night at sunset, they fly out from the Congress Avenue Bridge to hunt for insects along the Colorado River. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department says the tourist attraction

brings 140,000 people and $10 million to the city each year. What type of bat? It's a Mexican... Let's see here. Did I have it written down? It's a Mexican long-tailed bat or something like that. They're very

common in Texas. Now here's a correct answer review so far. Question one was 165 degrees. Two, Apex Predator. Three, Arkansas. Colorado. Kansas. Oklahoma. Four, Larry Zonka. Five, Taproot.

Six, Alaska. Seven, Take Me Fishing. Eight, Axolotl. Nine, Austin, Texas. And I think with that last question, Randall has wrapped up the victory, but we'll finish the game anyway to see if he can get the near perfect game. Question 10, the topic is hunting. What is the most common shotgun shell length at Bass Pro and Shields?

Do you have seven correct answers right now, or eight? Seven. Okay, he won't get the near-perfect game. No, I ruined it already. Again, this is question ten. The topic is hunting. What is the most common shotgun shell length

at Bass Pro and Shields? I've heard... This would have been a good multiple choice to see where people land. Now back to the Austin, Texas thing. I've heard Steve bring it up, I think on Rogan's podcast before. Maybe

that's what you were thinking of, but I've never had it as a trivia question. I've never heard of that Austin bat thing in my life. You can watch a Nat Gilles special on it. I feel like it's like a major tourist attraction. I've never been to Austin.

I've been to Austin like five times and I've never heard of it. I was working with Yeti. Uh-huh. Eating some barbecue. You're right there. Go to the bridge.

The bridges are designed that are like perfect for bats. So they changed the architecture of that in 1980, and that was what attracted all the bats. I think we're learning something about Randall right now. You got a bat thing, Randall? I just, if there was a way to build bridges so that bats are attracted to them, I'd build them the other way. But they're such a flying mammal, which is amazing.

Yeah. I caught one in a pizza box one time. I got one on the trail the other day. Found a little sucker laying in there. Yeah. Keeps the insect population down. Think about that. 1.5 million bats flying around eating insects. Plus they're critical pollinators.

I'm not discounting their... This is a pro-bat podcast, Randall. This is a pro-bat podcast. Does everyone have an answer for the most common shotgun shell length at Bass Pro and... Is it? Okay. Has anybody noticed here in the Gallatin Valley

a serious decline in bees? I don't think we've had any bees in all our pepper plants. I don't think they cross-pollinated this year. I have heard about this bees issue. Go on. I got stung yesterday.

Really? At the house? No, in the bridges. Was that your first time? Nice. Getting stung yesterday. Really? At the house? No, in the Bridgers. Was that your first time? Nice. Getting stung? Yeah. No.

I haven't gotten stung before. Ever? In your life? I haven't either. What? I've gotten stung by a wasp. Did you grow up in a bubble? No bees in that bubble.

Mm-hmm. No. Wow. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Randall saying three inches. Corey, three. Mackenzie, three.

Matt, two and three quarter. Cal, two and three quarter. Anthony, two and a half. Marge, two and three quarter. Yanni, two and three quarter. The correct answer Is 2 3 quarter I think we had 5 of you get that one right

At Shields there are 144 shells Offered in 2 3 quarter Versus 123 shells Offered in 3 inch For Bass Pro there are 84 shells In 2 3 quarter Versus 48 in 3 inch.

After that, the most common lengths at both stores are 3-1⁄2 inch, 2-1⁄2 inch, and 1-3 quarter. Oh, man. I totally misunderstood the question. I thought it was like the most common shell sold, which I still think has to be 2-3 quarter. But obviously, if the variety It's probably the same. I think you'd come to the same conclusion no matter how you thought about that.

Randall is our winner with seven correct answers. Right on the Shelby Index. Randall, where is your $500 donation from me, Dieter, going to go? I would like to make this donation to the Three Rivers Land Trust in North Carolina's Piedmont and Sandhills area.

I noticed you fumbling with your phone at about question seven, which I assume was to look up what conservation group you were. Yeah, I received an email from their development associate, Michael Chapita. Apologize if I've mispronounced your last name. And they run a sportsman access program that provides access to 4,000 acres of private lands for hunters in that area. He was also the first guy to donate $50 to Randall's Venmo account. I'm not on Venmo.

I got kicked off for selling guns. Randall can easily be bought, and he's sending $500 where? The Three Rivers Land Trust Three Rivers Land Trust Now a reminder, Meadeater Crosswords are available August 14th That's next week with new puzzles dropping every Wednesday. Go play the

first one at TheMeadeater.com backslash games Also next week, Randall is going to be hosting so come right back here for more meat eater trivia. The only game show where conservation always wins. Thank you, Spencer. Thanks, Spencer. 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.