The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 653: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CXLVIII

Episode Date: January 22, 2025

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Cory Calkins, Tressa Croaker, and Hanzi Deschermeier. 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 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, 1806-1840, 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 to 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 to 1840 by me, Stephen Rinella. ["Meat Eaters Podcast Theme Song"]

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, Randall, Brody, Seth, Tressa, Corey and Hansi. This is a 10 round quiz show with questions for Meat Eater's 4 verticals which are hunting, fishing, conservation and cooking. And there is a prize. Meat Eater will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing. And for the stat of the week this week, we're looking at the prevalence of perfect games. In 2024 we saw a big uptick in winners getting 10 questions correct.

Prior to last year we had 5 perfect games ever, but in 2024 we had 7. Four of those were from Randall and three were from Brody on this new pace We have perfect games about twelve percent of the time For do we have stats on who besides Randall and Brody have gotten perfect games? I think it's only Them and Steve I think it's the perfect games are exclusive to those three, huh? Wow, I would not have guessed that I had four. You had four. Brody had three. I'm not arguing with you.

There was one game where you guys tied. So humble. So humble. You guys tied for a perfect game. Oh, that's right. That was fun. So the new pace is about one out of every ten episodes. We haven't had one yet in 2025 though.

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 com with the subject line IFAQ. Nick Landry says with all the cryptid talk lately it got me wondering if anyone from the crew believes in Bigfoot or other cryptids. What do you guys say? No, no, no, no. It's a hard no. Okay a big no from the room We also had hansi asked last week for the definition of cryptid. I looked it up This is from Merriam Webster It says an animal such as Sasquatch or Loch Ness that has been claimed to exist but never proven to exist So that doesn't change anyone's mind. What about like aliens?

You know, I don't know if that's a cryptid I suppose well, I think it bends the rules a little bit. There's like like Skinwalkers like you know kind of move through portals they say so is that an alien then I don't know you think aliens are real Maybe what cryptid could most likely be real 200 inch mule deer Something at the bottom of the ocean. Yes, my lines in, Pennsylvania Chupa Cobras, okay, Phil. Do you believe in any cryptids? Absolutely not no, and I'm very judgmental towards people who do so Do you personally know some folks? Like outside of meat eaters no not not personally. I think I think if we if we lean into the ghosts Department I mean I'm sure we all know people who believe people in this room

I believe in ghosts, but I think it's all rather silly. Okay. I do sorry I do find some validity in the Observation that if aliens and these mythical creatures are real They're sure picking some interesting characters to come visit, you know? I'm with Randall. If there's a cryptid out there, it's at the bottom of the sea somewhere.

Yeah, too many trail cameras. That's right, too many cell phones handy as well. Well, they don't show up on trail cameras. Oh, I forgot. I'd also use the example of a coelacanth last week. I should point out, coel see the cans were not cryptids but Crypto zoologists will use that to explain how cryptids could be real. Hey, we thought this thing was gone And then it shows up 65 million years after we thought that they were swimming around the ocean

So crypto zoologists really love the zilla can't a seal a can Alright, no housekeeping this week so we can get right to trivia. The Shelby Index for today is a 4.5 so our winner should get 9 correct answers. And with that we're on to the game of trivia. Play the drop Phil. Look, I need to know what I stand to win. Everything. How's that?

You just stand to win everything. How's that? I just tend to win everything. Game on suckers! Question one, the topic is conservation and as always this will be multiple choice. Which of these is not a fee free day in national parks for 2025? Is it Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, Veterans Day, or Christmas? Which of these is not a fee free day in national parks for 2025? Your four choices. MLK Jr. Day, Juneteenth, veterans day, Christmas.

Tough one. This is a tough one to start out. I saw you give a little thumbs up to Phil Randall while the drop was playing. What was that? I fed him all the answers. Oh no, it was just that the drop sounded good today. It hit with some extra clarity sure yeah put a little bump in the lower range and the high range give it that You know my head my headphones weren't working for the first few moments of the game until Cory solved the mystery of the unplugged headphones

So, oh wow. Oh, thanks. I was thrown off my game. But then when I heard the drop I felt uh-huh Okay empowered again again three One of them three of them are fee free days One of them is not is it Martin Luther King jr. Day Juneteenth Veterans Day or Christmas? Is everybody ready? No How many you got it narrowed down to Yanni for? Yeah. This is one of those questions where you can't really narrow it down.

And tighter. No. Yeah, they're all federal holidays in my mind. They're all free days. If you've got your annual pass. That's right. If you pay your $80 at the beginning of the year, mm-hmm. Yanni. I think we're waiting on you You ready yeah go ahead and reveal your answers we have Seth saying Juneteenth Yannis Juneteenth Corey Christmas Randall Christmas Hansi MLK Day. Tressa Christmas.

Brody Christmas. The correct answer is Christmas. I think about more than half of our players got that right. There are seven fee free days for national parks this year. They are the National Day of Mourning for President Jimmy Carter. MLK Day, the first day of National Park Week, Juneteenth, the anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act, National Public Lands Day, and Veterans Day. An

interesting assortment. Yeah I don't know how they select their seven fee-free days. I notice a lot of them seem like they avoid the summer when the traffic is highest besides maybe Juneteenth. Does that change every year? Um, I tried to look back for 2024. It was almost the same besides, uh, the Jimmy Carter morning day. Um, so it's, it's been that way for a little while. Question two, the topic is trapping.

This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Michael Galen for sending this great question. Michael is going to get a board game signed by the crew. If you want a chance to win the listener question of the week, then send your question to trivia at themedeater.com. This five letter word is another name for a short-tailed weasel or ermine. This five letter word is another name for a short-tailed weasel or ermine. This five letter word is another name for a short tailed weasel or ermine. Brody, do you have this one right? If I'm remembering correctly. OK. I just saw one of these the other day. What was it doing?

Digging in the snow was probably two feet of snow he was jumping around on top and then all of a sudden he disappeared pop up three four feet somewhere where are they there's some hanging here somewhere in there they get all right behind Seth oh Seth has some some there he's now showing them to the camera maybe that'll inspire the answer for the five letter word that's another name for a short tail weasel. Oh, yeah They are separate. You know what's got a real short them tails are long They look extra magical in the snow yeah, they do those things look like cryptids the way they move

What a vicious little critter too. I'd hate to be a mouse near one of those five letter word Oh another name for short tailed weasel or ermine Yeah, this one right. I think so okay one of the greatest wildlife Encounters we've ever had at our old place was we had her be there for the holidays and one of those buggers running around chasing a rabbit and it lasted for an hour or more and The rabbit would keep getting away. They'd get caught up and it'd be a big skirmish. Is it a cotton tail? Yeah Yeah, flying everywhere and then they'd get away again

And but boy that ermine stayed on him and eventually killed it taking down something that weighs ten times more than that It's maybe more pretty impressive What do they do with one of those things when they get him? I assume they like fill up then but do they cash them? Anywhere he dropped he did drag him off Her maybe so we have Yanni and Brody are the only two players who were confident. Do you like your answer Cory? No, I don't like it. I'm thinking about you Randall. Oh, I'm having trouble with the five letter Part of which I assume is key sure I got With the five-letter part of which I assume is key sure I got

Do our other players give up oh Seth you're gonna know it when he says I know I know Randall oh Yeah, go ahead go ahead and reveal your answers we have without an answer. Yana says oh stote Cory says oh Ferret Randall without an answer. Hansi says no that's a mark That's fine. My dress says wheeze and every last thing I could think of five letters He did better than me hon. The correct answer is stote Yanni and Brody got Got that right. I honestly have never even heard of that. S-T-O-A-T. I heard ermine and I was like, but that's what I call them.

I call them ermine. I know. Is that more of a British name for them? I think Europeans are more likely to use it. Stout comes from the Dutch word stout, which means bold. They are the second smallest weasel in the world, just outweighing the least weasel in general bigger animals have longer gestation periods but stoats buck that trend they have a gestation period of

280 days which is similar to bison moose and humans Heard that they call that you call it a short tail weasel in the summer and then when it changes its coat You call it a ermine in the winter. Mm-hmm or stote Question three the topic is hunting this brand started making jewelry in 1895 and binoculars in 1935 Half of the room has already wrote down their answer Half of the room has already wrote down their answer. Randall, Corey, Yanni and Seth are confident. This brand started making jewelry in 1895 and binoculars in 1935.

On the you got this one right? I think so. Do you own any of this jewelry or binoculars? I wouldn't mind. Yeah, I wouldn't mind owning something, but I don't. Can't afford it. Yeah. There's a hint from Seth. It's always funny though when you see this brand that say, I don't know, do they sell, have mall stores? Yeah. Oh, they do, right? Yeah. Another hint. You're like, what? Let's keep going with those. To be honest. A lot of chatter.

Tressa could use another hint if you got one. I know the word is okay Well, I might be wrong. Yeah, you're going to rent your Bell it right or not you get that one for free, but the next one's gonna cost you You may have a 100 percenter here this I like when everybody wins started making jewelry in 1895 and binoculars in 1935. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Every kiss begins with K. The whole room says Swarovski. They got it. The correct answer is Swarovski.

Swarovski was started in Austria as a high-quality crystal and gemstone company. The founder's son made their first pair of binos using the same technology and machines that were used for fabricating jewelry. The brand followed up the success of their first binos by making rifle scopes in 1959 and telescopes in 1991. Question 4, the topic is public lands. This next great question is via Moses Tafel. The Ruby Ridge standoff,

which Randy Weaver claims was incorrectly named, happened in this state. The Ruby Ridge standoff, which Randy Weaver claims was incorrectly named, happened in this state. Who which Randy Weaver claims was incorrectly named happened in this state. Who's Randy Weaver? Tell you about it in the flavor text. You know the first few times I met Steve, he asked me if anybody ever called me Randy Weaver.

Do you look like him? I don't know what he looks like. No, no, just the name is similar. Randall Williams. He goes, Randall, do you go by Randy? Does anyone ever call you Randy Weaver? He did that on at least three separate occasions. Okay. And the first time I said no, and I thought to myself, Am I thinking of the same Randy Weaver? And then yeah, subsequently, it was clear that he was thinking of this Randy Weaver as well. Dr. Randy Weaver Randall's the first time that we met was when you came to do the podcast to talk about your dissertation

Mm-hmm at a at an Airbnb in Seattle. That's right. What was the dissertation? My my PhD dissertation on on hunting politics in the modern United States. Here you are now. Again, the Ruby Ridge standoff, which Randall Williams claims was incorrectly named, happened in this state. Said no such thing. Is everybody ready? I've got a factoid for this one too. Perfect.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth and Yanni saying Idaho. Corey says Oregon. Randall says Idaho. Hansi says Kansas. Tressa and Abrody say Idaho. The correct answer is Idaho. People seem to write it down fast so I was like what's a state of the field? Yeah there's no Oklahoma huh? I don't know. Randy Weaver. There's no riches in Kansas is the problem.

I was like Oklahoma, Kansas, they're both flat, right? Wendy Weaver was a white supremacist who was wanted for illegally selling firearms. An 11-day standoff happened when US Marshals shot and killed his dog and son while surveilling Weaver's property. Weaver's wife and a US Marshal were also killed in the siege. Weaver later said the media incorrectly identified the ridge he lived on as Ruby Ridge when it was actually Caribou Ridge. Deputy Marshal Dave Hunt agreed with Weaver, later saying in an interview that the wrong name always bothered him. So, it should have been the Caribou Ridge standoff, not the Ruby Ridge standoff. So I have a friend who grew up in Sandpoint and her dad was fishing a Ruby Creek

Mmm on the day that this all started. Oh, and he had to take like a four-hour detour home. Okay, that's all I got Yeah, they the day before the Weaver family also went fishing on Ruby Creek I don't remember what they were celebrating, but they caught some trout cooked them right on the water there And I'd also read that the US Marshals they thought this was going to be a quick arrest They all had a fishing trip planned the next day to over like the day that everything went down Question five the topic is wildlife Western timber pygmy mojave tiger blacktail and and great basin are all types of this animal. Hmm.

For specificity, if you think it's a lab, say lab rather than dog or black lab, that's how specific you need to be. Western timber, pygmy, mojave, tiger, blacktail, and great basin are all types of this animal. Are you leaving any out or is this all of them? Not going to tell you anything. And this is question five. We'll get a scoreboard update from Phil the engineer after this. Western timber, pigmy, mojave, tiger,

blacktail and great basin are all types of this animal. I see some writing and erasing happening. Brody you like your answer? Yeah kind of. Okay kind of likes his answer I think this could keep the perfect game going for him. Mm hmm. Western timber, pygmy, mojave, tiger, blacktail and great basin are all types of this animal. Does anyone else like their answer? I like mine. Okay. I believe I've seen a couple, three of these all right hmm where at?

Great Basin. Yeah in the Great Basin. One was in Arizona. Oh wow. He's giving an actual hint here. Randall, you like your answer? Not in the least. Okay. Oh, Randall. Yeah. I know you know it. Is everybody ready? Yep.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying Salamander. Yana says Rattlesnake. Corey, Rattlesnake. Randall, Tortoise. Hansi, Rattlesnake. Randall, tortoise. Hansi, rattlesnake. Tressa, snake. Brody, rattlesnake.

The correct answer is rattlesnake. The groom did pretty well, that's right. By some counts, there are more than 30 types of rattlesnakes in North America. The Eastern diamondback is the biggest venomous snake on the continent, growing up to 8 feet long and 35 pounds. Some sources claim the mortality rate for humans struck by Eastern Diamondbacks is 40%. I know Tress is like dying to know if you're giving her the answer.

I was just about to ask. Sure, she can have that one. I did say you need to be as specific as Lab, so don't write down Dog or Black Lab. Tressa can a half point. Sure, she can have that one. I did say you need to be as specific as Lab. So don't write down Dog or Black Lab. Tressa can have the point. I'm not gonna win, so I guess I have to. Here's the thing, Tressa, is that you're right in there. Seth and Hansi have two points,

Randall and Cory have three, Janis and Tressa have four. Hell yeah. And with a perfect game is Brody Henderson. Alright, Tressa. We shouldn't give it to her. And with a perfect game is Brody Henderson. I'm right, Tressa. We shouldn't give it to her.

Nah, give it to her. 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 Rinella. Question 6. The topic is Mountain Men. This next great question is via Michael Corder. This person whose biography declared him California's greatest mountain man was related to Samuel Adams and John Quincy Adams. Oh, there just happens to be a guy in the room that's been working on a mountain man project

for the last year. I'll have you know this has nothing to do with anything that I've shared. A little bit of a little boneski there. Yeah, not even that. It's like a slam dunk. This person whose biography declared him California's greatest mountain man was related to Samuel Adams and John Quincy Adams. It's like saying, what kind of dog does Yannis Patelus own? Just like that.

Randall, do you have this one right? I think so. Okay. Brody, do you have this one right? Maybe. I can remember the story. I feel like someone recently was talking about this because I feel like the whole related to the Adams Adams thing again their biography declared them

California's greatest mountain man and they're related to Samuel Adams and John Quincy Adams Brody and Randall. Oh, I don't count me among the ones that I'm saying are the only players who have an answer. We'll say Randall's the only confident player then. Hey, Randall, you know, you should write some books on mountain. Yeah. Well, Randall did give a hint. He said what he did not give out nothing to do with this question. so so it's a trick question. I don't know. I'm just telling you what Randall said well I last name. I just meant that he wasn't he didn't make the cut. Oh, okay another hint from Randall He didn't make the cut for the book that Randall wrote on mountain men. Yeah

the cut for the book that Randall wrote on mountain men. Yeah. It was disgust. How many times Randall read this fella's name as he was researching for this book? This person whose biography declared him California's greatest mountain man. Last night when you guys were talking about the questions that Spencer was going to write Randall, did you give him this one or? Michael Quarter did or Michael no I was busy last night you give him some good flavor text everybody ready yeah sure go ahead and reveal your answers we have Seth saying mr. Adams Yanni says Hugh glass Corey says Bishop Make sense. Randall says Grizzly Adams. Hansi says Grizzly Adams. Tressa says John Cracker. Brody says Jedidiah Smith. The correct

answer was Grizzly Adams, Hansi and Randall. Got that one right. It would have been a weird question if there wasn't so much context there. For the rest of the relationship. Yeah, it was a lot of lifting there. Grizzly Adams was born in Massachusetts in 1812. In his early years, he worked as a shoemaker and caretaker of exotic animals. Then he moved to California during the Gold Rush, which is when he started his mountain Man era of hunting and trapping

This is also when he got famous for capturing wild animals like grizzlies that he'd raised as pets Question seven you have any flavor text to add to that Randall? No, he headed west in 1846 and no Well, well our our book focuses on the rendezvous era the class It's like the 30s. Yeah, wasn't the mountain man era like done by I mean, there's still mountain men You know, but like the the classic Rocky Mountain rendezvous era the last rendezvous in 1840 So grizzly Adam shows up like six years late. Yeah like the cut like Jeremiah Johnson Hmm as Steve likes to point out up like six years late. Yeah, like the cut like Jeremiah Johnson. As Steve likes to point out. Question seven, the topic is woodsmanship.

The National Weather Service describes this type of snowstorm as, quote, when cold air, often originating from Canada, moves across the open waters of the Great Lakes. This is question seven. The National Weather Service describes this type of snowstorm as when cold air, often originating from Canada, moves across the open waters of the Great Lakes. So when you were talking with Brody last night about the questions? Yes.

Oh yeah. I reached out to all of our viewers. Brody lived through many of these in my life grew up his entire life dealing with this shit mm-hmm Hey, I got a few Snow days out of this okay So our players from Pennsylvania and Michigan are confident. I mean we all saw the AFC playoffs this weekend There's little hint from I figured as long as we're doing this, do you have this one right? Randall? I do. Okay. How about you, Corey? No, I'll tell you what I call the Montana boy. Yeah.

We had some pretty nasty water in the, you know, Flathead Lake. Effect snow that we'd get okay They're not that great Tressa you're still keeping pace with our winners Question seven the National Weather Service describes this type of snowstorm as when cold air often Originating from Canada moves across the open waters of the Great Lakes boy Spencer, Spencer, back in my day, we used to get some big ones. Okay, is everybody ready? That was shortly after Grizzly Adams headed west from New York. Yeah, Brody, they knew each other.

Back before global warming started. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth and Yannis saying, Lake effect. Corey, you said it. You said lake effect. But then he wrote down blizzard.

Randall says, lake effect. Hansi, lake effect. Tressa says, snow flurry. And Brody says, lake effect. The correct answer is lake effect. If you rewind, you'd hear Corey say say we got some pretty big flathead lake effect snow stuff in the post we could do that scrubbing there's a sure yeah you're giving me more work Randall this episode only comes out in like 16

hours we had some pretty nasty water in the, you know, Flathead Lake effect snow that we'd get. But they're not that great. The state's most impacted by lake effect snow are referred to as the Snow Belt, which includes portions of Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Vermont. This region is also home to America's four snowiest cities, which are Syracuse, Erie, Rochester, and Buffalo. Question eight, the topic is cooking.

McCormick says this ingredient has a subtle licorice flavor and is what brings Italian sausage and marinara sauce to life. We have some confident players in the room. This is question eight. The topic is cooking. McCormick says this ingredient has a quote subtle licorice flavor and is what brings Italian sausage and marinara sauce to life. I just assumed the weather service would have had a better name for it. Lake effect Snow. No, no, they'd have Lake Effect Warnings. That's what it is, Lake Effect Warning. It's a type of blizzard. You want me to explain it to you?

Yes, go for it. That happens in the upper Midwest. It's a type of weather. The weather comes, the cold air comes over the warm weather, the Great Lakes, and... It makes that noise. Wake up to the snow day. And then Josh Allen goes out and plays in it. Lake effect. Mount Bohemia. Oh yeah. Those things are great. We'd occasionally get a day off from school for those things.

Did you guys know that today is National Squirrel Appreciation Day? Of course I didn't. Well, how are you going to celebrate? Oh? I just found out myself just you know minutes before that we started playing trivia So I'm playing I don't know yet. Did someone tell you happy? Yeah, my wife sent me a little text about it, okay Is everybody ready? Ruts is there a squirrel conservation group I don't know but there should be one We're waiting for Yanni to start Rocky Mountain squirrels unlimited

Is everybody ready Again McCormick says this ingredient has a subtle licorice flavor and is what brings Italian sausage and marinara sauce to life Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth and Yanni and Cory and Randall saying fennel. Hansi says fennel seed. Are those two things the same thing? They are. Tressa says tobacco. Brody says fennel. The correct answer is fennel. The room did very well. I don't think it is. I don't think they're the same thing. But it's all good. Well, the fennel that grows, like you wouldn't call it fennel seed, but I think the fennel that's used in cooking is fennel seed. But is it anise? No, no, no, we're talking about... Yeah, he said... How do you pronounce it? Anise? Anise. I think it's anise. We all said it differently. Not star anise. Anise. F said it differently. I don't not star anise anise

Fancy I don't care. I'll argue with you So you can you can have a fennel seed flavor is described as bold and sweet with warm notes of licorice It's commonly used in Spanish Italian and Middle Eastern cuisines some recipes on our website that feature it include venison lasagna Goose scoot goose skewers roasted feature it include venison lasagna goose skewers, Roasted hog loin, and venison salami. You could have given me ten chances to describe fennel seed flavor, And I would have never come up with licorice. So you guys would have said...

Oh yeah, I think I see. Once I read it, it made sense. I was like, it does taste like licorice. Well, I thought licorice, and I wrote down anise. The flavor is called anisette, is the name of that licorice. Well, I would make sure I wrote down anise though The flavor is called the flavor is called anise at is the name of that licorice flavor Well, we learned then I just thought more about Italian sausage and I thought I don't know about anise and Italian sausage But I know fennel I used to use anise oil catching Coons when I was trapping. Oh, they like that We used to we used to darn some fish scents. Yeah, What coons don't like? What don't coons like? Traps. Bill we have two questions left. Give us a scoreboard update.

Uh, let's see here. Seth and Tressa, you hung on tight, but uh, Cory too. You hung on tight, but Cory too. Ah, that's right. Sorry, Cory. And then we've got Hansi with five points. Randall and Janice have six points a piece and in first place still with seven points is Brody Henderson. Question nine, the topic is conservation. This next great question is via Leland Hart.

Name two of the five states with the most acres of military owned land. This is question nine. The topic is conservation. Name two of the five states with the most acres of military owned land. Brody has a one point lead right now. Randall has already come up with his answers. Randall, do you like your answers? Feel pretty good. Two of the five states. Feel pretty good.

Brody, how many answers do you have written down? One. OK. Two of the five states with the most acres of military-owned land. Randall is wearing his Ohio State University shirt today. He declared it's the same shirt he was wearing last night which he decorated with a little chili. Yes. Just a minor droplets down by the waist on the front side things didn't get that crazy oh it's terrible yeah man me and LeBron were celebrating pretty hard last night he was on the TV I was just watching it but

uh-huh oh hi I'll do connection yeah name two of the interesting it's like an anorak almost you notice that what does that piece know what's that what does that mean what is an anorak yeah an anorak is a long parka with that typically doesn't zip all the way down it's like a quarter zip yeah hmm was he in a box and he was wearing that well but it wasn't a it wasn't an insulated anorak It was more of just a shirt. Okay wait anorak, but yeah, I noticed it Yeah, he was a lot of thoughts on fashion. I noticed I bet Savannah picked it out for him Who's that his wife? He's got a real fashion sense. Mm-hmm

Or Zuri his daughter Jesus Maximus and Ron James Jr. How we doing over here Brody Keep talking. Okay. He wants he wants he wants you to name Arizona fans are going crazy right now cuz they just secured Bryce Lock locked him up It's exciting Arizona what Arizona Wildcats their basketball team Again name two of the five states with the most acres of military owned land is everybody ready?

Go ahead and we have Seth saying Nevada New Mexico Yannis says Wisconsin North Carolina Corey says Texas Nevada Randall says Nevada California Hansi says Nevada New. Tressa says Florida, California. Brody crossed out Wyoming, and he went with New Mexico and Alaska. The five states are New Mexico, California, Nevada, Arizona, and Alaska. Oh!

God! There was a groan when it was revealed that Brody got that one right. He correctly chose Alaska instead of Wyoming. New Mexico has nearly 4 million acres of military-owned land, which is the most in the United States. The other states in the top 10 are Utah, Texas, Washington, Florida, and Georgia. Through the Sykes Act, the departments of Interior and Defense are obligated to work together to manage natural resources on military

land and thanks to the Engel Act, hunting and fishing became legal on some of the bases. Phil, give us another scoreboard update before we do the final question. Yes, it's down to Brody and Randall. Brody has eight, Randall has seven. But Yannis and Hansi have six points a piece. It's nothing to stick your nose up at. Nice showing, Hansi. That last minute adjustment. We missed our question about Cypress Grove, Louisiana fishing, because that would have

been- A little review on that. Now here is a correct answer review so far. One was Christmas. Two was Stote. Three, Swarovski. Four, Idaho. Five, Rattlesnake.

Six, Grizzly Adams. Seven, Lake Effect. Eight, Fennel. Nine was New Mexico, California, Nevada, Arizona, and Alaska. Here's question 10. The topic is fishing. The U.S. Forest Service defines this six letter word as, quote, the shallower, faster moving sections of a stream

where rocks break the water surface. Brody confidently wrote down his answer. Seems as though he has won the game. How often did you use this word when you were a fishing guide Brody quite often you think so? The US Forest Service defines this six-letter word as the shallower faster moving Sections of a stream where rocks break the water surface if I may okay where rocks break the water surface. If I may. Okay.

It asks, it says sections plural. It's not, the answer is not plural. Okay, just check. The U.S. Forest Service defines this six letterletter word as the shallower, faster-moving sections of a stream where rocks break the water's surface. What percentage of your question tens are in the category of fishing? I don't know, does it seem... Seems like a lot.

Spencer and I talk about that the night before the game. It's always anticlimactic. Yeah, I brought this up a couple weeks ago. It's like we get to question nine, I need to get one on Brody, and then it's the categories fishing. Wow. I'm gonna have to look into this. It's noticeable. It happens a lot. Thanks, Phil.

I'm gonna review some scripts now and try to get back to you on that one. To be fair, it wouldn't change the game. Would it really matter if it was the first or the last question? I don't know, it might create some tension somewhere. Well it would be more interesting to me It would be more interesting to me if it was like. It sounds like you're saying it's like Rick Is everybody ready? I agree the last question should be broad It should be but difficult off the wall. Yeah I also I also don't want to make it where every question 10 is where you're like, okay I know this is a tough one. Yeah, so the answer wouldn't be like too obvious

No, I understand I have nation people have made that request before but I don't want to stack the game in a way that you Can like sort of predict the difficulty. I think you're doing a great job Thank you, bro. I go ahead're doing a great job. Thank you Brody. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying wrapped. Rapid. Rapid. Yannis says riffle.

Corey riffle, Randall riffle, Hansi riffle. Tressa says nervous. Brody says riffle. The correct answer is riffle. Most streams have a basic pattern that's explained by the riffle, the correct answer is riffle. Most streams have a basic pattern that's explained by the riffle pool run sequence. Riffles are the shallowest, fastest moving parts of a waterway.

They create pools by carving out the bottom and sides of the stream. Then after that comes a run where the water is deep like a pool and fast like a riffle. That makes Brody our winner with nine correct answers. Congratulations, Brody. What do you want to do with your $500 donation today? I guess since we got a new administration coming in, that always throws like

conservation and public access stuff. Like things change. So we need a group that can work with the new administration. So we'll go with the TRCP. Brody sending $500 to TRCP today. Join us next week for more Mead Eater Trivia on the game show where conservation always wins. Thanks Spencer.

Thank you. 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 amateur rock hound. Rockhound. 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, 1806-1840, we tackle the Rocky Mountain beaver trade

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