The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 588: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CXXVI

Episode Date: August 21, 2024

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Clay Newcomb, Mark Kenyon, Jordan Budd, Brent Reaves, Maggie Hudlow, KC Smith, Tyler Jones, Tony Peterson, and Jordan Sillars. 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 Newharth, and today we're joined by Clay Newcomb, Mark Kenyon, Tony Peterson, Brent Reeves, Jordan Sillers, Jordan Budd, Casey Smith, Maggie Hudlow, and Tyler Jones. 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. We have a different cast with us in the room today. It's all out of town, folks. That really puts me in a good mood. I'm happy to see you guys here. Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia. Thanks, man. Tony Peterson,

you forgot to put your sunglasses on, like Tyler and Clay. No? Not for you? Nope. No. Okay. Clay was just telling us before the mic turned on, he's really good at drawing two things. Because he always does a little doodle on his whiteboards.

What were those two things, Clay? White-tailed deer and muscled-up dudes. Uh-huh. That's my main thing. And then someone pointed out that there's a drawing that Clay made in the studio here. What is that thing? Well, I don't really know. It's a picture of a guy with a machine gun shooting a hog.

Tyler, Tony, can you hold that up for this camera here to see? So the reason this is in the meat eater studio is I was in Alaska with Steve, and I don't even know how, but I ended up showing him that picture on my phone, which I had found. I found that picture at my mom's house, and I was like, oh, yeah, I drew that in 1997. Actually, I was a junior in high school. And Steve was like, I want that framed and in the Meat Eater office. So I did.

Looks very good. That's a real muscled up guy. Call that the Jaeger and the boar. That'd be cool. Welcome out of town, folks, to Meat Eater Trivia. For the stat of the week this week, we're looking at the head-to-head stats of the Element Boys, Tyler and Casey. Do you guys have any idea about who does better in Meat Eater Trivia? Tyler has won a couple times. So, yeah and Casey. Do you guys have any idea about who does better in meat eater trivia? Tyler has won a couple times. So yeah, him.

Yeah, he won an episode in what became known as the communist episode. Very controversial. Yeah, we did it one time in the tiebreaker. We said if you can get the tiebreaker right on the nose and you're not part of the tiebreaker, we'll give you the victory and that's

exactly what happened. You lost that belt you're triggering me spencer i think yeah yeah so we had a camera bump hold on keep keep going all right so you know what about in trivia that's not meat eater trivia if you guys were like uh on a hunt in Oklahoma and laying in your hotel room watching Jeopardy, who would win that? This is so realistic. Oh, you would win for sure. You think? Yeah.

Oh. Maybe. He knows a lot about a lot. At least a little about a lot. Here's what we got from meat-eater trivia. Tyler averages six correct answers per game, while Casey averages five correct answers per game, while KC averages five correct answers per game. Tyler's strongest category is conservation, where he gets 66% of questions correct,

while KC's strongest category is also conservation, where he gets 60% of questions correct. Tyler's weakest category is cooking, where he gets 25 of questions correct and casey's weakest category is also cooking where he also gets 25 of questions it's like we're best friends share a brain somewhat yeah that's weird strengths and weaknesses there's a lobster roll question one time i had no clue about that one that one kind of made me mad yeah i'm glad you brought that up so you boys do the meat is lobster on there, Tyler. Just so you know. For future reference. How proud of me are you right now?

Yeah, Mr. Conservation. Conservation, dude. That's it, man. Come on now. I should write your book for you. Do it. I need all the help I can get. Now here's our infrequently asked questions segment.

If you have a trivia-related question for our crew, send it to trivia at themeateater.com with the subject line ifaq amelia warren wants to know it seems like there are less southern questions than anywhere else is the south the hardest for you to write questions for what's the easiest clay brant do you think uh the south is hard to write trivia questions about no i think you just overlook us okay yeah every time uh-huh i would say that this sounds to it spencer every time i'm up here there is no question below the mason

dixon line i'm at work driving around it's do y'all live below mason dixon arkansas y'all live below the mason dixon yeah just a little bit but And I can get them. I get up here and I'm like, two. I thought you was going to read my average. It's two. I know what it is. Well, I'll tell you this. The next episode we're recording, Brent, I have the stats for the Bear Grease Boys.

Oh, sick. We'll get a detailed look. I bet it's like theirs. Shared brains, man. Fishing and cooking is my downfall. So to answer Ameliaelia's question though uh the south is not as hard as the northeast the northeast is the hardest it's just a small region it's uh it feels like a lot of it's very monotonous it's just a lot of timber same

critters i would say the west is the easiest it has all most of the relevant public land it's where i happen to live uh it's a giant region um i wouldn't say the south is the hardest though we'll try to try to get more southern representation though we're just neglected brent and clay and and uh amelia now we have some housekeeping to get to in a previous game of trivia we had an overtime question about how many states and rivers share the same name the correct answer was 16 but when i read them off, Brody noticed that one was missing and he was right. I hadn't accounted for the Florida River in Colorado, raising that number to 17. Now, a few listeners wrote in saying since there are two Colorado rivers,

that it should actually be 18. But we're not going to count that. If we did, then we'd have to start including some of the other duplicates like the Little Missouri, the Little Mississippi, and the Little Colorado. So we'll keep that number at 17. And since both of the answers in that overtime round were lower than the correct answer, it doesn't change the outcome of the game. The Shelby Index for today is our three. So our winner should get six 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 to everything. Tyler, you got a chance. How's that? You think? Just stand to win everything. Game on, suckers! Question one. The topic is hunting.

This will be multiple choice. And this first great question is via Hugh Dent. What is the name for a female mountain lion? Is it Flyer, Clowder, Jill, or Queen? What is the name for a female mountain lion? Your four choices. Flyer. Clowder.

Jill. Queen. No one in the room appears to be very confident. Wow. Not even Clay Newcomb. Our panther enthusiast. I've never ever heard the differentiation. Okay.

If you had to call a mountain lion who is a female a name, you don't even have a different name. You just don't have a name for it at all. Is that what you're saying? I mean, I would just say it's a female. It's just a mountain lion. Okay. Which of these is the name for a female mountain lion? Flyer, Clowder,

Jill, or Queen? Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Maggie saying Jill. Jordan says Queen. Casey. Marked out Jill. Tyler.

Jill. Tony. Jill. Brent. Jill. Clay. Jill. Jordan. Jill, Mark, Jill. The correct answer is not Jill.

It's Queen, Jordan, and Zill. Got that one. Were you just guessing? I thought I had that somewhere. Really? I thought I had that somewhere in the back of my brain. And Jill seemed like a trick because Tom and Jill. Oh. That seemed too easy.

That was Jack and Jill's world. Now, if you didn't know, Jordan is a doctor just like Randall. So Clay was identifying Tony where Tyler is the competition today, but it might actually be Jordan Sillers over here. Yeah. Someone else to make Steve really insecure. Now a flyer is a female kangaroo. A jill is a

female ferret, possum, or rabbit. A clowder is a group of cats and a queen is a female mountain lion as well as a female dragonfly, hornet, ant, or bee. Question two. The topic is fishing. This next great question is via Ryan

Lilly. This kayak maker is named after the city in Maine where they're built. This kayak maker is named after the city in Maine where they're built. We have Casey, Tyler, Clay coming up with an answer. You know this one, Clay Newcomb.

No, he doesn't. Is it specifically kayak maker? This kayak maker is named after the city in Maine where they're built. Element boys, you guys got this one right? I got an answer. Okay. I got an answer. This is question two.

We are not off to a hot start so far. At least Jordan looks confused. Jordan is. Did you say the state? I don't know what this is. It's in Maine. This kayak maker is named after the city in Maine where they're built. How do you feel about your answer, Marcus?

I've got a kayak company, but I don't know if this place is in Maine or not. Do you own a kayak? No. No? Never? No. Michigan's the kind of place where you ought to own a kayak, I think. Yeah, we had a canoe, but not a kayak.

We've looked at kayaks recently. My boys want, like, a little kid kayak. I don't know if this manufacturer has a kid kayak. I've obviously not done enough shopping. This kayak maker is named after the city in Maine where they're built. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Maggie saying Davenport.

Jordan, without an answer. Casey says Hobie. Tyler says Old Town. Tony says Hobie. Brent says Banger. Clay, Old Town. Tony says Hobie. Brent says Banger. Clay, Old Town. Jordan Budd without an answer. Marcus says Jackson.

We have a correct answer in the room. It's Old Town. We had Tyler. Clay gets that one right. They're canoe makers. They also make trick questions. But they're a canoe maker. They're also a canoe maker They also make I am very happy that we got this right But they're a canoe maker They're also a kayak maker

See that's what I thought too I did think they're more of a canoe company The company was born in 18 I won this fair and square boys But this question was outrageous Just because they make canoes Doesn't mean that they're not a kayak maker That's why I said I was trying to say Do they make canoes doesn't mean that they're not a kayak maker as well. But I mean, you could have said, that's why I said, do they make, I was trying to say

like, do they make anything other than kayak? I wasn't going to give you any hints, Clay. Okay. I do feel like you misled us because you made it seem like that was the, like it defined that company. This is a kayak company. Marcus, this is trivia. So I'm not trying to tell you what the correct answer is.

There we go, Clay. Yeah, it's a trivia-based show. The company was born in 1898 when their first canoe was built behind a hardware store in Old Town, Maine. The brand remained a family business until they were sold to SC Johnson in 1974 and then to Johnson Outdoors in 2004. They claim to be the world's oldest and largest kayak and canoe distributor. Hey, can I ask Jordan something real quick? There's a canoe at your camp that's called the Ouachita Canoe.

Do you know what I'm talking about? Yeah. That's like an old brand. Ouachita is the name of the mountains where I'm from. Anyway, this is the first time I ever saw it. Spelled the same? Old canoe called Ouachita is the name of the mountains where I'm from. Anyway, this is the first time I ever saw it. Old canoe called Ouachita. Can anyone spell that?

Yeah. O-U-A-C-H-I-T-A. What do you use with that canoe at your place, Jordan? Well, not much, really. But this year, we shot a deer down the river, and instead of dragging it out because it was really steep,

I went back and I canoed to it, put the deer in it. We canoed down, and the river is so shallow, it took three times as long to get it out. But it was fun. It made for fun pictures. Good thing Clay didn't see you. It was a cool color. It's like that old blue. Yeah.

Is it fiberglass? I think it's aluminum. Oh. Yeah. Question three. The topic is gear. A 2022 hook and barrel article referred to this billionaire as the Walt Disney of the outdoors. The topic

is gear. A 2022 hook and barrel article referred to this billionaire as the walt disney of the outdoors clay newcomb the only one to come up with an answer so i don't know his name you tell me his name marcus now joining with an answer, and Brent is also showing it right to the camera that looks at me. There you go. Sorry. If I average five right answers a game. Better start getting some right. I got to start getting some right.

A 2022 hook and barrel article referred to this billionaire as the Walt Disney of the outdoors. My only question is I'm not sure if the guy that I wrote down is a billionaire with a beak. Yeah, that's my. Okay. That's my. You're thinking he's worth a little less. Yeah.

Well. But what other billionaire is so defined by the outdoors that you would. And in what context are we saying Walt Disney? Like what? Yeah, I thought the same thing. Well, it was a hook and barrel article, and they referred to him as the Walt Disney of the outdoors. Got my best answer.

Is everybody ready? Yeah. Tony Peterson, you ready? I'm writing a, yep. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Maggie without an answer. Jordan Sillard says Steve Rinella. Casey says, what's that say?

Johnny Morris. Tyler says Patagonia founder. Tony says Yvonne Chouinard, who is the Patagonia founder. That's what I'll, that might be it. Brent says the Patagonia guy. Clay says Johnny Morris. Jordan says Johnny Morris. Jordan says Johnny Morris. Mark says Johnny Morris.

The correct answer is Johnny Morris. He's a billionaire. Oh, yeah. Let me tell you, Mark. Johnny Morris is the founder of Bass Pro Shops and worth $10 billion. $10 billion? $10 billion. Wow. and worth $10 billion. $10 billion? $10 billion. The nickname was inspired by his wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium,

which has been referred to as the Disney World of the outdoors. The Springfield, Missouri attraction has 35,000 live animals, 1.5 million gallons of water, and eight acres of exhibits. I should have put it. Why did I not? We've been there. I took my little girl there to the museum. Oh.

It's awesome. How'd you spend your time there? Walking around, looking at all that stuff. It was good. They got some of the biggest bucks in the world there, right? I think some of them were replicas, some of them were real. They got a permanent display there. And I think they just bought Max Prairie Wings.

Went into a partnership. Oh. I went there my first vacation. I was two years old. I got a picture with me with that grizzly bear. You know, that big mouth. Max Prairie Wings? No, no, they don't have that Max.

Well, you didn't go to Wonders of Wildlife when you were two. I didn't? I went to a thing in Springfield, Missouri. You went to Bass Pro, right? Yeah, yeah. But it's all been converted into that, right? It's all the same place. Wonders of Wildlife is this world-class museum connected to Bass Pro, right? Yeah, yeah. But it's all been converted into that, right? It's all the same place. Well, Waters of Wildlife is this world-class museum

connected to Bass Pro. So Ethel would have been there. Yeah, I went and saw Ethel. That's probably why we went, because it's the Lake Fork Association. It really is. It should be a destination for everybody that loves conservation.

I mean, it's like a testament to our way of life. It really is. I'm a big fan. Johnny Morris, worth $10 billion, to our way of life. It really is. I'm a big fan. Johnny Morris, worth $10 billion and the founder of Bass Pro Shops. Question four of the topic is woodsmanship. This next great question is via Joe Furuseth. Parhelion is the scientific name for this six-letter phenomenon that appears at sunrise and sunset on cold days.

Parhelion is the scientific name for this six-letter phenomenon that appears at sunrise and sunset on cold days. The room looks stumped. Do you have an answer, Mark? I do. Okay. He's grinning. It's six letters.

Okay. And it, in my mind, feels like it's associated with the topic. Okay. Okay. Parhelion is the scientific name for this six-letter phenomenon that appears at sunrise and sunset on cold days. Tony Peterson, do you have an answer i'm in the exact same boat as mark i'm not a smirky he's more smirky six letters down and in my head i was like i think

that's it but i have no idea really okay mark and tony a little confident they're the only ones it looks like i know a lot of five-letter words. Porhelion is the scientific name for this six-letter phenomenon that appears at sunrise and sunset on cold days. Man, I know the thing. I think this is right, Tony. I don't know. I think we have it. I'm losing my confidence by the second here.

Is it because KC thought he knew it? No, it's just because it seems like a dumb answer now. But I'm going to stick with it. Is everybody ready? Brent is doing some writing. Hold on. Tyler going back to the whiteboard. You know that awful feeling when you know you know the answer,

but it just won't come? That feeling when Mark talks instead of letting you think? I want to keep going then. So the opposite of that is when you don't know how you know, but you just have a feeling like, I just think this is it. Like that's the feeling I have right now. Steve Rinella. Just like came to me in a burst of inspiration. Steve has explained that as his humunculus,

a little figure in his brain running around, pulling the strings. Sometimes I know things. I trust Mark's. I think Mark got it right. I do too. And I think I should get a half point because of my allegiance to him. I do appreciate that. Mark is one of the most well-read people you'll ever meet.

Wow. It's true. Okay. The guy reads like crazy. Here's the question. Are you saying he's not smart? He just reads a lot or what? No, I'm saying he's smart.

Parhelion is the scientific name for this six-letter phenomenon that appears at sunrise and sunset on cold days is everybody ready stop dude i don't know what it is i have no he is now laughing at tyler's answer go ahead and reveal your answers we have maggie saying sundog jordan without an answer kc sparks Spencer, Casey, Sparks, Tyler, Frost, Tony, Sundog, Brent, Alpine, Clay, Elpenglow, which was an answer one other time when you and Brent were here and you said it was prejudice towards southern people. I got that wrong with you. I'm going to tell you right now, the answer is not Elpenglow.

Jordan Budd says Mirage. Marcus says Corona. We have a correct answer in the room. It's Sundog, Tony, and Maggie. Way to go, guys. Got that one right. Sundogs are also referred to as mock suns or phantom suns. They are caused by light refracting through ice crystals in the atmosphere and show up as a halo around the sun.

The Greek believed sun dogs are a sign of good luck because the bright lights are Zeus's dogs being walked through the sky. Mark, you know that feeling you were talking about? I had that feeling, but I wasn't going to say a word. Now, you Southerners are really at a disadvantage there because I doubt you've ever seen a sun dog in Arkansas or Texas. We don't believe in all that Greek stuff. We call them frosts where I'm from. Yeah, we believe in walker dogs.

Question five. Sun dog, one word? Sun dog is one word. That's right, one word. Question five. The word? I'm just trying to understand. One word. Question five. The topic is cooking. How many gizzards do male pheasants have?

How many gizzards do male pheasants have? I absolutely should. I've killed 7,000 roosters in my life. You never went digging in and counted? Until he asked that question, if you had just asked me that, I'd be like, I absolutely know how many. And it's not very hard to guess. Now I have no idea. How many gizzards do male pheasants have? Assuming it's more than females or less different, at least.

Can he give you any hints? Could be. The question is how many gizzards do male pheasants have? What could he do if we all just collaborated together? It's really up to Mark, because Mark's the only person that can block him from the door. Unionize. I mean, one of you has to win at the end of the game,

and however we get there, I don't know. We could all just choose not to answer. And then it would not negatively impact any of us. It's like the whole show is to let one person answer. It's going to be, what do they call that, a scab? This has never happened.

If Tony doesn't know this, none of us answer. Let's just do it to piss off Steve because you know if he finds out about this. I think Tony is already anti-union though. I did write down an answer, but I really don't care how this one breaks. Oh, wow. Okay.

Maggie, I think you should go against him over here. You come up with an answer. I have an answer. Hey, I need to know. I wrote down a number and erased it and wrote down another number so i'm not feeling confident so are other people putting down numbers you're not standing with us you play the game it's all you're a rule follower you're not gonna organize some kind of rebellion here it's gonna turn into mark not having an

answer come on let's not pretend that you're this guy, dude. Let's go. That was with you, Mark, man. I'm sorry. It's a good idea. Now, Tony and Maggie got that last one right, and I'm sure they see some good sun dogs in Minnesota and Wyoming. That's prime sun dog territory, I'd say.

Yeah. Maggie and I should be on the same page. She's like my spirit animal. Wait, so how did the Grecians see sun dogs? That's not a cold area. That's a good point. I don't know. Sometimes it must have gotten just cold enough for them to witness it. Maybe on their North Pole conquest.

Maybe they left Greece. Yeah. They went north for a while. Does everybody except for Mark have an answer for how many pheasants do male pheasants have? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Maggie saying three. Jordan says two. Casey, zero.

Tyler, three. Tony, two. Brent, one. Clay, two. Jordan, two. Mark, two. Jordan, two. Mark, two. The correct answer is one. Only Brent reads.

Got that one right. So this is a question about nothing. Trick answer. How many gizzards does a bird have? That was a trick question because all birds have one gizzard, which helps them break down food. Although they're rare in the rest of the animal kingdom, there are a few fish and reptiles that have gizzards. Paleontologists believe that some dinosaurs had them as well.

For a great tutorial on cooking gizzards, check out Wade Trunk's fried gizzards recipe on TheMeatEater.com. So it's not just male pheasants that have one. All birds. Hey, Spencer, can we take a point away from whoever put zero? Come on. I already don't have many. Is that worse than saying three? I'll go with the trick answer thing.

It's like, well, you know, of course all birds have one, so why not just put zero since we're asking the question. Mark didn't even want to put an answer, okay? So come on. But I did. Most of you took Mark's advice there and just put down the wrong answer instead. Phil, we're halfway through the game of trivia.

Give us a scoreboard update. Oh, my goodness. This is one of the weakest games of trivia I think we've had in the 125 episode history of the show. Everybody has one point except for Clay Newcomb who has two. Wow. Man. Anybody's game. What was the Shelby index?

It was a three. So this was set out to be a low scoring game, but I am exceptionally nervous about the back half of this game as well. She could be winning. 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.

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Welcome to the OnX club, y'all. Question six. The topic is hunting. Which state that begins with an N has the fewest whitetail deer? So of these states that begin with an N, which one has the fewest whitetail deer? I see a lot of list making happening right now. At least with some folks. Oh, Clay, quick to come up with an answer.

Clay, you have this one right. What if you think of another state that starts with an N? I'll quickly change it. Oh, okay. It's an intimidation factor, distraction. See, I've been called on, now I'm distracting you all. You already have an answer. It's an intimidation factor distraction see I've been called on now. I'm distracting you already answer. It's all good Clay leading this game with two correct Dominating the game

Yeah, double the points of anyone else when that happens though. You know what it's it's not you it's me I've made the questions too hard so well. There's more in line it whenever we get them wrong. means we learn more or it passes through i'm looking at that mountain goat over there what's that one where are you gonna hit it what's that one score clay team i've never seen them lay flat like that i don't know where i'd shoot that one it's like you're bow fishing clay you're headed on a mountain goat hunt, like, right after you leave town, right? Yeah. Bow hunt for mountain goats in Alaska. Dang.

Yeah. How many days you got set aside? Eight days. Eight hunt days. What if after eight days you don't have one? You stick with that? Well. You better get this right.

You know, I don't know. It just matters. I hope you're right. We'll probably just have to come home. Okay. Hmm? You running an algorithm? In my head?

I'm just rethinking it. Sorry. I'm going to get away from me. Which state that begins with an N has the fewest whitetail deer? Do all you whitetail guys just feel a lot of pressure right now? It'll be really embarrassing to get this done. Listen, if I got this wrong, I'm going to argue. Really embarrassing. Bad. Yeah. I, if I got this wrong, I'm going to argue. Really embarrassing.

I might, too. Is everybody ready? I've done the research on this. You can go to your way. It's your last chance, Clay. If you need to change your answer, you go for it. No, I didn't. Marcus, you ready?

Hawaii. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Maggie saying Nevada, Jordan Sillers, New Hampshire. Casey says Nevada, Tyler, New Mexico, Tony, Nevada, Brent, Nevada, Clay, Nevada, Jordan, Nebraska, Mark, New Hampshire. The correct answer is Nevada. About half of you got that one right. The eight states that begin with an N are Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, and North Dakota. The bottom two from that list are New Mexico and Nevada.

New Mexico has 15,000 coos whitetail deer and Texas whitetail deer, while Nevada has zero. So they don't have coos. So we were counting coos as whitetails. We're counting coos, but even if you don't count the coos, New Mexico has a small population of Texas white-tailed deer. Like Mount Carlton? Hey, Mark, what did you put for that again?

New Hampshire. Okay. I think there might be one there. He said of which of these states has white-tailed deer, or at least the way I heard it. The question's right behind you there. Which state that begins with an N has the fewest white-tailed deer? So my mistake was I thought what white-tailed states. Of the states that have white-tailed deer, which do has the fewest white-tailed deer. So my mistake was I thought what white-tailed states. States that have white-tailed deer wish to have the fewest.

Classic over-the-top. The algorithm is out. You're so well-read. I take my lumps. Question seven. The topic is wildlife. This bird goes by nicknames such as Sea Parrot or Clown of the Sea. A lot of ocean for out in Arkansas.

This bird goes by nicknames such as Sea Parrot or Clown of the Sea. The room looks stumped again. Except for Jordan Sillars. Jordan, do you have this one right? I think I have a good guess. Okay. Yeah, it just came to me. Yeah, I have a guess that makes sense.

Marcus is feeling a little confident. Clown of the sea or sea parrot. What bird goes by those nicknames? Chicken of the sea. I know that one. I know forest clowns, too. It's a bird. What's a forest clown? A turkey. Oh, okay. I know that one. I know forest clowns, too. It's a bird. What's a forest clown?

A turkey. Wild turkey. This bird goes by nicknames such as sea parrot or clown of the sea. Tony Peterson, how do you feel about your answer? Not great. Okay. This is question seven. Is everybody ready?

Go ahead and reveal your answers We have Maggie saying Seagull Jordan says Puffin KC Puffin Tyler Puffin Tony King Eider Brent

Clay Puffin Jordan without an answer. Marcus says puffin. The correct answer is puffin. The room did very well. Good job. There are three main types of puffins. The tufted puffin, horned puffin, and Atlantic puffin.

The Atlantic puffin, which is found from Maine to Spain, is considered a vulnerable species globally. Ironically, two of their top threats are climate change and renewable energy. Question eight. What does it taste like? The topic is fishing. The next great question is via Brent Weiss. Loon. Name one of the two presidential waterways that form the Missouri River.

Is presidential, like, named after a president? Is that what you mean? I'm not going to give you any hints. Zero. Name one of the two presidential waterways that form the Missouri River. Do we get extra points if we can name all of them? You don't, but you could maybe earn back some points with Tony Peterson

if you get this right with authority. I got this one. Name one of the two. Mark learned this from writing his book, That Wild Country. Maybe so. Do you have this one right, Clay?

I got gotta guess. What is throwing the doctor off is throwing me off to Presidential River. Like, what does that even mean? Name one of the two presidential waterways that form the Missouri River. Tony, do you have an answer?

I love this. This is question... Megan and I literally walked out of a conversation today where the woman from Moultrie was explaining this. I was just thinking about that. And we're like, I'm thirsty. Megan's like, I gotta go pee. We walked away from her explaining this.

Oh my goodness. Presidential waterways that float into the Missouri? Right, she explained this exact thing. And we were like, we will never need this information. Sorry, Tony. I already knew all that information. I'm surprised that you don't know this, Maggie. I do know this.

Oh, you do know this. Okay. I'm going to hate it. I know this. I have to speak up for this. I know this. Question eight. So we will get a scoreboard update after this.

Tony, how are you doing down there? Did you come up with an answer? I can barely remember any presidents' last names. Okay. I'm going to give you a clue. It's not the Trump. Everybody should have one answer written down. Don't write down multiple.

If you do have multiple, just circle the one that you're going with. Is everybody ready? Do I still have time to change mine? Sure. This is your last chance here, Clay Newcomb. I can't do it. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Maggie saying Jefferson,

Jordan, Madison, Casey, Madison, Tyler, Roosevelt, Tony, Washington, Brent, Jefferson, Clay, Yellowstone, Jordan, Jefferson, Mark, Jefferson. The two rivers are what, Mark Kenyon? The Jefferson and the Madison, as well as the Gallatin. That's right.

It's not presidential, but those three rivers come together to make one hell of a trout stream. I was worried that it was too easy because it's where we are. That's right. That's why I couldn't believe folks didn't know. I can never ask that question in a regular game of Meat Eater Trivia because everybody lives within a stone's throw of where this happens. And the Missouri River starts just west of Bozeman, Montana, where the Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin Rivers converge.

All three waterways were named by Lewis and Clark. The Gallatin is named after Albert Gallatin Rivers converge. All three waterways were named by Lewis and Clark. The Gallatin is named after Albert Gallatin, who was the U.S. Treasury Secretary. The other two rivers are named after Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, the nation's third and fourth presidents. Phil, we have two questions left. Give us a scoreboard update. Looking a little better now.

We've got Tony Peterson and Jordan Budd with two points apiece. Maggie, Jordan Sillars, Brent Reeves, and Mark Kenyon all have three. And now tied up in first place are KC and Clay Nuko. Go get him. Literally anybody could win.

This is always the part of the game where Phil says, looks like Brent's out of the competition. But you'd notice that I did not say that this time, Brent. I know. Thank you, sir. Question nine. The topic is woodsmanship.

This hazard kills 100 Americans each year, which Noah defines as a localized current that flows away from the shoreline toward the ocean. This is question nine. Will you accept one of two answers on this? There is one correct answer to this question. I don't like that. Good luck, Casey.

Tony, you have this one right? I feel like I do. Clay Newcomb, you have this one right. I mean, I have an answer. Okay, Marcus, how we doing? I've got an answer that I think sounds right. KC tied up in the lead. How you doing?

Do you have the right answer? I have one of the two that I think are the right answer. Is everybody ready? Let Jordan Budd write down her answer. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Maggie saying Riptide. Jordan says Riptide. KC, Riptide. Jordan says Riptide.

KC, Riptide. Tyler, Riptide. Current, Tony, Riptide. Brent, Riptide. Clay, Riptide. Jordan, Riptide. Mark, Riptide. Jordan says Tide.

The correct answer is cheese I don't know why. Geez. Wow. Wow. The correct answer is rip current. Oh, no. Nobody got that right. Oh, you're not going to count it? Really? When you asked that question, I erased rip current and put rip tide.

Noah says that rip current, rip tide, and undertow are three different yet similar water hazards. Rip tide is current that's created by the swift movement of tidal water through inlets and harbors. Undertow is current below the surface that's moving in a different direction from the surface current. And rip current is current that's flowing away from a shoreline. According to CBS News, 80% of beach rescues annually involve rip current. I would have to look at the sign at the National Seashore when I go back and make sure it doesn't say rip tide, but show a picture of rip current. They may. The NOAA is very specific that rip current and rip tide are not the same. Who put them in charge?

I should have left it. Now, nothing changed on the scoreboard, right? We have... Yeah, everyone. Let me see. I can pull it up here again. Strange. Tough game of trivia.

Man. I'm out. We have Clay and Casey with four each. Maggie, Jordan, Brent. We will go to overtime. Mark. Three. Now here's a correct answer review for our listeners at home.

Answer one was Queen. Two was Old Town. Three was Johnny Morris. Four, Sundog. Five, one, six, Nevada. Seven, Puffin. Eight was Jefferson River or Madison River. Nine was Rip Current. Here is question 10. The topic is conservation, and this is our listener question of the week, which was

won by Jackie Mason. For sending this great question, Jackie 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 was the name for the African-American troops who worked as park rangers after fighting in the Indian Wars? This is the final question. I think we

have five or six players who could make it to overtime here. What was the name for the African-American troops who worked as park rangers after fighting in the Indian Wars? The topic was conservation. KC, do you have this one right? 72%.

Okay, this could win you the game if Clay Newcomb doesn't pick up his whiteboard and write down an answer. I'm racking my brain. What was the name for the African-American troops who worked as park rangers after fighting in the Indian Wars? Tony Peterson also writing down an answer. Clay, are you interested in doing Overtime Tiebreaker?

Would it be cooler if we did that? Yeah. Oh, wow. Oh, you're wanting to pass me the answer? Casey may just give up. Or just erase mine. Or I might just play a trick on you and make you think of it. You might as well win if you're going to win. Yeah, I think so.

Yeah, you really had to twist his arm there, Clay. Well, I thought he might offer something, but he didn't. I could maybe get you a good bear hunt on a good bear hunt. Wow. This is a good negotiation. Okay. Is everybody ready?

I don't even have it. What was the name for the African-American troops who worked as park rangers after fighting in the Indian Wars. That very much could be wrong, too, so it might work out either way. Brent's wanting to help me cheat over here. I might not be right. Should I know this? I think you should. Oh, Brent thinks that Clay should know this one.

Mark, do you have this one right? Maybe. Tony Peterson, do you have this one right? You know, I was real stumped, and then something hit me, and I have no idea if it's right or not. Clay, are you going to come up with an answer, Clay? No, I think I'm not. Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Maggie saying Park Rangers. Jordan, without an answer. Casey says Buffalo Soldiers. Tyler, Buffalo Soldiers. Tony, Buffalo Soldiers. Tyler, Buffalo Soldiers. Tony, Buffalo Soldiers. Brent, Buffalo Rangers. Clay, without an answer. Jordan says Rangers. Mark

says Buffalo Soldiers. The correct answer is Buffalo Soldiers making KC. Wow. Thank you. Well done, KC. Appreciate that. A tough round of trivia, and you took the victory without even going to overtime.

Now, here you go, Clay. We're going to teach you about the Buffalo Soldiers. Six all-black regiments were established in 1866 to help rebuild the country after the Civil War and to fight on the western frontier. Tribes who clashed with these troops called them the Buffalo Soldiers because of their dark curly hair and the fierce fighting style. Some of these men later served as the first caretakers of national parks tasked with putting out forest fires, evicting poachers, driving out cattle, and stopping timber thieves. Casey is our

winner with the five correct answers. Casey, what happens next is you get to choose where the $500 donation from MeatEater goes. What's it going to be? So, in honor of our friend Mark Kenyon, who is a lumper instead of a separator, I'm going to have a separator donation.

So there's the Coastal Cutthroat Coalition. They work on the northwest coast, specifically in coastal cutthroat conservation. I love it. I love cutthroats. Yeah, man. All types. Me too, man.

I believe it's the coalition. I think that's the third word in it. But yeah. Now, what's all this about lumpers and separators? So Mark, well, I'll let you explain yourself. Well, me and Tyler got into a deep conversation one night on a backpacking fishing trip about how there's so many different species of cutthroat trout. And I joked, I just like to think about they're all cutthroat.

Like the difference between a bear river and an Apache and a Yellowstone versus a snake river versus a what, they're all cutthroat trout. And then so he likes to call me a lumper. So there's some people that prefer to have a smaller number of species and some people that would like to define them as very differentiated. And their threshold for speciation is very low. And so Tyler was pro split them up, have as much differentiation as possible.

And I said a cutty is a cutty. I think I like it mostly because it gives you I'm a goal oriented person and so I like thinking like I can catch that one next

and then that one next yeah you like the cutthroat slam yeah yeah makes them all feel a little more special yeah yeah supposed to be

a little more different so $500 going where Casey Coastal Cutthroat Coalition I believe if we can make sure that's the third word and if I had won I would have donated

to Trout Unlimited. There you go. Two whitetail guys sending their money to a trout organization. Join us next time for more Meat Eater trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. And don't forget, the second week of the Meat Eater crossword is available on our website right now. The theme this week is

national parks you can go play for free at the meat eater.com backslash games cutthroat coalition is a p.o box in texas yeah spence 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.