The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 693: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLXI

Episode Date: April 23, 2025

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Randall Williams, Janis Putelis, Clay Newcomb, Mark Kenyon, Brody Henderson, Brent Reaves, and Tressa Croaker. 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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It's a meat eater podcast. Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I'm your host, Spencer New Newarth and today we're joined by Clay, Mark, Janice, Randall, Brody, Brent and Tressa. This is a 10 round quiz show with questions from 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. Now no stat, IFAQs or housekeeping this week because we've got some of my favorite people

in the studio today. Thank you. Yeah, we never get to talk to them. Besides Randall, Clay, Mark, Brent. Welcome to the show. What are you boys doing in Bozeman this week? Man, we've been doing lots of stuff. Meat eater roast, meat eater experiments,

Radio Live, Radio live. It has been a whirlwind. Did you guys frolic in the snow together? Man, I told Clay. It started sledding. It started snowing the other night. I'm like, bro, we ain't got any milk. We ain't got any bread.

We'll be dead before day. Did you look at the weather before you came to Montana this week? Yes. Did you have enough clothes? Oh yeah. Okay. Yeah. If you happen to be at Rose H our local grocery store that even it starts snowing

Brent and Clay were in there just filling up grocery carts full of food frantic is bread and milk all you have to have is bread and milk oh just those two things I was pushing the cart Brent was getting this stuff I was right what he calls light bread what is light bread light bread light bread it's what is light white bread white bread it's just not we why the bread he hadn't got the memo yet are you guys mad at each other you're sitting awful far apart things were things were tense yesterday between those two it was yeah it was oh yeah because we did a meaty to roast

Yanni said that we can reveal the ingredient. I think this was kind of mean to you Arkansas, Oklahoma boys. What was the ingredient? Brent claims some Oklahoma roots no never sir. Okay. I thought I thought One of my favorite states though besides Arkansas. I love Oklahoma, but I ain't from there. We'll scrub that part. What? What uh, what ingredient? When Yanni revealed the meat it was halibut Which which and I'm like what the hell is that? This man right here is a commercial fisherman Uh-huh. I mean like a licensed commercial fisherman, so he knows how to handle fish. Yeah, I I mean like a licensed commercial fisherman, so he knows how to handle fish. Yep.

I love halibut. It's actually my favorite fish. So I didn't feel totally caught off guard. I mean, I'm not saying I'm good at it. Okay. What Brent's good at? Fry and fish. Well, I'll tell you what. The deal was the only, what was crazy is the only time I ever have eaten halibut was at his house. Oh! One time.

Who cooked it though? Clay did. Oh, okay, Clay. Did he do better that time? Oh? Yeah, it was great. Okay. Yeah, it was good, and I heard there was a rule a rule. I disagree with yeah What was that rule? Yon is giving away the whole show now I'm fine. I want to watch this after I've heard all this information So what was the one rule we couldn't deep fry it couldn't deep fry

Is that what you two would have done? No, yes Yes, I knew the pan fried and butter Just Look like and it come from what was very interesting and quite serendipitous Is that invited Randy Newberg to be one of our judges? and quite serendipitous is that I invited Randy Newberg to be one of our judges. Okay. And as we started the show, within the first minute, he proclaimed himself a halibut snob. Oh, no pressure.

Wow. Yeah. And so the other judge was Marcus. Marcus, say something nice about each of their dishes without like saying who the winner was. Oh man, I got to think hard on that one. I would say that Brent had a very Surprisingly tasty side dish. Okay. Which Has a nice twist on sweet potato something. Oh, all right. Say something nice about Clay. It's gonna be hard to talk about his main dish.

But he had a great jalapeno infused cornbread dish of sorts. Wow. That we enjoy. It's called a hush puppy, brother. I'm trying to keep things serious still. I give them way too much. Okay. I got you. Phil, can we cut that? No time. Yeah, when's that episode coming out out like a month? No idea. Okay, no idea Whatever just watch the YouTube channel. Yeah, you boys were busy this week You know at ESPN if you're like if you were Nikola Jokic won the MVP and NBA championship and you went to Bristol, Connecticut You'd be on their 7 a.m. Show then their 9 a.m. Show then their noon o'clock show then their 8 p.m. Show That's called going through the car wash. We've put you through we put you three through the car wash this week and mediator

It's been great coming out cleaner than ever and we're judging a roast as soon as this is over Okay, and Yanni showed up with blood on his hands From gathering and we have fresh meat a secret ingredient tell us what it is No one in here is competing cotton tail rabbit cotton tail rabbit Bum bum bum, but we're also gonna the main see we had a plan B Because I've been trying to have this thing with fresh rabbits And I'll probably revisit this when somehow I figure out how to get fresh rabbits consistently today I ended up with one this extremely fresh, but our plan B was that clay brought squirrels from

Arkansas oh okay yeah squirrel yeah cooking with squirrel or rabbit so you're fine okay I just didn't understand why you had to say like reiterate that. Were you clay-splaining? That is a lexicon. So glad you mentioned that on a podcast. That will become a thing now. So now plan A has become clay squirrels. That will be the main protein. And then I'm going to use this single rabbit in some sort of a bonus. Okay. Bonus feature. That'll be a fun one. Yeah. So we put you boys through the car wash. Had an hour to get that done yesterday. We're gonna give them a little more time today so the squirrels can take a bit to tenderize. I brought those squirrels. I've already sent an email yesterday to the meat eater suits and I

said we need to get these three boys and the rest of our out-of-towners in the office more because we can do a lot of fun content with them. So we need to get these three boys and the rest of our out-of-towners in the office more Because we can do a lot of fun content with them. So we're gonna get you boys back this summer Maybe maybe you didn't want that invite And Tressa's taking me fishing oh, okay. She just got told about it. Oh, there you go Appreciate the invite to Brent Tressa and next next time here I'm gonna do the same thing. Mark you're gonna host media to trivia and I'll host a wire to hunt. How about we do a home and home? I like that idea. I love that idea. Do you want to write a book? No, you stay over there. Let's get on with the game of

trivia. The Shelby index for today is a three so our winner should get six correct answers and with that we're on to the game of trivia the Shelby index for today is a three so our winner should get six correct answers And with that we're on to the game of trivia play the drop Phil Look I need to know what I stand to win everything Just tend to win everything You got that down bro. Game on suckers! Question one the topic is hunting. This first great question is via Hunter Hobsden. As always the first question will be multiple choice.

A 2013 NRA article declares this type of wood the best and king of gun stocks. A 2013 NRA article declares this type of wood is the best and king of gun stocks. Those are words that they- You're gonna give the multiple choice? Directly used. Yeah, your options are birch walnut maple and ash I've already written down an answer do you mind if I slip out and just grab my coffee cup

Out there I left it out there I might have to go take a Yeah 2013 NRA article declares this type of wood is the best I left it out there. I might have to go take a... Yannis, I don't want one. Yeah, please. The 2013 NRA article declares this type of wood is the best and king of gunstocks. Birch, walnut, maple, or ash. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Mark saying walnut. Janice, walnut, Tressa, walnut. Brody. Everybody says walnut except Brody.

Brody says maple. The correct answer is walnut. Wow. Tough start for Brody Henderson. Walnut is the favorite of gun makers because of its durability, color, and grain pattern. One custom stock maker says it's so popular because despite it being a hardwood, favorite of gun makers because of its durability, color, and grain pattern. One custom stock maker says it's so popular because despite it being a hardwood, it's

easy to saw through and work with. In James Howe's 1941 The Modern Gunsmith book, he states, quote, the forest of the whole earth have paraded their finest growths only to have it firmly demonstrated that walnut is the king of them all Question now to their walnuts, Montana. I like plastic myself Anybody have a walnut No, I've got a lot of walnut trees on my property. Okay. Oh you do. Yeah Makers well, I think they need a little bit more, but they're black is the money maker, right? That's one

Missouri yeah, that's big walnut Yeah Question cut one down one day question to the topic is conservation Name one of the two states that's home to dinosaur National Monument Name one of the two states that's home to dinosaur National Monument. Name one of the two states that's home to Dinosaur National Monument. That National Monument goes into two states you need to name one of them. Brent, you know where Dinosaur National Monument is? No. Doesn't look like Clay does Based on what Brody?

They're just writing flat on the table is an innovation I'm gonna use this I'm gonna take this Erase it you want you want to or Clay take this opportunity to remind Brody that you have a one-point lead on him That's true. It probably is gonna go away name one of the two states It's making an observation national monument or Brody is sabotaging those of us who also got the first question correct Mmm, it doesn't want clay to fall behind. Yeah, we'll see what happens everybody ready Go ahead and reveal your answers Everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Mark saying Colorado,

Yanis, Colorado, Tressa, Nevada. Clay, are you gonna say thank you? Clay pulled it off. Randall says Colorado. Clay, Utah, Brent, Utah, Brody, Colorado. What'd you have down originally, buddy? Nevada. The two states are Colorado and Utah.

Colorado and Utah. About 80% of Dinosaur National Monument's 200,000 acres are in Colorado. The federal land is famous for its ancient history from dino bones that are 150 million years old to petroglyphs that are a thousand years old. It's also where the Yampa River meets the Green River. Question three. The topic is woodsmanship. You had a one in 25 chance of getting that right.

There's two states. Two states. Topic is woodsmanship. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Austin Radcliffe for sending this great question. Austin 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 themeedeater.com.

Merriam-Webster defines this six letter word as quote, a disease or injury of plant marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts. This is question three, The topic is Woodsmanship, Brody and Mark and Randall already have an answer. Merriam-Webster defines this six letter word as a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and a death of parts. Our other four players have not picked up their whiteboard yet. Mark, you have this one right? I think so. Okay.

Randall Brody, you boys. All that reading finally pays off. All that reading finally pays off, you're right. You boys have this one right as well? The answer's not Nevada. Okay. Nor is it Maple. Brody's got it too. Do you have it, Randall? The answer is not Nevada, okay Nor is it maple Brody's got it too. Do you have it Randall?

letter word a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions withering and death of parts How you feel about that answer clay low odds, okay, oh Wait disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions withering and death of parts I think from the time the first person writes their answer down the clock should start ticking. Oh That's it. Yeah in other words As if the clock actually has any sort of power I mean, we've never really set a time. No no clearly just for effect. It's for color

Yeah, honest, I think we're waiting on you. The ad people probably wouldn't be happy about a strict timer. That's right. Clay declared that he knows it, but doesn't know it. I can fly a plane, but I can't fly one. Six letter word, a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of legions, withering, and death of parts Yanni were waiting on Yeah, I'm not gonna come up with go ahead and reveal your answers We have mark saying blight Yanis and Tressa without an answer Randall says blight clay abscess

Brent wither Brody blight they got it the correct answer is blight most Good job boys. Most blights are caused by bacterial or fungal infestations and spread by insects, wind, and water. They will commonly hit gardens, infecting tomatoes, potatoes, and apples. A parasitic fungal blight from Asia is also what nearly drove the American chestnut to extinction. Question four. I've got some aspens with some blight. How do you know? Just visually they're not looking too good.

Leaves pop out, they look great for a couple three weeks and then they have some. Anything you can do about it? Lesions and withering. I've got that. Anything you can do about it right now? It comes from stress it comes from stress. Oh. Yeah, they're just You gotta be nicer to them. They're just in a weird place. Question four, the topic is fishing. This brand whose name combines a type of cat and man's name

claims to make, quote, the world's best spinning lures. This brand whose name combines a type of cat and man's name claims to make the world's best Brody? You got it over there? Oh yeah buddy. How do I always know when Brody has it? He's like I think we should get a decibel meter put it in the middle of the table. Whoever can slam their board loudest wins. Steve would win. Sure confident. Steve would be the trivia goat. Brody, the only confident player on question four. Best spinning lures.

This brand whose name combines a type of cat and man's name claims to make the world's best spinning lures. Brody, can you say anything about this brand? No I'm not saying a word. Okay. Come on. I'm not saying a word. Where's Max?

That little cheater, we need him in there. The other six players. Poor Max. Max really is not a cheater. He just talks, he talks out loud though. Hey I don't think I got it right but I may come up with a great brand name. Okay you have a type of cat and a man's name? Yeah.

Okay, good. We'll be entertained at the very least. I mean, it actually could be something for us. I'm thinking about not putting it on there. Okay. Just put a little copyright thing. Yeah, good idea. Good idea, Brad.

Well, we could get it copyrighted before this episode comes out in like five days. I can only think of one type of carrot right now His brand whose name combines a tabby cat and man's I hadn't thought of that one Yeah, I'm going through all of the types of spinning domestic cats that I made a not a domestic I could name all of I could name more characters from the musical cats than I could actual house Okay, name all the characters from the musical Cats than I could actual house cats. Okay, name all the characters from Cats. Magical Mr. Mistoffelings.

Okay, there's one. There's one you just don't tell, Randall. There's one, you got one. The Rum Tum Tiger. Okay. Phil, I trust that you would catch him if he gets one wrong. No, I do not like Cats. Oh, okay.

Nobody likes Cats, right? Good for you, Phil. That's kind of the thing about the the play cats is nobody likes it No, kind of yeah people's people scorched that movie. I haven't seen the movie I thought Phil just many didn't like cats in general. Oh, no, I can't publicly say that or else I'll have to file for divorce. Oh, I like this. I do not like cats the musical I like the song moonlight, but I don't think that's a name of a cat You're thinking of memories Oh memories, that's right. Maybe moonlight is a cat memories are all alone in the moonlight

That's a lyric. Oh, isn't there a yeah, that's right One more time. The question is this brand whose name combines boy guys again And man's name claims to make the world's best not the tiger. It's it's tugger. Does everybody give up? Give me some more film Give a mongo Jerry And reveal your answers. We've got our gang it Brody. I knew that anathno He says the Siamese Spencer Yanis says blue Fox Tressa Tom Tom. I like that. That's a navigation Randall says Panther Martin. Did you know that one or did you just come up with it at the last second?

I knew that one okay. I think I had to get there clay says Trademarked tiger dance bill bill dance bill dance gotta go okay tiger you need to explain that to you Famous fisherman and then tiger is the type of cat. When he does a place play, his hand goes like this. And we have Brent without an answer and Brody saying Panther Martin. He got it and Randall got it. The correct answer is Panther Martin. Spinner. Panther Martin was founded in 1958 and has sold over 125 million lures

since then. Their famous design features a blade that's mounted directly on the lures wire shaft. They claim it's one of the world's top lures for catching trout, salmon, bass, pike, muskie, and crappie as well as a variety of saltwater species. Question 5. So they see the ol' tiger dance spinner. Question 5. The topic is cooking. Food and Wine magazine defines this action as quote, Butterflying a whole bird so that it opens up like a book and lays flat. Clay and Brant are getting their mojo back. They both seem like they know this one. It's question five.

Food and Wine magazine defines this action as butterflying a whole bird so that it opens up like a book and lays flat. What was this question? Brent, Brent, I like this. This is a new innovation as well, is telling the competition that it's the wrong number of letters when the number of letters aren't specified. But that actually helped me spell it right. I had an extra letter in there. Food and Wine Magazine defines this action as butterflying a whole bird so that it opens up

like a book and lays flat. I don't want to be accused of cheating, but I've seen Clay write all of his answers. I just want to disclose that. Okay. For the viewing audience. I think you've answered first so far. Yanni, do you have this one right?

Yes. Okay. MeatEater Host Roast knows the answer. Maybe old Mark Kenyon's just been a little more reading on cooking chicken. Oh, you watch Clay when he goes to do that Clay's Playing thing. This is the hand. Is it silencing the other speakers? I don't know.

I think Clay's just being a good podcaster when he does his explaining. That's right. He's very good. Clay, don't let them stop you. Thank you. That's exactly what I needed. Yesterday, around the table, it was like an intervention. They were like, Clay? You relapse Clay. You get right back into it. Come on it! That's just what I needed. When I do my hand like that I feel like I'm

pushing down the competition under the water. Vile. That's good. Always vile. Like a drowning thing. They thr rash and I don't let up We're gonna get a scoreboard update from Philly engineer down the ignorance mark. Are you ready? Yeah, it's like a baptism having one of those things where it's like the letters I have like the sounds in my mind, but like the words not coming together, okay? It's like dyslexia of some kind and equal right now on you this

Give him a good tip. I don't think this is a fun word They're all fun words You know what I think it is a fun word go ahead and love you your answers if we have Marcus saying Spitch cock come on Yeah, that's cock Tracer says spotch Randall clay Brent and Brody say spatch cock. What do you guys think about mark come on one letter? That's no spelling mark reads way too much. He didn't know that How many points does he have people would give this I think being one letter off

I think I'd give it to him spelling doesn't count then the noises are like spelling if it like that's not that's a different word Well when Brant told me it had six letters actually spelled spatch right I had it splatch You know what you're right it's Splatchcock. Splatchcock. I had an L in that. That would have been a difficult word. You know what, you're right, Britt. Splatchcock sounds like a vanilla Disney film. Yeah, that's a good point. If you can look at the answer and phonetically get to

the way that it's pronounced, exactly, then I think that it should be correct. It's probably the second closest vowel to being but it's not the same word. This is the argument. Yannis just explained it perfectly. Here's the way.

Clay and I would say the same word, but if you heard the way he says it, you would spell it differently than the way you might spell it given how I would say it. Would they say Splitchcock in Michigan? No, but there's no L in this. I'm saying we're going to give it to Mark. I agree.

Yeah. Splatch cocking is done to make a bird cook more evenly. It also allows the meat to cook faster, get crispier, and add more flavor through seasoning or smoke. To see the process, go watch Cal's video on themeatdeater.com called How to Spatchcock a Duck. Then check out Danielle's recipe called Spatchcock Pheasant. Or buy our cookbooks.

There you go, buy a cookbook. And then do it for your thanks Give her a file to protest simplify your life. They'll give us a scoreboard update. We're halfway through the game of trivia Sure thing. We've got grizzabella with four rumple teaser with three jelly. Oh, sorry. Those are characters in the musical cats We have Tressa with one point Lessons in Spanish we have Tressa with one point Yannis clay and Brent are tied up with three points a piece Mark and Brody have four and in first place with five points and a perfect game. It's dr. Randall I didn't realize mark had four. Yeah cock like

Come on, buddy Hand-drawn you had a point and I see it now Question six regret that around question nine or ten Not and I see it now. Question six! You're gonna be regrettin' that around question nine or ten, maybe. Not if I run it out. You searched for your informant, who disappeared without a trace. You knew there were witnesses, but lips were sealed. You swept the city, driving closer to the truth, while curled

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Question 6. The topic is haunting. This next great question is via Kayla Peddison. Eric Foreman intentionally misses a 10-point buck during Wisconsin's deer season in a 2000 episode of this sitcom. Mark Kenyon, the only player to answer so far. This is question six. The topic is hunting. Eric Forman intentionally misses a 10-point buck during Wisconsin's deer season in a 2,000 episode of this sitcom Tressa also has this one right How about you Randall? I don't know I I know exactly what it is. I'm just blanking on the name of it. Okay 2000

2000 episode of this sitcom Brody I don't see you worried about the time over there. I don't watch sitcoms. Me either. I live in one. Phil, without giving anything away, do you love this show? Did you love this show? At the time, yes.

This was in heavier red. That's a hot tip right there. I think that would clue people in, Spencer. Okay. As to my TV watching preferences preferences like this when I was nine years old Feel like this show Eric Foreman intentionally misses a 10-point buck during Wisconsin's deer season in a 2000 episode of this Sitcom I'll also say I own several seasons of this on DVD in box sets Okay, wow and you still own those I do not know. Oh some goodwill has I have not watched this show

Probably since then to be honest, but it was it was a good time At the time I'm still holding on to box sets of old DVDs and stuff I feel I don't know why you got a DVD player Clay's gonna have an intervention for you about owning too many DVD box sets. I just feel bad throwing them away. Clay Newcomb, do you know any sitcoms from the year 2000? I don't know any sitcoms from the year 2025. Okay. I, I, yeah.

How about you Brent? I think I got it. You do? I think I got it you do I think I got okay Randall that meant a real I can tell you I can tell you several cast members from this and character wait for it It's a hint for it. They're heading though. They hadn't been a real good sitcom since Andy Griffith So based on what Randall said this is a sitcom that has more than one character. Yeah, that's that's the tip Brody do you have a shot at this one? Keep going. You guys talked for like 15 minutes about these earlier questions. Brody how many sitcoms from the year 2000 can you name? Was Friends on then? Oh I don't know. Okay Randall is going to his whiteboard now. He remembered. He intentionally misses a 10 it buck during Wisconsin's deer season in a 2,000 episode of this sitcom. I'm okay. Can I give it?

I know it's fun fun in Spencer. Yeah, thank you. Go ahead Let's hold off on it. Let's hold off. Oh, come on. Yeah, you should really love this show Wisconsin's deer season. I know yeah, I think we should go move on. Yeah, it's everybody ready here Go ahead Donnie's and I gotta write something down go ahead and reveal your answers. Oh We have Mark saying that 70 show Yanni says parks and rec Tressa and Randall say that 70 show Show. Clay says Friends, Brent says That 70s Show, Brody without an answer. My wife used to watch that show a lot. The correct answer is That 70s Show. All I could think of was Wilmer Valderrama and Dazed and Confused.

Fez. Close. Yeah, yeah. The episode is full of campy moments that would make Brody Henderson roll his eyes some examples The guns have absolutely no recoil the family spits out BBs when eating a deer that was killed with a bolt-action rifle One bucks rack is from a mule deer despite them being in Wisconsin and another deer that runs through camp is a reindeer Nice, that's 70 show. That's the show where they smoke pot in the basement. Right. Yeah. And then they'd have a camera angle. Like if you put the camera in the center of this table and it'd look right at Brody and then Clay says something, it turned to Clay. There'd be a lot of smoke in the air. That's 70s show.

Question seven. The topic is cooking this nine letter native fruit, which is used to make jelly and wine, is known as the Grape of the South. That's a bone. I would say. This nine letter native fruit, which is used to make jelly and wine,

is known as the Grape of the South. I don't know, I think having the Dinosaur National Monument question, maybe that's a bone for you Westerners or the panther Martin question Southerners those two didn't even know a panther Martin existed I'm pretty sure panther my not anglers From New York is that where they are what's the company that makes them in? Oh, it's MEPs. That's it Oh, it's Meps. That's it. Meps Squirrel Tail program.

They're over, I think, but I think they're like Meps Aglia is in Europe somewhere. Phil, what was your antidote about that 70s show? It wasn't an anecdote. It was just a, I was going to say like a former guest of the Meat Eater podcast as guest star on this show. It was Teddy Nuggets. Ted Nugent was in an episode. I thought that might be too obvious. I think I would give it away. Mmm. That would not have helped me. Yanni Wisconsinfell, you should like that show. That show was supposedly in Wisconsin? That's why Marcus likes it so much.

It's got a lot of Great Lakes pride, I imagine, right Mark? I don't know. That era of my life? This nine letter native fruit, which is used to make jelly and wine is known as the grape of The South is everybody ready Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Mark saying Muscatine Yana says muscadine Tressa Concord

Randall if you have an answer without nine letters, I don't think it should be accepted Clay say muscadine Brent says Clay does Clay say muscadine. Brent says persimmon. Clay does not say muscadine. Read his answer, please. Muscadine. That ain't nine letters. Oh! I left out a... Okay. Brody and Brent say persimmon. The correct answer is muscadine.

I think we'll give it to Clay. We'll give it to Mark. Thanks to Chili's hat. You're gonna give it to Clay? He knows what a muscadine is. It said nine letter. Oh, I didn't even count. I was so confident I didn't even count. Yeah.

I wrote that answer down and I thought, you never heard anybody make persimmon wine. I'm sure there's people that do it. Come on. Muscadine have a rich color and thick skin with a sweet flavor that has a hint of tartness. Their native range stretches from Maryland to Texas. Cherokee people use them to make raisins, sweet drinks, and medicine and today it's estimated there

are about 150 vineyards in the south that use them to make wine. You find them in the woods you will find the Coons. Okay, it's good to know. You got any muscadine on your property Clay Newcomb? No, I don't have any that we grow. He's got some mucidine though. Yeah, I've got some mucilix. No, muscadine, I love muscadine grapes. We just eat them wild because they're going to be ripe in October. And many a times I've been riding my mule and just got a belly full of muscadines just going through the woods eating them and you spit out the seed. There's a, I've been riding my mule and just got a belly full of muscadines just going through the woods eating them And you spit out the seat. There's a I actually did a little

Tutorial one time on on the correct way to eat a muskadine. Oh, okay Yeah, how many of your neighbors make muscadine wine? Yeah, I don't know any of that dude now I know plenty that make muscadine jelly. Okay. Yeah, that would be a thing On an episode with Kevin Murphy, I believe we had Muscadine wine at the meal scene. I can't remember if he brewed it or if one of his buddies brewed it, but it was great. It was, you know, reused grape wine bottles and the label was a chunk of duct tape and then someone just took a ballpoint pen and wrote down You know Kevin Murphy came up with some crazy name for this one apparently muskadine goes well with mules Hearing from you and clay

Wild in your neck of the woods what's the what the other native fruit that we talked about all balls? Yeah pop-ons Banana yeah, that's also a native to Michigan They're the custard banana. That's also native to Michigan. Question 8, the topic is fishing. The Tennessee River, Kentucky River, and Cumberland River are direct tributaries to what other river? The Tennessee River, Kentucky River, and Cumberland River are direct tributaries to what other river?

Hmm, Randall, Brody, and Mark already have their answer. Is question eight, we'll get another scoreboard update from Phil after this. Tennessee River, Kentucky River, and Cumberland River are direct tributaries to what other river? Does Brody know? No. I got an answer. At this point I can't win. You think about just leaving?

Yeah, I mean, you know. I think about it all the time. It's embarrassing. You got tenure. I don't want to be here anymore. And you have tenure. Clay, do you have this one right? I think so.

Okay. How about you, Brent? I'm one letter either way here. Okay. I think we're just waiting on Yanni. If spelling is an issue on this one, you may be on the wrong river. Okay, they're saying. Geez, man.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. Go ahead and start throwing rocks. We have Mark saying Ohio, Yannis, Ohio, Tressa, Red. Randall says Ohio, Clay, Ohio, Brent, Mississippi, Brody, Ohio. The correct answer is the Ohio River. Solid River. The Ohio River starts in Pittsburgh and travels across six states before dumping into the Mississippi near Cairo, Illinois.

Measured by volume, it's the largest tributary to the Mississippi River, providing drinking water for 5 million people. Then let's get a scoreboard update before question nine. Let's do it. Let me do some. Oh yeah. Looks like Janice Clay, Brent Trusse and Brody Henderson are all out of the running for the win. It is down to Mark Kenyon, who has seven points and Randall Williams who has eight.

Let's go Mark. I'm going to start playing with Mark. Man. These last two. Question nine, the topic is conservation. This four word term is defined as, quote, a theory that explains how individuals acting in their own self-interest can deplete a shared resource. Randall and Mark already writing down their answer. This probably won't change anything on the scoreboard based on their confidence.

This four-word term is defined as a theory that explains how individuals acting in their own self-interest can deplete a shared resource. The topic is conservation. Bro do you have this one right? Yep. Just wait. Mark knows it. Yeah I got it. Really? Yes sir. Is that a surprise you Clay? Not really. Randall do you know this one? I do, I do. Four word term. I need Randall to slip up. Come on. It's a tough question to ask an environmental historian, Spencer.

Who's the environmental historian? Oh, okay. Pointed at himself. Four word term is defined as a theory that explains how individuals acting in their own self interest can deplete a shared resource. Do our other players give up? I mean, I could write something cute. Just not in the mood though.

Mark, you got an answer? Yes, sir. He says he's got a right answer. But old Randy knows it. Mark you got an answer. Yes, sir. He says he's got a right answer, but all Dr. Environmental Introduced this term in the book a plague of sheep by the historian Eleanor Melville, okay That was in 2007 all right go ahead and reveal your answers We have mark saying tragedy of the commons. Janis and Tressa without an answer.

Randall says tragedy of the commons. Clay and Brent without an answer. Brody says big dumb game hog. The correct answer is tragedy of the commons. The tragedy of the commons theory was introduced by an ecologist in 1968. It explains that if self-interested individuals have unlimited access to public resources, then they'll become over-exploited and everyone loses.

This social dilemma can apply to hunting, fishing, foraging, forestry, water, pollution, mining, and grazing. Phil, let's get one last scoreboard update before question 10. Mark now has eight points and Randall still with a perfect game and coming up question 10 has nine points. Randall, are your hands shaking? What did you learn today? The coffee and the absence of good food in my stomach and has Randall had a perfect game before Yep, I'd say for a little I think you're your hair Helps you like hold in intelligence

There's well some historical reference to people with long hair. I'm helping them Samson. Yeah. Yeah Well, I did strength. I had a I had a sick mullet in high school. Hmm That's when he was at the strongest. And I cut it off. And then the very next football game, I broke my leg. Oh, wow. Never again. You know, that's pretty hard evidence. Question 10. The topic is woodsmanship. This is a great question is via Scott Waller.

The USDA declares the water blank is the most violently toxic plant that grows in North America. The USDA declares the water blank is the most violently toxic plant that grows in North America. Brody, once you heard tragedy the commons, did you recognize that phrase? How about you, Clay Newcomb? I did recognize it. Never heard it. The Randall was talking about a sheep.

What a sheep grazing. A plague of sheep. Yes. That's like the classic example. Buffalo is also the classic example. Buffalo is also the classic example. I'm reading a an article right now that's titled are all commons tragedies. Mmm. Again we're on question 10. The topic is woodsmanship. I can only think of one plant that begin that. Mm-hmm. The USDA declares the water blank is the most violently toxic plant that grows in North America

We need Randall to get this wrong and mark to get this right to go to overtime Randall do you think you have this one right like I said I I've got one plant that begins with I can think of a snake Yeah, that's that's toxic that begins with water I was hoping that was gonna be the question Brody do you have this one right mmm I doubt it is everybody ready to answer go ahead and reveal your answers we have Mark saying crest oh Yana says Lily Tressa says Lily Randall says water Lily clay Lily Brent Lily Brody, Lillie. The correct

answer is Hemlock. Nobody got that one right. That means Randall is our winner with nine correct answers. Just a small amount of water hemlock will cause violent seizures and death. It's found across much of the country, growing in wet meadows and along banks of streams. The plant has small white flowers that form umbrella-like clusters. Those who get poisoned by water hemlock are often foragers who think they're eating wild carrots. Water hemlock. Has anybody heard of that? Heard of hemlock? No. Hemlock grows on the side of the

highway in Arkansas and there's another one Queen Anne's Lace it looks very similar you can make jelly out of one. Grab a water hemlock. You can make jelly out of one and a funeral out of the other. Randall is our winner today with nine correct answers comes up short of the perfect game on question 10 what are you gonna do with your $500 today Randall? I'd like to donate my $500 to the Gunnison Wildlife Association. Okay, well what should we know about them? I received a message from John Kessler. He is a trivia connoisseur, history lover, and firearm enthusiast. And he's a devourer of cased meat, he also proclaims. A real real randomal. And they are, he's part of the random ol and they are they are is one of the is part of the tribe and they are

Fundraising to fund a paid position to expand their grassroots work for wildlife and more time What's it called the Gunnison Wildlife Association? $500 going their way Randall was so confident that he was getting out his phone to look up that message while we were on question Well, I just needed the details the deets Randall's so good at this that there's the possibility of some corruption. Not on Randall's part. My part? No, no, no, no, on the people's part.

Like if I were out there and were a conservation org, I would be like trying to buddy up with Randall and try to fund my organization. Yep, I got another. And I'd probably be sending him stuff in the mail I'd be inviting him on that's true. That's literally what this Instagram message clay that's it's like that long. I got another one lined up here for okay I mean it used to would have been Brody, but And it's never been you

No. And it's never been you. Clay Brentsmark, thanks for joining us. We're going to do more trivia the next time you visit town. Join us next week for more Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. Yeah, Spencer from South Dakota, he's the host. Using those smooth mellow tones, Dieter Wörtel. Hey, Spencer Neuhearth here to tell you about an exciting new project. I am thrilled to introduce Mediator Wordle.

It's a word game where you- Wait, wait, wait. You can't call it that. Why? Well, because of copyright stuff. That name is probably property of the New York Times or something. Oh, well, what should we call it? I don't know.

What is it exactly? Well, it's a lot like Wordle. Players get six tries to solve a five-letter word from categories like hunting, fishing, animals, nature. Then you get to compare your score to the scores from the MeatEater crew, and new games will drop every Monday morning on our website. I think the perfect name would kind of sound like Wirtle. You know, have two syllables and end with L-E. Oh, and it has to be an outdoorsy word.

Hmm. Introducing MeatEater Turtle. it's like wordle but better. You can play it right now at themeedeater.com slash games