The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 781: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLXXXVII

Episode Date: October 22, 2025

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Randall Williams, Brody Henderson, Cory Calkins, Nate Mason, Alyssa Smith, Alex Plachta, Sarah Delany, and Anthony Finissi. 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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I'm your host, Spencer Newhart. And today we're joined by Randall, Brody, Alex, Alyssa, Anthony, Sarah, Corey, and Nate. This is a 10-round quiz show with questions from meat eaters for verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. And there's a prize. Meat eater will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing. For the stat of the week this week, we're looking at the performance of our favorite Jabroni, Nate Mait. Oh, Nate, what do you think your strongest category is in meat eater trivia? Hunting.

That's correct. Do you want to guess what percentage of hunting questions do you get right? Like, 40? 60%. You're selling yourself short. All right, worst category. What do you think your worst vertical is? Fishing is your worst.

What do you think the percentage is on that one? Oh, like 12. 45%. So, you're better than you thought. Oh, but. Want to take a guess at conservation and cooking. cooking. Well, they're around 50 then.

55? Yeah, so we've got conservation at 51% cooking at 53%. Nate gets 53% of questions correct, which is 10% worse than Steve, but 10% better than Clay. How does that make you feel like that? There you go. I really was hoping you'd say better than Steve, but, hey, not this time. I know, dude. Yeah, I think you kind of rocked me now.

Mm. You kind of. Is it going to be good or bad for your performance? Who knows? Okay. It'll be good at the beginning. Yep. And then crash and burn.

If history tells us anything. Here's our infrequently asked question segment. If you have a trivia related question for the crew, send it to trivia at the meat eater. com with the subject line, IFAQ. Wayne Ostrom says, what species of bear is in the studio when you record in? Your bear has far longer fur than the Manitoba black bear on my wall. I don't know what he's referring to. I assume that.

Tell us about that, Randall. It's a muscox. That is a musk ox, indeed. It has much longer hair. It was an immediateer episode, Nunaback Island. There you go. Do we know what season? I got the head from that thing.

Season six. The skinned out head. Steve gave me for my kids for a Halloween mask one year. Give us an estimate on the hair length there, Alex or Randall. How long hair are we talking? Oh, I'd say a healthy eight inches. Eight inches. But then it's got this nice under.

fur that's called Kiviot. As I've heard Steve say many times here. The long hair is really good for time. Big ass streamers. It is. A little bucktail alternative. It'd be a scary bear coming through the woods. Yeah.

The eight inch hair. All right. On a previous episode of trivia, Randall made a reference to tequila making clothes fall off, to which I said those were the wise words of Luke Bryan. But about 50 of you wrote in to tell me that was Joe Nichols, not Luke Bryan, who sang that song. my bad. It's especially

embarrassing because Broken Hartsville is one of my favorite songs ever. So to confuse Joe Nichols and Luke Bryan, very sorry. The Shelby Index for today is a four, so our winner should get eight correct answers. And with that, we're on to the game of trivia. If I may, if I may,

I also have a correction. On a previous episode of trivia, I referenced the film Batman Forever and erroneously claimed that George Clooney played Batman in said film. He did not, and I've had dozens and dozens of people reach out to me, and I just want to address this publicly. I'm sorry.

Val Kilmer played Batman and Batman Forever. George Clooney played Batman and Batman and Robin. May Val rest in peace. Sorry, guys. Two very important pop culture corrections. We won't do it again. Phil, please play the drop. Oh, geez.

I was ready. Then you threw me off completely. look i need to know what i stand to win everything how's that just tend to win everything what is the thing game on suckers question one the topic is woodsmanship and as always this will be multiple choice what is the state tree of kansas nebraska and wyoming is it oak Mulberry, Elm, Cottonwood. What is the state tree of Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming? Oak, Mulberry, Elm, Cottonwood.

Brody and Anthony have their answers. We have a full room today. Eight players in the studio. I'll point out, too, that the first person to highlight my air, was my own boss here at Reader. Oh, no. Oh, wow. I said, listening to trivia this morning. George Clooney was not in Batman forever.

And I just knew that a wave of messages was coming over there. I'm surprised Phil didn't catch that in the moment. I have only ever seen the first, the Tim Burton Batman, as far as that those stretch, that sort of 90s stretch of movies. You've seen Batman returns? Never seen it. Oh, that might be one

of the best ones. One of the best ones. Sounds like a movie date, Randall. Yeah. What is the state tree of Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming. Oak, Mulberry, Elm, Cottonwood. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers.

Nate says Cottonwood. Corey, Elm. Sarah, Cottonwood. Randall, Cottonwood. Alex. Elm. Alyssa. Elm.

Anthony and Brody say Cottonwood. The correct answer is Cottonwood. About half of the room got that one. right. It is the eastern cottonwood in Kansas and Nebraska and Plains Cottonwood in Wyoming. Those are the only three states with the Cottonwood as their state tree. Kansas was the first to make that designation in 1937 and Nebraska was the latest in 1972. Question two, the topic is conservation. This next great question is via Titus McKentie. President Donald Trump called the Delta Blank, a quote, worthless fish in a 2020.

social media post regarding California's water management. Need you to fill in the blank. President Donald Trump called the Delta Blank, a worthless fish in a 2025 social media post regarding California's water management. Nate, the only player so far to come up with an answer. Do you have this one right, Nate? There's, it's, I think. Okay.

Hmm. President Donald Trump called the Delta Blank, a worthless fish in a 2025 social media post regarding California's water management. Girl, there's seven players still have blank boards. Alyssa has now come up with an answer. A Delta Blank, a worthless fish. What's the category?

Conservation. Oh, yeah. Did that help you out? Pop up on your news app, Brody. Tough. Brody is not responding. I love how you talk trash and just have no reason to because you never win. There's an old saying when you get in the end zone, act like you've been there before.

I like to say, before you get in the end zone, act like to be there. President Donald Trump called the Delta Blank, a worst. Listened Fish in a 2025 social media post regarding California's water management. Is everybody ready? Randall, do you have this one right? No, I don't like my answer. How about you, Brody? I don't like my answer.

Keep talking for a while. No, I think we're wrapping up. This may be a one for eight in the room. Nate does indeed have it right. I mean, I can get four or five wrong and still beat Nate. That's true. That's true. Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Nate saying smelt. Corey, catfish, Sarah, bass, Randall, Shad, Alex, striped bass, Alyssa, Pike, Anthony, Trout, Brody, striped bass. The correct answer is smelt. Nate, got that one right. It's the Delta Smelt. The Delta Smelt is an endangered fish whose population has declined in California, by 90% since the 1970s. It has been at the center of political disagreement for decades,

with policymakers referring to it as the Farmers v. Fish Dilemma. Basically, when water is redirected out of the Sacramento-San-Wa-Kin Delta, it's good for farmers but bad for smelt, water managers are being forced to choose between a functionally extinct preyfish or the nation's biggest egg industry. Question three, the topic is cooking. Finish this quote from the Food Network. Sometimes called a full boil. A blank boil occurs when large bubbles burst on the surface of a liquid.

This is a direct quote from the food network. Sometimes called a full boil. A blank boil occurs when large bubbles burst on the surface of a liquid. No, me first five, I'm good. Players are more confident on question three than they were on question two. sometimes call a full boil a blank boil

occurs when large bubbles burst on the surface of a liquid Alex and Anthony struggling on this one who does most of the cooking

at your house Anthony rather not answer that okay how about you Alex I would say I do okay yeah

sometimes called a full boil. A blank boil occurs when large bubbles burst on the surface of a liquid. We're waiting on you, Alex. All right. This is a shot in the dark. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Nate and Corey and Sarah and Randall saying rolling boil. Alex says bubble.

Alyssa says rapid. Anthony says hot, Brody says rolling. The correct answer is rolling. I've never heard of a rolling boil. Simmering happens at about 180 degrees Fahrenheit. No. You got an Italian last name. The guy just said he doesn't do any of the cooking in the house.

Take it easy. We abstained from answering that. It's just boiling water to it, Anthony. It's all boiling. A simmering happens at about 180 degrees Fahrenheit, a low boil at 200 degrees, and a rolling boil at 212 degrees. The Food Network says that if you can stir a pot of water and it continues to boil, then you've reached a rolling boil. A rolling boil is best used when you need sustained heat, such as when canning or cooking shellfish. Question four, the topic is fishing.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department collects thousands of these every day. January, which they sink to create, quote, reef-type structure. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department collects thousands of these every January, which they sink to create reef-type structure. You look at mine? Why would she? This is not cooking. I've never got a cooking question even remotely.

This is a shi-y-it. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department collects thousands of these every January, which they sink to create reef-type structure. Not Nate's strong suit. Do you have this one right, though, Nate? I don't think you need to be a fisherman. Nope, you're going too far there, Brody. You should know this one, Nate. Let's not do this one. Oh, dude, I got it.

Oh, dude. I don't know how. A fabulous word. Do you guys want him to win? What do you do? Just keep it coming. Again, we're on question four. Boy needs all help you can get.

That's true. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department collects thousands of these every January, which they sink to create reef type structure. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Nate and Corey saying Christmas trees. Nice. Sarah says, Milk cartons.

Randall, Christmas trees. Alex says muscles. Alyssa, what's that say? Alyssa says tumbleweeds. Anthony says Christmas tree. Brody, Christmas tree. The correct answer is Christmas trees. Game agencies across the country do this every year.

Texas biologists say that fish will show up on the trees within 15 minutes of sinking them. And then they work as habitat for one to five years. This structure is commonly used for spawning. and feeding by a variety of warm water species. If you guys hadn't said anything, I would have stuck with battleships. Thousands of thousands of that. That's why I wasn't confident. He meant the board game.

I just said you should know this, and then you got it. The trees sink on their own? They usually will put like a cinder block towards the bottom of them. They do it at Canyon Ferry in the spring. They sink them up in like five, six feet of water. And that's right, perch will use it. Would you have accepted cinder blocks? Uh, no

Because I almost wrote that No It would have to do they collect Thousands of those every January? Maybe Okay We're gonna say no If you put in some of blogs

Who can say? We're just going to assume they have a stockpile of those They don't have to collect them I guess we'll never know Question 5 The topic is hunting This next great question is via Aaron Keaton

According to Project Upland The Blank Blank Grouse Is second only to the wild turkey as North America's biggest upland bird. According to Project Upland, the blank, blank grouse, is second only to the wild turkey

as North America's biggest upland bird. Sarah and Nate, the great upland hunters. I don't know about great. Did you guys get a limit this weekend? Close. Okay. Had Nate hit more pheasants, we would have shot a little. Listen.

The good upland hunters. I don't know, man. He missed a couple of chips. He just got Christmas tree. Get off his back. I missed two wide open shots. Oh. But hey, you know. Which is how many birds we were short of our limit.

But I wouldn't have been able to kill both those because I had to. Well, it's a group limit thing. Is that how that works? That is how that works. This is getting recorded. Sarah, do you have this one right? I am 80% copy. Okay.

Nate, the good upland hunt. He doesn't love his answer. Come on, Nate. According to Project Upland, the blank, blank grouse is second only to the wild turkey as North America's biggest upland bird. Brody, do you have this one right? We're going to find out. Like, I know what it is, but I'm not going to lie that there's something in there that threw me off a little bit. The blank blank grouse is second only to the wild turkey as North America's biggest upland bird.

Randall, do you like your answer? I think I'm in the same boat as Brody, proverbially speaking. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Nate saying greater prairie. Corey says prairie sage. Sarah, prairie sage. Randall, Western sage.

Alex, sharp-tailed, Alyssa, Ruffed, Anthony, Greater Sage, Brody, Greater Sage. The correct answer is Greater Sage, Anthony and Brody. Got that one right. The Cornell Lab describes the Greater Sage Grouse

as having, quote, a chubby, round body, small head, and long tail. Males grow up to seven pounds with a 38-inch wing span, as their name implies, greater sage grouse rely on sagebrush habitat with 38% of the world population found in Wyoming. Art, Phil, we're halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard update.

Well, at halftime, nobody has a perfect game. Alex and Alyssa have zero points. Corey and Sarah are tied up with two. Anthony and Randall are tied up with three. And what seems to be a new sort of, I don't know. Romance? That's a better word than what I was going to use. Nate and Brody are tied with four points.

A little bit. Well, I did give Nate a clue, so, you know. What was the clue? It's my own fault. This is a tough game, exciting game. Going into question six. Our crew at Meat Eater has centuries worth of collective experience procuring and preparing meat, hunting, butchering, preserving, cooking it for ourselves and our families.

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I've learned about good meat from the wilds or from the ranch. This ain't your typical phony gas station jerky. It's American Buffalo done right, and it's just the beginning. Meat eater snacks from folks who know meat. Question six, the topic is fishing. Name one of the two states

that Bull Shoals Lake borders. This is an obvious one. Name one of the two states that Bull Shoals Lake Borders It's Bull B-U-L-S-H-O-A-L-S-H-O-A-L-S Name one of the two states that Bull-Scholes Lake borders. Bull-Scholes.

It's like the rural juror. She's the new O'Merry. Do you like that casting? That is perfect casting. It seems appropriate. Randall, you have this right? I'm second-guessing myself, but I had something that flashed to mind.

All right. Brody, you have this right. Has anybody been there? Is that giving anything away? No. No. Okay. O'4-8 in this room.

Name one of the two states that Bull-Scholes Lake borders. Oh, just one. Just one state. Over a cheaper. I don't know. I'm looking at Corey's face and does that help them?

Yeah, you answered it pretty quickly. Oh, you're giving a solid hint. Got a one in 25 chance. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Nate says California. Corey says Missouri. Sarah, Alabama.

Randall, Alabama. Alex, Montana. Alyssa, Texas. Anthony, Wisconsin, Brody, Arkansas. the correct answers are Arkansas and Missouri so we have Brody and Corey get that right each providing the other state at 71 square miles Bolshoulds is the 72nd biggest lake in America third biggest lake in Missouri and biggest lake in Arkansas the reservoir is known for its large mouth landing on Bassmasters list of 100 best Bass Lakes in the country I think the river

below is even more popular. Is that the White River? Is that how you know it? No. I've seen it on a map. He just knows it. Now is a reservoir a lake, the same thing? No, but it's called Bull Shoals Lake.

Not going to find any technicalities there, Anthony. I was thinking of muscle shoals. Whenever I see the word shoals, it's just the first thing that comes to mind. That is in Alabama. Yep. Question seven, the topic is woodsmanship. U.C. Davis defines this six-letter word as, quote, a general term that categorizes several unrelated but similar groups of predator birds,

such as falcons and eagles. What was the category? Woodsmanship. U.C. Davis defines this six-letter word as, quote, a general term that categorizes several unrelated but similar groups of predator birds. such as falcons and eagles. Bird people got this. Randall, big bird guy, do you have this right?

If I have it right, I went to this. Well, I won't say that. Yeah, no, no, no, no. That was a stumble there. That would have been a mess. UC Davis defines this six-letter word as a general term that categorizes several unrelated but similar groups of predator birds, such as falcons and eagles.

God, that question's like a roller coaster. There's a lot going on there. That's a great way to describe that. Your hands up and hang on. Randall, have you seen the Muscle Shoals documentary? Yes. Very good. What's it about?

It's about all the famous soul and R&B recording studios that are in Muscle Shoals. Like the Supremes recorded there and the Stones are recorded there. It's a music, an undersung music, Ken. Undersung music capital. That's good. It's like Nashville, but that cooler, more relevant. Seems out of place there. That's the whole point.

In six-letter word, a general term that categorizes several unrelated but similar groups of predator birds, such as falcons and eagles. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Nate says Raptor. Corey Murder. Sarah and Randall say Raptor. Alex, without an answer. Alyssa says Clutch.

Anthony, prey, brodie, raptor. The correct answer is raptor. Examples of raptors are hawks, eagles, kites, falcons, vultures, kestrels, owls, ospre, and buzzards. The single most obvious distinguishing feature between those predatory birds and others, such as herons or penguins, is that the presence of talents. Raptors are also the birds that are most likely to prey on mammals and other birds. you've been to a raptor center well we went to raptor fest a couple weekends ago

I didn't know about this Bridger Bowl okay I saw some raptors up close what kind of raptors did they show you I don't want to get into specifics there were owls there he doesn't want to get into specific yeah clearly I remember

I remember what big bird guy yeah they were raptors I saw what I saw I made a note where are you spending more time at the beer tent and with the birds ran well there was supposed to be an october fest and there was i was told there would be an october fest and i did not engage in any of well no i take that back i did eat two hot dogs they had the the bridger bowl hot dog cart going so i did have a german sausage in just a normal hot dog you got that detail down yeah question

hate the topic is hunting this next great question is via john hibbert adams brown and pike counties in Illinois form this world-famous white-tail region. Adams, Brown, and Pike counties in Illinois form this world-famous white-tail region. This is question eight. What is the question? We're looking for the name of the world-famous white-tail region. Adams-Brown and Pike counties in Illinois

form this world-famous white-tail region. Apparently, it's not very world famous after all for white tailors. Have you been there? I don't know. Certainly I've been haunted there. Adams Brown and Pike counties in Illinois. Pike County, I've liked. This world famous white tail region.

I don't really know what the question. I can't decide if I want to make... We're looking for the name of the region. Can't decide if I want to make a serious guess. or just write buck truck buck truck who calls it this a lot of white tailors

everybody your in-laws who live there they call it this Adams Brown and Pike counties in Illinois form this world famous white tail region

it's probably a bad time to say I'm from Illinois and don't white tail hunt I'm like 50-50 I feel like there's two good options Brody, you have this one right? Oh, I don't know. I feel like I took a real good guess.

I like my answer, but I don't, like, I didn't know this before. I've heard that. You get a scoreable update after this from Phil. Like it felt right. I kind of like my answer now. Lock truck? No, I went with a serious guess. Ooh.

I kind of like it. Is everybody ready? I love mine. An example would be like the Arizona Strip. That would be the name of a region famous for a thing in the hunting world. I feel like that was a little too much. A little too much. Okay, is everybody ready?

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Nate saying golden triangle. Holy big buck country. Sarah without an answer. Randall says golden triangle. Alex says... I must have intuited that. Armpit.

That was a masterful. Anthony says land of giants. Brody says golden triangle. The correct answer is Golden Triangle. So Randall, Brody, and Nate got that one right. Not back in it. The Golden Triangle is located in Western Illinois and is nestled between the Illinois River and Mississippi River.

Those three counties rank second, third, and tenth in the state for Boone and Crockett whitetail entries. The region is known for its perfect mix of timber and egg, making it a deer hunter's dream. Have you hunted it? I have not. I'm going to hunt it this year. I have a buddy there who have got the,

invite from. So I've got myself a firearms tag. I will be there in December. I'm very excited. You shooting a shotgun or a straight wall? A straight wall, 350 legend. When you go to a world famous region like that, is it just overcrowded and swamped with other hunters? Well, well,

if it was a bunch of public land, that would be the case, but it's mostly private. So you have to have a connection there. And if a place is world famous like that, it probably doesn't have enough pressure to make it not world famous. So in this case, no, it is not too crowded.

All right, Phil, let's get a scoreboard update. Here we are. Alex and Alyssa have still not gotten a question right. I'm just going to say it. Zero points for them. Corey, Sarah. You have three points apiece.

You're welcome. But the three players left in the game are Randall Williams with five. Nate Mason was six and Bertie Henderson with seven. Question nine, the topic is conservation. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Justin Jelzma, for sending this great question. Justin 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.com.

This type of precipitation is formed when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide react with water in the atmosphere. Again, the topic is conservation. This type of precipitation is formed when sunfishin, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide react with water in the atmosphere. Nate, you have this one right? Oh, yeah. Okay.

It's one point behind Brody's Brody doesn't yet have an answer. Don't give a hint. I'm not. I'm not. It's totally different. No. My only prayer I can tell you're lean. Is if that light fixture falls on Brody in the next five to ten seconds.

Should I hit the kill switch? Yeah. Can I give a shout out to a previous Mediter episode? Yes. The one where the lawyer was on, talked about permissions. Go for it. I used his little formula. I got three permissions this weekend. I forget what it was.

He just like, you want to butter him up. You don't, no, you just go straight up. Yeah, you don't like go in there talking about his truck and farm. You just say, hey, this is me. This is what I'm about. I'd like to talk. Three permissions. I mean, granted, birds.

Okay. Tell me, tell me how it goes. Give me an example. I'm the landowner. Okay. Now, now to all my, you know, I'm just going to go in for it, and all the veterans can ride in and be pissed of me. You know what? If I was a veteran, I think I would play that card too. Listen, hear me out. I don't get 15 cents off at McDonald's, but I will use it to milk a landowner. I'll just be honest. You do that, that's good for you. And so I say, hey, my name's Nate. I got out of the Army last year moved out here.

I haven't had any luck killing birds on public plans. You can only play that card for like a year. I know. Okay. I don't really cash in. keep going. We just hammered hard this year. Yeah. And I'd like to ask permission to upland birds on your lane. Can we have a discussion about that or should I come back another time?

No, I'm a communist. Well, hey, good on you. I respect all walks of life. You should add that you miss most of the birds. Yeah, I probably won't kill me. I won't hit that. I'll just walk around and shoot letting them. This weekend you should try a variation on that.

Say, I got out of the Army the year before last. And just see if it's like three, four score years ago. If there's a recent scene. Wait, what was the 15 cents at McDonald's? Like, you know, guys will go around, like, on Veterans Day and be like, I want, I'm a veteran, I want free Bob Evans. I thought there was an ongoing,

a rolling discount at McDonald's. I don't think so. You don't go to Applebee's on Veterans Day? No. I'm usually hunting, damn right. Is it a free meal? See, that's why you got the Golden Trial question wrong. Because you aren't hunting white tails on Veterans Day. Again, we're on question nine.

The topic is conservation. This type of precipitation. is formed when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide react with water in the atmosphere. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Nate says acid rain. Corey says fog. Sarah and Randall and Alex say acid rain.

Alyssa says hail. Anthony says acid rain. Brody says snow. The correct answer is acid rain. We go, boys. We have a game. Going into question 10. Although some acid rain is naturally produced through rotting vegetation and volcanoes,

the biggest source is burning fossil fuels. Encyclopedia Britannica says it was one of the most well-known environmental problems in the 1980s, but acid rain in America has significantly decreased in recent decades, thanks to the U.S. Clean Air Act of 1970 and U.S. Air Quality Agreement of 1991. Brody, you're probably the only person in here old enough to remember, acid rain ever falling. That's like how you got all, you lost all your hair. And you got it right, or wrong.

Excuse me. I don't necessarily remember it falling. I remember the after effects of it in like watersheds in Pennsylvania. There was, I think I was reading the Guinness Book of World Records, Pennsylvania, I think for a short period, held the record for the most acidic rain ever. It had a pH level of like 1.5 and I think normal rainwater is like that may have been related to, there's a lot of coal mines in Pennsylvania back in the day it might have been related to that. I'm not sure. All right, here's a correct answer review so

far. One was Cottonwood. Two, smelt. Three, rolling boil. Four, Christmas trees. Five, greater sage grouse. Six, Arkansas and Missouri. Seven. Raptor. Eight. Golden Triangle. Nine acid rain. Bill, give us a scoreboard update. I just want to point out that

Alex is on the board now. So, congrats. Hey. Welcome to Alex. Thank you. My favorite veteran in the room. Hey. I am a Marine, so I'm not really smart, but I got that one right. Yeah, I notice it's hard for me.

I trip over my words when I have to try to think of a kind way to say that you're doing very poorly. So I always just love, you know, juicing someone up. So way to go, Alex. Also, on the topic of juicing, Brody. No, it's not that kind of juicing. Brody missed that question. and still at seven points. Nate got it correct.

They are now tied up with seven points apiece and Randall is hot on their tail. Within striking distance. Striking distance. I feel like there's a question there. Question 10. The topic is gear.

What do the letters in the hunting brand QAD stand for? And it appears as though Nate knows this. What do the letters in the hunting brand QAD stand for? Were you in the industry or something? Something.

Do you have this one right, Nate? Oh, yeah. Okay. It puts a lot of pressure on Brody. I mean, the unfortunate thing is if Nate wins, there's a giant asterisk next to his win because Brody gave him an answer on question four. As we all remember.

A win's a win. You know? This is what I would call it. I definitely don't know this. What do the letters in the hunting brand Q and A.D. stand for. Brobie's going to see if he can work this one out without just knowing it off the top of his head.

Does anyone else besides Nate know this one? No. I know QED. What's that? What did you? What do the letters in the hunting brand QAD stand for? Do you own something that is QA.D?

brand, Nate. Yeah, I just switched back to it this year. All right. That's a big... What's the item? I'm not going to tell you. I'm not going to tell you. I'm not going to tell you.

So I can't. I can't give them a little. You're going to win if you know it because I don't. Well, I'm not going to give you a hint. Or we'd even it out. A little tip for tat. Listen. You need this win more than I do.

That's 100% true. Have you beat the big dogs before, Nate? I can't remember, I know I beat Cal, I don't know who else is in the room when I won. So I don't know if you consider Cal is not a big dog. What do the letters in the hunting brand? I think Randall was there that day. But I haven't beat both big dogs at the same time. If Nate wins this, he can no longer be considered a Gibroni.

That's for sure. Yeah, I feel like if you won. He got Raptor. I mean, the King Gibroni right now is Corby. Arkansas. So. Arkansas was a trophy in my office. Mm-hmm.

Sharp. How we do it over there? brodie go ahead and reveal your answers Nate says quality archery designs Cory quarter after dark Sarah quality arrow development Randall quality archery development Alex quality ammunition designs

Alyssa quality and design Anthony quiet and deadly That should be the right answer Quality and what's I say Quality and design. The correct answer. Is quality archery designs giving Nate the correct answer? Eight points and the victory.

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