Ep. 721: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLXX

Summary

Podcast Summary: The MeatEater Podcast
Episode: Ep. 721: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLXX
Release Date: June 25, 2025

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Introduction to MeatEater Trivia

In this engaging episode of The MeatEater Podcast, host Spencer Newharth introduces MeatEater Trivia, a unique game show segment where conservation always takes the win. The show features four contestants—Giannis Brody, Corey, Marge Roman, and Seth—competing over ten rounds of trivia questions spanning MeatEater’s core topics: hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking.

Spencer Newharth sets the stage at [02:34], emphasizing the show's commitment to conservation with the enticing prize: "Meat eater will donate $500 to the Conservation organization of the winner's choosing for the stat of the week."

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Gameplay and Trivia Highlights

The trivia competition kicks off with Question 1 centered on woodsmanship:

• Question 1 [08:03]:
  "If a lightning strike and thunder are separated by 10 seconds, then how far away is the lightning?"
  Correct Answer: 2 miles
  Spencer notes humorously at [10:12], "We were always all thinking we were a lot closer or a lot farther."

Question 2 [10:14]:

• Topic: Conservation
• Prompt: "This seven-letter word is defined as the breaking of ice chunks from the edge of a glacier."
  Correct Answer: Calving
  *Marge shares an insightful experience at [12:02], recounting, "We camped while we were... the whole valley below us was a glacier. So you'd lay there at night in your tent and just hear that thing."

Question 3 [13:04]:

• Topic: Fishing
• Prompt: "Who is singing the song that includes, 'She'd be packing all her things, and she'd be gone by noon'?"
  Correct Answer: Brad Paisley
  *Corey humorously reflects at [16:43], "There you go."
  Spencer highlights the song’s accolades, mentioning its CMA nominations at [16:26].

Question 4 [17:58]:

• Topic: Hunting
• Prompt: "Common, hooded, and red-breasted are the three types of this North American diver duck."
  Correct Answer: Merganser
  *Corey comments at [19:22], "They probably have a good time."
  Spencer elaborates on the bird’s characteristics at [19:33], noting, "Mergansers are categorized as saw bill diving ducks... considered one of the worst tasting ducks a hunter can harvest."

Question 5 [20:02]:

• Topic: Cooking
• Prompt: "This culinary technique is defined as quickly cooking food in boiling water, then dunking it in ice water to stop the cooking process."
  Correct Answer: Blanching
  *Corey shares his gardening practices at [22:31], "The only thing I've harvested from my garden yet is a few strawberries and some radishes."

Further Questions:
The trivia continues with questions on natural history, gear, and more, each accompanied by lively discussions and humorous exchanges among the contestants. Noteworthy moments include debates over correct spellings ([28:39]) and shared anecdotes about personal experiences related to the questions.

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Player Interactions and Banter

Throughout the episode, Spencer Newharth maintains a dynamic and entertaining rapport with the contestants:

• Humorous Exchanges:
  At [07:55], Steve Rinella jokes about sending Spencer to Africa, while Spencer responds, "No, 31 times I've been sent this question."
  During a fishing question at [36:02], they discuss the challenges of ice fishing, with Marge lamenting the difficulty at [32:55].

• Shared Experiences:
  Spencer and Marge reminisce about hunting trips and the sounds of glaciers, adding depth to the trivia topics.

• Friendly Competition:
  As the game progresses, the competition heats up with close scores, culminating in a tie between Brody and Seth that leads to a tense tiebreaker round.

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Final Results and Winner Announcement

As the trivia nears its conclusion, the scores are tight, with Seth and Giannis leading alongside other contestants. The final standard question determines the winner:

• Tiebreaker Question [43:18]:
  "How many states have a national grassland?"
  Correct Answer: 12
  Winner: Seth
  Spencer announces, "12 states have a national grassland."
  Seth triumphantly declares, "500 going to BHA via Seth." acknowledging the prize will support conservation efforts.

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Conclusion and Future Episodes

The episode wraps up with celebratory remarks for Seth and a teaser for upcoming MeatEater Trivia episodes. Spencer Newharth encourages listeners to participate in future trivia games and stay tuned for more engaging content that champions conservation and the outdoors.

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Notable Quotes

• Spencer Newharth [10:14]:
  "If a lightning strike and thunder are separated by 10 seconds, then how far away is the lightning?"
  "We were always all thinking we were a lot closer or a lot farther."

• Marge Roman [12:02]:
  "We camped while we were... the whole valley below us was a glacier. So you'd lay there at night in your tent and just hear that thing."

• Spencer Newharth [19:33]:
  "Mergansers are categorized as saw bill diving ducks... considered one of the worst tasting ducks a hunter can harvest."

• Corey Calkins [22:31]:
  "The only thing I've harvested from my garden yet is a few strawberries and some radishes."

• Spencer Newharth [28:39]:
  "Make it slang. Drop the G. Is everybody ready?"

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This detailed summary encapsulates the lively and informative atmosphere of MeatEater Trivia, highlighting the contestants' knowledge, the host's engaging style, and the overarching theme of conservation. Whether you're a seasoned listener or new to the series, this episode offers a captivating blend of education and entertainment centered around the great outdoors.

Transcript

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[Clay Newcomb]

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[Spencer Newharth]

Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I'm your host Spencer Newharth and today we're joined by Giannis Brody, Corey, Marge Roman and Seth the this is a 10 round quiz show with questions from Meat Eater's four 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 for the stat of the week. This week we're looking at the number five. That's how many days until the third season of Meat Eater Kids is released. The first episode will be available on June 30th on the Meat Eater Kids podcast feed. We'll have five new episodes this summer, with new ones dropping each Monday through the end of July. We've got new stories, critter noises, new jokes, and new trivia. Again, that's the Meat Eater Kids podcast feed on June 30th.

[Steve Rinella]

I just had a fella today tell me on the phone how much they enjoy him. And the kids listen to that. They put it on on their way to basketball practice and they really enjoy it.

[Spencer Newharth]

We've got a new crop of kids this year playing trivia. We've got. Corey Calkins Jr. Is going to be there. He was, he was the highlight of that day recording those episodes.

[Giannis Brody]

I'm glad you think so too.

[Spencer Newharth]

Did Marshall feel like a star after he left?

[Giannis Brody]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. He, he, he thinks he's a celebrity now.

[Spencer Newharth]

Oh, good. Okay.

[Steve Rinella]

He's excited.

[Spencer Newharth]

He will be in five days on June 30th.

[Giannis Brody]

Cool.

[Spencer Newharth]

Here's our infrequently asked questions segment. If you have a trivia related question for our crew, send it to trivia the meater.com with the subject line IFAQ. Joel Donley says, what's the most common question people send? I. I talked about this in the past. Similar with a. With a different question. There's a lot of people who are right in asking what state has the most miles of shoreline or the most running water. They'll five different answers. Kentucky, Nebraska, Alaska, California. So that's, that's a common one people will send. But there's a different question that is very cut and dry. It's been sent to me 31 times. I just checked this morning. What's the longest running outdoor TV show? No one's gonna get this. Do you guys have any guesses? Longest running out.

[Corey Calkins]

That's abroad.

[Marge Roman]

Yeah.

[Corey Calkins]

Like on fishing or hunting.

[Spencer Newharth]

Fishing. You've never even heard of this. The answer is Kentucky. A field.

[Corey Calkins]

That's what I was gonna say.

[Spencer Newharth]

Huh? Y. Kentucky afield. 31 people have sent that. Kentucky Afield does a very good job of branding that they are the longest running outdoor TV show. It's part of the communications arm of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife. It's been airing since 1953. They claim it's the third longest running TV show of any subject matter and is just slightly younger than Meet the Press and the Today show.

[Seth Morris]

So that's syndicated or is it like a public access thing?

[Spencer Newharth]

I don't Know where they air it? I'm guessing on local stations in Kentucky, but like I said, it's put on by their state's wildlife agency. And. And it's just a standard hunting and fishing show with a touch of conservation. And they love to tell those folks in Kentucky who see it that it's the longest running outdoor TV show. So much so that 31 people in the last four years have sent me that question. Man.

[Steve Rinella]

And just after 10 seasons of Meteor, we were like, man, what are we going to do next? We got to send Steve all the way to Africa. And these guys have been doing 31 seasons in one state.

[Spencer Newharth]

No, 31 times I've been sent this question. They've been doing it 1953. So 70 years running.

[Steve Rinella]

70 seasons.

[Spencer Newharth]

Like I said, only Meet the Press and the Today show are older than them. So good for you, Kentucky Afield. Thanks to those folks who have sent that question. As you could tell, it'd be one that no one would get right, but good for the folks at Kentucky Afield.

[Steve Rinella]

Do you know what the most common infrequently asked question is, too? That's what I thought you would say. Yeah.

[Spencer Newharth]

One of them was about when Meat Eater Podcast guests will start participating again. That was a common one that folks would send in. All right, we have some housekeeping. During the Jabroni Championship, we had a question about the name of the yellow wildflower that combines an injury with a woman's name. Corey, what'd you put for that one?

[Giannis Brody]

The Brown Eyed Susan.

[Spencer Newharth]

Brown Eyed Susan, which was not right.

[Giannis Brody]

Which is a very common flower in.

[Spencer Newharth]

Gave me a real chuckle. The Brown Eyed. The correct answer was the Black Eyed Susan. Now, Michael Mote wrote in to say that besides the Black Eyed Susan, there should be another acceptable answer. It's not the Brown Eyed Susan, it's the Cut leaf daisy. Those are a yellow wildflower, and it does combine an injury with a woman's name. So if you said cut leaf daisy for that one, then you'd also.

[Steve Rinella]

Hold on, hold on. The injury is cut leaf.

[Spencer Newharth]

A cut would be an injury, and it's a daisy. So a cut leaf daisy, I would. I would give that. If someone, Nobody in the room said that and only one listener wrote in with that commentary. So if you were Michael or another person who said cut leaf Daisy, we'll give it to you. We're still not going to accept Brown Eyed Susan, though, which Corey said is a precursor to getting pink eye. Very much enjoyed that. All right, the Shelby index for today is a three. So Our winner should get six 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. Everything. How's that?

[Marge Roman]

You stand to win everything.

[Giannis Brody]

Game on, suckers.

[Spencer Newharth]

Question 1. The topic is woodsmanship. This first great question is via Charlie McDonald, and as always, it will be multiple choice. If a lightning strike and thunder are separated by 10 seconds, then how far away is the lightning? Is it 1 mile, 2 miles, 10 miles or 20 miles for our international listeners, that's 1.6 kilometers, 3.2 kilometers, 16 kilometers or 32.2 kilometers. So if a lightning strike and thunder are separated by 10 seconds, then how far away is the lightning? Your four choices would 1 mile, 2 miles, 10 miles, 20 miles. Does anybody know this?

[Corey Calkins]

I know what we used to say when we were kids.

[Spencer Newharth]

Right.

[Randall]

Same.

[Spencer Newharth]

See if that's accurate or not. Again, one, we had to have heard it somewhere. 2 miles, 10 miles, or 20 miles. And that's if the lightning strike and thunder are separated by 10 seconds. And that is 1.6 kilometers, 3.2 kilometers, 16 kilometers or 32.2 kilometers.

[Corey Calkins]

We're in America smiles.

[Spencer Newharth]

Is everybody ready? That's another common ifaq. Can we get more Canadian, New Zealand, Australian questions? Those three groups specifically. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have set saying 10. Roman, 10. Giannis, 10. Marge, 10. Corey, 10. Brody, 10. The correct answer is two miles. Nobody got it right. The general rule is that you count the number of seconds separating lightning and thunder, then divide by five for miles or divide by three for kilometers. Noah says that anytime you're close enough to hear thunder, you're close enough to get struck by lightning.

[Corey Calkins]

We just left off that divide by five part.

[Spencer Newharth]

So 10 seconds would be two miles for every five seconds. That's a mile.

[Steve Rinella]

So we were always all thinking we were a lot closer or a lot farther.

[Spencer Newharth]

A lot. Now you know.

[Steve Rinella]

Oh, Brody, what does your board say?

[Corey Calkins]

Hello, Mike Lee.

[Spencer Newharth]

The back of Brody's whiteboard says suck it. Mike Lee, you're here. Question two. The topic is conservation. This seven letter word is defined as, quote, the breaking of ice chunks from the edge of a glacier.

[Steve Rinella]

Oh, man, I hope I can get seven.

[Spencer Newharth]

This is question two. All six of our players got question one wrong. This seven letter word is defined as the breaking of ice chunks from the edge of a glacier. Giannis and Brody and Corey seem like they know it. Seth, do you have this one right?

[Marge Roman]

Well, the word I, the word I chose didn't quite add up.

[Spencer Newharth]

You've probably seen more glaciers. Anyone else here?

[Marge Roman]

Yeah, I've seen this happen before.

[Spencer Newharth]

Oh, that's cool. This seven letter word is defined as the breaking of ice chunks from the edge of a glacier.

[Randall]

Makes me think of the Titanic. Watched that recently, have you?

[Giannis Brody]

My kid really wants to watch that.

[Spencer Newharth]

And I think, oh, you don't let him.

[Giannis Brody]

Well, it's three hour movie, I think two and a half.

[Spencer Newharth]

He's watching.

[Randall]

You know, fun fact, one of the crew members, there's a last minute like crew exchange and guy got off the ship with the only key for all of the binoculars on the entire boat. So they didn't have binos the entire time they were out there. They were just locked away in a locker because of a last minute cruise.

[Spencer Newharth]

On the real Titanic.

[Randall]

On the real Titanic. Another fun fact, when they took took off from port, there was a fire burning on board that had been burning in one of the coal, whatever coal storage areas for over a week and a half. They didn't put it out for two days into the voyage.

[Spencer Newharth]

So my fun fact could have said sooner.

[Corey Calkins]

Mark's going to do a Titanic trivia.

[Steve Rinella]

We like shipwrecks here.

[Spencer Newharth]

Again, this seven letter word is defined as the breaking of ice chunks from the edge of a glacier. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth and Roman without an answer. Giannis says calving. Marge without an answer. Corey and Brody say calving. They got it. The correct answer is calving. Calving can happen to glaciers, icebergs and ice shelves. If it happens on water, the falling ice can cause hazardous waves. These events are so powerful that the World Wildlife Fund says a calving glacier generates the loudest natural sound in the Arctic Ocean. Where were you at when you saw a calving glacier?

[Marge Roman]

Seth was in interior Alaska. We camped while we were I was dull sheep hunting with Steve and his brother and we can't like the whole valley below us was a glacier. So you'd lay there at night in your tent and just hear that thing. Oh, like big chunks falling off of it all night long, huh? Yeah.

[Spencer Newharth]

Very cool.

[Marge Roman]

It was loud.

[Spencer Newharth]

Question 3. The topic is fishing. This next great question is via Nicholas Bush. This is an audio question. Phil is going to play you one minute of a song about fishing and you need to tell me who the artist is. Take it away, Phil.

[Giannis Brody]

Nitty gritty.

[Corey Calkins]

I'm already mad.

[Spencer Newharth]

Well, I love her. I love to fish. I spend all day out on this lake.

[Marge Roman]

That's an easy one.

[Corey Calkins]

What do we need to tell you?

[Spencer Newharth]

Tell me who sing. Who is Singing this song, she'd be packing all her things, and she be gone by noon.

[Steve Rinella]

Oh, my God. It's terrible. I just go. I have just like a go to country guy that I just. Whose name I write down when these things come up.

[Marge Roman]

If you don't have it by now, you're not getting it.

[Randall]

I have no idea.

[Spencer Newharth]

No, he doesn't say his own name in this song, so.

[Steve Rinella]

No, it ain't Luke Combs.

[Giannis Brody]

Is it a new song, Seth?

[Marge Roman]

No.

[Giannis Brody]

Thank you.

[Spencer Newharth]

This.

[Randall]

All these music ones are always a genre of music that, to be honest, I don't listen to, so it's really hard for me. Like, throw me something.

[Corey Calkins]

Sounds a little like Axl Rose.

[Spencer Newharth]

Oh, wow. Yeah. Write that down. Seth needed two words, and he had the answer. Corey, how do you feel about your answer?

[Giannis Brody]

Really bad.

[Spencer Newharth]

Okay. Really bad.

[Steve Rinella]

What if there's any rap songs where they mention hunting, fishing.

[Spencer Newharth]

Oh, well, we had hoochie mama as an answer a few weeks ago, which was rap song. So there you go.

[Steve Rinella]

You know, I don't know that song.

[Spencer Newharth]

Seth, you really like that song?

[Marge Roman]

I mean, it's not my favorite, but I don't. I don't mind it.

[Spencer Newharth]

Okay.

[Steve Rinella]

Kelsey didn't like Johnny.

[Spencer Newharth]

Kelsey didn't make you pick between real.

[Corey Calkins]

It was.

[Marge Roman]

No, I listened to a lot of country.

[Spencer Newharth]

There you go.

[Marge Roman]

A lot of people give me about that, but I don't give a.

[Spencer Newharth]

A lot of people. I think like Steve.

[Marge Roman]

Yeah, Steve's along for sure.

[Corey Calkins]

He's only against a certain type of country.

[Steve Rinella]

Yeah, yeah. That's where I fall, too. I like. I listen to a lot of country too.

[Spencer Newharth]

Right. This country was not your favorite country.

[Randall]

No, no. O. I'm with that.

[Marge Roman]

I like all the country. The old, the semi old, the new.

[Spencer Newharth]

Okay, again, you need to tell me who was singing that song. Is everybody ready? Phil, what'd you think of that song?

[Seth Morris]

Not my favorite.

[Spencer Newharth]

Not his favorite. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying Brad Paisley. Roman without an answer. Giannis says Randy Travis. Marge says Keith Urban. Corey says Alan Jackson. Brody says Morgan Wallen. The correct answer is Br Pace.

[Giannis Brody]

Way to go, Seth.

[Marge Roman]

At least you guys wrote down country artists, right?

[Randall]

Was I. That was a country artist. Right.

[Steve Rinella]

Have you been listening to Brad Paisley?

[Marge Roman]

I mean, I grew up listening to country radio, so I don't know whenever.

[Steve Rinella]

So you knew about him as a kid?

[Marge Roman]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Spencer Newharth]

That tune is called I'm gonna miss her or the fishing Song. Brad Paisley wrote it in college and performed it at a student concert, then tried selling it to Garth Brooks. George Straight. And get this, Alan Jackson. Corey. He eventually decided to keep song for himself and released it on his second album in 2002. I'm gonna miss her. Got CMA nominations for song of the year, single of the year and video.

[Corey Calkins]

There you go.

[Spencer Newharth]

It was a highly celebrated song When.

[Marge Roman]

When Post Malone started dabbling with country, he covered that song and it was fantastic.

[Seth Morris]

He's Brad Paisley's a paleontology nut. He. When I worked at the Museum of the Rockies, he came in. He was just there a month ago.

[Spencer Newharth]

I saw you. He had a photo there a little while ago.

[Marge Roman]

Yeah, get him on the pod.

[Randall]

Nice.

[Spencer Newharth]

And he married the woman in that music video who was Phil. I bet you loved According to Jim, right?

[Seth Morris]

No, no, I'm not a Jim Belushi.

[Spencer Newharth]

She. She was the sister in law on that show. And that's. That's his wife. Question for the topic is hunting. Common, hooded and red breasted are the three types of this North American diver duck. Yeah.

[Corey Calkins]

These things are tasty.

[Spencer Newharth]

Corey, Brody, Yanni, all seem to know this one. Common, hooded and red breasted are the three types of this North American diver duck.

[Giannis Brody]

Common, comma, hooded, comma, look at.

[Spencer Newharth]

Yep, right behind you can see common is 1, hooded is 2, and red breasted is 3. They are the three types of North American diver duck of this North American.

[Steve Rinella]

Where is Randall?

[Spencer Newharth]

He's in Germany right now. Oh, yes. Yeah. We're gonna have two Randalis episodes here the next couple weeks.

[Steve Rinella]

What if Steve was hunting in Germany? Would you be any more excited about that? No.

[Marge Roman]

Yeah, a little more.

[Spencer Newharth]

Yeah.

[Marge Roman]

Yeah. I don't know. America's pretty cool.

[Spencer Newharth]

Seth is about to spend America's birthday in Africa. He leaves in a couple days. Again, question four.

[Steve Rinella]

Which country in Africa?

[Marge Roman]

Seth, which country?

[Steve Rinella]

Yeah.

[Marge Roman]

Well, Africa is the country, right?

[Giannis Brody]

That's a continent.

[Spencer Newharth]

Yes.

[Marge Roman]

I don't know.

[Seth Morris]

You're going to Tanzania.

[Giannis Brody]

It's confusing.

[Marge Roman]

I don't go to Tanzania. No interest.

[Spencer Newharth]

And we could tell.

[Marge Roman]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newharth]

Common, hooded and red breasted are the three types of this North America.

[Corey Calkins]

You know, since your expectations are so low.

[Giannis Brody]

Yeah.

[Corey Calkins]

You probably have a good time.

[Steve Rinella]

I know.

[Marge Roman]

Do you think everyone I talk to says that you going there changes their life. So that's what I'm excited.

[Spencer Newharth]

Are you gonna celebrate the fourth of July while you're there?

[Clay Newcomb]

Hell yeah.

[Marge Roman]

Yeah, for sure.

[Spencer Newharth]

Take some fireworks, they won't mind.

[Marge Roman]

Big old American flag.

[Spencer Newharth]

There you go.

[Corey Calkins]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newharth]

Does everyone have an answer for question four? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying merganser, Roman says swallow Giannis Merganser. Marge, Corey and Brody say merganser. They got it. The correct answer is a merganser. Mergansers are categorized as saw bill diving ducks, which are fittingly named after their slim serrated bills. These specialized beaks help them catch and hold prey such as fish, crustaceans, and amphibians. Mergansers are considered one of the worst tasting ducks a hunter can harvest. Brody gave a little hint and said, they're delicious. How many organs have you eaten?

[Corey Calkins]

None. Yanis. I used to work for a fly fishing outfitter that just hated these things. I just wanted to kill them all.

[Spencer Newharth]

Why do you think that? You seen all the little trout? Oh, yeah, I bet. Yeah.

[Steve Rinella]

I think the very first float trip for fishing, maybe ever. Float trip. And the very first duck I ever shot was a combo for and it was ended up being a hooded merganser on Upper Colorado. Oh, yeah, yeah, we tried.

[Spencer Newharth]

Uh huh.

[Steve Rinella]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newharth]

I had my wife's uncle, he was duck hunting, did not intend to shoot a hooded merganser, but he shot once. Then he got it mounted because.

[Corey Calkins]

Yeah, if I was going to get a duck mounted.

[Spencer Newharth]

They're pretty. Yeah. They're all three types of teeth on their bill.

[Randall]

That would have been a good one for part of my plate.

[Spencer Newharth]

Yeah.

[Giannis Brody]

What makes them taste so bad?

[Spencer Newharth]

They're diet because they eat a lot of Brody's little trout.

[Corey Calkins]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newharth]

I'm reading a book right now where the author ate a loon and he said the worst thing he'd ever eaten was a merganser, but a loon was 10 times worse than that. Yeah, just oily.

[Steve Rinella]

Makes sense.

[Spencer Newharth]

Darker and even fishier.

[Corey Calkins]

See a lot of loons here this time of year in Montana.

[Marge Roman]

Yeah.

[Randall]

Migrating.

[Spencer Newharth]

Question 5. The topic is cooking. This culinary technique is defined as, quote, quickly cooking food in boiling water, then dunking it in ice water to stop the cooking process.

[Steve Rinella]

Oh, dang it. This was one of my questions for my upcoming episode.

[Spencer Newharth]

Okay. This culinary technique is defined as quickly cooking food in boiling water, then dunking it in ice water to stop the cooking process. This may be a 100 percenter. The room looks optimistic.

[Steve Rinella]

Did it come to you, Cory?

[Randall]

I like 50.

[Spencer Newharth]

50, 50, 50. Quickly cooking food in boiling water, then dunking it in ice water to stop the cooking process.

[Giannis Brody]

The word food is throwing me off, but everything else.

[Spencer Newharth]

Is. Everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth and Roman and Giannis and Marge. The whole room says blanching. The whole room got it right. The correct answer is blanching. Blanching is most commonly Done prior to freezing vegetables. Blanching also helps remove the skin of tomatoes and peaches, a step you might use before making salsa or pie. To learn about this process, check out our article on Themeeter.com called How to prepare your garden's harvest for winter storage.

[Corey Calkins]

You got to do that with crabs and shrimp too.

[Spencer Newharth]

That's. Can you blanch them every time?

[Corey Calkins]

Well, I mean, that's how we do it.

[Giannis Brody]

Shrimp cocktail.

[Steve Rinella]

Yeah.

[Marge Roman]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newharth]

You. You blanched some stuff from your garden this year? Going to be get into that.

[Corey Calkins]

The only thing I've harvested from my garden yet is a few strawberries and some radishes. It's like early summer, man.

[Spencer Newharth]

Are you going to have to blanch later this year?

[Corey Calkins]

Do you? No, we just eat the stuff fresh like. Well, we'll save some tomatoes, preserve some tomatoes, but that's it.

[Spencer Newharth]

Phil, we're halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard update. Wow. It's not good. No.

[Seth Morris]

Pretty close game. Last place we got Roman with one point.

[Spencer Newharth]

Maggie has.

[Marge Roman]

Come on, you got it.

[Seth Morris]

And the rest of the players are right in line with the Shelby index. We've got Seth, Corey, Brody and Giannis all tied up with three points at halftime.

[Spencer Newharth]

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[Spencer Newharth]

6 the topic is conservation. This next great question is via Josh Perry. The Wolf center defines this nine letter word as when scientists place devices on wild animals to track their movements and behaviors.

[Steve Rinella]

What?

[Spencer Newharth]

The Wolf center defines this nine letter word as when scientists place devices on wild animals to track their movements and behaviors. The room appears to be stumped after having a 100 percenter on question five. Brody, do you have this one right?

[Corey Calkins]

I got a nine letter word. Okay, that makes sense.

[Spencer Newharth]

Corey, do you have this one right?

[Giannis Brody]

50. 50.

[Spencer Newharth]

The Wolf center defines this nine letter word as when scientists place devices on wild animals to track their movements and behaviors.

[Giannis Brody]

Maybe 60.

[Spencer Newharth]

40. Oh, okay. He's growing more confident. Show your whiteboard to Brody. See what he thinks of it.

[Corey Calkins]

Yeah buddy.

[Spencer Newharth]

Okay. They are in agreement. Seth, do you have this one right?

[Marge Roman]

I don't know.

[Corey Calkins]

I don't know where they're both right or both wrong.

[Spencer Newharth]

Nine letter word?

[Corey Calkins]

No, in between.

[Spencer Newharth]

When scientists place devices on wild animals to track Their movements and behaviors. Giannis looks stumped down there. He did not have this question for his next time hosting. How you doing, Yanni?

[Marge Roman]

I honestly.

[Corey Calkins]

Giannis always does this and then comes up with it.

[Marge Roman]

I honestly don't exactly know what the. The word is that I. What it means. The word I put down.

[Spencer Newharth]

Oh, okay. Well, we're all.

[Marge Roman]

Which is something I've heard before.

[Spencer Newharth]

You know, the Wolf center defines this. Nine letter word is when scientists place devices on wild animals to track their movements and behavior.

[Steve Rinella]

Years, I've written down the same word three times, and every time it's ten letters.

[Spencer Newharth]

Oh, okay.

[Marge Roman]

Yeah, just lose one of them.

[Spencer Newharth]

Yeah, maybe. Yeah, maybe you're spelling it.

[Steve Rinella]

That's what I do.

[Spencer Newharth]

Maybe you're just spelling it wrong.

[Giannis Brody]

Yeah, drop the E. That's a good, good point.

[Corey Calkins]

Drop the E. Use two T's.

[Spencer Newharth]

Make it slang. Drop the G. Is everybody ready?

[Steve Rinella]

I need some. I need some space in my brain.

[Spencer Newharth]

What do you currently fill that space with?

[Steve Rinella]

Right now, it's all this chitter chatter. I need some space to come up with the answer.

[Spencer Newharth]

Yep. Marge, do you have this one right?

[Randall]

No, I just added ing.

[Spencer Newharth]

All right. Yeah. You give up?

[Steve Rinella]

Yeah, I guess I would do.

[Spencer Newharth]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying telemetry. Roman says, analyzing. Giannis without an answer. Marge says collaring. Cordy collaring. Brody, collaring. The correct answer is telemetry. Seth, get out of that one. Right.

[Giannis Brody]

You're joking. Waiting for the punchline.

[Spencer Newharth]

No, it's telemetry. This is what the Wolf center defines that nine letter word as.

[Corey Calkins]

Well, I could define collaring that way, too, buddy.

[Spencer Newharth]

Well, the Wolf center does. Does not. As we learned on a previous episode of Trivia, technology used to track Sputnik is what birthed the science of wildlife telemetry. This GPS research has been used across the animal kingdom, from whales to butterflies. Question seven.

[Steve Rinella]

I'm like, there's no way it's telemetry. Because who the hell's done that in the last 20 years since the advent.

[Spencer Newharth]

Of GPS, still used today? Well, telemetry.

[Steve Rinella]

Is that true?

[Spencer Newharth]

Is GPS?

[Corey Calkins]

Well, there's radio and there's GPS.

[Steve Rinella]

Huh.

[Spencer Newharth]

GPS. Question seven. The topic is natural history.

[Corey Calkins]

There's collaring, though.

[Spencer Newharth]

This man who was America's Secretary of State negotiated the deal to purchase Alaska from Russia.

[Steve Rinella]

Oh, some.

[Spencer Newharth]

This man who was America's Secretary of State negotiated the deal to purchase Alaska from Russia.

[Marge Roman]

It wasn't Mike Lee because he'd want to sell Alaska to Russia.

[Spencer Newharth]

That's right.

[Randall]

Good one.

[Spencer Newharth]

How many letters Brody has. That's right. I'm not going to tell you. Brody can tell you if he likes this man who was America's Secretary of State, negotiated the deal to purchase Alaska from Russia.

[Steve Rinella]

Brody just did. Do you guys know what the. I think it's called Valsalva. Do you guys know what that is? Maneuver. It's something I learned about when I was having those. The heart palpitations things more often. And it's basically a way that you like, like scrunch down your body and like create pressure to like kind of reset your heart so that it quits doing it. I think Brody just did that exercise, the Valsalve maneuver to push that answer into his curl up frontal cortex.

[Giannis Brody]

We all try it.

[Steve Rinella]

Did you.

[Spencer Newharth]

Is that something you did, Yanni?

[Steve Rinella]

Yeah, I tried it, but then I later learned that it didn't. Doesn't really work for the kind of issue I was dealing with.

[Spencer Newharth]

Again, this is question seven. The topic is natural history. There are five blank whiteboards. And then Brody, who thinks he has.

[Corey Calkins]

I'm tempted to give everyone a hint.

[Randall]

Yeah, please.

[Spencer Newharth]

This man who was America's Secretary of State negotiated the deal to purchase a landscape to make things fun from Russia.

[Corey Calkins]

What's the score, Phil?

[Spencer Newharth]

Well, I think Seth has a one point lead on you.

[Steve Rinella]

Do I need a first and last name?

[Spencer Newharth]

Last name is good enough. These will be Jeopardy. Rules for this one. This man who was America's Secretary of State negotiated Brody.

[Steve Rinella]

I'm not gonna change it from Russia.

[Spencer Newharth]

He flashed his whiteboard to Bro.

[Randall]

Wow. Please.

[Corey Calkins]

It's Someone's Bali.

[Spencer Newharth]

Wow.

[Marge Roman]

Chester.

[Steve Rinella]

Will that help me?

[Giannis Brody]

No, it doesn't help at all.

[Corey Calkins]

The purchase of Alaska was called Someone's Folly.

[Spencer Newharth]

There is a hint from Brody. The answer is not now.

[Corey Calkins]

Watch. I'm gonna get it wrong, but I think I'm right.

[Spencer Newharth]

There was an episode of ice fishing that was named Chester's Folly.

[Corey Calkins]

Yeah, it's not Chester. He didn't buy Alaska.

[Spencer Newharth]

What was the folly on that trip? Trip? What was the issue? Too cold? He planned the trip breaking down.

[Marge Roman]

Yeah, he should have pulled the plug and we should have not gone.

[Spencer Newharth]

How many fish were caught?

[Marge Roman]

Oh, I don't. We. I mean, we caught quite a few perch, but just. Just everything broke. Yeah, it was. Yeah, it was rough. 50 below. It's tough to ice fish in that stuff.

[Corey Calkins]

That'll turn you off ice fishing forever. Yeah.

[Marge Roman]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newharth]

Brody is handed out a hint that it was someone's folly and it did not help anybody in the room. But I bet there's listeners who have come up with the answer?

[Steve Rinella]

Oh, for sure.

[Spencer Newharth]

Is everybody ready?

[Marge Roman]

I'm just thinking.

[Spencer Newharth]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth without an answer. Roman says Smith, Giannis, Hancock, Marge without an answer. Corey says Hoover. Brody says C word. He got it.

[Marge Roman]

Seward.

[Spencer Newharth]

The correct answer. Seward. That's William Seward.

[Marge Roman]

That was Seward. Alaska.

[Spencer Newharth]

Edward's Folly at 2 cents per acre, which came out to $7.2 million. America acquired Alaska in 1867. Opponents of the purchase gave it the nickname Seward's Folly in Seward's icebox about 30 years later. Even his harshest critics changed their tune when the Klondike Gold rush began in 1896. Today, there's a town, peninsula, highway, and multiple schools in Alaska that carry his name. Question 8. The topic is fishing. Anglers sometimes mimic the larval stage of a Dobson fly, which goes by this ungodly name. Brody, quick to answer again. Angler sometimes made the larval stage of a Dobson fly, which goes by this ungodly name. Again, Brody has an answer. Five other whiteboards in the room that do not have an answer. This is question.

[Corey Calkins]

Seth should know this one.

[Spencer Newharth]

Yeah. Okay. You want to hand out any hints?

[Corey Calkins]

No, not this time.

[Spencer Newharth]

Did his generosity for this episode. Anglers sometimes mimic the larval stage of a Dobson fly, which goes by this ungodly name. When you say ungodly, it's gross to say. It's like, not gonna give you any hints.

[Corey Calkins]

No more hints, Buddy.

[Spencer Newharth]

Corey, do you have this one right?

[Giannis Brody]

The ungodly name gave me an answer.

[Spencer Newharth]

Okay.

[Giannis Brody]

I hope it's right.

[Corey Calkins]

Let me see.

[Spencer Newharth]

We'll see.

[Corey Calkins]

Yep.

[Spencer Newharth]

Now, the last time those two agreed, they did not have the right answer.

[Giannis Brody]

Sweet.

[Spencer Newharth]

Yanni, do you have an answer?

[Steve Rinella]

No, not yet.

[Spencer Newharth]

Oh, come. Anglers sometimes mimic the larval stage of this Dobson.

[Corey Calkins]

But I think you just gave Giannis.

[Giannis Brody]

A. I'm an angler.

[Spencer Newharth]

You're an angler?

[Corey Calkins]

Oh, yeah, man. Yeah. We'll talk more.

[Spencer Newharth]

Oh.

[Giannis Brody]

I mean, I see him all the time. I just never have used it.

[Spencer Newharth]

Really?

[Corey Calkins]

You don't got him out here?

[Marge Roman]

You don't see him all the time?

[Clay Newcomb]

I feel like I do.

[Corey Calkins]

I don't think so.

[Giannis Brody]

Not here, west of you.

[Spencer Newharth]

Yanni's really studying this conversation. Buddy thinks he has the right answer. Okay. Do you have an answer, Seth?

[Marge Roman]

Google it. Yeah.

[Spencer Newharth]

Okay. And has it. Is it an ungodly name?

[Marge Roman]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newharth]

Okay.

[Marge Roman]

Maybe Brody and I are wrong.

[Corey Calkins]

Maybe. But I don't think so.

[Spencer Newharth]

Yani is really squinting, I think.

[Marge Roman]

Yeah, I think Brody and I are on the same page.

[Spencer Newharth]

Giannis, anything coming to you?

[Steve Rinella]

No.

[Giannis Brody]

Must not have been much of a fishing guide, huh?

[Marge Roman]

Well, he wanted.

[Corey Calkins]

No, he wouldn't have.

[Marge Roman]

No, it wouldn't have been.

[Spencer Newharth]

Okay.

[Giannis Brody]

Yeah, right.

[Steve Rinella]

That's where it sounds like. It's a Pennsylvania bug.

[Corey Calkins]

The mighty Juniata River. They got him there.

[Marge Roman]

You want to catch a smally?

[Spencer Newharth]

Marge, do you have an answer?

[Giannis Brody]

Let's go.

[Randall]

Not the right answer.

[Spencer Newharth]

Okay, is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers.

[Steve Rinella]

We have Seth saying Hellgramite.

[Spencer Newharth]

Roman without an answer. Giannis says hex. Marge says sex Dungeon. Very good. Wrong but ungodly. Corey says Hellgramite. Brody says hellgramite. They got it. The correct answer is hellgramite, and the spelling is H, E, L, L, G, R A, M, M I, T E. Hellgramite. Hellgramites are a universal fish food, getting eaten by trout, bass, catfish, panfish, and more. The most popular way to imitate one is with a woolly bugger fly. But if you want to use the real thing, then check out our article on Theme Eater.com called Creepy Crawlers. How to Catch and Fish with Hellgramites.

[Corey Calkins]

They'll draw blood, man.

[Marge Roman]

Yeah, they're nice.

[Spencer Newharth]

They got some big old pinchers on them. So what's. What is your familiarity with Hellgrammites?

[Corey Calkins]

We used to use them for bait.

[Spencer Newharth]

For a small Pennsylvania.

[Marge Roman]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newharth]

Corey, go flip rocks. Where do you think you've seen Hellgramites that Brody disagrees with you on?

[Giannis Brody]

I just looked it up. I was way off, but as an angler, I knew all about this.

[Spencer Newharth]

Good on you, Phil. Let's get a scoreboard update. We have two questions left. Here we are.

[Seth Morris]

Roman still has his point. He's holding on to it.

[Steve Rinella]

Maggie has two.

[Randall]

Yep.

[Seth Morris]

Giannis has three, Corey has four. And tied up in first place are Brody Henderson and Seth Morris with five anglers.

[Giannis Brody]

And all the fishing questions should be done for now.

[Spencer Newharth]

They are. Question nine. The topic is hunting. Who wrote the 1973 Turkey Hunting Book 10th Legion?

[Giannis Brody]

Oh, get out.

[Spencer Newharth]

Who wrote the 1973 Turkey Hunting book 10th Legion? Brody, quick to answer. Seth has now joined him. Corey, do you have a chance at this one?

[Giannis Brody]

No.

[Spencer Newharth]

No. Okay, who's read this book in here? Okay. Yanni. Seth.

[Marge Roman]

No, I read part. I didn't read the whole thing yet.

[Spencer Newharth]

Yanni, you have this one, right? Then?

[Steve Rinella]

I do.

[Spencer Newharth]

Who wrote the 1973 Turkey Hunting Book?

[Steve Rinella]

But so does Brody, so I'm not gonna be able to take him down today.

[Giannis Brody]

Monday's Meat Eater podcast, if you haven't.

[Spencer Newharth]

Listened to it yet, did they talk about this?

[Giannis Brody]

Mm, yep. We had Will Primo.

[Spencer Newharth]

Wilbur talked about this specific book?

[Giannis Brody]

Yeah, I was in the room.

[Spencer Newharth]

Did they say his name?

[Corey Calkins]

You were.

[Spencer Newharth]

When you saw the answer, did you remember that name from the podcast?

[Seth Morris]

I actually own a copy of this book.

[Spencer Newharth]

Okay.

[Seth Morris]

For some reason, and I've never read it, but. But yeah, yeah, he was at a NWTF one year too, which is very funny. Just sitting like him just sitting behind a desk, like, citing copies and stuff.

[Spencer Newharth]

Who wrote the 1973 turkey hunting book Tenth Legion? Does everybody know?

[Steve Rinella]

It's not just for some reason. It's because you're an aspiring turkey hunter, and Ben o' Brien gifted you that to help you, you know, to inspire you.

[Spencer Newharth]

Ben had him on the podcast. I feel like at one time.

[Seth Morris]

Yeah, I think that was before my time, but, yeah, he did.

[Spencer Newharth]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying Tom Kelly. Roman without an answer. Giannis says Colonel Tom Kelly. Marge without an answer. Corey says Knox. That's right. Brody says Tom Kelly. They got it. The correct answer is Tom Kelly. Tom Kelly's website is declared it the bible of wild turkey hunting. The name of the book is from Col. Kelly's comparison of turkey hunting to Caesar's 10th Legion. In his analogy, he says both groups have a cult like obsession and common goal. Phil, before question 10, give us a final scoreboard update.

[Seth Morris]

It's down to Seth and Brody. They're still tied up with six points.

[Marge Roman]

This never happened.

[Corey Calkins]

We got a fish in it. One.

[Spencer Newharth]

For the last question, the topic is gear. Damn. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Brad Hankins presenting this great question. Brad is going to get a board game signed by the crew. If you want a chance to win our listener question of the week, then send your question to Trivia the Meat eater dot com.

[Steve Rinella]

I'm rooting for you, Seth.

[Marge Roman]

Thanks, Johnny.

[Steve Rinella]

Last time you had a win.

[Marge Roman]

I don't even know. It's been so long. A long time. Maybe the old office.

[Spencer Newharth]

Okay. Wow. That was. That was 2023.

[Marge Roman]

Then maybe here. I have no clue.

[Spencer Newharth]

All right.

[Marge Roman]

I don't remember.

[Spencer Newharth]

Question 10. The topic is gear. This is for all the marbles. Columbia, Pendleton, Keane, Danner, Benchmade, Leatherman, Gerber and Leupold are all headquartered in this state. Seth quick to answer, Brody taking his time.

[Steve Rinella]

Oh, this is an E. It's gonna be a. What do they call it?

[Spencer Newharth]

Tiebreaker.

[Steve Rinella]

Tiebreaker.

[Spencer Newharth]

Columbia.

[Steve Rinella]

Tiebreaker.

[Spencer Newharth]

Danner, Benchmade, Leatherman, Gerber and Leupold are all headquartered in this state.

[Marge Roman]

I definitely have it down to two.

[Spencer Newharth]

Okay. Marge and Yanni agree on what the state is.

[Randall]

And I'm pretty sure maybe the first one no longer is there potentially. Or maybe they moved it from the capital of this state due to some conflicts.

[Spencer Newharth]

Brody, how do you feel about your answer?

[Corey Calkins]

99 point. Oh, it's a complex 9%.

[Randall]

Okay, give it away.

[Spencer Newharth]

Cory, you gonna come up with an answer? Columbia, Pendleton, Danner, Benchmade, Leatherman, Gerber and Lew pulled one out.

[Steve Rinella]

I think you should have at least a one out of 49. One out of 48 chance.

[Spencer Newharth]

I mean, go ahead, write another one down. Marge declared it a bad guess.

[Marge Roman]

There's no helites. There.

[Seth Morris]

Probably isn't.

[Randall]

Give us, give us another one.

[Spencer Newharth]

Making a third swap.

[Randall]

Maybe go the other direction.

[Steve Rinella]

The other direction.

[Spencer Newharth]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying Oregon. Roman says Oregon. Giannis, Oregon. Marge, Oregon. Corey, Washington. Brody, Oregon. The correct answer is Oregon. That means we're gonna go to overtime between Brody.

[Corey Calkins]

Wonderful.

[Spencer Newharth]

All of those brands are headquartered in Portland, besides Benchmade, which is in Oregon City, and Leopold which is in Beaverton. Portland considers themselves quot the world's epicenter for apparel and outdoor gear companies. They claim to have the largest concentration of outdoor brands in America besides Bozeman. Tell us about your answers, Corey. What were the two states you arrived at before with?

[Giannis Brody]

Kentucky.

[Spencer Newharth]

Okay.

[Giannis Brody]

And that got laughed at. Then I threw out Pennsylvania just because these two jumped on it.

[Marge Roman]

So.

[Giannis Brody]

Yeah, and that got laughed at. I should have known. With penalty.

[Marge Roman]

Did you go? Yeah. Did you go Kentucky, cousin of Penton?

[Giannis Brody]

No, I just threw that out there.

[Spencer Newharth]

We are headed to overtime. Play the drop, Phil.

[Clay Newcomb]

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

[Spencer Newharth]

That's funny.

[Clay Newcomb]

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

[Spencer Newharth]

The tie breaking topic is conservation. This tie breaking question is via Jesse Patterson. This will be a numerical question, so whoever is closest between Brody and Seth will be declared the winner. But the other four players will also 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. How many states have a national grassland? How many states have a national grassland? Seth has a blank whiteboard. While it appears that Brody is making a list, two different strategies unfolding in front of us. How many states have a national grassland?

[Marge Roman]

I have no clue. Okay, so it's going to be a.

[Giannis Brody]

Guess between 1 and 50.

[Spencer Newharth]

Giannis also making a list now.

[Steve Rinella]

No, no list. I'm writing down one number.

[Spencer Newharth]

Huh. How Many states have a national grassland. I think this is back to back weeks of tiebreakers after having like a three month stretch earlier this year without a tiebreaker. It's raining overtime around these days.

[Steve Rinella]

I was hoping for a little bit of a closer game on Sunday, Sunday night, but didn't happen. For the old Yesers, you know, Rome.

[Spencer Newharth]

Where do they rank among your favorite teams? I've got a feeling. Number two.

[Marge Roman]

I don't have a clue.

[Steve Rinella]

You know, if you made me. Made me choose and.

[Spencer Newharth]

And put them in a, you'd go Bucks number one.

[Steve Rinella]

No. Why?

[Spencer Newharth]

I don't know.

[Steve Rinella]

No. Because I was born in Indianapolis.

[Spencer Newharth]

Number one then.

[Steve Rinella]

Yeah. So they'd be number one, and then Denver two, Pistons two, then Denver, then Denver Nuggets.

[Randall]

Gotta love the Pistons.

[Spencer Newharth]

I'll take top three for Yanni's fandom.

[Randall]

One of the best.

[Steve Rinella]

Boring.

[Marge Roman]

Spencer, are you a Bucks fan?

[Spencer Newharth]

No. No.

[Marge Roman]

Who's the Bucks fan?

[Spencer Newharth]

Giannis is.

[Marge Roman]

Oh. I saw a Buck sweatshirt at Goodwill the other day, and I was gonna buy it, but I couldn't remember who. Who the fan was.

[Spencer Newharth]

I've been awful polite of you, Spencer.

[Randall]

I got. I forgot to tell you. I got to go tour behind the scenes of the Timberwolves training facility, because my friend's friend is the chef for the Timberwolves. So I got to go behind scenes, see all the cool stuff.

[Steve Rinella]

But Goodwill's no longer Goodwill. Or were you somewhere else?

[Marge Roman]

No, it was Goodwill.

[Spencer Newharth]

There's a Goodwill in Belgrade. We went from two to one. What was the coolest thing you saw there, Marge?

[Randall]

It was the way they can tell. There's like all this camera equipment around the basket, looking down just at the basket, and how accurate the ball is, like touching with inside the rim. And I took a video of it, and they're like, you can't share that anywhere.

[Spencer Newharth]

You got to do that.

[Randall]

So I did.

[Spencer Newharth]

Does everyone have an answer for how many states have a national grassland? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Roman saying seven, Giannis says one, Marge says 13, Corey says six. And our two players remaining, we have Seth saying nine and Brody saying four. The correct answer is 12, giving Seth the victory. And Marge was only one off. Those 12 states are California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Oregon, South Dakota and Wyoming. Twelve states have a national grassland. All right, Seth, what are you gonna do with your $500 today?

[Marge Roman]

You know, I didn't even think about it, but. Because I usually never get to this point, but with all this public land stuff going on and Mike Lee being a meathead. Let's go. Bha.

[Spencer Newharth]

That's too nice of a way to describe him. Yeah, he's a. How about that?

[Marge Roman]

Yeah.

[Corey Calkins]

Family show. Come on.

[Spencer Newharth]

500 going to BHA via seth. Well done, Seth. It's gotta feel good, right? Right before. It's a very exciting trip.

[Marge Roman]

Yep.

[Spencer Newharth]

Have fun.

[Steve Rinella]

Can't wait. Life changing.

[Randall]

Life changing.

[Spencer Newharth]

Join us next week for more Meat Eater trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins.

[Steve Rinella]

Give me the boards.

[Corey Calkins]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newharth]

Spencer from South Dakota, he's the host. Using those smooth, mellow tones, he lays them questions and he likes taking those two and three year old bucks. And he's an avid amateur rock hound.

[Dan Flores]

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[Clay Newcomb]

Audio Steve Rinella here. The American west with Dan Flores is a new podcast production on the Meat Eater Podcast Network. It's hosted by author and historian Dan Flores, who happens to be mine and our own Dr. Randall, former professor. By focusing on deep time wild animals, native peoples in the west, unique environments, Flores will challenge your understanding of the American west and he will help to explain why it is the way it is today. I count Dan Flores as a friend. We do not agree on everything, but he has had a massive impact on my understanding of American history and I invite you to get challenged by him in the same way that I have. Catch the premiere of the American west with Dan flores on Tuesday, May 6th on the meat Eater Podcast Network. Subscribe to the American west with Dan Flores On Apple, Spotify, iHeart or wherever you get your podcasts. Listen to Dan and it will stretch your brain all out. And I mean that in a very good way.

[Spencer Newharth]

This is an I heart podcast.