Ep. 803: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CXCIV

Summary

The MeatEater Podcast

Episode 803: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CXCIV
Date: December 10, 2025
Host: Spencer Newarth
Guests/Players: Brody, Corey, Marge, Nate, Tressa, Laura Mascari

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Episode Overview

This edition of The MeatEater Podcast delivers a lively round of "MeatEater Trivia," an irreverent and competitive game show that explores hunting, fishing, nature, conservation, and wild foods. Hosted by Spencer Newarth, the episode invites a panel of MeatEater staff to answer quirky and challenging questions in ten rounds. Conservation is front and center, as the winner earns a $500 donation to the conservation group of their choice. The tone is conversational and humorous, with plenty of asides, personal stories, and good-natured ribbing.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Meet the Contestants

• [01:48] Spencer introduces the players, notably welcoming Laura Mascari (graphics business apparel manager) for her first trivia experience.
• Laura's Strengths: Good at guessing acronyms; weak on geography.
• The trivia game consists of 10 rounds across four verticals: hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking.

2. Game Format and Purpose

• [02:54] Each round covers a topic; correct answers score points towards an end-of-game prize, specifically a $500 conservation donation.
• Emphasis on learning outdoors and conservation knowledge—"where conservation always wins."

3. Highlighted Trivia Questions

• Question 1: Conservation/Geography ([05:21])
  "Of these states, which one produces the most coal: Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, or West Virginia?"

  • Whole room answers West Virginia—correct.
  • Spencer adds educational context: Wyoming produces the most in the US (41%), followed by West Virginia (14%).

• Question 2: Hunting ([07:30])
  "This knife company has sold over 15 million of their 110 folding hunters..."

  • Correct answer: Buck.
  • Nate shares a childhood memory of bidding on a Buck knife at an auction, triggering laughs and camaraderie.

• Question 3: Woodsmanship ([09:41])
  "Merriam Webster defines this six-letter word as a sudden, brief and intense storm of wind and snow."

  • Correct answer: Squall.
  • Nate had just researched this word after seeing it on his weather app.

• Question 4: Cooking ([13:43])
  "Unlike most regional variations, South Carolina barbecue sauce is famously this color."

  • Accepted answers: Gold, yellow, or mustard.
  • Spencer: "South Carolina barbecue sauce is also referred to as Carolina Gold..."
  • Laura: "It's actually my least favorite barbecue sauce." ([16:18])

• Question 5: Fishing ([16:43])
  "Roland ___ was the first pro angler inducted into three major fishing Halls of Fame."

  • Correct: Martin.
  • Brody is the only contestant to confidently get it.

4. Engaging Sidebars and Banter

• Christmas Tree Hunts ([10:04]–[12:09])
  The group discusses their annual Christmas tree hunts—Brody prefers road hunting for a quick tree, while Laura details fun family traditions.

• Fishing vs. Hunting Discussion ([17:32])
  Nate admits: "I spent the last year trying to get into [fishing]. I can’t get myself out in this room."

  • Brody: "There’s like fishermen who don’t hunt, which is acceptable. But hunters should all fish."

5. Notable Memorable Moments & Quotes

• Nate’s Alibi for a Wrong Answer ([14:48]):
  "Do I get an alibi since I’m colorblind?"

• On Exchanges for Deer Hides ([27:24]):
  Nate (wrongly guesses “gloves”):

  • Spencer: "The correct answer is gloves. This exchange happens across the country, but it’s now less common than 30 years ago..."

• Acronym Challenge: FSA ([22:18])
  Nearly everyone fumbled.

  • Correct: Farm Service Agency.
  • Spencer explains their conservation programs: "They administer the CRP and CR programs... Grassland Reserve Program, which prevents pasture land from being converted into urban development." ([24:28])

• Pop Culture Trivia: Children’s Literature ([31:38])
  "Laura Ingalls Wilder learns how to smoke venison in chapter one of what children’s series?"

  • Correct: Little House on the Prairie.

• Final Question: National Parks ([34:51]–[37:53])
  "Name two of the four national parks with the word mount, mountain, or mountains in their name."

  • Correct answers: Great Smoky Mountains, Guadalupe Mountains, Mount Rainier, Rocky Mountain National Park.

6. Scoreboard and Winner

• The running scoreboard tracks a tight contest with Brody edging out Nate in the final tally:
  • Brody: 8 points
  • Nate: 6
  • Tressa, Corey, Marge, Laura: traded points throughout.
• [38:28] Brody selects the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation for the $500 conservation donation.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [01:48] — Game kickoff and contestant intros
• [05:21] — First trivia question (conservation/coal states)
• [07:30] — Hunting: classic folding hunting knife company
• [09:41] — Woodsmanship: weather word "squall"
• [13:43] — Cooking: Carolina BBQ sauce color
• [16:43] — Fishing: pro angler trivia
• [22:18] — Conservation: FSA acronym challenge
• [27:24] — Hunting: exchange for deer hides
• [28:25] — Wildlife: Galapagos Islands
• [31:38] — Cooking: "Little House" books
• [34:51] — Final question: National parks with "mount/mountain"
• [38:28] — Brody selects conservation group; game wrap-up

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Notable Quotes

• Spencer ([16:41]):
  "South Carolina barbecue sauce is also referred to as Carolina Gold, a colorful name that comes from its emphasis on mustard and honey."
• Nate ([17:42]):
  "It’s amazing I compete at the level I do with a whole category [fishing] I don’t care about."
• Brody ([18:01]):
  "Hunters should all fish."
• Brody ([30:21]):
  "Don't be using no anti-hunting groups as your sources anymore."
• Spencer ([38:34]):
  "Five hundred going their way via Brody and me. Join us next week for more trivia—where conservation always wins."

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Episode Flow & Tone

• The banter is lighthearted, full of playful teasing and camaraderie.
• Many questions inspire stories from the hosts, reinforcing the outdoors lifestyle.
• The trivia format both educates and entertains, packing each question with additional historical or ecological facts.
• The stakes of the donation grant seriousness and a sense of purpose to the friendly competition.

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For New Listeners

• This episode showcases the heart of MeatEater’s mission: the fun and value in outdoor skills, conservation knowledge, and community engagement.
• Even if you know little about hunting or fishing, you’ll enjoy the trivia, humor, and authentic personalities.
• The show’s trivia format is a window into the depth and breadth of outdoor culture, from knife history to barbecue sauce colors to public lands.

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Next Steps / Resources

• Visit themeateater.com/games for additional trivia, crosswords, and word games.
• For recipes like the South Carolina Pheasant Bird Dog, check out the cooking section of the MeatEater website.

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Conservation wins: $500 was donated to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation thanks to Brody's trivia prowess.

Transcript

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[Spencer Newarth]

It's a Meat Eater podcast. Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I'm your host, Spencer Newarth, and today we're joined by Brody, Corey, Marge, Nate Tressa, and. And Laura Mascari. Laura, this is your first time on the show. Tell folks what you do here at Meat Eater.

[Laura Mascari]

Hi, I'm Laura. I'm our graphics business apparel manager. So I oversee all the logoware for Me Eater first light. And I get to work with really cool graphic designers and the crew and it's awesome. I love it.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah. If you've noticed our merch get more badass in the last six months. That is because of Laura.

[Laura Mascari]

Team effort.

[Spencer Newarth]

What are your trivia strengths and weaknesses?

[Laura Mascari]

Ooh, I would say my weaknesses are, I don't know, my states and countries.

[Spencer Newarth]

I heard Tressa giving you some advice.

[Laura Mascari]

Before we turned on the Voice. That was the first piece of advice. And I immediately thought, wow, I'm really bad at that.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Laura Mascari]

But I have a secret talent of guessing acronyms.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. I think this is. There is an acronym in today's show.

[Brody Henderson]

Good for you.

[Spencer Newarth]

All right, we know that she has a decent chance on question six. Now 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. We have an IFAQ this week. If you have an IFAQ, send it to trivia@the meat eater.com Chase Faulkner says this is a question from my five year old son Hayes. Any plans to make Meat Eater Trivia board game Kids Edition? He loves participating when we play at home. No plans right now, Hayes, for the Kids Edition the board game. But as an alternative I'd offer up the games section of our website. That's the Meater.com games. We have a new crossword puzzle. Every Monday there's a new turtle. It's like Wordle but better. Every Wednesday and pretty soon we are going to have a third game that comes out on Fridays. I think we'll have more details on that soon.

[Brody Henderson]

How old is this kid?

[Spencer Newarth]

He's five years old. So this is a little. But he can participate? Yeah, he can participate with a parent or an older sib who wants to play those games. We have crosswords, the Meat eater turtle and something new. Yeah, if he knows his ABCs, he.

[Nate Tressa]

Can just throw out letters.

[Spencer Newarth]

That's right. We have some housekeeping on episode 612. In 2024 I had a question about the word that's defined as melting hard animal fat for cooking purposes. The answer was render. And that was such a good question that I repeated it on episode 791 a few weeks ago. And to no one's surprise, every player got it right. To my knowledge, that's the first time I've directly repeated a question in 192 episodes.

[Brody Henderson]

This is a momentous example. I asked you if you did that one.

[Spencer Newarth]

Well, I often get accused of repeating questions and I think you did, Brody. I think you did. You think you. You called.

[Nate Tressa]

You should have to sign up for another conservation organization or something.

[Spencer Newarth]

You know what? Yeah, we should start. We should start finding people more in this room. The Shelby index for today is a 4.5. So our winner should get nine correct answers. And with that, we're onto the game of trivia. Play the drop, Phil.

Look, I need to know what I stand to win. Everything.

How's that?

[Nate Tressa]

You just tend to win everything.

[Laura Mascari]

Game on, suckers.

[Spencer Newarth]

Question 1. The topic is conservation and this will be multiple choice. Of these states, which one produces the most coal? Is it Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee or West Virginia?

Of these states, which one produces the most coal? Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia.

[Brody Henderson]

As of when?

[Spencer Newarth]

2022. I think this stat was from.

[Nate Tressa]

On an annual basis.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yes, Nate, very quick to answer.

[Brody Henderson]

Yeah, Nate's from Ohio.

[Spencer Newarth]

So it's nothing.

[Nate Tressa]

Not from Ohio. You know, I stomped around in these states a little bit.

[Spencer Newarth]

Do you like your answer, Nate?

[Nate Tressa]

I do.

[Spencer Newarth]

Brody, do you like your answer?

[Nate Tressa]

No.

[Spencer Newarth]

Of these states, which one produces the most coal? Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia?

[Brody Henderson]

I do like my answer. I just don't know if it's right.

[Laura Mascari]

I like my answer, but I don't know my state.

[Spencer Newarth]

We did hit you with geography right off the bat here. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Nate says West Virginia. Tressa and Laura, Corey. The whole room says West Virginia. Everybody got it right. The correct answer is West Virginia. Wyoming produces the most coal in America, responsible for 41 of the country's coal production. That's followed by West Virginia at 14%, Pennsylvania at 7%, Illinois at 6%, and Kentucky at 5%. Those five states generate 73% of America's coal. Question 2. The topic is hunting. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Elijah Dominguez for sending this great question. Elijah 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 atthemeat eater.com. this knife company has sold over 15 million of their 110 folding hunters, which they call, quote, the original folding hunting knife.

This knife company has sold over 15 million of their 110 folding hunters, which they call the original folding hunting knife. Nate, quick to answer again.

Very confident player today. He just won last week's episode. Now he thinks he's gonna start 2 for 2 today. Brody, do you have this right?

[Brody Henderson]

I'm not sure.

[Nate Tressa]

Oh, shame on you.

[Spencer Newarth]

Do you think you ever owned one of these 15 million 110 folding hunters?

[Brody Henderson]

If it's. If I got it right, I did. If I got it wrong, I haven't.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Nate Tressa]

I was at an auction when I was like 8, and I got into a bidding war with my brother.

[Spencer Newarth]

Mmm.

[Nate Tressa]

Over the knife.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. You think it was a 110 folding hunter?

[Nate Tressa]

It was.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. Corey, do you have this one right, man?

[Brody Henderson]

I got a really good guess.

[Spencer Newarth]

As much as you'll tell us.

Is everybody ready?

Go ahead and reveal your answers. Nate says Buck. Tressa Case. Laura Case. Corey, Buck. Marge. Benchmade. Brody. Buck. The correct answer is Buck. Brody, Corey. Nate got that right. So you did own one of these, bro.

[Brody Henderson]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. At some point, did you own one of them, Corey?

[Brody Henderson]

I don't think so. I might have been tipped one once.

[Spencer Newarth]

Nate, did you win this when you were bidding on It.

[Nate Tressa]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Nate Tressa]

My dad got real pissed at us.

[Spencer Newarth]

That's good. I owned one as well, so. Most of the room has owned a 110 folding hunter. Kansas blacksmith Hoyt Buck made his first buck knife in 1902. His son and grandson helped the business boom in the 1960s after creating the 110 folding hunter. The knife has gone through five redesigns with 25 variations among them. The biggest change happened in 1983 when the contour contoured handle was introduced. Question 3. The topic is woodsmanship. Miriam Webster defines this six letter word as, quote, a sudden, brief and intense storm of wind and sn.

Nate, very quick to answer.

[Nate Tressa]

Dude, we must have been listening to the same stuff this weekend. Something, man.

[Spencer Newarth]

Laura, do you have this one right?

[Laura Mascari]

High confidence.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Nate Tressa]

I saw this on the weather app and looked it up like 24 hours, 48 hours ago.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh, wow. Six letter word. That's defined as a sudden, brief and intense storm of wind and snow.

[Brody Henderson]

Boy, we had some of that this weekend, Friday over in Paradise Valley. Holy.

[Laura Mascari]

Holy cow. Same.

[Spencer Newarth]

What were you doing over there?

[Brody Henderson]

Looking at about a thousand elk.

[Spencer Newarth]

Ones you couldn't reach, though.

[Brody Henderson]

Yeah, we could reach them. There is elk everywhere.

[Spencer Newarth]

Merriam Webster defines this six letter word as a sudden, brief and intense storm of wind and snow. Did you get your Christmas tree yet, Brody?

[Brody Henderson]

No. Think we're going to take care of that this weekend. You know, have you, have you met Pat, Steve's neighbor?

[Spencer Newarth]

Yes.

[Brody Henderson]

He got a real nice one that.

[Spencer Newarth]

Real nice Christmas tree.

[Brody Henderson]

Yeah. But it's not what you would typically think of getting. It was. It was a. Came from a burn, so it was a young.

A young lodge pole.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Brody Henderson]

So like not full like a fur or whatever, but like very uniform, cool, kind of nice looking.

[Spencer Newarth]

I like a good like Charlie Brown looking tree.

[Brody Henderson]

Yeah, you can't expect much from, you know, just going out and getting a five star Christmas tree.

[Spencer Newarth]

Has anyone else done their Christmas tree hunt?

[Nate Tressa]

Oh, yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Marge, did you, did you tag one?

[Laura Mascari]

We did two.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. Two of them. Well done.

[Laura Mascari]

$5 per yard.

[Nate Tressa]

Nice.

[Spencer Newarth]

They allow you to get three permits?

[Laura Mascari]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Per district. So your family gets two of them.

[Laura Mascari]

Yep.

[Spencer Newarth]

Really good trees this year.

[Laura Mascari]

One of them is like a Charlie Brown esque tree, but the other one's pretty good.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah. Corey, did you do your Christmas tree?

[Brody Henderson]

We have a fake tree now.

[Laura Mascari]

Whoa.

[Spencer Newarth]

You kind of had a bad experience. Was that last year? Two years ago?

[Brody Henderson]

Is that what stuck? And then I'm tired of fighting all these folks in the neighboring trailheads around here. I have to fight them. All during hunting season. You gotta bushwhack in there and stay away from the trailheads, man. Next to the road. Done enough bushwhacking this time.

[Spencer Newarth]

By this time of year, you, like.

[Brody Henderson]

Pull over, you find it from the car, jump out, jump back in. I don't even have to get out of my PJs.

[Commercial Announcer]

Put mine up.

[Spencer Newarth]

Nate, what was your Christmas tree hunt like?

[Nate Tressa]

It's pretty chill, in and out. You know, kind of the Brody program.

[Spencer Newarth]

Road hunter.

[Nate Tressa]

Yeah. Oh, for sure. Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Again, we're on question three. Merriam Webster defines.

[Brody Henderson]

There's the people that make, like, the whole process out of it. They're like, oh, get drinks and meet at the trail.

[Laura Mascari]

We go with the same people who've been going for, like, nine years.

[Spencer Newarth]

That's fun to get competitive.

[Laura Mascari]

No, they have two little ones, so they pick, like, so you always win. Yeah, they're getting. The little ones are picking out their trees, so it's fun. They each get one for their room.

[Spencer Newarth]

All right. Six letter word defined as a sudden, brief and intense storm of wind and snow. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Nate says squall. Tressa Scurry.

[Brody Henderson]

Laura.

[Spencer Newarth]

Squall. Are you gonna give it to me, Corey? Squall. That's a species of stone squall. Squala. Which is. Come on, bug that fly fisherman.

[Nate Tressa]

We knew what she was talking about.

[Spencer Newarth]

Nobody says squall. The correct answer is squall, and we'll give it to you. Mario.

[Brody Henderson]

Draw on the beautiful clouds.

[Laura Mascari]

Is there a W in there? No, I. Did you get the A at the end?

[Spencer Newarth]

Squall is S, Q, U, A, L, L. A squall is a temporary localized blizzard that's most common around water and mountains. The they are often before or after a cold front and occasionally produce lightning and thunder. In these rare instances, the squall becomes known as thundersnow. Question for the topic is cooking. This next great question is via Leland Heart. Unlike most regional variations, South Carolina barbecue sauce is famously this color.

[Laura Mascari]

Is this like a pantone color or how specific should we get?

[Spencer Newarth]

You will judge it.

[Laura Mascari]

I love that you asked.

[Spencer Newarth]

Give the hex code. The designer wanted to know.

[Laura Mascari]

Give me that.

[Spencer Newarth]

How specific the color needed to be. Unlike most regional variations, South Carolina barbecue sauce is famously this color.

[Nate Tressa]

I'm gonna be so mad if I get this wrong.

[Brody Henderson]

What is that code called? Like, that's in front of a color that, like, defines a color.

[Laura Mascari]

Digital. It could be pantone, could be hex code. Depends. Depends. Yep.

[Spencer Newarth]

Have you ever played the board game Hues and Clues?

[Laura Mascari]

No, no.

[Spencer Newarth]

It's. It's all about colors. It's very fun.

[Nate Tressa]

Be tough.

[Laura Mascari]

You guys always have the best board games at your house.

[Spencer Newarth]

Thank you, Marge. I went on to create one one.

[Laura Mascari]

Time, so it makes sense.

[Spencer Newarth]

Destiny.

[Laura Mascari]

Yes.

[Spencer Newarth]

Unlike most regional variations, South Carolina barbecue sauce is famously this color. Is everybody ready?

[Laura Mascari]

No.

[Spencer Newarth]

Corey has got no answer down there. Yeah. The other five players are very quick. It's kind of intimidating.

[Brody Henderson]

Like, I know the ingred ingredient, but.

[Spencer Newarth]

There'S a little chunk of color. Okay.

[Nate Tressa]

Do I get an alibi since I'm colorblind?

[Laura Mascari]

I think you're thinking in the wrong Carolina.

[Spencer Newarth]

No, on a day to day basis. How often is that a problem?

[Nate Tressa]

It's hard to say because. I don't know. It's only when someone points it out.

[Spencer Newarth]

Unlike most regional variations, South Carolina barbecue sauce is famously.

[Laura Mascari]

I want to help you chartreuse it. Yeah. Like blue.

[Nate Tressa]

Okay.

[Spencer Newarth]

Cory, you ready?

[Laura Mascari]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. Nate says orange. Tressa says yellow. Laura gold. Cordy red. Marge yellow. Brody white. The correct answer is gold, yellow, or mustard. Those are the three.

[Nate Tressa]

Not orange.

[Spencer Newarth]

Orange is definitely.

[Brody Henderson]

I would not call it orange. Dude.

[Nate Tressa]

This is what I'm talking about. It looks orange.

[Laura Mascari]

Oh.

[Spencer Newarth]

South Carolina barbecue sauce is also referred to as Carolina Gold, a colorful name that comes from its emphasis on mustard and honey. The state's most popular barbecue meat is pork, which is what the yellow barbecue sauce is best paired with. For a wild game take on this cuisine, go see our recipe on Theme Eater.com called South Carolina Pheasant Bird Dog. There is a picture of Jenny's recipe. It's a pheasant sandwich. You can see some of that Carolina Gold drizzled on top of it.

[Laura Mascari]

It's kind of got like a vinegary tang to it.

[Spencer Newarth]

You were quick to answer. Laura, you familiar with Carolina Gold?

[Laura Mascari]

It's actually my least favorite barbecue sauce.

[Nate Tressa]

Sorry.

[Brody Henderson]

Oh, no.

[Spencer Newarth]

Disagree.

[Laura Mascari]

North Carolina barbecue sauce is my least favorite because it's vinegar based.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah.

[Brody Henderson]

Vinegar.

[Nate Tressa]

Now the move.

[Laura Mascari]

Sorry. To my husband.

[Spencer Newarth]

Question 5. The topic is fishing. This next great question is via Cy McMaine. Roland Blank was the first pro angler inducted into the IGFA hall of Fame, Freshwater Fishing hall of Fame, and Bass Fishing hall of Fame. Brody and Nate, quick to answer this one. Roland Blank was the first pro angler inducted into the IGFA hall of Fame, Freshwater Fishing hall of Fame, and Bass Fishing hall of Fame. Nate, did you answer so quickly because you know it or super don't know it?

[Nate Tressa]

I just chose the most common name in America.

[Spencer Newarth]

All right. Brody is probably possibly going to be the only person to get this one.

[Nate Tressa]

So it's probably not that.

[Spencer Newarth]

Roland Blank was the first pro angler inducted into the IGFA hall of Fame, Freshwater Fishing hall of Fame and bass fishing.

[Brody Henderson]

Not a big angler, are you, Nate?

[Nate Tressa]

Dude, I don't. I don't care about any of this stuff. Sorry.

[Spencer Newarth]

This is question five. We'll get a scoreboard.

[Brody Henderson]

That's not what I asked. I asked if you were an angler or not.

[Nate Tressa]

I. Dude, I spent the last year trying to get into it. I can't. I can't get myself out in this room.

[Laura Mascari]

We can fix it.

[Nate Tressa]

It's amazing that I compete at the level I do with a whole category.

[Spencer Newarth]

You're right. That makes it more impressive.

[Nate Tressa]

It's like, it'd be like if we wrestled and I only had three limbs.

[Spencer Newarth]

Like, there's.

[Brody Henderson]

We've talked about this before. There's, like, fishermen who don't hunt, which is, like, acceptable.

[Nate Tressa]

Yep.

[Brody Henderson]

But hunters should all fish.

[Spencer Newarth]

Dude, I'm uniform.

[Nate Tressa]

My buddies tell me this all the time.

[Brody Henderson]

I tried some life changes, man.

[Nate Tressa]

I'm working on it.

[Spencer Newarth]

Last time you caught a fish?

[Laura Mascari]

Never.

[Nate Tressa]

No, I caught a little. A little guy. This is like, dude, I bob out, sent him to the stratosphere.

On a fly rod. Dry fly. Pretty big deal.

[Laura Mascari]

That is.

[Brody Henderson]

Sounds like it.

[Spencer Newarth]

Corey, do you have this one right?

[Brody Henderson]

No.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. July Ish Blank was the first pro angler inducted into the IGFA hall of Fame, Freshwater Fishing hall of Fame, and Bass Fishing hall of Fame.

[Nate Tressa]

You know when someone, like, runs a marathon and you're like, man, that was cool. But then you see a dude run a marathon with, like, a. Like, a prosthetic leg and, like, dang, that's cool.

[Spencer Newarth]

Is that you fishing?

[Nate Tressa]

I'm not saying that, but.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Nate Tressa]

No, I'm saying that's me playing trivia.

[Commercial Announcer]

Which is what?

[Spencer Newarth]

Corey changing his answer. We're gonna flip over the boards after this hunt for a giggle. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Nate says Jones. Tressa Smith. Laura Johnson.

[Commercial Announcer]

Wow.

[Spencer Newarth]

Corey Ertie.

[Brody Henderson]

Rolling Dirty.

[Spencer Newarth]

Marge says Smith. Brody says Martin. The correct answer is Martin. Roland Martin started his career as a Pro Angler in 1970. He went on to win 19 tournaments and nine Bass Angler of the titles. In a 2005 survey, he was voted the second greatest angler of all time, with Rick Clun being first, of course. All right, Phil, halfway through the game of trivia, how are things looking?

[Brody Henderson]

It's pretty close. Closer than. Than last week's episode everyone's on the board. We've got Tressa with two, and then Nate, Corey, Maggie and Laura are all tied up with three points. And Brody Henderson has a one point lead with four.

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[Laura Mascari]

All righty.

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[Spencer Newarth]

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[Spencer Newarth]

6. The topic is conservation. FSA stands for Blank Blank Agency and is a branch of the U.S. department of Agriculture. This is the acronym question for Laura this week. FSA stands for Blank Blank Agency and it's a branch of the U.S. department of Ag.

Nate, do you have this one right?

[Nate Tressa]

Educated guest feel.

[Spencer Newarth]

Good one to answer in the room.

[Nate Tressa]

A lot better than the last one.

[Spencer Newarth]

FSA stands for Blank Blank Agency and is a branch of the U.S. department of. Of Agriculture.

Brody, do you like your answer?

[Brody Henderson]

Not really, but it's the only one that makes sense to me right now.

[Spencer Newarth]

He's got a one point lead on the rest of the room.

[Brody Henderson]

Fsa, I'm sure you're going to explain how this ties into conservation.

[Spencer Newarth]

Certainly will.

[Brody Henderson]

Great.

[Spencer Newarth]

You're a little skeptical.

[Brody Henderson]

No. I mean, I'm not. If I. If I got it right, I'm not.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh, okay, Good.

Corey, do you like your answer?

[Commercial Announcer]

No.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Brody Henderson]

I don't. I was really hoping it was a culinary question because there's the FSA we all know in the culinary world, right? Oh, Food Services of America.

[Nate Tressa]

Oh.

Flexible Saving Account.

[Laura Mascari]

Oh, Safety Administration. That up, actually.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh, careful.

[Laura Mascari]

I don't know.

[Nate Tressa]

Oh.

[Spencer Newarth]

Brody is revisiting.

[Nate Tressa]

Whoa, there, Captain.

[Laura Mascari]

I won't.

[Brody Henderson]

I won't.

[Nate Tressa]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Laura, do you like your answer?

[Laura Mascari]

No.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Laura Mascari]

I don't.

[Brody Henderson]

I'm good.

[Spencer Newarth]

Is everybody ready? Marge, Tressa, you want some more time?

[Laura Mascari]

No. It's wrong.

[Spencer Newarth]

It's wrong. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Nate says Food Safety. Tressa says Farming Seeds America. Laura says Farm Standard. Corey says Food Safety. Marge says Federal Soil. Brody says Federal Soil.

[Laura Mascari]

Oh, I like that one.

[Spencer Newarth]

The correct answer is Farm Service. Nobody got it right. Farm Service Agency. The Farm Service Agency oversees a number of voluntary conservation programs that affect hunters and anglers most noticeably. Most notably, they administer the CRP and CR programs. They are also in charge of the Farmable Wetlands Program, which pays farmers to restore wetland wetlands. The Emergency Conservation Program, which helps landowners affected by natural disasters. In the Grassland Reserve Program, which prevents pasture land from being converted into urban development. Question.

[Nate Tressa]

Did that connect to hunting enough for you? Brody?

[Spencer Newarth]

Question seven.

That's right. The topic is hunting. It's customary for companies like Deer's Leather and Petska Fur to give hunters this item in exchange for a deer hide.

The answer is not money. Can't. Can't say money. It's customary for companies like Deer's Leather and Petska Fur to give hunters this item in exchange for a deer hide.

[Brody Henderson]

You know, what you don't see in this state, you see all the time. And Cory, maybe you can tell me, like, in Colorado, you still see. When you're driving around during hunting season, you still see, like 55 gallon drums everywhere where you can throw hides into them.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah. You know, I feel like I never.

[Brody Henderson]

That growing up, never heard of in northwest Montana, but, man, I haven't seen it in forever.

[Spencer Newarth]

Now, Brody, have you ever done this exchange if you have it right?

[Brody Henderson]

I haven't. No.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Brody Henderson]

I'm pretty sure I got it right. No.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. Nate, how about you? You also.

[Nate Tressa]

I've never heard of this.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh, you don't. You don't have it, right?

[Nate Tressa]

No. No.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. It's customary for companies like Deer's leather and Petska Fur to give hunters this item in exchange for a deer hide.

Corey and Brody like their answers.

[Brody Henderson]

I'm not sure why, like, feel like I've heard it. Feel like I got it right.

[Spencer Newarth]

Trusted Laura without answers, not good.

[Nate Tressa]

I'm getting like, you know, people trade you, like, one bullet for five empty cases or whatever. Like, hand loaded. You know what? Time out on, like, forums. No, like, you know, okay, that's kind of the vibe. That's like the train of thought I got.

[Spencer Newarth]

It's customary, you know, companies like deer's leather and that's a good train of thought to give hunters this item in exchange for a deer hide.

[Laura Mascari]

Maybe.

[Brody Henderson]

Who knows?

[Spencer Newarth]

Marge is entertaining herself with her answer.

[Brody Henderson]

Roll it.

[Spencer Newarth]

Is everybody ready?

[Laura Mascari]

No. I don't know.

[Spencer Newarth]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Nate saying, gloves.

[Commercial Announcer]

Whoa.

[Spencer Newarth]

Tressa says an orange hunting vest. Laura says store credit. Corey, gloves. Marge, a knife. Brody, to clean your head. The correct answer is gloves. Oh, close. This type of gloves for deer hide exchange happens across the country, but it's unclear when or where it started. It's now less common than it was 30 years ago, but most states still have a few fur companies that will do the swap. Although prices vary, the value of an untanned deer hide is about $7, while a pair of buckskin gloves is about 25. So hunters should feel good about the trade. Gloves for a deer hide. Question 8. The topic is wildlife. The World Wildlife Fund describes these Ecuadorian islands as having, quote, a wealth of unique plants and animals found nowhere else in the world.

[Brody Henderson]

I'm gonna get to something here in a minute, Spencer.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. We'll leave some space for you. Where World Wildlife Fund describes.

[Brody Henderson]

I'm a little disappointed in the source that you're using here.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. They can still know some things.

[Brody Henderson]

Yeah. They also they also lie about a lot of shit.

[Spencer Newarth]

So they also, they also sued the World Wrestling Federation. We've talked about.

[Nate Tressa]

Did they lose?

[Spencer Newarth]

The World Wrestling Federation lost. That's when they became wwe.

[Nate Tressa]

That's such a shame.

[Spencer Newarth]

The World Wildlife Fund describes these Ecuadorian islands as having a wealth of unique plants and animals found nowhere else in the world.

[Nate Tressa]

Is there like a registry for that glove, like a list for that glove thing.

[Spencer Newarth]

I think if you typed in like your state and deer hide trade for gloves, you'd find some examples. I feel like what happens is leather company X goes and sits at a gas station for a day and does their trade then. And then the next day they drive 80 miles and they sit at another gas station.

[Brody Henderson]

Yeah, they just haul like a dumpster around.

[Spencer Newarth]

That's how it was when I was a kid. You knew when they were coming like you know, within a half hour of your area to go trade in your deer skin for some gloves.

[Commercial Announcer]

Did you do it?

[Spencer Newarth]

I did it a couple times.

[Nate Tressa]

What are the gloves like?

[Spencer Newarth]

They're like. They're called buckskin gloves. I don't know, they're like the yellowy tanny.

[Brody Henderson]

Just the work gloves.

[Nate Tressa]

Just the work gloves.

[Spencer Newarth]

Leather gloves.

[Brody Henderson]

That's cool.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah, it's the fun part of it is that you traded a deer hide for it. It's not that they're like really special gloves. Again, these Ecuadorian islands have a wealth of unique plants and animals found nowhere else in the world. This is question eight. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Nate says Galapagos. Tressa Sanctuary. Laura without an answer. Corey and Marge and Brody say Galapagos. They got it. The correct answer is Galapagos.

[Brody Henderson]

Don't be using no anti hunting groups as your sources anymore.

[Spencer Newarth]

C A L A P A G O S. The Galapagos are best known for their tortoises, sea turtles, iguanas, boobies and penguins. It's where Darwin famous observed species with unique adaptations that inspired his theory of evolution. The islands are home to 188 species that are labeled as critically endangered, endangered or threatened. Art Phil, give us a scoreboard.

[Brody Henderson]

Update still catches me off guard every single time. Real pro.

[Nate Tressa]

Here we are.

[Brody Henderson]

After question 8 it is down to Brody who is in first place with six. Nate and Corey are right on his tail with five. And Maggie has four.

[Spencer Newarth]

Two questions left with those species that.

[Nate Tressa]

Like only live on one island, will they always be endangered or can they.

[Spencer Newarth]

Get to like the rest of our lives? I'm guessing so.

[Nate Tressa]

But like will they ever exceed a limb like an amount that would get them off the esa. Do you know what I mean?

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah, I'm sure it could happen. But if you are endangered species on the Galapagos, you're probably just staying an endangered species. He's on the Galapagos. Question 9. The topic is cooking. Laura Ingalls Wilder learns how to smoke venison in chapter one of this children's book series from the 1930s.

[Brody Henderson]

Oh, Brody's laughing over there, honey.

[Spencer Newarth]

Laura Ingalls Wilder learns how to smoke venison in chapter one of this children's book series from the 1930s. Nate likes his answer. Brody likes his answer. Our other four players, not so much.

[Laura Mascari]

Oh, I like mine. I'm just.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh, you have. Okay, she's gonna draw us. Provide a little doodle that goes along with her correct answer. You have this one right, Marge?

[Laura Mascari]

I am very confident I got this one right.

[Spencer Newarth]

Corey, do you have this one right? I don't think so. You're gonna be reading these books to Marshall pretty soon. It should be Brody. Have you read these?

[Laura Mascari]

No.

[Spencer Newarth]

You familiar? No.

[Laura Mascari]

They were my favorite books growing up. Did not think of it at all. Oh, no. Oh, I like, love these books.

[Spencer Newarth]

Laura Ingalls Wilder learns how to smoke venison in chapter one of this children's book series from the.

[Brody Henderson]

I kind of feel like there's a little. When I was a kid that maybe it was like a sexist thing or whatever, but like the book, these books got towards. Pushed towards a certain gender.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah, sure.

[Laura Mascari]

For sure.

[Nate Tressa]

And Hardy Boys went the other way.

[Laura Mascari]

Which I liked those books way more and didn't like these.

[Brody Henderson]

No, I'm not read those books. Those books are for girls.

[Spencer Newarth]

Corey is now revisiting his answer. I'll stick with it. Laura Ingalls Wilder learns how to smoke venison in chapter one of this children's book series from the 1930s. Tressa, do you have a guess?

[Laura Mascari]

I cannot think of it at all.

[Spencer Newarth]

Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Nate says, Little House on the Prairie. Tressa says home. Laura says Little House on the Prairie. Corey says Winnie the Pooh isn't quite done. Marge says Little House on the Prairie. She drew us a wagon and a house with some smoke coming out of the chimney. Brody says Little House on the Prairie. They got it. The correct answer is the Little House on the Prairie book set. The Little House series is about Laura Ingalls Wilder's childhood growing up on the American frontier in the late 1800s. In the first book, she wakes up one morning to a whitetail hanging in the tree of her front yard. She then has fresh venison that night and says it tastes so good that she wishes her family could eat the whole thing instead. Her dad says they have to salt and smoke the rest of the deer so that they have meat for winter. Goodreads named it the third best children's book series of all time, only ranking behind Harry Potter and the Chronicles of Narnia.

[Nate Tressa]

Bangers.

[Spencer Newarth]

Little House on the Prairie. Here's a correct answer review so far. One was West West Virginia. 2. Buck knives. 3. Squall 4. Gold barbecue sauce. 5. Roland Martin. 6. Farm Service Agency. 7. Gloves. 8. Galapagos. 9. The Little House Book Series. Phil, let's get a scoreboard Update before question 10.

[Brody Henderson]

Just like last week, Brody and Nate are in the lead at 1 and 2. Brody has 7, Nate has 6.

[Spencer Newarth]

Question 10. The topic is public lands. This next great question is via Sam Taylor. Name two of the four national parks with the word mount, mountain, or mountains in its name.

[Laura Mascari]

Oh, man.

[Spencer Newarth]

Brody gets this right, he will have eight points and the victory over the rest of the room. But if he gets it wrong and Nate gets it right, we will go to overtime. Name two of the four national parks with the word mount, mountain, or mountains in its name. Looks like a lot of players have come up with one and are still looking for the other three.

Nate is better prepared this week for a conservation donation. He declared it caught him off guard last week. He said not gonna catch him sleeping again.

[Nate Tressa]

Not this time.

[Spencer Newarth]

Name two of the four national parks with the word Mount, mountain, or mountains in its name. Brody, do you have two of them?

[Brody Henderson]

I'm quite certain I do.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. Puts a lot of pressure on Nate, who only has one.

Tressa, do you have this one right?

[Laura Mascari]

I have three of the four.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh, okay.

[Laura Mascari]

I can't think of the fourth one. Give me one of those. I should.

[Spencer Newarth]

Two of the four national parks with the word Mount, mountain, or mountains in its name.

Corey, how you doing down there?

[Brody Henderson]

Oh, doesn't matter.

[Spencer Newarth]

Marge, do you like your answer?

[Laura Mascari]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. No doodle this time, though, to go with him.

[Laura Mascari]

No, not at this moment.

[Spencer Newarth]

We're not going to hit the Shelby index. It was a four and a half this week, so if Brody has this right, he'll have eight. We'll have missed it by a point. Farm Service Agency. That's that. Stumped the whole room. Tough one.

[Nate Tressa]

I'm still mad about the gold orange situation.

[Spencer Newarth]

No one would call it what you're.

[Brody Henderson]

Wearing on your head right now. See, that's orange.

[Nate Tressa]

I couldn't tell you if I saw.

[Brody Henderson]

A barbecue sauce it looked like that, I would run.

[Spencer Newarth]

Very helpful diagram.

[Nate Tressa]

All looks the same to me, Nate.

[Laura Mascari]

This is red.

[Commercial Announcer]

Red.

[Nate Tressa]

Debatable.

[Spencer Newarth]

Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Nate says Great Smoky Mountains and Mount Rushmore. Tressa says Rocky Mountain National Park, Mount Rainier and Great Smoky Mountains. Laura says Mount Rainier and Mount Rushmore. Corey says Blue Ridge and Rocky Mountain. Marge says Mount Rushmore, Great Smoky Mountains. Brody says Rocky Mountain and Smoky Mountain National Park. The four national parks are Great Smoky Mountains, Guadalupe Mountains, Mount Rainier and Rocky Mountain National Park. So we had a. Tressa got three of them.

[Brody Henderson]

Oh, you're not gonna ding me. Yeah. Are we giving it to Brody?

[Nate Tressa]

We have precedent for this.

[Brody Henderson]

Important for the Lakers to be did.

[Nate Tressa]

Not get it right.

[Spencer Newarth]

We will give it to Brody. In this instance, I feel like normally we take these away from Brody, so today when it doesn't matter, we'll give him that eighth point.

[Brody Henderson]

Well, that's awful nice. The holidays here.

[Spencer Newarth]

Mount Rainier is the oldest of those four, being designated as a national park in 1899. Guadalupe Mountains is the most moder with it becoming a national park in 1972. They are two of the oldest and youngest parks in the national park system. All right, Brody is our winner today with eight correct answers. He flipped the script on Nate. Beat him by 2 today. Brody, where is your $500 going to go?

[Brody Henderson]

Since I saw so many elk this last weekend, let's do the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. I don't think we've hit them in a while.

[Spencer Newarth]

$500 going to RME EF, which is a Montana Local Conservation Missoula. That's right. 500 going their way via Brody and me. Join us next week for more trivia. Build a game show where conservation always wins.

[Nate Tressa]

Thanks, Spencer.

[Brody Henderson]

Yeah, Spencer from South Dakota.

[Commercial Announcer]

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[Brody Henderson]

Using those smooth, mellow tones, he lays them questions down.

And he likes taking those two and three year old bucks.

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[Laura Mascari]

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[Commercial Announcer]

What a matchup.

[Spencer Newarth]

We got y' all.

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[Spencer Newarth]

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[Laura Mascari]

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