The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 839: 2026 MeatEater Trivia Tournament, Round 3

Episode Date: February 25, 2026

Spencer Neuharth hosts the Final Round 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. Welcome to Meat Eaters 12 and 26, presented by Maltry Mobile and On X Maps. 12 of Meat Eater's biggest and baddest hunts from the last year released throughout 2026. These are long-form episodes, so you get more of what you love. The first one up is my baited bear hunt in Manitoba. If you've ever wondered what a baited bear hunt is like, you'll love this episode. My favorite part was watching a younger bird.

bear spend an hour trying to figure out how to get a creatively hung beaver carcass down from a tree. Check it out now on Meat Eaters YouTube channel and be on the lookout for more 12 and 26 in the coming months. 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 three of the fourth. annual Me Deeder trivia championship. This competition will span three episodes. Whoever hands the most points after 30 questions will be declared the newest

Me Deeder trivia champion. We will crown that person today. Now, there will be spoilers from the first two episodes. So if you haven't listened to those yet, then pause this show and go back to hear episodes 833 and 836. Okay, everyone is caught up. Phil, please pull up the scoreboard so we can see where our players stand going into questions 21 through 30.

Before the last round here, we have Corey Culkins in last place with seven points. Next in line are Seth and Janice with 10. Bertie Henderson has 11. I feel like I had 12 last time. No, you know. Randall Williams has 13.

Like someone went into there and took one away. It feels messing with. And in first place is Stephen Rinello with 14 points. God, was Randall didn't have 13. Where she had like a lot less? Anybody's game, but it's kind of a two-horse race at this point. Steve and Randall. That's good that you're sitting next to each other.

It's good that you're sitting next to each other. Yep. Steve's got the Can-Am hat on today. Well, I'm doing this. It's like poker. This is like, fuck, yeah. Like, I'm doing like a poker face, dude. Like, you're not going to know if I know it or not.

You guys did trade that hat after episode one of the championship. It didn't serve me well in round one. Worked for Steve in round two. When Kevin Murphy dies, I'm going to be in here with his hat on. Which hat is that? So his cowboy hat he always wears. I didn't realize. He told me a long time ago I could have it when he dies.

He got it from a dead man. Wow. You got to start thinking about the succession then after you're gone. I'll get to my kids. My daughter can have it. Yeah, but how long does everybody have it? I mean, is it good vibes or bad vibes? No, no, no.

This guy had it like it was an old man, died of old man. Yeah. He didn't die tragically. You know, the Jews when, they'll retire a name. Okay. Like, for instance, we name our kid, our firstborn was James. Well, the three Jameses, it's a family name. The three Jameses in our family all had early somewhat tragic deaths.

Oh, no. But we still went ahead with it. Okay. Did you think twice about it, though? Yeah, we talked about it. In Judaism, you would, my understanding, is if it's a if something bad happens you don't you retire the name sure yeah if if steve if we're on a new station right now and Steve was on the camera below him would say Steve Ronella

judy is an expert oh yeah yeah for sure something you play for sure that's because you likely are you an expert judy that was a Jew one time yeah yeah yeah I think you know so much about it all right the Shelby index for today is a three so our winners should get six correct answers. That gives us a total Shelby index of 11 for the whole tournament, meaning our winner should end with a round 22 points. And with that, we're onto the game of trivia.

Play the drop, Phil. Three on this one. Three, it's a tough round. We'll see about no one. You're going to have to earn it today. How's that? It's time to win everything. Man, are you a deck there?

Final round. Question one, the topic is hunting, and this will be multiple choice. That's the fact that it said... Oh, you don't have your headphones anymore. No secret. Steve can't join us on. Question one, the topic is hunting. Which of these states does not have snowshoe hairs?

Is it West Virginia, Washington, New Mexico, or Nebraska? Three of those states has snowshoe hairs. one does not. Brody already has his answer, so does Randall. Which of these states does not have snowshoe hairs? West Virginia. God, this chair sucks. New Mexico.

Nebraska. You're referring to the location, how you have to do a 180 to see the question? Yeah, that's why I left that chair. I should have said the location of this chair. Because I really felt like it was like that move, you kind of lose your answers. Yeah.

Which of these states does not Go over here, Yon. Snow shoe hairs. Your four choices, West Virginia, Washington, New Mexico, Nebraska. Some confident answers in the room. You know, if we had a mirror, no, because then you'd be cheating on me. I had a mirror over here, and he could look in the mirror and see what's going on. But then, would it be backwards for it?

We'd have to add another mirror. Sounds like we just need another TV. There we go. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answer. Set says New Mexico. Steven says Nebraska. Randall says West Virginia.

Corey, New Mexico, Janice, Nebraska, Brody, Nebraska. Wow. Everyone but Washington is represented. The correct answer is Nebraska. Yes. Yeah, baby. Two points ahead of Randall.

Why would you put that down, dude? You know they're all through the Appalach and the high elevations? He doesn't know that. Don't know that. About half of the states have snowshoe hairs with their range, stretching from New Mexico to Alaska to New England to the Appalachians. Right on the gate! The closest snowshoe hairs to Nebraska are in central Wyoming, northern Colorado, or central

Minnesota. Good thing they don't give out or subtract points for sportsmanship in this game. What, gloating? That's not sportsman? Do you ever watch any pro football or basketball? Those guys tackle the quarterback and they're like, typically a penalty. You think they were like the green Hulk Hogan guy. The penalty for touching your opponent during the celebration.

They have to do it in a direction away from the quarterback. If you were to stand over the quarterback and taunting. That's the point. You don't do that, do you? I think Steve white of cross. Phil, can you rig up the camera out in the green room so I can go out there and go out? Give me 90 minutes. Is that our green room?

That's a wasted space. That's a hilarious. We actually paid money to close that. Yeah. It's called the junk room. Yeah, this idea that people were going to be out there. There's a college dorm fridge in there. That's the best part of the room.

I had a bid on getting that, the thing we paid to have put up, taken down. I'm already just taking down. Question two. The topic is wild plus. Yeah, we can probably get that down. This six-letter word is defined as, quote, Pess or nuisance animals that spread disease and destroy crops, livestock, and property, such as termites, rats, or foxes. Brody already has his answer.

This six-letter word is defined as pest or nuisance animals that spread disease and destroy crops, livestock, and property, such as termites, rats, or foxes. Not now, but. Steve, do you like your answer? Well. Okay. Randall does not have one. No, I'm having trouble thinking here. Oh, man, that'd be great.

Dude, I'm just going to take a big old nap. He can't come up for that. Six-letter word. God, man, it's nailed on that Nebraska deal, you know? What were you thinking when you got to my board and saw the name on there? I saw Nebraska on there. Well, I could also see. I could see beyond yours to Randalls that he had New Mexico.

What did you think? This is going to be a less interesting game. This six-letter word is defined as. as pests or nuisance animals. Speaking of a young man, happy birthday. And destroy crops, livestock, and property. Halfway to 104. There you go.

Today's also, is it the Chinese new year today? Oh. Year of the what? I remember flaming horse. Do I look like a Chinese new year guy? Fire horse. Yeah. In Illinois, they're eating a bunch of dogs. And you're not supposed to today take a shower, cut your hair, cut your fingernails,

take out the garbage. None of that stuff. I'm done it. I have done it. Bad luck if you've done that today. This sixth letter where it is defined as, quote, pests or nuisance animals that spread disease and destroy crops, livestock, and property, such as termites, rats, or foxes. Randall still has a blank board.

This could be a three-point lead for Steve. Wow, so I could kill it away. I think I got it. You must have cut your fingernails this morning, huh? No. I took a shower, son. Uh-oh, bad luck. I didn't do that either.

bad luck for Corey Yanni do you have this one right I just came up with a six-letter word that seems to fit that description so Seth has not picked up his whiteboard yet I don't like his whole leaving it blank dude just put something down

like a joke or something you think that the business that you're dad is in you'd have a good idea I'm going to see it and hate myself Wow. Randall's still with a blank whiteboard. You're not a lot of thinking time here. Let's go.

That's enough time. There's been a lot of time. Maybe not labeled us thinking time, though. Brody and I are going to catch up with Randall now. It's going to be a... You already called him? Oh, maybe not. Was he two ahead of me or one?

Two. He had two points. Randall, do you give up? I'm just going to play my game, dude. That is just a little ass fishing right now. He wishes he's got to do. I'm not going to do anything emotional. Just like I'm playing my game, man.

Quiet professionally. Ready? Randall, do you give up? I guess. Go ahead and reveal your answer. Fuck. Steve says vermin upside down. Randall without an answer.

Corey, without an answer. I kept thinking varmint. Yonis and Brody say vermin. The correct answer is verb. Sorry, did Seth get that word? What did you put for the first one? What's that? I got nothing down, Phil.

Okay. Vermin are simply any animal that creates problems and are difficult to control from lice to pigeons to feral dogs. The word is often used interchangeably with varmint. It's a good word. Question three, the topic is fishing. This brand sells, quote, America's favorite minnow bucket that's famously highlighter yellow. Oh, minter bucket. This brand sells America's favorite minnow bucket.

That's what they say about it. That's famously highlighter yellow. I own that damn bucket. I bet everyone in this room owns that damn bucket. Seth, do you have this one right? I don't own it. The thing that's throwing me off is I think several companies make these now. Knockoffs, huh?

But do they make Americans? Does it come with a little aerator or what? Not giving you any hints. I can't think of it. Yeah, quiet. Quiet. Quiet so that our competitors can think on this one. This brand sells America's favorite minnow bucket.

That's famously highlighter yellow. What did you put? Do you really want to know? I'm not changing my mind. Yes, is answered locked in. Do you agree with him, Seth? Something similar. He just spelled different.

Again, this is question three. Same basic idea. The topic is fishing. This brand sells America's favorite minnow bucket That's famously highlighter yellow But everyone here can picture it Most of the room probably owns one

I can remember meeting some of the first Like serious fisherman Outside of my family And being the dudes out It must have in his garage But like He didn't even have any fishing plans for days But there was like minnows in coolers and buckets

You know being aerated And I was like Oh, this is interesting. Yeah. He's ready to go. He hears about a hot bite. He's got an answer written down? Huh?

You got an answer? Yeah. Randall, do you like your answer? No, I don't. I got an answer. Oh, really? He's in jeopardy of starting over. He's like that quad-god figure skating dude in the gold medal Olympics.

I thought you had it. I was all worried because I thought you had it immediately. He's like, he's like, he's like, Kyle Schifron in the Olympics, dude. Like, he chokes up and the big champ comes. I feel like I've heard Steve declare in the past that his favorite time of day for working and being productive is like 10 a.m. to noon o'clock. And we're at 11. 18.m. right now. So we're right in his sweet spot. I don't know.

This brand sells America's favorite minimum. Why are we going so long? Every time. Yellow. You were going to ask for thinking time earlier. Because people are here for the chit chat, not the actual trivia. I don't know. That'd be an interesting survey.

You should do a survey of listeners. Would they prefer if no one said anything and it was just the show or do they prefer that there's any kind of talk? I'll tell you this. Yannis has proposed this question in the past. Are people annoyed that we're talking so much? People will chime in and say no. They like that. So I never hear the endorse of it.

Nobody's ever saying, please shut up. They also do complain when there's no chit chat. Plus, it would only last 10 minutes if there is no chit chat. That's right. Is everybody ready? Sure. Go ahead and reveal your. your answers. Set says Plano.

Oh, yeah, baby. Let's go. Randall. Corey says, he's back. He was going with. I said Plano. Brody says Berkeley. The correct answer is Fraybill. Oh, no, no, that's right. That's right.

Oh, damn. See, a new companies make them. The bait bucket is called the flow troll and is designed to give your minnow's non-stop natural erration. The court option holds four dozen minnows and retails for 1199. Frable was founded in Wisconsin in 1938 and acquired by Plano in 2012.

So Plano is the mother company. We're not going to give it to you, though. You will not find Plano's name on that. They kept Frable. I know, yeah. You know what? I'm not saying I knew it. I didn't know it.

And you could have given me three days and I were to come up with it. But you know, it's the kind of thing hearing it. I'm like, damn it. You'll never forget it. That highlighter yellow. I can see the Plano logo on him when I was, Parent company. That's what I was thinking of us.

Question four. The topic is gear. Ducks Unlimited defines this as, quote, a soft coating that is used on the head, tail, and body of decoys, which makes them more realistic and expensive. Seth, quick to answer. Yanni and Steve joining him.

No, no, no. No. Okay, Steve's thinking a little harder. Ducks Unlimited defines this as, quote, a soft coating that is used on the head, tail, and body of decoys, which makes them more realistic and expensive. Get it?

I know what letter it starts with. Okay. Randall with a blank whiteboard. Yanni, do you have this one, right? What do you got, Ronald? Do you know it? No. I'm afraid to say too much.

Okay. But I got it. Do they put it on turkey decoys, too? Not going to help you there. Ducks Unlimited defines this as a... I haven't seen it on a soft coating that is used on the head, tail, and body of decoys, which makes them more realistic and expensive. It hasn't changed much since last week, to be honest.

Steve really enjoying himself, just holding court in here. Wow, I just feel like I'm winning. Have you been watching the Olympics much? No, but the other night, I kind of had a little. Had a little skirmish with the misses and we wound up down in a restaurant. There was. She was there. But we wound up in a restaurant that was playing the Olympics, so we were watching some bobsled.

It was split screen to curling and the bobsledding. And I was sharing with my family that it's two games that I don't think would exist were it not for the Olympics. No. Like there's no like other, like you know like skiers, they're always competing. I think you're right about the bobsled. I think you're not correct in that about the curling because there's like people love to curl. Yeah. Oh, so there's like other, you know, like,

yeah, there's like beer leagues all over the, I say the New leagues. Yeah. No, I mean, like seriously. All over Minnesota in Wisconsin. You're reading about a skier and it'd be like, you're, you're reading about a skier and you realize that like that one woman,

she's won like, you know, like seven of the eight world cups, which is a major. Right. And then you get into these other disciplines where I'm like, I don't know. I think it's four years of nothing. Like there's, you know, I mean, maybe I'm wrong. Right.

But I don't, I don't know. what are they doing? But you're right. If they took away the Olympics, it's hard to see that Bob setting would be a thing. Right. I know that people are recreationally curl,

but I don't know if they have the examples of like in figure skating and skiing. I'm sure they have world championships. I went to the curling mixed qualifier in Denver last year. Oh, you did? I was in Denver. An Olympic qualifier?

I saw the Cori's compete who represented the United States there. Ducks Unlimited defines this as a soft coating that is used on the head, tail, and body of decoys, which makes them more realistic and expensive is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answer. Seth says flocking. Steve, it's that say it's upside down.

Flacking. Steve says flocking. Randall without an answer. Corey says lacquer. Why would that be fuzzy? Yonis. That would be shining hard. Blocking.

Brody says overmold. Lacker. The correct answer is flocking. Soft coding, maybe? Why would lacquer? Seth and Steven Yannis got that one. But it says soft. So do you say throw those flocking decoys out there?

Flock flocking. Flocking is typically made. I feel like Corey's problem might be that he's not reading the question. Flocking is typically made of nylon fibers that's applied to a specialized adhesive. Ducks Unlimited says it's most beneficial on dark surfaces, such as the black necks of Canada geese or the green heads of Drake Mallards, the advantages of flocking. are extra noticeable on sunny days or when your decoys get wet. There's a Dave Smith decoys that has flocking on the black part of the back.

I forgot about that. When Corey said that, I was going to ridicule him, but I would have been wrong. So yes, some turkey decoys do have flocking on them. Doesn't that look nice? Out in that cut, cool. Yeah, I was thinking of only the heads. I forgot about the saddle. My whole good spread is now fully flocked.

All flocked. Professional. Question five. The topic is conservation. This man who married the daughter of Walmart's founder became America's largest landowner after a 2025 purchase. Yeah. Just saw it.

Yeah, I just saw it too. We have six blank whiteboards in the room. This man who married the daughter of Walmart's founder became America's largest landowner after a 2025 purchase. It might be like Seth, not write anything down. Come on. Ridicule said. There's something over 2 million acres, I think.

I'll write down a different. The piece that he just bought. Well, I'm sure he owns. I can share it with you in the flavor text. But that, that's the piece. Oh, you're going to tell us how big the piece is. I'll tell you in the flavor text. Let's get on with it.

No one knows it. This man. Hey, married a daughter of Walmart's founder. Married. Go ahead. Be married America's largest landowner after 2025 purchase. I'm sure spend.

There's already written, Emma. I was going to say that same exact joke afterwards. I'm going to ask. He's like, you know, no one's ever asked. You go ahead. Come on in. Bring your friends. My only rules, get them all.

I've been in the same room as this man. A few times. Oh, geez. Oh, there's a little hot tip, maybe. I'm not going to tell you. He's been the same room with this man. Does he say many times? A few times.

Is everybody ready? So it's kind of like a little pet question relevant. only the suspense. I read this though. Which likely means it's got something to do a south. Go ahead and reveal your answer. Seth, without an answer, Steve says, Cox, Randall says, Arthur Blank.

Corey says, Murdoch, Yonis, and Brody without an answer. Nobody got it. The correct answer is Stan Cronkey. Yeah. Stan Crocky's purchase of a million-acre New Mexico ranch in December moved him from number four to number one

as the country's biggest landowner. He now has about 2.7 million acres of land spread across the west. His portfolio also includes the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, Los Angeles Rams, outdoor channel, and more than a dozen outdoor magazines. Man, now I'm bummed because I remember making that connection when I read that article. But I wasn't going to come. I used to work for him for some of those outdoor magazines, plus Bended Denver Nuggets games that he was also attending.

Phil, give us a scoreboard update. We're halfway through the final round of trivia. You don't even have to make it. It's really a battle for second at this point, boys. Corey is yet to get a point this third round. He's still at seven points. Seth Morris is up next with 11 points, and now all tied up are Janus, Brody, and Randall Williams

with 13 points apiece. a four-point commanding lead at halftime. Stephen Ronella is in first place with 17 points. I could see him choking. Yeah. I mean, it's around where I've gone 0 for five, so who knows what's going to happen. I think that's the first for me.

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Head to firstlight.com. That's f-I-R-S-T-L-I-T-E.com. Question six. The topic is cooking. This nine-letter word, which is commonly used to describe scallops or a sliced pork tenderloin, is defined as, quote, a small, round, or oval serving of meat or fish. This nine-letter word, which is commonly used to describe scallops or a sliced pork tenderloin, is defined as a small, round, or oval serving of meat or fish.

Yanni, do you have this one right? I believe I have a nine-letter word. No, come. Fits this description, kind of. Steve, do you like your answer? I don't want to brag, but... It's nine letters. I know, and I had it without even realizing

I didn't even pay attention to the nine-letter part. It's not to chew my own horn. This nine-letter word, which is commonly used to describe scallops or a sliced pork tenderloin, is defined as a small, round, or oval serving of meat or fish. One day in the future, we'll sit around saying, you know, we were in that same room with that genius, Stephen Ronella. You remember those performances of his trivia? 26.

You know, that's what I didn't appreciate it at the time. The mood in this room has soured. Not mine. Well, Randall's just awfully quiet, which takes it out. Yeah, he's the rest of us. He took a real kick of the nuts back there after the second or third question. question, man. Yeah, the vermin question really just, I don't want to use the F word again on the show.

I met some folks who said their daughter, their eight-year-old daughter watches every episode while they prepare dinner on repeat. And I just thought, well, you could use the F word, like, where it's not the main part, but, like, deflated. Yeah. They really, D word. They really shucked me up. The second question really shucked me up. Mm-hmm. This nine-letter word, which is commonly used to describe scallops or a sliced pork tenderloin,

is defined as a small, round, or oval serving of meat or fish. Are you not getting this? You got to answer Corey. What? Making sure I spelled my name right here. Come on. You're a cook. I know.

I know what I'd call. I didn't end up being nine letters. Corey D. Give up. Yeah. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth and Steve and Ray will say, Medallion. Corey, without an answer.

Yonis and Brody say medallion. The correct answer is medallion. To spell that, it is M-E-D-A-L-L-I-O-N. Medallion. A medallion is something that's hockey puck-shaped, similar to a filet mignon. If you took a deer's backstrap and then cut it into two-inch pieces, those individual stakes would be medallions. Other wild foods, you might turn into medallions, including. include puffball mushrooms, tuna, or lobster.

Hmm. Question seven. The topic is hunting. This next great question is via Hayden Randall. This hunter, who has a national park named after him in India, is most famous for targeting man eaters. Oh. Brody and Randall have an answer. This hunter, who has a national park named after him in India is most famous for targeting man eaters.

With Steve getting that last one right, he would need to get every question wrong. Well, I'm on the rest of the game. And he has a blank whiteboard. How many questions are left? We have four questions left. You might be right. And you have a four-point lead. This hunter, who has a national park named after him in India, is most famous for targeting.

This is a quote, man-eaters. See, that's what I got. Let's see. Yeah, I don't. I don't think that was. I don't have an answer. Randall, do you have this one right? I do.

Okay. That's the kind of question I'm after. Yonis and Brody have answers that. I can't change in mine now. I disagree with each other. I think Yonis is probably. Did you listen to those telepathy tapes podcasts? Are you going to?

This would be a good moment that if you had telepathy. I'd say there's a 30% chance. I will tune into those. You can send me the math. message through telepathy? Well, or if I was thinking of the right answer, you could just read my mind. That's a bummer.

How long are they? I don't know. Each episode is 30, 45 minutes, maybe. I mean, just listen to the first one. I could do that for you. See if you can still be a skeptic. You know who it is? You just can't think of it. What's the explanation for telepathy?

There is. I don't think they have come to an explanation, but she has some very impressive. examples of telepathy where you're, as long as it's not a complete hoax, it's very impressive. I'll listen to it, Janice. Not because I think it's going to make me a believer,

just so I have some banter with you about the subject. Yeah, that would be good. This hunter, who has a national park named after him in India, is most famous for targeting man eaters. Ooh, I can't wait for the flavor text. Is everybody ready?

Steve? I don't have it. I was going to write something dumb down. Right down a... What is that dude's name? Right down a famous hunter. And reveal your answers. Seth, without an answer.

Steve says, Seton. Randall says, Jim Corbett. Corey says Val Kilmer. That's right. Yannis says Corbett. I like... Brody says capstick.

The correct answer is Jim Corbett. That's what I was going to put capstick. Corbett targeted his first man eater in 1907 when he went after a Bengal tiger that supposedly killed over 400 people. The female tiger... was claiming a victim once every three weeks with its final kill being a 17-year-old girl. To find the man-eater, Corbett organized a drive using 298 people that eventually flushed to the tiger from cover. After a post-mortem, Corbett theorized that the tiger was wounded by a gunshot to the jaw years prior,

which hindered its ability to hunt and caused it to target humans. Jim Corbett. Or he was getting revenge. That's right. He went on to target all kinds of man-eaters across the globe. leopards, more tigers. Just question eight. We'll get another scoreboard update after this.

The topic is fishing. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Aaron Cross for sending this great question. Aaron is going to get a board game side by the crew. If you want a chance to win our listener question, the week, then send your question to trivia at the media.com. He's vulnerable.

This freshwater bottom dweller, which is also known as a Placo, arrived in Florida via aquarium trade in the 1950s. This is like a fish question, not fishing question. And Randall answered with some confidence. This is what I think it is, it's a word that I'll never forget. This freshwater bottom dweller, which is also known as a Placo, arrived in Florida via aquarium trade in the 1950s.

Placo is P-L-E-C-O. Randall the only player with an answer. again, Steve would need to get every question wrong and Randall and Janice would need to get every question right for these final three. This freshwater bottom dweller, which is also known as a Placo, arrived in Florida via aquarium trade in the 1950s.

I just need any aquarium bottom dweller feeder to come into my head and I'll be very happy. Randall, how confident are you that you have this one, right? 110%. Okay. The word you'll never forget is Placo. Is that what you're saying? No, the answer.

Oh, okay. This freshwater bottom. It's a fun word. Which is also no. I would not have said that if I was trying to climb up the leaderboard. I don't think there are a lot of aquarium men here. Arrived in Florida. Oh, I know that his family and an aquarium?

There's an aquarium in every room at Steve's house. No, all that, we're done with the fish business. They're all gone. You don't have a menagerie anymore? Yeah, but we had to get rid all that junk. I'm getting ready to get back in the fish. No, it got out of control. And then we had like a big spill and just like, oh, wow.

How did the spill happen? Worst space scenario. I'm trying to remember how that happened. Was there a broken tank? Did a tank it tip forward? No, it was like a pump put in the wrong way or something. It was a mess. It would do it.

It's like, it's, we hadn't even put, we still haven't replaced all the, like the, you know, the carpet, baseboards, just like everything. You know how we inherited your geck, or your kids geckos? Oh. Yesterday I was walking around the house. I'm like, what's that burning plastic smell? Oh. You know, kind of in the room.

He had put the lamp like two, like it wasn't on the metal screen. It was on the edge. That was another thing is the model almost fires the kids create by setting those lamps down on tables and stuff. And you dig downstairs, you like smell like burnt. Yeah, we have to do rid all that junk. Then one of their lizards is still at large. Maybe. You think it's still alive?

No. No, okay. It's not at large. Every time I move something, I'm like expected to something. Your nose is going to find it. It's at large in the same way that someone who went missing 70 years ago is still at large. I one time put a bunch of salamanders in the fish tank and they all got out and I'd find them like throughout the year just like pull out at something and it's back there all shriveled up. In question 8, this is our listener question of the week via Aaron Ross,

this freshwater bottom dweller, which is also known as a Placo, arrived in Florida via aquarium trade in the 1950s. Is everybody ready? Brody, do you like your answer? He just came up with something. That's a much longer word than I wrote. Go ahead and reveal your answer, Seth, without an answer. Or no, set says, LG eater.

Steve says, marijuana. That's not right. Randall says. Placostomis. Corey, without an answer. Yannis says, Guppy, Brody says,

armored catfish. The correct answer is an armored catfish or suckermouth catfish or sailfin catfish. Now, Placo is short for their scientific name, which I'm going to look it up right now. It's a placamus. It could be. Oh, come on.

That's not what he meant. It's a placustum. No, I mean. That's, if you go into a pet store and buy one of these, it's called a placostomus. It is a proclosomis. That is what Placo is short for. Yeah, no shit.

Randall was the most correct. Brandel almost got a real big. That was like me with that cordwood deal, which could wind up being something I need to revisit. Arbored catfish are native to Central and South America, but have shown up in about a dozen states, including the Carolinas, Texas, Louisiana, and Nevada, California, and Hawaii. They have no natural predators here and increased shoreline erosion. And by burrowing into banks, armored catfish are popular in home aquariums for algae control. And they don't also call them guppies. No, it is not.

Do they call them cleaner fish, too? Phil has a photo of an armored catfish for us. Yeah, it's a placasimus. Yeah, we just call those algae eaters. Do you call them cleaner fish? Is that? I mean, I don't think that would be what you would specifically refer to them at, but maybe there is in a group of cleaner fish or algae use.

That is an armored catfish. Yeah, my buddy had one of those that got pretty big. And whenever we caught weird shit in the river, we'd just be like, that's a goddamn Plocustimus. Phil, we have two questions left. Give us a scoreboard update. Well, the game is still not over.

Randall's doing everything he needs to do to stay in it. And Steve is also doing that. Corey, he's here. We've got Seth Morris with 12 points. Janice and Brody. It's like, my problem. Like, I don't think I would have known those. I don't think it's just psychological, dude.

I think I didn't know those. Yonaz and Brody at 15. And the two players, yes, two that are still left in the game, are Randall Williams who has pulled up with 16 points. And Steve is at 18 points. Here is question nine. The topic is butchering. I can't believe the confidence that Steve has lost.

You're still winning by two. Because those questions, I didn't even kind of know. That's part of truth. Humunculus. No. There's no like, Oh, I just know that.

Well, Costumis and hemunculus are pretty close. This next great question is via Andy Harrington. This bone, which is named after the Greek god who's portrayed. He's portrayed. Carrying a sphere on his back is the first vertebrae of the neck behind a deer's skull. Yeah, Placostomis is just a fun word to say. It was probably like...

Say it again, Randall. Everybody at my high school knew the word Plocosomis. I'm not joking. Basically your mascot. It was like one of our, it was like one of our funniest words to say. No, and we just would be sitting around as Plocosomis. Again, question nine. Randall has his answer.

He put it down before I finish the question. Steve, with a blank whiteboard. He is panicked. You know, Corey? God, this is getting weird, isn't it? Dude, I need a bone here. This bone, which is named after the Greek god, who's often portrayed carrying a sphere on his back,

is the first vertebrae of the neck behind a deer's skull. We have two questions left. On the line is the title of Meat Eater Trivia Champion and a $2,000 conservation donation. We have never gone to overtime in the Meat Eater Trivia Championship. If Randall can get these last two right and Steve can get them wrong. That will happen. I'm still kicking myself about vermin.

I feel like my head was to be a much different game. Steve had to read all of these books about the gods. I couldn't even get a thought in my head during that question. You got to be living in the future, not the past, Randall. I know. I also feel liberated. I'm a man with nothing to lose now. Brody, do you like your answer?

I mean, it doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but it popped into my head. Yanni, do you like your answer? Yeah. Do you think Steve has this one right? No. No. Just judging by his posture. What?

His last. Easy, breezy? Steve, are you really? Ready. Oh, I'm ready, buddy. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth, without an answer. Steve says, Atlas, but without is...

No. What's it got me thinking? What's it said? What was Sisypheus always rolling up in Boulder? Yeah, that's different. I know, I wrote, but who is? But who is, but who is, Sam it? Randall says, Atlas, Corey, Atlas, Yonis, Atlas,

Brody, Atlas, the correct answer is Atlas. So, yeah, Sisvice, he wasn't rolling the planet up the hill. No, no, just a Boulder. That gives Steve the victory. Really? One question left. The Atlas Bone, which is also known as C1, is what you cut in front of to detach a deer's head from its spine. Although most think that Atlas is carrying the earth on his back, it's actually the heavens.

This is his eternal punishment from Zeus for leading the Titans against the Olympians during the 10-year battle of the gods. I could swear, though, that I've seen statues where it is depicted as the Earth. That those are supposed to be The Celesteia carrying the world on your back That weightlifting competition Their trophies that Right? Yeah

And you get like it's carrying the world on your back Maybe Or something Brody Uh Showed me to Instead of going right through there Where you did do the detachment

To come in from the bottom this year And I gotta say it's I haven't done enough times To say for sure if it's faster Oh it's faster It's definitely That was one of Brody's hot tips, I think. It comes from the bottom, huh?

Yeah, you just fall that jaw line, and it takes you right to where you, there's no, like, digging and fine and just, that's one of those things where I'm like, it's like taking the femur out of the hip socket. It's like, when you get it on the first try, it just. And a nice thing is, if you do it. Come in from the, come in from the underside. Oh, is that what you're going to do? Yeah. A lot of people who are I sawing away from the top. Was he not listening?

When you said come in from the jaw. Yeah. Like that. What about when I said? Come from the other side. Yeah, but I was just thinking about winning. Yeah, I know. I think the best way to do this.

There's not a lot of celebration from anybody else over here. And the great thing is if it's like a balk or a bully, you can prop that head. It's like one guy gave me a handshake, you know. It's like. Visions of grandeur over there. All right, here's a correct answer. Well, I mean, you know, it could have been a little more like. Let's finish.

Let's finish the game. He did. He declared you Victory. All right, here's a correct answer review so far. Number one.

I hope confetti was going to fall out. Nebraska doesn't have snowshoe hairs. Two was vermin. Berman. Frabel.

Four. Flocking. Five. Stan Cronkey. Six. Medallion. Seven. Jim Corbett.

Eight. Armored Catfish. Or? Placostimus. Nine. Atlas Bone. Here is question ten. The topic is conservation.

This seven-letter chemical is what M. M44 bombs spray in the face of coyotes that activate the trap. This seven-letter chemical is what M-44 bombs spray in the face of coyotes that activate the trap. Brody, excuse me, Steve, do you have this one right? Yeah, I got it right. Who cares? It's not going to be happy. I'm glad you want.

I'm happy for you, man. Where your $2,000 donation goes. Steve. I wasn't going to win So you know, why not have fun Root for the guy? Brody, do you have this one right? I got a seven-letter poison.

Yanni, do you have a seven-letter poison? So yes. I'm in the same boat. This seven-letter chemical is what M-44 bombs spray in the face of coyotes That activate the trap. Hmm. Randall, do you have this one?

I've got a seven-letter poison. Okay. Steve is now going to be the two-time media trivia trivia champion the only player Imagine just not anyone can get their hands

on an M-44 bomb. No, it's outlawed in multiple states by multiple federal agencies as well. Was this round intended to be so difficult? Yes.

Shelby. We're in the Media trivia championship. Maybe Shelby just didn't know. Yeah. Oh yeah, were you thinking I'm going to make a real doozy? No, I just want to

keep it very core to the meat eater for pillars hunting fishing conservation cooking is everybody ready go ahead and reveal your answer Seth without an answer Steve says

cyanide Randall falters even more Arsenic Corey says Strychnine Janis Cyanide Brody

Cyanide the correct answer is cyanide Randall's comeback was just dizzled Well this I thought about

leaving that blank as a statement to come back. Can we get the final scoreboard up there just to... Let me give me some flavor text first. M44. I have to pay attention. M44 bombs are spring-loaded spikes that are driven into the ground.

They have a plunger at the top, which is baited with the scents that coyotes find attracted. When a coyote pulls the plunger, a cloud of cyanide explodes in their face and kills them shortly thereafter. But these traps are highly controversial and have been banned by several state and federal agencies.

In 2017, a 14-year-old in Idaho. came across one that he thought was a sprinkler head. He accidentally triggered it, which temporarily blinded him and killed his dog. And there is a diagram showing you how these traps work. If you ever come across one on some public lands in the West, don't go messing with it. Bartfield, give us a final scoreboard update after 30 questions to determine the meat eater trivia champion. Final scores for this year are Corey Calkins with eight points. Seth Morris has 12.

All tied up. up with 17 points a piece for Janice, Brody, and Randall. And with a three point lead and 20 points, Stephen Rinella is the winner. Congratulations. Dominant. Didn't even need to argue his way. Just a runaway, Vic. $2,000, Steve.

You know, I knew that I wanted to play a strong game. I knew I wanted to get ahead early and maintain that win. Yep. You know, this isn't a team sport. Maintain the lead. Maintain that lead. It's not a team sport. Right.

You know, it's mono-e-mano. Very lonely out there. Mono-e-mono, imano, imano, imano, imano. Yeah. Technically. So I can't thank the team, you know. Who do you think, Steve? I'll dedicate this to my wife.

Wow. This might change the dynamic at home. now after having the argument that led to you going to watch the Olympics the other night. Well, she was there. You know, I actually liked those fleas. $2,000 that Steve is dedicated to his wife. Where would she like that money to go? Can I split it?

Sure. You could split it four ways. I would like, no, no, I just want to split it two ways. I would like to split it between the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, where I'm a board member. And I would like to send the other half where I recently joined the board of sharing the land. Doug will love that. Doug made a board.

Doug is getting official. Doug is established a board. That's right. I am on that, that inaugural board. And so I'd like half my jingle to go there. $1,000 to TRCP, $1,000 to sharing the land. And sharing the land, of course,

an organization that pairs landowners with access seekers, where the access seekers have an opportunity to do habitat work on that land as payment for hunting, fishing permission. They so badly need the land owners more of them. That's what needs to be tackled. Stan Cronkey should get hold the dug. Yeah. Obviously you got a lot.

There's a lot of access seekers. What we need to, what will, a thing that the organization will have to tackle is finding landowners who have conservation projects, putting in stream crossings, invasives work. planting willows along streams, tearing up old fence that doesn't serve any purpose anymore, thinning. Burning. Burning. $1,000. Putting in wood duck nesting boxes.

Whatever. $1,000 going to TRCP, $1,000 going to sharing the land. Fix and fence. Barb rass one? Barb rass one. That has been done. First person to claim two media trivia championships. That's right. Poor Randall and Brody only have one.

Good job, Steve. I don't think I'm... Yeah, poor of them. Yeah. We'll see Steve again in a year when he joins us for the next, the fifth annual. I'm excited about it. I'm excited about it.

All right, join us next week for more meat eater trivia. The only game show where conservation always wins. Congratulations. Thanks, Spencer. Thanks, Spencer. Yeah, Spencer from South Dakota. He's the host. Using those smooth mellow tones, he lays them.

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