The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 797: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CXCII

Episode Date: November 26, 2025

Randall Williams guest hosts MeatEater Trivia with Spencer Neuharth, Ryan Callaghan, Nate Mason, Logan Dove, Hilary Byrne, and Roman Schnobrich. 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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should i play the the theme live in the room i think it'd be a nice touch but have to you do whatever you'd like this is a good entry this is a good entry point welcome to me Meat-eater trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I'm your guest host, Randall Williams. Today, I'm joined by Cal, the birthday boy. Spencer, not birthday. Hillary, not birthday. Logan, Roman, and the big dog, Nate Mason.

Wow. This is a 10-round quiz show with questions from meat eaters for verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. There is a prize. Meat Eater 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 with the subject line, IFAQ. Today's IFAQ is from Nick Halverson.

Long-time listener, first-time caller. I wanted to address some members of the team and, quote, give them their flowers, if you will. This is in response to episode 719 of Radio Live, I heard a lot of shade being thrown at Dr. Randall from some listeners. Dr. Randall has become one of my favorites to listen to. He is very smart. You pick this randomly? Sometimes articulate, which I thought was a nice qualification.

And often very funny. His quick, dry, and dark sense of humor is an excellent addition to the show, along with Phil the engineer, who could be the funniest most interesting member of the whole crew. Yeah, wow. I like this, Nick. I especially enjoyed episode 713 of Radio Live, which has to be one of the most hilarious and creative episodes that you guys have done yet. More, excuse me, more like that, please. My favorite hunting podcast is becoming my favorite comedy podcast, Color Me, Entertained.

All that to say, more Phil, more Dr. Randall, and more Spencer. I don't know why he included you. Yeah, he didn't say anything about me before him. Did you tell this guy that coloring people's kind of out of vogue these days? that's that's edgy that's why this is his favorite comedy Spencer I think he included you so that you would read this email

that's right thank you great work on all the shows you guys are doing the Lord's work sincerely Nick Halverson thank you Nick everybody here at the table appreciates your comments that's a good question I need to look up episode 713 of Radio Live I didn't

apparently you were on fire I meant to do that. I would imagine that was the hundreds of beavers episode, but I do not know. Yeah, that was very funny, especially the bit about hundreds of beavers. Did you guys do the Idaho Beaver Drop deal? Is that what you're covering? No, no, I, uh, it's hard to explain. A weird indie film.

It has nothing to do with all. And there's a very conceptual comedic bit in the middle of it. That was a two-part play between me and Phil. I was every, they rehashed the Idaho Beaver drop every year, a couple of of years. And people love it. Like the articles. I'm going to rehash it at some point. Yeah. So be careful. Yeah, but it's amazing. Like that was done in like

1949. A long time ago. Yeah. For the record, I'll point out that I did not select this email. Spencer select this email. And Spencer thought it would be funny if I read it. I agreed. I agreed to read it and I

it's fun reading it aloud. Actually, it's more meaningful than when you just look at it on your phone briefly on the couch. Now, for housekeeping today, let's address that I am losing one of my all-time favorite trivia competitors, Ryan Calahan.

No, he's not dying. He's just taking a new job. Cal, why don't you tell folks what's next? I can't participate in trivia. We have guests all the time. Spencer actually... You can show up. Spencer wrote that too.

I wonder who'll donate to it. I was saving myself the rejection. you know, going forward. I assumed, you know, this couldn't fit in your calendar. Well, the calendar is not fun at all. But, uh, yeah, incoming CEO at BHA. So January 1st, I'm going to start, uh, uh, CEO gig, which is, uh, an acronym. You're going to be a suit.

Well, yeah, I've, I've, I've, I quit wearing ties in D.C. quite a while ago, because I just, it takes me, I got to relearn the YouTube video every time. Yeah, yeah. We tied our ties together with YouTube that one time. Oh, yeah, that's right. Yeah. My wife asked me, uh, over Halloween, she had a costume that involved a tie, uh, how to tie a tie. And I said, just go to YouTube. There's the one video that this guy did it first on YouTube.

And now every, every man under 40 years old has watched that video. And that dude is a millionaire. Yeah, he's got to be multiple times. And it's not even a good video. He was just the guy to do it at one point. And then it became the video that everyone watches the day of a wedding. Has anybody made a shoe tying video yet? No, could be you. get on it. Yeah, man, I'm super stoked. Public lands,

waters and wildlife. Big, big part of my life. And I'm very excited to ensure any way I can to make sure that, that people stand up for those things and the proper management of those things and then continue to access to those things. Ideally, ideally expanded opportunities out there.

Because yeah, I mean, I think that right now there's definitely, we're being force-fed a bunch of BS on how these places don't have value or they could be better served in a certain way. And something I'm reminded of all the time just like driving around the home state here is like I feel like we're just really being force-fed this idea that people don't get along and can't come to terms on this stuff. I talk to people I disagree with all the time. And it's always a good conversation. So I think there's a lot of positive work to be done on building big coalitions of groups that all these people tell us can't get along. And I just think that's a bunch of crap. As a follow up, who are you going to miss the most as a trivia competitor?

Well, you guys do nothing but produce media. How could I ever miss someone, you know, be in my ears? He's already saying, you guys. Good politician. You people. Yeah. Politician. No, plus, I'm going to be participating a bunch over here.

I'm going to maintain the podcast and jump in on some, some projects here and there. So. Are you still going to share an office with Randall? Randor, are you going to keep his seat warm? I was going to say, I guarantee nobody remembers to turn off my key fob. Mm. Okay. It's like anytime I need to.

You use a copy machine. You got some mail in the office today. And anytime I need pens, stuff like that. Rinse something. Yeah. Sausage stuff. I am thinking about making a commercial kitchen. Cow's workspace, just sort of a communal sitting area where we can air our grievances

and come up with the next great film idea. Okay. Now, the Sydney Index for today is a four. So our winners should get eight correct answers. And with that, we're on to the game of trivia. Play the drop, Phil. I didn't say please. I need to know what I stand to win.

Everything. How's that? Just tend to win everything. Game on, suckers. Question one in the category of cooking. According to the CDC, which pathogen is the leading cause of hospitalization due to food-borne illness in the United States. Salmanilla. Hospitalization.

Your options are salminaula, e-coli, norovirus, or botulinum. Whoa. That's a good question. Man. According to the CDC, which pathogen is the leading cause of hospitalization due to foodborne illness in the United States? Again, your choices are salmonella, e-coli. Norovirus or botulinum

Randall you said you were coming up with questions at Deer Camp with your buddies Did you credit them for any questions in the script? No, I will do that though Did they come up with any? Oh yeah Okay I pulled probably five or six these off my phone Oh man, okay good

Yeah including the one that I had to cut Oh so This is good question It's always better start things off on the right foot With the check in the old got it column but I'm torn I'm torn. Is anybody

still thinking here? Anybody had one of these? I have. Well, that's what makes me torn as half the freaking office got tapped out last year with one of these. But did they go to the hospital?

And is the CDC say it's a food-borne illness thing? Hmm. Okay. Interesting. Interesting. And who goes to the hospital? Great question. A lot of times.

People who want to die. Yeah, exactly. Hillary, when she's breaking bones. Yeah, I've been to the hospital. Yeah, Hillary's a frequent fire at the hospital. Just the orthopedic surgeon. Do we have answers, gang? Let's flip them over.

Roman says E. coli. Hillary says Salmanilla. Spencer says salmina. Logan says E. coli. Nate says salmina. Cal says E. coli. Oh, geez, guys. The answer is norovirus.

Damn it, but that's what I had. Dang! That was the other one. According to CDC data, there are 9.9 million cases of domestically acquired foodborne illness in the United States, resulting in 53,000 hospitalizations and 931 deaths. While Salmonell was the leading cause of death in these cases, norovirus was responsible for more than half of all cases overall and nearly half of all hospitalizations.

Symptoms of norovirus include nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps, diarrhea, headaches, diarrhea, and muscle aches, and diarrhea. But it's still just not as sexy as E. coli. No. Dude, I got, I got norovirus coming home from Western Hunt, and it was the worst plane ride of my life. Is there a specific food people get it from? I had a bison steak the night before, so maybe that one. I got it from a bagged salad one time, I think. I feel like that's every food born out. Yeah, and we haven't been back to bagged salads, which is a real shame for the produce folks at Costco.

That's the sad truth of the trade show circuit is like the whole time. You're like, I want to be healthy. I need to get a salad. But then you're like, that salad will kill you. Get something deep fat fried, just muscle through. That salad has to fend off the shot show flu. Our next question, that's question two for those of you following along. comes to us in the category of hunting rank the following from densest to least dense

lead tungsten steel and bismuth rank the following from densest to least dense lead tungsten steel bismith and you can just use the first letter of each word which will make it easier for me to read your answers. Rank the following from densest to least dense, lead, tungsten, steel, and bismuth. Folks are working hard here. Doing some math.

That's the list. You got your answer, Cal? Do you feel good? Uh, yeah, pretty good. I mean, you can't feel good after missing the first answer. No, but everybody missed it. So you're all still on the same page. Let's just consider this the first question.

Did Sidney get that one right? She did. She also partook in that bagged Caesar. It hit me first. There was a night of me. She probably got it from me, cleaning up the bathroom after me. You're like, well, I got to go to work. No, no, I did not go to work for like three days

Yeah Was this the Costco baged Caesar? It was I was, I know, I love that cell It's kind of like a standby for us when we need Just something to throw out of you know I think, I mean They were they're batting a pretty high percentage Phil

Did you go to the doctor? No No So it was never reported you might have just let You know millions of other people Yeah, that's one case that throws off the CDC data Looks like we all have answers gang, flip over those boards.

Roman says Bismuth, tungsten, lead, steel. Hillary says Bismuth, lead, tungsten, steel. Spencer says tungsten, bismuth, steel, lead. Logan says, tungsten, steel, bismith, lead.

Nate says, lead, tungsten, bismith, steel. Cal says, lead, tungsten, bismith, steel. Phil, I don't know if you're falling along, but I'm fairly certain that that's another 0%. You be correct, Randall. The correct answer is tungsten, lead, bismuth, and steel. Really? Steel's the least dense?

Yep. Lead has long been used, and I have the grams per cube centimeter, but I don't think that's very interesting, nor is it easy to read. Lead has long been used as the gold standard for firearm projectiles, but it is illegal to use lead shot for waterfell hunting due to its toxicity. Steel is the most common non-toxic alternative, but it is less dense than lead,

so typically hunters will choose a larger shot size to maintain energy. Bismuth is closer to lead's density than steel, but it is more expensive. Tungsten is the densest, but again, its cost is a significant factor. The pheasant hunters, the old guys where I grew up in South Dakota,

if you hunt public land, you have to use steel. If you hunt private, it's your choice. Non-toxic, right. Non-toxic. Yeah. The common choice was always steel.

Right. But dudes would complain, usually old men, that the steel flew too slow for them. Mm-hmm. So that's why you weren't getting any birds. It significantly drops off the table. Yeah. Out there at 30 yards. Something like that.

Mm-hmm. Bismuth's a hot commodity right now. Chinese. Mm. Getting us. Yeah, especially at 9.8 grams per cubic centimeter. Mm. Tungsten almost has twice the density of less.

Fascinating. Question three, natural history. What 11-letter word refers to the geological time period that ended 11,000 years ago, characterized by the presence of large land mammals and birds, as well as extensive ice sheets and glaciers in North America. 11 letters? What 11-letter word refers to the geological time period that ends up. ended 11,000 years ago,

characterized by the presence of large land mammals and birds, as well as extensive ice sheets and glaciers in North America. Hillary? You know this one, Hillary? Hillary's got an answer. That was way quick. Nate's got an answer. Spencer's got an answer. Don't like it. Yeah, especially for 11 letters.

I got 11 letters. Cal's got an answer. Wait, wait. Roman's got a blankboard. Logan's tapping his board and looking at me. I was just in Utah. and we've found a new spot where you can see rhinosaur prints

in the ground that's been there. I, on Sam's antelope hunt, I found this like big mud spire that was solid fossils.

Yeah. Yeah. And I was like, it's so illegal, but I just want to destroy this whole thing. I'm pretty sure they had to be like Bison Antiquis is kind of what my guess

It was amazing Dude that petrified wood I sent you The landowner wanted it Oh I know I know dude It was the right thing to do

But it hurts But I feel like that's a rare Occasion where the landowner The worst part is He's like Oh I'm real interested in rocks Nate found some great Petrified Wood

Oh dude It stands up It is a perfect built book end. It stands up. It's amazing. Anyways, it's like, I really love rocks. It's like, all right, hey, dude, your property. Do what you want? He takes it from me. He's like, let me show you my other ones I got.

Tosses it by the side of his, like, next to his hose, like, just on the side of his house. He's got a chunk this big that looks like some dinosaur a billion years ago split it for firewood. It looks like firewood. And then he's got another chunk even bigger than his buddy found and gave to him. It hurt my soul. Logan, do you have an answer? I do, yeah. Roman.

I got nothing. Are you going to come up with an answer? How much time do we have? Would you like to just take a few seconds and... I'm still reeling from that hangman comments that someone made recently. So no. Nope. I'll just take them.

All right, Kang. Sorry, I use the word gang again. And, you know, the YouTube comments don't like it. They think it's a bad word to use. Gang? Yeah, they say it too much. Gang and team. In any event, Roman doesn't have an answer.

Hillary has Paleolithic Spencer has Pre-Cambrian Logan has Paleolithic Nate has Paleolithic and Cal has Pleistocene Which is not right The correct answer is Pleistocene Wow

It's one of Stephen Rowe's favorite words The Pleistocene epochs spanning from 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago was characterized by repeated glaciations across much of North America and Eurasia This geological period saw the evolution of many modern mammal species, including early humans, alongside iconic megafauna like woolly mammoths, saber-tooth cats, and giant ground sloths. That's a place to see in the Ice Age.

I'd like to call that the Ice Age. I thought that was going to be a higher percentage. Jeez. Tough room. How does the Sydney Index compare to the Shelby Index? She might win. The Sydney Index actually is pretty. it's pretty competitive.

We might have to call her and see where she wants to donate that money. I got a couple, I got a couple gimmies coming up. That would be a fun twist. That would be great.

Or call her for overtime. So that's, so we have six contestants. So far we've offered 18 answers and one of them has been correct. That's true, yes. This is a smashing success. Gang.

Gang. Come on team. What the hell's raters? People are right. I know. If you've ever, if you are a person who's ever complained about Randall saying

gang or team, I want you to just, stop listening to the meat eater content. I just think it's a funny word of you. I'll tell that to the CEO. I don't care. I think it's their very inclusive terms. Yeah. We're all in it together. Folks.

It's not going to bother Randall at all. Yeah. Nope. Hey folks. Steve Ronella here. It's that time again the meat eater Black Friday sale. From November 20 through December 1, you can save up to 50% across the entire meat eater family of

brands. First light, FHF gear, Dave Smith decoys, Phelps, and the Meat Eater store. Whether you're chasing elk, setting decoys, or just gearing up for camp, this is the time to upgrade the kit that carries you through the season. Visit your favorite brand site to find your deal, and don't miss the Meat Eater Black Friday sale. Folks, question number four comes to us in the category of woodsmanship. How many gunshots or blows of a whistle constitutes the international distress signal? How many gunshots or blows of a whistle?

Hmm. I guess it should be constitute the international distress signal. Phil, if we ever do this again, we should cut that S. You know what? I can change it live. You want to see this? Yes. Yeah

That's good That's much better The font's got bigger too Did it? That's much better I don't know Looks like most folks have an answer Logan you're ready

We flip them over team Roman says three Larry says five Spencer says three Logan three Nate three and Cal three The correct answer is three Three whistles or gunshots

In succession has become widely recognized as an international distress signal in wilderness and outdoor settings, allowing people to communicate that they need urgent help even when visibility is poor or across long distances.

The universal signals taught in wilderness survival courses worldwide and is distinctive enough to be recognized as intentional rather than environmental noise. Though in modern times, it's often supplemented by other emergency signals

like mirrors, flares, and satellite communicators. I think there's a guy in Oregon right now missing. They're looking for and they heard his three shots, or they heard gunshots. I assume it was three, which is kind of scary that. Yeah.

Like, they know he's out there and he wants to be found and they haven't found him well. That's good buddies with Dave. Oh, really? Dave's right. Yeah. Oh. Whoa. Devin.

Gobeck. Crazy. That's a, that's a bummer. That dude in California spent three weeks in his truck. Did you guys read that one? Snowstorm? Yeah, snowstorm. And, you know, it was like the three.

three-hour tour scenario and it was like, okay, I got to stay here. And then eventually, um, and he knew the, like the hunting calendar of like when the next opener was and stuff. And so he's like, I have got to hike out at this point or else nobody's going to be up here. Damn. Yeah. Yeah. Pretty interesting.

On to question five, which comes to us in the category of plants and stuff, this type of grass can only be spread by seeding or new shoots from the base of an existing plant which results in the tufts or clumps of growth that give it its name. This type of grass can only be spread by seeding or new

shoots from the base of an existing plant which results in the tufts or clumps of growth that give it its name. Cal's got an answer. I do have an answer. Feel good about it? Yeah, I thought it was something else, but then I had to listen to the rest of your voice there, and then I changed my answer. There are actually two acceptable answers, only one of which is related to the final clue in this question.

But hang on, hang on, I'll tell you all about that in a little bit here. Nate's got an answer. I have a word. Hillary's writing something, shrugging, frowning. shaking her head. There's a possible answer in... That's what I'm going with. Yeah.

Yeah. I gathered that. Oh, geez. Well, hey, didn't want to assume. Maybe I've overlooked something. Five whistleblass. There's some options, though. This type of grass can only spread by seeding or new shoots from the base of an existing

plant, which results in the tufts or clumps of growth that give it, its name. Nate's got an answer. Logan? Yeah. I don't know if it's even... I just have a word. Dude, I thought we were going to be much more aligned than I'm not with you today.

Yeah. We wore the same shirt. Sidney got this one. I was going to say you look good today. What are you going to have to take it off, I think? It's getting too confusing. Oh, dude. Well, I can't take it.

I can't take it off due to the shirt I'm wearing underneath it. It doesn't align with our. corporate values I've got a bear canoeing under this that's pretty sick show that one no take it off it's a tattoo I'm the host today Nate you'll take your shirt off

okay yeah I thought that was interesting too wow no I can't I literally come on come on come on come get me in trouble come on do we all have answers before Nate bears the bear on its chest Spencer's changing real quick Spencer's changing real quick Your shirt?

That's good. This is a great episode. Flip them over, everybody. Roman says seed grass. Hillary says tuft grass. Spencer says clump grass. Logan says cheat grass. Nate says fescue.

Cal says bunch grass. Now the answers I was looking at, looking for. What about buffalo? Bunch grass or tussock. Oh, tusset. That's what I was thinking of. Fescue is a type of bunch. grass. Oh, I'm right. It's a type of bunch grass. I don't necessarily know that I could

rule that out there because I didn't specify like the level. Oh, he's going to his phone. Here we go. There we go. Well, you can, bunch grasses are perennial grass species that grow in discrete clumps or tufts rather than forming continuous sod, creating distinctive rounded shapes with deep root systems that make them exceptionally drought resistant and valuable for erosion control. That's what all of our lawn should be in Bozeman. These ecologically important grasses, which include varieties like blue grandma, fescue, and wheat grass provide critical habitat for grassland wildlife and can survive in challenging environments. What do we think? Should we give it to Nate? I think we should give it to him, yeah. I think we give it to them.

Yesterday was Veterans Day. I got that problem. Yeah, yeah. Veterans week. So Phil, chalked that as a point for Nate there. Point for Nate. If we can give them a good loan rate, we can give them an extra answer. Indeed. Yeah, I will take both. We are now halfway through our game of trivia, Phil. May I please have a scoreboard update? No, thank you for saying, please.

So kind of you. I love it when you host. We've got Roman. Oh, wait, Hillary has zero points. Roman, Spencer, and Logan are tied up with one. Nate has two, and in first place, it's Ryan Callahan with three points. Sydney's still in it. Question six

Which of the quote Big Three catfish species Native to North America Does not have a forked tail Oh that's great Which of the big Spencer's got an answer Which of the big three catfish

Nate's got an answer Big three catfish species Native to North America Does not have a forked tail How long did it take Spencer To write that? I don't know And how fast does he write?

But there are also two catfish species that have a very similar number of letters. In fact, they have this... Shosh it, Randall. He's held out the room. I've just been sent a message from one of the suits upstairs asking me to retract my previous statement, turning listeners away from listening to the show, regardless of their insane comments. And to check out all of our other content on the Meat Eater podcast network, like Blood Trails, our new show host to Jordan Sillers.

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Man, you just warmed some suit's heart, dude. Question six, which of the big three catfish species native to North America does not have a forked tail? Are those who do not have answers? Are you still, once you guess, just name a catfish. Give us a multiple choice. I think all I know is three. Catfish. It's just a catfish.

I don't like my answer, but I don't know for certain. Spencer, you're confident. I have this one right. appreciate catfish or know what they look like. Yeah, you grew up in Ohio. I should not grow up in Ohio. All right. Let's flip over those boards.

Roman says... Oh, Flathead. Roman says the Southern Cat. Glory to the Eastern. Spencer, the Flathead. Logan, the Southern Catfish. Nate says the Blue Cat and Cal says the Channel Cat. See, the Flathead is my favorite. So that's what I was inclined to go. Yeah.

They had those, I mean, the correct answer is Flathead Catfish. Damn. Nice. Flathead blue and channel catfish make up the, quote, big three distinct species found in North American waters. Flatheads also known as shovel heads are distinctive from the other two, both in the shape of their head, their brown and yellowish coloration, and their squarish tail.

Both blues and channels have forked tails, with channel's tails more deeply forked than blues. That white tail I sent you a while back? 170 inch. I picked the worst of the big three. Yeah, yeah. And the funny thing is... The most forked. You've heard this question before.

Oh. I asked it when I hosted BHA rendezvous trivia in Minneapolis. And because I had to cut out a question at the very last minute, I thought I'd go back and pick a question from that event. And I said, well, Cal's heard them. I was too anxiety-ridden because I had to do the scorekeeping. Oh. I really...

Yeah, and I just thought it was very low odds that you remembered hearing this question. Yeah, good job. Even though it's such a good question. Blues and channels, they're tailfinging. man, is almost identical. And a lot, in a lot of ways, they're almost identical. The way you tell them part is their anal rays. One has more anal rays than the other.

Which one? God, I don't remember now. I think it's a blue is like between 22 and 24. And a channel is like 18 to 20 or something like that. But you don't have to count them. Because you can just show a photo of it to somebody and tell them it's a channel where blue and they likely can't tell the difference. Yep.

On to question seven. In the category of geology. I got everybody a bonus trivia question right there Send a thank you, Zan. Go ahead. Question seven,

Geology. Name two of the three types of rocks. I thought this was fun. This was really funny. I actually thought about making an entire trivia episode based off of elementary school science.

This is going to be embarrassing if I get this one wrong. Oh. Wait, are you going to get this run wrong, Spencer? You're a rock guy. That's your thing. Hillary's got an answer? Logan's got an answer.

No? Nate's got an answer. The first one I felt good about. I thought everybody would just laugh at this. But I also thought this game would be better. It's going poorly. Well, just by the scoreboard. Wait till you get this.

the next question. It's your buddy's fault. Your buddies came up with these questions. Do we get bonus if we list all three? I thought about having people list all three. You won't get a bonus, but you'll display your... You'll flex. Yeah, you'll flex on the listeners.

The shot density question, I'd like to credit to Christian Hughes of Seattle, Washington. Longtime listener of the program and my best friend since the age of nine. Pleistocene was also Christian. Wow

Yeah Best friend Yeah What do you like so much about him It's taking you a little too long to answer We share a certain sensibility about the world We have a lot in common He's owned more guns than he can remember

More than you He's the one who got the locker full of guns Burglarized from his home He collects weird stuff stuff. We all, uh, we all got answers. Turn them over. Sorry for the dead air. Romans says sedimentary, ignores, igneous. Hillary says sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous.

Spencer says, sedentary, but he crossed it out. And he wrote igneous metamorphic. Logan said, sedimentary and igneous. Nate said, igneous, metamorphic and crossed out sedimentary. And Cal wrote sedimentary and volcanic. I had all the other words rattling around my brain. Yeah. I just couldn't.

What about Maphic and Melfek? Those are two excellent. I like those. Geology terms, too. I don't know. I don't know. I was hoping that someone would write sedentary, but you saved your ass by crossing it out.

Igneous rocks form from cooling magma. What's the answer? Oh, igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary. Igneous rocks form from cooling magma, while sedimentary rocks develop from compressed layers of debris and metamorphic rocks result from existing rocks transformed under heat and pressure. Igneous.

Igneous. That's what you're thinking of. Question eight comes to us in the category of high cinema. What 1972 feature film follows... I was doing that the other night. Follows the... What 1972 feature film follows... the horrific misadventures of four

Atlanta businessmen who decide to canoe down the fictional Kahulawesi River before it is damned. What 1972 feature film follows the horrific misadventures of four Atlanta businessmen

who decide to canoe down the fictional Kahulawesi River before it is damned? Roman's writing an answer. Hillary's writing an answer. Cowles Cal started writing an answer really aggressively, and then I looked over and he's just got his eyes closed. Because I was like, oh, it's this.

And then when I went to put it on the thing, I just, my brain just totally went away. I can name the actors. I can tell you the entire movie. Oh, wow. Is there a remake? God Almighty, no, I don't think there is. I don't think so.

Nobody's been bold enough. Yeah. Yeah. What 1972 feature film? This is so stupid. Follows the horrific misadventures of four Atlanta businessmen

who decide to canoe down the fictional Kahulawesi River before it is damned. You know this, Logan? I don't think so. I wrote the only movie I can think of that is river-related. I see what Cal is writing on his whiteboard

and he's getting there. This is so bad. I could offer a hint, but it... No. No, no hints. No, don't do it. No. I think it would be too obvious if I gave a hint.

Cal's crossing out an answer and he's written another answer. How are you feeling? Did you get it? Yeah. Come back? We ready to flip over the boards? I spelled it wrong, but you'll get it. Roman says, without a pass.

paddle. That's what I said to it. Hillary, Blank, Spencer Blank. Logan, Blank. I'm sorry, Logan, without a paddle. Nate, River Rapid. Cal says, deliverance. The correct answer is deliverance.

Wow. Bert Reynolds stars as an avid... Bert Tom Leon Reynolds. An avid outdoorsman and survivalist who leads a group of city slickers through the remote Georgia wilderness. Along the way, they are tested by the natural elements and hostile locals. Every now and then, I consider doing a special 60-minute... movie club episode on the film

but I don't think it would be good for our company Has everybody seen deliverance at least? I've seen it No Cal uh you didn't mention that Cal originally wrote down banjo music and crossed it out Dada da da-da-n-er-n-er-n-er-n-er-n-er-n-er-n- Well then I was like...

Do you like... I'd recognize that. I'd be like a piggy. I blanked on everything in there. Ned Beatty, John Voight, Burt Russell? Nope. You're saying a lot of words I don't know. Nope. Have you seen without a palerandle? Yes. Former trivia answer. It was a former trivia answer.

This is back when Bert Reynolds was like on like Playgirl magazine. And he's got, he's got this crazy like life jacket survival suit that just looks like space armor. Yeah. It's a compound bow. It's like the top, you know what, a farmer John. Neaprene wet suit looks like.

Where it's like. Like tank tops. Take top. Somebody falls on an arrow. It's right up our alley gang, but it's also really, really disturbing. The swimsuit in Borat, is that making fun? No, that's not making fun. No, no, no, no.

What movie is that making fun of? I forget. I don't know. I'm telling it's Bert Reynolds wearing that. Never mind. No. Don't worry about it. Bert Reynolds could pull that one off.

Phil, we've got two questions left in our game of trivia. Oh, how's the scoreboard now? If only Sydney, we're here to help us out. You got, uh, Hillary has one point now on the board. Roman and Logan are tied up with two. Spencer and Nate have three and Ryan Callahan still in first place by a mere one point. He has four. Good thing he came up with deliverance.

I'm shocked, guys. Take for granted that people like watching really disturbing movies. On a question nine, I suppose. This comes in the category. I am the oldest person in the room. Yeah, I just feel like deliverance is such a classic cultural reference. Well, times have changed, bud.

I guess. The question nine comes in the category of fishing. What is the five-letter term for the membrane or sack that hold together the eggs of fish like salmon and steelhead? It's a term? It's a word, a word? I feel like Randall wrote all these questions,

just like, yeah, everyone's going to know these. No problem. Is Sidney going to answer if you have to call her and figure out what her answer is in overtime? Oh, you know, I could text her. I'll just text her the question without any... She's going to Google it, but that's okay. Hopefully she doesn't...

I don't know how to spell this either. What is the five-letter term for the membrane or sack that hold together the eggs of fish like steelhead and salmon. God, I thought I was getting better at this hosting thing, but this is going very... Randall, you're doing great. Don't blame yourself. Thanks, Phil. I think folks will still think this is a fun episode. And there's going to be a lot of people, I think, that will... How did they not know deliverance?

I'm right there with you. It's like jaws. That'll make you feel better? Yeah. Comment? Okay. Everyone should comment then. How the hell did they now know that? It's a horrible spelling. Um, what? Sorry for the dead air I'm texting my wife a question

Is she going to have any idea to write out asking that question? No, I'll do it later I'll do it later if we need to go to overtime Cal still got a one-point lead but boy everybody's in it except for Hillary because so few of these questions have been answered correctly

You always have, you know, whenever I feel bad about, you know, a performance behind the microphone, not that I get a lot of opportunities. Yanni's first game that he hosted, maybe second. Oh, that was the worst. I mean, wasn't the highest, was it like a three? That was the highest score? Yeah. That was tough.

Does anybody feel confident about their answer? Yeah. No. No. Cal might win it here. I think Spencer, you got to feel confident. Are we ready to turn them over? have it.

Roman? See what you got there, buddy. Creativity. The baggie. Hillary's blank. Spencer says paper. Logan says, nothing.

He crossed out a eight-letter word. Don't know. Nate says, Scroat. Cal says, Skane. Correct answer is Skane. Wow.

How do you spell it? S-K-E-I-N. Wow. You got it. All right. A skein of eggs refers to clustered mass of eggs produced by some fish species, particular salmon and other inadromous fish that resemble a loose intertwined bundle.

The sticky membrane connecting these eggs helps keep them together during deposition and gravel stream beds. Nothing? I'm not a cold water guy. I'm a warm water guy. Hey folks, Steve Ronella here. It's that time again, the Meat Eater Black Friday sale. From November 20 through December 1, you can save up to 50% across the entire meat eater family of brands. First Light, FHF gear, Dave Smith decoys, Phelps, and the Meat Eater store.

Whether you're chasing elk, setting decoys, or just gearing up for camp, this is the time to upgrade the kit that carries you through the season. Visit your favorite brand site to find your deal, and don't miss the Meat Eater Black Friday sale. Before we move on to our final question, here's a quick recap of our answers so far. question one norovirus question two tungsten lead bismith and steel

question three Pleistocene question four three question five bunch grass or tussock question six flathead

question seven igneous metamorphic sedimentary question eight deliverance question nine skein now Phil

do we have a change in the scoreboard are we still playing here the game effectively over because Ryan Callahan is two points in the lead and cannot lose. Why do we

throw out a lame duck here? And I'll tell Sidney, she doesn't need to tell me what percentage of drowning victims weren't wearing life jackets. Our listener question of the week comes from Luke Billingsley. For submitting this great question, Luke will receive a signed board game

from the crew. If you have a great idea for a trivia question, email trivia at the is that the correct script that's right i did that from memory i forgot to add it here somebody's not somebody's not screwing it up today randall was just looking at spencer the entire time i was looking for affirmation on a compass north south east and west are referred to as cardinal directions what is the term for the halfway points between each cardinal direction For example, Southwest, Southeast, Northwest, or Northeast.

Two ways to go about this. We shouldn't have asked this question. Just another complete flop. Oh, God. Seems like a real waste to name that. Randall, when I was putting these questions into the slideshow of the game today, when I read this question, I thought, wow, I learned something today, and I'm a better person for it.

There we go. I feel that's the best thing anybody could have said. to me right now other than you can go home early. Is it bird related? Or is it bird related? I thought about asking. I literally googled quotes from people about how dumb birds are. And I was trying to find someone in the meat eater universe who had said something bad about birds. Just to just to play on that theme. I thought that would delight some people, but I failed in that too. I watched six miles. Got one pheasant on Sunday.

And I love that bird. Just bird. Again, Luke Billingsley. It's a great question. On a compass, north, south, east, and west are referred to as cardinal directions. What is the term for the halfway points between each cardinal direction? For example, southwest, southeast, northwest, northeast. I think I learned this in middle school.

You remembered the rock thing. Why couldn't you do this one, too? You haven't used the rock thing once Instead of apologizing, Randall, you should just get mad at us I showed up today We'll do another episode of this Actually, Phil, we could just do the whole thing over Because we did that change in the slide where you cut out the

That's right, necessary S That would be really fun to just do this episode over right now And see how many of us can remember all of them Yeah, I would get really mad if you got questions wrong, then. That'd be the best way to do it. Do we have answers if we're going to get answers? I mean, I know this is all just a futile exercise, and we're sort of putting on this charade for the listeners who are playing at home.

If their games haven't already been ruined by my questions. I am interested in the life jacket drowning percentage. I wrote down my answer for that as well. Oh, yeah. There's probably a lot of listeners playing along with their friends. We're at zero or one and need a tiebreaker. We're wearing a life jacket or we're not wearing a life jacket? We're not wearing a life jacket.

Are you asking about the question we're doing or the question that I read earlier that we're going to do later? On a compass, north-south-east. Do we have our answers to this question? I'll give you a hint. Actually, I can't really give you a hand. It's tough to give a hint for this one. This is so bad. You're talking about your memory, not my episode.

I don't want to blame it on the host. I don't think it's the host problem. This is so bad. It's so bad. Can't make chicken soup. If you got a perfect game on today's episode of Trivia, email me at trivia at themedeater.com. Let's hang out.

And yeah, I'd like to know you. Randall is the best person at Meteor until that episode. All right, gang. Let's flip him over. Roman says Raven. Hillary says medial. Spencer says Eagle. That's good.

Logan says tertiary. Nate says Bishop. I like that. I thought quite a bit about that joke. Cal has nothing. Sidney said papal. Yeah, that was one of two ways. The correct answer is ordinal.

Ordinal directions are the points that fall between the four cardinal directions on a compass rows. East, northeast, or west-north-west are secondary inter-cardinal directions that provide even more precise navigational references points on a 16-point compass rows. Ordinal cardinal, inter-cardinal? Secondary inter-cardinal. It's easy to remember, you just think C, O, S, C. C-O-S-I-C. C-O-S-I-C. It should be pretty straightforward.

Well, I'm embarrassed. If you're playing along at home, let's hit this tiebreaker. All right. Do you want the drop? It's put a drop. Yeah, let's do it for the listeners. Oh. I'll read it.

Don't worry. Oh, do you want me to put it on the screen, Randall? Yeah. Okay, here we go. Tiebreaker. According to a 2024 U.S. Coast Guard report, what percentage of drowning victims in recreational boating instance were not wearing a personal flotation device?

And don't go to a decimal, just go to a round number. According to a 2024 U.S. Coast Guard report, what percentage of drowning victims in recreational boating instance were not wearing a personal frotation device? Cal, play along. You should just go full, like, SNF. Trebek here and be like,

or you could just write down a number, any number. And I'd be proud of you. I'll give you a hint. It's not higher than a hundred. I think there are a lot of purists that are going to hate this episode.

Sure. I think there's a lot of anarchists. Yeah, there's a lot of sort of iconic class and randoms that are going to love the chaotic nature of this episode.

I don't think we'll put this one on the outdoor channel though yeah we should I think we'll skip this one I didn't say serious I didn't say anything Spencer kicked mine off the outdoor I can't I don't know I don't know why yeah okay

do we all have answers to the right we all have answers to her superfluous tiebreaker Roman says 77 Hillary says 100 Spencer says 94 Logan says 90 Nate says 88 Cal says 75

If you could tell by the intonation in my voice, Nate's real darn close. 87%. 87%. I still didn't get it. We're in your life jacket. I imagine that other 13% like got a concussion or something.

Yeah, or like fell out under the alcohol factor and a lot of this stuff is pretty high. Hypothirmia. Yeah. Yeah. So that you're kind of splitting hairs. Getting caught in.

As you know from several minutes ago, today's winner. Prop chopped up. Is Ryan O'Cowalahan? Yeah, where will he donate? To which worthy cause would you like to donate your $500 winning? There's so many conservation groups out there. But only one would be a true conflict of interest in self-dealing.

I know. We have a super awesome person who's currently working the phones that got a master's degree and a bachelor's degree in conservation-related things. in four years at the University of Montana, Deer Lodge native, not the penitentiary, but actually the school. That I would like to get off of the customer service into things at BHA. So I'm going to donate $500 to...

Oh, wow. This person? That position. Oh, okay. I get it. Yeah. I like that. So you are donating it to BHA.

I am. Okay. Yeah. I will make more of that than... I always like when someone explains why they're donating to a place. That's the most specific example we've ever gotten yeah that's good yeah yeah that's great that's great yeah just the the future of conservation who just wants to be working on good stuff um and yeah work and work she's the face of bha mazy

working the phones well congrats cal on i assume what might be one of your final appearances as a as a meat eater crew contestant and not a guest contestant is that because i've just won so much in my last Two or three appearances? No, I just figure he'll be gone a lot coming up. Yeah. It's November. I wanted to do that in a special way, but now I think we just pull the plug on this. No, I've never been so embarrassed to win.

Yeah. Pica. Folks, thanks for listening. Thanks for watching. Promise to do better next time. Cal, congratulations. Nate, you did great on that tiebreaker. that didn't get you anything

and have a good day. Yeah, Spencer from South Dakota, he's the host. Using those smooth, mellow tones, he lays them questions down. And he likes taking those two and three-year-old bucks. And he's an avid, amateur.

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