The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 718: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLXIX

Episode Date: June 18, 2025

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Janis Putelis, Max Barta, Alec Zimmer, and Sarah Delany. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and YouTube Clips Subscribe to MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an iHeart Podcast. Steve Ronella here. The American West with Dan Flores is a new podcast production on the MeatEater Podcast Network. It's hosted by author and historian Dan Flores, who happens to be mine and our own Dr. Randall's former professor. By focusing on deep time, wild animals, native peoples in the

West's unique environments, Flores will challenge your understanding of the American West and he will help to explain why it is the way it is today. I count Dan Flores as a friend. We do not agree on everything, but he has had a massive impact on my understanding of American history and I invite you to get challenged by him in the same way that I have. Catch the premiere of the American West with Dan Flores on Tuesday May 6th on the MeatEater Podcast Network. Subscribe to the American West with Dan Flores on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Listen to Dan and it will stretch your brain all out. And I mean that in a very good way. 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, Brody, Randall, Alec, Max and Sarah. This is a 10 round quiz show with questions from Meat Eaters 4 Verticals which are hunting, fishing, conservation and cooking and This is a 10 round quiz show with questions from MeatEaters four verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. And there is a prize. MeatEater will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing.

For the stat of the week this week, we're celebrating a MeatEater trivia milestone. Brody Henderson has become the only player in MeatEater trivia history and the first player to achieve 50 career wins. But how did that happen? I lost the last time I played. Well I hadn't updated the wins tracker. When I went back in looks I learned that Brody's become the first player to 50 wins that's almost as many as Steve and Randall have combined. So well done, bro.

Thank you, thank you. I find that shocking. I think you're around 30 and Steve's around 20. Yeah, Steve's not. So, can't wait. Steve don't play no more. That's right. I thought you would've brought some like flowers and streamers for Brody.

Well, we're trying to get Brody's love for trivia back. Long career, long. Yeah, long in the tooth now. I've love for trivia back. Long career. Long. Yeah. Long in the tooth now. I've been playing just as long as you, buddy. Just not as successful as you have. I'm not at my level though.

Not as successful. That's right. Yeah, I think last week we learned Brody has a 40% win rate, which across the decades he's been playing, good enough to give him 50 wins. You're a smart guy, Brody. Yeah. Now here's our infrequently asked questions segment. If you have a trivia related question for our crew, send it to trivia at the meateater.com with the subject

line IFAQ. Tyler Park says, I'm tired of my kid making me listen to the same episodes of MeatEater Kids. Please tell me more or on the way soon. Phil, give them an update. Oh, sure. Tyler, we have five new episodes, uh, that are going to air starting June 30th. So just a couple of weeks away, uh, five new episodes. Um, there's going to be a couple of changes. Uh, Clay is taking over the why it's the way it is segments. You'll get some, uh, some Appalachian. Southern perspective, Southern voice. Exactly.

We got Maggie Hublow doing, guess that critter this season. And, uh, then Spencer, you're still doing a kid kids trivia. Southern voice exactly we got Maggie hub low doing guess that critter this season and Then Spencer you're still doing kid kids trivia But that'll be five weeks in a row starting to June 30th and it's on the meat eater kids Podcast feed that's very important If you want to listen this you have to go find just type in meat eater kids on Spotify I heart Apple wherever you're listening meat eater kids you will find that feed. It's every Monday starting June 30th for five straight weeks. What are you doing, Randall? I'm doing my Sandal Crane call. Do it again. Oh, I lost it. Oh, I had a real nice spot on my board. That was doing that.

All right, we have some housekeeping. Sorry. On a previous episode of Kids Trivia. I asked a question about which of these animals is not found in Lake Erie. The choices were alligator, Canada goose, and largemouth bass, and of course the right answer was alligator. But two weeks after that episode dropped, local news stations picked up an interesting story. Play the clip, Phil. All right, how about this one? Search is still on for a small alligator

in Erie, Pennsylvania. It was caught on video last week. It's my hometown. Just off of the shore of Lake Erie. Yeah, and it's lovely. It is lovely, right? And it's very unclear how this, what they're saying, three to four foot alligator

ended up in Lake Erie. But I have a guess. I suspect that it may come. That's not a log. They suspect it may have been. You see the eyeballs there. It's looking at you. I don't know.

It may have been. Non native species into the wild. It's against the law here in Pennsylvania. Looks like an area. No longer they don't want the animal. And wildlife officials did search for that gator and although they said they found tracks, they never actually caught the reptile. But more importantly, that means for that question, a meteor kids trivia, there was no wrong answer. So retroactively, everyone got it right. The Gator in Erie,

Pennsylvania. You're one of those people that all kids get a trophy, huh? Well, as soon as that local news station told me that there were Gators in Lake Erie, they were all right. Brody, did you hear about that news being that it was your hometown? No, I did not. But I feel like that happened like once a year one of those things pops up somewhere it's not supposed to be. Season 3 of Meat Eater Kids will be available on the Meat Eater Kids podcast feed starting June 30th. The Shelby Index for today is a 4 so our winner should get 8 correct answers.

With that we're onto the game of trivia. Play the drop Phil. Look I need to know what I stand to win. Everything. How's that? Just tend to win everything. Game on suckers! I'm so ready. Question one, the topic is trapping and as always this will be multiple choice. According to the Beaver Institute, this is a beaver's least favorite tree. Is it pine, willow, aspen, or cherry? According to the Beaver Institute, this is a beaver's least favorite tree. Pine, willow, aspen or cherry. What did you write down, Max?

Same answer you did. How do you know? You two like sitting next to each other. And I like that you guys like it. I like his answer. Just because it's the same as mine. But I know he won't win, so it's okay. I'm going to kick your butt today.

Randall likes his baby Billy shirt that he wore it again this week. Yeah two straight weeks in a row. Imagine that. Did you wash it? Same shorts. Pretty clean. Yeah I'm still full from that ham sandwich I ate just prior to last week's episode. Randall rolled in with a Container full of a ham sandwich. What was that specifically? ham Swiss cheese

Little yellow mustard little mayonnaise. Okay cut diagonally. Yeah go wrong I like you trying to lose some weight today by wearing a rain jacket in this hot ass room? It's actually not too bad. It breathes. Yeah. Come on, it's not cheap. Is that a flash storm? It's a flash storm. New colors these days, I'm told.

Maybe he knows something's about to happen that we don't know. According to the Beaver Institute, this is a beaver's least favorite tree, Pine Willow Aspen Cherry. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Janice saying pine. Sarah says cherry. Randall cherry. Alec pine.

Max pine. Brody pine. The correct answer is pine. Yes, yes! Four of our players got that one right. Brody, what a way to start. Beavers tend to avoid conifers, such as pines, spruces, firs, and hemlocks

because they have lower nutritional value and too much resin. Their preferred species include alder, aspen, apple, birch, cherry, cottonwood, poplar, and willow. Ranking lower on the list are the hardest hardwoods such as hickory, maple, and oak. Interesting. The fact that there's a thing called the Beaver Institute is either Institute I don't think they would approve though of what we like to do with beavers here I think they're oh they're like they're very pro beaver to the point where they don't like trappers trapping me I don't know that for certain I think that's what they probably relocate. We're pro beaver too. We are. We like a different way. Question two. The topic is fishing. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Alex Frost for sending this great question.

Alex 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 the meat eater dot com. Listener question of the week, then send your question to trivia at TheMeatEater.com. Located between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the Bay of Blank has the highest tides in the world. This is where I go downhill. Located between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the Bay of Blank has the highest tides in the world. Why do we think it was cherry on that last one Randall? Decided I have too much flavor for him. I thought cherry was a harder wood than the others He's just reeling from the loss last week. Yeah, I'm still having problems. Sorry guys. Let me get cell phones off the table

We're getting some fuzz. Oh hell Don't refill my amateur hourateur hour. Munsen-Airplane mode. Located between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Max has done care about hiding his board at all. He has the highest tides in the world. Well it's just I don't have the answer yet. I was actually just reading about Buffalo hunters making pegs for staking out their hides and cherry was one of the woods that they liked to split to make pegs. Somehow that informed my thinking. Where were they getting that?

Where? They also, a lot of times didn't know what they're talking about when they're writing down. Calling something else. But I believe them. The Beaver Institute, they said, "'Beavers are our partners in protecting and restoring the planet.

Maybe it's children. Our free Beaver Library has been crowd sourced for your benefit from Beaver Basics to Beaver History information on beaver management and climate change. So I don't know what their stance is on anything. I think based on that, you don't typically trap and skin your partner ecosystem restoration Located between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia the Bay of blank has the highest tides in the world is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Yanis saying fundy Sarah says Montreal

Randall fund Fundy. Alec, Queens. Max, Salmon. Brody, Fundy. The correct answer is Fundy. The highest tidal range worldwide, or the average tidal range worldwide is 3.3 feet, but at the Bay of Fundy, it's 52 feet.

The Bay has such extreme tides because the waves oscillate almost perfectly in sync with the lunar cycle. The inlet's funnel-like shape also plays a role, creating the biggest tide swings at the back of the Bay. It's pretty amazing. 52 feet. That's crazy. Big tide.

Question three, the topic is wildlife. According to the U.S US Fish and Wildlife Service, this is the most widespread turtle species in North America. Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Schirr's answer with Brody this time around. No. According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, this is the most widespread turtle species in North America. Did we not have this question already? We did not. I know what you're thinking.

We have not had this question. Oh, so maybe I'm thinking of that answer. Spencer, whenever anyone challenges you on the repetition of a question, has anyone ever been right? I'm pretty sure they have. No, because I haven't repeated any questions. I go back and I check. Yeah, I just remember a question that made me think, I don't know that much about turtles. We can address that after this. According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, this is the most widespread turtle species in North America

Brody still working on his answer over here. Do they have these turtles? You know, I don't know that many kinds of turtles give us a give us a Labrador example Not gonna do that. Yeah, you just say labrador. That was your answer, but dog ain't gonna cut it Labrador that was your answer, but dog ain't gonna cut dog Green red turtle species start listing colors America. Does this turtle have a shell? To live on land or water is this turtle have a heart Okay Go ahead and reveal

We have Yanis Says painted paint is the right answer ready Alex says painted Max says painted Brody says softshell and he crossed out painted my crossed out box correct answer Is painted? Are found in 45 states and eight provinces. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service separates them into four subspecies, the Western, the Eastern, the Southern, and the Midland.

It's also the most common state reptile in America. That was a trivia question at our Michigan event. It was, what's the most common state reptile in America? The correct answer was the painted turtle. Yeah the red is a red ear a turtle a red ear slider I think that is a turtle yes that's like the one in Central Park in New York for the topic is gear this next great question is via Justin Roe bar the minis this Minnesota boot brand shares its name with a professional hockey team. Max and Randall already have their answer. Max

with a little emphasis on his writing there. This Minnesota boot brand shares its name with a professional hockey team. I can't wait for scoreboard updates. Proud of you Gibronis getting that painted turtle question right. Max isn't a Gibroni. We've widened the definition to Gibroni to just not be like, you know, not one of the heavy hitters. So it's like five or less wins. Sure. Or ten maybe. Sure.

Ten's a lot of wins. Ten is a lot of wins. One's a lot of wins. Is my ex Steve almost a jabroni? This Minnesota boot brand shares its name with a professional hockey team. I better get this one. Hometown. Let's quit talking. Let's quit talking. Oh.

Let's quit talking. Whoa. What? Giving out a lot of hints. What kind of boots? Just boots. Boots. Boots.

That seems like a pretty big hint. Sarah, do you have this one right? I think so. Okay. It's a prof- I have a professional hockey team that also makes boots on my board. So. Okay.

Randall, do you have this one? Right? Yes. No hesitation. You don't, you don't like the small talk that's happening? I don't like, I feel like we're giving out a lot of time for what should be a no brainer. He's now joined them.

Yanni, do you like your answer? Very much. Okay. Why don't you ask me if I like your answer I'll ask you Max do you like Brody's answer no This Minnesota brand shares its name with a professional hockey team When Spencer asked you that I don't change my answer after the fact. I just roll with it. Yannis, do you know where Alec's from? Maybe. I have a general geographic area. I did not know that this was your hometown.

He didn't totally give it away. I didn't know that either. I don't know. Actually, the other thing about it is... Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Yanni and Sarah and Randall and Alec and Max saying Red Wing. Brody says Bruins. The correct answer is Red Wing. Are you from Michigan, Alec? I love winning.

No. Minnesota. Yeah, I know. Red Wing Boot Company. Did you just say that? As soon as I started asking, I was like, wait a second, you're lying. The Red Wing Boot Company is named after Red Wing, Minnesota, which is where the brand is headquartered.

The Detroit Red Wings are named after one of the team investors' childhood teams, the Winged Wheelers. The team was formerly known as the Cougars and the Falcons. Max just claimed victory already. No, no, no. Did he? I did not. Question five. The topic is cooking. Max just claimed victory already. No, no, no, no. Did he? I did not.

Question five, the topic is cooking. According to the New England Aquarium, one in two million lobsters are this color. Wow, five players, very quick to answer. Yanni is just observing. According to the New England Aquarium, one in two million lobsters are this color. Five confident players, now Yannis is joining them.

I don't know that I'm confident. Yeah, I'm not. Five players. One out of every two million lobsters. Very confident. How should I be aware of this? Sounds rather uncommon according to the news so many aquarium one and two million lobsters are this

color is everybody ready go ahead and reveal your answers we have young white Sarah says Randall says white Alec why it and Brody say blue. The correct answer is blue. Four of our players got that one right. Fisherman believes that catching a blue lobster is a sign of good luck. The unique coloring is due to an overabundance of a certain protein that turns the red pigments blue. Blue lobsters have sold for prices between $500 and $1,000. Do they turn red when you cook them? I don't know about that.

I don't think so. Does that apply to crayfish too? Probably not crayfish. I'm sure they stay blue. Phil we're halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard update. Max is very eager. Come on still give it to me.

Give it to me Phil. Well in last place with two points We have dr. Randall Williams clearly. There's something wrong with this game Randall you might consider cutting that t-shirt up $17 on it Baby Billy's Bible bonkers Yana Sarah and Brody have three points and tied up in first place, Jabronis, Alec and Max with four outlays. I'd like to think they could keep it up,

but I just don't. I'm just kidding. Yeah, we'll see. Question six. I'm rooting for you, Max. And you too, Alec. Oh, thanks. Steve Rinella here.

The American West with Dan Flores is a new podcast production on the MeatEater podcast network. It's hosted by author and historian Dan Flores, who happens to be mine and our own Dr. Randall's former professor. By focusing on deep time, wild animals, native peoples in the West's unique environments, Flores will challenge your understanding of the American West and he will help to explain why it is the way it is today.

I count Dan Flores as a friend. We do not agree on everything, but he has had a massive impact on my understanding of American history. And, uh, I invite you to get challenged by him in the same way that I have. Catch the premiere of the American West with Dan Flores on Tuesday, May 6th on the meat eater podcast network. Subscribe to the American West with Dan Flores on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Listen to Dan and it will stretch your brain all out. And I mean that in a very good way. Question six, the topic is conservation. This next great question is via Preston Domini. This Republican president signed the endangered species act into The topic is conservation. This next great question is via Preston Dominey This Republican president signed the Endangered Species Act into law in 1973 Brody Randall very confident in this one. It seems as though all of our players Are quick to answer this Republican president signed the Endangered Species Act into law in 1973

It's not my strength here, okay, this this falls under conservation. This is a conservation my weakest That's why you weren't invited to BHA, honey, yeah And they know I'm not drinking beer they like to drink a lot of beer there this weekend. Ooh boy, do they. Are you going Brody? No. Max wrote down the year. Too old?

Yeah, I'm trying to... no. Yeah, I don't... I'm just... I got other shit going on. This Republican president signed the Endangered Species Act into law in 1973. Max wrote down an answer. He's now revisiting his answer. Second thoughts. Democrat. Wow. Clinton was a Democrat.

Brody and Alec are both watching him putting a lot of pressure on Max. He also wasn't president in 1984. Oh, I know. But it's fun to think about. Max? What if he was? Oh! Ready? I'm not switching my answers.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Janis and Sarah and Randall saying Nixon. Alex says Teddy Roosevelt. Max, Ronald Reagan, Brody, Nixon. The correct answer is Richard Nixon. Shoot. Now the tides have turned, boys. Tricky dip. Woo! Shoot, now the times have turned boys.

Now we go downhill. The lead didn't last for very long. The landmark act had near unanimous approval by Congress. When Nixon signed the bill he said, quote, nothing is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed. Nixon to get more credit for being a conservation president. Clean Air and Water Act.

He signed that one as well. Question seven. The topic is woodsmanship. Merriam-Webster defines this six-letter word as, quote, the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forest. I feel like we're flying through this episode. It's going quick. Are you feeling the pressure now, Max? I feel like you threw Janus a bone on this one. Oh, I don't even know about that. It's recent activity. Yes, I have been opening up the blank. Oh, that was big. That was big. That is a big, big one. Max is the only one still working on his answer. And then you just gave Max the answer. I have no idea for trivia or we all just play in separate rooms. We can do Scantrons. That sounds fun. Actually Scantrons would be great. I've heard that Scantrons are making a comeback because of all the cheating kids

Thing where you fill in a bubble with a pencil Yeah, yeah, I don't know yeah, I haven't housed a scan Tron in a long time Yeah, we're just spell checking our answers over here. Do you have an answer man Max? I do have it, yeah. Again, we are on question seven. Merriam-Webster defines this six-letter word as the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forest. Go ahead and reveal your answer. Everybody said canopy. Everybody got it right. Look at that. The correct answer is canopy. Come on, I need some tough questions so I can catch up with the some tough questions so I can catch up with the... Well there's been like 200 percent or something. This zone is also known as the Overstory. It serves critical functions such as rainfall,

interception, light absorption, nutrient cycling, and gas exchange. It also provides habitat for squirrels, bats, raccoons, owls, sloths, frogs, lemurs, parrots, and more. Yanni, you're opening up the canopy in Wisconsin, huh? Cutting back on that sloth population. Lemurs. What's that going to benefit for you? Uh, well, instead of the sunlight hitting the canopy, it will now hit the forest floor, allowing everything that's in that seed bank to flourish.

There you go. And actually I just got a report, my boys from the Bow and Jacob, they're helping me there from the US Fish and Wildlife Service. They were there walking it last week, getting prepping. They needed to see what was going on so they could tell me what herbicide I need to show up with next week.

And they said there are very few non-natives. Mm-hmm. That's very nice. That would have been a different report a few years ago before you started this project, or no? No, I think it would have been a different report a few years ago before you started this project or no? No, I think it would have been the same But it's just you know no one knows you know until you do the cut and things start popping I can't wait till you get a good buck. Oh yeah, someone gets a good buck out of there. Question eight the topic is cooking

Bread crumbs milk powder and soy meal are examples of this type of ingredient, which is added to sausage to make the meat stick together. Sarah Brody Randall. I'll have their answers already. Bread crumbs, milk powder, and soy meal are examples of this type of ingredient, which is added to sausage to make the meat stick together. Brody, did you like Max's answer?

I did. Okay. Max is really on top of it today. And with that hint that Yanis gave him, it's got a chance. Yanni has a blank whiteboard for this one. Maybe you need to give him a hint here, Max. How about we not do any of this? Let's just get engaged. As the points stand right now, this is probably the tightest game of trivia we've done. I love it. Randall's not having fun. Breadcrumbs, milk powder, and soy meal are examples of this is going okay. Randall's not having fun. Bread crumbs, milk powder, and soy meal

are examples of this type of ingredient. It's a little sweaty over there, Max. Which is added to sausage to make the meat stick together. Yanni still has a blank whiteboard. Alec, do you have this one right? I don't know. Maybe, okay. Hey Brody.

I need to do a big sausage session. Brody, let me see what you got. Brody, let me see what you got. No. Max, let me see what you got Brody. Let me see what you got Max let me see what you got Do you two agree that max and I have a thing okay, yeah, yeah, I just thought we could all gang up on you honest Bad about my performance So I don't feel as bad about my performance. Does that involve us throwing some questions so you can get level ground?

Mm-hmm. Yeah, I don't know if that's gonna happen. Yann stumbling on question eight. Bread crumbs, milk powder, and soy meal are examples of this type of ingredient, which is added to sausage to make the meat stick together. Is everybody ready? So ready.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Yannis sayingana saying bonding agent Sarah says binding Randall binding agent Alec binder max binder Brody binder the correct answer is binder No into binding agent. I don't think we're gonna give it to bonding People don't call it bonders Do you call it binders? They do call it binders. I don't know, binding, bonding, it's kind of close. Tomato, tomato.

The spelling usually doesn't matter. It's a different word. Besides getting the meat to bind to the fat, binders also prevent shrinkage and help with moisture retention. Without a binder, cased sausages are more likely to crumble when opened other than bread crumbs milk powder and soy meal Commonly used binders include cornstarch cornmeal oatmeal carrot fiber rice and eggs I feel like you don't really only need to add that stuff if there's not enough fat in there What do you use a binder?

I've used a binder sometimes like when I'm making burgers sometimes binder I've used a binder sometimes like when I'm making burgers sometimes like meatballs, pretty essential for meatballs. yeah sometimes I like to get that meat to bond together so it doesn't crumble apart. using a binder. what's your favorite bonding? James. Bill we have two questions left I'm excited. oh one letter off. who even knows what the score is anymore? Wow. Oh my goodness. That's a tight game there.

At question, after question eight, everyone is still in the game. Yannis and Randall have five points. Sarah, Alec, Max, and Brody are tied for first with six points. We need to find out if there's ever been a game where everyone's been in it this late. I doubt it. I don't think it this late. I doubt it. I don't think it's happened.

I don't think so. It's very exciting. You're going down with me. Question 9, the topic is hunting. This next great question is via Bruce Larson. Ducks Unlimited refers to these as, quote, decoys that imitate species you don't intend to shoot but are often found hanging around waterfowl. I got that one before Max and Max calls himself a duck hunter.

He doesn't have an answer yet, neither does Randall. Ducks Unlimited refers to these as decoys that imitate species you don't intend to shoot but are often found hanging around waterfowl Sarah do you have this one right? Uh highly doubt it. Okay, never even pointed a shotgun at a dog Randall do you have this one right? No How about you Alec? I think so It's this wrong. He's drawing pictures

Reynolds making a joke over there He's drawing pictures. Reinal's making a joke over there. Dog's Elimited refers to these as decoys that imitate species you don't intend to shoot, but are often found hanging around waterfowl. I think you're wrong. I think this is how you play trivia. I think we're ready. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Yanni saying confidence. Sarah, turn your answer around, Sarah. What's it say? Buddy decoys. Randall says decoy decoys. Alec and Max and Brody say confidence decoys. The correct answer is confidence decoys. Wow.

Confidence decoys are meant to add realism to spreads and make waterfowl feel safer about landing. Examples of confidence decoys include swans, coots, herons, seagulls, crows, cranes, and ducks when you're goose hunting, or geese when you're duck hunting. Do you use them, Max? When I was growing up, I was a proponent of like blue heron decoys or swan decoys but now I don't. I wish there's some truth to it for sure. Mm-hmm I wish other hunters would start using confidence decoys like imagine a

turkey hunter who put a deer decoy out. Or like a deer hunter who had a turkey decoy out there strutting around. I'd like that. Here's the correct answer review so far. One was pine tree, two, fundy, three, painted turtle, four, red wing, five, blue, six, Richard Nixon, seven, canopy, eight, binder, nine, confidence decoys. But let's get another scoreboard update before question 10. Oh geez. Unfortunately that last question has question 10. Tight. Oh, unfortunately that last question has eliminated Dr. Ray.

I could have never come up with the word confidence today. Everyone else. The last thing on my mind. Was this a Shelby and X was eight. It was an eight. On this one. Oh, we're, we're right there because Yannis

and Sarah have six points and tied for first are Alec, Max and Brody with seven Question ten the topic is biology The California Department of Public Health defines this ten-letter word as quote a virus that spreads through the urine droppings or saliva of wild rodents nobody my favorite question 10 stumpers the spelling question we may have a zero percenter though based on how our room looks you know unrelated to this question okay there are those there are those decoys for big game hunters

that are like cattle. Oh yeah, that's a confident decoy. I thought I'd add a little bit of value to this podcast. The 2D Antelope decoy. Yeah. Sneak behind. The California Department of Public Health defines this 10-letter word as a virus that spreads through the urine droppings or saliva of wild rodents This could be a zero percenter Nobody looks like they even have a prayer on this one. No, I my guess was nine letters Phil what have you gotten this right? Absolutely not. No. No, can I phone a friend? Who would know this you thought about rats I bet Steve would

Maybe the California Department of Public Health defines this ten-letter word as a virus that spreads through the urine droppings or saliva of wild rodents spreads through the urine droppings or saliva of wild rodents. Remind me, Phil, if nobody gets this right, who is going to overtime this week? Alec, Max and Brody. Yeah. Come on, just don't put anything down guys. Oh, Brody just, Brody just cut them off of the knees right now. That would be fun.

Brody's counting letters. That's probably not good for the rest of us. Well, he's counting letters and then he grabbed his chin and he's puzzled. So I think he might be a letter short or too many letters. Not good for the rest of us. Well, he's counting letters and then he grabbed his chin and he's puzzled, so. Think he might be a letter short or too many letters. A virus that spreads through the urine, droppings, or saliva of wild rodents. It is a 10-letter word.

A real stumper. A real Stumper. Mm. Mm. Mm. Do our players give up? I've got a joke answer again. Okay, we'll see if we get to laugh this time. Yeah, I got one laugh last time.

Was it from you? Yeah. It's one word. It's one word. Damn it. I know. I know. It's one word? It's one word. That's where it's from.

Damn it. I know. 10 letter word, a virus that spreads through the urine, droppings or saliva of wild rodents. Come on, time's up. All right, let's go to a tiebreaker. What do you get? Or excuse me, Yanni, do you give up?

Yeah. Go ahead and reveal your answer I got a laugh. Sarah without an answer Randall says Ratatouille Alec without an answer Max says pathogen and I had tularemia havirus, tried making hydrophobia work. So you went with no answer. The correct answer is hantavirus. Oh, you told me it was one word. Well, then you got to give it to me. No.

You brought shit out of my hand. Hantavirus is not one. Come on. Here's the CDC, hantavirus. That's one word there. Hmm Mayo Clinic one word Like in Become infected with hantavirus when they breathe in particles of dried rodent droppings

The virus is carried by mice rats and voles with about rodent droppings. The virus is carried by mice, rats, and voles with about 100,000 people globally getting hantavirus each year. The states with the most cases are Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. It's believed that hantavirus is what killed Gene Hackman's wife earlier this year. We were just making jokes about, I always called it hantavirus. I could be wrong. I don't know that we're just making jokes about that the other week when we're standing at a cabin Mmm, a lot of dropping Brody Brody elected to go with no answer instead of just keeping I'm sorry Brody. Mm-hmm I'll let you win. We're going to over time play the drop Phil

Two out of three just cut it at if you ain't first you're last and then like go into other stuff that's funny. I never liked it. Hey Phil, f*** off man. The tie breaking topic is hunting. This will be a numerical question. Whoever is closest between Brody, Max, and Alec will be declared the winner, but the other three players will play along as well because if somebody gets it right on the nose, MeadEater will add an extra $100 donation to the end of the game.

What was the cash prize for winning the 2024 World Elk Calling Championship in the Professional Division? What was the cash prize for winning the 2024 World Elk Calling Championship in the Professional Division? That competition took place about 30 miles from us in Big Sky, Montana. Hmm, so maybe it's more money than I thought. What was the cash prize for winning the 2024 World Outcalling Championship in the Professional Division? Was the cabin you were saying in, did it have some mouse droppings around? It did. Okay, it did. And you said, haha, maybe one of us will get hot to virus and die.

That's exactly how it went down. We kind of make that joke every time we stay at a Forest Service cabinet. What was the cash prize for winning the 2024 World Outcalling Championship in the professional division? It's a good reason not to do any sweeping you can leave there I feel bad about it because you don't want to give the dust one closest to Alec do you have an answer I do okay Brody has hisdy has his answer. Whiteboard is down, headphones are off. He's still thinking about that question 10. Max. Yeah, I'll just stick with it.

Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Yanni saying $10,000. Sarah says $125,000. Randall says $75,000. Are three players left? We have Alec saying $125,000. Randall says $75,000. Our three players left. We have Alex saying $25,000. Max saying $30,000.

Brody saying $10,000. We got kind of in the middle here. The correct answer. Oh my goodness. It's $5,000 making Brody the winner. Boom. With an answer of $5,000 making Brody the winner with an entry of $10,000. Comes back and gets the victory anyway. That's a heartbreaker.

Five grand. That doesn't seem like enough. It barely covers your stay in Big Sky. The competition is held annually, but RMEF Tony Gilbertson of Oregon was the winner. Defeating 10-time champion Corey Jacobson and two-time champion Bo Brooks, Gilbertson was using his Tony Gilbertson signature Phelps call in the competition. $5,000 prize. Brody was the closest by doubling it for $10,000.

Brody, what are you going to do with your $500 donation this week after defeating dollar donation this week? Let's just toss it in the meat eater land access initiative. Five hundred dollars going to the meat eater LAI. Max is that the closest? No you've won before. Alec that's the closest you've come right? That is the closest. How did it feel? Alec was that really defeating or you you like, uh, damn, that was nice. No Brody deserved it. Yeah, he did. Oh wow. If I would have won, I would have gave my winning to Brody.

Max is a real gentleman. Oh, okay. I'd like you two boys to be a little more worked up. Yeah. I don't think that's going to happen. You allow all this collaboration and then you're surprised when they're on good terms at the end of a game. The all-time winningest player Brody adds victory 51 to his recipe. Join us next week for more meat eater trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. Yeah, Brody! Yeah, Spencer from South Dakota, he's the host. Using those smooth mellow tones he

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