Ep. 761: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLXXXI

Summary

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The MeatEater Podcast: Ep. 761 – Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLXXXI (September 10, 2025)

Episode Overview

In this lively episode of The MeatEater Podcast, host Spencer Newarth leads the team through another round of MeatEater Trivia, a 10-question quiz show covering the outdoors: hunting, fishing, conservation, and wild foods. The group is full of humor and off-beat banter, with questions ranging from wildlife facts to outdoor gear and pop culture references. The winner receives a $500 donation to the conservation organization of their choice.

Featured Participants:

• Spencer Newarth (Host)
• Giannis “Yanni” Putelis
• Brody Henderson
• Randall
• Seth
• Corey
• Logan
• Phil (Engineer, Scorekeeper)

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Opening Banter (01:25–05:44)

• Spencer introduces the trivia format and areas covered: “hunting, fishing, conservation and cooking.”
• Previous episode was notably competitive, with a rare overtime perfect game.
• Group jokes about the odds of trivia results compared to real-life probabilities (e.g., IRS audits).
• Lighthearted tax talk: Giannis contemplates hiring a CPA due to increasingly complex finances, launching jokes about writing off ammo and turkey calls.

“I am, for the first time ever this upcoming year, going to pay a legit CPA to do all my stuff, because it's getting complicated.” – Giannis (03:13)

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Trivia Game Begins

Question 1 (Conservation) [06:14]

• Q: Which of these states does NOT have pika: Washington, Arizona, Utah, or Oregon?
• A: Arizona
• Discussion:
  • Pika are sensitive to climate change and found in cold climates.
  • “They can die from heat exposure when temps rise above 78 degrees.” – Spencer (07:12)
  • Group shares sightings and trivia about pika range.

Question 2 (Hunting) [08:48]

• Q: What does the archery acronym “FOC” stand for?
• A: Front Of Center
• Debate: Some contestants argue for “Forward Of Center”.
• Resolution: Both answers eventually awarded after group consults archery forums and magazines.

“FOC or front of center describes the percentage of the arrow's total weight that is located in the front half. In general, high FOC means your arrow will fly with good stability…” – Spencer (10:47)

Question 3 (Gear) [12:28]

• Q: This sporting goods store with an educational name has over 1/3 of its 301 locations in Texas.
• A: Academy
• Discussion: Speculation about other answers, playful commentary about gear.

Question 4 (Wildlife) [14:39]

• Q: 12-letter word: A technique bats & dolphins use to locate objects with sound wave reflection.
• A: Echolocation
• Interlude: More ribbing and phone-use accusations as contestants discuss terminology minutiae.

Question 5 (Fish) [18:44]

• Q: Name 3 continents brown trout are native to.
• A: Europe, Asia, Africa
• Discussion:
  • Surprise that brown trout aren't native to North America.
  • Banter about what defines "native" species and fish introduction in the US.

“Why the hell do we care so much about them here?... Because most predatory of all species of trout.” – Giannis & Spencer (23:35)

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Trivia Game (Continued)

Scoreboard Update [24:26]

• Randall, Brody, and Giannis in the lead with 5/5 after a controversial scoring decision on FOC.

Question 6 (Wildlife) [26:16]

• Q: This squid is the world's heaviest invertebrate and has the world's biggest eyeball.
• A: Colossal Squid
• No one gets it correct.
• Fun Fact: Its eyeball can be as large as a soccer ball. (“10 inches in diameter.”)

Question 7 (Gear) [29:03]

• Q: What is a tarp cut in the shape of your tent floor called?
• A: Footprint
• Group consensus; all get it right.

Question 8 (Hunting/Dogs) [30:49]

• Q: The _____ _____ Duck Tolling Retriever is the smallest AKC retriever.
• A: Nova Scotia
• No one gets it right.
• Discussion: Jokes about increasingly rare hunting dog breeds gaining popularity.

Question 9 (Cooking/Film) [34:09]

• Q: A Mayan warrior is tricked into eating tapir testicles in the opening scene of this 2006 Mel Gibson film.
• A: Apocalypto
• Discussion:
  • Debate on the film’s merits, its all-subtitled presentation, and Mel Gibson’s controversial era.
  • “Hard to say I love it, but this is the era Mel Gibson really went off the rails as a public persona.” – Randall (35:52)

Scoreboard Before Final Question [37:12]

• A three-way tie between Randall, Giannis, and Brody.

Question 10 (Ecology) [37:18]

• Q: Name two of the five states producing the most sunflowers in 2024.
• A: North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, California
• No leader gets both correct.
• Tiebreaker triggered.

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Overtime/Tiebreaker (Public Lands) [39:19]

• Q: What year was Mount Rushmore finished?
• A: 1941
• Winner: Brody (closest with 1951)
• Fun Fact: "The project was supposed to include a Hall of Records… plans were canceled after the sculptor died and WWII began." (42:14)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “You should start a conservation org.” – Spencer, after wry debate on fish nativity (24:03)
• On colossal squid: “I don’t like that question. I don’t like knowing that exists.” – Randall (28:57)
• “If you fight hard enough, anything’s possible in a ten-question game.” – Corey (24:45)
• “They can die from heat exposure when temps rise above 78 degrees.” – Spencer (07:12)
• On the trivia rivalry: “Been a tough second [half]... someone’s going to falter here.” – Spencer (33:52)
• On Mel Gibson & Apocalypto: “Hard to say I love it, but… this is the era Mel Gibson really went off the rails as a public persona.” – Randall (35:52)

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Donations & Conservation Focus

• Winner’s Charity: Brody selects the Montana Vet Program (“trips down the Smith River with veterans… campsite cleanup and river bank stabilization”—43:04).
• Prize: $500 donated, fulfilling the show’s recurring theme: “Where conservation always wins.”

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Opening Banter and Rules: 01:25–05:44
• Question 1 (Pika Distribution): 06:14
• Question 2 (FOC in Archery): 08:48
• Question 4 (Echolocation): 14:39
• Question 5 (Brown Trout Distribution): 18:44
• Scoreboard Update: 24:26
• Question 6 (Colossal Squid): 26:16
• Question 9 (Apocalypto): 34:09
• Final Question and Tiebreaker: 37:18–41:31
• Winner Announcement & Donation: 42:39–43:30

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Episode Tone & Atmosphere

The episode features the playful, energetic chemistry characteristic of MeatEater’s regulars. Even as debates over technical terminology get heated (e.g., “front of center” vs. “forward of center”), the humor and camaraderie keep things grounded. The competitive spirit and love of the outdoors shine, punctuated by jokes, personal stories, and gentle ribbing rooted in deep expertise.

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Summary by The MeatEater Podcast Summarizer.

Transcript

[Spencer Newarth]

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[Spencer Newarth]

It'S a me 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 Giannis, Brody, Randall, Seth, Corey and Logan. This is a 10 round quiz show with questions from meat eaters. 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. The last episode we had Brody and Giannis go to overtime with both players having a perfect game that's only happened once before in 180 episodes, meaning it occurs slightly more than 1% of the time. That's about the same odds as getting audited by the IRS or flipping a coin seven times and getting heads every single time. Or drawing a rifled mule deer tag on the Arizona strip as a non resident with 26 points. Or a girl born in America between the years 2000 and 2019 being named Emma. All those things about 1% of the.

[Randall]

Time I thought it was going to be Taylor.

[Spencer Newarth]

You think that's a 2000 or 2019?

[Randall]

Well, I don't know. It's just tying into your interest in pop culture.

[Spencer Newarth]

Emma. Emma's been hot in the streets the last two decades.

[Giannis]

We had a dog named Emma growing up.

[Spencer Newarth]

You were sent in the trend, Seth?

[Giannis]

Maybe. Doubt it.

[Spencer Newarth]

Audited by the irs. Yanni, how many times you been audited by the irs?

[Giannis]

Zero.

[Spencer Newarth]

I was reading you're most likely to be audited if you claim over $10 million or $0 or less. So I was getting. My antennas were going to be up. If you said that you've been audited, you haven't, though.

[Giannis]

Yeah, I'd have a lot more land.

[Brody]

I think he's got it. He's got his cash buried on his land.

[Giannis]

I am, I am, for the first time ever this upcoming year, going to pay a legit CPA to do all my stuff because it's getting complicated.

[Randall]

Fancy.

[Giannis]

I feel like I'm growing up kind of in a way, domesticating myself, you.

[Spencer Newarth]

Know, out of college, I was freelancing and I remember being so stressed about doing my own taxes as a freelancer. Like, what if I miss a $200 invoice from North American Whitetail? And then that same year, I went to New York City for the first time. And I remember being on the cab, going into the city and seeing, like all the buildings and cars and people and being like, they. They have no idea I even exist. I could do anything I want. Like, I am so far from their radar, I don't think I need to worry about expensing printer ink. When I was like 23 in freelance.

[Randall]

I do my taxes, honestly, but I always feel like I shouldn't be doing them. I feel like I'm doing something I shouldn't be. Like, if someone walked in, they'd be.

[Giannis]

Like, what are you doing?

[Randall]

And I'm like, I didn't touch it. These are important looking documents. I didn't touch any of them.

[Spencer Newarth]

It gives me a little nervous energy each time.

[Giannis]

Aren't you worried every time, though, that you're leaving a little bit on the table?

[Spencer Newarth]

Yes, but that little amount may not be recouped by a cpa.

[Brody]

Yeah, Giannis is writing off ammo and Turkey call.

[Giannis]

No, listen, halfway through the hour long consultation, I was like, basically, here's the deal. I need to save more than what I'm paying to you. And they were like, oh, yeah, we can do that. We got this. No problem.

[Spencer Newarth]

Now here's our infrequently asked question segment. If you have a trivia related question for our crew, send it to trivia the mediator.com with the subject line IFAQ GRIFFIN Carruthers says, how is the listener question of the week decided? Are all submissions put into a draw or does Spencer just decide his favorite? No, I just picked my favorite from that week. There's four questions every week from listeners that make it into the script. I just picked my favorite one that I think is best for the show. That's closest to something I would write that I think maybe like half the room would get right.

[Giannis]

How often do you just make up your own infrequently asked question and make up an alias?

[Spencer Newarth]

I'm telling you, Yanni, you've never done it. People send the questions. You've been in the inbox. You see him? No housekeeping today, but the Shelby index is a 3.5, so our winner should get seven correct answers. Rough. 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?

[Randall]

You stand to win everything.

[Spencer Newarth]

Game on, suckers. If I was inventing my own ifaq, Yanni, I wouldn't make it a last name that I struggled to pronounce. Carothers Carruthers.

[Randall]

Just like Lewis Carruthers in An American Cycle.

[Giannis]

Spencer, because you're slick enough that you would throw that in there and be like, of course this wouldn't be me. This name is too hard for my simple brain to pronounce.

[Spencer Newarth]

Question 1. The topic is conservation and as always, this will be multiple choice. Which of these states does not have pica? Is it Washington, Arizona, Utah or Oregon?

[Giannis]

Pika.

[Spencer Newarth]

Pika. P I k Pronunciation. I looked it up and it said.

[Giannis]

Pika or pica, but that's what you're talking about.

[Spencer Newarth]

Is pika a P I k?

[Corey]

A potato? Potato.

[Giannis]

I wish didn't know what you were talking about for a second.

[Spencer Newarth]

Does not have pika. Washington, Arizona, Utah or Oregon? I can add more context to that pronunciation after this. Which of these states does not have pica? Washington, Arizona, Utah or Oregon?

[Corey]

Such a cute little critter.

[Randall]

Pica de Gallo.

[Giannis]

Not quite, but close. Yum.

[Spencer Newarth]

Three of those states have pico, one of them does not. Washington, Arizona, Utah, Oregon. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying Arizona, Corey, Arizona, Randall, Arizona, Logan, Oregon. Giannis and Brody say Arizona. They got it. The correct answer is Arizona. Pika are found in Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico. The National Wildlife Federation says they are especially sensitive to climate change, with warmer weather leading to their disappearance from one third of their range. In Oregon and Nevada, they are adapted to live in frigid areas and can die from heat exposure when temperatures rise above 78 degrees. I just saw my first pika in Lassen Volcanic National Park. I actually ran into the people who were trying to trap them. One of them said at pika. One of them said pika. I have never heard pika has anyone seen pika before? Cory?

[Corey]

Yeah, all the time.

[Spencer Newarth]

Everyone? The whole room?

[Giannis]

Yep, all the time.

[Corey]

All the time. They're very every time I go out. But they do sound like marmots. So you can't assume that that big high pitched squeak up in the high alpine rocks is a pika.

[Giannis]

I didn't know you spent that much time up in pika country.

[Randall]

Look at this guy.

[Giannis]

I know where he hunts. He's ain't up in pika country where he's chasing bulls around, are you?

[Corey]

No, no, it's two different next to the woods.

[Brody]

He's up there when he's hunting pikas.

[Corey]

Ooh, that sounds like Pardon my plate or snipes.

[Spencer Newarth]

Question 2. The topic is hunting. This next great question is via Kevin George. What does the archery acronym mean? FOC stand for?

[Giannis]

Yanny Bone here, Spencer.

[Spencer Newarth]

Well, it looks like we have six confident players. Everyone's quick to write. What does the archery acronym FOC stand for? Those trappers in Lassen Volcanic said they trap about two a year. They see them and hear them, but they're very wily and hard to trap.

[Randall]

Is that their full time job?

[Spencer Newarth]

No, I didn't gather it was.

[Giannis]

I've been on a few hunts, alpine hunts, where you're not seeing a lot of other critters and it seems like the only other living thing out there with you is a pika.

[Spencer Newarth]

That's fun. What does the archery acronym FOC stand for?

[Giannis]

Oh, no, hold on.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh.

[Giannis]

Make sure you get it right, Corey.

[Spencer Newarth]

Going back to the board. Oh, shoot. Randall, how confident are you?

[Randall]

Not confident at all, Spencer.

[Giannis]

Oh no. Really?

[Randall]

Not really.

[Giannis]

I mean I. I have a good acronym. One for my upcoming.

[Randall]

I'm going to be in the neighborhood.

[Logan]

I literally looked this up this morning, not. Not what it stood for, but I was trying to calculate my FOC on my arrows and I didn't look at what the acronym. I know the general idea of what it is, but I'm between two F words.

[Randall]

Yeah, we're in the same boat.

[Spencer Newarth]

Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying front of center. Corey, front of center.

[Giannis]

That's what I have.

[Spencer Newarth]

Randall, forward of center.

[Randall]

Are we right?

[Spencer Newarth]

Logan, front of center. Giannis, forward of center. Brody, front of center.

[Randall]

I feel like I'm in good company here.

[Spencer Newarth]

The correct answer is front of center.

[Logan]

Giannis's board. And I was like, I don't think that's.

[Spencer Newarth]

I don't think that's it. FOC or front of center describes the percentage of the arrow's Total weight that is located in the front half of the arrow. In general, a high foc means your arrow will fly with good stability but will nose dive at long distances. In an arrow with low foc holds its trajectory better but can fly erratically. Easton recommends 10 to 15% FOC for hunting setups. For. For more on the FOC debate, go read Dylan Tramp's article on the meat eater.com called are high front of center arrows overrated?

[Brody]

Are they honest?

[Giannis]

I don't think so.

[Spencer Newarth]

Logan, what was your calculation?

[Logan]

I'm at like 12.7%.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. Right in where Easton says is the sweet spot for a hunting setup. Yanni, do you know what your FOC is?

[Giannis]

Well, I have several. Three different arrow setups running these days and the lowest is about 12 and a half and the highest is like 21.

[Spencer Newarth]

You notice a big difference when you shoot those two arrows?

[Giannis]

Oh yeah, yeah.

[Logan]

It's crazy. Like the ones I shot last year at a higher foc and I feel like it's a more noticeable like thump when it hits things. I'm not sure if that translates to actual penetration, but.

[Giannis]

Oh, it goes through those white tailed deer bones and shoulders and anything that's in them just like they don't even know it. Just zips them and they run. Take a couple steps and they go, huh, that's weird. I feel a little woozy.

[Logan]

What's your preference out of those three? You said you had three different setups.

[Giannis]

Close range. I like the super heavy.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah.

[Giannis]

Because I don't need the time because I don't think they're going to jump my strength at 15 yards no matter what. Right. But the farther I get out, I like to have a little more speed.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah. Question three. The topic is gear. This sporting goods store with an educational name has over 1/3 of its 301 locations in Texas. Foreign Randall and Brody quick to answer. Seth, Logan, Yanni joining them. This sporting goods store was an educational name, has over one third of its 301 locations in Texas.

[Giannis]

I think you should. I think you should Google up, see if they would accept forward of center.

[Randall]

Yeah, that's a great call.

[Spencer Newarth]

Let's see here.

[Logan]

I'm so bummed I got that Arizona question.

[Brody]

We'd already moved on.

[Spencer Newarth]

Spencer, let's just. I am not seeing anything that says forward of center. Sorry. Honestly, I'm not going to take it again. We're on question three. This sporting goods store with an educational name has over one third of its 301 locations in Texas. Is everybody ready? Are you googling it now too, Randall.

[Randall]

I mean, I just. Why not?

[Giannis]

I believe that this sporting goods store is going to be carrying some first light.

[Brody]

I believe you're right.

[Giannis]

Too many hints.

[Spencer Newarth]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying Academy. Corey says Dicks. Randall and Logan and Giannis and Brody say Academy. They got it. The correct answer is Academy. Academy opened in 1938 in its home state of Texas. They plan to open about 170 more locations in the next five years. Academy sells hunting, fishing and camping gear along with sporting goods, farm footwear and apparel. I know Phelps is currently in Academy. Maybe more meat eater umbrella stuff on the way. Question for the topic is wildlife. This next great question is via Mariah Hofer. This 12 letter word is defined as quote, a technique used by animals such as bats and dolphins to determine the location of objects using the reflection of sound waves.

[Giannis]

Heard this word?

[Spencer Newarth]

This 12 letter word is defined as a technique used by animals such as bats and dolphins to determine the location of objects using the reflection of sound waves.

[Corey]

Randall, you wrote that down before it even popped up on the board.

[Randall]

I mean, I think you.

[Corey]

I. I smell collusion.

[Randall]

No, I just. I read it when it popped up on the board.

[Brody]

He was googling stuff earlier.

[Randall]

I know. Actually, I didn't Google anything because wouldn't let me access the Internet because my phone's on airplane mode. Unlike Corey, who's been texting and slacking this whole time. Phil, I hope the audio isn't compromised by my competitors airplane malfeasance and wi fi.

[Spencer Newarth]

All right. Wow.

[Corey]

Well, even though some of us are in here, some of us still have to work.

[Giannis]

Hey, Phil, when this is over, we gotta talk about dates for roasts. Okay. All right.

[Spencer Newarth]

Is Phil, you're judging way better than slack.

[Randall]

Oh, I can turn my wife.

[Spencer Newarth]

This 12 letter word is defined as a technique used by animals such as bats and dolphins to determine the location of objects using the reflection of sound waves. Randall, very quick to answer. Brody, do you have this one right?

[Giannis]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Giannis and Seth have blank white.

[Brody]

I feel like any archery kindergarten will get.

[Randall]

Archery Talk Forum. Archery Talk Forum. There's a post that's. What exactly is foc? FC stands for forward of center, podium, Archer arrow weight and foc parentheses forward of center. There's a video by Grizzly Stick how to find the forward of center of an arrow. There's one by N1 Outdoors. Calculate forward of center the easy way. Here's Diamondback Archery Forward of center. Tuning your trad bone.

[Spencer Newarth]

You slack me like your two best pieces of evidence. There and I'll look.

[Randall]

There's so much I'm going to need.

[Brody]

You didn't have an according to in that. That question, Spencer.

[Corey]

Oh, yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

No.

[Randall]

Traditional Bow Hunter magazine has a forward of center chart.

[Logan]

Yeah. Who's the authority on it, though?

[Giannis]

Like Gold tip Nugent.

[Randall]

Look up Iron Will, Gold tip archery.

[Spencer Newarth]

They say forward of center.

[Logan]

I mean, well, in one point, in.

[Randall]

One place, they say front of center. And then later on.

[Brody]

You sure are getting a lot of time to come up with this answer.

[Spencer Newarth]

You send me a couple of these. Randall and I will look into it.

[Logan]

We got.

[Spencer Newarth]

We got a lot of game left here.

[Randall]

Just, just, just.

[Spencer Newarth]

I type in forward of center foc and it shows everything is front of center.

[Randall]

It's like parentheses around forward of center.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh, oh, oh. Okay, we have to have exact.

[Giannis]

Put parentheses around your answer.

[Brody]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh. Yanni, how we doing over there?

[Corey]

Forward, front.

[Spencer Newarth]

You got it. Dang.

[Brody]

See all that messing around and Yanni's got.

[Randall]

Doesn't matter.

[Spencer Newarth]

Logan, are you.

[Randall]

Y and I are in the same boat.

[Giannis]

That's right. I need that point, too.

[Spencer Newarth]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth without an answer.

[Logan]

Wrong.

[Spencer Newarth]

Corey and Randall say echolocation. What's that say?

[Logan]

Sona. Location. I got it.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah. Giannis and Brody saying echolocation. They got it. The correct answer is echolocation. This technique is also used or is also known as biological sonar. Besides bats and dolphins, other animals that use echolocation include whales, porpo, oil birds, and shrews. Some blind humans also use echolocation through snapping their fingers, tapping a cane, or clicking their tongue.

[Brody]

You know, Logan, if you look that up enough places on the Internet, you probably find out you're right.

[Spencer Newarth]

Question five.

[Giannis]

You know, the elk do it with their. With clicking their bones and their angles.

[Spencer Newarth]

Not they're. They're locating stuff that way.

[Giannis]

Each other.

[Spencer Newarth]

Like that. Question 5. The topic is fish.

[Giannis]

I don't. It's not. They're not echoing, though. They're just, like, listening to each other's sound.

[Spencer Newarth]

Not the sameness, not the same. Question.

[Corey]

When did you ask an elk this? How? Like, how the hell do we know that?

[Spencer Newarth]

He just watches them. Enough, huh? Thinks like I read it in a.

[Giannis]

Bugle magazine one time.

[Corey]

Sounds.

[Spencer Newarth]

Question five. The topic is fishing. Name the three continents that brown trout are native to.

[Corey]

Three of 70.

[Spencer Newarth]

There's a hint. Corey's told all of our players how many continents there are. I mean, name the three continents that brown trout are native to.

[Corey]

Man, I can't spell today.

[Randall]

Spelling doesn't count. What that's what they say.

[Giannis]

Native.

[Spencer Newarth]

Native to. That's right. Name the three continents that brown trout are native to. Randall, did you slack me your forward of center?

[Randall]

No, I just told you how to find it.

[Spencer Newarth]

I Google forward of center arrow all in parentheses, and everything is correcting to front of center. I'll take your. Your evidence again. We're on question five. We will get a scoreboard update from Phil the engineer after this. Although those scores could change later in the game. Based on this foc question. Name the three continents that brown trout are native to. Slack.

[Randall]

Jeez. The bane of my existence. Destination.

[Spencer Newarth]

Brody, how do you feel about your answer?

[Brody]

Pretty good, Spencer.

[Spencer Newarth]

How about you, Randall, do you have this one right?

[Randall]

I think so.

[Spencer Newarth]

All right, we now have slack coming in from Randall.

[Randall]

From grizzly stick.

[Spencer Newarth]

Let's check out this Grizzly stick does call it forward of center.

[Randall]

Well, I wasn't making this all up. Jeez.

[Spencer Newarth]

But they don't say front of center anywhere in here.

[Randall]

Do they have to use both?

[Spencer Newarth]

No, but that seems like a very odd. That just makes me suspicious all of a sudden. They're not even showing that name the three continents that brown trout are native to. That. No, that ain't a continent. What part?

[Giannis]

What continent's that part?

[Spencer Newarth]

That one. We have Corey and Seth debating what's a continent.

[Giannis]

I can't change it now. No, no.

[Corey]

I mean, I wouldn't care. I'd give it to you, but you've got another name.

[Spencer Newarth]

The three continents that brown trout are native to.

[Giannis]

Yeah, I thought they were just native to one this whole time.

[Corey]

Yeah, same. Well, two, three, though.

[Randall]

So, Spencer, I'm going to send you another article from Archery Hunting. And you might begin to think that it's only using front of center. But then later on in the section, what is the best foc for hunting errors for hunting arrows. The second sentence uses forward of center.

[Spencer Newarth]

Now, this one source you sent me is traditional Bowhunter magazine, who I do respect. They call it forward of center. We may have an extra point here.

[Giannis]

And there's anybody that knows about forward of center, it's them trad bow hunters.

[Spencer Newarth]

They care. Yanni, how we doing on your continents?

[Giannis]

Oh, man.

[Randall]

To be honest, I have. I have no authority on this issue. I know nothing about archery, and I look forward to all the comments on YouTube telling me that I'm an idiot, but I'm gonna die on this.

[Corey]

I wrote both down.

[Giannis]

We should move on. Does everybody have an answer?

[Spencer Newarth]

We're waiting on you.

[Corey]

Let's go. Let's go.

[Giannis]

I know that's wrong, but I'll try it.

[Phil]

So I got two continents in a.

[Spencer Newarth]

Place is what you're saying.

[Brody]

Cory, you got two continents in a country.

[Spencer Newarth]

Go ahead.

[Giannis]

Go ahead and review your answers.

[Spencer Newarth]

We have Seth saying North America, New Zealand and Asia. Corey says Europe, Australia, Asia. Randall, Europe, Asia, Africa, Africa. Logan. North America, South America, Africa. Giannis. Europe, Asia, Africa, Africa. Brody. Europe, Asia, Africa. It's too hot there for those places. The three continents are Europe, Asia, and Africa. Randall, Yanni. Brody got that one right. The brown trout's native range extends from Norway to Russia to Morocco. Fly Fisherman magazine says they are the most predatory of all species of trout with a versatile diet that includes fish, mice, crayfish, and more snakes. All right, Phil, we are going to give that point to Randall and Giannis. Oh, well, for forward of center.

[Phil]

Didn't Logan also say forward of center?

[Logan]

That's in front of center.

[Phil]

You said just randolin yellow.

[Spencer Newarth]

He got it right the right way.

[Phil]

All right, I'm dating now.

[Giannis]

So brown trout aren't native to. They're obviously not native to this area.

[Spencer Newarth]

No, no.

[Giannis]

Why the hell do we care so much about them here? That's a good question.

[Spencer Newarth]

Because most predatory of all species of trout. That's what it says.

[Giannis]

Yeah.

[Corey]

And at what point does an animal become native?

[Giannis]

That's also a good question. So a smallmouth bass has just as much more.

[Spencer Newarth]

I'd argue they're closer to being native more.

[Brody]

Depends.

[Giannis]

So there should be those. There should be more smallmouth bass in the Madison river than brown trout.

[Spencer Newarth]

I would give them a greater lay to that claim. I think you're right. You should start a conservation org.

[Giannis]

I'm gonna do that.

[Logan]

Yeah, I'm into that. Those are way more fun to catch than trout.

[Brody]

They're trying to kill all the smallmouth in the Grand Canyon, but they don't care about the brown trout that are in there.

[Giannis]

There. Ridiculous.

[Spencer Newarth]

All right, Phil, scoreboard update.

[Corey]

Let's look at this.

[Spencer Newarth]

What? Whoa.

[Randall]

Oh, that looks better than I thought.

[Phil]

Logan's in last place with two points. Seth and Corey have three. And now with that scoring update, we have three perfect games in Randall, Brody and Giannis with five points.

[Spencer Newarth]

All right.

[Randall]

Kicking and screaming, but we got there.

[Giannis]

Yeah, man.

[Corey]

I guess if you fight hard enough.

[Spencer Newarth]

Twice a ten question game.

[Brody]

Yeah.

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[Spencer Newarth]

Question 6. The topic is wildlife. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Matt Corcoran for sending this great question. Matt 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 atthe meat eater.com this squid is the world's heaviest invertebrate and has the world's biggest eyeball. Squid is the world's heaviest vertebrae.

[Giannis]

I feel like something on Instagram just popped up about. Yeah, a video.

[Spencer Newarth]

Biggest eyeball.

[Giannis]

Did they just get like a video of this? Spencer?

[Spencer Newarth]

I don't know about that. Matt sent this question a long time ago, like years ago. So he did not get influenced by last week's Instagram.

[Giannis]

I feel like they just got like a. The first video, it like attacked the lure that they were videoing or something.

[Spencer Newarth]

This squid is the world's heaviest invertebrate and has the world's biggest eyeball. I don't remember. Randall, very quick to answer. Brody, do you have this one right?

[Brody]

I hope so.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Brody]

You know, I'll find it on the Internet if, you know.

[Randall]

If not, I mean, clearly there's evidence to back up my. Mm, my assertion.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yanni, do you have a squid on your whiteboard?

[Giannis]

I think so.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah.

[Giannis]

I made up a big squid name.

[Spencer Newarth]

This squid is the world's heaviest invertebrate. Me too. Is everybody ready?

[Randall]

Max Squid.

[Spencer Newarth]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying giant squid.

[Logan]

Giant corner. That's a great idea.

[Spencer Newarth]

Giant squid. Randall. Giant squid. Logan, Arctic squid. Giannis, Giant Pacific squid. Browdie. Giant squid.

[Brody]

Giants. Give us a little too much information.

[Spencer Newarth]

Nobody got it. The correct answer is colossal squid. They are slightly bigger than a giant.

[Brody]

Okay, time to break out. The Internet.

[Spencer Newarth]

Have weighed in at 1100 pounds, but beaks recovered from sperm whale stomachs suggest they can exceed 1300 pounds. Their eyeballs grow up to 10 inches in diameter, which is bigger than a soccer ball. That gives them the largest eyes of any known creature to ever exist on earth.

[Randall]

That's terrible.

[Giannis]

Imagine watching a sperm whale eat a colossal.

[Brody]

Imagine trying to fry that thing.

[Logan]

You need a big vessel based on eating it though. Like whales eating it. They know it's bigger.

[Spencer Newarth]

They found the beak and they could be like, well, the beak of an 1100 pounder is this big. So we think maybe this one came from one as big as 1300 pounds.

[Corey]

Colossal.

[Randall]

I don't like that question. I don't like knowing that exists.

[Spencer Newarth]

The topic is gear.

[Giannis]

Oh, I like it.

[Spencer Newarth]

Backpacker magazine says this piece of gear, which is sometimes called a ground sheet or ground cloth, is, quote, basically a tarp cut in the shape of your tent floor.

[Corey]

How many letters?

[Spencer Newarth]

Not telling you. But this is what backpacker magazine defines it as. And they said it's sometimes called a ground sheet or ground cloth and it's basically a tarp cut in the shape of your tent floor.

[Giannis]

I feel like I know two answers that you should have. You would have to accept both.

[Spencer Newarth]

Backpacker magazine. A lot of controversy in this game has three names. Ground sheet, ground cloth, and the seller one that I'm looking for. It's basically a tarp cut in the sheet.

[Giannis]

I know, but you're saying tarp. So like it's basically a tarp. You could say ground tarp if you're gonna accept ground sheet and ground cloth. Ground tarp would also be an answer, but that's not the one you're looking for.

[Spencer Newarth]

You're going to argue your way into this one. Is everybody ready? Yep. Go ahead and reveal your answers. With Seth and Corey and Randall and Logan and Yanni and Brody saying footprint. They got it. The correct answer is footprint. A footprint is typically made of polyester, nylon or polyurethane. It's placed between your tent and the ground to protect your tent floor from sharp, dirty and wet surfaces. Some weight conscious backpackers will also use their footprint as a rain cover. Question 8. The topic is hunting. This next great question is via Jordan Fast. The Blank Blank Ducktoller is the smallest AKC retriever, which they describe as smart, handsome, affectionate companions. There are two missing words from the name of that dog.

[Brody]

Blank Blank.

[Spencer Newarth]

Nope. Blank Blake Duck Toller is the smallest AKC Retriever, which they describe as smart, handsome, affectionate companions. Our room is stumped. This could be another zero percenter. Corey is making himself giggle.

[Corey]

Yeah, I mean, I'm out of this one, so at this point, just gotta make some people laugh.

[Spencer Newarth]

Brody, do you have this one right?

[Corey]

Say this.

[Brody]

Do I?

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah, do you have this one right?

[Brody]

I got something written down.

[Giannis]

Just blur out the second word.

[Randall]

No.

[Giannis]

That'S good.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. The blank blank ducktoiler is the smallest AKC retriever, which they describe as smartphilic, handsome, affectionate companions.

[Randall]

I feel like Logan knew this.

[Logan]

Well, I could be completely wrong, but okay.

[Giannis]

I'm surprised that this dog isn't because it's so rare. It isn't popular right now because it seems like any rare hunting dog is.

[Spencer Newarth]

Give me some examples.

[Giannis]

Is like it used to be there were just German wire hairs and then now like they're like, oh, but I have a griffon or whatever the other one is. It's similar to that. Right? And then there was the dropped poodle pointer. It just seems like, you know, and then Ronnie B's dogs, the Brocco Italianos.

[Brody]

Boy and Spaniels got popular.

[Giannis]

Little, little, do you not agree?

[Spencer Newarth]

I'm not. I'm not deep enough into that world to have an opinion on it.

[Brody]

Spencer's a cat man.

[Spencer Newarth]

Big cat man.

[Giannis]

Meow.

[Spencer Newarth]

The blank blank duck toler is the smallest AKC retriever, which they describe as smart, handsome, affectionate companions.

[Corey]

They're all handsome.

[Spencer Newarth]

Is everybody ready? I know someone who has this dog and that dog's behavior closely resembles a cat. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying extra small. Corey says mother frickin. Randall curly haired Logan the duck tolling. Duck toller. Yanni says Chesapeake Bay. Brody says Outer Banks.

[Giannis]

That's a good.

[Spencer Newarth]

The correct answer is Nova Scotia. Oh my gosh. Knew it was a place. Nobody got it.

[Giannis]

Knew it was a place.

[Spencer Newarth]

Nova Scotia. Ducktoilers stand about 18 inches at the shoulder and weigh about 40 pounds. AKC describes them as red tornadoes that will play fetch until your right arm falls off and then will ask you to throw left handed. They were bred to resemble a fox that won't alarm passing ducks and and geese. Phil, give us a scoreboard update. We have two questions to go.

[Phil]

And with those two questions to go, Logan is out of the running.

[Spencer Newarth]

Shoot.

[Phil]

Technically, Seth and Corey are still in the game with four points a piece. And it is still a three way tie with between Randall Brody and Giannis. They all have six points and it could falter here.

[Spencer Newarth]

Been a tough second. Question nine. The topic somebody will is cooking. A Mayan warrior is tricked into eating taper testicles in the opening Scene of this 2006 Mel Gibson directed film. Oh.

[Giannis]

Oh.

[Spencer Newarth]

Brody and Randall know it.

[Corey]

Oh, I forget what it's called.

[Spencer Newarth]

A Mayan warriors tricked into eating taper testicles in the opening Scene of this 2006 Mel Gibson directed film. You know this one, Randall?

[Randall]

I do, I do.

[Spencer Newarth]

Do you have an opinion on this movie you could share with us after this answer is revealed?

[Randall]

Yes.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Giannis]

I think multiple times I've caught the second half of this, like at a. Or at a hotel stay or something and watched it, but I've never watched it from beginning to end.

[Spencer Newarth]

How about you? Film?

[Giannis]

Should I?

[Phil]

Never seen this movie.

[Spencer Newarth]

Never seen it. Whoa.

[Phil]

Never seen it.

[Randall]

I think Steve has thoughts on it too, but I'm not.

[Giannis]

I'm sure he does.

[Randall]

They're strong one way or the other. I can't remember which direction he leans.

[Spencer Newarth]

Again, we're on question nine. The topic is cooking. A Mayan warrior is tricked into eating tapered testicles in the opening Scene of this 2006 Mel Gibson directed film. Is everybody ready?

[Giannis]

I changed one letter.

[Spencer Newarth]

Go ahead and reveal your answer. Seth. Without an answer, Corey says apocalypto. Randall, Apocalypto. Logan, Braveheart, Giannis and Brody say apocalypto. They got it. The correct answer is apocalypto. Apocalypto is a violent look at the waning days of a Mayan civilization in the year 1511. In that opening scene, the childless warrior Blunted is told to eat the animal testicles and they will make him more fertile. The film was nominated for Academy Awards for best Makeup, best sound editing, and best sound mixing. Randall, do you love this movie?

[Randall]

It's hard to say that I love it, but I feel like this is the era when Mel Gibson really sort of went off the rails as a public Persona. I feel like this is when south park started taking some shots at him right around the time of his arrest, where he was using deplorable language.

[Phil]

Yeah, I think that happened right after this movie came out.

[Randall]

Yeah, that's the association I have. And I remember looking at that. Because this is all subtitle, right?

[Spencer Newarth]

I think so. And it's like it's actual Mayan people who play the Mayan characters.

[Randall]

Yeah, and I remember thinking of that and it like, at the time I was reading more about Mel Gibson's like, upbringing and everything, and it's just sort of a strange. I Don't know.

[Spencer Newarth]

I've never seen it. But the Wikipedia for this movie has a whole section dedicated to the difficulty with PR around this movie because of what Mel Gibson was doing at that time. All right, here's a correct answer review so far. 1. Was Arizona. 2. Front of center or forward of center? 3. Academy. 4. Echolocation. 5. Europe, Asia, Africa. 6. Colossal squid. 7. Footprint. 8. Nova Scotia. 9. Apocalypto. Bill, give us a scoreboard update before question 10.

[Phil]

Standings remain the same. Randall, Giannis and Brody. Seven points a piece going into the last question here.

[Spencer Newarth]

Question 10. The topic is ecology.

[Giannis]

No.

[Spencer Newarth]

Name two of the five states that produced the most sunflowers in 2024. Name two of the five states that produced the most sunflowers in 2024. We have Randall, Giannis and Brody with seven correct answers. Name two of the five States that produced the most sunflowers In 2024.

[Giannis]

I'm going with some big buck states. Spencer.

[Spencer Newarth]

All right, there's a hint. Brody's revisiting his. Maybe.

[Giannis]

Maybe one of them.

[Spencer Newarth]

Two of the five states that produced the most sunflowers in 2024. Randall, did you just make a change?

[Randall]

I did.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Brody]

I mean, after all, this game's already been tainted, so.

[Giannis]

Oh, come on, Brody.

[Corey]

There's an asterisk.

[Spencer Newarth]

I don't.

[Randall]

Yeah, I just don't like this. I don't feel good about this question.

[Spencer Newarth]

Name two of the five states that produced the most sunflowers in 2024. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying California, South Dakota, Corey, North Dakota, South Dakota, Randall, Kansas, Texas, Logan, Montana, North Dakota, Giannis, Iowa, Kansas, Brody, Kansas, Colorado. The top five states are North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and California. Oh. So I don't think any of our three players in the lead got that one right.

[Giannis]

But we're going to overtime.

[Spencer Newarth]

Seth did. No. That means we're going to a tiebreaker. Play the drop, Phil.

[Randall]

Brutal second half.

[Spencer Newarth]

Whoa. The Shelby index ended up being right on. We have seven correct answers between Brody, Giannis and Randall for the tiebreaker. This will be a numerical question. Whoever is closest between those three will be declared the winner. But the rest of the room will play along as well. Because if somebody gets it right on the nose, media will add an extra 100 donation to the end of the game. The tie breaking topic is public lands. What year was Mount Rushmore finished?

[Giannis]

H.

[Phil]

This is one of the questions my kids had to answer to get their Junior Ranger.

[Corey]

Oh, Junior dang.

[Spencer Newarth]

So did you know this answer, Phil?

[Phil]

Oh, yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Giannis]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

What year was Mount Rushmore finished? And.

[Phil]

And the lead architect's name, which is just an all time great name.

[Giannis]

You got as far as I did. Oh, yeah, that's the spice. I feel confident in the first two numerals. Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Brody already has his whiteboard down. Giannis and Randall still stressing over their answers. What year was Mount Rushmore finished?

[Giannis]

Man, stress is strong word.

[Spencer Newarth]

We have a 500 donation on the line. Potentially a 600 donation if someone can get it right on the nose. What do we got up there?

[Giannis]

Hopefully I get the right decade.

[Spencer Newarth]

What year was Mount Rushmore finished? Is everybody ready?

[Randall]

Jeez, yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying 1987. Oh, wow. Corey, 1929.

[Giannis]

Somewhere in between there.

[Spencer Newarth]

Logan. Logan. 1973. And our three players left, we have Randall saying 1952. Giannis, 1955. Brody, 1951.

[Randall]

I don't have much of a window here either. Gotta get it.

[Spencer Newarth]

You gotta grab the needle. Yeah.

[Logan]

You can tell the age gap here in the proximity of our answers. Oh, yeah.

[Corey]

These guys were all born when it happened.

[Brody]

It's funny because I just saw a picture on Instagram, like, in the last day of, like, the before and after, and I didn't even look at the year.

[Spencer Newarth]

The correct answer is 1941. Making Brody the jammers he was a decade the correct answer, Thinking it was going to be before world Sculpting began in 1927. Washington's face was finished in 1934. Jefferson in 1936, Lincoln in 1937, and Roosevelt. Roosevelt in 1939. The project was also supposed to include a hall of records that would tell the history of America, but those plans were canceled after the lead sculptor died and the United States joined World War II. Phil, give a. Give us a pronunciation of the sculptor's name that you like so much.

[Phil]

It's Gutson Borglum.

[Spencer Newarth]

There you go.

[Phil]

Incredible.

[Spencer Newarth]

All right, Brody, you're the winner. You get to choose where the $500 donation goes today.

[Brody]

Some guy sent me an email.

[Giannis]

They don't send me these emails anymore.

[Brody]

They go to Brody or Randall.

[Randall]

Not lately.

[Giannis]

Not lately.

[Randall]

I'm old news.

[Spencer Newarth]

500 donation for Brody. Winning and going to overtime.

[Brody]

This is from Byron Gustafson.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh, another good name.

[Brody]

Partnership specialist at the Montana Vet Program.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Brody]

They do trips down the Smith river with veterans, and, you know, they help do a little like, cleanup and campsite cleanup and river bank stabilization, stuff like that.

[Spencer Newarth]

500 going their way via Brody and Meteor. What's the name? One more time.

[Brody]

Montana Montana Vet Program.

[Spencer Newarth]

Montana Vet Program winning that donation today. That is a new addition to the donation track. Join us next week for more meat eater trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins.

[Giannis]

Thanks, Spencer.

[Randall]

Thanks, Spencer.

[Brody]

Yeah, Spencer from South Dakota.

[Spencer Newarth]

He's the host.

[Brody]

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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