The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 650: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CXLVII

Episode Date: January 15, 2025

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Ryan Callaghan, Seth Morris, Cory Calkins, Hanzi Deschermeier, 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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Hey, American history buffs, hunting history buffs, listen up. We're back at it with another volume of our Meat Eaters American History series. In this edition titled The Mountain Men, 1806 to 1840, we tackle the Rocky Mountain beaver trade and dive into the lives and legends of fellows like Jim Bridger, Jed Smith, and John Coulter. This small but legendary fraternity of backwoodsmen

helped define an era when the West represented not just unmapped territory, but untapped opportunity for those willing to endure some heinous and at times violent conditions. We explain what started the mountain man era and what ended it. We tell you everything you'd ever want to know about what the mountain men ate, how they hunted and trapped, what gear they carried, what clothes they wore, how they interacted with Native Americans, how 10% of them died violent deaths, and even detailed descriptions of how they performed amputations on the fly.

It's as dark and bloody and good as our previous volume about the white-tailed deer skin trade, which is titled The Long Hunters, 1761-1775. So again, this new Mountain Man edition about the beaver skin trade is available for pre-order now wherever audiobooks are sold. It's called Meat Eaters American History The Mountain Men 1806-1840 by me, Stephen Rennea. 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 Yanis, Cal, Brody, Randall, Seth, Hansi, Corey and Nate.

This is a 10 round quiz show with questions from MeatEaters four verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. And there is a prize. MeatEater 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 the performance of Phil's episode

of Not MeatEater Trivia. If you'll recall, Phil did cinema trivia two weeks ago and the audience has spoken. Phil's episode got 32% more views on YouTube than the average episode of trivia. Give him some claps. There we go. By those numbers, I think we can officially declare Phil the best guest host and put me on the hot seat. Did Phil also do his own jingles for his own episode? I don't think he had any jingles. Well, he had a different intro, right? I had a custom intro, yeah, a Game of Thrones themed intro.

It was a whole experience. Yeah. I think it's interesting that you, Spencer Newhart, the host, are just immediately assuming that it's just the host on the episode. Obviously, people just tune in for the host so it's all Phil. There's other people in the room, bud. Well, I think there's some caveats that come with that. One is that I had a handful of visual questions so I think some of those viewers probably came over from the podcast possibly but also neither of us hold a candle to Shelby so I think she's the one you gotta look out for.

Yeah, that one's like doubled our regular page views. Calls coming from inside the house. But Phil needs to do more trivia, the audience has told us. Maybe next time, Phil, we can do some, you know, media-related trivia. It has just like one thread connected to the Meat Eater universe.

Yeah, yeah, no, I'd love to do it again. So I'll, I'll You're telling Phil how to do his job now, Spencer? I'm telling him how to do my job. Yeah. Yep. Do we see a few, you know how MTV used to be music television videos and then it transformed into what it is now.

I mean, meat eater in 10 years, 5 years? We could just have our own Jersey Shore. It could be MeatEater. Well Phil, what did you name it? You said it was when you took over the company. It was going to be called GameBeater, which you know, I think that could use a couple more passes. Here's our infrequently asked question segment. If you have a trivia related question for our crew, send it to trivia at themedeeter.com with the subject line IFAQ. Tate Green says, if we keep sending the same question,

does it have better odds of getting picked? And he sent me that question three times on December 12, 13, and 16. Well, Tate, it got me to read your IFAQ, so in this case it helped. Normally I'm a few months behind in the inbox, so if you send me a question in January and you don't hear it by like May, send it again. If you think it's a really good question and I made a mistake and it should be in the show,

just wait a few months and then send me that question again. Your best way to get picked though, just send me a phenomenal question. That's your best out to getting the show and if send me a phenomenal question That's your that's your best out to getting the show And if it's a phenomenal question and you're convinced that it should be on media to trivia then wait You know a quarter and then send it to me again and and we'll see what happens having spent some time in the inbox I think another piece of advice is Include the answer to your question. That's that whatever is. Whenever I'm reviewing those. Wait a minute. That's helpful.

What are you doing in the inbox? Guest hosting. When you guest host, you get access to the inbox. Me too, that's true. But there's. I smell a rat. There's a handful of them. I mean, it's not uncommon to see someone

send in a question and the subject line is the question and then there's no answer. And it's unclear whether they want you to include that in the game or provide them with something that's been bugging them that they don't know. Some people will ask who if it helps to send flavor text and I would say 30% of our people who write in will send their flavor text. I would appreciate the flavor text. It helps in that it may inspire a different question. So the question you sent

It helps in that it may inspire a different question. So the question you sent may not work for me, Deeter Trivia, but your flavor text, a paragraph of text, can have something in there that I can mine to use on the show. So flavor text does help you, but it's not necessary. Spencer, I almost went casual camo this morning. And so it's a coincidence that you- It's getting cold outside, man.

Yeah, but what does that have to do with wearing camo? A lot of my warmest gear like any good midwesterner Happens to be in camo print. Got it. Yeah. Now in a previous episode of trivia We had a question about the auto hook setting ice fishing device with an alliterative name That's been banned in Minnesota. The correct answer was Jawjacker. But Bryce Jiglinski wrote in to say that there's another piece of gear that would work for the correct answer. The Vinny-

Jig-linski. It's ice fishing. Midwestern for sure. It's even more Midwestern than that. Bryce said that he is the fishing teacher at a school in Wisconsin. Oh, awesome what man? He needs let me know when he's gonna retire

Let me tell you what Bryce had to say the finicky fooler will also hook for you has an alliterative name and is banned In Minnesota, so the Bryce is right And if you said it's been a time Like him then you also got that one correct so it could be jawjacker or Finicky fooler I saw a jawjacker at Murdoch's the other day Yeah, it reminded me of My defeat in that episode what what was your answer Seth is the only guy I know who owns one I got one I got a couple you boys ever use them all the time and

Love them. Okay. Yeah when you can drill a shitload of holes in the state like Wyoming There's no reason not to have one, you know You'd reach for that instead of just a standard tip up though every time depends what you're doing. Okay Like tip up like, you know, like Canyon Ferry where you're fishing in 40 feet of water Sure, they're kind of a pain, but I use them both. All right, now the Shelby index for today is a five. So I'm putting us on perfect score alert. 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 just tend to win. Everything. How's that? You stand to win everything. Game on, suckers! Question one, the topic is woodsmanship, and this will be multiple choice. Which of these states does not have a 14er?

No! Is it Washington, Colorado, California, or Idaho? Why do I always get the markers that are out of juice? All right, throw that one by the door, and that one is going to leave this room. It's gonna go right in the garbage. Oh, no, no, no, not that one. No, that one was dead.

Oh, okay, and Randall's gonna find some new markers. Yeah, I'm all tangled up in the wires here though. I like that blue one you got in your hand there, Randall. Again, question one, the topic is woodsmanship. Which of these states does not have a 14er? Three of them have a 14er, one of them does not. Is it Washington, Colorado, California, or Idaho? Rocky Mountain High.

Okay. Randall, the quickest answer. Do you know this one? I feel like you'd be mad if someone else said that, Rhody. I could tell you the high points in each of these states in their placement elevations. Why do you know that? Because I love mountains.

Just to be good at trivia. Again, Washington, Colorado, California or Idaho. Which of those things you three Randall does not have a four teener Is everybody ready Colorado I'm not sure oh What happened I take back you got tested I take back my okay. You mean you're not sure what the high point is Yeah, is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying, Idaho. Giannis says Washington. Seth, Idaho.

Randall, Idaho. Corey, Idaho. Hansi, Washington. Nate, California. Brody, Idaho. The correct answer is Idaho. About half of the room got that one right. 14 years are mountains with an elevation over 14,000 feet. There are 96 in America, which are all found in Alaska,

Colorado, Washington, and California. The tallest mountain in Idaho is? Mount Borough. Borough Peak, which has an elevation of Yeah 12,662 so Idaho does not have a 14. I was a little nervous about the Tetons how close are the Tetons? I saw I looked up the tallest peak in Wyoming is only about 20 feet shy But that's not the Tetons, is it?

I don't remember what it was, but I didn't feel good about making Idaho a choice when it was only 20 feet away from being a 14er, so I went with Idaho. And Montana's not a 14er state either, I know. We're 13-something. Granite. 12-something. Granite's 12, I think. Is it?

Question two, the topic is conservation. This next great question is via Justin Mathiason. 12 something. Granite 12 I think. Is it? Question 2, the topic is conservation. This next great question is via Justin Mathiason. Also known as a controlled burn, the US Forest Service defines this as quote, a planned fire used to meet management objectives. Also known as a controlled burn, the US Forest Service defines this as quote, a planned fire used to meet management objectives. Does our in-house forester have it, Seth? If I'm reading the question right, I think. It's also known as a controlled burn. The US Forest Service defines this as a planned fire

used to meet management objectives. About half of the room has come up with their answer. Brody, you have this one right? I don't know. I mean, I know I've heard this term used before but I don't know if it's what you're looking for. Okay This is question two you come up with this question this was via Justin Mathias You know, you got a good one it gets real quiet We still have some blank whiteboards. I think for service expert Seth over there got it right away. Why am I for service? Have you ever employed by then? Not for service, no. Have you done what you were on a fire crew, correct? Yeah. Yeah. In the private sector. Yeah. You guys were like contractors for for the forest service. Yeah. Yeah.

Again, also known as a controlled burn. The U.S. Forest Service defines this as a planned fire used to meet management objectives. This is question two. The topic is conservation. This is a tough start for our players looking for a perfect game. Yeah. What was the Shelby index? Five. Oh, so someone in here has a 10 in them today. Not yawning. Not Yannis went with the backwards hat today on a Tuesday

You've asked me before you you're always like backwards have today all spent And then I feel like my answer is like yeah, it's like Thursday energy and it's a camo hat Uh-huh. Yeah casual camo backwards on a Tuesday Tuesday in January January's got to have like the worst Tuesdays that there are I'd say yeah, it does kind of look like he's getting ready to drink a beer on the beach. Yep Excuse me Brody season a lot of like what's good fellow kids energy Steve Buscemi from was it 30 Rock? Yeah Does everyone have an answer for question two?

Steve Buscemi plays was a private investigator Yeah, he goes undercover in a high school, but he looks like Steve Buscemi, but he's got a skateboard and a hoodie and like a backwards hat on or something. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. What's that say, Cal? Blackburn, backward. Oh, I think Brody's right. Randall gets points for creativity.

Giannis says, prescribed burn. Seth prescribed burn. What's that say Cal? Blackburn, backward. Randall gets points for creativity. Giannis says prescribed burn. Seth prescribed burn. Randall, deliberate conflagration. Corey prescribed burn. Yeah, you know what I meant. Hansi, slash burn. Nate, fire blazed dragon charizard.

Brody prescribed burn. The correct answer is prescribed fire or prescribed. I was going for something without burn it Like uses so many common terms always jack me up If too many years if too many years pass without a fire an agency may use a prescribed fire to help the health of an of fire an agency may use a prescribed fire to help the health of an ecosystem. Some of the benefits of controlled burns include minimizing the spread of pests, providing forage for animals, recycling nutrients back into the soil, and promoting the growth of new plants. The Forest Service also says one of the best ways to minimize wildfires is by using prescribed fires. I do want to say that a

back burn is technically correct because if your management objective is to slow down a fire or stop a fire, a back burn is what you would use. You can do that as a prescribed burn. That's right. Question three, the topic is fishing. So did I get a point there? We're not going to give it to you.

Well, let's go through the Forest Service Manual. Oh boy. When I was at Fort Stewart, I was on this list of they would send out what training areas were getting burned. I'd get like five emails a day like prescribed burn, prescribed burn, prescribed burn. More people should be doing that is all I'm going to say. Question three, the topic is fishing.

Encyclopedia Britannica defines this as quote, brown algae that grows as large coastal seaweeds in colder seas. Question 3, another stumper for our crew. Encyclopedia Britannica defines this as brown algae that grows as large coastal seaweeds in colder seas Brody with an answer. How do you feel about your answer excellent? How about you Seth? I'm just thinking of brown shit that grows up in Alaska, okay? Brody did not like that hint brown algae Okay, I don't deserve it Brody did not like that hint brown algae What's a cold sea as the large coastal sea in colder seas?

Seth now what I'm thinking of thinking what I'm thinking about is considered algae, okay? I don't know question three the topic is fishing Encyclopedia Britannica defines this as brown algae that grows as large coastal seaweeds in colder seas Brody do you think Seth said too much? I do okay way too much too much Did it help I didn't think it was a hint that okay saying the last goes cold yeah keep going Seth what did you think of my answer I? Dig that answer all right okay you two Randall and Seth agree on what it might be It's everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Cal says Bull Kelp, be honest, Bull Kelp. Seth, Kelp. Randall, Kelp. Corey, Kelp. Hansi, Kelp. Forrest. Nate, Kelp. Brody, Kelp.

Everybody got it. The correct answer is Kelp or Kelp Forrest. Better than my original answer of snot. Contrary to popular belief, kelp is a type of algae, not a type of plant. That means they have hold fast instead of roots, blades instead of leaves and a stipe instead of a stem. Kelp provides critical habitat for many fish and marine mammals. You know what else is good for?

What's that? Kids turning it into whips and beating each other with it. I was just going to say, the kids in Alaska get more entertainment out of kelp than anything else. Every day they come back with it, beat each other, make like rock, water rockets out of it. Eat it. Question four, the topic is natural history and this next great question is via Erin Welsh This female name is also what you call fossilized tree resin Lot of our players quick to answer They're getting their confidence. You got any of this in your fossil collection Spencer. Um, I do

I did not find it though, it was given to me. Female name? Dr. Henry Henry Woo knows something about this. I know I'm so glad Steve's not here so we don't have to go down the what's a female name Spencer? I'd like to hear him argue about this. This female name is also what you call fossilized tree resin. What's the category? Natural history. Is everybody ready? Did you just get that one over there, Phil? Corey, Corey just has he's got some questions, I guess. Are you ready, Corey? Yeah. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal and Yanni saying amber

Seth without an answer Randall says amber Cory says pitch Yeah, er, uh Hansi Nate and Brody say amber they got it. The correct answer is amber Amber is often translucent with a hint of brown, yellow, or orange. Famously, it was the catalyst for creating Jurassic Park. Here is a one-minute video of the movie where the park's mascot, Mr. DNA,

describes Amber's role in dinosaur cloning. Play the clip, Phil. Once again, apologies to the YouTube audience. A DNA strand like me is a blueprint for building a living thing. Once again, apologies to the YouTube audience. million years ago there were mosquitoes just like today and just like today they fed on the blood of animals even dinosaurs sometimes after biting a dinosaur the mosquito would land on the branch of a tree and get stuck in the sap after a long time the tree sap would get hard and become fossilized just like a dinosaur bone preserving the mosquito inside. This fossilized tree sap which we call amber waited for millions

of years with the mosquito inside until Jurassic Park scientists came along. Using sophisticated techniques they extract the preserved blood from the mosquito and bingo dino DNA Is this a young Brett Reeves doing the voice there were like four different regional accents Real scientists have tried replicating dr. John Hammond's work from Jurassic Park, but are still unsuccessful So I do have a piece of amber, and it does have a bug in it. No way.

I do. Did you buy it? I did not find it. No, it was given to me from a fossil collector in Utah. Hmm. No, we should know Latvia in the flavor text. I'm surprised. What's Latvia?

Well, one of the world's top amber producers. Oh. Okay. As we all know. I was waiting for you to pitch in with that. Question five the topic is hunting. No pun intended. This Kentucky bourbon fittingly got its name after a distillery executive went on his annual bird hunt in 1940. This Kentucky bourbon fittingly got its name after a distillery executive went on his annual

bird hunt in 1940. This is question five. We will get a scoreboard update from Phil after this. Who are our bourbon or whiskey drinkers in the room? Not me. Corey and Hansi. I drink it, but there's nothing fancy about it. Yeah. So, Hansi, you got this one right? I don't think so but I'm gonna take a guess. Okay. Corey,

do you have this one right? And I sure hope so. Okay. There's another bird, game bird themed whiskey that I'm thinking of but I'm not sure if it's a bourbon. This Kentucky bourbon fittingly got its name after a distillery executive went on his annual bird hunt in 1940. Ah, ooh, ooh. Okay, Hansi, one of our whiskey experts going back to his whiteboard. Hmm. Hansi also a sommelier I wish taking donations to know to do that yeah you got to take classes for that right oh that's a big yeah Hansi or excuse me Cory if you have this one right have you had this bourbon yeah what do you think?

For taste in the difference between it all honestly it all tastes good out of your jacket Hansi if you have this one right do you have a review of this bourbon? Like a number like a sure One to ten sure yeah, I can I can do that okay do that you gonna tell us or I? Had to switch it up because I think I put a scotch on there Like scotch scotch This Kentucky bourbon fittingly got its name after a distillery executive went on his annual birdhunting Did you grow up skiing drunk

Did you grow up skiing drunk? Technically I heard of people doing it, but first we just never did it for some reason. What's that drinking and skiing? Yeah, oh you gotta have a little nerp on the chairlift sometimes We're doing something else up there Yeah, Yanni Yanni had those lefties up there You used to do that dangerous backcountry stuff so you couldn't afford to yeah Growing up skiing drunk to me just I envisioned toddlers immediately Very interesting visual they look like they're Straight down

Where people skee do the pizza down? Oh, yeah straight down He's at the chairlift and it's like watching bowling from the perspective of 300 feet of vertical straight to the bottom car heart 60 miles an hour into the lift line Is everybody ready? Oh watch out? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying, Bird Dog. Janice says, Wild Turkey. He crossed out Bird Dog. Seth, Wild Turkey. Randall, Wild Turkey.

Corey, Wild Turkey. Hansi, Wild Turkey. Nate, Buffalo Trace. Brody, Wild Turkey. The correct answer is, Wild Turkey. The room did very well. How often when you go turkey hunting Spencer like just What are you gonna do this weekend?

Do you say I'm going bird hunting I'm going on my annual bird hunt I have just a question. I think six of our eight players got that right. I feel good about the word Yeah, that's why I wrote if I would have given you know what don't answer the question I would not say I'm going bird hunting, but it wouldn't be wrong. My first thought was famous grouse. I'm going to start now. That's what I was thinking.

Because of the annual bird hunt. I was picturing the bottle, but I couldn't come up with the name. That distillery executive said his buddies in camp loved the bourbon he brought with him, so they named it after the bird they were hunting. Other liquors with birdy names include Red Breast, Famous Grouse, Grey Goose, Kentucky Owl, Old Crow, and Eagle Rare.

Old Crow make you fight a man. To be fair, Cal, I was just thinking, and oftentimes when you're turkey hunting, you'll be like, found some birds. Got a bird. Or didn't find any birds. I heard some birds. So same question to you It's spring You're out doing stuff. Well, he says Brody. What are you doing this weekend? Our annual bird

If he'd said when he went on his annual turkey hunt in 1940 What's your review of wild turkey bourbon, I think it's a totally serviceable bourbon put it at a three three point five three seven five out of a five Okay, we're talking like if we're talking like Colonel each Taylor is like like a four point five and happy van Winkle be in a five Okay, wild turkey in that three territory solidly serviceable excellent I'm gonna put old crow down at like two uh-huh and like right there with northern lights What about Jim beam clearly in a glass bottle? We put a plastic bottle we're going one. Oh, that's like vodka with coloring

Questions just so we can get your comment Have you had pappy before I have never had pappy so I shouldn't but you know it's one of those like it's the And the price come on like but you know again taking donations here Okay, let me to find out what a five is like please my desk is open Phil. We're halfway through the game Give us a scoreboard update There we are. Yeah, it's a pretty close game, all things considered. We've got Nathan last place with two,

coming up next are Cal and Hansi with three points a piece. Then all tied up are Cory, Yannis, Seth, and Randall with four, and in first place, it's a perfect game for Brody Henderson. Wow. Again, this was supposed to be a tournament episode today, but Steve couldn't make it, so we had to punt on that But the room is this would be a stressful tournament some heavy hitters. Are we still doing a turn?

We're gonna do it at a certain point if we can't make it happen with Steve's schedule We're just gonna play it without him and I'll figure out an alternative to still get Steve involved because he is the defending champion Sometimes when it comes to your personal fitness goals, you just need a plan. Peloton can give you the plan, absolutely. And Steve, you've got a Peloton. I sure do. And Steve benefits from things like

a variety of challenging classes. There are four week strength building classes, running, cycling, everything in between. Peloton can adapt to any goal in this season of your life. And by the way, the holidays are around the corner. Now is when you need to be on the Peloton. Find your push, find your power with Peloton at onepeloton.ca. Hey, American history buffs, hunting history buffs, listen up.

We're back at it with another volume of our Meat Eaters American History series. In this edition titled the Mountain Men 1806 to 1840 we tackle the Rocky Mountain beaver trade and dive into the lives and legends of fellows like Jim Bridger Jed Smith and John Coulter This small but legendary fraternity of backwoodsman helped define an era when the West represented not just unmapped territory, but untapped opportunity for those willing to endure some heinous and at times violent conditions. We explain what started the mountain man era and what ended it.

We tell you everything you'd ever want to know about what the mountain men ate, how they hunted and trapped, what gear they carried, what clothes they wore, how they interacted with Native Americans, how 10% of them died violent deaths, and even detailed descriptions of how they performed amputations on the fly. It's as dark and bloody and good as our previous volume about the white-tailed deer skin trade which is titled The Long Hunters 1761 to 1775. So again, this new mountain man edition about the beaver skin trade is available for pre-order now wherever audio books are sold. It's called Meat Eaters American History, The Mountain Men 1806 to 1840 by me,

Steven Rinella. Question six. the topic is biology This next great question is via Joe Mason Platypus and blank are the only mammals that lay eggs Platypus and blank are the only mammals that lay eggs Platypus and blank are the only mammals that lay eggs The room is stressed again except for maybe Randall Randall do you have this one right? I believe so Randall is confident Brody who has the perfect game going is tapping the whiteboard against the bill of his hat

We need one. Can you picture it, Brody? You know the animal. You just can't find its name. Platypus and blank are the only mammals that lay eggs. This is question six. The topic is biology. Seth now going to his whiteboard.

It's a tough, tough little game here. I wouldn't have guessed that it was a five on the old index. Did well. Seth, how do you feel about your answer? I honestly have no clue. I just wrote something down. Platypus and blank. Give us a hint, Spencer.

Are the only, here's your hint, they're the only mammals that lay eggs. Phil, do I know this? Spencer, can I give a Phil hint that won't help anybody? No, let's not do that. If you're certain, Phil, it will not help any of the eight players in the room, then I'd say go for it. I feel good about that, though. If you're certain, Phil, it will not help any of the eight players in the room, then I'd say go for it. I feel good about that though. No, no, don't do it.

I know what you're gonna say. I don't think you do. If it were to help somebody, it would be Randall, and Randall already has his answer. Well, honestly, it's a hint that might actually throw people off because they might think what they might know. Yeah, but they don't do it They don't do it We're gonna say hold off on the okay It's a type of Pokemon, isn't it?

Not far off. We're gonna go to Charizard. Yeah Platypus and blank are the only mammals that lay eggs Which is just disgusting when you really think about it. Yeah. We need something going extinct. These perverts. Make up your mind. Is everybody ready?

Brody? Oh, just write something down. Okay, he's going to throw some letters on the board. Corey, Hansi, you give up? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Kalan Yanni without an answer. Seth says Pangala. Randall says Echidna.

Corey Wallaby. Hansi Anteaters. Nate Pangolin. Brody Wombat. That's that's the word. Randall got it. The correct answer is Echidna or a spiny anteater. Now, Hansi said anteater, but I don't think we're going to get it.

Oh, come on. Come on. OK, we'll give it to my teachers. Are there giving it to Hansi? If everyone else says, come on. Randall said that Randall is not saying. Oh, it's a Hansi for sure. How many points do you have? How many points Simon? Randall said that at the level of a mid-mixer. It's in the name. It's a Hanzi for sure. How many points do you have? How many points does Hanzi have?

Oh, sorry. Hanzi currently has three. If we give him the point, he'll have four. I'm not a threat. He gets it. Again, it's an echidna. It's AKA a spiny anteater. Platypus and echidna possess other unique qualities like legs that are on their sides instead of underneath them and having just a

single duct for urine feces and sex rather than multiple openings Scientists say egg-laying mammals were once common but got outcompeted by marsupials about 70 million years ago Is it still called a cloaca? gotta know Chloe Chloe. I don't know Word platypus is also venomous. Yeah, yeah, which is a crazy fact Question seven are you gonna move on without? Our hint oh yeah, what's the hint Phil? Oh, I was gonna say he's very prominent antagonist in a famous video game franchise is knuckles from Technically the Hedgehog. Technically an echidna. I didn't know that. Yeah exactly. But Randall got it. He knew what my head was. That's why I asked Phil if I knew. Question?

Well the hedgehog is also something that can be venomous but and that's, yeah, same deal, but they rub venom. They eat venomous stuff and then secrete it onto their spines. Ooh. Question. They're not generating the venom. Seventh topic is fishing. What American lake has a monster named Champ, whose sightings are likely just long-nosed gar and lake sturgeon?

What American lake has a monster named Champ whose sightings are likely just long-nosed gar and lake sturgeon? Oh. Brody and Randall both like their answers. Hansi, do you have this one right? No. Oh, okay.

Again, this is question seven. The perfect game is now over. But I think it tightened up. This is a harsh stretch. First fishing question. Well, it says likely just a long nose gar and lake sturgeon. What American lake has a monster named Champ whose sightings are likely just a long-nosed gar and lake sturgeon. We had a question a few weeks ago about Mothman. If you can't tell right now, I'm reading a cryptids book, which has inspired a few trivia questions. What is the definition of cryptids? Like what? It's any animal that's not recognized by science. Oh something like that copy. So there are animals who were once considered

Cryptids that then just became accepted like there's a fish that we thought was extinct for 65 million. You look can't yes And then they found one And then it just you know became an animal So I think but wasn't that thing always in the fossil record and they just it wasn't a cryptid It was just extinct sure, but I think by like the current. It's like Bigfoot. Yes Mothman champ I Don't think seal can't qualifies It's everybody ready abominable snow unless there's a story of seeikand coming in and like stealing children. Right. The Chupacabra.

Chupacabra was a recent cryptid. Most of the cryptids that we hear about go back to like, I don't know, Native American lore, but the Chupacabra was like 1999. What? Interesting. It's not based on some... No, at first, and it like sort of the the thought of what a chupacabra is has changed It started in Puerto Rico where is described as sort of an alien like figure and then by the time it made it to the states In Texas, it's become like this hairless blue dog Yeah, I just didn't come around till the 90s. I associate it with the Taco Bell dog

Also because it sounds like a dish you to order a Taco Bell Bell dog also because it sounds like a dish you to order a Taco Bell. Does everyone have an answer for the American Lake that has a monster named Champ whose sightings are likely just a long nose guard in Lake Sturgeon? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Cal says Champlain. Yannis says Placid. Seth Placid. Randall likes Champlain.

Corey and Hansi say Lake Champlain. Nate says Okeechobee. Brody, Lake Champlain. He got it. The correct answer is... Great phonetic spelling of Okeechobee. Lake Champlain. I'll let you do the thing where you have all your answers to try to get one of them right. No, no. Same answer. Champ has been deemed America's Loch Ness. There have been hundreds of sightings of champ going all the way back to the Iroquois Tribe the lake monster has been described as being 15 to 50 feet long with a snake-like body and horse like head

Well, I almost went with Champlain, but the the the movie Lake Placid was throwing me off but it wasn't on Lake Placid that's a deep cut terrible terrible question question eight the topic is cooking and this next great question is via David Cervini. Merriam-Webster defines this nine letter dish as quote, thinly sliced raw meat or fish served with a sauce. This is question eight, we'll get another scoreboard update from Phil the engineer after this.

Merriam-Webster defines this nine letter dish as thinly sliced raw meat or fish served with a sauce. Brody, you got this one right? I got nine letters. OK. Yanni joining them, Yanni, you got this one? I believe so. You Pennsylvania boys ever been to Lake Champlain? No that's a long ways. Long ways.

It would be like driving to Northeast Montana right? No. No? It's a hall. That northern spot is sneaky big. To be fair, Northeast Montana is a hall from here. Yeah it's like seven hours. I mean. But we go there recreational

I don't know like I don't know what it would you think it would take Seth to get up to Northern Vermont like we're so they drive Southern New York because it goes across both states probably Well Takes about nine hours to get to Mays we can answer this is like maybe six hours? is Lancaster an okay representative from like

that's way south that'd be even longer from there to Lake Champlain six hours fifty minutes and that's if you're like going from Southern PA what about from State College? yeah or Erie State College again we are on question 8.

This is why the internet is ruined. Really down. Pittsburgh? State College would be 7 hours 13 minutes. And again, that's just going to like the western side. Erie, Pennsylvania's gotta be like 445. We're done doing

distances from Pennsylvania places to Lake Champlain. Again a nine letter dish. There's somebody out there listening. It's just like, I knew it! In Northeastern miles or time, that's way longer than Montana time. In what way? I guess there's like twice a day.

Like, everybody, like no one thinks twice about driving six hours across Montana. I know, that's why. I don't want to say it's a haul. Get a nine-letter dish that's a thinly sliced raw meat or fish served with a sauce is everybody ready? And I bet if you're going from where we're sitting now to like northeast Montana that's probably six and a half hours. We had a lot fewer you'd pass a lot fewer Burger Kings though along the way, which is how some of us measure our road trips. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Kal and Yanni saying carpaccio.

Seth says sashimi. Randall says carpaccio. Corey says sashimi. Hansi and Nate and Brody say carpaccio. They got it. The correct answer is carpaccio. Here's how you spell it. C-A-R-P-A-C-C-I-O.

Anybody have that right? Yeah. Yes. A lot of people. The modern version of carpaccio was created in Venice in the 1950s. It was specially made for a wealthy customer whose doctor recommended she stop eating cooked meat

to learn how to make it with fish or venison check out Wade Trunks article on the meat eater comm called how to make carpaccio I want I would love to go to that doctor yeah what else he's got in his toolbox in the 1950s so you might need a medium to talk to him Phil give us a scoreboard update with two questions to go. Yeah, pull it up here. There she is. Oh, damn. Yeah, I think only two players are out of the running here. We've got Nate with three and Seth with four. Then coming up next are Calianus and Corey with five points apiece. Hansi has six thanks to that anteater question. Look at him laughing. Now he's knocking on your door, Randall.

And then tied up in first place are Randall and Brody with seven points. Question nine, the topic is conservation. The largest loggerhead sea turtle nesting site in the world is found in this state. Sheesh. turtle nesting site in the world is found in this state? Sheesh. Question nine.

The topic is conservation. The largest loggerhead sea turtle nesting site in the world is found in this state. I have not seen anyone write down an answer yet. answer yet the largest loggerhead sea turtle nesting site in the world is found in this state Yanni how you feel about your answer I've seen a few loggerheads over the years oh you don't have to say where ocean oh okay be a be a cryptid if you saw it anywhere else probably mm-hmm mmm the largest loggerhead sea turtle nesting site in the world is found in this state. It's popular to eat the eggs in some places.

That's what got them in trouble. Yeah, yeah. But no, to make like a cast of the shell and then recreate it and use it in a lot of coastal places. You'll see them as you know in like a beach cottage you'll see that like a fiberglass cast of the shell it's pretty cool and that's because they're big in your relatives beach cottage oh so just just like you said beach cottage yeah takes me to a certain place now we know it's on the Osh. Yeah. I was going to say Kansas. Not Oklahoma. Now I've got to change my mind. Is everybody ready?

No. Randall, how do you feel about your answer? I don't feel super confident. OK, Brody, who is tied for the lead with Randall, how do you feel about your answer? I got a bunch written down. I haven't circled one yet. OK. Better be fixing to select one I think we're gonna flip over the boards.

Everybody ready? Yep. Brody go ahead and reveal your answer. Cal says Florida. Yanis Florida. Seth South Carolina. Randall Georgia. Cory South Carolina, Hansi, South Carolina, Nate, Florida, Crossed Out Texas, Brody says Florida, Crossed Out Georgia, and South Carolina. We have a correct answer in the room. It's Florida! I think four of our players maybe got that one right. There are nine population segments of loggerhead turtles, all of which are listed as threatened or endangered

by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Florida set a record in 2023 with 130,000 loggerhead nests, which is 30,000 more than the average year. The world's next largest site is located near Saudi Arabia, where about 20,000 loggerheads nest. We were in South Carolina last summer when they were coming up on the beach. It's cool.

Okay, question. Here's a... You ever do some like real dirt bagging up in Mexico? You do have to look out for Huelo State Tortuga. Yeah. They don't mind. Yep. Here's the correct answer review so far before we do question 10.

One was Idaho. Two, prescribed fire. Three, kelp. Four, amber. Five, wild turkey. Six, echidna. Seven, Lake Champlain. Eight, Carpaccio.

Nine, Florida. Question 10. The topic is hunting. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Jace Jenkins for sending this great question. Jace, it's 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 themedeater.com. And before I read it, Phil, give us one last scoreboard update.

Yeah, it's down to Randall and Brody. Brody just pulled ahead with that last answer. He's got eight points and Randall has seven. Here's question ten. This subspecies of Argalis sheep that's native to Central Asia is named after an Italian explorer. Brody is writing his answer with some confidence. You could have taken that a lot of different ways to wear Randall and most of the room is confident in their answer here. This subspecies of our golly sheep that's native to Central Asia

is named after an Italian explorer. I feel to not be included in the word most. How's the inquiry're not as confident. Oh, no, I had an answer before you finished. Oh, OK. I don't know who you're talking to. It's just just Hansi struggling with this one.

Is everybody ready? Oh, I'm going to come up with an answer. Type of sheep. Type of sheep named after an Italian explorer. It's a really fun game in the pool. Oh, I was just going to say that! Go ahead and reveal your answers. You met Koopa Khan.

Yes, Hanzi gets it! Cal and Yanis, the whole room says Marco Polo and everybody got it right. The correct answer is Marco Polo. Marco Polo sheep are known for their giant horns and rugged home range. They are considered a near threatened species with population declines due to habitat loss from climate change and warfare. The sheep are named after Marco Polo because he documented them when crossing Mount Imian in 1271. To hunt a Marco Polo sheep you'll need at least $50,000 for a tag and guide.

Brody is our winner today with nine correct answers. Brody, which one did you get wrong to cost you the perfect game? What? Echidna. Oh yeah. Echidna. Can come up with echidna. So Brody gets to choose where the $500 donation from Meat Eater goes.

What's it going to be? Cal does Utah have a BHA chapter? Yeah. Utah BHA is kicking ass right now. So, um, the Supreme court just decided not to hear the case for Utah, the Utah land grab, but that doesn't mean it's not. But that doesn't mean it's going to go away. Um, so we'll donate it to Utah BHA so they can keep

fighting that, that land grab effort. We're already sending $500 their way. And we just covered that subject on the meateater.com about what's happening in Utah. Join us next week for more meat eater trivia, the only game show, conservation always wins. 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

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