The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 836: 2026 MeatEater Trivia Tournament, Round 2

Episode Date: February 18, 2026

Spencer Neuharth hosts Round 2 of Championship MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, and Cory Calkins. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and YouTube Clips Subscribe to MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. It's a meat eater podcast. Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I'm your host, Spencer Newhart. And today we're joined by Steve, Janice, Randall, Brody, Seth, and Corey. This is episode two of the fourth annual Me Deeder Trivia Championship. This competition will span three episodes, whoever has the most points after 30 questions,

will be declared the newest meat eater trivia. be a champion. Now there will be spoilers from last week's episode, so if you haven't listened to that one yet, then pause this show and go back to listen to episode 833. Probably won't work to pause it. They'll probably have to just get out of it, you know?

Yeah, all right. Everyone's caught up now. They've had their chance. Switch to a different media player. Yeah, you'd go to a different app. Bill, please pull up the scoreboard so we can see where player stand going into the second round of questions. Yeah. Well, here after round one, right

Four round two. Corey is in last place with four points, but still in the game, I would say, this early. Oh, yeah. Got Randall coming up next with five. Brody and Seth are tied up with six. I like where I'm at. And tied up in first are Stephen Ronella and Janice Poutel us with seven points. I remind you last year when we did 30 questions, Randall was leading after episode one and he never gave up that lead.

Really? I didn't win last year? You did now win last year. You did win the year before that year? Was I here? You were here last year. Yep, Randall beat you fair and square by two whole points. You sure. I'm certain of it. You had 24, Randall had 26. Now, before we turn on the mics, Brody said that he needed to give Yanni the business.

Since this event is bigger than the Super Bowl, I'd like to address the fact that Janus can't miss the Super Bowl this weekend. If you listen to part one of this, weren't you asked about Yanni? Is he a true outdoorsman? Oh, yes. He's not. Okay. He's not. Yanni gets a whole squirrel hunt going for the kids.

And then gets everything. A bunch of kids. A bunch of families. Get the permissions. Ooh. Yep. And then he's like, oh, I can't. Forget I got to.

Not only is that the Super Bowl day, I forgot I'm hosting a Super Bowl party. Wait. So I didn't get invited squirrel hunting or to the Super Bowl party? That's correct. I haven't invited to the Super Bowl party. Our Super Bowl party is very small. He's, you know, he didn't say party. He said hosting.

So what's going on with the Super Bowl party? What are you serving? Not squirrel. I haven't cooked in it. No, he might be because we're going Saturday. I haven't thought that far. Okay. You know, because there was a few...

It's only a few days away. I know. And there was a few moments from like, well, maybe I can still drive three hours each direction. My wife was like, I don't understand what the difference. And make it to the game. Well, my wife was like, well, that's not until the evening. It starts at like... 5.30, probably.

And I was like, you don't understand where we're going squirrel on it. 4.30. kickoff, Spencer. Corey Culkins doesn't like to drive to eastern Montana to kill an antelope, but you guys are going to drive three hours to kill some squirrels. Not to eastern Montana though, somewhere else. Wait, who did, Corey? You say Corey?

He doesn't want to. You don't like driving out there? Well, for the last 10 years, I've just, I've been able to not have to go that far. He likes the antics are getting tough these days. Jeez, I drive all the way out there just to look around. Just mild winter, though, there's going to be. Steve drove out there. Well, I'm not even out to Eastermont, like Northeastern.

Montana, the coyote hunting and then turn around and came home. Seth, I'm just a little bit. Seriously, don't put that in the rock tag. Oh, okay. Just make me go and make a year. This is four points. This show is usually

editless, but Steve has just dropped identifier for where he likes to coyote hunt somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. Now Bill has to make a cut. Well, because there's a thing is I want to try something and I want to be the guy that tries Oh, let's talk about it after the show.

What? The thing you want to try. Oh, yeah. I'd like to give you some ideas. Steve has made a tactical change getting ready for the second game. He switched chairs with me. Switch big time.

Didn't even ask your permission. I know, I didn't. I like, because I like to read the question. And so I don't like that feeling and needing the move. He's a language, man. I feel like I was losing part of my answer swinging around like that.

to a point probably. And then we have some housekeeping to get to. Last week, Steve argued that Yanni's answer of Rick Cord should not be accepted, citing that nobody calls it that. Well, here's a list of nobodies who do, in fact, call it a Rick Cord. Timberwolf firewood processing equipment. Don't know. What chucker's firewood?

Don't know. Wedges firewood. Don't know. Butler Wood. Don't know. Premier firewood company. Don't know. The Preper Press.

It's premier. It sounds like they know what they're doing. What? What would processing company, do you know? House Digest, Homeguide.com, and most importantly, Steve's heard of these ones, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and... Calls it a Rick Cord. And the National Park Service.

Oh, Rick Cord. Rick Cord. Good luck arguing. Right, I'm in. Whatever. All right, the Shelby Index for today is a three and a half, so our winners should get seven 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 to win Everything. Record. Just tend to win everything. You're part of the guy and search it up. Yeah, suckers. Round two.

For SEO, we're going to. Question two, question one of round two, the topic is cooking. He's getting right into it, huh? We'll be multiple choice. According to a 2019 survey, what percentage of Americans eat, game meat at least once a year. Is it 13%? 28%,

43% or 58%? According to a survey by who? The National Shooting Sports Foundation, they interviewed over 3,000 Americans. Here is the exact question they asked. Not including meat from farm-raised sources. Ordered at restaurants

or bought at stores. Have you eaten any wild-caught game meat such as venison or deer? wild turkey, bore, buffalo, or duck in the past 12 months. So according to a 2019 survey, what percentage of Americans eat game meat at least once a year? This is why our markers end up in the corner. This is why nobody's wearing a headset, too.

Your four choices, 13%, 28%, 43%, 58%. What percentage of Americans eat game meat once a year, 13% 28% 43% 58% Here's the deal Well Just wait to get it wrong first

That's a good line Seth Is everybody ready? No Oh 13% 28% 48% 43%

58% Of Americans of Americans eat game meat at least once a year You're going to have to argue with the ns s s f who you like no no no it's not like i'm not arguing like i don't know you know you know it's not that i got it wrong yanni came up with an answer now he's thinking about changing his answer yannis it's not inclusive of fish that i read you the question it said any wild caught game meat such as venison or deer wild turkey boar buffalo or duck and it says

this is excluding or no it's not including meat from farm raised sources, ordered at restaurants, or bought at stores. Can you read it again? Not the whole not including, but I got that, but the other part. Is fish in there or not? Yeah, that's what I'm trying to figure out. It does not list fish. Have you eaten any wild caught game meat, such as venison or deer, wild turkey, boar, buffalo,

or duck in the past 12 months? They asked over 3,000 Americans this question. Is everybody ready? Would you put down, you honest? 13%. 13, 28, 43, or 58? go ahead and reveal your answers. Set says 43.

Steve 28. Randall 13. Corey, 43. Janice 13. Well, 10% of Americans. Brody, 13. Yes, I'm aware. The correct answer?

Once a year. Is 43%. That's what I'm saying. There's no way. That can be true. Here's the deal. So 160 million people in this country ate game meat last year? No way.

That is what this. This survey showed. That made complete sense. I knew it was going to be something wacky because it's coming from an advocacy group and not to hack on them. It's a great organization. But they're going to want to put, they're going to, they're going to be like, oh, look, all of the, you know what I mean? Since you knew that information, you should have adjusted. Oh, okay.

I just didn't know how egregious it would be. 5% of the population hearts. We got that right. Half the country eats game meet. This data was collected by the National Shooting Sports Foundation by surveying. practice some level of discretion about what makes sense or not. You could have all, I could have, I could host this show

and find places that had all kinds of wrong stuff and put it down. Well done, Corey. But no, seriously, I'd like to know. Did they hire? Like, just name one of these polling companies that like professionally do it. They called people, they interviewed people in person. What percent of skiers are hippies?

NSSS.S. So, like, when they got their list of people, was it like all people like in their universe? Because that one makes sense. I can't tell you that answer. I would imagine no to that. Dude, you got to practice a little like, you got to have a little. This is good dad.

They learned that Midwesterners are the most likely to eat game meet with 55% having done so in the last year. That was the only region with more than 50% of respondents who eat game. So I'm talking about midway. There's 8 million people in Manhattan, man. You can argue with the NSSF. There's a bunch of them. Steve got it wrong. Yanni got it wrong.

Brody got it wrong and they are loud. No, I was right. You were wrong. Question two, the topic is fished. Define right. This next great question is, is there a God or is there not a God? This next great question is being Nathan Trehillo. I guess we'll never know. According to Mike Eich and Nelly, the most common spinner bait blades are Colorado, Indiana,

and this elongated blade that isn't named after a state. man old Mike Iconnelly I'm a big spinnerbait guy you guys haven't considered that Ikeeneli could be wrong and you guys should get really mad at him Mike Ikenelli just announces retirement This is last year

He's had like a book He did a book My agent my agent sold his book Oh it's a great car It's long ago It's him holding a bass about this far from his face That was my literary agent sold that book Seth was watching bass fishing tournaments

pretty much through the entirety of radio live today. According to Mike Iconelli. The most common spinner bait blades are Colorado, Indiana, and this elongated blade that isn't named after a state. Is the big one going on right now? It's the first, first derby of the elite series. Did they?

Like Gunnersville. Brody thinks he has it right. Randall, do you have it right? Oh, I got it right. I think I got it right, but after that first. Question. Who knows? Corey, do you have this one right?

I got a really good guess. According to. And a request for more fly fishing questions. So 100 and, we're saying like 150 million people. The most common spinner bait blades are Colorado, Indiana, and this elongated blade is named after

a state. You know the folks at NSF. NSSF. I know. And I know that like with all the respect, I support the organization's mission, but with all the respect, I think that That's a propaganda piece.

There's no way that's true. But knowing that, then you should have elevated your answer. I don't know. I don't know. I'm not going to sit here and argue about this. Oh, okay. Probably. According to Mike Ikenelly.

Paint myself into a corner. It's been called the bad boy of bass fishing. The most common spinner bait blades are Colorado, Indiana, and this elongated blade. that isn't named after a state. You got to leave yourself a way out, you know, just in case you do need to argue. Yanni, do you like your answer? Not really, but, you know.

Let me see if I like your answer, man, because I have hoping to leave. Is everybody ready? I can't come up with it. Go ahead and reveal your answer, Seth, without an answer. Steve, what's that say? Floater? Feather. Feather.

Randle. Willow. You didn't write now? No, I didn't have category. Yonis. Skinny, Brody, Willow. The correct answer. is a willow blade.

Brody. Dude, closing the gap. Colorado blades are round and produce the most vibration, making them the best choice for dirty water. Willow blades are long and create more flash, which is ideal for clear water. Indiana blades are teardrop shaped as a hybrid

between Colorado and Willow giving them a mix of vibration and flash. Phil has a picture for you there of the three different blade shapes. Randall just up to status as an angler in my eyes. Don't see me arguing about it. I could have given you both Willow and Colorado. I don't just argue for no reason. Well, I love fishing these things, but you know what I love more?

It's when there's one instead of that blade, there's one that has those little turned wings and it's on the top of the bus bait. A buzz bait? Yeah. Question three, the topic is hunting. Double buzz bait. Cornell says this bird, which is named after its high-pitched call, looks like, quote, a miniserable. miniature version of a Canada goose. Brody and Steve going to their whiteboards. Cornell says this bird, which is named after its high-pitched call, looks like a miniature version of a Canada goose. Steve, you have this one right?

He's nodding. Brody, do you have this one right? Yesterday. Well, no, he said he would have given it to you anyway yesterday. Yeah, I mean, I feel pretty good about it and popped right in my head, which is usually a good sign. Do you think Janice should know this one? I like to see Yanni over there struggling, dude.

Yeah, but sometimes Yonis just thinks and things and things and then casually writes the answer down. I'm more of an offensive player. It's something that popped right into my head, but I don't know if it's right. This bird, which is named after its high-pitched call, looks like a miniature version of the Canada goose. Just put down the little teeny goose. Brody making a change after being the first one on the opera's answer. Really? He only had the right side of his board facing out.

Well, I got a double-sided board. That's cool. Randall, do you have a chance at getting this one? That's good. Let's do it. Hold on. I think I have a bird named after a noise. Cornell says this bird, which is named after the... It says, cuck-cow!

Looks like a miniature version of a Canada goose. I have something else in my head. but I can't put a name to it. I know. Corey, do you have this one? I don't know. I got an answer that I think if you looked at this bird with your eyes squitting really hard, it would look like a mini goose. Yanni, do you have an answer?

I don't. Really hard. He got the first six right yesterday. Why would drag himself? And now he may start over three. Listen, you're going to have a time where you're going to need some time. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth says, Cackler.

Steve says cackling goose Randall says warbler Corey says chickadee Gondis chickadee Brody says cackling goose The correct answer is the cackling goose We'll give it to Seth for saying cackler Even though he spelled it with a K

Yeah Those are the ones that make a louder cackle Cackling geese used to be considered A subspecies of Canada geese But were split from each other in 2004 That's when the American Ornithologists Union took the four smallest subspecies of Canada

goose and determined that they're their own species. The smallest subspecies of cackling geese is about one quarter the size of the biggest subspecies of Canada geese. Hmm. What's the spread? What's the spread? One quarter? The smallest cackler is

25% the size of the biggest canada. Sometimes you'll see a cackler in with canvas. Sure. And you'll know it right away. Everybody gets real excited. You think everybody wants to get the bigger one, but everybody wants to get the smaller one. What is it like a four-pounder compared to like 16, 12

to 15? It looks like a like a Muscovy duck, I guess, size, you know? Like a mallard. Question for the topic is conservation. This next great question is via Gabe Nomin. This biblical word is defined as, quote,

a species or group of organisms that reappears after being presumed extinct. Steve has his answer locked in. Brody and Randall think they might know it. Now Randall is joining him. This biblical word is defined as

a species or group of organisms that reappears after being presumed extinct. I had to flip through the scripture a little bit. Found it. He's got a control out of his back pocket. I was looking for a good word. That was good. That's nice.

I liked it. Randall and Steve, the only confident players on this one. This biblical word, word is defined as a species or group of organisms that reappears after being presumed extinct. I can't believe you haven't done this

one yet. Yeah. Not. Sometimes for the tournament, if I think of a question that I think is good enough, I'll hold it off, I'll put in a separate pile for the tournament. Like the good ones. You probably keepers in there. Yes, that's right. So this is a good one. This biblical word is defined

as a species or group of organisms that reappears after being presumed extinct. We may have four players with blank whiteboards on this one. They don't know their biology. They don't know their Bible. Are you going to grow your beard back over the weekend? Yeah, I'm going for a perfect five o'clock shadow by Friday at six o'clock. It's really getting me. Not five. Yeah, it's not bad. It's just like, it's unsettling. Is it? Yeah, like who's this guy? Corey's got a costume contest this weekend that he had to shave for. Yeah, there isn't a winner for

best costume, but everybody dresses up. Okay. I'm ready. Corey's going to be. Steve's ready. He's going to be Tom Hanks from a league of their own. Oh, wow. Good guess. Brody, do you have this one right? I don't think it's right.

It's good excuse to get sloppy drunk. Oh. Just so you're in character. I'm there, brother. Dude, let's just. Yannis. We're like, these guys are over here talking about all kinds of stuff. Let's just put her up.

Yanni, are you ready? Yep. Go ahead and reveal your answer. Not an answer. Steve and Randall say Lazarus. You're upside down. Corey says miracle. Janus says Judas.

He betrayed Christ. I know. It was the wrong one. The correct answer is a Lazarus species. A Judas species would be one that day. They tag. I know. Yeah.

You know about all that. There are about 350 organisms that have been raised from the dead and are considered Lazarus species. The most dramatic example is the celiacan. which scientists thought when extinct 66 million years ago during the same event that killed the dinosaurs. The West Indian species was discovered at a South African fish market in 1938, and a second species was found at an Indonesian fish market in 1997. A few hundred West Indian sea lakhanth have been observed since then,

while only a dozen Indonesian silakant have been seen in the last 30 years. You know what they use those for? You know what they use those scales for? What do you hear this? A guy saw, there's a story about someone trying to find those in, you know, in tire shops in West Africa. Like guys that repair bike tires. When you got to scruff the tire rubber up, they'll use that, you know, like if you fix a tire kit, that tin lid. Sure.

Has the rasp on the lid. They'll use that scale to rasp rubber tubing. They got the, before you throw a patch on. They got the right scales for that job. If you want to see a Celacanth, Phil is showing us a photo right now. You can go to the Meadeer podcast YouTube channel to watch this episode. I always thought the whole knowledge of Celacanths and my interest in them was just ruined by that Volkswagen commercial. Explain?

There's the whole commercial where the guy explains that Celacanx were thought to be extinct and then they found one. Yeah. But it's in a commercial. Yeah, it's in reference to a full-size spare tire. Mm. It was like a Super Bowl commercial. Okay. I don't like commercials that ruined some.

for me. Yeah, a song I really like, and then it puts that song in there. I don't like that. This ruined sealicants for me, which is harder to do, but they did it. Question five, the topic is public land. America's 34th tallest mountain. Mount Shasta is located in this state. We will be halfway through the trivia tournament after this question,

and Phil will give us a scoreboard update. America's 34th tallest mountain. Mount Shasta is located in this state. Steve and Janice and Randall and Corey and Brody all have their answers. So this is the one from the keeper pile, huh? This is from the keeper pile, that's right. We'll see how well you guys know your mountains. Seth, do you like your answer?

Honestly, I have no clue. Does it seem like a place that could have America's 34th tallest mountain? Seems like anywhere could have the 34th tallest tallest mountain. Mount Shasta. I look at that. Who is located in this state? Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answer.

Seth says Colorado, Steve, and Randall and Corey and Dionis and Brody say California. The correct answer is California. At 14,179 feet tall, Mount Shasta is the second highest peak in the Cascades and fifth highest in California. It is located inside the Shasta Trinity National. forest, invisible from 150 miles away. It holds the U.S. record for most snowfall during a single storm when it received 16 feet of snow during a 1959 blizzard that lasted seven days. That's tough.

That'll get the hippies going. 16 feet of snow. Phil, give us a scoreboard update. We are through question 15 of a 30-question tournament. I'm not looking. You can tell who's happy with the scoreboard right now, but we'll get everyone else first. Corey has six points. spot there, dude. Seth,

Janice, and Randall are all tied up with eight. Brody has nine, and in first place, double digits. Stephen Rinella has ten points. Anybody's game, boys. Seven, eight points. Well done, Seth. Only two points. Thanks. Behind the leader.

He hasn't even been writing anything down over there. He's preserving his knowledge for future questions when he does that. Doesn't need to use the energy. Yeah, not worth it. This month, IHeart Radio is celebrating the stars of the 2026 Winter Games. Raised in the mountains of Silverthorn, Colorado,

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Well, if you did so, you know that the dude I'm hunting with is Morgan Potter. He's a professional hunter with Robin Hurt Safaris. Great guy. Well, he and I were doing an event in Nashville on February 19th at the Safari Club International Convention. Even when we were hunting, we're like, man, we should do a presentation about our time in Africa at SCI. So we're doing that. This is February 19th, Safari Club International Convention in Nashville. We're going to do two things.

From 930 to 1030, we're going to do a meet and greet at a day. at the Robin Hertz Safari's booth. Our actual events at 2 o'clock in the Omni Ballroom, after the event, I'll be happy to sign any books or take pictures, whatever's on your mind if you come on down. So you get tickets, you've got to go to the Safari Club International website and get a ticket to the convention. Once you do that, you're prompted to go get a ticket to our event.

All the ticket price goes to SCI. It's a nonprofit conservation group. All ticket prices go to SCI. They don't go to Mia Morgan. But we're going to be there. Guaranteed laughs. Check it out. Can't wait to see you. February 19, Nashville, Safari Club International Convention. Question six. The topic is woodsmanship. This next great question is via Scott Bluing.

This porous six-letter rock is lightweight and has trapped pockets of gas that allow it to float in water. Get out of here. Stephen Randall have their answers. This porous six-letter rock is lightweight and has trapped pockets of gas that allow it to float in water. Woodsmanship. Someone who has a lot of woodsmanship would know this one. It's like rock. It's like similar to rockmanship. That's right.

Now Steve asked before we recorded why Nate isn't here. Nate couldn't make it to today's episode. So he just got kicked out of the whole dang tournament. So yeah, so it's like an invitation. It's an invitational. He was invited. Is there a tournament for like the losers? We've done it. We've done a Gibroni tournament in the past, which, Corey, were you the Gibroni champion?

That's why he's here, right? Oh, and then you earned a seat at the invitation. Sure. He's the King Gibroni. He has the Gibroni trophy in his office. You should come up and check it out. Mm-hmm. Again, we're on question six. The topic is woodsmanship. This porous six-letter rock is lightweight and has trapped pockets of gas that allow it to float in water.

Brody, do you have this one right? I do. Okay. He's going to keep pace with Steve. What were the questions? What questions do we do already? You're getting beat by me, though. You're wondering about topics?

Celicant. We'll do a correct answer review at the end. Would that satisfy you? Yeah, yeah. What was the question about those fish? It was the Lazarus species. Good question. I just feel like I've got it.

You know, I think that might have been the first time my life I've ever heard that word pronounced. Oh, well, I hope I got it right. Yeah, I bet you do. It's a tricky one to spell. That's why you shouldn't try to Google it If you want to see it, just go to the media podcast YouTube channel, and Phil will show you one. Or go to YouTube and type in Celicant commercial.

When did this air, you think? 10. It's totally off my radar. Probably 15 years ago. We're really giving Yonis a lot of time in this episode. Yeah, me, it was, yeah, man. I imagine if you didn't know this one off the bat, you're just not going to come up. Oh, but sometimes something will come to you.

Let's just come on. Rani, you give up. Randall, you've gotten five or three correct answers this game so far. Corey, do you give up? I mean, I got to go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth without an answer, Steve and Randall say pumice. I could have come up with that. Corey says volcanic.

Janice without an answer, Brody says pumice. The correct answer is pumice. I bet said it's right. I bet his score probably just jumped, right? They climbed another point? Yeah, that's what I was having trouble. Are you complaining? No, no.

Pummus is a volcanic rock that's formed when meds. Pugma quickly cools after an eruption. The trapped gas bubbles are called vesicles, which give it a density lower than water. This allows pumice to float, sometimes for years. Before they become waterlogged and sink, pumice is commonly used in household products for skin care cleaning and polishing, including agents that are used on gun barrels and bullets. Yeah, and you're like old 80s would pumice off your bunnies. Yep. Okay, didn't know about that one. Good extra flavor text.

Keep a Poma's stone for that purpose. Oh, I've used it. Question 7, the topic is hunting. This form with a four-digit name is what you fill out for the ATF when buying a firearm from a gun dealer. Randall already has his answer. This form with a four-digit name is what you fill out for the ATF when buying a firearm from a gun dealer. Now, that's a question. Steve declared he's not going to get this one.

Remember how you accused Spencer specifically cutting out questions? Excluding Randall question. They actually referenced a form on... Not a 1099. They referenced... Yeah, but that's not the right form. No, but it's quite close. Oh, it is.

If you remember the numbers this way. I know that form, but I don't know what digit I would change. Where was this form referenced that? Radio Lai today. Radio Live today. We went 100, we went 106 minutes. I did check in at one point at like 90 minutes in. You guys were still going.

I was like, oh, okay, one. That's a hell of an episode. It was long one. I was working on the script yet, just making sure everything was polished. Again, all these questions were fact checked by our very own Maggie. We had two interviews that went an hour. Like, I mean, combined. Okay.

Like we were an hour in and we hadn't gotten to any of our non-interview material. Strong episode. Yeah. This form with a four-digit name is what you fill out. for the ATF when buying a firearm from a gun dealer. Everybody in this room has filled it out at least a dozen times. Anyone besides Randall confident in their answer? No.

No. Okay. Well, I have a chance. Now I'm nervous. I know that I'm one, well, according to Randall, I'm one digit off. And if I chose the right change, then... Can't be handled one digit off. Wait a minute. Because we talked about...

Are you not paying attention? We talked about another form. That was referenced in Meteor Radio Live today. About three hours ago. And Randall told you you were one digit off. Randall did not say that. He didn't say you're one digit off just to be cool. He said it was very close.

He said it was close, but not before. Is everybody ready? Yeah. Go ahead and reveal your answer. Seth says 1776. Steve says 1032. Randall 4473. It's good year.

Corey 1044. Yannis, 4456. Brody. 1060. Randall got it. It's a 4473. Oh, good job, Randall. I wasn't going to get that one, dude. The 4473 is a seven-page document that has information regarding the seller, buyer, and gun. About 70,000 gun transactions are denied during this process every year, but only a couple dozen ever result in prosecutions. Hunter Biden was famously charged for lying on a 4473 when he purchased a cult revolver in 2018.

He answered no to the question that asks if you're addicted to drugs and then admitted in his 2021 biography that he uses crack cocaine. This resulted in a 2024 conviction of three federal gun violations. Well, end the story. End the story? Then his old man pardoned him. Oh, well, it was good timing, though, to get pardoned in 2024. The presidential pardon is a national embarrassment.

Uh-huh. I don't care. the whole thing should go away. There you go. It's a national embarrassment. I can't think. Once last time someone got pardoned and you're like, well, that sounds like a good idea. I think they should get rid of it right after the Tiger King gets out.

And then. Yeah. There you go. Question eight, the topic is public lands. Get them out. You can still see wheel ruts on the Oregon National Historic Trail from this nine-letter wagon that was known for its curved floor and white canvas cover. Randall has his answer. At first I thought you were asking for that park and I was...

I was going to get that right. This is question eight. We will get a scoreboard update. I can't tell what is that facial expression on Brody? It's not good. You can still see the wheel ruts on the Oregon National Historic Trail from this nine-letter wagon that was known for its curved floor and white canvas cover. The irony Of

Doesn't want to get political Yeah No, I'm not gonna even say it No, go ahead Seth, do you have this one right? I think so Okay, half of our table The irony of a pro-gun control president

Pardoning someone for a gun violation It's just, it's like, but I'm not using this to condemn the individual Sure I'm using this like the presidential pardon is just a national embarrassment There's probably some great president in the bass like the real, but back when we had like, like great presidents, you know, like Washington and stuff.

There's probably some guy in the past that used it like, like nobly. Sure. Now it's every president now does the last one. It's a national embarrassment. If I was president, I wouldn't pardon shit. I don't care who asked. I think you should only get one pardon too.

There was someone recently who got pardoned in Trump one for some fraud and they committed fraud. again and got convicted again, and then they got a second pardon this time around. Seriously. Yeah. Biden pardoned 4,000 people. Well, the pen did.

With his auto pen. You can still see it. Listen, Trump's pardons are ridiculous. On the Oregon National Historic Trail. All this talk, all this talk about like, oh, committing fraud, committing fraud, they keep pardoning fraudsters. Yeah. From this nine-letter wagon that was known for its curved floor and white canvas.

National Bears. I like that's a question for you. What's a national embarrassment? I'd be like, I know that one. I brought the presidential party. We'll do a new segment on media to radio. It's called Not to Get Political. And that it's just politics.

I like the idea of there being one part and then it could be like the decision where everyone gathers around. Yeah, you vote. And all we go to the line of got to come to a room. Oh, that'd be fun. Did you come up with the right answer? Sounds like great entertainment. And then you give a speech. I'll produce that show.

The reality show. I do think like there is some, you could find some bio. If there's one thing we should come together and agree upon is that Pardon's with with a few exceptions. I'm sure Pardons by and large nobody likes it. They're just a national mayor. It's just whoever's in office Nobody likes the pardon on that side and then the next year nobody likes the pardon on that side. That's what I'm saying when I say I don't want to get political what I mean is I don't want to go like that Biden abused it and Trump doesn't abuse it. I mean it's just like it's just abused and and if I was president I'm gonna pardoned people I like.

You know what I mean? It's too tempting. I think that's one too many. I'm the pardon people that pay me money. Again, we are on Question 8. You can still see Wheel Ruts on the Oregon National Historic Trail from this

nine-letter wagon. I'm known for its curved floor and white canvas colors. White canvas covers. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth and Steve and Randall saying Conestoga.

Spelt wrong. Corey says Voltzweggia. Yonis says, Covered it. Yonis's answer stuttered. Hey, you know what, man? That's a great. You should patent that because when they come out

with an electric car, electric the volts wagon. The correct answer is the Conestoga. But Corey, it's not as dumb as it seems because there was a Studebaker wagon, which inspired the name for the future automobile. The Studebaker.

Stoge's, you know, Stoogies, that comes from Connistoga. Smoking a Stogey. So how do you, we all spelled it differently. What's the right? C-O-N-E. S-T-O-G-A. Yeah.

The massive Conestoga wagon was the largest vehicle that traveled the Oregon Trail at 18 feet long and 17 feet high. The five-ton wagon required up to a dozen horses or half a dozen oxen to pull it. Unlike its depiction in the Oregon Trail video game, the Conestoga was used to move freight, not families, across the country. And Phil has a photo of some of those wheel ruts that's in southeast Wyoming there. Oh, that's cool. Of the Conestoga wagon on the Oregon Trail.

Yeah. I think there's some near the Ferdon. No photo of the wagon, though? No photo of the wagon. I think you could use your imagination to see the Conestoga. Phil, please give us a scoreboard update. We have two questions left in round two. I didn't hear Brody's answer.

Brody did not get it. Okay, sorry. I hate doing that. Well Looks like Steve's put some distance between Himself and Yonnells up there Niped them by heel now, man There's always some little

Some little knit But everyone else first We've got Corey with six points Yonis now has eight It's falling back a bit I got one right so far today If anybody's count. Must be that chair, huh?

It could be the chair My blood pressure so high about those pardons dude I'm not quite a cold together Seth Morris has nine points Brody has 10 Randall has 11 and in first place is Stephen Rinella with 12 points Going into question

No one thing about that It's like Picture that you Picture that you have a pardon authority Uh huh You have part in authority So you're out of you're the president You're Trump

You got part of authority and you're like I've surveyed the entire country I've talked to every jailkeeper in the country Trying to find the person most unjustly Imprisoned And guess what? It was one of my donors!

Yeah. What a coincidence. You know what I'm saying? It just is such a con. Question nine, the topic is conservation. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Neil Middleberg. For sending this great question,

Neil 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. The blank, blank league of America is a conservation group that's named after the man who wrote the complete angler in 1653. The Blank Blank League of America is a conservation group that's named after the man who wrote the complete angler in 1653. Who's flipping at my heels right now? Randall has 11 and Brody has 10.

Between you and Randall, two, between you and Brody. Did you write anything now? 16. I wrote the right hand. I don't want these boards that have, like, they don't have a back. It's hard to tell what's going on. Now, Neil won, our listener question of the week for sending this question. He sent this question in 2022.

And I've been holding on to it ever since then. Four years, this question has been marinating in our inbox, in my Google Docs. And today was the day. He's at home. Honey, honey, wake up. They're doing it. I can't believe it. So, don't be disappointed if you send in a question.

You don't hear it for weeks or months or years because you could be like, like Neil and win our listener question of the week. The Blank Blank League of America. Previous fly fishing guide. He's a conservation group that's named after the man who wrote the complete angler in 1653.

Not casting off the wrong side of the boat most of the time. The other left. Roll. Men? No mending. Mending's a waste of time. No. That's the perfect tone to say

no mending. Don't do it. We have four. players who think they have this one right then Corey and Seth. We're getting out of here just in time because I'm that sandwich is doing things. I warned my wife today that

today is probably a getting a beer after work day. Are you in, Randall? Do you guys do that? How did you know this morning? It's a Thursday. We're recording trivia that's going to end at like 3 p.m. That has all the ingredients. It's the weather's beautiful. We carpool today so

I just read an article I just read an article that said the alcohol industry is losing billions of dollars because your generation mustn't drink. Obviously, we're millennials in here. I'm a millennial. I think it's Gen Z who's crushing the brewery industry. Again, the blank point.

Okay, Phil is going to be here. Yesterday's beers pecking at the back of my eyeballs. Randall's holding up the millennial. We went out to Derek Kylie and her husband last thing. That was fun. Is everybody ready? Yeah. The Blank Blank League of America is a conservation group that's named after the man who wrote the complete angler in 1653.

Go ahead and reveal your answer. Seth without an answer. Steve and Randall say Isaac Walton. Corey, without an answer. Janice and Brody say Isaac Walton. The correct answer is Isaac Walton. That's I-Z-A-A-K. Isaac Walton.

The Isaac Walton League of America was created in 1922. to protect natural resources and encourage outdoor recreation. The Chicago sportsmen who founded it decided to name it after Isaac Walton, who was known as the father of fly fishing. Some of their notable actions include purchasing several thousand acres of land in Wyoming to save elk habitat around Jackson Hole and draft federal law that prevented damning in Minnesota's boundary waters. I forget what I used to always quote from Isaac Walton.

Did he get served? Did he get knight? He was English. I think he might have been a sir, yeah. All right, here's a correct answer review so far. One, was that 43% of Americans ate wild game in the last year. Everybody loved that question. Two, was Willow Blade. Three, cackling goose.

Oh, that's what I got. Four, Lazarus Species. Five, California is home to Mount Shasta. Six, pumice. Seven, 4473 form. Eight, Conestoga wagon. Nine, Isaac Walton. Phil, let's get a scoreboard update before questions.

Man, I got the hand. to you for getting that form. Well, you know what I love to do is... Get them right. That's true, but I also love to, like, if you're talking about, you know, people go in and they're like, oh, I got a hold on my background checks you see and it went through.

If you go into the gun store and you're like, yeah, I got a hold on my 4473. They're like, well, I'll clear that right up for you, sir. Yeah, like, if you drop the form name, they're like, oh, this guy, maybe this guy isn't just like a basement rambo. Phil, give us a scoreboard update. Yes, Corey's still hanging back there at six.

We've got Seth and Janus with nine points tied up. Brody has 11. Randall has 12 and still in first place. Lucky number 13, it's Stephen Rinella. Here's question 10 to end round two. The topic is wild life. I think we should just go for it and finish the sucker up right now. Name the two countries with the highest population of wolves.

Ooh, that sounded. I know what letter that sounded like. Name the two countries. with the highest population of wolves. Randall has his answer down. You got to get them both. Got to get both of them. We're making you earn it here.

I think you should go with one. Question 20. No, we're going to do both. This is question 20 of the fourth annual meat eater trivia tournament. We're going to see who knows their wildlife. Name the two countries. With the highest population of wolves, Randall had his answer right away.

Steve is still thinking this could tie them up if Randall gets it right and Steve gets it right. and Steve gets it wrong. Yanni, do you like your answer? I do like my answer. Kind of a disappointing day for you. Today, it's going to be hard to catch up. Possibly my worst round of trivia ever.

Wow. It's going to be tough to catch up. Bad data. Round three. Have your worst round ever. Well, those beers will taste extra good after this then. I'm out. I have parental responsibilities.

Name the two countries with the highest population of wolves. Corey, you can go for a beer, right? Oh, absolutely. Yeah, because I got parent responsibilities. Yeah, that's why he needs that beer. You're leaving Phil hanging. Oh, it's too late now. I shouldn't put my hand in front of the camera like that.

Two countries with the highest population of wolves. Steve, are you struggling to come up with the second, or are you struggling to eliminate a third? Aye, aye, aye. Which one is it? That's a good way of thinking about it. I'm struggling to, I'm struggling with who to eliminate. Okay.

Seth, are you ready? I'm basing this on nothing. Seth? Oh, Seth is at least playing. He's playing. He's playing. He's trying. He's right down two countries.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth says Russia and Canada. Steve says Canada and Russia. Randall, Canada and Russia. Corey, Canada and Russia. Yannis, Russia, Canada. U.S. It might be a good move.

It would be a good move. The correct answer is Canada. And Russia. Everybody's lipping at my heels, man. You got that one right. It's believed that Russia has 70,000 wolves, although some estimates say their population is as high as a few hundred thousand. Canada has about 55,000 wolves,

and amazingly, they occupy 90% of their historic range. The next countries with the highest wolf population are Mongolia and the United States, with about 20,000, then Kazakhstan, China, and Turkey, with about 10,000. At the bottom of the list are Belgium, Mexico, and Lebanon with a few dozen wolves. You know, man, just for funsy, he's always thinking about throwing Romania in there, but just to make a point. Point being what? To be like, people would be like, I can't leave that dude knew that there was wolves in Romania.

All right, Phil, give us one last scoreboard update before round three. Corey Culkins has seven points. Seth Morris has 10 points along with Janus Patelis. Brody Henderson has 11. Randall Williams has 13. Stephen Ronella is currently in first place with 14 points. It is literally anybody's game, but it's sort of a two-horse race at this point between Steve and Ryan Harmon.

Do you mind if I ask you a question? 10 hole on the Wimbledon, dude. Do you believe in your... That was a joke. Good job, Steve. That was a good joke. Join us next week for round three of the Meadeter Trivia Trivia Tournament where we will crown a champion. It's the only game show we're conservation.

We should always wins. 14 love. Thanks, Spencer. Masters. 14 love. Your deuce. 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. Hey, this is Steve from the Meat Eater podcast. Listen up. If you tuned into YouTube and watched our Africa series, where we're hunting in Tanzania. Well, if you did so, you know that the dude I'm hunting with is Morgan Potter.

He's a professional hunter with Robin Hurt Safaris. Great guy. Well, he and I were doing an event in Nashville on February 19th at the Safari Club International Convention. Even when we were hunting, we're like, man, we should do a presentation about our time in Africa at SCI. So we're doing that. This is February 19th, Safari Club International Convention in Nashville. We're going to do two things. From 930 to 1030, we're going to do a meet and greet at the Robin Hurst.

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