The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 665: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CXLXII

Episode Date: February 19, 2025

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Max Barta, Cory Calkins, Tressa Croaker, and Logan Dove. 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, 1761-1775. So again, you can buy this wherever audiobooks are sold. Meat Eaters American History, The Mountain Men, 1806-1840 by Steven Rinoa Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins.

I'm your host Spencer Neuharth and today we're joined by Randall, Brody, Cory, Logan, Tressa, and Max. This is a 10 round quiz show with questions from MeatEaters4Verticals which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. There is a prize. MeatEater will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing. For the stat of the week this week, we're looking at the overtime drought that we're currently in.

We haven't had a game go to overtime since December 4th, meaning we're on an 11 week overtime drought. This breaks our previous record of 10 straight weeks without overtime. That's serious stuff. It is. It's been a while. The last time we actually went to overtime, the question was how many teaspoons are in 1.25 cups? I think I got that one right. What was the answer Brody?

Do you still know it? Is it 48? It was 60, but you got it dead nuts that day. We had an $1,100 donation because we went to overtime with Randall and Brody having perfect games and then you got the overtime question exactly. Oh, I forgot. How did you like calculate that?

What was your logic? He was in his mind like this. I think it comes out to, it three per I don't remember There's three teaspoons at a tablespoon, and I don't remember how many Your kid sure likes measuring stuff at home in the kitchen, so you said they gave you a big advantage Yeah, and it did oh, yeah, he just made me a Nice loaf of banana pecan bread last night. Oh, shit's great. So 11 straight weeks with no overtime.

Here's our infrequently asked question segment. If you have a trivia related question for our crew, send it to trivia at TheMeatEater.com with the subject line IFAQ. John Schlesinger says what kind of PhD does dr. Randall have and more importantly where can we read his dissertation he'll tell you I find it hard to believe that that's an infrequently asked question it is well so you mean professional hunting degree mmm that would be nice that would be nice Steve has another acronym that he likes to do. What is it? Can't say it.

Pretty huge. Okay. Fill in the blank. No, I have a PhD in history from the University of Montana. I earned that in 2015. And if you'd like to read the dissertation, you'll need to contact the University of Montana library because Hmm, it's not publicly available. I have we could publish it on our website I want that ran I have vague aspirations at some point of Reworking it into something that would be for popular

See Randall and right after it's probably right after you got your PhD Yeah on stars in the sky No, that was that was prior to your no that was like a year or two afterwards, but I did do a meat eater Podcast like episode 12 or something. Mm-hmm right after probably a month after I found out. Fresh doctor. Yeah, one of the first very first meat eater episodes. But what was your dissertation about? Hunting in American politics and culture in the 20th century.

Oh, yeah, he talked about it last night in the live tour. You should do an addendum to that for the 21st century. There you go. Lots changed. Oh, a lot has changed. What's changed. Oh a lot is there be a lot What's above a doctor a double doctor? No, what can you do a good doctor? I mean? Great, I don't think there's anything better than a PhD Spencer But yeah, I mean

advanced advanced degrees in the humanities just a ticket to lucrative and fulfilling life. Brody you're disrupting the camera shot right now. That's my camera too. You're covering Randall perfectly. That is an IFAQ from our trivia question go John Schlesinger. Him and Leland Hart send me more questions than probably every other listener combined. Leland Hart he tunes in in every week radio live as well. Thank you John Thank you Leland all right. Love you guys. We have some housekeeping the long-waited meat eater tournament is on the horizon We expect to have the three episode tournament out between the end of February and the beginning of March where we'll crown a

2024 meat eater trivia champion. So coming soon. Oh, that's exciting. It's like, it's, it's weird that it's, you know, obviously happening in March. The year after it will act like it's like, um, you know, the NBA finals during COVID, where they had to like push it back a few, postpone it a little bit. It would be fun to go into a bubble. Trivia bubble with the gang. Disney.

Yeah. Yeah. Good bass fishing. Yeah. So that is coming soon. Alright, the Shelby index for today is a 4, so our winner should get 8 correct answers. With that, we're on to the game of trivia. Play the drop, Phil. I need to know what I stand to win everything

Just tend to win everything Before we start Spencer I think For that tournament, you know how For like football games they do like the little player profiles. Sure dudes come out Some b-roll of you guys looking all smart All right question one the topic is ecology and this will be multiple choice Which state is not included in the Corn Belt according to the USDA? Is it Nebraska, Ohio, Minnesota, or South Dakota? Three of those states are part of the Corn Belt. One is not. Is it Nebraska,

Ohio, Minnesota, or South Dakota? Max wasn't supposed to play trivia today. And when he found out that he was, he says, well, then you ought to throw me a bone. And I had this question written before Max was going to show up, but he's lived in Minnesota. He's lived in South Dakota. Question one is, is that a family? A bone? I haven't lived in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana

I assumed you spent some time in but your grandma's place is in right on the Red River. Yeah I knew that yeah, could this be a box from the game you want trivia? There you go I wonder if this is a bone for anybody from Ohio Yeah, is there anyone from Ohio? I don't know I guess we'll never know no which state is not included in the Corn Belt, according to the USDA, Nebraska, Ohio, Minnesota or South Dakota? Is everybody ready?

No, are we? Yeah. Max was quick to answer. You feel good about your answer, Max? Yeah. How about you, Ryan? Let me see your answer. I actually don't feel great about my answer. That's a good question.

Again, three of these states are part of what the USDA defines as the Corn Belt. One of them is not. Nebraska, Ohio, Minnesota, South Dakota. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Tressa saying Nebraska. Cory says Ohio. Randall says Ohio. Logan says Minnesota. Max says Ohio. Brody crossed out Minnesota and wrote down South Dakota. So we have every answer I think represented in here today. We got one correct answer. The correct answer is South Dakota. Brody! What? Only Brody. How?

Got that one. I don't know if you guys caught this, but Max made a funny little joke and asked to see Brody's answer, which is normally what Brody does to Max. And then after Brody showed Max his answer, I don't know what face Max made, but Brody, you changed your answer.

I did. But I didn't think he was gonna write down South Dakota. In 2006, the USDA declared the Corn Belt to be a six-state region consisting of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Ohio. Encyclopedia Britannica disagrees slightly, saying Ohio isn't in the Corn Belt, but Kansas is. Neither place includes South Dakota in the corn belt though I was thinking of the encyclopedia you knew that definition well isn't the states like what are we doing yes

that's where South Dakota is yeah it goes right here Ohio's way way over there here huh it's it's like a contiguous region the corn belt that they define they define. And then I was like, I was also surprised about their definition, so I looked at like what states produce the most corn, and Minnesota actually produces twice as much corn as South Dakota. So South Dakota not part of the Corn Belt. Wow, if I was putting money on that, I would not put money on South Dakota. Question two. That's why you got the question wrong. Yeah, South Dakota has the corn palace. I know yeah That's what's so counterintuitive. That's that's that's like in the middle of the corn belt of South Dakota though You start getting west of there and you lose all that darn corn you do. It's East River and West River, but still Question two the topic is fishing this next great question is via Jacob Arnold

fishing. This next great question is via Jacob Arnold. There goes my bone. Shit. Merriam-Webster defines this seven-letter word as, quote, a water passage where the tide meets a river current. Randall and Brody already have their answers. Merriam-Webster defines this seven-letter word as a water passage where the tide meets a river current. This is question two. If there's another seven-letter word,

I'm not gonna think about it. Brody, how'd you end up choosing South Dakota for not being part of the Cornel? Honestly, man, it's all based on driving across the country. Okay. That's like, yeah, I don't remember. So there's a lot of corn and sound like their corn. Merriam Webster defines this seven letter word as a water passage where the tide meets a river current.

Yeah, I remember. I remember seeing a lot of corn growing up in Ohio. Obviously, like I can visualize that, but I just never thought of being included in the corn belt. Perhaps I underappreciated our contribution to the nation. I'd say Ohio has some of the best corn, because they also have a lot of timber,

and it's like, I think I've said this before about Ohio, but they've got the right amount of rolling hills to make that nice topography for hunting white-tailed deer. Yeah. Merriam Webster defines this seven-letter word as a water passage where the tide meets a river current. Anyone besides Brody and Randall confident? No.

I didn't say I was confident. Okay, but you have an answer that's seven letters. He's got it, come on. He's just playing coy. You never know. Okay, but you have an answer that's seven letters. Come on, he's just playing coy. You don't know? Do our other players. Didn't we have a similar question to this? Well, I do a lot of things where I say.

I know what you're talking about. Yeah, I was. Wasn't it like a seven letter and it was. It was, we're two rivers, we're two rivers meet and it was a Greek letter. Yeah, delta. Oh, that was delta. Oh.

So it's not delta.. Yeah, oh that was From a jabroni Brody got a good chuckle from I was done with my Different ways to go about this there's like thinking of the right word or starting with seven letters of being like oh, yeah Okay, well, I'm just making sure my answer had seven letters Maxwell. Do you give up? Oh, yeah, go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Tressa saying whirlpooled Cory says estuary Randall says estuary Logan says causeway max without an answer Brody says estuary, Randall says estuary, Logan says causeway, Max without an answer, Brody says estuary, the correct answer is estuary.

Estuaries are some of the most productive environments on earth based on how much organic matter they produce. They also are enormous economic drivers through recreation and shipping. Some notable estuaries are Chesapeake Bay, San Francisco Bay, and the Hudson Bay. Question 3. The topic is Natural History. This dog breed, which is named after a monk, was bred to rescue avalanche victims in the Swiss Alps. in the Swiss Alps. This dog breed, which is named after a monk, was bred to rescue avalanche victims in the Swiss Alps.

Rody and Randall already have their whiteboards down with an answer that they seem to like. Corey has now joined them. Corey, do you have this one? I believe so. Got to add to it. Corey came up with estuary on our last question. He didn't seem to like his answer very much that was the same answer I had in that Greek. Oh Delta Delta Try try again, no

Shoot twice aim one strong answer man wrong answer strong strong answer Brody likes max's answer You know I wish I wrote down answer. Strong answer. Brody likes Max's answer. Question 3. The topic is natural history. This dog breed, which is named after a monk, was bred to rescue avalanche victims in the Swiss Alps. Logan, do you have an answer? I do, but I know it's wrong. I'm trying to think of a better one. Tressa, do you have an answer? I do, but I know it's wrong. So I'm trying to think of a better one. Tressa, do you have an answer? Same. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Tressa saying Husky.

Cory says Bernie's Mountain Dog. Randall says St. Bernard. Logan says Buddha. Max and Brody say St. Bernard. They got it. The correct answer is the St. Bernard. It's believed that St. Bernard, they got it, the correct answer is the St. Bernard. It's believed that St. Bernard's are the descendants of Roman war dogs. The breed was shaped by monks in the Swiss Alps to go on search and rescue missions and guard property. It was common for

the dogs to work in teams of two. Once they found a victim, one dog would stay with the person to provide them with warmth and the other dog would go get help one st Bernard Barry saved 40 human lives between the years 1800 and 1812 you're not gonna get I thought you'd have a little flavor text on the little The barrel of jug of booze. Oh, that wasn't true. I saw something that that wasn't the case They weren't carrying around little barrels of whiskey. That's no fun I'm sure some st. Bernard's have at some point, but that wasn't uh that wasn't the case. They weren't carrying around little barrels of whiskey. That's no fun. I'm sure some St. Bernard's have at some point, but that wasn't, uh, that wasn't like their thing.

You just remember the big dogs brand of shirts? Yeah. Oh, that's one of my favorite cultural artifacts. Those are everywhere. It's a big dogs world. Big dog fire department. Did you own some of those Randall? No, but there was a big dog outlet.

Uh, yeah, there's a big dog outlet. There was one in Spokane. There was one in Gresham, Oregon that I would... Yeah, I had a buddy who just had all these big dog shirts. Yeah, those were cool and then incredibly uncool and I bet like Gen Z and what's below it's a Gen Alpha. I bet they would love Big Dog stuff right now. That'd be pretty sweet. Didn't know I was gonna think about Big Dog brand today. I didn't either. What a treat.

Question four, the topic is conservation. This next great question is via Kale Carlin. What lake is Isle Royale National Park located in? What lake is Isle Royale National Park located in? What lake is Isle Royale National Park located in? Randall, very quick to answer. I've been there. You have? Spent some time on this lake. Okay, there's a hint. Getting there. There are no Randall's travels. What lake is Isle Royale National Park located in? We've got Cory searching the room looking for a piece of art or map that might help him. Are you finding anything?

No, nothing. This Nebraska map always throws me off. Oh, you could have seen that they're part of the Corn Belt if you looked at that closely, I imagine. They got a big... there's a John Deere logo on there. You have to us the big game Then you'd know that hey that that states part of the Corn Belt What lake is Isle Royale National Park located in Brody? How do you feel about your man? I think I'm in danger of a slip up here Is everybody ready? You know what I was thinking about?

My dog, no, my family feud episode. Does that count as a trivia one? Sure, Max. Sweet. I got to do that. Actually, yeah. Well, you each have to divide it by how many people were on your team or four. So you got one one and a quarter wins. The most.

Maybe someone from your team would donate their other quarter to you though. Maybe Yanni will. Does everyone have an answer for question four? Max, go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Dressa and Corey saying Michigan. Randall says Superior. Logan says Michigan.all says Superior Logan says Michigan Max says eerie Brody crossed out here on and wrote down Superior The correct answer is Lake Superior

Located about 20 miles off the shore of Minnesota Isle Royale is one of the least visited national parks in America The only way to get there is via plane, boat, or ferry. I already have a ferry reservation for this June when I'll plan to visit the park for the first time. Lovely. When did you go? I should have got that one. When I was in high school.

Did you take the ferry there? We came from the Minnesota side on a boat. It was a very rough, it was one of the roughest boat rides I've been on. Oh, just like a civilian boat or you guys took a ferry? No, it's, well I wouldn't call it a ferry. Like a tour boat type thing? Yeah, it was kind of a tour boat. It had like an interior cabin with seating for 40 people maybe. And then we backpacked from the east side of the island to the west side of the island.

What's your review of it? Oh, super cool. Saw a lot of moose. I wish I had fished. I didn't bring fishing equipment. The problem with that trip was that I had a one-man tent and my brother had a one-man tent. My parents had a two-man tent. And my brother forgot his tent poles. So we had a three-men tent combined for four people. So yeah, one of those fun trips. The bad reviews I've read about Isle Royale is just a hellacious amount of mosquitoes. Yes. So I'm preparing myself for that.

Do you go from Duluth or Grand Marais? Or neither? Well, I think weuth or Grand Marais? Neither. Well, I think we went from Grand Marais. Okay. Yeah. Question five. The topic is cooking. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Jennifer Silberberg.

For sending this great question, Jennifer is going to get a board game signed by the crew. If you want a chance to win our listener question of the week, then send your question to trivia at TheMeDieter.com. What state produces 99% of America's stone crab harvest? What state produces 99% of America's stone crab harvest? Brody very quick to answer. The rest of our players have not yet put marker to whiteboard. Brody, you know this with certainty. You know,

I think it's I'm 99% Okay, 99% sure that he knows where 99% of America's Stone Crab harvest comes from. I think there's two different names for this crab. Hmm. Okay. I've never heard of a stone crab. Something else. Hmm.

Brody's just staring lasers. I mean, maybe I'm learning something. I don't know yet. It could be raw. Question five. It's cooking. After this, we'll get a scoreboard update from Phil Produces 99% of America's stone crab harvest I don't we could call it fishing if you'd like if that makes you feel better grabbing a little better crabbing

Topic is crabbing. I know that's a blue crab Yeah I just don't know my crabs How do you feel by your answer Randall? I don't feel great if you got to name five states Do you think you'd be guaranteed to get it then yeah, okay? I mean how many states touch the ocean? Is everybody ready truth Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Tressa Sang, Washington.

Corey says Alaska. He crossed out Maine. Randall says Alaska. Logan says New Jersey. Max says Alaska. Brody says Florida. The correct answer is Florida. Only Brody got that one right.

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the stone crab market is one of the state's five biggest fisheries. Everglades City is the hub, claiming to be the stone crab capital of the world. Stone crab flavor has been described as being similar to lobster with a slightly sweeter taste. Those are the ones where they're only allowed to pop the claw. Yeah, and I think they like it's like one catch and release. Yeah. With those things. Yeah. Have you caught stone crabs before?

I've eaten them down there. I haven't caught it. What's your review of stone? They're very good. It's real good. It's not as good. I don't think it's as good as Dungeness, but it's good. Phil, we're halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard It's looking rough out there guys what just happened? I'm sorry. Sorry. I just knocked a whiteboard off the thing here Oh, that's fine

Lost all control Tressa and Logan are not on the board yet with zero points Cory and Max have one point apiece Bordiet was zero points Cory and Max have one point apiece Randall has three and Brody is up by two at halftime with a perfect game It's hard to see a reality where anyone catches up with stranger things happen Randall came back and beat me last week. Hmm or a few days ago one of us Think Phil was insinuating that I can't catch up. I definitely was I

was gonna I Feeling on that last one that it was Coming from the Atlantic and I was thinking Florida, but I just didn't have enough Courage of conviction to go Florida looking unlikely that we'll have overtime again this week If he if he put two points on me in the first five Why can't I put two on him in the second? well Question six the topic is mountain men 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 fellas 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, you can buy this wherever audiobooks are sold. Meat Eaters American History, The Mountain Men, 1806-1840 by Stephen Rinella. 1806 to 1840 by Steven Rinoa. There's one! Feed me baby!

This state's capital is named after Mountain Man Kit Carson. So you tell me the state, not the capital. This state's capital is named after Mountain Man Kit Carson. Corey you have this one right? Yeah. Randall also looks confident. Brody had a quick answer, but now- I do, I'm just like-

He's doing whiteboard osmosis where he's got it pressed against his temple. This state's capital is named after Mountain Man Kit Carson. I'll make it interesting. Okay. Maybe I'll get it wrong. All right. Hmm. Did you talk about Kit Carson in the recent audio book?

A little bit. What do we have to say about Kit Carson without giving it away? He ran away from an apprenticeship as a saddle maker. Oh, did that get him in trouble? I don't know that anything came of it, but it's a no-no. Mm. It's a no-no.

This state's capital is named after mountain man Kit Carson. We also have an anecdote of a field amputation conducted in a little party that Kit Carson was traveling with. Oh. Yep. Is everybody ready? It's one of multiple field amputations covered in Meteor American History Vol. 2. Is either the state he's from or the state he spent most time in?

I don't remember if it was Kit Carson, but I previously had a trivia question about a mountain man's last quote, and it may have been Kit Carson on his deathbed. He said something like, I wish I just had time for one last bowl of chili. That's I think that's supposed to be Kit Carson. I don't know if it's true. I remember Steve talking about that. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Tressa and Corey and Randall saying Nevada. Logan says Nebraska. Max says Idaho,

Brody says Nevada. The correct answer is Nevada. Reno. Nevada, Nebraska, same thing. Carson City. Carson City. There it is. See, that's what I wouldn't have got it.

I was gonna write down Idaho, and I was like, Boise, there's no way. Reno. John Fremont named the Carson River after Kit Carson, who was a scout for Fremont's expedition through the area. The city's population boomed when gold was discovered nearby in the 1850s, but slowed down after the mines dried up.

Carson City has 58,000 people, making it the third smallest state capital after Pierre, South Dakota and Juneau, Alaska. How much time does Shelby have to answer these questions? If she doesn't know it, she moves on pretty quickly. So we wrap up a trivia test run in probably five minutes. It goes quick. Question seven.

The topic is conservation. North America's most common rat is named after what Nordic country? Max you should know this. What? Why should Max know this? I'll tell you later. I'm on the edge of my seat. North America's most common rat is named after what Nordic country? Is Maxwell Nordic is that does he have pet rats I'll tell you later, okay I think he's just calling me a rat Randall. You know this one. I do Brody. You know this one. Yes

North America's most common rat is named after what Nordic country? is named after what Nordic country? Hmm. We've got Max writing down as many Nordic countries as he can come up with. Not a bad strategy. Now our other players are doing the same. And Max, cover your board up. Jeez.

Hey, don't you want to beat Logan? That should be pretty easy at this point. North America's most common rat is named after what Nordic country? This is question seven and the topic is conservation. Max declared he has three Nordic countries written down. I'm trying to think why I should know this. I think I think Brody's just trying to mess with you. He's gonna say that every time. Where are your ancestors from? Nowhere near there.

Nowhere that has rats. Cory are you writing down Nordic countries? Yeah I got four. Okay. Tressa is that your strategy as well? I don't even know if this is a Nordic country. Okay. Okay we've got Cory is outright just showing his whiteboard to Max

Does anybody have a globe? I wonder if there's a... we'd need a globe in there We should have a globe Now what are you doing? Right now in an answer! Max has erased all three Nordic countries he can think of Oh, it ain't that one, it's not that one Logan, are you ready?

I mean, I've got a Nordic country. Cory, are you ready? What do you need to know? Were you writing down one country? North America's most common rat is named after what Nordic country? Tressa, are you ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers with Tressa saying Poland. Cory, he wrote down Finland Ireland

Sweden and then he picked Norway You're in Iceland. I think I did Wanted him to get credit. Yeah Says Norway Logan says Norway Max says Norway Brody says Norway they got it correct answer is Norway now why should Max know that because he's from a part of the country where there's a lot of Norwegian immigrants that's true that's what I thought you were going with it Max is basically made of lutefisk Norway rats are also known as brown rats

sewer rats and street rats they arrived to North America via ships in 1775 and are now found in all 50 states a two-year study of New York City's rats determined that the uptown Population is genetically different than the downtown population with Midtown acting as a barrier that largely keeps them from mixing Wow, how did they not get here until 7, 7, 1775? I don't know. They just kept clean ships before that, I suppose. Oh, come on. No way. Question eight. The topic is fishing. Oh, speaking of the devil, this next great question is via Leland Hart. Oh, hey.

What was the name of the Wheeler Playmate 38 boat from Gilligan's Island Wow? Really taking us back here What was the name of the Wheeler playmate 38 boat from Gilligan's Island that was Brody's proudest whiteboard slam so far Randall also seems to know it though. How confident are you Randall? Phil, can you play the song after we're done? Randall also seems to know it though. How confident are you Randall? Very confident. Phil, can you play the song after we're done? For copyright reasons, no. But I did pull a clip from this theme song for last week's

episode of Cal's Week in Review. Check it out. Oh, step right up and you'll hear a tale. Keep going. I don't know if I'll read any copyright laws. How much of Gilligan's Island have you seen, Brody? I mean, when I was a little kid, it was like, you know, you don't remember back when there was only three channels. You're right, I do not remember that. That was the show that was on after school.

But I remember Nick at Night, I watched a lot of Dick Van Dyke. Yeah, this was pre-Nick at Night. I also loved The Monkeys. Pre-Nick at Night. Oh, The Monkeys, yeah. I've recently gotten served some content on Instagram showing just how stoned the monkeys were when they were filming that. It's like so obvious now when you watch a clip

and you see one of the monkeys is clearly very high while they were filming that show. You know what surprises me about Gilligan's Island when I was researching this question only had three seasons That seems like a show to me that had 20 when you asked Brody how much of Gilligan's Island have you seen? Mm-hmm. I thought even if I could name every episode I've watched I'd have no idea how much of Gilligan's Island I've seen because it just exists just washed over. Yeah What you watch a lot of Gilligan's Island, Randall?

Yeah, I used to watch a lot of Nick at Night. Uh-huh. What did you like from Nick at Night? I'm not even gonna remember what was on. I like Mary Tyler more because it was Minneapolis. She was in. Sure. I watched a lot of I Dream of Jeannie. Oh yeah. Mm-hmm. Brady Bunch. Lucy. We talked more about this boat.

Did the boat fail them and is that why they're stuck on the island? Well, if you knew the song, you'd know what happened. Well, true. The skipper had a boat. And they were supposed to be on what, a three hour tour? Three hour tour. And then what happens? There's a storm, right? Yeah.

Okay. And for some reason, this tropical island they wash up on, it has a lot of monkeys, right? Or am I thinking of a different show? I don't remember monkeys playing a big role in that. I feel like they're always getting harassed by monkeys. There's Lord Howell, right? Who's the aristocratic character. Ginger and the doctor. Mary Ann.

Or was it the professor? The professor. The professor and Mary Ann. Yeah, there's... Here. On Love on the Spectrum, I think one of the seasons of Love on the Spectrum, The professor. The professor and Marianne. Yeah, there's, if you, Here. On Love on the Spectrum, I think one of the seasons of Love on the Spectrum,

one of the guys loves Gilligan's Island, and he goes to a Comic-Con convention to meet the actress who played Marianne from, and it's, I mean, I'm surprised she's alive, but it looks great. We need to bring back TV theme songs really just explain the entire It's pretty convenient. It's very convenient. You can tune in and any time that I know what's going on I'm almost certain they're like gorillas were weirdly on that island you probably right

I mean I again the question is question eight the topic is fishing What was the name of the Wheeler Playmate 38 boat from Gilligan's Island? Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Tressa saying, aloha. Corey says SS Suzy. Randall says SS Minnow.

Logan says little skipper. It was little buddy Logan. Oh, little buddy. Max says little G. Brody says SS Minnow. The correct answer is the SS Minnow. The original owner of the 38 foot boat called it the Blue Jacket but the show renamed it after TV producer Newton Minnow. The Wheeler Playmate is the same model that Ernest Hemingway owned which he equipped without rigors for fishing on that very boat He caught one of his biggest tuna and wrote the old man in the sea

What does SS mean in like isn't like service ship or ship? Some Captain Randall and it technically wasn't an SS. It should have been like an empty Motor motor. I don't remember this is Google AI so take it with a grain of salt, but it says it's an acronym for screw steamer Maybe it it technically it was not an SS like that's that's designated would be maybe fishing Something like that. Yeah, it's a single screw steamship. Hmm. Okay, Phil. We have two two questions left give us a scoreboard update Everyone's on the board now Max has to Cory has three rainbow has six and still two points ahead is Brody Henderson with eight points and a perfect game hot dog

Question nine the topic is cooking McCormick describes this six-letter spice as sweet, peppery, and a bit floral with a hint of citrus. McCormick describes this six-letter spice as sweet, peppery, and a bit floral with a hint of citrus. and a bit floral with a hint of citrus. Phil, I like the Brady Bunch movie a lot more than I like the Brady Bunch. Oh, yeah. Well, I mean, that was that was a great idea because the Brady Bunch movie is just like a pretty much a spoof of the Brady Bunch because it was the Brady Bunch living in modern times, if I'm correct.

So it was like all of their TV sitcom mannerisms in the real world. And I think they went to Hawaii and there was like a cursed. That was a real episode of the Brady Bunch. The Hawaii episode with the cursed, cursed like Tiki statue or whatever the hell it was. Got all my naked night mixed up. Again, we're on question nine. Brody, who has the perfect game going, does not yet have an answer. I'm struggling on this one.

McCormick describes this six letter spice as sweet, peppery, and a bit floral with a hint of citrus. Is this one that everyone has in their cupboard, Spencer? I don't know. Iormick describes this six-letter spice as sweet, peppery, and a bit floral with a hint of citrus. Citrus. Hmm. This may be a zero percenter. Lemon. And rune, Brody's perfect game. I already tried that more than six letters This is question nine Hmm real stumper here geez But if Randall could get this right and Brody get it wrong you'd have a game going into the final question Brody now has an answer Brody. Do you like your answer?

It's got six letters, okay McCormick describes this six-letter spice as sweet peppery and a bit floral with a hint of citrus Randall do you have an answer? Yeah, I do I don't really know. You can get it in a spice Yeah, I'm not sure if I believe this Keep going Long story short, I'm not sure if this is a spice. Okay, do our other players give up? No, but yeah. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Tressa saying Mesquite.

Courtney without an answer. Randall says Ginger. Logan says Cayenne. Max without an answer. Brody says Garlic. The correct answer is Ginger. Oh right. Randall got that one right.

Did you deliberately put that right out there? No! The Gilligan's Island? But it was very ironic that somebody said Ginger was one of the characters in that previous question. Also, Randall's the only one who got it right! Mm-hmm. Yes. Anyway, sorry.

Oh, Ginger! Ginger, got it, yeah. Ginger is a common ingredient in Indian and Caribbean cuisine. The ground product comes from the underground stem of a plant that grows 2-4 feet tall. Wild ginger is found in 34 states according to the USDA. It can be identified by its heart-shaped leaves and brown flowers that grow at ground level. Here's a correct answer review so far. 1.

South Dakota 2. Estuary 3. St. Bernard Bernard four Lake Superior five Florida six, Nevada seven Norway eight SS minnow nine ginger Phil Let's get one final scoreboard update before we do question ten. Yeah, like you already said it's still a game now Brody has eight points Randall has seven question ten apologize It's still a game now. Broughty has eight points. Randall has seven. Should have had a five. Question 10. Apologize.

Apologize for your earlier skepticism. Apologize for your earlier skepticism. The topic is hunting. This brand debuted their seven-foot Sasquatch archery target at the 2017 ATA show. This question is dumb, Spencer. This brand debuted their seven-foot Sasquatch archery target at the 2017 ATA show. This question is dumb. This brand debuted their seven foot Sasquatch archery target at the 2017 ATA show. Brody our leader does not yet have an answer, but neither does Randall, who is one point behind.

Corey, do you think you have this one right? 50-50. OK, just throwing it out there. This brand debuted their seven foot Sasquatch archery target at the 2017 ATA show. Randall could get this right and Brody get this wrong. We would snap our overtime drought. But it looks like right now that Randall is not going to get it right and neither will Brody. Max, you like your answer? It's the only one I could think of. Okay, Did you put down Dave Smith decoys? No, I Did not this brand debuted their seven-foot Sasquatch archery target at the 2017

ATA show Corey. Let me switch you have Randall do you have an answer down Randall? No, I know It's just not my forte here. Okay. Brody now has the answer. Brody, do you like your answer? No. Max, do you like his answer? It's an answer. Same one as mine.

Oh, wow. All right. Oh, man. I kind of want to show you what I got. I'm real close. I want to see what my answer is. Well, there's maybe one letter. You can't show it.

Yeah, yeah, no. Let's see if this overtime happens naturally. How many points do we get if we get it right and they get it wrong? Still one. Five points? This brand debuted their seven-foot Sasquatch archery target at the 2017 ATA show. Is everybody ready? Brody gave me a half a point last game. I game. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Tressa saying Caldwell. Corey says Delta.

Randall says Jack links. Logan says Reinhardt. Max says Block. Brody says Block. We have a correct answer. It's Reinhardt. Oh, Logan. And that makes Brody our winner. I've never gotten that. Yeah. I've never even heard that before. It's Reinhardt! And that makes Brody our winner.

The Sasquatch stands 7 feet tall, weighs 250 pounds, and costs $4,300. It's by far the biggest and most expensive 3D target that Reinhardt sells. Other unique offerings from them include a Mos target, philociraptor target, African lion target, black cobra target, and alligator target. That makes Brody our winner with eight correct answers. He got the Shelby Index right on the nose. Brody, where is the $500 from MeatEater going to go? Well, you boys are headed to the National Wild Turkey Federation shindig, so let's donate it to those guys. Okay, $500 going to NWTF via Brody and Maydeeder.

You got some turkey hunts planned this year, Brody? Well, I mean, I'm definitely gonna go. I haven't ironed out any details. I got two kids that can hunt now, man. It's like it's fun watching them go They both got dibs on pulling the trigger over you Yeah, yeah You know, it's not so excited about it's why being Randall our dad's were too self-sufficient. It's like a lot man He's like like everybody in Montana. Everyone's like I'm gonna fill all five of my tags this year. And what else? It's like, good luck, man. Like, I got, I don't even know if I'm gonna get to hunting.

Do they shoot 20s or 12s? 20s. I don't even shoot a 12 at turkeys anymore. There's no need, man. No, there's no need, but. Brody send in $500 to NWTF so his boys can kill all them turkeys this spring. Join us next week for more Meat Eater Trivia,

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