Ep. 681: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLVII

Summary

The MeatEater Podcast - Episode 681: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLVII

Release Date: March 26, 2025

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Introduction and Welcome

In Episode 681 of The MeatEater Podcast, titled "Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLVII," host Spencer Newarth welcomes listeners to a lively edition of MeatEater Trivia, a unique game show where conservation always triumphs. Joined by a diverse group of participants—Randall, Cal, Nate, Sarah, Marge, Chili, Logan, and Matt—the episode promises ten rounds of challenging questions spanning the four verticals of hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. The stakes are high, with MeatEater pledging a $500 donation to a conservation organization chosen by the winners.

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Recap and Banter of Previous Trivia Game

Spencer kicks off the episode by highlighting the "Stat of the Week": Cal and his team defeated Randall and Phil in last Friday's bar trivia with a score of 54 to 44, sparking discussions about whether it was the "greatest upset in bar trivia."

[02:02] Cal chimes in humorously, reminding everyone, "You're leaving out the first game in which we defeated you," adding depth to the ongoing rivalry. [02:06] Nate further engages, stating, "You're also leaving out the fact that the questions were awarding points in three and five-point increments," indicating strategic elements that influenced the game's outcome.

The conversation then meanders into the peculiarities of their last trivia experience, with [02:15] Cal admitting, "I don't remember," and [02:16] Nate responding, "No, no, I think we were competitive in that one at least." This sets a casual, friendly tone as the group relives their past performance.

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Food and Venue Discussion

Amidst the trivia chatter, the participants delve into a discussion about the venue and its offerings:

• [03:31] Cal praises The Molly Brown as the prime spot for trivia, stating, "The Molly Brown, I will say again, is the only good place to play trivia."

• [03:36] Marge echoes this sentiment, "I liked the fourteen-dollar burger and a beer combo," contrasting it with other establishments like Boseman's, which offers a smash burger for $22.

This light-hearted banter about food prices and quality not only showcases the group's camaraderie but also paints a vivid picture of their favorite hangouts.

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Trivia Gameplay

The heart of the episode lies in the ten-question trivia game, each covering one of the four verticals. Here's a detailed breakdown of each round, complete with notable quotes and participant interactions:

Round 1: Gear (Timestamp: [08:05])

Question: Which of these pellet sizes is biggest? Triple B, F, double aught (00), or T?

• Participants' Responses: Marge guessed Triple B, while Logan, Matt, Randall, Chili, Sarah, Nate, and Cal opted for double aught.

• Correct Answer: Double OTT (00), much to the delight of several participants. Nate confirms, "double aught is buckshot."

Notable Quote:

• [08:31] Cal humorously teases, "Cal, you're probably one of those monsters who skips the credits when you watch TV shows, aren't you? It's part of the tone setting."

Round 2: Conservation (Timestamp: [10:02])

Question: What does CREP stand for?

• Participants' Struggle: Despite multiple attempts, including guesses like "Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program," none of the participants nailed it.

• Correct Answer: Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program.

Notable Quote:

• [11:24] Marge laments, "I don't know. I can tell you how many I have wrong, though."

Round 3: Fishing (Timestamp: [14:42])

Question: In what state is the Salton Sea?

• Participants' Responses: Most guessed California, with some outliers like Florida and Arizona.

• Correct Answer: California, specifically Matt's home state.

Notable Quote:

• [15:13] Nate jokes, "She still works at Meat Eater. So you're not going to hear Chester on trivia very much coming up."

Round 4: Hunting (Timestamp: [17:27])

Question: NFL hall of famer Jared Allen grabbed headlines in 2009 when he used this weapon to kill an elk.

• Participants' Responses: Varied guesses included crossbows, spears, handguns, and shotguns.

• Correct Answer: Spear.

Notable Quote:

• [20:05] Marge quips, "I'd have to know how many sacks he got in one season. And then we could be like, okay, this is his aggressiveness per sack."

Round 5: Cooking (Timestamp: [20:21])

Question: This five-letter word is defined as, "a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone."

• Participants' Responses: Sinew was the correct guess by Marge and Matt, while others faltered with answers like "vaska" and "fascia."

• Correct Answer: Sinew.

Notable Quote:

• [22:11] Marge opts for creativity, "The last time we had a spell this word with this amount of letters. I just wrote the word that I wanted it to be with that amount of. It's a spelling error and I feel like I'm on the track of spelling."

Round 6: Conservation (Timestamp: [26:34])

Question: This land management technique involves partially cutting through a tree and laying it on the ground to create horizontal structure.

• Participants' Responses: Hinge Cutting was the correct answer by Nate and Cal, while others guessed "felling" and "habitat engineering."

• Correct Answer: Hinge Cutting.

Notable Quote:

• [27:00] Marge expresses frustration, "Point of order. Point of order."

Round 7: Wildlife (Timestamp: [30:31])

Question: This double-crested water bird is known for, "wing spreading, a standing technique it uses to dry its feathers."

• Participants' Responses: Cormorant emerged as the correct answer chosen by Nate and Cal, while others guessed "Sandhill Crane" and "Pelican."

• Correct Answer: Cormorant.

Notable Quote:

• [31:12] Spencer humorously reflects, "Nate, how did you almost kill yourself a cormorant? I bet they taste real bad."

Round 8: Hunting (Timestamp: [33:06])

Question: This seven-letter word refers to the series of short, loud grunts that a bull elk often produces at the end of a bugle.

• Participants' Responses: Chuckle was the correct answer, selected by Sarah, Nate, and Cal.

• Correct Answer: Chuckle.

Notable Quote:

• [33:18] Marge adds levity, "I'm a shout one."

Round 9: Natural History (Timestamp: [36:33])

Question: This 1998 comedy follows Chris Farley and Matthew Perry as they race Lewis and Clark to the Pacific Ocean.

• Participants' Responses: "Almost Heroes" was the correct answer selected by Matt and Randall, while others stumped with options like "Without a Paddle" and "Tommy Boy."

• Correct Answer: Almost Heroes.

Notable Quote:

• [40:27] Nate candidly shares, "There's got to be a term for a movie that once all the leads are dead, you know."

Round 10: Fishing (Timestamp: [42:18])

Question: This fish goes by nicknames such as mud pike, Cypress trout, and swamp bass.

• Participants' Responses: The correct answer, Bowfin, was not guessed by any participant, leading to a rare instance where no one answered correctly.

• Correct Answer: Bowfin.

Notable Quote:

• [44:47] Marge confidently states, "I knew. I was like, it's probably not snakehead. It's the native one that looks like. Yeah."

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Overtime and Tiebreaker

With the main game concluding in a tie, the episode transitions into an overtime tiebreaker:

Question: How many national parks does the National Park Service manage?

Participants—Nate, Cal, and Matt—are each asked to provide a numerical answer:

• Nate's Answer: 68
• Cal's Answer: 48
• Matt's Answer: 11

However, the correct answer is 63, with Nate’s 68 being the closest by 5 points, securing him the $500 donation for Wyoming BHA.

Notable Quote:

• [46:22] Chili casually mentions, "My wife got this water bottle with all these little stick," referencing memorization aids.
• [47:15] Spencer humorously summarizes, "There are 61 parks in the states, one in American Samoa, and one in the Virgin Islands."

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Conclusion and Prize Announcement

Victory is declared as Nate triumphs in the tiebreaker, earning the $500 donation for his chosen conservation organization, Wyoming BHA. The group celebrates with light-hearted remarks about Nate's lucky sweater and anticipates future trivia challenges.

[51:40] Spencer wraps up with promising future content: "Next week I have an exciting announcement on that episode. Happy to tell you about a new project."

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Closing Remarks

The episode concludes with a blend of promotional content and spirited team interactions. Spencer reinforces the episode's themes of camaraderie and conservation, setting the stage for upcoming episodes and encouraging listener participation.

Notable Promotional Segments:

• Ram Heavy Duty Truck Ad: Emphasizing power and durability for outdoor adventures.

• Dave Smith Decoys Ad: Highlighting the realism and resilience of their turkey decoys.

Overall, Episode 681 of The MeatEater Podcast delivers an engaging blend of trivia competition, participant banter, and conservation-focused content, all wrapped in Spencer Newarth's signature humor and expertise.

Transcript

[Spencer Newarth]

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[Randall]

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[Spencer Newarth]

It's a media 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 Randall, Cal, Nate, Sarah, Marge, Chili, Logan and Matt. This is a 10 round quiz show with questions from meat eaters 4 verticals which are hunting, fishing, conservation and cooking. And there is a prize. Meat eater will donate 500 to the Conservation organization of the winners choosing and for the stat of the week this week we're looking at the number 10. That's how many points me, Cal and Chili beat Randall and Phil by at Bar Trivia last Friday with a final score of 54 to 44. Some are declaring it the greatest upset in bar.

[Cal]

You're leaving out the first game in which we defeated you.

[Nate]

You're also leaving out the fact that the questions were awarding points in three and five point increments.

[Spencer Newarth]

It was a very weird game of tribute. What. What was the score on the first one? Do you know?

[Cal]

I. I don't remember.

[Nate]

No, no, I think we were competitive in that one at least.

[Marge]

I think if you were to just let the AI thing sum this up, you, you'd still be the loser.

[Nate]

So you're sore losers.

[Spencer Newarth]

Tell, tell me about the trivia experience, Randall. Describe it for listeners.

[Nate]

Well, it was interesting because we got there early thinking that you'd need to get there early to get a table. And then at 5 till there was still no one there. And we thought maybe we just wasted a bunch of time and got a few beers in before we really needed to. And then it filled in and it was quite a rowdy bunch.

[Spencer Newarth]

There were Friday night at least a.

[Nate]

Dozen teams and the first round, the first set of questions, I thought, hey, we're off to a good start.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. You know, you explained to me afterwards the category was general knowledge.

[Nate]

Yeah, it's like Jeopardy.

[Spencer Newarth]

But then, but then the questions had like multiple questions about Julius Caesar and you're like, well, he was doing a thing about war generals. In game two, they had general knowledge again, but it was not about war generals.

[Nate]

Well, I, let me, let me clarify.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Nate]

In that first game, I thought that was a clever category name. And then things went off the rails.

[Spencer Newarth]

It was bad. It was bad trivia.

[Nate]

It, yeah.

[Cal]

The Molly Brown, I will say it again, is the only good place to play trivia.

[Marge]

I liked the fourteen dollar burger and a beer combo.

[Nate]

Yes.

[Marge]

That really like smashes it in the face of the rest of the Boseman establishments. They serve a smash burger for $22.

[Nate]

There was also a, from the, there was a $20 chips and queso and a pitcher of beer special.

[Logan]

But you're ordering food from bar nine, let me remind you, Smash burger.

[Nate]

I would rate the food actually better than the triple.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah, I wasn't, wasn't too impressed with the Big Buck Hunter though game that they got there.

[Marge]

Oh, that a horrible song for people with hand.

[Logan]

I played what was the age demographic, Cuz I know on the evenings it's usually like all over the college kids.

[Spencer Newarth]

Up to like, I don't know, people in their 40s. We were squarely in the middle of it.

[Nate]

Yeah, I think we were in the middle of it.

[Marge]

I recognized a large percentage of the people in their 40s.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah, the, the trivia was very flawed. The guy had his hands full. At one point a chance started breaking out about like, that's not a cut.

[Cal]

Yeah, it's not controversial.

[Nate]

I think I started that chant actually.

[Spencer Newarth]

Well, I was going to leave that part out, but yes, the dude had a straight up wrong question. We're going to do trivia again, but it's not going to be on a Friday night.

[Nate]

Yeah, well, I mean the nice thing about that trivia is it starts at 6, so for those of us who like to be in bed by nine, it was very accommodating.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah. So me, Cal and Chili, we beat Randall and Phil was a lot of fun.

[Nate]

Yep, that's the takeaway.

[Spencer Newarth]

All right, here's our infrequently asked question segment. If you have a trivia related question question for our crew, send it to trivia@the mediator.com with the subject line IFAQ. Devin Bartek says, where has Chester been? Chester moved. Chester moved to Wisconsin. He still works at Meat Eater. So you're not going to hear Chester on trivia very much coming up. But if you want some more Chester, Media Radio, we record that live on Thursdays. The audio version you can listen to on Fridays. We have a segment called Cheddiquet where Chester writes a nice little song to answer some listeners question where they're in a moral predicament about the outdoors. If you want more Chester, you can get more Chester there. It's one of my favorite segments we do. It's not every week, but once or twice a month. You're gonna get some cheddar kit over there. We recently had a question about when we were filming roasts. If we could change one thing at Meat Eater, what would it be? Randall said he would make Chester move back to Montana.

[Nate]

Yes.

[Spencer Newarth]

So we all miss Chester. Yes. All right, now we have some housekeeping to get to. During the Meat Eater trivia tournament, we had a question about waning and waxing moons. Waning refers to a moon phase that is decre brightness, while waxing refers to a moon phase that is increasing in brightness. And you can tell if a moon is waning or waxing by looking at what side the light is on. This got a few listeners to write in with an easy rhyme to help you remember which is which.

[Marge]

It goes wax on. Quote Wayne off.

[Spencer Newarth]

No Karate Kid light. Light on, right? It's getting bright. This means if a partially lit moon is bright on its right side, then the moon is waxing or getting big. Then the following night the moon will be brighter, growing each day until it's a full moon. And on the contrary, if the light is on the left side, then the moon is shrinking or waning. So again, light on, right. It's getting bright.

[Chili]

Is that a hemisphere thing or is that universal?

[Spencer Newarth]

I don't know. I just assume everyone listening is in the northern hemisphere. Sorry for our folks in Australia. Is New Zealand in the southern hemisphere?

[Cal]

Oh, yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah, them too. So that probably doesn't apply to you. Their toilets Flush backwards, too. So what?

[Marge]

What'd your haircut cost? Looks like a fancy haircut.

[Spencer Newarth]

I got my haircut about once every two months. I don't know what it costs. It's been going to the same lady pretty much since I moved here.

[Marge]

Wow.

[Spencer Newarth]

Four Corners, Montana. What's your haircut cost?

[Marge]

This?

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah.

[Marge]

Just time, buddy.

[Spencer Newarth]

Now, the Shelby index for today is a four. So our winner should get eight correct answers. And with that, we're on to meat eater trivia. Play the drop, Phil. Look, I need to know what I stand to win. Everything. How's that? You just tend to win everything.

[Chili]

Does anyone get the pre race P feeling?

[Nate]

Can you wait until the drop is done?

[Spencer Newarth]

Question one.

[Cal]

Thank you, Rabble.

[Marge]

We've all heard the drop.

[Spencer Newarth]

The topic is gear. This will be multiple choice. Which of these pellet sizes is biggest? Is it triple B, F, double aught or T? And double aught is written out number 00. So which of these pellet sizes is biggest? Triple B, F, double aught or T?

[Cal]

Cal, you're probably one of those monsters who skips the credits when you watch TV shows, aren't you? It's part of the tone setting.

[Marge]

It's important.

[Spencer Newarth]

Bill, what's your favorite favorite credit?

[Cal]

Oh, that's a great question. I gotta think about that. I'll let you know.

[Logan]

Snatch.

[Spencer Newarth]

I'm not familiar with that one.

[Logan]

No. Oh, my gosh. Watch it.

[Spencer Newarth]

Which of these pellet sizes is biggest? Triple B, F, double aught, T. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Marge saying triple B, Logan, Matt, Randall, Chili, Sarah, Nate and cal say double OTT. They got it. The correct answer is double OTT. That's number 00. Triple B is 0.18 inches in diameter, T is 0.2 inches. F is 0.22 inches, and double aught is 0.33 inches. Double aught is buckshot. And one of the biggest pellets produced behind only triple aught and the rare quadruple ought. Question 2. The topic is conservation. This next great question is via Nicholas Johnson. What does CREP stand for? That's C R, E, P. The topic is conservation. What does CREP stand for?

Call.

And Randall quick to answer this one. No, not Randall, just Cal. Cal is quick to answer this one. What does C R E P stand for? Randall, you know this one?

[Nate]

I'm working on it.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. Cal, do you know this one with certainty?

[Marge]

No, not.

[Spencer Newarth]

No, not with certainty. What does C R E, P stand for? We could have a zero percenter here on question two. How Many letters do you think you have, Randall?

[Nate]

One at the moment.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay, I've heard.

[Nate]

I've. I've heard this acronym before. I'm digging around in the depths of my mind for what it might be.

[Spencer Newarth]

Logan, how do you feel about your answer?

[I]

Not good.

[Spencer Newarth]

Not good. What does CREP stand for? Cal. How many letters do you think you have right so far out of the four?

[Marge]

I don't know. I can tell you how many I have wrong, though.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay, what does C, R, E, P stand for, Phil? TV show credits. What's come to mind so far?

[Cal]

I love the Mad Men opening credits because the music's kind of like an anachronist to the rest of the show, but it fits really, really well.

[Spencer Newarth]

It fits super well. It also set it up for, I think, at the end of the series, Don Draper to kill himself, and he never does, so I felt, like, true.

[Cal]

That was a running theory.

[Spencer Newarth]

I thought that was a little Easter egg, and he was. He was gonna jump out a skyscraper window at the end, but he doesn't.

[Cal]

I really like the credits for. Did anyone ever watch BoJack Horseman?

[Nate]

Oh, yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh, yeah.

[Cal]

I like that. The song was catchy, but also it was one of those opening credit sequences where things would change slightly in everything depending on what was happening in the story.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh, that's fun.

[Cal]

So you can go back and look for some Easter eggs and stuff like that.

[Spencer Newarth]

I love that.

[I]

I recently watched the credits on one of my friends. Did some animation for a show called Common side Effects. It's like a new show, and it's fucking awesome.

[Cal]

Cool.

[Spencer Newarth]

Anything hbo. I think Succession also had a great one. Great Game of Thrones. Of course, that one also had a changing credits.

[Marge]

Oh, we got so bored with Game of Thrones.

[Logan]

I mean, I missed your saying tv. I was referencing a movie. Oh, so Snatch. We studied that in grad school.

[Marge]

Snatch is fantastic.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah.

[Logan]

If you haven't seen it, you should watch that.

[Marge]

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels.

[Logan]

Also very good. Both the credits and both of those are phenomenal.

[Spencer Newarth]

Does everyone have an answer for what does CREP stand for? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We've got Marge without a C or an R saying Environmental Protection. Logan says Construction Research. Environmental Protection. Oh, Conservation Research. Environmental Protection. Matt Crop Restoration. Blank Randall, Conservation Reserve Easement Program. Chile Conservation Recreation Engagement Program. Sarah, Crop Restoration Easement Program.

[I]

Sounds the most right.

[Spencer Newarth]

Nate, Concert, Conservative. Responsible Environmental Protection. Cal. Conservation Reserve Easement Program. The correct answer is Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program. Nobody got it right. We had a few folks with three out of four letters The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program or CREP is an offshoot of the Conservation Reserve Program or crp. Both programs address similar things, which is creating habitat with native vegetation. The biggest difference is CREP takes a more local, centralized approach using federal and non federal funding. CREP usually has more incentive based contracts as well. Question 3. The topic is fishing. In what state is the Salton Sea? In what state is the Salton Sea? Matt, quick to answer. Matt, you have this one, right? Okay, I'm nodding his head yes. I don't admit it, but I'm from there. Oh, well.

[Cal]

Oh really?

[Spencer Newarth]

There's a. There's an enormous hint if you know anything about Matt Miller. Does anybody in here know anything about Matt Miller?

[Marge]

See the enigma that is Matt Randall?

[Spencer Newarth]

You have this one, right?

[Nate]

Matt's little admission there gives me an added boost of confidence.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay, you do have this one right? Did, did Matt's hint help out any of the folks in the room?

[Chili]

My dad says the same thing about where he's from. Going off that.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh, all right.

[J]

Based on what I know about Matt, it gave me a decent guess.

[Spencer Newarth]

I haven't really told too many people where I'm from. In what state?

[Nate]

Where are you from?

[Spencer Newarth]

Salton Sea. Kentucky. Kentucky it is. It's got that classy, classy Kentucky shame. Is everybody ready? No. I don't know. Logan, an office neighbor with Matt, doesn't even know what state he's from.

[I]

Yeah, it's true. I don't know where Matt's from.

[Spencer Newarth]

Chili, do you have an answer? No.

[Marge]

No. Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

No. I don't know.

[Cal]

I'm going to be real.

[Marge]

1 in 50 chance.

[Spencer Newarth]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We've got Marge saying California. Logan says Florida. Met says California. Randall says Arizona. Chile thought an answer. Sarah and Nate and Cal say California. The correct answer is Matt's home state California.

[Nate]

Matt's got family in Arizona though.

[J]

Are you actually entirely based on your I am your comment there. Just want you to know that.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh. The Salton Sea is located about 100 miles east of San Diego. During the 1960s, it was considered one of the state's most productive fisheries, producing more poundage of fish per acre than any other lake in California. About half a million anglers each year would flock there to catch cor coron, cor corvina croaker sargo and tilapia. But the sea has become too salty in the last 25 years with game fish populations almost non existent today. So it used to be a phenomenal fishery and now nobody fishes there. Question for the topic Is hunting. And this next great question is via Samuel Hay. NFL hall of Famer Jared Allen grabbed headlines in 2009 when he used this weapon to kill an elk. This is NFL hall of famer Jared Allen grabbed headlines in 2009 when he used this weapon to kill an elk. Randall, do you have this one right?

[Nate]

Believe. So.

[Spencer Newarth]

Do you remember when this happened?

[Nate]

Vaguely. Okay, I remember Jared Allen.

[Spencer Newarth]

And Marge, Ms. Vikings fan over here.

[Nate]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Doesn't have an answer quite yet.

[Marge]

He's gonna ask what team.

[Spencer Newarth]

I've watched this video about a dozen times. It's epic. NFL hall of Famer Jared Allen grabbed headlines in 2009 when he used this weapon to kill an elk.

[Nate]

You gotta be specific with the weapon.

[Spencer Newarth]

Or just be like, category. Yes. You need to be specific. That's stupid.

[Nate]

I would say I. I wrote down Arizona. And then when Matt said he doesn't tell people he's from there, I thought it's probably California.

[Chili]

Then should have wrote down.

[Nate]

But I didn't change my answer because I thought that would be disingenuous.

[J]

That was my line of thinking as well.

[Spencer Newarth]

I only hear people say that about California.

[Cal]

Are you from the Salton Sea area?

[Spencer Newarth]

No. No.

[Cal]

Oh, okay.

[Spencer Newarth]

I'm from Orange County.

[Nate]

You do have family in Arizona, though, right?

[Spencer Newarth]

I do.

[Nate]

Yeah. That's what I thought.

[Spencer Newarth]

Again, we're on question four. The topic is hunting. NFL hall of Famer Jared Allen grabbed headlines in 2009 when he used this weapon to kill an elk.

[Cal]

Because if you. In. In GTA 5, the Salton Sea is like an area you can go to, and it's mostly just like meth heads and trailers. It's gta. I'm sure it's a. It's a. A blanket stereotype, but I'm very curious about what it's like.

[Spencer Newarth]

Is it called the Salton Sea?

[Cal]

No, it's. It's like a slightly off name, like. Like the GTA series does.

[Spencer Newarth]

It's really not too far off the real thing.

[Cal]

Okay.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yep. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We've got Marge saying a crossbow. Logan says spear. Matt says spear. Randall spear. Chili says handgun.44 mag. Sarah says shotgun. Nate says spear. Cal says spear. The correct answer is a spear. Allen filmed that hunt for Tim Wells's show Relentless Pursuit. He was on a high fenced game preserve in Illinois and speared the elk from a tree stand while it ate from a bait pile. The kill was covered by the New York Times and Bleacher Report with Al and saying, quote, he's addicted to Spear hunting. I don't know how you become addicted to spear hunting, but that those were the words he used. Question 5. The topic is cooking. This next great question is via Jared Elia.

[Marge]

Maybe it's like a Pavlovian response, like he hears the corn come out of the feeder.

[Spencer Newarth]

Jared Allen.

[Nate]

You're saying he wants to throw the spear?

[Marge]

He just wants to throw the spear.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah. He had said something about, like, when he plays football, he gets to unleash all his aggressiveness by sacking a quarterback. When he's hunting, he gets to unleash that. Unleash that aggressiveness by spearing an elk. Very familiar. Yeah.

[Marge]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Question five, cooking.

[Marge]

I'd have to know how many sacks he got in one season. And then we could be like, okay, this is his aggressiveness per sack.

[Spencer Newarth]

This five letter word is defined as, quote, a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone. This five letter word is defined as a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone. Matt, you have this one right as well. I'm confident. Have you ever been to the Salton Sea?

[Cal]

I have.

[Spencer Newarth]

What were you doing at the Salton Sea? Driving right past it. Okay. It's very salty.

[Logan]

Used to be called the Salton Sink.

[Cal]

If you look up 50s videos, it.

[Spencer Newarth]

Was portrayed as some awesome water ski. Super nice resort. And it's like completely run down now. Yeah.

[Logan]

Wasn't that like the Colorado used to form that it would like switch off like every decade? There'd be like one instance where it build up sediment maybe, I don't. I don't know what, flood California and then it would build up sediment again and it would go back into the Gulf. I'm reading the Emerald Mile right now.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Logan]

Sure. That's.

[Spencer Newarth]

You would know more than me, but I feel like those sea type areas rarely have something flowing into them. They rather just.

[Logan]

Yeah. Would it happen like once a decade? It would happen for a little bit and then the sediment would build up and it would be like going back.

[Spencer Newarth]

Well, the Colorado does dump into the Gulf of California right there, so it'd have to flow right next to it. You're probably right, Marge.

[Logan]

Before all the dams got put in.

[Spencer Newarth]

This five letter word is defined as a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone. Sarah, do you have this one right?

[J]

I think so.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay, you met. Look confident. Marge, do you have this one right?

[Logan]

I think. I think so.

[Spencer Newarth]

Cal, do you have this one right?

[Marge]

The last time we had a Spell this word with this amount of letters. I just wrote the word that I wanted it to be with that amount of. It's a spelling error and I feel like I'm on the track of spelling.

[Spencer Newarth]

You think you might have spelled okay?

[Marge]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Is everybody ready?

[Marge]

Yep.

[Spencer Newarth]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We've got Marge and Matt saying sinew. Randall without an answer. Chili without an answer. Sarah says sinew. Nate says vaska. Cal says fascia. The correct answer is sinew. That's S I, N E W. Similar to tendons and ligaments, sinew is connective tissue that stabilizes and aids in movement. The biggest sources of it are around the back strap and lower legs. On animals, it is sometimes used by survivalists as cordage. Phil, we're halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard update.

[Nate]

Brutal.

[Cal]

Here we are, last place. We have Chile with one point.

[Spencer Newarth]

Whatever.

[Cal]

Maggie and Randall Williams have two points. Logan, Sarah, Nate and Cal are all tied up with three points. And in first place it's Matt Miller.

[Spencer Newarth]

He's got four points. All right, Matt. Not going to get cocky. No, I'm not.

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Question 6. The topic is conservation. This. This land management technique involves partially cutting through a tree and laying it on the ground to create horizontal structure.

[Marge]

Oh, I know somebody who hates this.

[Spencer Newarth]

Who is it?

[Marge]

Doug Duran.

[Spencer Newarth]

This land management technique involves partially cutting through a tree and laying it on the ground to create horizontal structure. Cal the only player to come up with an answer so far. Or Nate. Nate. Nate also has an answer.

[Chili]

All these whitetail haters getting what's due.

[Spencer Newarth]

Nate, where is your dad from? Who feels great shame about his home state?

[Chili]

California.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Chili]

He was, like, born there, lived there for like a month, and then moved to Texas.

[Spencer Newarth]

So he tells people he's a Texan.

[Chili]

Indeed.

[Spencer Newarth]

This land management technique involves partially cutting through a tree and laying it on the ground to create horizontal structure. Nate and Cal may be the only ones who get this one right. Randall, do you have an answer yet?

[Nate]

No, I don't.

[Spencer Newarth]

Tough day for Randall. It is, but he's been on a hot streak lately. Yeah, I think maybe we shook his confidence on Friday night at bar.

[Nate]

Flew too close to the sun here.

[I]

Yeah, this is making me question your crossword scores, Randall.

[Nate]

Well, you know my crossword scores because you're sitting in the office opposite from me. You can't fake that speed.

[Marge]

Spencer told me watching Randall at Trivia Friday night was like watching, like somebody who goes to the rock climbing gym five days a week and then goes out on real Rock. And I was like, that is brutal, Spencer.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah, that is brutal. It's almost as though I didn't say. Actually say that.

[Cal]

Yeah, I don't think Spencer would refer to his own game as. As a sham.

[Spencer Newarth]

Logan, do you know Randall's home state? We're going to ask you about your neighbors and where they're from.

[I]

Randall's home state?

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah. Randall is also Logan's office neighbor. No, he doesn't.

[I]

I don't know.

[Chili]

Oh, it's so easy.

[Spencer Newarth]

I know.

[J]

He's an Ohioan.

[Marge]

Right?

[Spencer Newarth]

Ohioan below age.

[Nate]

Where was I born?

[Chili]

Cincinnati.

[Nate]

Where was I born? You don't know that. No one knows that except for the federal government and my parents.

[Spencer Newarth]

This land management technique involves partially cutting through a tree and laying it on the ground to create horizontal structures. Everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We've got Marge who drew us a nice little tree. Logan says felling. Matt says habitat engineering. Randall without an answer. Chili says crosscut. Sarah says cross sawing. Nate and Cal say hinge cutting. They got it. The correct answer is hinge cutting. Hinge cutting will keep the tree alive, creating cover and browse at ground level. It's a land management technique that's become popular in the last decade among deer hunters. But the practice also benefits rabbits and ground nesting birds. For more on this practice, check out Wired Hunt's article called how to improve any betting area.

[Nate]

You do some day trading there?

[Chili]

Oh, no, I'm just figuring out where you were born.

[Marge]

Point of order. Point of order.

[Spencer Newarth]

Question 7. The topic is wildlife. This double crested water bird is known for, quote, wing spreading, a standing technique it uses to dry its feathers. This double crested water bird is known for wing spreading, a standing technique it uses to dry its feathers. Nate with a quick answer, who also has his cell phone out.

[Chili]

I'm doing a public good.

[Spencer Newarth]

You're trying to find out where Randall was born, huh? Starting to think he was born out of the country.

[Nate]

Nope, nope. I'm still eligible for.

[Chili]

Does it start residency with a T?

[Nate]

No. The town or state?

[Chili]

Well, can I give you the county?

[Nate]

Sure.

[Chili]

Hamilton?

[Nate]

No, that's Cincinnati.

[Spencer Newarth]

Again, question Cook 7.

[Nate]

No, that's where I went to school.

[Cal]

Nate, I'll remind you that you are tied for first place right now. Do you. Do you actually want to play the game?

[Chili]

This is my new strategy is not being completely emotionally invested.

[Spencer Newarth]

But you feel good about your answer on this one? Very. Okay, Cal, you look like you have it.

[Marge]

I'm a shot one.

[Spencer Newarth]

Shot one. Okay. Randall, do you have this one right?

[Nate]

No.

[Spencer Newarth]

No. How about you, Matt? No idea.

[Nate]

Although Nate's hint about almost shooting one is interesting.

[Marge]

It's not an eagle, this double.

[Chili]

There would have been similar repercussions.

[Spencer Newarth]

Double crested water bird is known for wing spreading, a standing technique it uses to dry its feathers. Is everybody ready?

[Cal]

Sure.

[Spencer Newarth]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We've got Marge without an answer. Logan says Sandhill Crane. Matt says swan. Randall, pelican chili without an answer, Sarah Merganser. Nate and Cal say cormorant. They got it. The correct answer is cormorant. The double crested cormorant is the most numerous and widespread of the six North American cor species. They spend a lot of time in water, but because they don't have waterproof feathers, they also spend a lot of time drying. They accomplish this by standing like ninjas with their wings extended outward. Can you picture a cormorant now, Randall? Yes, those are.

[Nate]

Oh, I do.

[Spencer Newarth]

Nate, how did you almost kill yourself a cormorant? I bet they taste real bad.

[Chili]

I'll give you a short ver. You can't shoot them in Georgia, which is where I try to learn how to duck hunt.

[Spencer Newarth]

I don't know where you could shoot a cormorant. Well, I think.

[Marge]

I think definitely. Pretty much every state has depredation permits for cormorants for those. Private fish pond.

[Spencer Newarth]

Sure.

[Marge]

Yeah.

[Chili]

And so I was kicking around trying to jump puddle ducks and saw ninja like birds sitting there. I thought that'd be pretty easy to shoot.

[Spencer Newarth]

And then I thought they're showing you right with the vital shirt.

[Chili]

So I didn't looked it up.

[Nate]

Boy, that sure doesn't look like a duck.

[Spencer Newarth]

Question 8. The topic is hunting. This seven letter word refers to the series of short, loud grunts that a bull elk often produces at the end of a bugle. We'll get a scoreboard update from Phil the engineer after this. This seven letter word refers to the series of short, loud grunts that a bull elk often produces at the end of a bugle.

[I]

I was gonna trash talk you, Nate, for your whitetail comment earlier.

[Chili]

Lay it on me. I want it.

[Spencer Newarth]

Do you have this one right, Nate?

[Cal]

Yes.

[Spencer Newarth]

Do you have this one right, Matt? I'm not. Not confident. Okay. Do you have a seven letter word? I do. It's seven letters. Okay. Seven letter word refers to the series of short, loud grunts that a bull elk often produces at the end of a bugle.

[Chili]

Are you really not going to say whatever you're going to say?

[I]

Oh, no, I couldn't think of a Good trash talk. I was just hoping someone else might have something along those lines.

[Spencer Newarth]

It's the thought that counts.

[Cal]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Logan, let's test your other office neighbor trivia. Where's Cal from.

[I]

Dude?

[Marge]

Uh, oh, man of mystery. It's okay.

[Nate]

What does Cal talk about? A lot?

[Cal]

Yeah, he only talks about it every week.

[Spencer Newarth]

Marge had to write it down for Logan. Where's Brody from? Brody's also your office neighbor.

[I]

I don't know.

[Chili]

Same state as Colorado.

[Spencer Newarth]

No.

[Nate]

Pennsylvania.

[Spencer Newarth]

Penny.

[Chili]

Oh, Erie. Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Again, question eight. This seven letter word refers to the series of short, loud grunts.

[Nate]

But where was Randall born?

[Spencer Newarth]

Often. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Marge. Without an answer, Logan says chuckle. Matt, chuckle. Randall, chuckle. Chili, without an answer, we've got Sarah, Nate and Cal saying chuckle. They got it. The correct answer is chuckle. When it comes to chuckles and grunts, Jason Phelps says he typically likes to mimic the bull he's calling to. So if that bull is chuckling and grunting, then he'll chuckle and grunt as well. But if it's not, then he won't. Here is Dirk Durham from Phelps explaining the difference between a grunt and they chuckle. So the grunts are kind of a more drawn out type of noise, whereas the chuckle is a more rapid, a little faster tempo type noise. So here's the grunts, and now here's the chuckles.

[Nate]

Does he do that without moving his mouth?

[Spencer Newarth]

Had a video freeze for a second. We're on question nine, but before we do that, let's get a scoreboard update from Phil.

[Nate]

Jesus Christ, don't even say it.

[Chili]

Oh, tell us who's out of the running.

[Cal]

Chili, Maggie, Randall are all out of the game, but Logan and Sarah have four points, Matt has five. And tied up in first place are intern Nate and Ryan Callahan.

[Spencer Newarth]

Wow.

[Nate]

Internet, that's very good.

[Spencer Newarth]

Question 9. The topic is natural history. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Evan Engelbrecht for sending this great question. Evan 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 the meat eater.com this 1998 comedy follows Chris Farley and Matthew wasn't even born as they race and Clark to the Pacific Ocean.

[Chili]

Don't know it though.

[Spencer Newarth]

This is one of my top 10 favorite movies.

[Cal]

Oh, can I? Okay, I'm gonna say something. The first time I ever visited my wife's parents, I never actually seen this movie, but I heard it was funny from one of my friends, so I Was like, hey, let's all sit down and watch this. This, this really good, funny movie I've.

[Spencer Newarth]

Heard about with your wife's parents.

[Cal]

Yeah, this movie sucks.

[Spencer Newarth]

O so let's get more into that in the flavor.

[Nate]

But Matt said it's one of his top.

[Cal]

I'm sorry.

[Spencer Newarth]

It's so funny. This 1998 comedy follows Chris Farley and Matthew Perry as they race Lewis and Clark to the Pacific Ocean.

[Marge]

This was Farley's last movie, wasn't it?

[Spencer Newarth]

We'll get to that in the flavor text. Randall and Nate look confident. Excuse me, Randall and Matt. Yeah.

[Nate]

You guys are gonna have a three way tie here if you don't.

[Spencer Newarth]

Wow.

[Nate]

Get your together.

[Spencer Newarth]

Remind our players and our listeners. I think we're on a three month drought or overtime. So today could be the day.

[Nate]

That's exciting.

[Cal]

That's. That's crazy. I can't believe it's been that long.

[Spencer Newarth]

Like I said, I'm gonna have to look at these questions again to make sure they're still accurate. I've been sitting on them for such a long period.

[I]

Spencer, how much time per day do you think you spend thinking about trivia? Like all these like random stats that you come up with, Is this just like spinning around your head?

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah. Too much is his job seeps into the rest of my life.

[J]

Is it like a running notes app on the phone scenario?

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay, okay, yeah, yeah. A lot of trivia gets written while I'm like eating supper, driving down the road and something occurs to me and then it winds up in my phone. From my phone it goes to a Google Doc and from the Google Doc it might make it into a script. So that's just phase one of. Of winding up as being a question. This 1998 comedy follows Chris Farley and Matthew Perry as they race Lewis and Clark to the Pacific Ocean. This is question nine. Is everybody ready? No. Matt, do you know where Logan is from? Your office neighbor? Logan. Oh, man, I feel like you told me this when I first started, which has been a little bit.

[Marge]

Colorado maybe? No.

[Logan]

Nice.

[I]

This makes me feel so much better.

[Spencer Newarth]

How about you, Randall? Randall, you certainly know. Oh, man, I got you.

[J]

Logan, where are you from?

[Nate]

Go ahead.

[I]

Chicago.

[J]

Well, no, you're not from Chicago. You're from Chicago. Like I tell people, I'm from Chicago.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh, yeah. I was gonna ask if I'm talking.

[J]

To Montanans, I say I'm from Chicago. But if I'm talking to people like Logan who are from the Chicagoland area.

[Spencer Newarth]

Then you can get specific. Okay, so what would Be the specific answer.

[J]

Palatine.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah.

[Logan]

Sarah, you knew everybody.

[Nate]

Joliet.

[Logan]

Where am I from?

[Spencer Newarth]

That's Illinois.

[J]

Roaring Metropolis.

[Spencer Newarth]

That's close.

[Nate]

Schomburg. Yeah, that's a good one.

[Spencer Newarth]

Is everybody ready?

[Nate]

I don't know. I don't know much about the suburbs.

[Spencer Newarth]

Cal, do you give a whole lot to know?

[Marge]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Do you think you've seen this movie?

[Marge]

Yeah, I've seen parts of it. I mean, 98. I have a. The high school, you know, this was.

[Spencer Newarth]

Made for Ryan Callahan, actually. Chris Farley, go ahead and reveal your answers. We've got Marge saying without a paddle. Logan says Tommy Boy. Matt and Randall say Almost Heroes. Chili and Sarah without an answer. Nate says Blazing Saddles. Cal without an answer. The correct answer is Almost Heroes. Matt and Randall got that one right.

[Marge]

You guys should feel real proud of yourselves.

[Spencer Newarth]

The film was a flop, receiving a 5% crit gore from Rotten Tomatoes. The site says it has an exceptionally poor laughs to jokes ratio, calling it, quote, a sorry swan song for the talented Chris Farley. It was the last leading role Farley had. With the movie coming out five months after his death.

[Nate]

There's got to be a term for a movie that once all the leads are dead, you know.

[Spencer Newarth]

Sure.

[Marge]

Yeah.

[Nate]

Like I. That strikes me when I watch certain, like.

[Marge]

Like, I guess, old movies.

[Nate]

Yeah, there's.

[Spencer Newarth]

Well, they're not leads.

[Nate]

They're like bad, bad Santa. There's like a scene with Bernie Mac and what's his name, Billy Bob Thornton.

[Spencer Newarth]

Is he in that movie?

[Cal]

He's alive. He's alive.

[Nate]

Who is it, Phil? Who am I thinking of?

[Marge]

In any event, your favorite movie.

[J]

Matt has a 5% on rotten.

[Nate]

I want to know if we added up. We talked about it like top 10 list. If we crack 100.

[Spencer Newarth]

I think this maybe needs to be a future movie club so I have. I have an excuse to watch it then. Otherwise this will never.

[Cal]

It's one of those movies. I mean, I don't know the last time you've seen it, Matt, but like, if you watch it as a kid, it's probably. I mean, I. You probably love it.

[J]

It's probably so bad that you haven't seen it.

[Spencer Newarth]

This movie I have on DVD just so I can watch it in our camper. Wow.

[Marge]

I was.

[Logan]

You.

[Cal]

You could have lied. I was trying to give you the benefit of.

[Marge]

It's totally tossing you watermelon mean lots of Chris Farley falling, I think.

[Spencer Newarth]

All right, here's a correct answer. Review one was double O pellet. Two, Conservation reserve enhancement program. Three, California. Four Spear. Five Sinew six. Hinge Cutting seven. Corant eight, Chuckle nine. Almost Heroes. Phil, let's get a scoreboard update before we do. Question 10.

[Nate]

John Ritter.

[Cal]

Oh, yeah. It is a three way tie for first. Now, Matt, Nate and Cal all have six points and then they are the only ones still in the running for the win.

[Spencer Newarth]

Question 10, the topic is fishing. Last great question. John Paul Lucius. This fish goes by nicknames such as mud pike.

[Cal]

No, it's fine.

[Spencer Newarth]

Cypress trout and swamp bass. This fish goes by nicknames such as mud pike, cypress trout and swamp bass. We have a three way tie right now with Nate, Cal, and is it Randall or Matt?

[Cal]

It's Matt.

[Spencer Newarth]

Matt. Are you Matt?

[Nate]

Joking.

[Spencer Newarth]

Nate and Cal. Three way tie for question 10. This fish goes by nicknames such as mud pike, cypress trout and swamp bass. And our three players in the lead do not yet have an answer. Three way tie could happen.

[I]

No one write an answer down that's tied.

[J]

Do it. You won't.

[Chili]

Yes. That's what I'll do. Out of love for the game.

[Spencer Newarth]

This fish by nicknames, say you didn't care if you wanted mud pike, cypress trout and swamp bass.

[Nate]

I feel liberated here.

[Spencer Newarth]

Do you have this one right, Randall?

[Cal]

No.

[Nate]

I don't care.

[Spencer Newarth]

Nate, do you have an answer?

[Chili]

No. Dude, I was doing so well because there were so few fishing questions. And you hit us with the old number 10 fish.

[Spencer Newarth]

Cypress trout, swamp.

[Nate]

Well, there's four verticals.

[Spencer Newarth]

That's right. They're bound to show up somewhere. Nate, man. Right when you most expect it.

[Chili]

Fishing indeed.

[J]

Like in a trivia game about all four.

[Spencer Newarth]

That's right.

[Chili]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Do you guys give up?

[Chili]

No.

[Spencer Newarth]

Randall, do you have a. Do you think you have a chance at this one?

[Nate]

I have a chance at it.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. Cal, do you have this one right?

[Marge]

No.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay, is everybody ready?

[Marge]

But I have a guess.

[Spencer Newarth]

Nate doing some erasing. Yeah.

[Nate]

I don't like.

[Spencer Newarth]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Marge saying snakehead. Logan says muskie. That's what I was gonna. Matt says ling. Randall says speckled trout. Chili says catfish. Sarah says catfish. Nate says tarpon. Cal crossed out red drum. Put snakehead. The correct answer is bowfin. Nobody got that one right.

[Marge]

I knew. I was like, it's probably not snakehead. It's the native one that looks like. Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Bowfin are the last remaining member of their entire genus. They are some of the oldest freshwater fish on earth, with fossils dating back to the Jurassic era. Other than those nicknames, they have dogfish, cotton fish, grinners, beaver fish, blackfish and mudfish. As Monikers.

[Marge]

Great teeth on them.

[Spencer Newarth]

All right, we're going to overtime.

[Randall]

Play the drop.

[Spencer Newarth]

Phil.

[Cal]

Tiebreaker.

[Spencer Newarth]

You ain't first, you're last.

I think just cut it at if you ain't first, you're last and then like go into other stuff.

That's funny.

I never liked it. Hey, Phil off, man.

Wow. Evan. Just reminded. Was just reminded of how long it's been since I've heard that.

[Nate]

Yeah.

[Cal]

I think feels new again.

[Nate]

Yeah.

[Marge]

Through.

[Spencer Newarth]

In that the tie breaking question is a numerical question. Whoever is closest will be declared the winner. The tie breaking topic is public lands. How many national parks does the National Park Service manage? How many national parks does the National Park Service manage? These are the national parks like Yellowstone and none of the. None of the other things that have designations that are managed by the park service. We're talking about national parks here. How many does the National Park Service manage? Not just in Montana. And everyone should come up with an answer because if somebody gets it right on the nose, Meat eater will add an extra 100 donation to the end of the game. Nate with such a quick answer, you'd almost think that he knows this one.

[Chili]

I know that this is the only number I'll come up with.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Chili]

My wife got this water bottle with all these little stick.

[Spencer Newarth]

Small.

[Chili]

Big stickers.

[Spencer Newarth]

Small or big? Okay.

[Chili]

And she threw out a number the other day about how many more she had to go.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay, don't give us any more.

[Chili]

That's it.

[Nate]

Fascinating.

[Spencer Newarth]

How many national parks. Nate, does the.

[Nate]

Has she been to a lot to go.

[Chili]

That's all. I'll wait. No clue. No more clues.

[Spencer Newarth]

Nate might be wearing his lucky sweater.

[Chili]

Today, which I'll wear every time I come to tribute.

[Nate]

That's unfortunate.

[Spencer Newarth]

It changed the mood of the room when Nate walked in and he had to all of a sudden defend his outfit.

[Cal]

He looks like Chris Evans in Knives Out.

[Chili]

Thank you. Not that I'm living in the glory days, but this was an integral part of my wardrobe in high school, which resulted in best dress 2015.

[Spencer Newarth]

Did you. Wow.

[Nate]

Did you buy that or did someone knit that for you?

[Chili]

I bought it at Ro. Dress for last.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh, yeah.

[Nate]

Nate, can you still take it back?

[Chili]

I think I passed the window.

[Spencer Newarth]

The man won best dress in high school.

[Cal]

Like I'm not being sarcastic when I. I say you look good, man.

[Chili]

Thank you.

[Cal]

Jumping on this bandwagon.

[Chili]

Little America Monday action as well.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh, wow. Put your leg up like that.

[Logan]

Put more weight.

[Chili]

What?

[Logan]

Randall and Chili said if they actually dress nice.

[Spencer Newarth]

There you go.

[Nate]

She said we don't dress nice.

[Chili]

We don't dress nice.

[Nate]

Shots fired.

[Spencer Newarth]

I'm sorry Marge didn't show up in a bear costume from time to time.

[Nate]

I compliment your fashion all the time. So what does that say about you?

[Logan]

Well, you guys were just hating on somebody.

[Chili]

So how many times have you just gotten roasted Walking into a room with a nice outfit on?

[Logan]

Steve roasts me all the time.

[Chili]

Okay, well, that's your accs.

[Spencer Newarth]

I said I've liked your jumpers and stuff, and then you throw shit. You know what?

[J]

Who calls it a chance?

[Spencer Newarth]

Pack your own gear. From here on out, Meat eater has a culture where if you're not wearing a meat eater shirt, you look like a weirdo.

[Marge]

Yeah, it's true.

[Spencer Newarth]

So you want to send my friend. If you want to see Nate's nice and potentially lucky sweater, head over to YouTube.

[Nate]

For me personally, dressing nice feels like putting a bunch of shitty accessories on an old car.

[Spencer Newarth]

Like polishing a turd.

[Nate]

Yeah, exactly.

[J]

Lipstick on a pig.

[Spencer Newarth]

All right, does everyone have an answer.

[Chili]

For how many of you feel like a winner?

[Nate]

Got any more?

[Spencer Newarth]

It's a national park.

[Nate]

That's what your mother tells you.

[Spencer Newarth]

Again, we're down to Cal, Nate, and.

[Chili]

That'S what my scoreboard tells me.

[Spencer Newarth]

Matt and Nate have never won a game. Nope. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We've got Marge saying 47. Logan says 115, Randall says 61. Chili didn't write down an answer he doesn't want to show us. Sarah says 52. Cal says 48. Our remaining players, we have Nate with 68, Cal 48, and Matt 11. I feel like there was only 11. Like actual national. Somebody in the room is two off of the correct answer.

[Nate]

It's me.

[Spencer Newarth]

It's probably not me. The correct answer is 63. Giving Nate the victory. He was five off of the real number. Randall was two off, but he was not.

[Marge]

Kind of reminds me of Friday night trivia that's not that good.

[Spencer Newarth]

There are 61 parks in the states, one in American Samoa, and one in the Virgin islands. In total, the national park Services service manages 431 sites that consist of battlefields, monuments, scenic trails, and more. So 63 was the right answer. Nate, you've never done this part before. Where is your 500 donation?

[Chili]

Matt's hint and my wife's water bottle for getting me here.

[Spencer Newarth]

There you go.

[Cal]

And Ross, dressed for less.

[Chili]

Thank you, Ross.

[Logan]

Can't take your donations.

[Chili]

I was not. Wasn't prepared for this for obvious reasons. So I'm gonna punt this to Cal about the thing that you were talking about earlier.

[Spencer Newarth]

Maybe Cal was educating us on a corner crossing verdict that just happened mere hours ago.

[Marge]

The corner crossing.

[Spencer Newarth]

The corner crossing verdict. What do you have to tell us? And then Nate will make his donation after that.

[Marge]

Oh, this like best thing since sliced bread. So one of the highest courts in all the land just said that corner crossing is illegal and in fact it's never or sorry, corner crossing is legal and it has never been illegal any in in his judgment he goes back to the land itself. So that's it's a great, great ruling for folks who like, you know, American freedom.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah, sure. We'll get more from that on Cal's podcast. Now, Cal, who were some of the organizations that were a big part of making that happen. So you give Nate some inspiration for his donation.

[Marge]

Oh, Wyoming BHA I would think would be widely regarded as like the whistleblower organization of the the case that kicked off this lawsuit.

[Spencer Newarth]

So Nate will ask again, where do you want your $500 to go?

[Chili]

Wyoming BHA.

[Spencer Newarth]

Wyoming BHA. Good choice. Appropriate choice. Well done, Nate. Well earned victory.

[Nate]

I thought this was going to come sooner, but it finally. Is it as sweet as you'd imagine?

[Chili]

Yep. I think I'm going to go out and buy a crumble cookie to celebrate.

[Nate]

Good. Good for you.

[Spencer Newarth]

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[Chili]

And he's an avid amateur rock hound.

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