The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 788: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLXXXIX

Episode Date: November 5, 2025

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Randall Williams, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, 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.

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I'm your host, Spencer Newarth, and today we're joined by Janus, Randall, Corey, Nate, Seth, Brody, and Cal. This is a 10-round quiz show with questions from meat-eater. Dieter's four verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking, there is a prize. Meadeter will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing. 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. The subject line, IFAQ. Today I'm asking the question, what are you guys going to be for Halloween tomorrow?

Oh, I'm going to be hunting. Hunting, okay, a couple hunters in the room for Halloween. Corey, you got some kids. Sure do. Hey, kid. What are you going to be for Halloween? Last year, you were Merlin the Wizard, which was an award-winning costume here at me, Deter, right? Yep.

Last year, my wife picked out my costume, bought it, gave it to me. I wore it this year. This year, she has not, and I have put in the same amount of effort this year as I did last year. A hunter, you're going to be that. I am going hunting in the morning. And trick-or-treating in the afternoon, and I might just keep my camo on. Hopefully it's covered in blood. Phil the engineer, Halloween.

Oh, geez. I don't have a costume this year. I can't believe that. Everyone is so surprised I would put the odds at like Negative 500 of that Which means you'd have to bet a hundred dollars to win $20 That's how stunned I am

Well I'm sorry for your loss Yeah I don't I'm not a huge dresser upper For Halloween I like the movies I like the vibes I like the spookiness I don't like putting on an uncomfortable costume I don't like it How about kids? What are they going to be? One of my kids is a bag of jet puffed marshmallows

And the other one is like a ghost face Alts costume. It's got like a red red face instead of white. How about Corey Jr.? Like the scream mask? The mask from scream. The mask from scream, that's right.

Marshall's going to be a ninja. It's got throwing stars and the little try. My older kid, I didn't have to get a high protection. He just went with the same one from last year. Which is a banana.

A banana. Okay. I like the ninja, man. I think in my days, I think I did at least four or five years of ninja. It's fun. It's also good for just sneaking around

that night. Exactly. When you're done trick-or-treating, you're like, let's go undercover, boy. We have a room full of hunters and TBD for Corey. Well, Spencer, I, Yonis here, I'm going to dress up as Jack Nicholson from The Shining, and my wife and her sister are going to be the twins. Hey, great. Okay, are you wearing it to the office tomorrow then?

Probably not. Do you have an oversized tricycle? I don't. I got to say, like, you need Randall's hair. to pull off Jack Nicholson. I know, I know. I'm still kind of working on, that's great. Or Mel Gibson.

So do you guys have an event? An event, two, ten? First brother gets married. My brother-in-law and sister-in-law usually just throw like a neighborhood kind of party, so there'll be, you know, a dozen, a dozen people. Geez, last year might have been the year I dressed up as a, I was like a businessman that came back from the dead. Oh, wow. And so I had, I was like, full suit.

This is kind of zombie face paint. And I had a briefcase. But then in my other hand, I can't remember. I had like an ice fishing pole and some other outdoorsy thing. And the bit was that don't work so much, go fishing more. But it was like, you're going to drink a bunch of caffeine to get that crazy jack? I should. But was it like a sexy businessman that came back from the dead?

I know. I had zombie makeup on. I just always think that's a fun question to ask about anybody's Halloween costume. Like a sexy banana? Sexy ninja? Yeah, I realized they cross the lawn. I'm dressed as a Canadian. It's just the only costume.

Or Jay Leno. I don't feel like that's a costume for you. That's just like a normal day. Yeah, what else are you going to do other than what you're doing right now? Just a Canadian. Go Blue Jays. Yeah, exactly. Are you going to be attending your front door?

No, we are a house that puts the candy bowl on the porch. That's what we do to assign, you know, take two. Are you there or do you go to the bar or something? No, we will be there and then usually spy on them with the ring camera. I enjoy that. That's so weird. To like see what kind of reviews we get. Because some kids are stoked.

I just made this sexy banana joke. And then we make a bunch of money on the internet from it. It's weird. Hold on. You're at your house. and you don't answer the door and participate? It's better for everybody. It's so much more excited when they don't know you're watching them.

Yeah. I'm going to show up on your ring camera and put a little sign there that says, Hey, kids, don't pee in this. We'll see what happens. You could do the old paper bag and dog poop trick for him. Is this the part in the show where you're going to bring up how you left the bar early when you invited me out for beers the other day? No, but you're invited out today, Yanni.

We're doing another happy hour today. Thank you. You'd be there. this time. Well, are you going to stay for more than 20 minutes? Randall's made the observation that people at this company are banned at getting beers after work. So don't disappoint us.

I've made it every time. Janus assumes that we were only there for 15 or 20 minutes because he assumes we started drinking at 4.45. I lied to him. I lied to him that day. We bailed early. We got some housekeeping to get to you before Yanni reveals any more company's secrets. Jeopardy is stealing again.

and they're barely trying to hide it. Back in January, we had a question that said, this Kentucky bourbon fittingly got its name after a distillery executive went on his annual bird hunt in 1940. The correct answer was wild turkey.

Then, on October 28th episode of Jeopardy, they had a question that was eerily similar for Final Jeopardy. It read, This brand got its name in 1940 after a distillery executive took friends, on a hunting trip.

Son of a gun. Nine months apart, nearly word for word. The same way I wrote it. The biggest difference is about half of the players here got that one right while nobody on Final Jeopardy knew the answer.

So. Nobody drinks anymore. Spencer, I'm a little worried that the Jeopardy executives are going to do some head hunting and steal you from the eater. That'd be kind of fun. It should make you feel good.

And it also shows how much worse. the host of this show has to do to come up with 10 decent questions. Either they are thiefing from me or I'm just, yeah, doing that good of a job that it qualifies for Final Jeopardy. I don't think they're stealing. I don't think they are but it is like a crazy coincidence.

I don't think they know they're stealing. They have the entire universe to get questions from and then word for word nine months apart for a question that's not like relevant this year or something. They could have had that question any time in the last 30 years. I like it. I want to see your clothing style hosting Jet

pretty. They'll get Canadian tuxedos there as well. All right, 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. Play the drop, Phil. Look, I need to know what I stand. He's doing that

everything. The door creaking? There's time to win everything. Spooky. Oh. Checkers. Question one. The topic is hunting.

This first great question is via Randy Hodge. Which of these is not a straight wall cartridge? Is it 450 Bushmaster? 280, Ackley improved. 4570 government or 350 legend. A confident room. This may be a 100% for the folks sitting in the media studio. Which of these is not a straight wall cartridge?

50 Bushmaster, 280, Ackley improved, 4570 government, or 350 legend. I don't think I have, maybe I've shot a couple of these, but I don't think I've ever killed an animal with either of these calibers. Is everybody ready? Corey? Yes, sir. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Janice and Nate and Seth.

The entire room says 280, Ackley improved. They got it. the correct answer is the 280 Actly Improved. The 450 Bushmaster, 4570 government and 350 legend are three of the most popular straight wall cartridges on the market. A straight wall cartridge

has a cylindrical case that lacks a bottleneck which the 280 Ackley Improved has. Jordan Sillers called it an underappreciated cartridge in his article on the meat eater.com called the three most underrated hunting calibers. Cal, you love that cartridge.

I do. I do. What do you like so much about it. Well, Janice and I used to talk about it because growing up, there was no, in my opinion, and I was guiding at the time, no killing rounds for the 7M.M. Meg, M.M. Meg was wildly popular. But when a client would bring one into camp, we would just roll our eyes and be like, boy, something is not going to die well. What did you used to call it? Seven Mickey Mouse. That's right. That came from Scott Justice. Oh, did it. The old outfitter called it the best.

backfiring boat anchor. And the 280 Acley improved is like 100 feet per second slower than the 7M. Mag, you know, they're very, very close. I think that's right. But that is the first rifle I purchased as an

as an adult. I got it with my BHA lifetime membership. It was a big, big deal. And then had to call uh kimber and be like hey i don't want that uh don't want that sick of camouflage on that thing yeah do it all round the only thing maybe like uh going against it is just like availability and ammo it's not the same as walking into a sportsman's warehouse and yeah they do have it they do have it and the acubons is what i i loved out of that thing and um i mean absolute killing around elk and deer

and, yeah, just great, highly, highly recommend. Randall, do you have a strong take on the 280-acly improved? I don't. It's an in-betweener. Okay. It's not a Magnum bolt face, but as Cal said, it has a higher muzzle velocity than compared to, like, a 7-M-O-8. So it drives those 7-millimeter bullets near Magnum, but it's a smaller case. Lower recoil.

Lower recoil. Lightweight because it doesn't have the big mag. Yeah, a lot of folks like it as a mountain rifle that approaches Magnum performance without the longer action and all that stuff. But yeah, yeah, not. Where's Randall's Gunn podcast? There's been a too-eighthly guy. If you're listening, you run this whole content business. Speaking of that 4570, is it fair to say, Randall, that that was a straight wall cartridge before straight wall cartridges were, I think,

thing for deer hunters. Yeah, I mean. I mean, like people shot them before they had to shoot straight. Oh, yeah, for sure. Yeah, and it's a military, it's a military round, but yeah, it's one of the first, like, mainstream. That's the oldest round up there, right? Oh, yeah.

Speaking of. The others are just little babies. I got a Springfield trapdoor 1886 that I need some work done on, so there's any gunsmith listening. Seth, Seth could do it for you. This is a hell of a first question. Question two. The topic is fishing

What does the fishing Conservation acronym AIS stand for? I thought we've had this. I believe we've had this. Nope. Nix it. You're thinking of it. I'm sure of it.

The fishing conservation acronym AIS stand for. Yanni would get it right if you've had this one before. He might not have been in that episode. He's got an empty whiteboard. Maybe he was not present for that episode. half of our room looks confident each letter stands for a word

Phil how's that sando Big give Man it's so good You haven't dropped it on the floor yet No I'm being extra careful Because I made fun of Steve so much On the way here So I couldn't do myself

Phil Oh this is the South Sider Oh we had a few of those in the room today Nate you get a crack The crotch on those pants I'm working on I just ordered some Stitch witch Sick Thank you

Don't ask about it Fishing Conservation acronym A-I-S stand for. Congrats the dog got a bird, huh? Thank you.

Heck yeah. Yanni, how we doing? I'm writing. I'm trying to focus, though. Nate, do you have this one, right? No, of course not.

No. I feel like you're just going to get this or you're not, so we should just move on. Yanni, Nate, and Seth all sitting next to each other and they can't cheat off of each other because none of them appear to know it.

Did you guys want Brody's opinion on this? Because he's got one. Corey, do you have this one right? Yeah, I got it. Cal, in your absence, Brody and Nate have developed a really fun dynamic. Oh, really? Oh, yeah. The problem is you've paid BFF. Father, son? Yeah. He's like a rebellious teenager kind of thing. And daddy. He's like Maxwell.

Oh, no. He's in trouble when he should be around it at home, but he'd What does the fishing conservation acronym AIS stand for? Seth, do you like your answer? Uh, yeah, sure, because it's, it's all. I got. Okay. How about you, Nate? That's the spirit, Seth. Yanni, do you give up? I'm not sure I understand the logic, Seth. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Yanis says American inshore society. Nate says, always in sewage. Seth, aquatic invasive species. Randall and Corey and Cal and Brody have the same answer. Aquatic invasive species. They got it. It's aquatic invasive species. Aquatic invasive species are unwanted non-native plants and animals such as curly pond weed, zebra mussels, common carp, and bullfrogs. My first internship was with the South Dakota Game Fish and Parks as an AIS specialist that consisted of sampling bodies of water and conducting angler surveys on high-risk AIS lakes. You guys pay the AIS fee on your Montana license every year. Was it two bucks?

Get him. question three the topic is cooking this is our listener question of the week which was won by jordan and brianna garabrant for sending this great question brianna and jordan are 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 meadeter dot com kathy bates serves henry winkler python as the main course and squirrel for dessert in this 1998 comedy Kathy Bates serves Henry Winkler Python as the main course

and squirrel for dessert in this 1998 comedy Cal's got it Randall's got it Cory do you have it? Okay, that was 98 Big cinema guy Hard to forget this one if you pay attention

to the academy Oh my god Why can't I remember this? Brody knows it but he doesn't know it Here's in it's a foreign language film the character, like Kathy Bates. Parley-vous Francais?

Serves Henry Winkler, Python is the main course. That confirms. And Squirrel for dessert in this 1998 comedy. Seth, do you have this right? Honestly, I don't recognize the names, but I'm just thinking of a

scene that's stuck in my head. Nate, do you have this one? No, I got a Kathy Bates movie, but I think it's wrong. What year were you born, Nate? 96. Okay. Henry Winkler, big fisherman. Yeah. He gets bullied on Twitter for it. He loves going to, he loves fishing the Henry's Fork in Idaho.

It came to me. That's great. Well, yeah, his name's Henry. He's written a book about fishing, in fact. Kathy Bates serves Henry Winkler. Python as the main course of the score for dessert. I only know one Kathy Bates movie, oh, she smashes his ankles. That's the one.

That's what they did is, dad. Yep, yeah, misery. That's a great, great move. Super good. Yanni, are you going to come up with an answer? No, no, go ahead. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Yonis without an answer.

Nate says, misery. Then we have Seth and Randall and Brody saying, Waterboy, that's correct. It's the Waterboy. I think we actually show this to my children recently. No way. The bug zapper, right? Wasn't that the...

The film takes place in the swamps of Louisiana where Kathy Bates lives with her 31-year-old son, Adam Sandler. In addition to Python and Squirrel, the movie features other Cajun delicacies like frog cakes and grilled gaiter. Here's the scene where Mama Boucher cooks dinner for Bobby and Coach Klein. Take it away, Phil. Good tune. That snake looks delicious.

What part do you think I'm about to eat? Basically, a snake don't have pots, but if I had to call it anything, I would say it's his knee. Great. His knee. And what are we having for dessert? Squirrel. The water boy.

They just don't make comedies anymore. Kathy Bade said she threw the script away when it was presented to her and then her niece saw it and said you've got to do this movie. Adam Sandler's in it. I asked my wife for Christmas this year for a bug zapper Where's it going to go, right on the porch? Yeah, well, it'll hang out by the garage

So when I'm laying there at night with the door open, I can hear that Did you go? Do you guys get bad skaters? Three Forks has a lot worse bugs, right? Oh, it's terrible. Yeah, really? No kidding. It's a swamp over there.

Yeah, a lot of water in three-forged. Swamp. Myasmas. The city's in the floodplain. Question four. The topic is conservation. The U.S. Air Force The U.S. Air Force sprayed 11 million gallons of this herbicide during the Vietnam War in an effort to clear dense forests.

Army veteran knew it. The topic is conservation. The U.S. Air Force sprayed 11 million gallons of this herbicide during the Vietnam War in an effort to clear dense forests. You've seen the NFL player who eats Raccoon? Xavier Leggett. Yeah, for the Panthers. I like that guy. He did a video the other day of stripping a squirrel by standing on its tail and pulling.

Oh. I need to follow this guy. Who's this? He's legit. Xavier Leggett. He's a wide receiver for the Panthers. Yeah. The U.S. Air Force spread 11 million gallons of the shirtside during the Vietnam War and an effort to clear dense forests.

Randall knows it, Nate knows it Yanni knows it Maybe Brody do you like your answer I've got two I think so two answers in my head Cal do you have this one right well there are two answers I would have suspect 11 million gallons of this herbicide

It's very specific We're only looking for one answer Hold on I don't know I'll spell it I don't want to talk I'll give something Yeah we'll reconvene What color is it Quiet quiet you

Right that'd be a big hint right Cory You're getting the death stare from Randall He's fishing You're within arms reach of Randall so be careful I don't think Randall knows the answer Oh of course I know the answer Randall has been having trouble controlling his rage and trivial

Oh man if the color thing is a hint Then I've got the wrong answer He works so hard He works so hard to hide it. He's like those monkeys that escaped that you guys talked about on radio live. The rhesus monkeys. You are aggressive. You have COVID and hepatitis.

Those Reese's pieces monkeys. Not always. I weigh a lot more than 40 pounds, though. Okay. Three out of four he's got. Is everybody ready? Yeah, I'm going to write a dumb answer. Brody?

Yeah. Corey, I think I'm going to get it wrong. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Jonas says Napalm. Yeah. Nate says Agent Orange. Seth and Randall say Agent Orange. Corey says Roundup.

Cal says Agent Orange. Brody crossed out Agent Orange and wrote down DDT. Oh. The correct answer. Is Agent Orange? About half of the room. Got that one right. Corey, were you on to the right answer there by asking what color it was?

I know it was a coincidence. Something. Okay. See, I was confusing Agent Orange with Nate. palm. That's why... Yeah, love the snow. I first wrote down DDT. But this is why... But that's an insecticide. Saying there's two answers.

What's the other answer? Because the actual chemical compound. Right, that's what I was thinking. What would it be? It's not DDT. No, it's not, but it's not Agent Orange either. If you said whatever that chemical compound is at home, probably like four words, go ahead. You give yourself a point. HLC1. There you go. Yeah. Agent Orange was developed in the 1940s and used to clear out very

vegetation along railroads and power lines. It became the most widely used chemical during the Vietnam War, with the U.S. military spraying it on rainforests during Operation Ranch Hand. The herbicide would kill the trees, which then dropped their leaves and made it harder for enemy armies to hide. Agent Orange destroyed about 25% of South Vietnam's jungle, with the effects still being felt today. Question five, the topic is ecology. This next great question is via Corey Betancourt. Noah defines this six-letter word as, quote, a swamp or shallow lake system, usually a backwater to a larger body of water. Noah defines this six-letter word as a swamp or shallow lake system, usually a backwater to a larger body of water. This is question five.

We'll get a scoreboard update from Phil after this. Noah doesn't have the money to name anything. it did at one point yeah call it whatever you want maybe this should be in the past tense I have struggled on a few government websites researching things this week

because obviously they had like some sort of outage that no one is around to correct I think it's the USGS that I've been unable to pull up some of the range maps for native species to North America lately yeah there's a proposal to further reduce USGS workforce

Yeah, US Jess is going to get the hammer. Deep, deep, deep cuts. They make the best range maps when you're trying to figure out what states a bullfrog belongs in or Oh, water quality monitoring snow tail sites. Noah defines this

six letter word as a swamp or shallow lake system, usually a backwater to a larger body of water. Yanni without an answer, Brody without an answer. Nate, without an answer. Seth without an answer. cow without an answer

Corey do you have an answer Not yet Okay only Randall then Can we wait a little bit? Well I mean no one else has an answer We should probably wait As long as they don't dance around I don't really know if my answer is correct

But it You have a six letter word It struck me like What is he saying in apocalypse now A diamond bullet Struck me like a diamond bullet Noah defines this six-letter word as A swamp or shallow lake system,

usually a backwater to a larger body of water. Five-letter words that were. I don't know. Mm. Six of our players are struggling. Randall not revisiting his answer. No. He's trusting that diamond bullet.

I'm struggling to come up with another one to choose between Wouldn't that be luxurious if I had two options to choose between Although it's easier for me Since I don't Because I could just go with the one that I have You can just sit here and help me fill time I'm just trying to fill in with some

That's right It came to me Put your board away The Diamond Bowl is now struck Corey Did I? No I didn't I'll give them one good in this game But I'm gonna need one from you Six-letter word

A swamp or shallow lake system Usually a backwater To a larger body of water Corey, what are you drinking there? Ice coffee It's called flash chilled Made by portal tea and coffee There's so much color on the can

I assumed it was some sort of kombucha I was hoping it was like a CBD drink Some sort of Is everybody ready? I would not help my case though Do you have an answer brodie? No I don't think any

A BCB drink later Caliani you guys give Go ahead and reveal your answers. Janus without an answer. Nate says Channel. Seth without an answer. Randall says Lagoon. Corey Lagoon.

Did you show him the answer, Randall? No, he came to that on his own. Refuge. My board's been flipped over since before Spencer finished reading the question. Brody without an answer, the correct answer is Slu. Oh, boy. Slew or Muskeg. Slew or Muskeg.

Slew was a picture that as being a part of. a river. I'm telling you, Noah's definition. Picture that is a good place to catch a pike under a slip-bobber. Although most of the country pronounces it slew, Noah claims that parts of New England say it in a way that rhymes with cow. So it would be slough.

These wetlands provide important habitat for all sorts of fish, amphibians, and birds across the globe. What was the second acceptable? Uh, must egg. Uh-huh. How does it define the lagoon? I thought about Muskeg, but I thought

that was like a dried-up. Yeah, that's a dine lake. Like a dine lake. I went and looked at synonyms for Slew to make sure that there were no technicalities, and Muskeg was one of them. The definition was close enough. I thought it would give it to you if you said Muskeg. I like it.

I think it's more like of a paradise-type body of water. At half time, we have Janus with one point in last place. Coming up next is Nate with two. And we have Corey and Brody tied up with three. In first place are Seth Callan Randall with four points. Uh, Noah's definition of lagoon is, uh, water separated from larger bodies of water by a natural barrier. Hmm. So what's the definition for pond?

But then a, so then a, a, a slew is by an artificial barrier. It's, it didn't say there's a barrier at all. It's just saying it's a backwater to a larger body of water. I don't know. Right now with the weather. Seems like the language is getting a little murky round a little bit. These are murky waters. There's all sorts of good things going on in the slew.

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Join me as we track the truth through tangled cover and cold case files, where every trail tells a story, and every story leaves its own trail of blood. Blood trails, listen now on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Question six, the topic is gear. This outdoor retailer, which is named after the highest point in Lake County, Illinois, filed for bankruptcy in 2017. This outdoor retailer, which is named after the highest point in Lake County, Illinois, filed for bankruptcy in 2017. Janice has an answer. Janice is your answer correct? I don't know.

But it's a good, good, good guess. Randall, do you have this one, right? I've got a guess. You seem amused by your guest, too. You had to crack a smile as you put your whiteboard down. No? No, I was thinking about more lagoon jokes I could make. This outdoor retailer, which is named after the highest point in Lake County, Illinois, filed for bankruptcy in 2017.

You ever been to Iceland? No. No. He looked like a guy who's been to Iceland is why I asked. But they have the blue lagoon. You've been to Iceland. I have. You don't look like a guy who's been to Iceland.

Oh, really? Yeah, yeah. I look like a guy's been to Iceland. You do, yeah. Look pretentious? You look like a Viking. Oh. Yeah.

Oh. You both look like a little scandal. My people did visit there hundreds of years ago. Of course. Yeah. Well, they have the blue lagoon in Iceland. It's like a hot spring. Sounds like a tiki bar.

Oh, that's like a very social media popular place to take a dip, I believe. It is now. Or are you just saying Randall's the type of person that you associate with hot springs? Well, yeah. Yeah, you look like you like hot springs. I was that one this weekend. You look like you love hot springs. Eating some prime rib and orange flambay.

Ooh, you went. Oh, yeah. Not in the hot spring. No, not in the hot spring. They let him. Again, this outdoor retailer, which is named after the highest point in Lake County, Illinois, filed for bankruptcy in 2017. Is everybody ready? Yeah.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. Janis says Gander Mountain. Nate says Cabellis. Seth and Randall and Corey say Gander Mountain. Cal says Dix. Brody without an answer. The correct answer is Gander Mountain. That's a good joke though.

At one point, Gander Mountain had 162 stores across the country, but they were forced into bankruptcy in early 2017 with Camping World, winning the bid to take over the company. They then rebranded as Gander. Outdoors, followed by Gander RV, and open and closed dozens of stores in the process. It's unclear what the future holds for Gander, but it seems they've been defunct since 2022. Yeah, I know Dix had like some reorganization type stuff going on about the same time.

Yeah, it had to do with some gun stuff, I believe. Yeah, big gun stuff. I bought my first pair of polarized sunglasses from the Gander Mountain in Fargo. God, that's a nice memory. it is and then i lost them bow fishing i fell in the river popped off my face my glasses and i was like i can never spend more than fifty dollars on a pair of sunglasses ever again in my life because that's what's going to happen have you stuck to that rule um yeah i don't think i buy sunglasses over fifty dollars i'm gonna lose or break them just gonna happen spencer i bought my

first baitcaster from gainer out which one uh it was a fluger um broad and real combo do you still have it. Oh, yeah, still have it, but I remember I bought that and I bought line, spooled it up, went home, first cast, backlash, had to cut all the line off. Back to Gander Mountain. Question seven, the topic is conservation. Only

two northern blank rhinos remain today and both of them are female. Okay. Only two northern blank rhinos remain today, and both of them are feet.

Oh, gosh. We've got a confident room. This may be a one- Oh, I'm just not. Oh, okay, never mind. I was mistaking their quick answers for confidence. Only two northern

blank rhinos remain today, and both of them are female. Shoot. You know, you could have done the whole sage grouse trick and given us two blanks. I put average-sized. That would have been too hard. Proof that they're not.

Proof that they're not. Corey, how you doing down there? Well, I got two answers. One of them's right. Okay. Oh, no. I got a cross one out whenever. I think we're waiting on you.

You're the only player with an uncapped marker right now. Let's go like this. Yep. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Janus and Nate and Seth and Randall. And Corey, the entire room says white. Oh, thank God. Corey.

Everybody got it right. The correct answer is white. Corey crossed out black at the last second. The last male northern white rhino died in 2018 at a conservancy in Kenya. The two females that are left are his daughter and granddaughter. Both have health complications that prevent them from carrying out a pregnancy. So scientists are attempting to use the closely related southern white rhino as a surrogate. So far, 38 embryos have been produced, but none have resulted in a full-term pregnancy.

Do they have any of that last male C? I imagine they do. I think they do from a few of the last. What would they be? Bulls? I don't know what a male ride was. Probably Bulls, I suppose. That is the last male there.

His name was Sudan, and he was put down in 2017. Question eight, the topic is forging. This is the largest city in Saskatchewan, and another name for the service berry. We'll get a scoreboard update from Philip, the engineer after this. This is the largest city in Saskatchewan And another name for the service berry That service berry's an underloved berry

Don't some folks pronounce it as serviceberry? Yes sir For sure Has anybody been to this largest city in Saskatchewan Nope but I've made some blank berry pies Yep okay I have been there Do you got a good crop on your new place as your old place?

Yeah. Depends on the year. That might be the problem, Brody, is they're everywhere. And so people don't appreciate them. Mm. As though if they're more rare. They're a little seedier than other meal. That's why you got to cook them.

Yeah. For some reason, when you put them in a pie, the seedy, this goes away. I started to rethink my answer. This is the largest city in Saskatchewan in another name for the service berry. Is everybody ready? This is where Seth's refusal to travel outside of the country is really biting them again. I go out and reveal your answers. We have Janice saying Saskatoon.

Oh, yeah. Nate says Thimble. Randall says Saskatoon, Corey, and Cal and Brody say Saskatoon. They got it. The correct answer is Saskatoon. Hey, I'm sorry, I'm being a horrible podcast engineer right now. I'm having a conversation with Reva about copyright stuff around my drops and it's getting me fired up. So I kind of missed the last round of who got that one right.

Well, everyone. Like this, like this question. Ryano or the Saskatoon one. Janice had it right. Okay. Randall had it right. And also I've really messed up because I have... Phil!

Oh wait, no, never mind. I've got everyone in the right order. Okay, so Seth... Seth and Nates did not get it. Everyone else did. Okay. Great. So Yanni, Randall, Cori,

I think I have the right thing. If I don't, please yell at me and shame. Randall was losing. No, that's actually inaccurate. Losing by two. Other names for the service berry include Juneberry, Shadbush, and Sugar Plum. Their range stretches from Alaska to Iowa to New Mexico. Although they have a sweet, nutty flavor, their firm, chewy texture makes them a less desirable berry than other wild berries like the huckleberry or thimbleberry.

All right, Phil, let's get a scoreboard update. We'll see how accurate this is. Before we do this, you're all right? I'm doing okay. It's just super out of character for you. Do I look different? Do I have a different demeanor? Now. Did Slim Shady come down on you? I'm going to text Reaver right now. He did actually.

Oh really? Yeah, we got a strike on my lose yourself drop today. It's parody. It's legal. Oh, we've got. I was joking. Nate with three now. Yannis has four. Is that correct? I think Yannis is making kind of a comeback here. Here's Yonnie. Oh, I love it. Then Brody has five points. Corey Cal and Seth are tied up with six and Randall has pulled ahead. Loan Wolf. He's got seven now. Let's hear a third question. That's all we need is a bird clip. Question nine, the topic is hunting. This next great question is via Jacob Updegraff. Blank Sporting Journal, which celebrated their 50th anniversary this year,

claims to be, quote, the periodical of choice for discerning sportsmen and women. Good question. Yeah, capital. Good question from Jacob. Really? Blank Sporting Journal, which celebrated their 50th anniversary this year, claims to be the periodical of choice for discerning sportsmen and women.

A confident room except for Seth and Nate. I used to subscribe as a... You were a discerning sportsman. As a young elk hunting guide that was trying to just, you know... Expand your horizons. Pull as much in as I could so I could, you know, speak wisely in camp.

Trying to communicate with your clients. I rented a house that had volumes and volumes. I mean, like, I don't know, decades worth. That was pretty fun to cruise through those. What I would like about their magazine is they all look the same. If you picked up a copy from 1982 versus 1999, blank sporting journal, which celebrated their 50th anniversary this year,

claims to be the periodical of choice for discerning sportsmen and women. Is everybody ready? Is it still in print? You should do another version where it's the periodical of choice for discreet. Sportsmen. Or it's not the periodical of choice for discerning sports men and women. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Yannis says Grays.

Nate says Eastman's. Seth Eastman's. Randall, Corey, Cal, and Brody say Grays. They got it. The correct answer is Gray's. A lot of colors. I would have expected to be around a lot longer than 50 years ago. Ed and Rebecca Gray launched the first issue of the journal at their kitchen table in

1975. Amazing. They are one of the few outdoor magazines still in print, publishing seven issues each year. They say each one has unsurpassed sporting literature, original art, and compelling photos. Right, here's a correct answer review so far. Number one was the 280 Ackley Improved. Two, aquatic invasive species. Three, the water boy.

Four, Agent Orange. Five, slew. Six, Gander Mountain. seven northern white rhino eight saskatoon nine gray's sporting journal bill let's get another scoreboard update before question ten i think that was randall's still one point ahead with eight but corey and cow are on his tail seven stupid gander mountain question ten the topic is fishing according to a twenty twenty two report ninety five percent of lake Michigan's walleye harvest happens in this bay. According to a

2022 report, 95% of Lake Michigan's walleye harvest happens in this bay. Got two Montana kids versus a Midwestner. I don't know nothing about this, though. And it's a fishing question for number 10, which is very anti-Randall. Oh, yeah. Randall already has his answer down.

If he gets this right, he will win the game. If he gets it wrong, Corey and Cal have a chance to tie him up. Oof, that would be much too stressful. According to a 2022 report, 95% of Lake Michigan's walleye harvest happens in this bay. I think Randall's got it. So even if I help Brody and cheat, it's not going to help him. Rodi doesn't need you now. Cal and Corey need your head.

Oh, it's Cal and Corey. Yeah. I know, surprise. Corey, come on, man. This corner of Michigan? Let's stop doing this. Did a ship sink in this bay? Probably.

Is it in the Great Lakes? Let's not do the thing where we cheat. But we love giving chips. I'm just cheering the man on. He deserves a win. We had real good energy at this, when Spencer's reading the questions or reading the answers stay with real good energy. Should we flip these boards

over? Randall, how many wins do you really need? Come on. It's been a dry spell. He likes to donate that money. I've lost all confidence. Go ahead and we're going to let Corey. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Janus saying Green Bay.

Nate says Sportsman's Bay. That's a great answer. Seth and Randall say Green Bay. Corey says Michigan Bay. Cal says Green Bay Brody says Green Bay. The correct answer is Green Bay making Randall our winner with eight correct answers. I think there's a Thunder Bay.

It's back in the saddle again. It's estimated that about 300,000 walleye are caught in Green Bay every year. Their populations were decimated in the mid-1900s due to overfishing, invasive species, and pollution, with one biologist saying the fishery was nearly extinct. but thanks to stocking programs and habitat restoration it's now some of the most productive walleye water on the planet yeah when we were there doing the fur had ice fishing tour we ice fish right there where i believe it's the fox river was named that river that comes out of green bay the fox river is it the fox famous walleye waters yeah but like when we were there they said that most of the people that we talked to when they were kids there were no walleye there was no walleye spawn that happened up in the river and now because of cleanup efforts you can find a walleye way upstream. Yeah, which is way cool.

Big Bay. A lot of the Great Lakes, Lake Erie for sure. But that entire Lake Michigan, enormous, 95% of the walleye harvest happens in Green Bay. All right, Randall, what are you doing with the $500 today? We got an email recently from a listener whose father passed and they started a nonprofit in his honor buying lifetime hunting and fishing licenses for little kids

in the state of New York. So it's called the Little Tags Foundation. He wanted us to give it a shout out. Send $500 their way and set some kids up for a lifetime of hunting fishing. Wow. Well done, Randall. Now I'm glad you won. Thanks, man.

That's a way better use the money than what Corey was going to do. Who are you going to give that? I don't get to think about these types of things. Join us next week for more meat eater trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. Thanks, Spencer. Nice. Yeah, Spencer from South Dakota.

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