The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 863: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CCXII

Episode Date: April 15, 2026

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Randall Williams, Nate Mason, Max Barta, Alec Zimmer, Reva Hansen, Eric Hamburg, and Cade McParland. 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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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 Newarth, and today we're joined by Janus, Randall, Alec, Cade, Eric, Riva, Max, and Nate. This is a 10-round quiz show with questions from meat eaters four verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. There is a prize. Meadeter will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing.

We got a mailbag question here from Leonard and Lizzie Van Ereden. My family and I are moving from Australia to Alberta in 2026. I'm excited to get into hunting and fishing that Canada has to offer, but I'm leaving behind a lifetime of outdoor knowledge. that's specific to a different continent. I'm a big reader. Could you recommend any books to shorten the learning curve

for someone new to the region's outdoors? All right. What recommendations do we have for Leonard and Lizzie? It's not much of a read. It's more of like an informational guide. But it's almost like a pamphlet or a brochure. But there's this book called Ducks at a Distance. And it teaches you all about the different species

of divers, dabblers, just all the different ducks and it gives you the explanations of a hen and a drake the different colors the different plumages they're coming from Australia you think they're really interested in

waterfow Alberta yeah that's where like I imagine if Max has to move to Australia tomorrow what would he be interested Don't the prairie pottles go up into Alberta and then like a lot of ducks are made in Alberta a lot of ducks come through Alberta I'm just poking fun They're gonna see a lot of ducks so that's my recommendation

Good recommendation Max What other recommendations do we have for Leonard and Lizzie for learning Alberta? Well, the obvious one would be meat eaters, you know, guide to... Oh, that's a great idea. Hunting, butchering, and cooking. The survival book, that would work as well. Yeah. I feel like a lot of that is specific to North America.

I don't think it should be too stressed out. I mean, a whole other comment. Well, the animals, it's not like they smell differently. As in, like, it's not like they smell you from upwind or, you know, vice versa. It's like the toilets that go the opposite direction. But there's different things that Alberta has. They still need tracks. North American tree squirrel.

Phenomenal. That's a book. Yeah, it's so good. What's it teach you? All about squirrels. All right. It's a little. Have you read it? Yeah. Dude, I've got, you know, here's a hot tip. Next time I host trivia, there's a question coming straight out of that book.

Wow. All right. Everybody read it. Other recommendations for Leonard and Lizzy? I'll be honest. I didn't pick up on the fact that they're asking for books until just a moment ago. Okay. So I was going to say the internet. That's good.

Magazines. Yeah. I'd go to the library. If they really want a book, I'd go to the library and get, um, like old bound volumes of like whatever the best Canadian hunting. Do they have libraries in Canada? I think so. Yeah.

Okay. I'm sure they're well funded actually. They're probably better than ours. Yeah. On that note, uh, like I think there's some apps that would be really helpful. The Merlin app that works in Canada. Um, they're going to certainly encounter. are a lot of birds they've never seen before.

All trails that works in Canada. On X, they're new to Canada. Picture this plant identifier. That's something where you take a picture of a plant and then it tells you what it is. I use that in my yard to check its accuracy on things that I know what they are, that I planted them. And it's been 100% accurate for me. Those are all things that I would have if I was going to a new continent. You guys are all thinking very, like, micro.

I was thinking about, like, if you read these, like, if I were, were to move to another country? Continent. Continent. My God. I'd want to be conversed. Like, imagine if someone moved here and they didn't know, like, if you talked about, like, the Missouri River country or the badlands. Like, I'd want to just familiarize myself with, like, what are the regional conversations among sportsmen about these places? There's a book I read last year. It's called

Rivers Run Through Us, and it focused on what the author deemed to be the 10 most important rivers in North America. I think four or five of them are in Canada. It'd be a great way to just to like learn some basic North American waterway geography and learn about their natural and human history. Any other recommendations for Leonard? The other recommendations for Leonard of North America. I mean, if he's like really wants to dive in deep and nitty gritty.

But that, I only referenced that one. I've never even tried to just start on page one. That's the one that's supposed to be very, very long. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I mean, there's the textbook. The Eastman's books on like hunting open country. deer and then hunting high country meal deer. What about the Grace Sporting Journal too?

You get a subscription for that. Oh yeah. The age of deer would be another one. That covers the weird relationship that humans have with deer in North America. How we treat them like pests, but also like icons. We kill them with guns and vehicles, but we protect them. It's like weird how we love them and hate them and live beside them. I think that would be good for someone new to the continent.

Any last recommendations for Leonard and Lizzie? No recommendation, but just. Good luck. Good luck with the move. Welcome to North America. Well, that's on. That's nice. Welcome to the continent. All right, we have some housekeeping.

On a previous episode, I had a question about the eight-letter word that's defined as the period of time. No, not that one. Not that one. A period of time before sunrise and after sunset in which the atmosphere is partially illuminated. The correct answer was twilight. But four listeners wrote in saying there is a second acceptable answer, which is the Scottish word. gloaming. Gloming's definition is just the word

Twilight, and it also has eight letters. So if you said gloaming for that one, give yourself a point. So it's a Scottish word? Scottish word. Has anyone ever heard of gloaming? I have only because there's a weird radiohead song on Hale to the Thief called the Gloming.

Oh. Well, now you can sound really educated. While your dumb buddies are saying Twilight, you say gloaming. That's right. Thank you, Spencer. You'll trump them. All right, the Shelby Index for today is a three and a half

So our winner should get seven correct answers. 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. How's that? Nice. I'm going to win everything.

Question one, the topic is wildlife. This will be multiple choice. And this first great question is via Titus McKenzie. Which of these countries does not have bears? Is it New Zealand? Iraq Japan or Thailand Three of those countries have bears

One of them does not Is it New Zealand Iraq Japan Or Thailand Titus one of the goats Of sending me Trivia questions

We'd appreciate seeing an email from Titus To be clear we're talking wild bears Like you wouldn't be like Oh there's a zoo bear does not count In Iraq Yeah If they had a Tiger King over there for bears that would not count.

Which of these countries does not have bears? New Zealand, Iraq, Japan, Thailand. Is anybody confident? I'm 50-50. Yeah, I'm 50-50 too. Cade knows it, he says. Is everybody ready? Yeah.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. Maximus says New Zealand, Randall, New Zealand, Eric, Thailand. Cade, New Zealand. Alec, Iraq, Nate crossed out Thailand, with New Zealand, Riva, and Yanni say New Zealand. The correct answer is New Zealand. Nice, nice. Well, Iraq is home to brown bears. Japan is home to brown bears and black bears, and Thailand is home to black bears and sun bears.

No bears are native to New Zealand, and none have been introduced. Their only native mammals are bats and marine mammals. Cool. Question two, the topic is conservation. On the IUCN red list scale that measures an animal's risk for extinction, N-T stands for near-blank. On the IUCN-red-list scale that measures an animal's risk for extinction, N-T stands for near-blank. Phil, I heard you went to karaoke last night. What did you sing?

I sang the Goldfinger cover of 99 Red balloons It was a lot of fun Goldfinger cover I have to listen to that The original I believe the original artist is Nina

It's like a German song And then Goldfinger the pop punk ska band Has a ripin cover of it Do you ever listen? The first I was introduced to that song By the seven seconds Do you remember that? No

Punk band? No Yeah they did 99 Randall the foggy over here trying to figure out how to play video on his phone. What's the problem, Randall? I don't know what's going on. Max can't figure it out either. Are you connecting?

Max, turn it on. What? Randall apparently has a video of Phil. Oh, no. 99 red balloons. What else are you saying, Phil? Is it sorry?

Oh, yeah. I'll try it. Yeah, there you go. It's a German sentence. That's the German verse. Wow. That is a banger. Very good.

Aggressive. of Phil. I've never heard you with that kind of attitude. He was fired up after that rose episode. Cal got me inspired. I got a BHA membership and went straight to the karaoke. It was like a pretty sparsely attended karaoke, but everybody's really into it. And Phil by far energized the crowd. Oh, good.

Yeah, more than anyone. They needed it. Yeah, it was fun. I felt like a star just sitting at the same table as him. The IUCN Red List scale that measures an animal's risk for extinction. N-T stands for near blank. Is everybody ready? I got a T-word.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. Maximus says, Termination. Randall threatened. Eric, terminal. Cade, threatened. Alec, termination. Nate, threatened. Riva.

Threatened. Yonis, threatened. The correct answer is. Threatened. Shoot, Al. What a made sense. Cade's pitching a perfect game right now. Hell yeah, Cade. Just like the termination, though, Andrew.

On that scale, near-threatened falls between L.C., least concern, and VU, vulnerable. They say near-threatened animals are either close to qualifying for vulnerable status or are predicted to in the near future. Some species that they label as near-threatened include the Greater Prairie Chicken, Tiger Shark, Atlantic, Atlantic, Pacific bluefin tuna Hila monster spotted owl And eastern hemlock Phil has a picture for us

Of that scale And where different critters would fall NT near threatened Termination sounds a lot cooler I like that one That'd be a lot more They're being worse shape though Data deficient is really good

There aren't many of you left So we just decided to terminate the rest of you Do you think near terminated Would come above or below Critically Endangered Probably above. That's good. Question three, the topic is hunting.

Bovid is to bison and canid is to wolves as blank is to deer. You should do way more analogies. This is a good one. I like this. I feel like I'm back in the SAT. Is to bison and canid is to wolves as blank is to deer. Oh, since Brody isn't here. Can you chuck my?

Okay. Max has checked his work with Randall, and Randall agrees. Nate liked this question, but he's waffling on what the answer is. Phil, what else did you sing last night? That's it. One and done. Okay. Yeah, it was a, you know, it was a school night, so I had to get home at a reasonable hour.

Bovid is to bison, and canid is to wolves as. You must have heard it on one of the many podcasts that you engineered. Come on, Nate. Dude, I got faith in you. What's the, what is it for squirrels? I don't know. I thought that was a good book. I've already losing faith.

I've already running a couple years. I wonder what it is for squirrel. Storeboys, how you doing? You think you got this one? Thanks, so. Not even close. Kate and L are confident. Bov it is to bison and can it is to wolves as this is to deer.

That's what I have written down. Maybe 100. Oh, Riva. Hell yeah. I'm going to keep it then. Riva walked in here with not a lot of confidence and I told her she's going to get fifth place today. So she was trying to identify the three people that she needs to beat.

She's beating me. You guys know this. I do know this. Good, good, good. Is everybody ready? She's pitching a perfect game still. Go ahead and reveal your answers, Maximus. And Randall say servid.

Eric without an answer. Cade. IELIC, Servid, Nate, Servid, Riva and Yanni, Servid. They got it. The correct answer is Servid. C-E-R-B-I-D. Where's that fall into the whole hierarchy? Ungulate.

Is that more or less specific? I don't know if that's even part of. Oh, really? That's a genus. The Servid family is divided into two main sub-families, which are known as Old World Deer and New World Deer, Old world deer include elk, red deer, and fallow deer, while new world deer include white tails, moose, and caribou.

The numbers vary based on sources, but it's generally stated that there are between 39 and 55 species of servid. Question for the topic is fishing. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Jonathan Lambert for sending this great question. Jonathan 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 Shannon Doer River flows into the blank river at the border of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Gosh, there's a song about it. Write my backyard. I don't know if I have it right, though. Backyard of Ohio. Not a Ohio. The Shannon Doer River flows into the blank river

at the border of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Oh, how do you spell it? Ooh. There's a hint for Maximus. Struggling with what letters go west. Or is it a Z? Nate, you're very confident you have this one, right? No, I...

Oh, I'm not. I have two... I think I've got it down to two rivers. Randall, do you have this one? Now I'm rethinking my answer. The Shannon Doa River flows into the blank river at the border of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. I could be thinking about it all wrong, though. Okay.

Cade, is that a blank whiteboard down there? It is. It is. It is. It is. Damn. Yeah. Do you know any rivers in that part of the world?

I don't. I don't. The Shannon Doa River flows into the blank river. If I'm thinking about this correctly. I'll wait. I just choose my answer up. Virginia. Based on my.

Consternation? No, just thinking about it more. Yeah, I got two. We'll see. It's a big whitewater river in that country is. See, that's the one. I'm wondering which way it goes. We have Max wondering about spelling. We have Yonnie saying there's whitewater culture.

That is a great place to go. Here's some East Coast whitewater, though. Yeah, I mean, I used to know people that would leave the West to go there for that season. Yeah. I can't remember the name of that river. Do you think that river's the answer? No, I think that river's the farther south. Randall's trying to gather another.

A little tip. Why not? Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Max. Oh, Randall, I think you're on. Maximis says Plotomac. Randall says Potomac.

Eric without an answer. Cade says Delaware. Alec without an answer. Nate says Potomac. Reva without an answer, Yanni says Hudson. The correct answer is the Potomac River. We're going to give it to Maxwell. Nice.

Yeah. Are you guys? Are you guys romancy involved? No, we're just Potomac. The meeting of the Shenandoah and Potomac happens at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. This stretch of water is known for great bass fishing and cat fishing. From here, the Potomac travels through Washington. D.C. before entering the Chesapeake Bay.

You can, there's a trail, the W&O.D. that you can take all the way from Washington, D.C. out to Harper's Ferry, running, biking, whatever. And I think it's a national historic park there at Harper's Ferry. Question five, the topic is cooking. This next great question is via Steve Korson, Steve, another goat of sending me trivia questions, just like Titus. This type of European pudding with a colorful name is actually a sausage made of blood,

fat, and grains. We have eight blank whiteboards in the room. This type of European pudding with a colorful name is actually a sausage made of blood, fat, and grains. Randall now coming up with an answer, he's the only one. This type of European pudding with a colorful name is actually a sausage made of blood, fat, and grains. Nate, have you been to Harper's Ferry before? We never made it out there. We wanted to really bad. There's like a cool train or something that goes out of it. We had a whole trip plan and then it fell through for some reason.

Tiny little town, I think it's like 200 people, but they've just like made tourism in their industry now. This type of European pudding with a colorful name is actually a sausage made of blood, fat, and grains. Randall, do you have this one right? I think, I don't want to say I do, but I think I have a colorful name? I think I have a decent guess. That's what throws me off is colorful name. Is it a pudding or is it a sausage? It's actually a sausage.

It's this type of European pudding with a colorful name is actually a sausage made of blood, fat, and grains. This is question five. See, I know of a sausage that is made of these things. But it's not a colorful name. No. Wait, oh.

I have another guess now. Oh. You're sick with what you have or change it? Let me ask you a question. When you say colorful name, do you mean that literally or figuratively? Not going to help you. Okay. Usually he's pretty literal.

I think I got it. He's pretty literal about that kind of stuff. Randall, you have a nice back whiteboard there. Oh, that? Yeah. Shout up. Is that boys with this video? Dude, if I get this ride and be so stoked.

What? If I get this right, don't be so stoked. Did I give this to you, Nate? Huh? Did I give this to you? Nope. Hopefully not. We gotta get some merch in like a graffiti stencil font where like the paint is dripping off of it says like storeboys and the

There's like a white. It's like a fish shy lens from from down below while they're all standing over it Certainly one of you store boys is an artist right somebody there Yeah, dude Trevor's an artist. Let me tell you what with the camera Yeah, that's right I don't think any of us Tea dog media Tea dog media This type of European pudding with a colorful name is actually a sausage made of blood, fat, and grains. Is everybody ready?

Yanni? I'm not ready. One more time. Do you have an answer? It's in there. Not literal. Not figurative. You're not going to answer that. Don't answer it. Don't answer it. I think I got it. Come on. Nate? No. Nate, do you have a perfect game going? Yep. Okay. What would you say? You think it's more of a literal? I'm not telling you. Unless Randall locks in his answer right now. You should tell them the opposite of what you think it is, Nate. But maybe it's actually the real. I'm lying. It's actually the

real one and it's a double. It's figurative. Or do I? Do you mean serious? Oh, we got the same answer. Is everybody ready? I would never, ever. Go ahead and reveal your answers.

Oh no! Max Smith, without an answer, Randall says, bloody dick. Eric, red pudding. Cade, black pudding. Alec, blood sausage. Nate, spotted dick. Riva.

Red pudding. Yanni blood sausage. The correct answer is black pudding K's white? No what? No what? On the right. Dude, I'm pretty sure

Spotted Dick is one. That wouldn't be colorful. It was literally color. But no, that's figuratively like if he has colorful language. He uses foul language. Black pudding is also known as blood pudding and blood sausage.

Nate, you don't even... It's considered one of the world's oldest forms of sausage with mentions of it in Homer's The Odyssey, dating back to 700 BC. Blood from cows, pigs, and sheep are most commonly used, but it also works with game and fish. Or a fishy version of black pudding,

go check out April Voki's recipe on the meat eater.com called Fish Kidney Black Pudding. No one has left a rating for that recipe yet. I'm dying to know how it tastes. So I'd love if some listeners would go make it and review it. Again, that's April Vokie's Fish, Kidney, Black, Nate spotted dick is made with dried fruit, like raisins, which is why it's spotted. Now, Yanni wrote down blood sausage, which is also one of their names.

Should we give it to Yanni? Because blood was in the answer, and blood's not a colorful. I also had blood sausage. That's where my mind was going on. Don't take this away from me, Spencer. We're not. Cade got that one, right? Phil, can you look up bloody dick?

Yeah, I'll turn safe search off. All right, Phil, scoreboard update. Please. That's good. Eric is in last place with no points. Alex on the board with one. Max and Riva and Janice all have three points a piece.

Tied up in first place with four points. Every one of them are Cade, Randall, and Nate. All right. I thought you still had a perfect game. No, because I missed the Potomac question. Fun game going into question six. I'm so confident. about that last one.

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Question six, the topic is ecology. This fruity term refers to a region that has warmer weather, particularly in winter, than the surrounding geographical area. Oh, buddy. All right, the room has their confidence back. No. This fruity term refers to a region that has warmer weather, particularly in winter than the surrounding geographical area.

I don't think I knew black pudding. I don't think that was in there. Hmm. You would ever have it? It was. I think it was. Anybody had black pudding? I've had a lot of blood sausage, but I don't know if that was blood pudding.

It says also known as blood sausage. So is it the same thing? I think if you have a sauce, like, Boudan is, you know, that's made of blood as well. I feel like if you've had Boudan, you could say you've had black pudding. I don't think there's blood and Boudan. It's not a blood-based pudding. Okay, I'm sorry. I thought Boudan had some amount.

There's a variety of boudan called Boudan noir, which is black. And that has, that's black pudding. Getting on question six. Shout out, Phil. This fruity term. I've got a computer refers to a region that has warmer weather, particularly in winter, than the surrounding geographical area. I like you found a black media t-shirt.

You got to represent. Half the room thinks they have it. The other half? Not so much. Does Max know what you think? No. No. We literally talked about this like three days ago.

Really? Oh, wow. Cade says the store boys, we're discussing this fruity term. You're going to want to start over. Anything that rhymes with this? No. Did that help you, Alec? No.

I don't remember this conversation. Was Alec there, Cade? He was there. I was talking directly too. Wow. Don't say anything loud, but in your head start thinking through types of fruit. This fruit. Broody term refers to a region

that has warmer weather, particularly in the answer. I'd like to live in one of these regions in my life in some point. Yeah. To grow stuff better. Mm-hmm. How about that? No. Oh, man. I'm really curious why you have.

Maximus. I'm over to, I guess. Is everybody ready? I'm blank. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Maximus without an answer. Randall says Banana Belt. Eric, without an answer. Kade. Banana Alec without an answer

Nate says tropical Reba says citrus belt Yanni says banana belt The correct answer is a banana belt I feel like tropical would work too Nah that ain't a That was a good guy No that was a tropical pun

Banana belt is like Honey hole right Would you say it's like the honey hole Like banana belt? No we'll get to that later What's your question? Would you like consider like the banana belt Like kind of like the honey hole like No

I'll tell you a Banana belts are created by geographical features such as mountains or lakes. Some examples of banana belts include the Escanaba region in Michigan's UP, Central Colorado's Arkansas River Valley, the Lake Champlain Valley of New York and Vermont, the Treasure Valley of Southwest Idaho, and the Niagara Peninsula in Ontario. So it's just a small area that's warmer than the surrounding area. The Bitterer Valley. Tropical could be a right answer.

The Ruby Valley. We're not going to give that to you. throwing that out there. Like, how would you describe the flavor of a tropical as flavor, like, fruity? Would you describe any of those places you listed as tropical in nature? Which, I didn't even listen. Lake Champlain, Vermont. Boyce. Escanobos. Definitely not. Those are banana belts. Question seven, the topic is fishing. Another banana belt, Max, is the Black Hills of South Dakota. You've hunted it in a banana belt. I feel like, like, northwest part of Montana.

has a banana belt. I think it can be like very micro, can be very big. So there's banana belts all over. The thing about tropical is that there is no winter in tropical climate. Well, when I was thinking, like at what scale are you talking geographically?

I was thinking of the earth. I'm admitting I was wrong. I'm just saying you could read this and land it. Like you could have written this question and landed a tropical. If it didn't have to be fruity, you could have just said equator. But tropical is. is fruity. Like how what like

like Tropics? It's banana belt. I'm not saying I got it right. The tropics. It has to do with punch. Yeah. Latitude. Like tropical lines around the globe. I think my first answer was better than tropical.

Definitely not. What were your first and second answers, Max? Orange and citrus. Question seven. The topic is fishing. This next great question is via Jacob Norris. He set this all the way back in 2022. So it took

four years to make it on the show. Let me see if I can reel it in. This Japanese word refers to a fish slaughtering technique where a spike is driven into the brain followed by destruction of the spinal cord. I've no idea. I got the sounds.

My brother-in-law is going to be so mad at me. We just used one of these over Christmas. Really? What were you doing? Catching walleye. This Japanese word refers to a fish-slaughtering technique where a spike is driven into the brain

followed by destruction of the spinal cord. I'm gonna take a picture and send that to him. Randall has this one, he thinks. He's the only player. I got this.

How late were you guys at the store last night? 10? They shut her down. Plead the fifth. Yeah. plead the fifth on that one. Is the fire marshal listening? This is.

Japanese word refers to a fish slaughtering technique where a spike is driven into the brain followed by destruction of the spinal cord. You said fanatically is okay? I never said anything. Spelling doesn't count. I mean, spelling doesn't count, but you got to be close. I got something that's...

Well, if you read what I have written, you will pronounce the right word, but I have no idea I'd spell it. I mean, Max just got a point for platonic. Potomac. Potomac. Read between lines. Again, this is question seven.

Oh, I got that. Topic is fishing. So you've done this to a fish? Yeah. Watched his brother-in-law. Yeah, I watched him do it and just... Someone, it was just too much. ...is going to go, is going to do some of this to make some content.

Right now? I think. Yeah. Maybe Steve. Ah, man. This Japanese word... No, I'm not... ...slaughtering technique for a spike...

Sometime in the near future. ...is driven into the brink. rain. Is Max on his phone? Followed by destruction. I'm not looking up anything. I'm sending it to him. He's doing phone a friend. Phone a friend. They're going to be pumped. They're going to be pumped.

They're going to be pumped. He's so jazzed. Why is Riva in this photo? Sorry, I should ask for permission. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Max, without an answer. Randall. E.K. G. May.

Eric without an answer, Cade without an answer, Alec without an answer, Nate, EK. G. May. Riva, lobotomize, Yanni, E.K. G. May. The correct answer is E.K.G. May. Well done, Yany. He did everything you need. Now, the spelling on that is I-K-E, J-I-M-E, or I-K-I-J-I-M-E, or I-K-E, space, J-I-M-E. So you have three. choices there or you do like Yanni I think Yanni had 10 characters in his but it was it had everything we needed spelling brothers a yo dude I just learned there used to be female samurai okay okay spike is correctly used the fish's jaw will instantly hang lip the fish then has its spinal cord destroyed is thoroughly bled and put on ice this humane slaughtering technique prevents the buildup of lactic acid and adrenaline which creates a better quality

meat, E.K. G. May is commonly used when a fish is destined for sushi. Max, did you guys destroy the spinal cord as well? No, it was more so just a spike in the brain. Right in the brain, yeah. Okay. Did you make sushi out of that walleye? No, but we made some auly cakes. Mm. That it tastes even better then.

Here's question eight. Topic is gear. The Utah brand's Black Ovus and Camo Blank announced in October 2025 that they were shutting down operations. Not happy with these guys. The Utah brand, Black Ovis and Camo Blank, announced in October 2025 that they were shutting down operations. Did they have some FHF stuff in stock there? Oh, buddy, they ordered it two weeks before they announced that they shut down.

Like, why even do that, dude? What are you thinking? Mac got it right. Oh, he did. And that is mostly just a picture of Riva. We'll get a scoreboard update after this, the Utah brands, Black Ovis and Camo Blank announced in October 2025 that they were shutting down operations. You are working when this happened, dude. I have the same relationship with trivia as I do with like tests

just shuts down my brain just doesn't work anymore I thought you were gonna say like women that's in the roast episode we all gotta bring that up Max The other store boys do you guys have this right Oh yeah I believe should Eric know this Yeah I should Damn Eric

Yeah might have to retire after today Is everybody ready Go ahead and reveal your answers Max says, fire. Randall, fire. Eric, without an answer. Kate says, fire, Alec, fire, Nate, fire. Rieb. Without an answer, Yanni, fire. The correct answer is fire. Black Ovis made hunting gear, while camo fire sold discounted hunting gear. The brands were founded in 2008 in Salt Lake City in a hunting forum post made by the company's co-founder. He said this of their bankruptcy. Quote, if there are eight nails in this coffin, tariffs were four of them.

them. All right, Phil. Scoreboard update. We have two questions left. You were on the slide. Yes, I was. I went, I hunted that down. He was very open about how the, you know, final week of business went.

Let's see here. Eric. Still a chance. Alec. Riva. Randall. And Maximilian are no longer in the running for the victory. But we have Nate Janice and Kade tied up with six.

And Randall getting the Ikajima question correct. and Cade missing it, Randall is now in first place with seven. Dang. Pulling ahead. Kate, if you feel good about these next two, I'll drop one. I really want to go to a tie breaker.

Yeah, let's do that. Randall's just in a better mood when the store boys are around. That's wrong. We've got a different way in the room today. Are you guys going back to the store after this?

Yeah, yeah. Can we have a pizza party? Absolutely. Oh, you know, I had a good idea, Randall. We should get a beer after work today. Oh, yeah. Yeah, okay. Good idea.

Question nine. The topic is wildlife. This next great question. is via Phil, Tim Allen. This nine-letter word is defined as, quote, animals such as bears, bison, or mammoths of a particularly large size. This nine-letter word is defined as animals, such as bears, bison, or mammoths of a particularly large size. Okay, it's nodding his head.

I got it. Like he has it. Nate, do you have this one? Yep. Randall, do you have this one? I believe so. Yanni has a blank white. I could see another tropical type situation. No, really? Where I feel real good, but it's wrong. Oh, you thought you nailed that one? Oh, I thought I crushed it, dude. I was like, Tropica cancer, a-o. Have you heard of banana belts before? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's definitely a better answer, although I think mine's still doubt. This nine-letter word is defined as animals, such as bears, bison, or mammoths of a particularly large. size. It's literally tropical fruit. Like that's a thing.

Yanni's going to be out of the running if you can't come up with the correct answer. Number nine. Rodents of unusual size? I don't think they're tied with Kade. Yeah. Now don't play this game. Don't be like, oh, I'm going to throw. Don't do that.

I'm not going to throw it. Cool. Revid, you have nine letters. I might drag it out a little bit. Oh, I do like that. He's not going to EK.G. You guys. He's going to let you die in a warm water

like well. You guys are going to flounder there. How do you say fish ball down Japanese? This nine-letter word is defined as animals, such as bears, bison, or mammoths of a particularly large

size. Is everybody ready? No. Nate, what are you taking pictures of over there? Nothing. I'm looking up the word that I learned that I forgot about That is the term for female samurai. Back to this. Eximus is giving up.

Can't do it, Spencer. Can't do it. Riva's still playing for fifth place over there. Nine letter word. Yanni. I don't even have a guess. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Maxwell, without an answer, Randall says, Megafauna. Other way, Nate.

Eric, without an answer. Cade, megafauna. Alec without an answer, Nate, megafauna, Riva, what's that say? Gigantuan. Yanni, without an answer, the correct answer is megafauna. Although specifics on size vary, most define megafauna as something that weighs over 99 pounds. Other scientists say megafauna are simply the largest 10% of species in a given region, in a third group, defines megafauna as any animal that you can see from a distance with the naked eye.

I like that We'd all be Megafauna Alright here's a correct answer review so far One was New Zealand doesn't have bears Two was near threatened And T3 served it four Potomac River Five black pudding six banana belt Seven EKGMEA

Eight Camelfire Nine megafauna Phil Shoot scoreboard update It is down to Dr. Randall who is in first place So eight now, and Cade and Nate are one point behind him with seven. Riva, here's where the half point came in for the Shelby Index. The topic is woodsmanship.

Which two Gulf Coast states have the highest elevation? I love these questions, Spencer. These are good. Thank you, Phil. Which two, Gulf Coast states have the highest elevation? Randall is not going to have an authoritative victory. He looks like he's pondering what those two states could be. Why did you choose two instead of just asking one?

It's way more interesting this way. Yeah, it's just a better question, I think. Okay. We needed a question 10 that would maybe up the deal. It's too hot. That would maybe up the deal. difficulty. Which two

golf coast states have the highest elevation. I think I got it, dude. The one I have written down wasn't one. If Randall gets this wrong and Nate or

Cade gets this right pulling for you, buddy. I'm pulling for you, Nate. Oh, thanks, man. Wow. And I think actually

Randall's probably pulling for both of you. Randall can suck it. Yeah, I guess I'd like to get this right. I'm second guessing my answer. Okay. But I also was thinking

maybe I shouldn't answer at all just let fate determine I don't want that. Would you like to win that way, Cade? No. If you don't answer, I will erase my answer. Which two Gulf Coast states

have the highest elevation? He's about to pull him longest yard on us. You're referencing the Adam Sandler remake, presumably. Which the OG you also had Bert Reynolds, right? Yeah, Bert Rown, yeah. Yanni, do you like your answer?

I do. Have you seen the original? Not yet. Nice. Not yet. You probably won't. Which two golf coast states have the highest elevation? Is everybody ready?

Oh. Go ahead and reveal your answers for all the marbles. Max says Alabama, Texas. Randall says Alberta and Texas. Oh, you got a L. A.L. He says Alabama and Texas. Eric.

Texas, Alabama, Cade, Texas, Alabama, Alec, Alabama, Texas, Nate, Alabama, Texas, Riva, Texas, Georgia, Yanni, Georgia, Texas. The two states are Texas and Alabama. Randall got that one right. Do you want to count? You want to count my miss? I mean, that's less right than tropical.

That's really. I changed it at the very last second. Oh, what did you have before that? I had Mississippi. Because I was thinking that hill country. Guadalupe Peak in West Texas is 8,751 feet tall, putting Texas in 14th place for the highest elevation by state. Alabama's highest point is 2,400 feet in elevation. Mississippi is 800 feet.

Louisiana is 550 feet. And Florida is 350 feet. Florida has the lowest, highest elevation. in the country. Quit hogging that. That was a great question. Oh, thank you, Max. We had six of our eight players.

Get it right. Randall, what are you going to do with that $500 donation today? I really like that back rub from Max. Some of the donated to turkeys for tomorrow. Turkey's for tomorrow. Turkey seasons coming up. Turkeys make Max's heart sing.

Why not? Next Wednesday. Max guided Randall to his first gobbler. last year. Are you going turkey hunting again this year, Randall? Ask Max. Oh, I'm on the docket too with Max. I got to take Phil first before I take three. Hey, wow. Let's go on. Thanks, Max.

We're going out with Cal. We need to get a lottery system going. No, go hunting clients. Yeah, drawing a Max tag is really highly. Yeah, better than a Montana tag. You should give that away in our March Madness bracket. Well done, Randall. $500 to Turkey's for tomorrow. Cade, excellent job. Nate, right there behind him.

One point short. Can we get one more scoreboard update, Phil? We need to see if Reva did beat three of these Jibronis. Reva tied. Reva tied for seventh, I believe. Or I guess it would be tied for sixth. I can never get this right. Man, Kay, is that a store boy high?

I think that might be a store record. That's a badger, Cade. Well done. Join us next week for more meat eater trivia. the only game show where conservation always wins. Thanks, Spencer. 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.

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