The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 778: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLXXXVI

Episode Date: October 15, 2025

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Dr. Solomon David, Randall Williams, Brody Henderson, Max Barta, Nate Mason, Logan Dove, and Jon Montresor. 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.

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It's a me-deater podcast. Welcome to meat eater trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I'm your host, Spencer Newhart. And today, we're joined by Randall, Brody, John, Nate, Max, and Dr. Solomon David. This episode of trivia is brought to you by land.com. This is a 10-round quiz show with questions from me-deater's four verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking, and there is a prize. Meadeter will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner.

there's choosing. Dr. David is a guest on an upcoming episode of meat eater. Give folks a preview of what we talked about with you for two hours. Yeah, thanks for having me, Spencer, and everybody. Yeah, so I'm Dr. Solomon David. I'm at University of Minnesota and the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology. My air of expertise is fish ecology, particularly those underappreciated fish, like gars, which we've got an alligator gars skull right here, buffalo suckers, those types of native non-game fish. And how we can can kind of use those to learn about conservation and management of our natural resources. Long time appreciator of the native rough fish here at Trivia, our logo, Dr. David, is a squirrel

riding of fish. You know what kind of fish that is. It looks like a red horse to me. That is absolutely a short head red horse. That's our logo. That's on everything we do for trivia. So he wasn't making it all up. Moxostoma, macrolepidotum, if we want to get in the little details.

All right, that's more like it. Say it again. What is it? Moxistoma, macrolepidotum. Okay. Shorthead Red Horse. Say that 10 times fast. Trivia strengths and weaknesses when it comes to hunting fish and conservation cooking.

What do you think? You saw all of my strengths in that scientific name and the description. So that's about it. I would say fishing if it's about actual fish and maybe conservation. I'm going to make you all look good. All right. We'll find out. Here's our infrequently asked question segment.

If you have a trivia-related question for our crew, send it to trivia at the meat eater.com with the subject line IFAQ. multiple listeners want to know where is Chester Chester moved away He moved back to Wisconsin We have but it keeps coming Where is he right now? He's some

Yeah this is actually an FAQ Not an I FACQ Max has had to replace Chester Is our lovable Northern person here Okay In the office That's news to me Well someone on radio asked a few weeks ago

What you do here at me Dieter Max And you've you've replaced Chester Of that niche of just like really nice Be a midwesterner Yeah northern part northern okay yeah way up there yeah so you're kind of kind of Steve's waterfow guide these days too yeah that sure seems like it mm-hmm you guys got into some birds yeah youth opener so you weren't pulling the trigger I was not that was two weeks ago

yeah Steve did yeah Steve pulled the trigger on a crane which is really cool it was pretty funny because like every time we heard crane Steve was like Jimmy give me give me your gun give me your gun because he was the only one at the crane permit yeah um so yeah that was pretty hilarious. Chester wasn't going to guide Steve to any birds if he still lived here. So you've got that. Maybe some fish. Maybe the fish. So Steve upgraded. That's what you're saying. It depends.

Chester, we miss you. Come back. Are we have some housekeeping. In a previous episode, I was clowned for my pronunciation of the small furry animal that spelled P-I-K-A. Well, according to the book, Cascade Olympic Natural History, Daniel Matthew says that while most

Americans say PICA, the rest of the world says pica and merriam webster has two acceptable pronunciations providing audio for both play it phil pica pica so which which one you can either sound like brodie i would say pica no no as a child raised on Pokemon it's speaker there's only like uh so brodie you can say it pika i'll never say it that way all right now the shelby index for today is five, so I'm putting us on perfect score of it. And with that, we're on to the game of the trivia.

Here we know. 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.

You know, Solomon, a lot of people think this is a carp. And I always correct them. I say, no, no, I appreciate that. Doing the good work. I feel like the TV is angled too far towards Spencer. I'd like more of the TV. Can you help him out? Salman, do you know what you call a fish with no eyes? Go ahead.

Nice. Thanks for letting me have that. Question one. Thanks, Phil. Is hunting much better? This first question is going to be multiple choice, and it's brought to you by land.com. Of these states, which has the cheapest farmland per acre? Is it Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Missouri, or Indiana?

Of these states, which has the cheapest farmland per acre? And this data was published by the USDA in 2025, just last month. Is it Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Indiana, which one has the cheapest farmland? per acre. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Solomon saying, Missouri, Nate Missouri, Randall, Pennsylvania,

John, Pennsylvania, Max, Pennsylvania, Brody, Missouri. The correct answer is Missouri. Right. We got all the corn down there. Got that one right. All them cows, dude. Again, this data was public.

published by the USDA in 2025. According to them, Missouri has the cheapest land in the Midwest at $5,000 per acre. Indiana is $8,800, Pennsylvania, $8,500, and Wisconsin is $6,400. The most expensive farmland is in Iowa and California, which are over $10,000 per acre, while the least expensive farmland is in Wyoming and New Mexico at $1,000 per acre. Question two, the topic is cooking. This next great question is via Titus McKenzie. Hatchet and Chopper are synonyms for this seven-letter word that's defined as, quote, a butcher's implement for cutting animal carcasses into joints or pieces. Hatchet and Chopper are synonyms for this seven-letter word that's defined as a butcher's implement for cutting animal carcasses into joints. pieces. John, I know it's not really

your fault, but if you want to try to stop squeaking the chair so much. Sorry. Come on, John. Quiet down over there. Nate. We're a little too rowdy over here. Did you get the first one right? Oh, yeah. Geez. Solomon, Nate, and Brody did get that one. I usually do well in beginning and then fall apart

around question five. I usually fall apart after the first one. Hatchet and Chopper are synonyms for this seven-letter word that's defined as a butcher's implement for cutting animal carcasses into joint or pieces. Brody and Nate and Randall all seem to like their answers.

John, do you have this one right? No. Solomon, how about you? I doubt it, but I got seven letters, I think. All right. Maxwell? That was my main goal. Better than zero. Max, do you give up?

Sure. John, do you give up? Yes. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Solomon saying, Bonesaw. Nate Cleaver, Randall Cleaver. Max and John, without answers, Brody says Cleaver.

The correct answer is Cleaver. A recent test from Serious Eats found that cleaver sharpness is far more important than cleaver weight when it comes to chopping through bones. Their favorite cleaver was a $65 victorinox that beat out clevers that were more than three times its price. Question three, the topic is fishing. Does anyone own a cleaver? I don't. I got a, what, Hexon? Clyde? Is that, does that sound right?

Yeah. I know them from pots and pans. Pretty good. Okay. Big fan. What are you going to swing that cleaver at this fall, Randall? Probably nothing. Probably nothing. Frozen pizza, fruit. Yeah. I've got that you know, one of the the butchering kits that I bought

15 years ago. It's got seven knives and I used two of them. How about you, Brody? Do you use a cleaver at home? No and then, yeah. Question three, the topic is fishing. Small mouth, big mouth, and black. are all types of this sucker. I was so close to just putting bass down.

Small mouth, big mouth, and black are all types of this sucker. This is a bone for our guest. Do you need scientific names too? For you, we could do that. The rest of the room, we'll just accept the common name. Brody, you have this one right? I think so. Okay, how about you, Nate?

Nope. Randall? I think so. Small mouth, big mouth, and black are all types of this sucker. Brody, do you like Max's answer? No. Max is now erasing. No, I'll stick with it.

Stick with your gut. Okay. John, do you have an answer? I do not. Do you give up? Yeah. Go ahead and reverse. reveal your answers. We have Solomon

saying, Buffalo, Nate, right, Ronald, Buffalo. Randall Buffalo. John, without an answer, Max says common. Brody says Buffalo. The correct answer is the Buffalo.

Big Mouth Buffalo are the biggest and oldest sucker fish in North America. They can reach weights of 70 pounds and live longer than 100 years. Their native range stretches from Manitoba to Alabama. Solomon, I actually came across two other species of buffalo that

I didn't know existed until I was writing this question. Do you know what they are? Besides the three that you mentioned? Oh. What about Buffalo carp? We've got all three of those in Minnesota that you mentioned. What are those other ones?

The other two, I didn't know about a fleshy lip buffalo and southern buffalo. Interesting. Is that just splitters like doing their splitting thing? Well, if our rough fish biologist doesn't know, then yes. There are like 80 species of suckers, so it's not terribly surprising,

but that's impressive. I learned some in Flesh your lip and Southern. Tell us some other cool stuff about Buffalo. Why we should like Buffalo so much. Big Mouth Buffalo is one of our largest planktivorous fish. So they get huge, but they eat plankton. So they actually compete with invasive carp. And they can live for over 100 years.

They actually improve their health as they get older. So there's some that they found down in Arizona. They're introduced that are over 100 years old. They've been there since 1917, 1920. And their health is actually better than the younger ones. Cool fish. You've eaten buffalo? I have buffalo ribs actually just last weekend.

They're really good. There's a place in Nebraska that I know serves buffalo ribs. Where did you have yours at? There was a native fish for tomorrow fundraiser, and it was all about just educating about native fish. Give us a review. I would say they come off just like actual, you know, flesh off the, you know, meat off the ribs, and, you know, not too fishy. So there's a commercial fishery for them? There is in Minnesota.

There used to be the outdoor channel show called Bottom Featers. Do you ever see that? No, I did not. It followed some commercial fishermen in Minnesota, who a large part of what they would catch would be Channel Catfish and Buffalo and Carp. So, yeah, there's a small commercial fishery. I imagine a lot of that wound up in dog food, but I don't know what they were doing with all those buffalo. I thought it was great, you know.

My kids liked it. Did you have it smoked, grilled? It was fried. Mainly, yeah, yeah, yeah. Classic. So you can eat a buffalo. Question four, the topic is wildlife. This next great question is via John Cromy.

This cartoon animal who had a sidekick named Dubu lived in Jellystone Park. This cartoon animal who had a sidekick named Bubu lived in Jellystone Park. Can't believe I actually know another one. Okay. Solomon is going to have his third question. This isn't one of those questions we'd call a differentiator. You mean like you and Randler, or excuse me, you. and Brody, you're both going to get it right?

I don't know. Like, something popped into my head, but I'm just doubting it. I need a, I need a question that, at this point, that Nate won't get. Oh, okay. Nate, do you have this one, right? Dude, it may be. Maybe. This cartoon animal who had a sidekick named Boo Boo, lived in Johnny Stone Park.

I remember despising this cartoon. Okay, there's a hint. But you've come to appreciate it as an adult. No. Or as a father? No, I, like, it's probably not even a haunted. Yeah. Okay, more hints.

It's pretty old school, but. Max, do you like your answer based in what you've heard so far? Picnic baskets. Do you not read the question? Max's answer was boo-boo. Is that what he wrote down? I said boo-boo the bear. Okay.

Goodness gracious. This cartoon animal, you need to, like, read that question a little more. It should be like, the SATs. Isn't the SATs if you leave a blank or it's just neutral? We should do that. Well, I always said we should get negative points out. Well, there you go. Careful, Max.

Be careful what you wish for. This cartoon animal who had a sidekick named Boo Boo, lived in Jellystone Park. Max would rather just take a neutral. No, whatever. It does make sense that a cartoon animal named Boo Boo would have a sidekick named Boo Boo. I see where you're coming from. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Solomon saying, Yogi, Nate, and Randall saying, Yogi. John without an answer, Max, without an answer. Brody says Yogi, the correct answer is Yogi. Yogi made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character on the Huckleberry Hound Show. He got his own cartoon, The Yogi Bear Show, in 1961. The program was sponsored by Kellogg's and featured segments from Snagglepuss and Yacky Doodle. Jellystone Park was based on Yellowstone National Park and even had a geyser named Old Faceful. Yellowstone briefly embraced the bear in the 1960s and had signs of Yogi that said,

Hey, kids, don't feed the bears and be sure dad keeps the car windows rolled up. Phil has a picture of one of those signs from Yellowstone Park of Yogi holding that sign. My name is also boo-boo. I like the bottom of the signs as over 40 people have been hurt by bears this year. Phil, his other catchphrase was that he's smarter than the average bear. Can you do that? No, but I know he always talked about the pick a picnic basket. That's right. Ranger Smith takes me back.

Very good. Question five, the topic is conservation. This conservationist, who was best known for her work with primates, died on October 1, 2025. This might be that question you were looking for, Randall, with Nate. who has a blank whiteboard. This conservationist, who was best known for her work with primates, died on October 1, 2025.

Nate strikes me as the kind of person who doesn't open the news app on his iPhone very often. I really only read the journal, and they didn't have an article about primates. I even got this one. How does it make you feel? One time I almost got a fight with a gorilla. There's a fun fact.

Wow. In Indonesia. That's interesting. Right after I rode an elephant. an actual gorilla yeah well I don't know I think it was a gorilla

it was probably an orangutan no no dude I have a GoPro video of it I would love to see that somewhere deep in my Google drive what does it almost got in a fight oh I'll just show you the video did you have like a standoff like dude it was like playing of the apes up in here

you should just tell people you're like you want to go buddy dude he threw a rock at me what'd you throw at him nothing okay I beat my chest though so this is a whole this is all been a distraction from Randall to not get you to answer this, Nate. I don't know, man.

This conservationist who was best known for her work with primates, out of boy. Died on October 1, 2025. John, do you have this one? Thanks, Joey. Okay, Nate, I don't know. Waiting on you. I like how Randall has a suck at Randall.

Yeah, I think it's happened twice now. Go ahead and reveal your answers. I didn't spell it right, but we have Nate saying Laura Bush, and then we have Solomon, Randall, John, Max, and Brody saying Jane Goodall. They got it. The correct answer is Jane Goodall. That's a good answer, though. RIP. Dr. Jane Goodall spent over six decades studying chimpanzees in Tanzania. She worked to raise awareness about threats to wildlife and inspire a more harmonious relationship between people and the natural world. Goodall wrote 27 books and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom earlier this year. She passed in her sleep at the age of

Phil, we're halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard update. With that question, everyone's on the board now. Surprising. John and Max now have one point. Solomon and Nate and Randall are tied up with four. And in first place, is Brody Anderson with five points. That's a game.

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That's first light, L-I-T-E dot com. Question six, the topic is gear. This brand, whose name combines a color with a shape, claims to make, quote, the most innovative mountain equipment in the world. Brody and Randall know it. Our other four players do not. This brand, whose name combines a color, with a shape, claims to make the most innovative mountain equipment in the world.

Nate, now joining them. I'm going through my colors right now. Is there a video game company called Red Square? I don't believe so. If there is, it's not that big. Is there an innovative mountaineering company named? No, but I just was thinking, surely there's another company out there that combines a color with a shape. this brand

whose name combines a color with a shape claims to make the most innovative mountain equipment in the world hmm Solomon do you have this right I definitely do not I just chose a color and a shape

could work I hope it's not red square I know red scare hmm Oh, no, never mind. Too much talking and it popped in the people's heads. And Solomon is in the running. I don't think so, but...

A difference maker for him. You guys have been just rifling through my tiebreakers lately, and we're on pace to get today again in another overtime round. Pick a shape, Max. Does he have a color? He's got a color. This brand, whose name combines a color with a color. shape claims to make the most

innovative mountain equipment in the world Steve looked at these questions before the show. He did not think he would get this one right. Is that right? I was surprised as well. How odd. Keep that hidden, man. He doesn't have an answer yet.

Max, Nate, John, we're waiting on you three. Okay, now we're waiting on Nate and John. John, what are the storeboys going to say? Oh, this is going to be a rough one. All right, let's wrap it. It's always a rough one.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Solomon saying, black diamond. Nate says black orvis. Ovis. Randall, Black Diamond. John, without an answer. Max Black Circle. Brody, Black Diamond.

The correct answer is Black Diamond. Yvonne Schenard created Schenard equipment in the 1950s, which specialized in climbing gear. The company went bankers. grumped in 1989, then was purchased by a group of investors and turned it into black diamond. Today, the brand is best known for their outdoor apparel, trekking poles, backpacks, tents, and headlamps. I was thinking of like basic shapes. Circle, square, triangle.

I just bought this here, Black Diamond. Oh. Carabin for my keys. Like seven bucks. I imagine most folks in this room have operated one of their headlamps. Yeah, we had the headlamps. Question seven. The topic is.

is public lands. What is Canada's most visited National Park? National Park? Nate and Brody and Randall and John, all confident. What is Canada's most visited

National Park? Again, this is question seven. I only know one. What kind? You think it could be. you the one? Well, apparently. Have you been there? Nope. It's on the list. Close enough, Max. I spelled it wrong. Boy, now I'm... What is Canada's most visited National Park? Randall, if you have this right, have you

been to this place? There it is. Well, I'm second-guessing my answer now. Yeah, based on the spelling. Either Max is really bad of spelling. I just, sometimes I just get stressed out and I just can't spell. I was just nervous. Randall having some second thoughts. Maybe, but he hasn't picked up his whiteboard or marker. No, if the other answer that I'm thinking of is that if that's the actual answer, then it's going to be a zero percenter.

Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Okay, Nate. Ooh. What is Canada's most visited national park? We're going to flip over our whiteboards after Nate is done with his newest answer. go ahead and reveal your answers we have Solomon without an answer Nate says Niagara Falls

Randall says BAMF John BAMF Max and Brody say BAMP they got it The correct answer is Sorry did I make you say that No I had Jasper Oh well it touches it So that's close

BAMF is located west of Calgary And at 1.6 million acres It's about the size of Everglades National Park It had 4.3 million visitors last year, which would make it the fifth most visited national park in the United States. The park used to have Woodland Caribou, but the last five were crushed by an avalanche in 2009. I'd like to know if most, like the majority of those visitors are from the U.S. Are we sure, is Niagara Falls not in Canada? It also has to be a national border.

It straddles the border. It's not a national park. No. Not in the American. side. What about the Canadian side? I don't know, Nate. You're not going to win this argument. I'm sorry. It's getting questionable. Question eight, the topic is cooking. This next great question is via Leland Hart. Chemist Ernest Wright. That sounds like a soap opera name. He's in the radio live chat every. And he writes a lot of questions. A chemist Ernest Wright invented this fluid,

which is used on meats and in cocktails by burning hickory wood under a condenser. Chemist Ernest Wright invented this fluid, which is used on meats and in cocktails by burning hickory wood under a condenser. Max loves his answer. Brody and Randall also have answers. Nate has now joined them. Solomon, do you have this one right? I don't think so, but.

It fits the category. Does your lab have a condenser in it? No, I don't think so. We've got a dryer. We have a drying oven. We're pretty low tech. Doing the opposite. Yeah, yeah. Chemist Ernest Wright invented this fluid, which is used on meat and in cocktails by burning hickory wood under a condenser.

You're cheating over there? Are you? No. I'm researching about that. Did that gorilla get a hold of your phone? You know, Phil says you're not supposed to have those on while there's podcasts. There's, it's just, just on Wi-Fi.

Can I be honest because she's not in the room? It's mostly Corinne's phone. It's the same thing. You know how when never Corinne's dogs go crazy? We get an email for the whole company, but it's, you know, we know it's about Corinne's dogs.

Maybe we should outlaw Corinne's phone, like we outlawed our dogs. Niagara's not a national park in Canada. Thank you. Are they outlawed? I haven't seen them since that email. Is everybody ready? She's also been gone.

Love you, Corinne. Go ahead. and reveal your answers. We have Solomon saying simple syrup. Nate says bitters. Catch something. Randle, liquid smoke. John, without an answer,

Max and Brody say liquid smoke. They got it. The correct answer is liquid smoke. No idea. Liquid smoke is created by collecting droplets of condensation that are formed after burning sawdust. There is some disagreement on how safe it is to consume, but most scientists say that it's totally fine in small quantities.

Liquid smoke is a. Common ingredient in marinades, soups, condiments, desserts, and old fashions. And bear baiting. Really? Oh. The two bear hunts I've filmed, both of them have used bear. Just because it's so powerful. It's powerful.

But then, like, all the other little critters that come into the bear bait, they say they track that scent all the way out with them. Oh, wow. So, yeah, liquid smoke. Plus, most scientists say it's a hot tip. Totally fine. Yeah, when you Google it, you'll find a few folks that disagree. Some people say it's worse than smoking itself. Really?

Well, I said some folks. I'd like to find that guy. We got two questions left. You can do my annual physical. This is a scoreboard update. Oh, catching up, Nate. You feel it? Happens every time.

Let's see, well, John, Max, Solomon, and Nate can no longer catch up to win the game. But Randall has seven points in Bruce. Brody has eight going into the last two questions. Brody with the perfect game. Question nine, the topic is hunting. This is the place in a building that generates steam and hot water, which outdoor life says is, quote, the best spot to shoot a deer. This is the place in a building that generates steam and hot water,

which outdoor life says is the best spot to shoot a deer. Brody, Max, Nate, all quick to answer. Not Randall, though. If he were to get this wrong and Brody gets this right, the game would be over. I feel like Randall's just toying with us. More of a headshot man. This is the place in a building that generates steam and hot water, which outdoor life says is the best spot to shoot a deer.

I was reading this incorrectly. You got it now, though. I hope so. I've come up with a whole host of other answers. I have no idea. Or a place you can shoot a deer. So. The boudoir.

Yeah. Just take it literally. It's like, you're shooting a deer in a building, but, you know. All right. John, how we doing down there? Not good. It's like I'm trying to, like, think of, like, how many ways do you, like, this can be interpreted. And I'm trying to pick the right one.

This is the place in a building that generates steam and hot water, which outdoor life says is the best spot to shoot. I think I got it. So, yeah. Okay. I think you're overthinking it. It may be a 100%er. I hope I got it anyways. As soon as John is done writing.

No, it's not that. I don't know. Go ahead and reveal your answers. There we go. We have Solomon and Nate and Randall saying boiling room. John says rest room. Because that's where mine mine went, like,

where would you choose to shoot a deer like out the window? Texas heart shot. Yeah, that's no. Max and Brody say Boiler Room. That is correct. It's boiler room. The boiler room refers to a deer's vitals where the heart meets the lungs.

An arrow or bullet placed here will quickly kill the deer with minimal meat loss. Aiming here also allows for the greatest margin of error, especially when the deer is broadside or quartering away. All right, here's a correct answer of review so far. One was Missouri. Two, Cleaver. Three, Buffalo.

Four. yogi, five, Jane Goodall, six, black diamond, seven, Banff National Park, eight, liquid smoke, nine, boiler room. Phil, let's do one more scoreboard update before question 10. It's looking pretty good for Brody, who still has a perfect game and nine points, but if he slips up on question 10,

Randall has a chance to catch up and tie. Question 10, the topic is conservation. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Christina Scott for sending this great question. and Christina 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 the meat eater.com. This animal, which is crucial to agave and saguaro cacti,

is the only mammal on the USDA's very important pollinator list. This animal, which is crucial to agave and suvaro cacti, is the only mammal on the USDA's very important. pollinator list for how specific you need to be. If you thought the answer was rainbow trout, you could just write down trout. Nice. I'm going to put an actual mammal down, actually. Let me see.

Brody does not have an answer yet. As a reminder, if he gets this right, not only does he win the game, but we will double the donation to $1,000 today. Nate, I'm going to give you a hit. Read all of the words in the question. Reminder, Brody, is still in it. There's a word in the question. This animal, which is crucial to agave and saguaro cacti,

is the only mammal on the USDA's very important pollinator list. What am I missing, Randall? There's a word in there. Did Nate maybe not have a mammal written? I have no idea. That's correct. Everybody ready. Again, if Brody gets this right, we will have a $1,000,

dollar donation today and I think our second perfect game of 2025. Brody. Is everybody ready? Oh, you know, I know what it is now. You could change your answer, right? No, no, no. It's okay.

Integrousness. What did you just say? Maxwell? Yeah, I'm good. I'm out anyway, so. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Solomon saying a bat. Nate Hummingbird, Randall, Bat.

John and Max without an answer. Brody says bat. the correct answer is bat meaning Brody got that right and has the perfect game the two most important bat species for pollination in

North America are the lesser long-nosed bat and Mexican long-tong-tongued bat bats pollinate 528 plant species worldwide including dragon fruit bananas, mangoes, coconuts, and avocados you should actually cheers a bat every time you have a margarita because agave makes tequila

And tequila and bats make agave. And tequila makes her clothes fall off. As we all know. Very good. That is wise words from Luke Bryan. All right, Brody, what are we doing with the $1,000 donation today? Salman, what is it? Native fish for tomorrow?

Native fish for tomorrow. No, let's do those guys. All right, awesome. Oh, what do we like about them? What is that $1,000 is going to do, Solomon? Well, let the expert explain. I mean, they do a bunch of outreach activities, just promoting native fish. they also, you know, submit comments when it comes to DNR about, you know, what are we going

to do? What are some, you know, potential regulations? But again, it's really just promoting to the public, whether it's taking kids out fishing, putting together those types of activities. So I think it fits well. So great. A lot of those guys are good friends of mine, too. So appreciate it. There you go. And Solomon had a strong showing today. Seven correct answers. He thought he was going to get one before we started recording. And Randall had a perfect game, except for one question about real estate prices, which might as well be, what song am I thinking of? Well done, Brody. $1,000 going to one more time.

What's it called? Native fish for tomorrow. Native fish for tomorrow. Join us next week for more meat eater trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. Thanks, Spencer. Thank you. Great question. That was a good.

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