The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 734: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLXXIII

Episode Date: July 16, 2025

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Maggie Hudlow, Cory Calkins, and Nate Mason. 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. Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I'm your host, Spencer Newarth, and today we're joined by Yanis, Cal, Randall, Brody, Maggie, Cory and Nate. Thanks for having me Spencer Thanks for coming Cal. I didn't know if you'd be here or not. I uh my guess was two in a row 89% chance you wouldn't be here. I don't want to say 90. 89% chance you wouldn't be here. So I was surprised I at least I don't I'm not one of those people who's like well who else is gonna be there? I just tell you no Who says that I assume there's people who say that?

Ten round quiz show with questions for meat eaters for verticals which are hunting fishing conservation and cooking and there is a prize Media will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winners choosing for the stat of the stat of the week this week, we're looking at the performance of our MeatEater Kids. So far, they've raised over $2,200 for conservation organizations that make the outdoors better for the next generation. MeatEater Kids Season 3 is available right now on the MeatEater Kids podcast. Is banter a part of this show or not really? The one we're

recording right now right now yeah what do you want to start to get into some fun banter they're off the top I want stuff to add but then you just keep going what I want to ask Maggie if the $2,200 is like something tangible for these kids or is it like a billion gajillion dollars? Do you think I know about kids? Well aren't you just, I got dogs now. You just recorded twice with the kids, that's why I'm asking. Maggie does guess that critter. When we got done recording last time trivia with the kids, they were outside the studio, twice they asked me how much money they made today and I just had to make up a number on the spot because I didn't know what the exact was but then they ran away yelling that number to someone else.

So they were very excited. If it's a big number close to what the cap is that week, they'll be fist pumps, they high five. They're into it. They're into it. That $2,200, it means something. Do any of these kids like do anything for money though? Like I want to know. No. Bro, these kids won't even come play unless we pay them They made that declaration Henderson's are done with me theater trivia. We've got a New crop of children though, and we found a star suckers in Marshall caulkins

Oh my goodness, we've now decided should have his own podcast. Yeah, I don't figure it out soon. He'll be on the clock Yeah, he better get paid for this coming, moving forward. What would Marshall's podcast be about? Whatever's in front of him. I was going to say, yeah, flavor of the week is basketball at the moment. Okay. Yeah. And then the week before that is Pokemon. The week before that is dinosaurs. Fly fishing. Fly fishing. Great. Yeah, you name it. This will be a good show. I'll listen. Yeah. Be random. Random thoughts for Marshall. Marshall is you can show I'll listen. Yeah, be random random thoughts for Marshall Marshall is a star though. Very excited and he's he's our youngest player I think and so we got a lot of Marshall in the future coming up

You're gonna be served a lot of Marshall on meat eater kids. He doesn't burn the house down Is that a threat? Potentially. He doesn't know how to flick a lighter yet, but he's not too far away. Maybe someone will teach him. What does, does Mabel get excited? Can you answer that for Cal about the conservation donation that mean anything to her? I know. I don't think so.

Okay. I mean, if you told her like it was a hundred thousand dollars that that would probably get her excited, like a real chunk of money, but 500 bucks or whatever it is that you do for them kids. Yeah, it's not getting her fired It's just don't have the same concept of money. No That's what I'm getting you had a good concept money. Oh, I didn't have a concept of money at that age You kidding me? No, but like a buck was if you had a buck in your pocket you could do something That's two hot dogs now like my kids don't even get excited when they got a 20 in their pocket Oh, wow dollar 50 corn dog down to Conoco be all over that

Alright, here's our infrequently asked question segment If you have a trivia related question for our crew send it to trivia at the meat eater comm with the subject line I FAQ Colin Vollmer says is it Spencer or Phyllis Corinne that reads the questions we sent? That's all me these these get addressed to a number of people though I'm probably 80% of the folks that they get addressed to. Phil is probably like 15% and then the other 5% is just a mix of people think they're writing to an intern or They'll say Seth a lot since we're the S names on the crew But if you send an email, I'm the one receiving that unless we have a guest

host that week, then it's Yana Sir Randall who were messing around in the inbox. It's always fun. You never know what you'll find. Phil, do you want to access to the inbox? Do you want to see what people are saying? Uh, I'm curious. I do get enough of, um, unhinged Instagram DMS that, you know, I think I'm okay. I need to stop doing that.

Bill will not read those. All right, no housekeeping this week. So we can get right to the trivia. The Shelby index for today is a 4.5. So our winner should get nine correct answers. And with that, we're onto the game of trivia. Play the drops, Bill. Look, I need to know what I stand to win.

Everything. How's that? You just tend to win everything. Game on, suckers! Spencer, before you get started, if you can issue half of a point to your lovely wife, why can't you issue half of a point to us? Just gives the index more diversity. Now we can have three and a halfs and four and a halfs. You're either right or wrong, buddy. You ask that like he has a say in the matter, dude. Yeah. She will reward herself half points and I'm not interested in arguing.

Well, if we didn't do that, it would always be an even number. And that's just boring. That's what I'm saying. If you're playing along at home. What if you could win the biggest trivia game of your life by half a point? Give yourself half points at home. You will not get them if you're in this team.

That is enticing. I know. Will you tell us which question it was that she got to have a point on? Well, there's only one question she could get a half a point on, and that is question 10 today. So we're on question one. Question one, the topic is conservation, and as always, this will be multiple choice. Which of these pairings have the most combined public land? Is it Nevada and Utah? California and Arizona? Alaska and Indiana, or Idaho and Colorado.

Is this by acreage? This is by acreage. Which of these pairings have the most combined public land? This would be a good question to see. So maybe you should go over to the Media Podcast YouTube channel and you can watch trivia or turn on the outdoor channel I think it's 6 p.m. On Saturday night 6 p.m. Central which of these pairings have the most combined public land

Nevada and Utah California and Arizona Alaska and Indiana or Idaho and Colorado Idaho and Colorado. Shhh. Yanni, you were pretty quick. I know, but I'm gonna change it. Quick to answer, but he's having second thoughts. It's tricky.

That's a great question. Good question, yeah. Wow, thank you. Nevada and Utah. California and Arizona. Alaska and Indiana. Or Idaho and Colorado. Which of those pairings have the most combined public land?

Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Nate saying Alaska, Indiana. Corey, same answer. Yanis, same answer. Randall, same answer. Maggie says Nevada and Utah. Cal says Nevada and Utah.

Brody says Alaska, Indiana. The correct answer is Alaska and Indiana. I thought it was a trick. I think we had five. No. It's hard to imagine. Alaska alone has 325 million acres of public land. If you combine all the other states from the question, you have 240 million acres of public land if you combine all the other states from the question you have 240 million acres of public land which is 85 million less

than Alaska alone Alaska's public lands are equal to the size of two Texas's that's how much public land believe it's tech sigh that's impressive a lot of all the other states all the all seven other states from that list and how much are still? 85 million acres Indiana have Less than a million. I think it's it's nothing compared to the other states on this list question to the topic is cooking This next great question is via Domingo Escamilla caul fat lace fat and lard are Caulfat, Lacefat, and Lard are synonyms for this four-letter word that's used to make pastries, puddings, and bird feeder cakes.

Nate and Randall have their answers. The topic is cooking. Caulfat, Lacefat, and Lard are synonyms for this four-letter word that's used to make pastries, puddings, and bird feeder cakes. Hmm. I think we should go back to Indiana and just say they don't have nothing. It's got the Hoosier National Forest. I believe Great Sand Dunes is in Indiana. That's right. So they have some treasures. Compared to the other seven states from that question Not very much, but nothing sneeze over the other states in the Midwest. Yeah, it's a decent amount Reggie Miller

Yeah, they have that to Tyrese Halliburton Caitlin Clark call fat lace fant and a lard are synonyms for this other four-letter word It's used to make pastries puddings and bird feeder cakes Brody, do you have this one right? Pretty sure. Okay. Yeah. Have you jumped on the WNBA bandwagon? No.

You Spencer? Um, no, no, I, uh, my, my, the amount of time I dedicate to sports- The girls don't play above the rim, so why watch that, huh? The amount of sport, the amount of time I can I like to dedicate to sports is all filled up right now The nuggets command all my attention. I watch I watch Caitlin Clark highlights me too. Mostly hard fouls on on X Twitter Yeah

Yanis looks confident Nate are they bill lamb beer like Dennis Rodman hard fouls? No, not even close. This whole hard foul thing is... I'm gonna leave it at that. Okay. All right. All right. Cal, I think we're waiting on you. Well, I don't think I got it. Fouls planner, I'd treat her the same way. Is everybody ready? I wouldn't let her shoot. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Nate, Cory, and Giannis, and Rand Randall, Maggie, and Brody saying suet. Cow without an answer. The correct answer is suet. That's S-U-E-T. What is that word out there, cow?

Chislek. The only reason I got that right is because of the bird female thing. No, that's not a word. I've never heard anyone say, I'm gonna put some suet in these pastries. Me neither. I'll tell you why. Suet is the hard white fat on the kidneys and loins of cattle, sheep, and deer.

It's a common ingredient in British recipes, providing moisture, texture, and a rich taste to dishes. For a non-kitchen use, check out our article from TheMeatEater.com called How to Make Birdseed suet with deer fat So common in British cooking not so common in North America. I would say that's the the least favored fat on wild game for doing anything with the interior fat is like the No, not good

So the the woodpeckers, that's the only thing that'll eat out of my bird feeder, or the suet cakes. Question three, the topic is wildlife. These artists are responsible for faking the sounds of animals walking, swimming, and chewing in nature documentaries. And the room is stumped. The topic is wildlife. These artists are responsible for faking the sounds of animals walking, swimming, and chewing in nature documentaries.

This is a job title? It's a type of artist. Phil, you would have gotten this one right? I'm almost certain of it. I was sort of part-time one of these previous life Three through six of mountain men you can hear my footsteps my heavy breathing The cheap steak I bought from Safeway to mimic a skinning Okay, Phil was this type of artist these artists are responsible for faking the sounds of animals walking, swimming, and chewing in nature documentaries. What other sounds did you have to fake, Phil? Walking, skinning?

Phil There were a lot of like rafting sequences, and so we'd bring like some rubber out to the creek and like rub it up against some wet boulders and stuff. And like if you bumped bumped into let's just say a super famous artist They go back in time and you're like, oh Claude Monet. Would you then be like I'm also an artist. Hmm, or would you be like? You're an artist yeah this person they are a type of artist. You should watch videos of these people doing their thing online. It looks like art. Yeah, it's more satisfying than an actual end product.

Brody, did you get it? I think you'd know if you got it. Do you have it, Randall? No, I know what it is. The word's escaping me. Our room looks... If I saw it, I know what it is. I just the words escaping me. Hmm Our room looks if I saw it I'd know it these artists are responsible for faking the sounds of animals Wonking swimming and chewing in nature documentaries Is everybody ready? God, I think I'm ready to leave the room. Go ahead and reveal your answers

We have Nate saying sound design Cory ASMR Yannis sound design random without an answer Maggie says ASMR Cal sound engineer Brody sound effects Nobody got it the correct answer is Foley artist that's right F-O-L-E-Y The audio you're served in nature documentaries is rarely true to life.

This is where Foley artists come in. Their job is to pound coconut shells on cobblestone to make it sound like a galloping horse or run their fingers across a moving fan to make it sound like a flying dragonfly. According to Glassdoor, the average salary for a Foley artist is $72,000. the average salary for a Foley artist is $72,000. I recently worked with a videographer who had come off of a pretty long career filming nature documentaries, and he felt the same way about the visuals that you also see in nature documentaries

that is very much not nature. Yeah, I feel like there's an easy tell if you're watching some nature documentaries where it's showing like one animal hunt another animal if they never actually interact If you don't see them in the same frame, those were shot days or months apart You'll see like an osprey that's hunting some little rodent But you know that that was not like the sequence that they actually filmed in that moment yeah that's a good point I think he was speaking more of an in general terms as in you know there's the life of X animal they're only gonna show you the 10% that's real fuzzy and cute you think it's more excusable when they

they screw up in a movie and show stuff or have the wrong sound more excusable when they they screw up in a movie and show stuff or have the wrong sound more excusable like Is it more sinful in a nature documentary to get things wrong? No. No, I don't think they're getting them wrong They are purposefully only showing you the cute and fuzzy. Well, yeah But like I'm saying like me and my kids just watch Indiana Jones in the last crusade yeah, and there's a scene where and they're somewhere like in whatever Asia and Dudes fall into a river and alligators eat them. Mm-hmm. And there's no alligators in that part of the world. Yeah

It's different. I think that they should do a better job of that. But you know, for Indiana Jones, it's kind of all made up. For a superhero archaeologist. I mean his name is Indiana Jones. Geez. All right, question four. He was named after the dog. After the dog. Question four. I'm going to ask our players not to cheat. You may have an opportunity to cheat on this question, uh, but everyone

is in here has agreed that they are going to resist that urge. That's not the quote. The quotes, uh, we named the dog in Deanna. Right. Yeah. All right. Question four. The topic is gear.

This next great question is via Nelson Littrell. What three letters indicate a zipper was made by Yoshida Company Limited, the world's largest producer of chain lock fasteners? You better pry it up my alley. Big zipper guy. I don't see any zippers on our players. I have a zipper here. I already wrote my answer down. Okay Brody is going to his jeans for confirmation. He's putting on his glasses. Multiple zippers. What three letters indicate a zipper was made by Yoshida Company Limited, the world's largest producer of chain lock fasteners. Brody's zipper apparently did not come from them okay so we have Nate

looking at his zipper Nate does that have yeah I'm locked in okay Corey is your answer agree with Nate zipper it's the same three letters what do you got Randall I got it wrong our players have checked mine says GAP because it's from the gap is Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Nate and Cory and Iannis saying YKK. Randall says XYZ. Meggie, XYZ.

Cal and Brody say YKK. You know how when you're sitting around glassing and shit's just not, stuff's just not happening and you're like just like always end up looking at your zipper and seeing that YKK. The correct answer is YKK. Mm-hmm. Yoshida Company Limited makes 7 billion zippers each year, which is about half of the total global production. YKK are the initials of the Japanese company's name that I can't pronounce.

These zippers are used on tons of outdoor gear, including sleeping bags, backpacks, tents, soft coolers and first light gear. It's like, isn't it like a marketing thing to put down like YKK zippers? I searched my inbox. I found multiple emails from First Light that were advertising that something new was made with a YKK zipper. So it seems to be something that people care about. Question 5. The topic is fishing. This six-letter word is defined as, quote, to clean out the bed of a harbor or river by scooping out mud, weeds, and rubbish.

This six-letter word is defined as to clean out the bed of a harbor or river by scooping out mud, weeds, and rubbish. We have a lot of confident players in here, but not Brody. I saw a great video of someone doing this just the other day. Oh, okay. With a little specialized craft that had a bucket on an excavator. Very cool. This is question five.

We'll get a scoreboard update from Phil the Engineer after this. We go find a lot of shark's teeth at a place where they constantly do this and then kick it all over to this island and you can sit there and find them by the handful. They're not like fossilized shark teeth. They're like from a shark that was just swimming around yesterday. No, no, no. Fossilized. Oh, they're fossilized. Yeah. That's fun. I'll give you a waypoint.

Find any biggies? Every now and then you get one that might be the size of a quarter. Oh But most of them are like pinky Finger nail I grew up next to a beach with one of those and the people would find the biggest they just walk back old guys Walking back and forth and letting the water push it up and I'd sit there looking at one piece of sand for like hours Hmm find two or three and some dude would come by with a Coke can full of them. Wow. Just walking back and forth.

See, my techniques actually go back to the bank, and then I just sit there, and then I don't have to walk. I can just sit there and just let it crumble and crumble and watch the little crumble pieces fall. Again, question five. Oh my God, this is making me mad. The topic is fishing. This six-letter word is defined as

to clean out the bed of a harbor or river by scooping out mud, weeds and rubbish. Tick-tock, tick-tock. Brody, do you give up? Yeah. Go ahead and reveal your answers. No! We have Nate saying dredge.

Cory says raking. Janice and Randall. And Maggie and Cal say dredge. Brody, without an answer, The correct answer is dredge. Dredging can be harmful or helpful to a waterway. Often it's done to widen and deepen channels for large ship navigation, but there's also environmental dredging which is sometimes necessary around cities. During this process the goal is to remove sediment that gets polluted by sewers, spills, and municipal discharge. All right, we're halfway through the game of trivia. Phil, give us a scoreboard update. At halftime we have Maggie and

Cal tied with two points apiece. Coming up after that are Brody, Cory, and Randall with three. And tied up in first are Nate and Iannis. Four points a piece. The scoreboard's very symmetrical, it's making me happy. That's a nice look. That's a nice pattern. My place is gone. Question six, the topic is hunting. This next great question is via Corey Hockett.

This swath of BLM land north of the Grand Canyon has been referred to as America's Tibet by the Public Lands Foundation. This swath of BLM land north of the Grand Canyon has been referred to as America's Tibet by the Public Lands Foundation. This is question 6. The topic is hunting. Yanni very quick to answer. Randall and Nate now joining him. Brody, do you have this one right? I hope so. This swath of BLM land north of the Grand Canyon has been referred to as America's Tibet by the Public Lands Foundation. But I've never heard it called that. So I don't. It's the only thing I know, the only name I know of any kind of land in that area.

This could tighten things up. Well, Janus, in the lead. Nate, do you have this one right? No. Okay. Again, the topic is haunting. This swath of BLM land north of the Grand Canyon has been referred to as America's Tibet by the Public Lands Foundation. Are you going to talk about the peoples that inhabit this place in your flavor text?

We could. We could. Cory, how we doing? Not great. Not as good as Cal. Keep talking about those people if you want. In the flavor text, Nate. I think you run out of time, Cory. Does that have anything to do with the answer you made? Not really. Randall, how's life in the world of history? Waiver text me think I think you run out of time Not really Randall house life in the world of history Okay, thank you. It's fine

You don't sound too excited man. Well, it doesn't change because he's in third place right now Yeah, I'm trying to take his mind off of it. Okay Recording the next meat Eaters American History audiobook a week from yesterday. Okay. So I'm glad that you've put my mind back on that. This was a moment of relief when I could just... I thought it was two weeks from now that that's happening. Well we have we have a half day over two weeks. They're holding the studio hostage for two weeks, basically It's everybody ready. Yeah, go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Nate saying great Mesa Corey Moab Yanis, Arizona strip Randall

kebab hi, babe, okay, okay Bob Maggie Moab Cal Canyon lands Brody, Arizona Strip. The correct answer is the Arizona Strip. Brody and Giannis got that one right. Oh, did you say America's Tibet? The Arizona Strip is about the size of Massachusetts. The remoteness and ruggedness of this region is said to look like the Tibetan Plateau of the Himalayan Mountains, thus the Americas Tibet nickname.

13A and 13B are the hunting units, which are famous for trophy elk, mule deer, bighorn sheep and antelope. There are 8,000 people who live in that area that's the size of Massachusetts. Is that what you were looking to talk about? Well, I think they're like extreme Mormons. Oh Well, it's not that far from what st. George, Utah, which is sort of it I think it's like we're like there's a lot of fundamentalists that inhabit that good place to get away from folks That's and we're sure that the Arizonarip does not include the Kaibab. The BLM land is referred to as America's, excuse me, America's Tibet or the Arizona Strip. We're

not going to give that to you. The Kaibab is right in there. We don't even want to look it up. Isn't that just like directly off of the Grand Canyon? Kaibab Plateau. The Kaibab Plateau. Yeah, that's where all the bison The Kaibab Plateau. Yeah, that's why the Tibetan Plateau. Both spots are like... But we're referring to all the BLM land that's the size of Massachusetts there. Which is all the way to the Utah border. I think you're dismissing this quite rashly. I would like people to write in if you live near this area or frequent it and have ever heard anybody say, oh, America's to be something like I didn't say it commonly called that I said it was referred to as

America's to bet by the public lands that is that the stuff that's on fire right now I don't know. I don't know look up Kaibab fires Question is anyone hunted come on there Trouble I knew I was in trouble and Spencer read my answer is kebab Question, has anyone hunted there? Nope. I knew I was in trouble and Spencer read my answer as kebab. Question seven, the topic is cooking. According to taste of home, the three parts of a turkey wing are the drumette, wingtip and blank. According to taste of home, the three parts of a turkey wing are the drumette,

wing tip and blank. Our players don't look like they're feeling good about this one. Nathan Giannis now have an answer. Corey has joined them. According to Taste of Home, the three parts of a turkey wing are the drumette, wingtip and blank. You know, Yannis, you wrote that pretty good.

I had a word come into my mind. This just popped in there and I had to go with it. Okay. Cal, do you know this one? I think I do, but I'm not digging hard to pour up, so I just wrote down something. Is everybody ready?

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Nate saying flat. Courtney says feathers. Think about it. Yannis, flat. Randall, wing. Maggie, flat. Randall, wing. Maggie, flat. Cow, thighette. Brody, flat.

The correct answer is the flat or wingette. So we had about half of our answers. So we got that one right. It is the drumette, wingtip and flat or wingette. Now, Randall, you're a big hot dog eater. I think if you're a big chicken wing eater, you would have gotten that. I just call them the drums and the wings. You don't call them flats? I call them drummies and wings. The flats are the best wings.

You say drummies? Drummies. Drumettes have a single bone and are meatier, while flats have two bones with crispier skin. When it comes to chicken wings, 2014 polling shows that 45% of Americans prefer drumettes, 29% prefer flats, and 26% like both equally. What is this room like? Flats, five times. I'm an either or man.

Different technique for both. Like, you enjoy them differently. It's convenient that I'm a drums person, and my wife is a flance person. So we can just split our order. It works out really well. I like to just take the flat and pull it straight through my teeth. Yeah, I'd like to see that. Just strip the outside edges off, and then bust it open.

See, I like to push it down and turn it into a drum. Blue cheese or ranch? And then dip. Blue cheese, a ranch. Blue cheese. Blue cheese. Yeah, ranch. I grew up in ranch country. So 45% of Americans draw mats, 29% flats, 26% both equally. We were out to lunch the other day with a bunch of your countrymen.

And I didn't say anything at the time, but it was quite hilarious. Lot of ranch on that table. There was just a lot of sides of ranch. Didn't really matter what was being ordered. Is that the same lunch I was at? Yeah. It was just more comforting to have it there maybe? I don't know.

Emotional support ranch. Question eight, the topic. They eat with one fingertip in it. Is conservation. Well, in case it's really dry and they start choking, they just do it. Shooter. Question eight, the topic is conservation. This next great question is via Sam Blumenfeld. This seven letter word is defined as, quote, a plant or animal that's native and restricted to a certain place This seven-letter word is defined as a plant or animal that's native and restricted to a certain place

This is question eight we'll get a scoreboard update from Phil the engineer after this engineer after this. Oh, I think I'm gonna die. Okay. Doesn't sound like it. My old A's gonna have my ass if I don't get this one right. So Randall, you're a flats guy. Well, I like them both. I like them both. I mean, there's nothing better than just like a monstrously large drummy. Yeah. What am I supposed to say at the restaurant drum it no not drum at the drum Drummy yeah, I mean no drummy is just very off-putting to me drum at like a drum

It's like you're trying to be hit somehow. That's weird. No no I just like if you're sitting some drummy So So if you're sitting there, and you've got a pile of wings on the table, you go, Do you mind if I have the last drumette? Yeah. How do you say drumstick? You say flats and drums. No, you don't say chicken wing.

Keep it to one syllable. Flats and drums. Mm-hmm. Oh. Can we agree, blownless wings are just gross. Trash. Yeah. Does everyone have an answer? Breaded wings also should be illegal.

Yeah, did you guys see that recently on, on, what's the show called? Hot Ones? Mm-mm. Yeah, you love that show. Oh yeah, that's the show, but... Well, recently they have some, some new episodes have popped up in my YouTube feed, and there's been some real good ones. Bill Murray, like, was not phased. Stone cold. But anyways, they're not eating chicken wings anymore. They're eating this like, it's like a lump of something. They let the guests pick whatever they want to eat.

So sometimes it'll be like tofu wings or turkey or whatever. That's what it was then. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Nate saying endemic. Cory without an answer. Yannis and Randall saying endemic. Corey without an answer. Giannis and Randall say endemic. Maggie without an answer.

Cal and Brody say endemic. They got it. My brain was just not firing. Is endemic. E-N-D-E-M-I-C. She used to be the web site editor. Job lost with that one trivia question. Now she's the voice of guess that critter. Endemic animals are those that are only found in a specific region and nowhere else in the world. Some examples of animals that are endemic to the United States include the alligator snapping

turtle, lesser prairie chicken, red wolf, water moccasin, and to the elk. Allpping Turtle, Lesser Prairie Chicken, Red Wolf, Water Moccasin, and Tuli Elk. Alright Phil, let's get a scoreboard update with two questions left. Oh my god. Ryan Callahan, Corey Calkins, Maggie Hudlow, and Randall Williams have been eliminated from the game. It's a bloodbath. The only players left are Nate and Brody with six points and Giannis Poutelis is in first

place with seven. Makes the last couple questions exciting. The only players left are Nate and Brody with six points and Giannis Poutelis is in first place. Makes the last couple questions exciting. Oh man, I'm feeling the heat. Gotta take this hoodie off. Question nine, the topic is outdoors. This man was Outdoor Life's humor columnist from 1983 to 2009 and wrote the books Kerplunk and They Shoot Canoes, don't they? Oh my gosh. This man was Outdoor Life's, last name would be good enough, this man was Outdoor Life's humor columnist

from 1983 to 2009 and wrote the books Kerplunk and They Shoot Canoes, don't they? That's a good question. Yes it is. Did you get it right? I believe so. Okay. Do you have this one right? If you throw another book title in there? I'd be sure of it Yeah, I don't know if you could

Over there buddy 2009 School in 2009 You I don't think. Yeah, but do you know who was the president in 1776? Yeah, dude. George Washington. Nobody? Nobody. Okay.

This man was outdoor life's humor columnist from 1983 to 2009 and wrote the books Kerplunk and They Shoot canoes don't know if you said 1876 I'd say Ulysses S. Grant okay Nate how we doing I mean terrible could fall out of the running after this one is everybody ready I know go ahead and reveal your answers We have Nate saying Bill Watterson Cory says Patrick Durkin. He got part of it, right? Yana says McManus Randall Bill Heavey Maggie Patrick something I Manus the correct answer is Patrick McManus

Bill Heavey, he was the other humor columnist. Yep. Yep. McManus' writing has been compared to Mark Twain. Much of it is about his outdoor adventures growing up in Idaho in the 1940s. His stories feature recurring characters such as his mentor Rancid Crabtree, his best friend Crazy Eddie Muldoon and his dog strange outdoor life said in 2018 that McManus belongs on the Mount Rushmore of outdoor writers

what's the other book that you're real fond of Cal of his something about grass hoppers right he's a prolific writer the barely a bear in the attic is that probably is my favorite short story of his. I know, the Mounting Mount Terrible or that story is pretty darn good. There's a, one of the air transporters that we use in Alaska in their sort of public restroom in the office. There's a short on the backside of the door in the toilet stall by McManus. You can read it's about him riding a bike to a deer hunt,

being successful and then putting the deer on the bike with him to take it home. And it's quite funny. Love his writing, very Mark Twain-esque. There's a great one about looking for sign. He's out with his older cousin who can drive, right? But it's like very applicable for, like if you ever go out and mixed company hunting,

it's great because like the cousin like jams on the brakes and skids the car and then there's frozen, like noticeably frozen deer tracks on the side of the road. And the cousins like, I'm the one with all the experience here. This buck just came through, right? It's a bygone era, man. They just don't do that kind of writing anymore.

All right, here's the correct answer review. One was Alaska and Indiana. Two, suet. Three, Foley artist. Four, YKK. Five, dredge. Six, Arizona strip. Seven, flat or wing at eight and Demick nine

Patrick McManus Phil. Let's get one last scoreboard update. Yonis can hold it down for question 10. He'll be running away with the game. He's got eight points in first place, but Brody is. I wouldn't exactly say he's running away with it. That's true. I, that was an exaggeration because you're hot on his ass

The only players left in the game, I don't like the way this game is going for Randall Yeah, because he's getting to burn up all of his wrong answers in one game Uh-huh and doesn't help me for the next time I play against him I would much rather if he would split these might not have used all my He's gonna be chilling with some drummies later I don't understand the the the drummy thing cuz when you're eating what was your When you're indulging in wings, it's fine to just sort of be like oh Another drill me just you know you're actingging in wings, it's fine to just sort of be like, oh, I need another drummy. Just, you know, you're acting like a slob.

Got shit everywhere. I think maybe you should start asking the people that you're around and see if they actually think it's okay if you're like, drummy. I just don't want to use a word that ends with E-T-T-E when I'm eating wings. You don't have to. It seems too buttoned up. Except for towelette. I use towelettes. You're eating the drumettes. buttoned up except for towelette I use towelette question 10 the topic is

fishing oh half point opportunity here name four of the eight states that have a state record muskie over 50 pounds son of a gun name four of the eight states that have a state record musky over 50 pounds. A lot of furious writing in the room. Again, we're down to Janice, who has eight points and Brody, who has seven. In four of the eight states that have a state record musky over 50 pounds.

Randall, does Sydney have a wing preference? Are you guys in a very harmonious relationship when it comes to sharing the wings? Sydney has a wing preference. It's to eat the first three quarters of the wing. Oh, and then you clean up after? And then I get to eat all the grisly bits and all the stuff everywhere Yeah, so we are we do have a harmonious wing relationship

I get like a static I get a stack of drummies man. They still got a little bit on the end I'm just lolly popping them and some sunny D. Yeah Name four of the eight states that have a state record musky over 50 pounds Randall and Cal are not going to put any extra thought into this one They wrote down their four states put that whiteboard down, but Yanis and Brody are really struggling. Oh, I'm not struggling I'm just like Hmm your posture and face say constipated. No No, I went running this morning, so no problem there. Name four of the eight states that have a state record must eat over 50 pounds.

Yanni, how you doing? I've got a solid three. Okay. Solid. Three-fourths of a point. I will say, just getting back to wings. I think please There's still like a very nostalgic food for me and I crave them But they've lost a lot of luster since the price of chicken wings has gone up to the point that you don't want to order

More than you can eat You know like I feel like when I go to a wing place now. I'm like do I really want to pay for? 20 Right, but a cold left over wing, I'm a huge fan. That's true. Really like. Yeah. Remember the, well, you might be too young to remember the old like 10 cent wing nights. Oh, no, that's yeah. That's what we had in high school.

Yeah. We used to just go out like after football practice or something and pictures of beer for like $2. Buckets of 50 wings and just try to see how many you could put down I have a hot take that I think grilled wings are actually better than fried wings mmm maybe there's a big spectrum just because I'm especially good at grilling wings but it's it's a new level in my wing eatingeating career. Cal tried to make a chicken wing one time out of an elk shank.

Yeah. For a Super Bowl party. Mmm, lollipop. Yep. All right, how do you feel about your answer there, Yanni? Suvi and then deep fry and coat it with brains. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Nate saying Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota North

Dakota Cory Wisconsin Michigan North Dakota Illinois Yanis Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan North Dakota Randall Wisconsin North Dakota Minnesota Kentucky Maggie Michigan Minnesota, North Dakota. There's a trend. Cal, New York, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan. I like Cal's answers. Brody, New York, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan. Here are the eight states. Wisconsin, New York, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio,

Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and... Kentucky. Iowa. Damn! Brody got that one right and Giannis got that one wrong. Is it a world record from New York? Well, here, let me tell you. The Wisconsin and New York state record muskie weighs 69 pounds.

Michigan is 58 pounds. Minnesota, Ohio and Pennsylvania are 55 pounds. And West Virginia and Iowa are 50 pounds. Despite multiple state records that are bigger, IGFA recognizes the world record as a 67 pounder that was caught in Wisconsin. So New York, they have their state record as a 67 pounder that was caught in Wisconsin. So New York, they have their state record is 69 pounds but the IGFA does not recognize that one.

Yeah there's controversy. I was I was too chicken to do New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio. A lot of Great Lakes states on that list. Yeah, didn't we interview a guy on the Meteor podcast? That's all he talked about was like musky controversy. Pat Durkin has wrote about it a number of times. They may have been a guest. No, he's like the historical, Yes. The historian, you know, he's the record bookkeeper for.

Yeah, didn't he have some nickname like the musky doctor or something like that? All right, we're headed to overtime. Play the drop, Phil. It's exciting, I get headed to overtime. Oh drop We got a new sound from Phil is that is that able to play on TV? Yes Free royalty-free. I hope we don't strip all the soul out of this bad boy just to, just so we don't run into. Just to what?

No, just to make it, just to make it TV friendly. We are down to Janis and Brody, who both have eight correct answers. It's almost as if this was scripted for TV. We will settle this with a numerical question. Whoever is closest between those two will be declared the winner, but the rest of the room will play along as well,

because if somebody gets it right on the nose, Me did will add an extra $100 donation to the end of the game. The tiebreaker topic is woodsmanship. According to NASA, how many phases of the moon are there? According to NASA? According to NASA, that's the key. How many phases of the moon are there? And if Yanni and Brody were to tie again, we will do a thing that's only happened one other time in meteor trivia history.

We will go to a second tiebreaker and that will unlock another new sound that Phil has over there. Absolutely. According to NASA, how many phases of the moon are there? Are you drawn out every phase? Ones that could come up with. Okay. Brody looks pretty satisfied. What do you wrote down?

Randall has now joined him. How many phases of the moon are there? The NASA part is just to assign this to somebody, so you know that it's official and it's real. This is the agreed upon number. You drawing pictures, Cal? I am, yeah. By most folks.

According to NASA, how many phases of the moon are there? Randall going back to his work. I might as well just erase what I have and not replace it with anything that's kind of where I'm at not a big moon guy we want a 600 I'd get rid of it if I could let's tides hmm how we doing Yanni yeah has has anybody proposed right into the national debt by selling the moon? There's a it's hanging right there. There's some internet companies where you can buy moon real estate It's not that expensive either and although I don't think I think it's been argued that they don't have that Yes, yeah Public land that's right It's been argued. Yes. Yeah. Kind of like Mike Lee trying to sell public land.

That's right. It's the same thing. I'll get rid of this for you even though you own it. Yeah. Because the moon is owned by the world, right? It's not, wasn't that the declaration? That's what the moon wants you to think. Yeah.

Yeah. Yanni, we're waiting on you. He really wants this W. In reality, we're just an alien ant farm. Yanni's a big waiting on you. He really wants this W. In reality, we're just an alien ant farm. Yanni's a big moon guy. I guarantee you. I'm a big moon guy. Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Nate saying eight. Corey says eight. Randall says six. Dang it. Maggie says 28. Cal says five. Then our two players left. We have Brody says six. Dang it. Maggie says 28. Whoa. Cal says five. Then our two players left. We have Brody saying six and Yannis saying eight.

One of you is right on the nose. The correct answer is eight. Give them Yannis. Let's go. Victory. Woo! Thank you guys. Nace and Cory also had it right on the nose.

Sheer lunacy. I want you to explain it though. I want to know if my thinking how I got to Avis. The eight phases of the moon are new. Waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full, waning gibbous, third quarter, and waning crescent. The cycle repeats itself every 29.5 days. So those are your dead.

That's what I, that was the number I was thinking about. That's what Maggie was going for. Four, the four majors and the four minors to give you eight phases of the moon. And they all hunt well. There you go. That's right, that's right. All right, Giannis, what are you gonna do

with your $600 donation today? This is the second straight episode. We've gone to overtime and had somebody get it right on the nose. Jeez. Awesome. And both times it was our winner. Last time it was Brody with $19.92. Yeah, I know.

And nobody runs through it. This time it was Giannis with $18. I wasn't going to call attention to that since this is... I don't know if this episode can be on TV with that whiteboard declaration. Oh, sorry. Even though I think we're over and out. I thought I was showing this side. be on TV with that whiteboard declaration. Oh, sorry. Even though we can blur it out. I thought I was showing this side. Well, they're kind of related, but the other day I was getting a new tags for our new plow

truck and decided to go custom and just because it was a white truck and I wanted a cool looking plate to go on it. And there's so many options of cool looking plates. And so I texted Cal and I'm like, what's up with the PLWA, man? Should I support them? And Cal's response was like, 100% yes, great organization,

need all the help they can get. Okay. So who is it? Cal, I'm gonna ask you to give the pitch. Public Land Water Association, they're based out of Anacanooch these days, Anaconda, Montana. Former formerly a strong candidate for state capital. A good, if you build it, they won't come story.

Public Land Water Association, they are utilizing the public to identify public access that's been illegally shut down. to identify public access that's been illegally shut down. So this started as a bunch of lawyers who liked fly fish and pulling up to legal stream access sites to see them illegally posted as no trespassing areas. And so they started getting litigious and started raising awareness. Now PLWA has a list of easements that are currently being disputed by unsavory landowners, a situation that spiked seriously during our influx of a new Montana residents during COVID who bought land that had existing access easements through it and decided it would be better for everybody if they shut that down so

they could have it for themselves. So Public Land Water Association is a great organization. Do they get involved in like the disputes that whether a road is a public? Like the disputes that whether, whether there are road is a public. Yes. Yeah. So there's a bunch of road disputes right now, um, which are, are real serious. Uh, their most famous case and, you know, like, you know, they need a lot of help. So there's a lot of groups involved at the end, but the sail your lane case over in the Ruby Valley would be like like they're one of the biggest examples of

PLWA Notifying the public to be in this fight because the sail your lane case actually Threatened the entire Montana stream access law So we have phenomenal stream access in the state of Montana only because groups like PLWA got involved $600 going their way via meat eater Janice and his plow truck. Yeah public land water access on Instagram I just recently started following them and there's a late they post a lot of good stuff. It's very informative Montana they're only in Montana?

They're only in Montana, yeah. I mean, you can take the tools that they can give you into any state. And yeah, if you're ever in Anacanooch, you can go over and visit Smelter Brewing. But since all of you out there one day dream of hunting in Montana, I recommend you pay attention here too.

There you go. Yep. Well done, Yanni. Thanks, Spencer. 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, he lays them And he likes taking those two and three year old bucks. And he's an amateur rock hound.