The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 624: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CXXXVIII

Episode Date: November 13, 2024

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Ryan Callaghan, Randall Williams,  Cory Calkins, Alyssa Smith, Matt MIller, Tressa Croaker, 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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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. We've got a new book coming out in the meat eater universe and for the first time it is not one of mine. Instead it's my colleague Danielle Pruitt's. Yeah Danielle the founder of Wild and Whole. It's called Meat Eaters Wild and Whole. Seasonal recipes for the conscious cook and it's an ode to cooking seasonally with wild and foraged ingredients. Now let's get to

what you'll find in this book. This cookbook contains more than 80 recipes inspired by what you can hunt, fish, forage or grow in your garden each season. Often Danielle will pair her ingredients to reflect both the hunting season and the growing season. So her turkey cutlet is combined with springtime morels. Her Gulf Coast redfish with summertime sweet corn. She cooks venison with pumpkin for a tasty fall stew. If that all sounds

complicated, trust me it is not complicated. Danielle has a knack for creating recipes worthy of a five-star kitchen, but accessible to two-star cooks. And you'll come away armed with techniques that will make you a better cook all around. This book is also beautiful to look at with gorgeous full-color photographs that inspire you to take a real hard look at your kitchen's output. It's Meat Eaters Wild and Whole Seasonal Recipes for the Conscious Cook by Danielle Pruitt. It is out now and it's available at TheMeatEater.com or wherever books are sold. 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 Randall, Cal, Alyssa, Matt, Corey, Nate, and Tressa. 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 today's episode is brought to you by Yeti, whose hard coolers are built to keep ice for days and live on for decades.

For the stat of the week this week, we're looking at the number one. That's how many days there are until the MeatEater Trivia Board Game Collector's Edition is available. It will go on sale tomorrow, November 14th at store.themeteater.com. God, that's classy packaging. That's right. The whole thing is in an ammo can. How many cards fit in this ammo can, Spencer? There are 1300 cards in there.

Let me tell you about them. The Collectors Edition comes with all 800 questions from the original board game, all 200 questions from the hunting expansion pack, all 200 questions from the fishing expansion pack, and 100 questions that are only available in the Collectors Edition. That's a total of 1300 questions about hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. It also comes with a game board, game tokens, and ammo can that are exclusive to the Collectors Edition.

It costs $50 and as always we're donating a portion of sales to conservation. That means your purchase helps fund things like land access and wildlife habitat. It's quite literally the only board game where conservation always wins. Now last year we sold out of the board game well before Christmas and we anticipate the same thing happening again this year so go get yours before it's too late. The Meat Eater Trivia Board Game Collector's Edition is available tomorrow along with the hunting and fishing expansion packs at store.themeteater.com. Now for our listeners as opposed to the viewers, I just want to, I'm holding the board game right here. Oh wow.

Do you hear all the fun in that box? That sounds like fun. Knowledge, entertainment for hours. Oh that's good. Thank you Randall and for the watchers you got to see him do a little Vanna white impersonation over here Really really showing off the meat eater trivia collectors spotlight Now here's our infrequently asked question segment if you have a trivia related question for our crew send it to trivia at the meat eater comm with the subject line IFAQ.

Corey Hoglund says who do players consider to be their biggest rivals? Randall, who do you think your biggest rival is? I mean, I think we know the answer that... Is it Brody? Is that what you want to say? Not really. Oh, Steve. I don't really think I, my biggest rival is me I think. Oh okay. I think I trip over my own shoelaces metaphorically speaking. Very meta. But yeah I

think I think we'd all like me to say Brody and Brody to say me and you know we're just friends. Good colleague competition. Cal do you have a rat arrival you think in meteor trivia no no no I don't know rival okay Phil have you identified any rivals you've watched all identified rivals for Cal well just anybody in the room in general who is my rival hundred forty five rival is your email account no I mean it's Nate's Nate's kind of stepped up. I think Nate's trying to make rivals for himself. It hasn't really caught on yet, but I believe in him. I think he'll get there. I think of Nate not merely, not like a rival, but like a usurper.

I'm like, I'm coming up on the old lines. Yeah, usurpers are trying to take the hurt. Yeah, like you're a pride. You're working behind the scenes to overthrow the regime mmm, and so we need to clamp down with an iron fist Yeah, I think the goal is to just spread fun knowledge definitely not everybody wants Nate Nate declared him and Corey They're the feather weights going up against some of the heavy weights meat eater trivia sting like Trivia. Sting like a bee. Float like a butterfly. There we go. I was going to go with the Mike Tyson quote. We have some housekeeping to get to in a previous episode of Trivia.

We had a question about how many gizzards a male pheasant has. The correct answer was one, and in the follow-up factoid I said that all birds have one gizzard. But about a dozen listeners wrote in to say that there is a bird that lacks a gizzard and it's a game bird. Does anyone know what it is? Sage grouse, greater sage grouse. Now despite all these emails, well, that's correct Cal, a lot of folks I know are saying that the sage grouse does not have one. Good guess.

Despite those emails, sources like Pheasants Forever say sage-grouse do have a gizzard, but it's described as quote not well developed or quote not muscular. Because of this, sage-grouse can't eat seeds or grain and most of their diet consists of sage and insects. William Clark even noticed this when gutting his first one, writing quote quote the gizzard of it is the gizzard of it is large and much less compressed and muscular than in most fowls it resembles a stomach as much as a gizzard so they do have a gizzard but is not like other birds I have six pack abs they're just not go out like Not like the other six pack, that's right. Now did you, have you ever gutted a sage grass cow?

Oh yeah, many times. Did that, did that like, get your attention when it didn't have a well defined gizzard inside? The smell gets your attention. It's a stinky, inside of that bird's stinky. Stink like what, bad sage? No, I mean all game birds I think really do have a nasty smell if you clean enough of them. I have often said I'd rather clean a deer or an elk than a pile of stinky birds, but I love the meat.

Meat's great. It's where a lot of folks say you get the gutting bird farts after. Yeah, which is ridiculous. Not you, though. No that I mean that first of all they don't get it either like your farts don't smell like game bird through osmosis that's right yeah covered this on a fact checker on the meat eater comm and that was the verdict it's all in your head and knows is one of the

strongest things that's tied to memory so So, now the Shelby and X for today is a five, so I'm putting us on perfect score alert. And with that, we're onto 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 of Thrones Theme"] How's that? Just tend to win everything. Game on suckers! Question one, the topic is wildlife and this is multiple choice. Which of these national parks does not have bison? Is it Rocky Mountain, Badlands, Glacier, or Theodore Roosevelt? Which of these national parks does not have bison? Is it Rocky Mountain National Park, Badlands National Park, Glacier National Park, or Theodore Roosevelt National Park? Three have bison, one does not. Three you have bison, one does not. Cory quick to answer, Cory you got this one right?

Man I think so, 25%. Okay. Has anybody been to all four of these places? Nope. Besides me. No. Rocky Mountain, Badlands, Glaciers, Theodore Roosevelt, which one does not have bison? Nate, I think we're waiting on you. Rocky Mountain, Badlands, Glacier, Theodore Roosevelt, which one does not have bison?

Nate, I think we're waiting on you. You stuck between two of them? Yep. Cal, are you wrestling with the same thing? I am. Okay. Which does not have bison? Rocky Mountain? Badlands? Glacier? Theodore Roosevelt? Dang.

Nate are you ready? I mean the proximity of bison. Cal are you ready? Sure. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Matt saying Theodore Roosevelt, Randall, Rocky Mountain, Cal, Rocky Mountain,

Corey, Rocky Mountain, Alyssa, Glacier, Nate, crossed out Theodore Roosevelt, wrote Glacier, Tressa, Glacier. Where is Theodore Roosevelt? North Dakota. The correct answer is Rocky Mountain National Park.

I think we had three players, get that one right. Bison are found in about 10 national parks from Alaska to Arizona. Bison are native to the Rocky Mountain National Park, but were extirpated there between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The park is also missing grizzly bears and grey wolves but has gained moose which biologists say aren't native to that area. Question 2. The topic is conservation. This next great question is via Cooper Gresham. What federal agency goes by the acronym USACE? What federal agency goes by the acronym USACE?

Nobody looking very confident. I don't think I've seen any answers yet. What federal agency goes by the acronym USACE? What category are we playing in again? The topic is conservation. Conservation. Nate, do you have this one right? I do.

Nate, the only one confident in the room. I would give a hint, but I won't. Okay, that's probably in your best interest you could be the only one who gets this one right. Okay the topic is conservation. What agency goes by the acronym USACE? Randall is anything coming to mind? No, no, nothing's coming to mind. Playing around with some words that begin with those letters. U-S-A-C-E. Alyssa, how do you feel about your answer?

70 percent. Okay, that's better than the other side of the table is feeling. Nate, show your answer to Alyssa. See if she agrees. Be real sneaky. Yep. Oh, Alyssa agrees with Nate and Randall still has a blank board. Randall does has a blank board I think the other five players are right there with him. Does everybody give up? Yeah, I guess go ahead and reveal your answers Matt says agriculture something Randall without an answer Cal says United States admin conservation environment Corey you know that Ace Alyssa United States Army Corps of Engineers

a gun United States Army Corps of Engineers Tressa oh right United States American Conservation Entity Oh right United States American conservation entity the correct answer is the US Army Corps of Engineers Nate and Alyssa got that right Makes sense that they just refer to themselves as the core the US Army Corps of Engineers is one of the world's largest public engineering design and construction agencies. They manage about 12 million acres of land and water, much of which you can hunt and fish. This is why the Army Corps calls themselves, quote, the country's leading provider of recreation.

Question three, the topic is hunting. This next great question is via Alex Lustre. What does the R in 17HMR stand for? What does the R in 17HMR stand for? Randall, this time is the confident player. Cal, do you have this one right as well? I have an answer. Okay. Randall, do you own a 17 HMR? I don't. I don't. Aspiring owner of a 17 HMR? Not

really not really buddy just got one and we bought a couple boxes of ammo for it actually a week ago today. Does anyone in here own a 17 HMR? No. What does the R? You know what I've always wanted is a 222. I'd put, yeah, the old triple deuce. My grandfather didn't have many guns, but he had a 222. I was always amused by that. What does the R in 17 HMR stand for?

I've seen the 222 referenced in some states reg books about like the minimum caliber for deer hunting, which is funny that that's where they would like draw the line, 222. What does the R in 17 HMR stand for? Is everybody ready? Alyssa might make a final change. No? Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Matt and Randall and Cal saying rimfire. Corey says round. Alyssa says round. Nate rimfire. Tressa recoil. The correct answer is rimfire. The 17 represents the caliber of the bullet and HMR stands for Hornady Magnum Rimfire. The cartridge was developed by Hornady in collaboration with Marlin and Ruger in 2002. To see how it stacks up against the 22, read Jordan Siller's article on TheMeatEater.com called Caliber Battle, 22 Long Rifle vs 17 HMR.

Question 4. The topic is fishing. This next great question is via Richard Anderson. What two animals cross to make a sawguy? What was that noise? The noise of someone who doesn't feel confident about answering what two animals cross to make a saw guy. Now Nate on the US Army Corps of Engineers one what was the hint that you didn't want to provide? Oh just that uh my previous occupation gave me a Heavy advantage every day, I would walk by

This project that was it was like US Army Corps engineers like spelled out mm-hmm with a little you know acrostic completion 2035 oh That's fun. Wow they got a great logo the little red like castle looking thing. Yeah, it's like the engineers army engineers I would argue that your previous occupation like the amount of Acronyms that you've been exposed to greatly outweighs that of everyone else. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, but he might just be drowning in acronyms No, not too many got them all locked in. Yeah, again, yeah again run question brain crazy crossword puzzle But fishing nothing the topic is fishing what two animals cross to make a saw guy. Do you have this one right Nate?

Definitely not the topic is fishing Corey you have this one right yeah, Cal you have this one right I believe so Randall. this one right? I believe so. Randall? Oh yes. Okay Matt? Don't bore me. Next question. Topic is fishing. What two animals make a saw guy? Alissa and Nate are you ready? Give me like 10 seconds. 10 seconds. That's all you get. Randall said he had 10 seconds of material before we started the show in case this very thing arise It's not gonna do you any good Did that get it I think so everybody ready

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Matt and Randall and Cal and Corey saying walleye and Sager and Cal and Cory sang Walleye and Saga. Alyssa says Walleye, Nate says Walleye and Sockeye, Tressa says Sockeye and Gil. That'd be a badass fish. The correct answer is Walleye and Saga. But half of our players got that one right. What's a Saga?

I'll tell you about their hybrid. Unlike many hybrids, saugeye can reproduce with walleye, sauger, and even other saugeye. They are most common in river systems that offer fast turbid water for sauger and slow clear water for walleye. Some ways to spot a hybrid are by the low white marking on the tail fin or a dorsal fin that has a black blotch at the base and spots running across it. So Saw Guy can reproduce with anything. With Saw Guy, with Sawgier, or with Walleye. Young that then can reproduce. Saw Guy can reproduce. That's wild. Yeah, which is unlike a lot of hybrids. Well, yeah, is that like a fisheries anomaly too?

You have a fisheries background? It's unusual, yes, but that probably tells you how closely related a walleye and a sauger are and the difference, Nate, just the visual difference is usually that sauger are very blotchy on the side and they're smaller and they grow in rivers. Are you saying saugeye or sockeye? Is sockeye a you saying saw guy or sock? I is sock. I a real thing Yeah, okay salmon. Okay, and that's different than saw guy saw guy

S-a-u-g-e-y it's about the same Question five the topic is cooking. No, what is the seven letter Polish word for dumpling? Oh letter Polish word for dumpling oh what is the seven letter Polish word for dumpling Randall very quick to answer Cody joining him as well as Nate I'm just drawing the seven oh it always helps The grin looked like you had it Nate you have this one right yeah spellings way off. Okay, Matt you have this one right? Maybe it must be really seven letter Polish word for dumpling What was the name of that dumpling or the bun bun place Al bun oh the place Moshe food truck this was the ten seconds of material

It's seasonal you know yeah. Oh, I mean they'll be back. I'll be back You remind us next year you send a slack message to the whole company. I believe they closed on October 13th With the greening of the grass and budding of the trees. We were there for the last night. Oh wow, did you do it was the last night? Oh yeah. Okay. Yeah, we've been counting down to it for about two weeks.

Oh wow. They say you don't know that you had the good old days. It was nice because we just kept ordering things and then you get this little thing would flash on the register that said friends, 50% off. Wow. Were you a friend? Yeah, I guess so. It meant a lot to me. Yeah. You spend enough money someplace. Yeah. And Randall did know he was in the good old days. Oh man. While he was living them days. Yeah. The salad days. We went heavy on

Moshi and then Hot Dog Champion closed about a week later. So yeah. We lost our favorite taco bus a few weeks ago in Belgrade We're also season grease fire Like after the first snow you like that better than Ramirez, yeah, I'm a big taco bus Stan, okay Dude Albertano's in the gas station. I mean come on There's good options, but they they are the best does everyone have an answer for the seven letter Polish word for dumpling Yes Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Matt and

Randall and Cal saying per rogie Cordy says biscuit Alyssa and Nate and Tressa say pierogi. They got it. The correct answer is pierogi. Let's check your spelling. It's P-I-E-R-O-G-I. Nate and Cal had it right and rent. I have these in my freezer right now. Oh no? Costco. Pierogies are made of unleavened dough that's filled with meat, vegetables, or fruits. The dumpling was introduced to Poland by a Dominican missionary who brought the recipe with him in 1257.

For a great, great pierogi recipe, check out Lucas Leaf's article on TheMeatEater.com called the Chantrel Pierogi. My mind just, when you said Dominican missionary I thought about a person from the Dominican Republic and I was envisioning that. Phil we had... The date got me back on track thanks. We are halfway through the game of trivia give us a scoreboard update. Oh let's see everyone's on the board Tressa has one, Alyssa and Cory have two points. Nate and Matt have three and tied up in first place are Randall Williams and Ryan Callahan. Still so shaken by Army Corps engineers. Yeah. What was the second one I got wrong?

Sockeye? Yeah, there it is. Also they have four points. I don't know if I said that. Yes. Great. Thank you. 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 Great. Thank you. You're sick of, you know, sucking high and titty there. ONX is now in Canada. The great features that you love in ONX are available for your hunts this season. 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.

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To learn more about the new First Light Whitetail system that's right for you, just going over to firstlight.com. Question six, the topic is gear. A ratchet strap wrapped around this submersible stayed intact after the vessel imploded during a 2023 Ocean Gate expedition. A ratchet strap wrapped around this submersible stayed intact after the vessel imploded during a 2023 Ocean Gate expedition Randall the only player to come up with an answer so far Randall, do you have this one right? I

Believe so although I'm I'm I'm I'm recalling a conversation at a bar over overhearing a conversation at a bar, and the guy claiming that this was fake. Oh, interesting. And then he- What would be the motivation for faking this? I think his belief was that since COVID was over, they needed something new to keep us distracted. You know what, that was pretty distracting for-

Yeah, it was. Yeah for 48 hours. Very exciting. A ratchet strap wrapped around this submersible stayed intact after the vessel imploded during a 2023 Ocean Gate expedition. What's nice about that is they know it had nothing to do with the ratchet strap. That's right the ratchet strap did not fail. That part kept it intact. to do with the ratchet strap. That's right, the ratchet strap did not fail. That part kept it intact. Anyone besides Randall feel good about their answer? No. We talked about this a bunch because it was like, God, who would ever do that? And like, rich people are so crazy and stuff. I mean, I'm like, oh, I wouldn't pay for it. But if somebody was like, hey, do you want an open seat? I'd be like, yeah, okay.

Could have been Cal Could have been Cal Cory I feel like you usually get these types of questions correct, and then you follow it up saying yeah, I read the news Yeah, you're right Not confident unless what's going on. I guess I was so wrapped up in the cove it you know no 19 Yeah, no it was over Over but I wish I wish I could remember I'll explain this later. I think ratchet strap wrapped around this submersible stayed intact after the vessel imploded during a

2023 Ocean Gate Expedition is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers we have Matt without an answer Randall says Titania Cal says Titan Cory says submarine Alyssa without an answer Nate crossed out Titan or discovery Tressa says yellow The correct answer is Titan. Cal got it right.

And Nate crossed it out. And Randall's defense, he's thinking of that pop star with the song. Titanium. That one? Oh yeah. No, so the guy was like, how stupid do they think we are? He said they couldn't even come. Because he was claiming that the submersible was also named Titanic.

And that was what, and I was like going back in my head, was he like, which one was he saying? But he's like, he's like, they're so they think we're so gullible that they'd name the thing after the thing it's going to look at. And I was like, that makes sense to me, actually. Yeah, again, the correct answer was Titan. Sense to me actually yeah again the correct answer was tight Ocean gates Titan submersible imploded on June 18 2023 killing all five people on board the event created 1.5 billion Joules of energy which is the equivalent of

1,400 hand grenades going off at the same time I reached out to ocean gate to find out what brand of ratchet strap they used on Titan, but they haven't gotten back to me and I suspect they never will. Now, if you will look at Phil's TV, he's got a picture of said ratchet strap on the screen. What a ballsy advertisement for that ratchet strap. I was going to guess it was a Harbor freight, but it's not orange.

Maybe if one of our listeners with a keen eye can recognize the brand, we're gonna shout them out. That ratchet strap stayed intact despite 1,400 hand grenades going off inside of the submersible. Why did they have it around it? To be in with. Hold that baby together.

I think people were speculating that it was to, it was something to grab onto and they'd get back to the surface. That makes sense. Ideally related to that, hopefully it wasn't for the structural integrity. Well, because with the submersible you're worried about the pressure from the outside. You're not worried about it exploding. So it would have gotten looser.

That was the straw that broke the titan's back. The ratchet strap stayed intact. Also I heard they put out a statement, they don't blow up submersibles just for the PR. Question seven. That is interesting, though, because it should have gotten looser. Oh, Calvin on the conspiracy. There's your conspiracy theory. Yeah.

The deeper like it's on the bottom and it looks top to me. It's just on a shell. So the shell doesn't compress. It's like you can see it's just like a skin. The inside structure is what... You got to get on that mic, Matt. I can't hear you. Regardless, it survived and I'm very impressed by it.

Question seven, the topic is wildlife. Northern Flicker, red bellied, red headed, red breasted sap sucker and yellow bellied sap sucker are all species of what animal? Northern Flicker, red-bellied, red-headed, red-breasted, sap-sucker, and yellow-bellied sap-sucker are all species of what animal? If I was giving examples of Labrador Retrievers saying black, yellow, chocolate, your answer would be lab. So that is the amount of specificity you need to have

for this question. Northern Flicker, Red-Bellied, Red-Headed, Red-Breasted-sucker, and yellow-bellied sap-sucker are all species of what animal? Nate, are you confident? Yep. Alyssa, are you confident? Pretty confident. Okay. Rest of our players, how about you, Matt? You got this one right? Not even a little bit confident. Okay, Nate, or excuse me, Randall, do you have this one right? Mm-hmm? Not so confident maybe okay Northern flicker red-bellied redheaded red-breasted sap sucker and yellow-bellied sap sucker. It's a great Calvin and Hobbes comic about this Okay about about this animal. Mm-hmm interesting. Maybe I'm wrong You don't think they'd know this animal Alyssa different different animal

Not a tiger show your answer to Alyssa again see if you two agree No, okay, that's what I'm wrong. Oh Cory agrees with Nate though Is everybody ready Man, I really I thought flickers were like their own thing Northern flicker a bit of a surprise to me. Yeah, buddy ready Go ahead and reveal your answers We have Matt saying woodpecker Randall and Cal and Corey say woodpecker Alyssa says hummingbird Nate

Tressa, woodpecker. I really am, like cannot believe I screwed that up. The correct answer is woodpecker. The room did pretty well. According to the American Bird Conservancy, there are 23 woodpecker species native to the United States. The most common type of woodpecker

is the red-bellied woodpecker, which is found in nearly every state east of the Mississippi River. They have a population of 15 million followed by downy woodpeckers at 13 million and yellow-bellied sap suckers at 12 million. Question eight. The topic is camping. According to Campspot.com these are the three most booked holidays at Campgrounds in America. According to Campspot.com, these are the three most booked holidays at Campgrounds in America. These are the three weekends I don't go camping. The three most booked holidays at campgrounds in America.

Quick answers from Alyssa, Randall, Tressa, and Matt. Nate, Cal, and Cory searching for that last one. Three most booked holidays. Nate, are you done? Yeah. Cory, are you done? Ready. Cory, are you done? Ready. Okay, go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Matt saying Fourth of July, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Randall with the same answer, Cal with the same answer. We don't celebrate the Fourth of July, Spencer. Cal has Independence Day. Thank you. Cory has the same answer.. Cory has the same answer. Alyssa has the same answer. Everyone has that answer and everyone got it right.

The three holidays are Labor Day, Fourth of July, and Memorial Day in that order. Campspot.com says the other two most booked holidays at campgrounds, do you guys wanna guess what the other two most booked holidays are campgrounds, do you guys wanna guess what the other two most booked holidays are? Presidents Day weekend? No. Arbor Day? No.

Are we doing real holidays or made up holidays? Easter. No and no. Indigenous Peoples Day? That is one of them, that is fifth. Thanksgiving? No, so we're searching for fourth, the fourth most booked holiday.

Wow. Veterans Day. No. Not Easter. The fourth most booked holiday. Veterans Day. No. Not Easter. The fourth most booked holiday is Father's Day. Oh! Besides holiday weekends, they say- That's not a real holiday. What about Mother's Day? Yeah, Mother's Day.

Besides holiday weekends, they say the busiest campground weekends are the fourth of July, or the fourth weekend in July, the second weekend in August, the third weekend in July, the first weekend in July the second weekend in August the third weekend in July The first weekend in August and the second weekend in July So basically the busiest times from the beginning of July to the middle of August not what I expected Yeah, that's not what you expected joking. Yeah So we have to accept the fourth of July over Independence Day. Give us a scoreboard. I'm shocked

I do I do kind of agree with that argument. Kind of? Come on. It's a pretty good scoring game, guys. But unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to Corey, Alyssa, and Tressa. They cannot catch up. But Nate and Matt have five points.

Randall has six. And in first place with seven is Ryan Callahan. Question nine. The topic is conservation. This is our listener question of the week which was won by Sam Weingart. For sending this great question, Sam is going to get a board game signed by the crew. If you want a chance to win our listener question of the week, send your question to trivia at TheMeatEater.com.

This ice cream brand donates a portion of sales from their fish food flavor to the Lake Champlain Initiative. And fish is P-H-I-S-H. I never liked this particular group. This ice cream brand. And I had a dog named Fish. And inevitably... PH Fish? Absolutely not. I can't see that. And people would be like, ehhh? and inevitably pH fish

This is my favorite like mass-produced ice cream Oh, I love it interest I cannot have a particular flavor fish food really has anyone else had it in here Yeah, yeah, it is okay Alyssa Corey what's your review of it yeah whatever it's it's it's really decadent but so it's I think it's just perfectly balanced you got chocolate ice cream you got little fudge pieces that are shaped like fish marshmallow and caramel it's like it's kind of overdoing it but it's very good a good review from Phil mmm this ice cream brand donates a portion of sales from their fish food flavor to the Lake Champlain initiative Is everybody ready? What is the Lake Champlain initiative? in the flavor text

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Matt Randall and Cal Everyone said Ben and Jerry's everyone got it right the correct answer said Ben and Jerry's, everyone got it right. The correct answer is Ben and Jerry's. Ben and Jerry's collabed with the band Fish to create the Fish Food flavor in 1997. Fish elected to funnel their royalties to Waterwheel, a conservation group dedicated to cleaning up Lake Champlain. The popular flavor is chocolate ice cream with marshmallow swirls, caramel swirls, and fudge fish. So it's a group dedicated to cleaning up Lake Champlain. Phil, we have one question left. Who remains in the game? Oh, yeah, sorry, what's up? It's score here, scoreboard is right here.

It's just down to Cal and Randall. Cal's got eight, Randall has seven. Another super annoying fish story. When I, it's only annoying if you don't like the band fish. When I was working on the East Coast doing the Warren Miller tour and we'd go into all these old houses that were super cool. But that's like where fish comes from. And everybody would be like super pumped to be like so little secret here This is the theater where they did their first trampoline show

And I just have to be like wrong audience dude. Where do you want me to hook this stuff up? She go tell that to Hillary after and Hillary Hillary's a big well. she's from that part of the world. Yeah. Brains are wired differently. Long history, you know, they don't remember the cool stuff that happened over there. Question 10, the topic is fishing. Six of Iowa's record fish have been caught in this river that's named after their state capitol. If Cal gets this one right, he wins the game of trivia, but if he gets it wrong and Randall gets it right,

we'll go to a tiebreaker. Six of Iowa's record fish have been caught in this river that's named after their state capital. Spelling counts. Always counts, that's right, Cory. Cory, do you have this one right? Man, I hope I know the state capital. Rand. Cory do you have this one right? Man I hope I know the state capitol. Randall do you have this one right? I do, I do, but I'm afraid Cal has it right.

Cal do you have this one right? It's gonna be embarrassing if I don't. Oh why is that? Well is the body of water named after the state capitol like actually the same name as the state capitol? That's what I'm worried about Well the question said Six of Iowa's record fish have been caught in this river That's named after their or capital is it like the Titan and the Titanic or the titanium or the titanium some call it Everybody ready We're gonna let Alyssa come up with their answer. No, okay. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Matt saying Cedar River, Randall and Cal and Corey say Des Moines.

Alyssa without an answer. Nate says Des Moines. Tressa without an answer. The correct answer is Des Moines, making Cal our winner with nine correct answers. Nice. Pretty good, pretty good. The state record fish that have come out of the Des Moines River are Big Head Carp, Northern Hog Sucker, Saw Guy, which was a reference to a question earlier, Shovelnose Sturgeon, Silver Carp, and Walleye. The Des Moines River is the 35th longest river in America and the longest river that's named

after a state capital. Is there something? Sorry that river real productive? No, I think Iowa's just not a real rich place with lakes and rivers. The Des Moines River has a lot of species and six of their record fish have come there. Cal, you get to choose with a $500 donation from me Deter goes What's it gonna be? I'm gonna go to backcountry hunters and anglers again, okay, because we got his last Yeah, exactly. We got a big fight ahead of us trying to keep our public lands in the public estate can't let these

Very I would say selfish folks from Utah. Mmm unican unamerican that's right want to parcel off Our federal estate to the highest bidder line their own pockets unamerican. It's a tragedy Cal with his second straight meat eater trivia victories now sent a thousand dollars to BHA To fight that fight. And don't forget the meat eater trivia collectors edition and hunting and fishing expansion. I thought it was $500 how do I get to a thousand dollars? Well last game you won two straight games. Randall must not have been here that first game.

Oh he was. He was. He went to overtime. Hell you're blowing up the ad spot. And don't forget the meat eater trivia collector You're self a meat eater trivia game and hunting and fishing expansion packs are available right now at store dot the meat eater comm Go get yours before they're gone the expansion packs are available right now the collectors edition though available tomorrow November for only game show where conservation always wins Thanks to Yeti for sponsoring today's episode of meat eater trivia the only game show where conservation always wins. And thanks to Yeti for sponsoring today's episode of Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. Thanks Spencer, thanks Yeti.

Way to go Cal. Good job Cal. Yeah, Spencer from South Dakota, he's the host. Using those smooth mellow tones, he lays them questions down. He likes taking those two and three year old bucks. He's an avid amateur rock hound. We've got a new book coming out in the meat eater universe. And for the first time, it is not one of mine.

Instead it's my colleague Danielle Pruitts. Yeah, Danielle, the founder of Wild and Whole. It's called Meat Eaters Wild and Whole Seasonal Recipes for the Conscious Cook and it's an ode to cooking seasonally with wild and foraged ingredients. Now let's get to what you'll find in this book. This cookbook contains more than 80 recipes inspired by what you can hunt, fish, forage, or grow in your garden each season. Often, Danielle will pair her ingredients to reflect both the hunting season and the growing season. So her turkey cutlet is combined with springtime morels.

Her Gulf Coast Redfish with summertime sweet corn. She cooks venison with pumpkin for a tasty fall stew. If that all sounds complicated, trust me, it is not complicated. Danielle has a knack for creating recipes worthy of a five-star kitchen, but accessible to two-star cooks. And you'll come away armed with techniques that will make you a better cook all around. This book is also beautiful to look at with gorgeous full-color photographs that inspire you

to take a real hard look at your kitchen's output. It's Meat Eaters Wild and Whole Seasonal Recipes for the Conscious Cook by Danielle Pruitt. It is out now and it's available at TheMeatEater.com or wherever books are sold.