The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 897: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CCXXIII

Episode Date: July 1, 2026

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Max Barta, Nate Mason, Jon Montresor, and Logan Dove. 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 Newarth, and today we're joined by Brody, Seth, Nate, Max, Logan, and John. 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. Mead eater will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing.

We got a mailbag question today If you have a question you want the crew to answer Send your question to trivia At the Meteeter.com With the subject line mailbag This is from Nate Pawatsky He says, what be harder to hunt A turkey with the nose of a deer

Or a deer with the eyes Of a turkey? I think this is really easy Yeah, turkey with a nose Yeah, you wouldn't see a turkey If they had a nose like a deer No, not at all They always say if a turkey smell you wouldn't kill.

Yeah. I'm a firm believer in that. Phil, do you agree? Yeah, 100%. Thanks for coming to the expert. Yeah, so turkey with the nose of a deer, that'd be hard to kill. A deer with the eyes of a turkey.

I think that exists already, pretty much. Yeah, except for I think turkey's like seeing the UV light range. I don't know if deer have that super power or not. Also from Nate, he says, are non-randall and Brody episodes easier? Do I just choke against elite competition? I try to shoot for a higher Shelby index on those episodes.

So I would say they're maybe a little easier. Yeah, we want the gibronies to have a good time while they're here. So maybe a little easier. But it's still, you know, where is Randy today? I am Randall. I'm sitting in his spot. Yeah. I'm going to call him.

Crappy Chubb. I passed the truck on the highways more. It looks similar to his, but I don't know if it was his or not. He doesn't miss trivia too often, so he's doing something. I was going to the term. Pike Trubedores concert tonight. That's right. Yeah.

In Bonner. Yeah. Pre-gaming. All right, we have some housekeeping. On last week's episode, we had a question about the panfish inspired name for the small fat head minnows that bait shops sell. The correct answer was croppy minnows, but a few folks wrote in saying that bait shops in their area call them perch minnows, specifically in northern Michigan.

Now, I couldn't find anything online to confirm this, but I trust our listeners. And since perch is a panfish, and emailers said that that, you know, they're not. they are the small fathead minnows being sold, then I'll call that a right answer. So if you said perch minnows, then you get that one right. So, you were nodding over here. Who said perch? Someone said it in perch. Okay.

Yeah. Someone said it last. Oh, no, I've heard him call. I have a lot of mission. I think Maggie said it. He calls them perch minnows. I've never heard that. Okay.

I don't think it would have affected the game. Yeah. They used a lot of emerald chiner's where he's at. The other 49 states, call him croppy minnows. All right, the Shelby index. for today is a five, so I'm putting us on perfect score alert. 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? Just tend to win everything. Question one, the topic is hunting. This first great question is via Eric Zilgmy, and as always, this will be multiple choice. Which of these is not a cavity nesting duck?

Is it a wood duck, a common Morganser, buffalo head, or a blue-winged teal? Max, very quick to answer, the only player with an answer so far. Which of these is not a cavity nesting duck? So three of them are cavity nesters. One of them is not. Is it a wood duck, a common Morganser, a buffalo head, or a blue-winged teal. Hold tight, I need to get a marker.

Okay. Seth has got a bad marker. You ever play wingspan? Spencer? No. Somebody gifted it to me once. I have not played it yet. My understanding of it is that it's

like kind of complex. So you need to like clear out an evening. I'd be like I'm going to learn how to play wing span. I've heard nothing but great things. We should play it. It's fun. You're into it. Big fan. Okay. Like my mom likes it. What is it exactly? It's just like a deck builder. It's an engine builder, a bird game. It's like great art. Every card

has a bird fact on it. They've got a fish version called FinSPAN. They got a drag. And a dragon one called worms Span. Okay. I'm into the fish one. Span is the easiest to learn. Wormspan is the hardest. My favorite modern board game, besides me, Dieter Trivia, is Ticket to Ride.

I think that's the perfect board game. Love ticket to ride. The reason I bring it up is on the cards they have, they define the nest of the bird. And I'm trying to remember all the ducks and their bird, their nest icon. Which of these is not a cavity nesting

duck? Wood duck, or Ganser, Bufflehead, teal. Great game or great gift idea for the game playing birder

in your life. There you go. Max, give us an update on our bird next. So, there is a point

where I couldn't find any, and then I texted you that afternoon where I was like, oh, I found seven. How long were they gone for?

Like a week? I know. I couldn't find them. We have two pawns out back, couldn't find them on either pond. And then that afternoon I found seven of them

with the mom. And I was like, oh, down one. Not too bad. Way better than zero. And then the next day, there was all eight there. Okay.

And then, like, the last, like, week, week and a half, nothing. And then I walked over to this other pond probably a mile, a mile or so away. There's eight ducklings and a hen. And so I think they migrated over there. And they're roughly about that same size. You know, like they're growing up a little bit. This time of year, like for the last month, you see a lot of road killed ducks. Yeah.

Yeah. So they might have walked over there. It's weird. There's like hot spots around Bozeman where there's like every day a new duck gets smashed by someone's car. I shouldn't laugh. Does everybody have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth says Buffalohead.

Logan Buffalohead. Max, Blue Wing, Teal. John, Common Morganser. Nate Common Morganser. Brody, blue winged teal. The correct answer is the blue winged teal. Damn it. See that, Max?

Nice job, Brody. Brody. Got that one, right. Most ducks fall into three nesting categories. Upland, overwater, or cavity. Upland nesters choose sites along shallow, seasonal wetlands. Examples of upland nesters are blue wing, teal, and mallards. Overwater nesters choose sites that are on floating mats of vegetation like cat tails and boorush.

Examples of overwater nesters are redheads and canvas backs, and cavity nesters choose sites in hollowed out trees. Other examples of cavity nesters. are golden eyes and black bellied whistling ducks. Anything to add, Max, about nesting ducks? That's a great, great factors right there. So, Buffalohead will nest them like a tree? No kidding.

And I feel like it's like either a rotting tree or an abandoned raccoon net, which they might be in a rotting tree as well. Question two, the topic is conservation. The blank candle, which shoots a, quote, sequence of glowing comets is banned in 18 states because of its tendency for starting fires. And having too much fun.

18 states don't like you having all that fun. Dude, I thought I could name them. California, Hawaii, Washington, New York. The blank candle, which shoots a sequence of glowing comets, is banned in 18 states because of its tendency for starting fires. We used to escalate our bottle rocket fights

by employing these. Oh, yeah. Heavy artillery, baby. Yeah, we used to have fights with these. Okay, the room is going to do well. They all look confident. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers.

The whole room says Roman. The whole room got it right. It is the Roman candle. Roman candles are heavy tubes that discharge a series of balls of fire and sparks into the air. It's the firework that started the 2016 Table Rock fire in Idaho and 2020 Traverse Fire in Utah. Massachusetts.

has the strictest firework laws in the country as the only state that completely banned the sale, possession, and private use of all consumer fireworks. This is the week the fire truck, uh, or the firework, uh, boost will start showing. Oh, they're, oh, yeah. What, what's a firework boost? Oh, the booth. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Mm-hmm.

They move in. Question three, the topic is cooking. This next great question is via William Mayer. this pest which burrows into the flesh of living animals was discovered in south texas in june 2026 just listen to the podcast hmm hint uh you don't have to be that specific if you thought the answer was like a dragonfly you could put a dragonfly you don't have to put xx dragonfly whatever a specific dragonfly would be this pest which burrows into the flesh of living animals.

It was discovered in South Texas in June 2026, and we will look at a picture after this of what that pest does. It's pretty disgusting. So we should do a media experiment where we put one of these things in Janice's arm. It said that they will, you know, be attracted to humans as well.

So they might take the Yanni's arm. Again, we're going to look at a photo. If you don't want to see a deer that's all messed up from this pest then maybe look away after the flavor text is red. This pest, which burrows into the flesh of living animals, was discovered

in South Texas in June 2026. Nate, you have this one right. Oh, yeah. Okay. Brody, do you, Brody seems to have it right. I got super like double right. Double right. Okay, you're going very specific. Yep.

Max, do you have this one right? No, but I just listen to the podcast. Like, Tuesday or Wednesday when I don't. John, do you have this one right? I do not. What podcast? Don't worry about it.

You need a podcast. You need your podcast. I didn't listen to that one. There's a lot of podcasts, man. John was telling me yesterday it was our hottest day at the store. All year or ever? Just year to date. Year to date.

Okay. What's been flying out the door? What do people like right now? Well, logo where is flying out the door? Of course, we're in tour season now in Bozeman. And a real hot seller, which is one that we've, had a major demand for for several years now, the gnome packing unicorn t-shirt. Oh!

That's finally back. Okay. We've had, it had to have been just about every day without fail. Somebody asks about that t-shirt. What about this one? I like that one. That's a really good one, too. Yep, we have that.

Is that one flying off the shows? Yeah, this one's sick. That one's really attractive to like the Southern folks. You guys spend a little less time selling T-shirts and more time working on selling my bear rug. That's out in the common area right now. Everybody, that's the first thing they see when they walk in the store now. A lot of foot traffic.

Go in there, talk to John, ask him about maybe a trivia question in the upcoming week. Maybe he'll tell you, maybe not. Is everybody ready? Yeah, I'm not going to get it. Not really, but whatever. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth and Logan say bot fly. Maxwell says blank fly.

John says tick. Nate says New World Screw worm. Brody says screw worm. They got it. The correct answer is the screw worm. You're good. The screw worm was found inside a three-week old calf and two more cases regarding cattle and dogs followed shortly thereafter. Screwworms, which are the maggot form of a fly, typically begin their life in an open wound before drilling into the animal's flesh.

The parasite isn't a food safety issue, but it's largely managed by the USDA because it has potential to devastate the food we eat. A 2016 screw worm outbreak in Florida killed nearly 20% of their endangered key deer population. Here is a picture of one of those key deer. Oh my God. It commonly infects in their head because they go to an open wound. So if it's the rut and a buck got messed up by another buck that creates a natural spot for the screw worms to lay their eggs. Is that deer still alive? Like in that photo?

Looks like it. Yeah. That deer appears to be alive. If you find pictures of deer with screw worms, a lot of times it's in their head or maybe it's like, you know, in their back ham where they got caught by another buck. Really disgusting thing. I think they used to ham we eradicated them in like the 60s, but they still show up sometimes. The latest case was just in June in Texas. Question four, the topic is fishing.

John Gustafson and Max Goldman sabotage each other's gear by cutting fishing nets and severing anchor lines in the the sequel to this 1993 movie. You can tell me the sequel or just the regular, you know, number one that I'm asking for. Brody's smiling. John Gustafson. I didn't have it. Then I got it. And Max Goldman sabotage each other's gear.

About a particular joke that it cannot be repeated on. By cutting fishing nets and severing anchor lines in the sequel to this 1999 movie. I caught catfish hunter the other day. You did? Okay. 20 pounds. 20 pounds? Yeah, 20 pound catfish.

In Montana? No, it was on here on. The thing was a giant. Well, you certainly weren't targeting cats. Would it like hit a plug or a jig or what? Just a jig with a crawler on it. Do they have flatheads in here on? Or was it a channel?

It was a channel, but they do. That is a Whopper channel. That's a big channel. That's like in the 99th percentile of a channel. channel catfish in the world. I'll get a picture up. Again, question for the topic is fishing. John Gustafson and Max Goldman

sabotage each other's gear by cutting fishing nets and severing anchor lines and the sequel to this 1990. Is that thing we end up in the friar? No, I threw them back. That is a whamper. You can slack that to me, Seth, if we want to show it on the show. The channel. Well done. In coming, Phil.

Perfect. Seth, you have this one right? It's like the perfect question I will never, fishing and movies before I was for. Okay. Spencer was like, what's the question Brody would get right? This one. Uh-huh. You do not have this one right?

Absolutely not. Okay. Do you have a fishing movie down? No, it's like a, it's like an ocean movie. Okay. That ain't it. Could be. Cool. Great.

Is everybody ready? Did you put Captain Ron down? Oh, okay. Max, are you ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth says grumpier old men, Logan, without an answer. Max says, Rivers run through it. John, without an answer.

Nate says, Waterworld, Brody, grumpy old man. The correct answer is grumpy old men. The sequel is grumpier old men. Nice. Wait, isn't that what you're asking? We'll take your answer. Grumpy old men and grumpier old men are, and Wabashaw, Minnesota, a small town on the Mississippi River southeast of Minneapolis.

The film follows neighbors John and Max, who have a relationship that fluctuates between friendly and feuding. They also share a love of fishing, which further complicates matters. In this scene, they are catfishing on the wedding day of John's daughter and Max's son. Take it away, Phil. You're right. It's not an important day. Max, you cut the anchor, you putts. You cut the net to you dickhead here. I've never seen this.

Oh, it's so funny. As a North Dakota, and you'd love this, Max. Yeah, I bet. Put your gloves on, will you? I'll show you how to do it. Here's the way you do it. And I watch you. Come and work it, man.

And this is the legendary fish catfish hunter. In Italy. Got his tail. Catfish hunter, that was a flathead set's catfish hunter, was a chance. Channel cat. Look at that thing. Channel cats don't get much bigger than that set. That is enormous for channel catfish. Do you think that was a big mark?

Like a walleye? Well, when it first hit, I was like, oh, that's a good fish. And then I quickly realized that it was not a walleye. What did you think it was until you saw it was? Did you think maybe like a drum? For a second, I thought I had like foul hooked a sturgeon or something. Because I know those are in there. Good for you.

Question five. The topic is. is gear. Motor Trend Magazine says that your vehicle's blank case is, quote, the single most important part of four-wheel drive. Dude, I just had some vehicle issues yesterday. Really? This thing? No. No, okay. Breaks. Okay. Could be worse than. It could be this thing. Motor Trend magazine says that your vehicle's blank case is, quote, the single most important part of four-wheel drive. I've heard about this a lot, but have I done anything to it? Do I maintain it? No.

But knowing the single most important part, I hope he's getting this wrong. He's going to change. You don't know this? He's kind of unsure it looks like. Motor Trend magazine says that your vehicle's blank case is the single most

important part of four-wheel drive. Nate and Brody disagree. Yeah, I just don't know if I'd say this is the most important. It's the most important part If you take away your wheels Yeah, I understand

Searing wheel and gas Is everybody ready? I think so Quick answers in the room Go ahead and reveal your answers Seth and Logan and Maxwell and John and Nate Say transfer

Brody says differential The correct answer Is the transfer case How does that feel, Brody? Feels like I got it wrong A transfer case How many of you gotten wrong I've only got a couple, but we'll get a scoreboard update here shortly.

Not the ones that matter. A transfer case is what distributes power from the transmission to both the front and rear axles to give you four-wheel drive or all-wheel drive. They can break due to a lack of fluid, improper use of four-wheel drive or internal wear over time. If you need to replace one, expect to pay between $2,000 and $6,000. Does anybody ever had transfer case problems? yeah. No, but a lot of other problems. Yeah.

You feel like you're getting immediate feedback if you're like abusing your four-wheel drive. You know if you like go from really muddy to taking a turn on dry. Oh, you know what? I did have transfer case problems at the time. Yeah. What was the issue? 88 Chevy Scottsdale in college. And we got a three-foot snowstorm in Pennsylvania.

And we went up on the hill to Baja around. Okay. As soon as I pulled off the highway onto the road, I went to kick it in. four-wheel drive, wouldn't do it. It's the time you want your transfer case working. Pulled off the road immediately got stuck because I couldn't get in four-wheel drive. The transfer case went out. All right, we are halfway through our game of trivia.

Phil, give us a scoreboard update. Just a two-point spread here between all of our players. Back of the pack, we've got Logan and John. Two points. Seth, Nate, and Max have three. Unfortunately, Brody could not transfer his momentum to continuing his perfect. his perfect game because he has four points now. Bill's been waiting to use that one along.

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to trivia at the me,deater.com. This gunmaker introduced the buck mark symbol in 1978, which features a mule deer's silhouette that they call, quote, the outdoor industry's most iconic logo. We have six blank whiteboards in the room. This gunmaker introduced the buckmark symbol in 1978, which features a mule deer silhouette that they call the outdoor industry's most iconic logo. That's a bold statement. Well, I mean, you can say anything you want to buy your own brand.

I don't know if I'd even disagree. Maybe not the most iconic, but one of them. Still six blank whiteboards. This gunmaker introduced the buckmark symbol in 1978, which features a mule deer silhouette that they call the outdoor industry's most iconic logo. Max, with you being in North... What do you say mule deer silhouette? I'm not going to be any...

They call it a mule deer silhouette. That's what they identified as. I'm going to leave my hand. Max, you being in North Dakota, your wife being a Minnesotan, you guys would love grumpy old man. I know, I probably watch it tonight. There's one of them's even named after you.

I know. Maybe you're named after Max Musterson. Huh. Do you haven't seen either of those movies? I would be lying if I told you I have. You got to watch them. They're the best movies ever. Do you think it's better than that is Tombstone?

It's a very earnest statement from Seth. This gunmaker introduced The buck mark symbol in 1978, which features a mule deer silhouette that they call the outdoor industry's most iconic logo. Nate, do you have this one right? No, no, just guess. John, do you have this one right? I think so.

He does. Okay. Yeah, I think I got it. I think I pulled it out. The Pennsylvania boys, they like their. Interesting. What about the other PA boy? What?

Who's the first one to put his board down? Is everybody ready? No. I mean, yeah. It doesn't matter. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Set says Browning.

Logan, Ruger. Maxwell. He is. That's right. John Browning. Browning Buckmaster. Nate, Remington. Brody, Browning.

The P.A. boys got it. The correct answer is Browning. Browning had some internal disagreement about the logo and its marketing department created it in 1977. Most notably, people thought it should feature a white tail instead of a mule deer. But its creator said the muley showed the gun's western origins as a Utah brand and set it apart from New England competitors.

The logo proved to be a success and has become one of the most popular tattoos among hunters. I feel like if you know a hunter who has a tattoo, there's like a 10% chance. this is a little I never knew that was a deer I didn't know that was a deer yeah that they call it

their um muley silhouette I should have that that's a great question we're on to question seven the topic is public lands bar harbor

Maine calls itself quote the gateway to blank national park bah Hab

almost time was didn't recognize it when he said bar harbor Phil give us your best new England. I don't have a good boss.

Bah, Habba. Bar Harbor, Maine calls itself the gateway to Blank National Park. Oh, I've been there. I've been there many times. Really? Yep.

Many a times. To Bar Harbor. Bahhaba, yep. Okay. Good lobster rolls there. Yep. I bet. I would love to go there

and have a lobster roll. Brody very quickly came up with an answer. Our other five players. Yeah, this place has been on my list of places to go. I've never been. Now you move so far away from it. Yep.

Bar Harbor calls itself the gateway to blank national park. When I was, when I decided I was going to move out of Pennsylvania, I was split between Montana and Maine. Both good choices. You'd be a moose hunting machine. Dude, I love Mainers. They're good. Maine is a great state. It's fantastic

Nate, do you have this one right? No, I don't think so. It gave Brody a chuckle. This is one of those deals where when I hear it, I'm gonna, yeah, exactly, mad about it. And you think you've been to this national park or you've just been to Bahaba? I don't know if I've been to the national park. Maxwell trying to come up with a national park. Go down a letter.

Bar Harbor, Maine calls itself the gateway to blank national Park. Walk us through your thinking process down there, Max. There's not much to it. I know of a, I don't, I just don't know where this is. Exactly. Max has never even bothers to try hiding his board. Because I don't even know if it's going to be right. When he got the Randall seat today. I know. Which is kind of a coveted spot in the studio. Does Randall just get here 10 minutes early and a steak is claim? I think he does do that. Yeah. And And sometimes someone who's not real familiar with the show will take that spot and kind of give them a look.

I think this is national point. And then reluctantly take a different spot. Max, are you ready? Seth, are you ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth says Acadia, Logan, Appalachian, Maxwell. Tried to spell Acadia. John Acadia.

That is not Acadia. Akkadia. That is an acid dick up. Let's see that whiteboard. Don't change it. Assyika. Nate says centennial, Brody, Acadia.

The correct answer is Acadia. A, C-A-D-I-A. There's a lot of distractions there. I'm a horrible speller. With over 4 million visitors each year, Acadia is the seventh most visited National Park in America, ranking between Rocky Mountain and Grand Teton.

It is home to Cadillac Mountain, which is the tallest mountain on the Atlantic coast of the United States. Acadia was the first national park created from private lands gifted to the public. I'm not going to lie, I heard Max go, A, C.

And I'm like, Ah! I said the highest mountain on the Atlantic coast. Brody, I said this last game. What's your question? What does that mean highest mountain on the Atlantic coast? I assume that, like, you can, you know, see the water,

from it, the highest mountain on the Atlantic coast of the United States. So that's not counting our friends in Canada. Brody, I said this last game. I said this last game, I don't play to win, I play to have fun. Good. Are you having fun? Yeah. Okay, good.

Always. Question eight, the topic is fishing. This next great question is via Tim Allen. Oh. That was a half-assed one. I'm sorry. I should have warned you. Now I just expected.

Tim is a prolific trivia question writer. inner, so Phil, you better work on that. What was that? What's going on? Oh, we got a dive bar situation in here. The neon light is flickering. All right, topic is fishing. Come on, Tim. This word, which is defined as, quote,

the way a rod flexes under a load can be described as fast, medium, or slow. This word, which is defined as the way a rod flexes under a load can be described as fast, medium, or slow. the PA boys again sharing that brain they all look confident

the non-PA suckers not so much nope fuck Max you're an angler I know I think I got it but oh okay I mean we know Nate's not gonna get it I'm trying to lean into my physics background

this word which is defined as the way a rod flexes under a load can be described as fast medium or slow. Logan, do you have this one right? I think so. This trip me up a bit.

Oh. Yeah. Seth is questioning his answer. Ah, the silence kills me. Is everybody ready? Give me one sec. Nate, he's got a noodle on this. What's your physics background?

High school physics class. Okay. Ten years ago? I think under that definition, everybody has a physics background. I was hoping you wouldn't ask. I'm going to change it. Okay, Seth making the last second.

Stickin with my gut. Changes, everybody ready. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth crossed out power and went with action. Logan, action, Maxwell, action, John, action. Nate, tensile. Brody, action. The correct answer is action.

The room did well. Good on you, Seth, for making that last second change. Did you see my board? the mediums the medium mess me up because you have like a medium like power powers like heavy lights ultra light yeah medium fast I think it sometimes instead of medium you'll see

moderate so fast moderate moderate medium slow a fast action rod will flex at the tip of the rod before it reaches its backbone while a slow action rod bends all the way down towards your fishing reel fast action rods are more popular for jig fishing where you're making contact with the bottom

in creating slack in the line. Slow action rods are best for when you're using treble hooks, live bait or light line. Here's a diagram showing you how the different rods will bend based on if it's a fast action or moderate action, slow action. A there, that's an extra fast action. So there you're only getting some little bit of bend

at the end of your rod. Call that broomstick. Broom stick. Or it's like D, D that you're looking at a moderate action. That would be a noodle. What would ugly stick be? Well, I mean, I think they still span. Yeah, they have all different.

Yeah. They would have fast, slow, medium. When I think of ugly stick, I think of this. Oh, yeah. They don't break. A real, the old commercial, putting it in the dishwasher. Yeah, mousseled up. Yeah.

John's referring to a wife trying to not get her husband to go fishing, so he shoves the, she shoves the ugly stick down the garbage disposal. I got a bunch of those ugly sticks in my quiver, man. Those boys can't break them. All right, Phil, two questions left. Give us a scoreboard update. Spreads a little more wide this time around. We've got Logan and Nate tied up now with three points.

Max and John have five, but it's close up top. Seth's got six, birdie has seven. Question nine. The topic is natural history. Mount Vesuvius, which National Geographic, calls the world's most dangerous volcano, is located in this country. been there oh yeah there's a hint

if you know Nate's travels where's Nate man Mount you know I'll give you a better hint I lived there okay that is a hefty oh god where there military basis dude Mount Vesuvius

which national geographic calls quote the world's most dangerous volcano is located in this country I'm pulling for you Seth is it is it an island

I can't In good conscience say anymore. Has Nate lived? How many countries have you lived in, Nate? I think just two. Okay. I guess your definition of lived is what would define that. Okay.

I don't know, like sleep in a place for a month consecutively. Oh, five. Okay. Five countries. Nate's lived in. Mount Vesuvius, which National Geographic calls the world's most dangerous volcano is located in this country. If Brody can get this one right,

and Seth gets it wrong, that will wrap up the victory for Brody with one question to go. Brody gets it wrong and Seth gets it right will be tied going into question 10. Come on, Seth. I'm pulling for you. I don't know to spell it.

It's okay. I don't think you're right. Damn it. Okay, another hint. Have you been to the actual Mount Vesuvius? Yeah, super cool. Okay. It's everybody ready.

Brody, do you have this one right? It took you a minute. We'll find out. John? Not doing good over here. Okay. Do you have a country written down? I'll write a country down.

Okay. Then we're going to flip them over. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth says, what's they say, Seth? I was going to see. Logan, Italy. Maxwell. Well, India, John, Japan, Nate, Italy, Brody, Greece.

The correct answer is Italy. Dang. I was... Located in southern Italy, Mount Vesuvius is the only volcano on Europe's mainland that's erupted in the last 100 years. Its most famous event was in 79 AD when it obliterated Pompeii, killing thousands in the area. It's estimated that eruption released 100,000 times. the thermal energy of an atomic bomb.

It pumped out so much sulfur dioxide and ash into the atmosphere that it temporarily altered global climates. And scientists say that based on tree ring growth, regional temperatures were actually cooler for a few years afterwards. What was your experience on Mount Vesuvius? I mean, I was like four. We hiked up there. I remember it was cool.

There's like no rules to speak of. So you just go up there and look in the crater. It's sick. Oh, you went like to the top top. Yeah, yeah. It's great. You should, if you find yourself in. southern Italy, you should go. You remember things from when you were four? Do I remember things from when

I was two and a half? And not even fake memories. This is a whole debate in my way. This is a whole debate. We're not going to go down to. Yeah, I think part of the danger of Mount Vesuvius is that there's like three million people who live, you know, within what would be an eruption zone. How long did you live in Italy? Two and a half years. Okay. All right, here's a correct answer review so far. One was blue winged teal. Two, Roman candle. Three, screw worm. Four, grumpy old men, five, transfer case, six, Browning, seven, Acadia National Park, eight, action, nine, Italy, Phil. Scoreboard update. No change amongst the competitive players here, but we got Logan and Nate with four points now.

Question 10, the topic is conservation. South Carolina labels this six-letter plant as a severe environmental threat describing it is having, quote, woody stems, branched growth, and often large size. Six? Six letters. South Carolina labels this six-letter plant as a severe environmental threat, describing it is having woody stems, branched growth, and often large size. Brody, do you like your answer?

I got a six-letter answer. Okay, if he gets it right, he will have won the game. He gets it wrong and Seth gets it right. We will go to overtime. And I think we are on an overtime drought here at MediaDrivia. It's been a minute. Okay. I'm going to give Seth a minute.

He's drawn his hangman characters. Now he's just got to find a six-letter plant that South Carolina labels as a severe environmental threat describing it as having woody stems, branched growth, and often large size. Brody, the only player with an answer so far. Nate, do you like your answer? No, I thought I had it, but it was only five letters, so I've changed the spelling and we'll see what happens.

What do they mean by large size? I don't know, whatever South Carolina would describe as being often large size. Woody stems, branched growth, and often large size. Phil, you had a little chuckle over. there. Oh, I just thought it was funny that Nate said he would change the spelling or as if that might make it correct. You never know.

Max had a seven-letter word over there. Did you spell the six-letter word wrong by chance? High. High-chance. Okay. I still get seven. Seth still has a blank whiteboard. Brody may have the authoritative victory.

I mean, I'm sticking at this. I probably know it. South Carolina labels this six-letter plant as a severe environmental threat describing it as having woody stems, branched growth, and often large size. Is everybody ready? Yeah, do it. Seth, you give up. Go ahead and reveal your answers.

Seth and Logan without an answer. Maxwell says Mangrove, John, without an answer. Nate says, Cudzu. Brody says bamboo. Brody got it. The correct answer. is bamboo. Clemson University calls bamboo, quote,

one of the most difficult to control plants and, quote, a homeowner's worst nightmare. Once established, the invasive plant will take over landscapes, stream banks, and woodlands. Clemson says you must be patient while treating bamboo as the plant requires an intensive control program over several years. Does anybody have any experience with bamboo?

No. My grandparents used to have a patch of it on the edge of their property. Oh, they kept it controlled? Um, well, it was, it was on the neighbors and they, yeah, would like come over. Yeah, they would cut it down all the time. I think the neighbor would put some like diesel fuel on it. Cut it and put diesel fuel on it. Yeah. Maybe, which is, you know, probably not environmentally friendly. When I was going, when I was going through my orchard project, I would get served all kinds of like landscaping, I don't know, plant care, uh, content on social media.

And there was a while it was just like bamboo thing after bamboo thing. And it just, it does look like a homeowner's worst nightmare. Yeah. You just got no shot against it.

You know, like ruin the foundation of your house if you let it. I had a hunting spot that was covered in bamboo and I always felt like it'd be a great place for deer to disappear into. Anybody? If they can get into it.

Do you ever find them there? No. I mean, I didn't hunt it a whole ton. Was it real thick? Pretty thick. Yeah. But it was just enough where it was like,

I think something could hide in here. Too thick. It's takeover stuff. All right, Brody is today's winner. He got eight correct answers. Brody, what are you going to do with that $500 donation? I'm going to go back to my old standby, the Mule Deer Foundation. Got an article in their summer magazine coming out soon.

Oh, it's great. About what? Fire. Fire. Okay. I think the whole darn issue of that magazine might be about fire. Oh, wow. Okay.

That would be a good one. All right. Brody sent in $500 to the Mule Deer Foundation. 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.

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