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Spencer Newarth
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 Randall Brody, Corey, Hansi, Tressa and Logan. This is a ten round quiz show with questions from meteors for verticals which are hunting, fishing, conservation and cooking. And there is a prize Meat eater will donate $500 to the Conservation organization of the winner's choosing. And for the stat of the week this week we're looking at perfect games. On average, 6.4% of episodes end in a perfect game. But with only one perfect game so far this year it's been 4% of episodes in 2025. If only Randall would have gotten that perfect game last week.
Randall Brody
I was about to ask you why we're talking about perfect games this week. Last week seems seems as though you've used this bit to needle me in advance of our competition.
Spencer Newarth
I don't think I. I think Randall in 2024 when he was still hungry for a meat Eater Trivia championship. He wouldn't have made that mistake.
Randall Brody
Oh, no, I'm pretty sure I made the same mistake.
Spencer Newarth
Oh, okay.
Randall Brody
On question 10 of a near perfect game last year as well. Oh, it was bad too. I just misread the question.
Corey
Did you? Does your face get really red like it usually does?
Randall Brody
No, I just laughed a lot.
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You liked it so bad.
Corey
You're growing as a person.
Spencer Newarth
Then he was, he was digging through his Instagram DMs to find out who he was going to donate just the game while he sat there with the wrong answer on his whiteboard for like two minutes.
Randall Brody
Yeah, I just misread the qu. I read elk as moose. And so I answered we're not in Sweden. Yeah, actually, I didn't think about that spin.
Spencer Newarth
Wow.
Randall Brody
I'm cosmopolitan.
Spencer Newarth
So now, now we have less perfect games, less money for conservation.
Randall Brody
Oh, we'll get there, don't worry.
Spencer Newarth
Here's our infrequently asked question segment. If you have a trivia related question for our crew, Seg it to trivia.com with the subject line IFAQ. Pat Von Coy says, how do you decide in which order to place the questions? There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason. I'm not complaining. Just a man of structure. I'm genuinely curious. There is some structure. I spread out the questions by topic. So I never want like two hunting questions in the first five or two fishing questions in the last five. I try to spread out regional diversity, so I don't want to question about Alabama followed by a question about Georgia. And I don't want like a question about Western big game followed by another question about western big game. So I, I spread it out that way. I try to balance difficulty between the first five and last five questions. So if the Shelby index is like a four, I'll try to put two she got right in the front half and two in the back half. That way it's, it's not lopsided. And then I try to put a challenging question at question nine or ten. That might be the difference maker for a tight game between Randall and Brody. I don't want to always make it question 10 though.
Corey
G.E. spencer, you could have just said you like to mix it up.
Spencer Newarth
You like to mix it up. There's I. I want Pat Von Coy to know that there's a lot of thought that goes into the. The ordering of it.
Logan
And question question 10 is always fishing.
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I was going to say.
Randall Brody
Yeah, there's one last rule you forgot.
Corey
Question 10 is fishing he proved that wrong many times.
Logan
100% of the time. Yeah, fishing.
Randall Brody
I thought it was a half fast.
Spencer Newarth
It is not disproven. We have fishing at question nine, though. Though it does the same damage to Randall either way.
Randall Brody
I'm gonna make a little note for myself.
Corey
Yeah, for someone who's a fishing guy.
Spencer Newarth
It'S pretty weak in the fishing captains. Yeah, Captain and a fishing guide. We have some housekeeping today about more potential Jeopardy Thievery. On the episode of Meat eater trivia that dropped on May 21, we had a question where the answer was diorama. Then on the May 27 episode of Jeopardy. Masters, they had a question where the answer was also diorama. So just six days apart. Now, I couldn't find the Jeopardy. Masters film schedule for 2025, but I could for 2024. Last year, they filmed episodes of Jeopardy. Masters roughly two weeks before airing. So assuming they kept a similar cadence this year, then it's just a coincidence that both had diorama for an answer. But the real takeaway here is that our show is as good as their show. That's right. And then maybe Jeopardy. Needs to think about hiring me when Ken Jennings moves on. He's only 51, so it's gonna be a little while before they.
Corey
You could have Phil come up with a new Jeopardy. Tune jingle.
Spencer Newarth
Oh, yeah. I don't think you mess with that that you'd lose your viewers through Phil in there. But I'll take Phil with me. Phil, if Jeopardy. Calls, I'll take you with me to Jeopardy. How about that?
Logan
So kind.
Spencer Newarth
Randall, you want.
Randall Brody
I'd love to do that.
Spencer Newarth
Okay.
Tressa
Yeah, yeah, we'll still be here.
Spencer Newarth
Three person. We've got three people. Jeopardy. Then that you could can come higher. Shelby Index for today is a four. So our winner should get eight correct answers. And with that, we're on to the game of trivia. Play the drop, Phil. Look, I need to know what I stand to win.
Randall Brody
Everything.
Spencer Newarth
How's that?
Randall Brody
Just tend to win everything.
Spencer Newarth
Game on, suckers. Question 1. The topic is conservation. This first great question is via Peter Daugam. As always, it will be multiple choice. What percentage of Canada is crown land? Is it 14%, 39%, 64% or 89%? Crownland is Canada's version of public lands. What percentage of Canada is public land? Is it 14%, 39%, 64% or 89%? Not a real confident room. Brody was first to answer. What percentage of Canada is Crownland? 14%, 39%, 64%, 89%? Brody, how do you feel about your answer?
Corey
I mean, I used like I used some thought.
Spencer Newarth
Okay.
Corey
I didn't just guess.
Spencer Newarth
14, 39, 64. It's all burning right now.
Randall Brody
What were the numbers that went into your thoughts?
Corey
It wasn't numbers. It was like places.
Randall Brody
Gut.
Corey
Yeah, like you think about the layout of Canada.
Spencer Newarth
Is everybody ready?
Randall Brody
Oh, geez.
Spencer Newarth
Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hanzi saying 39. Tressa says 14. Randall says 14. Corey 64. Logan, 39, Brody, 64. The correct answer is 89%. Nobody got that one right.
Corey
I figured it was a lot.
Spencer Newarth
In fact, we had multiple people go on the other end of the spectrum and say 14%. 48% of Canada is provincial Crown land and 41 is federal Crown land. That means just 11% of the country is privately owned. In the United States, about 40% of the country is public land.
Corey
I mean, you think like Yukon, Northwest Territories, like just purely public stuff?
Spencer Newarth
No, in fact, I think it's like. What's the stats like? 80% of their population lives south of, I don't know, Maine or something like 49th parallel. Yeah. 89 of Canada is public land. Question two. The topic is hunting. It's a tough start for our six players today. This big game magazine was founded in 1987 and calls itself, quote, a three generation media based hunting company. This Big Game magazine was founded in 1987 and calls itself a three generation media based hunting company. Randall already has his answer. Brody as well. Randall, do you have this one right?
Randall Brody
I do.
Spencer Newarth
How about you, Brody?
Corey
I think so.
Spencer Newarth
A three generation media based humpty hunting company.
Corey
I'm about as confident as the percentage of public land in Canada.
Spencer Newarth
Founded in 1987.
Randall Brody
Boy, that was. That was a heck of a first question, Spencer.
Spencer Newarth
Tough start. Yeah, 89%. This big game magazine was founded in 1987 and calls itself a three generation media based hunting company. Our other four players look stumped.
Corey
Do we need the.
Spencer Newarth
Is this a magazine? If you're right, Randall, that you've ever been subscribed to.
Randall Brody
Oh yeah.
Spencer Newarth
Okay.
Randall Brody
Oh yeah.
Logan
Oh yeah.
Corey
I'm just gonna leave it.
Spencer Newarth
Brody, if you think you have the right answer. Is this a magazine that you've been subscribed to?
Corey
Never subscribed to it.
Spencer Newarth
Okay, but you're aware of it. This Big Game magazine was founded in 1987 and calls itself, quote, a three generation media based hunting. Is everybody ready? No.
Tressa
One sec. Let me write down the wrong answer.
Corey
That was back in the heyday of magazines, man.
Spencer Newarth
It was 87. 87.
Randall Brody
Just a little baby. Then I didn't.
Spencer Newarth
How little of a baby?
Randall Brody
Well, it depends. When it was found in 1987, as. As little as, I guess, three months.
Corey
Huh.
Randall Brody
Potentially 14 months.
Tressa
Hold on one second. Okay, that was a little bit better of an answer.
Randall Brody
Is that math work? I don't know.
Logan
Close enough.
Tressa
This isn't right.
Spencer Newarth
Corey going back to his whiteboard a second time. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hansi saying Peterson, Tressa says the outdoor Channel. Randall says Eastman's. Corey says sports of field, Logan Field and stream. Brody Eastman. Oh, yeah, duh. The correct answer is Eastman's. Brody and Randall. Got that.
Corey
I was wondering if you were gonna make us, because isn't it like, Eastman's hunting something?
Spencer Newarth
Well, it's Easton's hunting journal. And then I think like a decade later is when they found hunting.
Corey
Yeah, I was wondering.
Spencer Newarth
Gordon Eastman started filming hunting in the 1950s, which inspired his son Mike to create the magazine in 1987. It wasn't long before his sons Guy and Ike got involved with the brand. Eastman still publishes 12 magazines.
Randall Brody
A based in Powell, Wyoming.
Spencer Newarth
That's right. They're kind of a dinosaur.
Corey
Boys used to shoot giant mule deer.
Spencer Newarth
You don't think they do anymore?
Corey
Well, I mean, I'm sure they still do, but, like, they have all that part of Wyoming is.
Randall Brody
Is not what the classic, like, winter range bucks that all had names and everything.
Corey
Popeye.
Randall Brody
Popeye. Yeah.
Spencer Newarth
Yeah. I feel like they're like the two pillars of their magazine are like success stories from readers and then the draw odds, which is something that a million companies are doing now. But Eastman's for a while, a bunch of feel like they were kind of the place.
Corey
A bunch of magazines ripped that, like, format off right too. After them.
Spencer Newarth
Yeah. Question three. The topic is public lands. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Nicholas Schneck for sending this great question. Nicholas is going to get a board game signed by the crew. If you want a chance to win the list listener question of the week, then send your question to trivia theme eater.com the National Park Service recommends wrapping your vehicle in tarp while visiting Kings Canyon to prevent this animal from eating your radiator hose. And we have a photo that looks ridiculous of some tarped vehicles there. You can see this on the Meat Eater podcast YouTube channel. I'm also going to post this on Instagram. This photo that I'm referencing. The National Park Service recommends wrapping your vehicle in tarp while visiting Kings Canyon to prevent this animal from eating your Radiator hose.
Corey
Chicken wire, too.
Spencer Newarth
Chicken wire as well. The National Park Service now says that is antiquated, so don't do chicken wire.
Randall Brody
I wouldn't be worried about this at Kings Canyon. I've heard stories of people being stranded at remote trailheads.
Spencer Newarth
The National Park Service recommends wrapping your vehicle in tarp while visiting Kings Canyon to prevent this animal from eating your radiator hose. There are, I think, seven vehicles in this photo, and four of them have the tarp on them.
Randall Brody
Two of them are Priuses.
Unknown Host
So dumb.
Spencer Newarth
So again, we're looking for the animal. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hansi saying marmots. Tressa says packrat. Randall says porcupine. Corey says packrat. Logan says porcupine. Brody says marmot. Oh, the correct answer is marmot. That one. Right.
Unknown Participant
So my wife and I had one get into our Toyota Tundra three years ago, made itself a home at your house? Yeah, it was in there for about an hour and did fifteen hundred dollars worth of damage.
Spencer Newarth
Oh, my goodness. What did it do specifically?
Unknown Participant
And then, oh, it ate hoses and electrical, which apparently during that year of Toyota, they made a bunch of these hoses with, like, a soybean compound, which is, like, come. Might as well have been peanut butter. But, yeah, that thing saw sad demise.
Spencer Newarth
Yeah. One of Yiannis's neighbors also watched a marmot crawl up under his pickup, and it was kind of amusing at first. And then he read online within a few minutes of that the damage they can do, and then it was a problem.
Unknown Participant
Yeah.
Spencer Newarth
Marmots disable about 30 vehicles every year in California's Kings Canyon national park by chewing through car wiring. They also say visitors often unknowingly give rides to marmots out of the park that are stowed away in engine compartments. The park used to recommend wrapping your vehicle in chicken wire, but now say that marmots have learned how to get around it. The large rodents are attracted to antifreeze, which biologists say gives them, quote, a bit of a high. Really?
Corey
They survived that.
Spencer Newarth
They survived like, they started tracking. Deadly. They started tracking them one year. I noticed that they would walk off stunned, but then they would come back the next year, and there was, like, almost. They came short of calling it an addiction when these things would start getting up in cars and chewing on wires.
Randall Brody
So, no, it just makes you feel good. It's not addiction.
Spencer Newarth
Very different.
Randall Brody
I'd open a harbor freight right outside the gates of Kings Canyon.
Spencer Newarth
I'm actually impressed at how many people do this. I just don't need to go to Kings Canyon if I need to wrap my pickup in tarp.
Corey
I mean, 30 a year. How many people visit that park?
Spencer Newarth
Enough. But also, the consequences are pretty high. What if. What if that's you and your radiator hose gets.
Corey
Man, I'm going to take my chances.
Spencer Newarth
Question for the topic is cooking. The Food Network describes this as, quote, a flat, crispy corn tortilla that is typically layered with mashed or refried beans, protein, cheese, and toppings. The Food Network describes this as a flat, crispy corn tortilla that is typically layered with mashed or refried beans, protein, cheese, and toppings.
Tressa
Around here, we got to worry about pack rats.
Unknown Host
Yeah, I brought one home last year, and it absolutely destroyed every single thing in my garage.
Spencer Newarth
Damn.
Unknown Host
All my hunting gear, my waders, everything.
Spencer Newarth
Oh, yeah. I saw on the hiking Bozeman Facebook group the other day that someone had a marmot under their vehicle at Lava Lake, maybe. Randall, you said you've heard of porcupine.
Randall Brody
I said porcupine. Yeah, yeah.
Tressa
They'll get up in there, though, for sure.
Randall Brody
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know what this is. I'd feel more confident in my answer if then you wrapped this in a soft tortilla and folded it in a trademarked hexagonal shape.
Spencer Newarth
That is. The Food Network describes this as a flat, crispy corn tortilla that is typically layered with mashed or refried beans, protein, cheese, and toppings. Randall nailed it. If this was a Taco Bell menu question, the crunch wrap we're looking for.
Unknown Participant
Ah, there's another one.
Spencer Newarth
Crispy corn tortilla from Taco Bell.
Unknown Participant
There was one. It has maybe not been on the menu for a while.
Corey
Lot of chit chat.
Spencer Newarth
The Food Network describes this as a flat, crispy corn tortilla that is typically layered with mashed or refried beans, protein, cheese, and toppings.
Tressa
Mm, yum.
Spencer Newarth
What stuff in your garage did that pack rat destroy? Tressa.
Unknown Host
Oh, my waders. My fishing net.
Spencer Newarth
Damn.
Unknown Host
My. All my hunting clothes.
Randall Brody
Who killed that? Eventually, Didn't Steve try to go trap it?
Unknown Host
Yeah, he did give me some ideas, but my boyfriend didn't want to kill it, so he. We saved it, and he drove it up to Highlight and brought some vegetables for it and released it.
Spencer Newarth
That's great for someone else to take it home.
Unknown Host
And he took a video of it. Well, we read that it. They can travel, I think, like, I could be completely lying, but, like, 13 or 30 miles back to where it was. And so he drove it up to Highlight and released it and took a video of it.
Corey
It probably got smashed on the road going back to your house.
Unknown Host
Probably. I hope so.
Spencer Newarth
Yeah. Cory brought it home. Yeah.
Unknown Host
I'm still finding stuff that it destroyed and it ate like everything in our kayak. Like the seat and everything.
Spencer Newarth
Everything.
Unknown Host
Yeah. And holes in our wall and.
Randall Brody
Terrible.
Spencer Newarth
Yeah. Again, we're on question four. The topic is cooking a flat, crispy corn tortilla that is typically layered with mashed or refried beans, protein, cheese and toppings. Is everybody ready?
Unknown Participant
Damn shell. We got four of these, right?
Spencer Newarth
Four of them. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have John saying. What's that say?
Unknown Participant
Flauta.
Spencer Newarth
Tressa says Indian fry bread. Randall says tostada. Corey, Tostada. Logan Gor, Vita Brody. The correct answer is tostada. Randall and Corey got that one right. Tostada means toasted in Spanish and refers to flat tortillas that are toasted or fried. Wade Trung calls them, quote, essentially an open faced hard taco for a tostada recipe. Go check out Wade's recipe on the meat eater.com called Turkey Tostada.
Corey
What's a flower?
Logan
Yeah, they're close to a taquito.
Spencer Newarth
Very different.
Unknown Participant
They're rolled up and a tortoise and it's like a sandwich.
Spencer Newarth
There you go.
Unknown Host
That's Indian fry. Bread's the same thing. It's just soft.
Spencer Newarth
Question 5.
Unknown Host
Topic is fishing, though.
Spencer Newarth
The Florida Museum of Natural History lists nicknames for this fish as Puppy Drum, Channel Bass, and Spot Tail. Brody already has his answer. The Florida Museum of Natural History lists nicknames for this fish as Puppy Drum, Channel Bass, and Spottail. Randall has now joined him with an answer. And Cory, Corey, do you have this one right? Maybe.
Randall Brody
I bet you know it. I bet you know it.
Spencer Newarth
The Florida Museum of Natural History lists nicknames for this fish as Puppy Drum, Channel Bass, and Spottail. Huh.
Tressa
Never heard any of those.
Spencer Newarth
Randall knows it. Corey knows it. Maybe.
Randall Brody
I think I know it.
Spencer Newarth
Brody knows it.
Randall Brody
I'll be disappointed.
Tressa
I'm glad Randall's confident in my answer.
Randall Brody
Oh, I didn't see your answer. Actually. I just thought I was confident in you.
Tressa
That's something.
Randall Brody
But I was also confident in porcupine and look how that turned out.
Spencer Newarth
Florida Museum of Natural History lists nicknames for this fish as Puppy Drum, Channel Bass, and Spot Tail.
Unknown Participant
Worst part is, I think I know what it is.
Spencer Newarth
Picture it. Okay.
Unknown Participant
Words not coming to my head.
Yeah, Randall, I had seen that same photo with like, the tarps under it. Like, I could have sworn media to wrote an article on That a long time ago, maybe.
Spencer Newarth
Don't worry.
Randall Brody
Yeah, I know someone who had a porcupine eat the radiator hose and got stranded.
Spencer Newarth
Do you have to go get him?
Randall Brody
But no, no, no. I wasn't anywhere near this incident.
Spencer Newarth
Kings Canyon, they have signage. They have an entire article on their website.
Randall Brody
Well, how did I not know that?
Spencer Newarth
That's right. Have you been to Kings Canyon?
Randall Brody
I have, but I. We were hiking part of the John Muir Trail, so we came. We came from the Bishop side and then hiked through part of it and then out.
Spencer Newarth
Okay.
Randall Brody
Some national forests, unique route. Yeah, you know, backpacking.
Spencer Newarth
Does everybody have an answer for what a puppy drum channel bass and spot tail refers to. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hansi without an answer. Tressa says red fish. Randall Redfish. Corey Redfish, Logan redfish, Brody redfish. The correct answer is redfish or a red drum.
Tressa
I wrote them both just in case.
Randall Brody
Red drum.
Spencer Newarth
Some other nicknames include reds, rat reds, bull reds, or tropical sea. World record was caught near Avon, North Carolina in 1984. It weighed 94 pounds, 2 ounces. Whoa. Phil, we're halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard update.
Logan
Pretty good game we got going on here. Hansi, Tressa, and Logan all have one point, Corey has two, and Randall and Brody are tied up in first place with three points. Aps.
Spencer Newarth
Tough round so far.
Randall Brody
Geez.
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Spencer Newarth
Question 6. The topic is conservation. This next great question is via Eli Glazer. What river has a dam on it that's named after America's 31st president?
Randall Brody
Hmm.
Spencer Newarth
Wow. So we're looking for the river here. What river has a dam on it that's named after America's 31st president? Randall, very quick to answer. Brody just joined him with an answer. Do you think you know the 31st president, Randall? Is that what gave it away, or is it. No. Okay.
Randall Brody
I. I was about to count backwards in my head. Then I remembered humiliating myself.
Spencer Newarth
That did happen last year.
Randall Brody
So when I answered and that that.
Spencer Newarth
Question was far easier instead of 40.
Randall Brody
Yeah. So I was like, I'm just gonna stumble and make a fool of myself again on this program.
Spencer Newarth
What river has a dam on it that's named after America's 31st president? So again, the name of the river. Corey, do you have this one right.
Tressa
Man, I sure hope so.
Spencer Newarth
Okay.
Unknown Participant
I need to study my presidents. I feel like there's enough questions that are related to presidents where if I knew all of them, I could maybe be more successful.
Spencer Newarth
And to be clear, the dam is named after the president, not the river.
Corey
You shouldn't gave that.
Spencer Newarth
Yeah, well, that was in the question. I could see that someone being confused different names.
Randall Brody
It'd be weird if we were still naming rivers when we had a 31st president.
Spencer Newarth
That's a good point, don't you think, guys?
Randall Brody
Be a little weird.
Spencer Newarth
Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hansi saying Colorado. Tressa, Madison, Randall, and Corey say Colorado. Logan says the name of the dam, which is Hoover Dam, and Brody says Colorado. The correct answer is the Colorado River. In the design phase of the dam, it was referred to as Boulder Canyon Dam, Boulder Dam, and Black Canyon Dam, before settling on Hoover Dam, which is named after Herbert Hoover. At 726ft tall, it's only second to Orville Dam on California's feather river. Question 7. The topic is hunting. Snoopy is this kind of dog, which AKC describes as, quote, an excellent hunting dog and loyal companion. Brody, very quick to answer. Snoopy is this kind of dog, which AKC describes as an excellent hunting dog and loyal companion. Randall has now joined him.
Randall Brody
I think I had this right.
Spencer Newarth
Brody, very confident, cool dog.
Randall Brody
When. When was the Hoover Dam built?
Spencer Newarth
I think it was when Hoover was in office. So I don't know when that would have been.
Corey
Really. I bet you it was before he or it was okay.
Spencer Newarth
Hoover Dam was built in 1931.
Corey
That would have been during the New Deal.
Spencer Newarth
Herbert Hoover Hoover was president from 1929 to 1930.
Corey
It was when he was in office.
Spencer Newarth
Again, we're on question seven. Snoopy is this kind of dog, which AKC describes as an excellent hunting dog and loyal companion.
Tressa
I got a question for you.
Spencer Newarth
What's that?
Tressa
Do you want it to be really specific? Like, can I just say lab, or.
Spencer Newarth
Does it have to be be specific?
Tressa
Shouldn't ask.
Randall Brody
Oh, geez.
Spencer Newarth
Is everybody ready?
Tressa
No, hold on.
Corey
Don't let that question get to you.
Spencer Newarth
That he just. This kind, which AKC describes as an excellent hunting dog and loyal companion. Hansi, do you have this one right?
Unknown Participant
I'm between 2 and I'm 50. 50 on it.
Tressa
So what else could he be?
Spencer Newarth
Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hanty saying springer spaniel. Tressa says Dalmatian. Randall Beagle. Corey Beagle. Logan Beagle, Brody Beagle. The correct answer is a beagle. Four of our players got that one right. Is that what you're torn between, Hansi? Beagles were bred to haunt a variety of small game, but are primarily known for pursuing rabbits. The only hunting Snoopy ever did was for truffles, which take place. Which takes place in a Peanuts comic strip from 1975. In that scene, Snoop refers to himself as the world famous truffle hound. Him and Lus instead only find a girl named Truffles, who they then compete for the affection of Snoopy.
Corey
Sure didn't sound like a beagle.
Spencer Newarth
I knew sound like Jack.
Randall Brody
Sorry, that's a non sequitur.
Spencer Newarth
What did he sound like?
Corey
We had that real whiny, squealy sound.
Spencer Newarth
It seems beagly to me. No, no, they got like old kind of yelping. Question 8. The topic is woodsmanship. This seven letter word is defined as, quote, a small, steep waterfall, especially one of a series. Brody and Randall already know this one. Again, this is question eight. The topic is woodsmanship. This seven letter word is defined as a small, steep waterfall, especially one of a series. Hansi, you have this one right?
Unknown Participant
Maybe.
Spencer Newarth
Okay. Seven letters.
Unknown Participant
Seven letters.
Spencer Newarth
All right. Logan, do you have this one right?
Unknown Participant
Potentially.
Spencer Newarth
Tell me about this beagle named Jack.
Randall Brody
Yeah, yeah, I was gonna. I was trying to decide whether to enter Jack to follow up with that story, like to. Because otherwise it'd just be weird if I listed out dogs that I know by name and then leave it at that. Jack lived to be 17 years old.
Spencer Newarth
Damn. Wow.
Randall Brody
He died very recently, actually. And the very first Buck I shot. I have a photo of me and Jack in the back of my pickup truck named Black Thunder.
Spencer Newarth
Very good.
Randall Brody
But he's a good man. He got skunked a lot, but he. He liked to chase.
Spencer Newarth
Skunked a lot. Is in sprayed by skunks?
Randall Brody
Yes. Yes. He liked to chase deer, and he liked to ball.
Spencer Newarth
Just pretty good at that.
Randall Brody
He kind of became an asshole in his old age. He started biting things. He was blind.
Spencer Newarth
Snoopy doesn't really look like a beagle, but I don't know what he looks like instead of a beagle.
Randall Brody
That's. That's sort of how I arrived at.
Unknown Participant
My answer on the topic of skunks. Like these skunks hanging on the wall here are those, like, trapped? And how do you get around the scent glands?
Corey
You gotta be real careful. I was with Steve when we got one. Holy shit.
Spencer Newarth
Yeah.
Corey
Like, that stuff got everywhere. Like, we had some beaver meat sitting, like, 10ft from the skunk he was skinning, and the beaver meat tasted like.
Unknown Participant
Oh, my God. Wow.
Spencer Newarth
That's crazy. Yeah, we. We ate when. I'm. Pardon my plate. We had two to pick from. One sprayed when it died, the other one did not. And so I. I had skinned them both. The one that sprayed thought, never a chance. There's no. No way we're gonna eat this. This meat is totally toxic. So we ate the one that did not spray, and it still tasted like skunk. So don't recommend bringing that home again. We're on question eight. The seven letter word is defined as a small, steep waterfall, especially one of a series. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hansi saying cascade. Tressa says springs. Randall and Corey and Logan and Brody say cascade. They got it. The correct answer is cascade. The word cascade comes from the French verb cascader, which has basically the same definition. Cascades are usually made up of a series of smaller falls rather than a single large plunge of water. Bill, we have two questions left. Give us a leaderboard update.
Logan
It is down to Corey, who has five points, and Randall and Brody, who have six points. Hansi and Logan have three. Interesting. Has one.
Spencer Newarth
Question nine. The topic is fishing. This next great question is via Clint Hay. This company created the world's first motorized fish shack, which they say is the, quote, ice fishing dream machine. What are those called? This company created the world's first motorized fish shack, which they say is the ice fishing dream machine. Our players are stumped. Hansi now has an answer because I.
Unknown Participant
Don'T have a good idea.
Spencer Newarth
Okay. Yeah. He's not confident. His answer. This company created the world's first motorized fish shack, which they say is the ice fishing dream machine. I feel like I can see. Our players can picture what this is, but don't know what it's called. This is question nine. This company created the world's first motorized fish shack, which they say is the ice fishing dream machine. This could be a zero percenter.
Randall Brody
When did this happen?
Spencer Newarth
Not going to give you any hints that would bring us to two zero percenters in this episode. Question one and question nine. If nobody can come up with this answer. This company created the world's first motorized fish shack, which they say is the ice fishing dream machine.
Logan
Corey, would you like to clarify what you're doing on your phone so the Internet doesn't yell at you for cheating?
Unknown Participant
I am.
Tressa
I'm texting my wife right now.
Logan
Seems important. Okay.
Tressa
She definitely wouldn't know this, so don't worry.
Spencer Newarth
Again, Randall and Brody do not like their answers or don't have an answer.
Randall Brody
Don't like it.
Spencer Newarth
Don't like it. Brody, do you like your answer?
Corey
No, not really.
Spencer Newarth
Okay, is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hansi saying polar Tressa without an answer. Randall says Ski Doo. Corey says Beaver Dam Mobile. Logan. Eskimo. Brody. Eskimo. Nobody got it.
Randall Brody
Oh.
Spencer Newarth
The correct answer is snow bear. The company was created in 2005 by Tom Lykin in his West Fargo garage. The snow bear is created like a bus, is shaped like a bus, and rides on its patented max track system. When you park it, the hydraulic lift will lower the machine 12 inches to place you on the ice. Their website doesn't list a price, but a South Dakota dealership just sold a 2023 Model 4. Does anyone want to guess?
Unknown Participant
35.
Spencer Newarth
Higher.
Corey
65.
Spencer Newarth
Higher.
Unknown Participant
130.
Spencer Newarth
123,000.
Unknown Advertiser
Oh, that's so weird.
Randall Brody
I was gonna say 24. I think it's too high.
Spencer Newarth
$123,000. That was South Dakota.
Corey
I don't think you should be surprised that that was a zero percenter, Spencer.
Unknown Participant
That's wild.
Spencer Newarth
Someone could have gotten it.
Tressa
Steve was in one in a episode where they went ice fishing with Didn't Jay Se. Yeah. Chester's Folly.
Spencer Newarth
Hansi probably edited that episode.
Unknown Participant
I did not. I did not.
Spencer Newarth
Yeah, we don't need a scoreboard update. We have. Excuse me. We have Randall and Brody with six and Corey with five. Going into question 10, the topic is cooking. Oh. Hot Carl, which is fermented shark, is considered a national dish of this country.
Tressa
Let's go.
Spencer Newarth
Corey knows this one. He would need Randall and Brody to get this one wrong to go to overtime with them. I've had it. Hot Carl, which is fermented shark, is considered a national dish of this country. We have Corey handing out hints. He says he's been there and he's eaten.
Tressa
I can't imagine that's gonna help you out. Pretty sheltered, Montana boy, so who knows?
Logan
I haven't updated the tiebreaker sound yet. I apologize.
Tressa
Get ready.
Spencer Newarth
Ha. Carl, which is fermented shark, is considered a national dish of this country. Corey, be prepared to give us a review of this food after we reveal the answer.
Tressa
Yeah, and I had to look at the. Look at the screen because I thought you said Hot Carl.
Unknown Participant
I thought so, too.
Spencer Newarth
We used to work here. What do you call that? A. What kind of a. Is that what it is?
Logan
This type that I normally use for trivia. Can't do accent, so I had to change it to a different font.
Spencer Newarth
H A K A R S.
Tressa
In there somewhere.
Spencer Newarth
Which is fermented shark is considered a national dish of this country. Randall, do you have it narrowed down to a few countries?
Randall Brody
I do.
Spencer Newarth
Have you thought about where Corey may have been?
Randall Brody
I have.
Spencer Newarth
Okay. Is that helping? You shouldn't.
Corey
What's your last name again? Corey.
Spencer Newarth
Carl.
Randall Brody
Yeah.
Corey
Hot Carl. I'm just joking. I know.
Randall Brody
You're lucky. I think the only. I think the only real. No, I don't even want to say that.
Spencer Newarth
Hot Carl, which is fermented shark, is considered a national dish of this country. Hansi, do you have this one right?
Unknown Participant
Yes.
Spencer Newarth
Have you eaten this before? No.
Unknown Participant
I would.
Spencer Newarth
All right.
Randall Brody
I would.
Spencer Newarth
Well, we'll see what. We'll see what Corey has to say.
Logan
I feel like almost every travel show that goes to this country has this dish.
Spencer Newarth
Okay. Another hit.
Logan
I'm just trying to say there's been.
Randall Brody
A lot of hands. We're tip tapping around.
Tressa
Let me see what you got.
Spencer Newarth
Brody has flopped down his whiteboard. Is everybody ready?
Randall Brody
I don't.
Spencer Newarth
I think we had Randall flash his whiteboard to Corey, and Corey sort of think.
Randall Brody
He visibly recoil.
Spencer Newarth
Yeah. Yeah. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Hansi saying Iceland. Tressa, Australia. Randall, Iceland. Corey, Iceland. Logan, Iceland. Brody, Norway. The correct answer is Iceland, making Randall our winner with seven correct answers. Did I help you out with that one?
Randall Brody
You didn't know the biggest. The biggest tell for me was the A with the. With the diacritical mark of whatever that's called. I figured it was a Scandinavian country. I thought I remember you Saying at some point you've been to Iceland.
Spencer Newarth
On meat eater Radio, we talked about our coolest camping spots. Didn't you talk about Iceland?
Randall Brody
Yeah. And then when we talked about travel shows going to this country.
Spencer Newarth
Oh, my goodness.
Randall Brody
Also, I can say this because I'm Norwegian. I just figured, like, if it was Norwegian, it was also Swedish. I felt like those were too close together. But I figured it was in that general realm of things, and I'm Norwegian.
Spencer Newarth
I've never heard of the qualifiers. Yeah. Hawk Carl is sometimes referred to as shark because its fermentation process lasts for five months. It's made of Greenland shark and often served on toothpicks. It's customary to take a shot of alcohol afterwards to chase down the cheesy, fishy taste of the shark. Corey, how was it?
Tressa
It's disgusting.
Spencer Newarth
Yeah. Putrefied sharks. Yeah.
Tressa
And they want you to. Ideally, you chase it down with vodka, a local vodka called Black Death. So you could imagine what that.
Spencer Newarth
Okay. Did you go back for second?
Tressa
Yes.
Spencer Newarth
You did?
Unknown Host
Yeah.
Spencer Newarth
Oh, good on you. For.
Tressa
It was pretty bad, but it mainly because I wanted that second shot of black.
Spencer Newarth
Try anything twice.
Tressa
It's pretty rough. I had to pinch my nose.
Randall Brody
The second like a marmot in radiator fluid.
Spencer Newarth
Randall gets to choose where the 500 donation goes today. What's it gonna be, Randall?
Randall Brody
Let's send this one to the New York chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers.
Spencer Newarth
Okay.
Randall Brody
Very specifically, hosting the muster in the mountains this summer, Aug. 1 to Aug. 3 in West Kill, New York, which is a gathering for, you know, east coast, or I should say, you know, eastern public lands aficionados. And so a lot of times a public lands talk is very western centric. So I had a listener point out to me that there are public land lovers all over this great country. Okay, so. So if you're in the neck of the woods August 1st through 3rd, check out muster in the mountains. Cal might be there. I don't know.
Spencer Newarth
It wouldn't be possible without Randall's donation. So they're going to be. Every time they take a drink that weekend, Randall, they're going to do a little cheers to you.
Randall Brody
You're just cutting me off at the knees in my moment of triumph. Typical. Typical. We end this game with a shot at old Randall. And we end with a shot. Actually, let's end with this. Thanks, Spencer.
Spencer Newarth
Oh, thank you, Randall. Join us next week for more meat eater trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. Yeah, Spencer from South Dakota, he's the host using Those smooth mellow tones, he lays them questions down and he likes taking those two and three year old bucks. And he's an avid amateur rock hound.
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This is an iHeart podcast.
Release Date: June 4, 2025
Host: Spencer Newarth
Guests: Randall Brody, Corey, Hansi, Tressa, Logan
Kicking off at [02:03], Spencer Newarth welcomes listeners to MeatEater Trivia, a spirited ten-round quiz show encompassing topics such as hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. The stakes are high, with a $500 donation to a conservation organization of the winner's choice. Spencer introduces the contestants: Randall Brody, Corey, Hansi, Tressa, and Logan, and shares a "stat of the week" highlighting the rarity of perfect games, noting, "On average, 6.4% of episodes end in a perfect game" ([02:46]).
Question: What percentage of Canada is Crown land (public land)?
Options: 14%, 39%, 64%, 89%
Responses:
Outcome:
Correct Answer: 89%.
Spencer remarks, “[09:00] 'Nobody got that one right.'”
Discussion: Spencer elaborates on Canada's land distribution: "48% is provincial Crown land and 41% is federal Crown land, meaning just 11% is privately owned," ([09:01]).
Question: This big game magazine was founded in 1987 and calls itself a "three-generation media-based hunting company."
Options:
Responses:
Outcome:
Correct Answer: Eastman’s.
Randall Brody and Eastman’s were confirmed as the right answers ([12:13]).
Discussion:
Spencer shares a brief history: "Gordon Eastman started filming hunting in the 1950s, inspiring his son Mike to create the magazine in 1987," ([12:23]). The group reminisces about the magazine’s legacy and its impact on hunting culture.
Question: The National Park Service recommends wrapping your vehicle in tarp while visiting Kings Canyon to prevent this animal from eating your radiator hose.
Options:
Responses:
Outcome:
Correct Answer: Marmot.
All contestants missed, leading Spencer to lament, "Nobody got it right," ([15:09]).
Discussion:
Randall shares a personal anecdote about vehicle damage caused by marmots: "Marmots disable about 30 vehicles every year in California's Kings Canyon national park by chewing through car wiring," ([15:51]).
Question: The Food Network describes this as "a flat, crispy corn tortilla that is typically layered with mashed or refried beans, protein, cheese, and toppings."
Options:
Responses:
Outcome:
Correct Answer: Tostada.
Randall and Corey secured the correct answers ([20:12]).
Discussion:
Spencer highlights a recipe: "Check out Wade's recipe on the meat-eater.com called Turkey Tostada," ([20:38]).
Question: The Florida Museum of Natural History lists nicknames for this fish as Puppy Drum, Channel Bass, and Spot Tail.
Options:
Responses:
Outcome:
Correct Answer: Redfish (Red Drum).
All except Randall correctly identified it as Red Drum ([23:33]).
Discussion:
Randall shares regional insights and the significance of Red Drum in fishing culture.
Question: What river has a dam on it that's named after America's 31st president?
Options:
Responses:
Outcome:
Correct Answer: Colorado River (Hoover Dam).
All but Logan correctly answered Colorado ([28:14]).
Discussion:
Spencer provides historical context: "Hoover Dam was built in 1931 and is named after Herbert Hoover," ([28:37]).
Question: Snoopy is this kind of dog, which AKC describes as "an excellent hunting dog and loyal companion."
Options:
Responses:
Outcome:
Correct Answer: Beagle.
Randall, Corey, Logan, and Brody nailed it ([32:12]).
Discussion:
Reveals a Peanuts comic strip reference and discusses the traits of Beagles as hunting dogs.
Question: This seven-letter word is defined as "a small, steep waterfall, especially one of a series."
Options:
Responses:
Outcome:
Correct Answer: Cascade.
All contestants correctly answered ([33:52]).
Discussion:
Spencer explains the etymology: "The word cascade comes from the French verb 'cascader,'" and describes the nature of cascades.
Question: This company created the world's first motorized fish shack, which they say is the "ice fishing dream machine."
Options:
Responses:
Outcome:
Correct Answer: Snow Bear.
No contestants answered correctly ([38:33]).
Discussion:
Spencer describes Snow Bear’s features and pricing, noting the $123,000 price tag for the 2023 Model 4 ([39:14]).
Question: Hákarl, which is fermented shark, is considered a national dish of this country.
Options:
Responses:
Outcome:
Correct Answer: Iceland.
Randall, Corey, Hansi, and Logan correctly identified Iceland, with Randall Brody emerging as the winner with seven correct answers ([42:12]).
Discussion:
Spencer and Randall delve into the cultural aspects of Hákarl, sharing personal experiences and taste impressions. Tressa describes the dish as "disgusting," and Randall elaborates on the fermentation process and serving traditions.
By the halfway point ([23:53]), the standings were:
By the penultimate round, Randall and Brody led with six points, Corey followed closely with five, and Hansi and Logan trailed with three points each ([36:15]).
Winner: Randall Brody with seven correct answers out of ten.
Prize: Randall chose to donate the $500 prize to the New York chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, acknowledging the importance of supporting conservation efforts across all regions ([44:15]).
Closing Remarks: Spencer wraps up the episode with humor and camaraderie, "We end this game with a shot at old Randall," ([45:02]) and invites listeners to tune in for the next installment of MeatEater Trivia, emphasizing that "conservation always wins."
Conservation Focus: The trivia game underscores the podcast’s commitment to conservation, both through the topics discussed and the donation prize.
Engaging Interactions: The playful banter among contestants, especially between Spencer and Randall, adds a humorous and relatable layer to the episode.
Educational Content: Each question serves as a learning opportunity, providing listeners with factual information about topics like land distribution, hunting culture, and unique culinary traditions.
Community Involvement: Listener participation is encouraged through segments like the "infrequently asked question" and the listener question of the week, enhancing community engagement.
Join the next episode of MeatEater Trivia for more challenges, laughs, and a continued dedication to the great outdoors and conservation efforts.