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It's a meteor podcast. Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I'm your host, Sports Spencer. New Arth. And today we're joined by Giannis, Brody, Randall, Marge, Alex, Roman and Corey. This is a 10 round quiz show with questions from Meers 4 verticals which are hunting, fishing, conservation and cooking. And there is a prize meater will donate $500 to the Conservation organization of the winner's choosing. Spencer, what's up?
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Show everyone your T shirt. What do you got going on?
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T shirt.
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I like it.
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This. Oh, thank you. My wife got it for me at Goodwill. Rob Van Dam was my favorite wrestler of all time when I was a kid. He was from Battle Creek, Michigan. Yanni, I know that town.
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Not far from where I grew up.
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Rvd. His finishing move was the five star frog splash. This was a T shirt my wife found there that's probably slightly younger than me. So RVD's.
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Nobody can see it on camera.
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Spencer, it's okay. Just use your imagination. It's got like the skeleton of a dragon with a big peace sign says rvd.
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That's badass, dude.
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Ying yang sign.
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There you go. For the stat of the week. This week we're looking at Yanni's shocking overtime resume. 47% of his victories have happened in overtime, which is by far the high, the highest among the crew. The next closest is Steve, with 29% of his victories happening in overtime. Giannis, you're just the cardiac kid going to overtime all the time to earn those victories.
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Yeah, I don't think it's, it's, it's not like a real plus stat.
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No.
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Like if a coach and an opposing team was looking at that. He's not like I need that guy.
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Wait, though.
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Yeah, you can't. He can't win in regular.
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But you love shooting animals in overtime. Like going, what does that mean?
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A week through the buzzer, buzzer, at the buzzer.
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You just mean like, you're on a five day hunt. You kill him on day seven.
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Who.
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What's his winning percentage, though, in, you.
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Know, like, like, does he.
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He's good. He's good in overtime as well. But he has to go to overtime a lot.
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Yeah.
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You're earning those victories on an 11th question, Yanni. Like I said, I'm just happy seven.
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I don't win as much as Brody because I feel like my wins are. I celebrate them. Everybody else celebrates them. Brody wins, Everybody's like, yeah, we forget.
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How do you think I feel about that?
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I know. You don't even celebrate him anymore. You're just like, I gotta get back to the computer.
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See you guys.
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Another episode.
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Shades drawn, Door closed, bro.
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We have an IFAQ. If you have an IFAQ for us, send it to trivia themeater.com with the subject line IFAQ. This one is an FAQ. We had a lot of feedback on the episode this week. That's only like five hours old from Adam Schroeder. Genuinely curious, why the disgust for the Outdoor Boys from Brody and Giannis? I feel he has a wide reach and inspires outdoor interest. People thought you were too dismissive of Luke Nichols and the Outdoor Boys.
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I weren't con. I'm not going to speak for you honestly. I was not commenting on the Outdoor Boys at all. From what little I've seen of that guy, I. I think he's great. I was commenting on the fact that I knew something about social media that I wish I had no exposure to. Like, it was a commentary on social.
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Media, commentary on Brody, a disdain for.
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I was only commenting on the fact that I felt like you put a media question under.
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Are you new here, Yanni?
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Under the. No.
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Okay. I do that off.
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Just forgetful.
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I. I guess, I guess I always thought that when you had a movie question, you're like, this is under the media.
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No, from what I've seen about that guy, he's great. Like, he goes outside, does cool, spends time with his kids. It wasn't, it wasn't that.
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Listeners and comments will be happy. It's dominating the YouTube comments. Really now, probably five or six emails.
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Folks, I'm gonna have to issue a public apology.
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They sorry to the Outdoor Boys fans out there from Brody and Giannis. They really mean it. We have some housekeeping. A big announcement. The fourth annual Meat Eater Trivia Tournament is almost here. It will be a three episode series starting February 11th and featuring all the trivia heavy heaters, heavy hitters like Steve Brody and Randall, just like last year, will use 30 questions to crown our Meat Eater Trivia champion. So just a few weeks away.
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Well, that will be the champion for 20.
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We're. Don't worry about the year. That's going to get weird. It's just our fourth annual. That's awesome.
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I'm rooting for Giannis to win in an overtime victory.
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We've had Brody win one. We've had Randall win one. That's right, Steve win one.
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Yeah, I think I'm still the reigning champion, if I remember correctly.
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You are. Yes, you are.
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Who's the Jabroni that's going again?
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Well, we'll have a few Jabronis there, but our Jabroni champion right now, I think was. Was it you, Corey? Corey, you won the Jabroni championship last year.
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Does that get him a buy into the final round?
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He'll be in the. He'll be in the tournament. He'll be there. But our last Jabroni episode was won by Sarah. Team Corey. So you're gonna have to fight her for the next title. All right, the Shelby index for today is a four, so our winner should get eight 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?
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You just tend to win everything.
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Game on, suckers. Question 1. The topic is fishing. This first great question is via John Mertz. And as always, it will be multiple choice.
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Oh, I know John.
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Do you tell me about John Mertz. Yeah, he makes pike spear and decoys. Oh, well, that's a fitting question he has here.
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Of course, he's connected to the Latvian community of Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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According to Montana and Minnesota, this is the recommended minimum amount of ice for a person to ice fish. Is it 2 inches, 4 inches, 6 inches or 8 inches? What a relevant question, Johnny.
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Was he on the walleye tour or not? The walleye tour? The fur hat? No, no.
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John Mercer, Minneapolis, Latvian. According to Montana and Minnesota, this is the recommended minimum amount of ice for a person to ice fish.
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Slow year for pikes bearing around these parts this year.
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Oh, it's 60 degrees outside. 2 inches, 4 inches, 6 inches or 8 inches?
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Feel like, you know, this.
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He didn't even need the choices.
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I actually, I turned around, I was like, oh, the number I would have picked is not there.
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Okay. Your own personal number.
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Interesting.
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According to Montana and Minnesota, this is the recommended minimum amount of ice for a person to ice fish. 2 inches. 4 inches, 6 inches or 8 inches. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Giannis says four. Roman, six. Corey, four. Randall, six. Alex, four. Marge, four. Brody, four. The correct answer is four.
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No.
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Think about half of our room got that one right. They say 4 inches of clear ice is enough to hold you and your gear. It's 5 to 7 inches for a snowmobile, 7 to 8 inches for a UTV or ATV, 9 to 12 inches for a car, 12 to 17 inches for a truck, and 20 plus inches for a truck, plus a permanent ice shack. What were you going to say, Brody? Three inches.
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That's what I'd heard, too.
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Three inches would probably do you. Okay. Montana and Minnesota say wait for four.
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Better to be safe.
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Yeah, I think they're. They're giving you a little cushion there. So they don't. They're covering their.
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You know. What's question two? The topic is conservation. This tool, which is named after the man who invented it in 1911, detects and measures radiation. Corey and Randall quick to answer. Brody joining them. Corey changing his.
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This is such a random question.
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This tool, which is named after the man who invented it in 1911.
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I don't know if it's a Randall question.
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Detects and measures learned radiation.
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Yeah. Well, you're the only one in the room.
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Spelling is.
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Spelling won't matter unless it's so far off that, you know, it becomes something else.
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Because I don't think I'll be able to spell this.
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This tool, which is named after the man who invented it in 1911, detects and measures radiation. Yanni, do you like your answer?
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No.
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Wait, what's the category here?
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Conservation.
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I guess you're gonna explain that.
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Sure. What was the Shelby Index 4 on this one?
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I think so. I should probably keep thinking it through. I just kind of wrote down the first thing that came to mind, but.
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Brody, do you have this one right?
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Measures.
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Yeah. Corey, do you have this one right?
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No.
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Marge and Roman have blank whiteboards.
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Was his last name radiologist?
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This tool, which is named after the man who invented it in 1911, detects and measures radiation.
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Hot.
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Is that right?
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Yes.
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Way to go, Giannis.
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It's in the depths of my brain somewhere. But question.
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Is everybody ready? Yeah. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Giannis says Geiger counter. Roman without an answer. Corey without an answer. Randall says Geiger counter. Alex Rotkin. Marge, without an answer, Brody says Geiger. The correct answer is Geiger counter.
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Was it?
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Yeah.
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Hans Geiger invented the Geiger counter at the University of Manchester. The most radioactive place in America is the Hanford nuclear site in eastern Washington where plutonium was created for atomic bombs. The site was chosen for its remote location that wasn't too close to people, highways or railroads. It's home to America's single largest environmental cleanup that's been going on since 1989.
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I believe it's Hanford.
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Hanford, okay. Hanford. H A N F O R D I think I saw they have like 10,000 employees dedicated to cleaning that up.
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Big one.
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Question three. The topic is woodsmanship. This next great question is via Sean Vitruba. Despite its name, the tick borne illness, Rocky Mountain blank blank is most common in the South. Our room has the confidence back. Everyone quick to answer this one. You need to fill in those last two blanks. Despite its name, the tick borne illness, Rocky Mountain blank blank is most common in the South.
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In turkey season, whenever I got one of them things crawling on me, I'm like, is this the one?
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Yeah, but is this the one? Then there's like now. When we were kids, there used to be like one thing you might end up with. Now you're like, well, could get this, this, this or this.
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Well, we're fortunate to be like, in a part of the country that has the least of all the tick diseases.
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You're right.
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If you're in New England or the south or Great Great Lakes, I'd be real worried. Spooky. Despite its name, the tick borne illness, Rocky Mountain blank blank is most common in the South. Does everyone have this one? Right.
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That's why you gotta wear them Yuma base layers.
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There you go.
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Corey, was that bear, that bear you shot last year, was that thing covered in ticks?
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No.
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No.
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I mean, there might have been some that I couldn't find, but where?
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A bear I killed a couple years.
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Before that killed him and then hours later, you could just watch his hide and watch the ticks just crawl out.
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It's gross.
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Yeah. Different part of the state though.
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Yeah.
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Is everybody ready?
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Yep.
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Go ahead and reveal your answers. Giannis says spotted fever. Roman without an answer. Corey and Randall say spotted fever. Alex says Lyme disease. Marge, Spotted fever. Brody, Spotted fever. The correct answer is spott spotted fever. The three states with the most cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever are North Carolina, Oklahoma and Tennessee. It is transmitted by dog ticks and wood ticks and does not Spread from person to person. Symptoms include a non itchy rash, fever, headache, sore throat and sensitivity to light.
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You don't explain why it's Rocky Mountain.
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I. I don't know if I assume it was found in the Rockies in the.
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The infectious disease laboratory in Hamilton, Montana. Bitter Valley.
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Oh yeah. They have like that lab is dedicated to that disease. Right.
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A lot of I. I think there's a lot of different diseases that they study. It's Covid work there, I think.
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4. The topic is hunting. This animal has been featured on Winchester's logo since 1919. Brody, quick to answer. He is only one.
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That's what popped into my head.
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This is question four and the topic is hunting. This animal has been featured on Winchester's logo since 19.
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I don't get anything else.
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How specific do you need this answer?
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I think you can just say.
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If you thought it was a channel catfish, you could just say catfish. Thank you.
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That was gonna be my answer.
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Same exact example.
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No, no, no, no, no. I was gonna use the.
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The dog that we always use despite its name. The tick borne illness. Oh, I'm sorry. We're on this next one. This animal has been featured on Winchester's logo since 1919. Yanni, do you have this one right?
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I believe so.
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Randall, do you have this one right?
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Randall and I were just talking about Winchester Model 70s.
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Randall, slightly slower to answer than I expected.
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The gun guru is hesitant.
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I know, I know.
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Is it okay for me to put out there that I'm selling a special model 70 out there and if you're interest, what if I said no, shoot me a dm. Well then I wouldn't mention what I'm selling.
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Alex, do you have this one right? I went down a Jack o' Connor rabbit hole yesterday. So confident.
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That's interesting because I was talking. Were we talking about Jack o' Connor on trivia?
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Last week you had a first edition Jack o' Connor book.
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But then yesterday I was talking to a fellow whose dad at the ripe age of like 78 is going sheep hunting in the Northwest Territories this year. And I was like, dude, he might go with him. I said, you and your dad should read some Jack o'. Connor.
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Oh yeah.
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Read some Duncan Gilchrist. Read some Tony Russ. I feel like is another great dull sheep.
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Just so you get really comfortable with taking wild shots.
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The stories I used to love that o' Connor right. Was on. Him and his old lady would just drive down into old Mexico to sheep hunt.
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Yeah. Like and go who's deer, huh?
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Yeah. Johnny, what caliber Winchester Are you selling?
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It's a 6555, Swede.
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Why are you getting rid of it?
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I just. You know, as much as I like that gun, I love that caliber. You know, it's one of Chuck Hawks's favorite calibers. I love how popular it is in Europe and all that good stuff. It's just been sitting in my gun cabinet, and it hasn't been hunted with for quite some time. And it's just another thing. And I like to get rid of things that I'm not using.
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Why don't you just give it to one of your girls?
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Because they have.
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They'd rather have the money.
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Shoot, you know, they should work up to that.
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Could. Would you give a discount to Randall if he wanted that thing?
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Possibly.
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Okay.
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It's not powerful enough for Rand.
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I reached out to my gun broker contacts. I feel like we have a pretty decent idea of the market right now. Oh, I'm not really in that market.
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Okay. Again, we're on question four. This animal has been featured on Winchester's logo since 1919. Is everybody ready? Yeah. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Giannis says horse. Roman says wild Turkey. Corey says deer. Randall says deer. Alex. Pheasant. Marge, Horse. Brody.
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Horse.
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The correct answer is horse.
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Oh, my goodness.
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Randall.
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I was done thinking pheasant. Well, what I was doing is I was picturing boxes of ammo. And in my mind, I'm like, am I picturing Winchester's logo or am I picturing the Winchester XP deer season line of ammo? And I couldn't decide because that does have antlers.
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I see it now.
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The tricky thing I feel about the Winchester is there's a rider, right?
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There's a man.
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There wasn't. There was the artist.
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So if I said homo sapiens, we're.
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Not going to give it to you. If you said human, Bill is going to show us that painting. The Winchester logo is called the Horse and Rider, featuring a man cradling a Winchester rifle atop a galloping horse. It was painted by Philip Goodwin, who was commissioned to make the logo after the end of World War I. Now, in that painting, it has some, like, sagebrush and a bison skull, but the bison skull didn't make it into the logo. The logo only shows the man and the horse. So bison not correct. Despite it being in Phillips original painting.
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That's what Giannis used to look like when he's hunting with a 65 Swede.
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I would like to have one of those rifles that he's packing. I'd keep if I saw. If I Had a. Like a. What is that?
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Yeah, Randall, 1894.
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I got one in mind. But it's the. For a little while, Randall know this, they were all side ejects, you know, but then for a few years they made a top eject and that's the one I had. People hated it.
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That's cool.
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Right in your forehead.
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So when your scope mount had to be off to the side so you.
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Look really tactical with your offset optics.
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My task, is it like fully off to the side? Oh, yeah. Or is it just like kind of off?
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Yeah, they mount them at like 10 or 11 o'.
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Clock.
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Super weird.
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Bill is showing us that painting right now. You can see it over on our YouTube channel.
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I'll be honest, the horse didn't even cross my mind. Wow.
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What would have been after deer if you had to choose another something?
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I don't know. I was lost.
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Pretty iconic logo. It's been around for over a hundred.
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Years, starting with the animals and trying to figure it out from there. It's the wrong way to do it.
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Question 5. The topic is cooking. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Will Britt for sending this great question. Will is going to get a board game signed by the crew. If you want a chance to win the listener question of the week, then send your question to trivia the meat eater.com. the topic is cooking. This 12 letter word is defined as to restore a dehydrated food to its original consistency or texture by adding a liquid such as water.
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12 letters.
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12 letter word. I'm going to recount just to make sure I have that still. 12 letters. This 12 letter word is defined as to restore a dehydrated food to its original consistency or texture by adding a liquid such as water. Randall and Yanni have their answers locked in. You boys have this one, right?
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That's a lot. Well, I wrote down the first thing that came to mind and then I counted the letters and I came up with 12. So I feel pretty good.
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They're the only two players with their white boards down. 12 letter words defined as to restore a dehydrated food to its original consistency or texture by adding a liquid.
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How many letters does rehydrate have?
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Not enough.
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Damn, I was gonna go with that.
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Rehydration. It's closer. Much closer.
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It is.
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This is question five. It's our listener question of the week.
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Well, it doesn't have the right number of letters.
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Well, it does if you use your imagination. We'll get a scoreboard update from Phil the engineer after this.
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If you spell it rehydration with an.
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S, H, H, U n exclamation point. 2 n's, 12 letter word to restore a dehydrated food to its original consistency or texture by adding a liquid such as water.
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I was fine with the ice missing out on the ice answer, but this game is not liking it now that I got the gun question wrong, but.
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You think you have this one correct?
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Pretty sure.
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Okay.
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But I guess we'll find out.
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Is everybody ready?
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This is going to make me mad.
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It's making me mad already.
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As soon as Alex is done writing, we're going to flip over the whiteboards.
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Might shed a tear.
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How many letters you got, Alex? I don't know how I got it. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Giannis says reconstitute. Roman without an answer. Corey without an answer. Randall, reconstitute. Alex liquefication. Marge without an answer. Brody without an answer. Randall and Yanni. Got it. It's reconstitute. Things that you might reconstitute include dehydrated fruits and veggies, freeze dried meals and instant coffee. Danielle Pruitt says dried mushrooms should be a paint, a pantry staple because they're so easy to reconstitute and because you're left with a mushroom broth afterwards. All right, Phil, we're halfway through the game of trivia. Let's see the scoreboard. Perfect five.
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We've got Roman with zero points. Alex Plakta has one. Corey has two. Randall and Maggie are tied up with three points. Brody Henderson has four. And will he go to overtime today? We'll find out. It's Giannis Patel's in first place with five points in a perfect game.
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Trying to buck the trend, Phil.
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Okay, she's gonna win it in regulation. And March pointed out she is tied with Randall first time ever. That's great.
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First time ever.
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Yeah.
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Wow. You're doing great.
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Thanks.
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Yeah.
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And Randall is tortured.
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I'm fine. I just. It's not really fun anymore.
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I'm fine.
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I just hope to get a couple more good jokes in. If I can get Giannis to laugh four more times this episode, I'll be happy.
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If anybody's game. Anybody's game.
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I don't know. Question six. The topic is wildlife. Name two of the three states with the highest population of alligators. Alligators.
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This should be easy.
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How about two states that don't have.
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Two of the three?
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Two of the three states with the highest population of alligators.
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Go with what you know.
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Phil pointed Out. This is our 200th episode of trivia. Took us 200 episodes to have question about alligator populations.
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So we can only put two.
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Just put two of them. You put a third one, you get it wrong. Name two of the three states with the highest population of gators. Jan is still thinking this might ruin his perfect game.
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Spencer, does it feel like you've written over 2,000 trivia questions?
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It does. Yes, it does feel like that. But thankfully, our listeners are great about sending examples. So this show's gonna go forever. Name two of the three states with the highest population of alligators. Yanni's still thinking. How many states do you have down? Giannis?
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I have three.
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Mm.
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Wow. Randall was gonna make a joke to make you laugh.
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No, I was just gonna reiterate the point that you made earlier, that if you put down three, you get it wrong.
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You didn't want to remind him.
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Yeah, I was actually gonna be considerate.
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You're headed the right direction, Marge.
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Name two of the three states with the highest population of alligators. Yanni.
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Yeah?
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Do you have your two picked out?
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No. You wait.
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Waiting on you, Brody.
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I think you don't need to.
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No, I think I know this because you shot an alligator. Didn't we eat it? Somebody. Somebody did.
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I'd love to, but somebody brought some.
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To the old office and we ate, like, fried alligator.
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I'm, like, blinking one of my buddies. One of your buddies when I brought it in.
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Okay.
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Look at that memory unmarked. That's why she's tied with Randall. Is everybody ready?
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Very chicken like.
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Yeah.
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Go ahead and reveal your answers. Giannis says Louisiana. Florida. He crossed out Mississippi. Roman says Florida. Louisiana. Corey. Florida. Georgia. Randall. Georgia. Florida. Louisiana. Alex. Florida. Louisiana. Marge. Florida. Louisiana. She crossed out Texas and Georgia. Brody says Florida, Louisiana. Seen them in Georgia. The three states are Louisiana, Florida, and Texas. Not up there. Louisiana has the most gators in America with an estimated population north of 2 million. That's followed by Florida at 1.3 million, Texas at 400,000, Georgia at 200,000, South Carolina at 100,000, Alabama at 70,000, and Mississippi at 32,000. Phil has a picture here of their population density by states. Then you got some stragglers that have made it up into North Carolina, Arkansas, and Oklahoma with 100.
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My goodness.
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Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida, and Texas. Question seven. The topic is cooking. This type of clam, which Serious Eats says is, quote, tender and beefy, is named after its sharp shell that can slice hands and feet. This is question seven. The topic is cooking. Brody has his answer. Giannis. Has his answer. This type of clam, which Serious Eats says is tender and beefy, is named after its sharp shell that can slice hands and feet. Randall, do you have this one right?
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I do.
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Roman, do you have this one right?
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I do.
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Okay.
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I think I'm.
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Hell, yeah.
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Roman. Have you ever caught one of these, Roman?
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I had some in Baja two years ago for some local fishermen, and they stuck with me. That's why.
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Oh, I'm feeling better about this answer.
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This type of clam.
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You mean they poisoned you?
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Yeah, I was gonna say, which seems.
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I was just excited to try them.
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They were the first time I had the answer.
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Yeah.
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Serious Eat says are tender and beefy is named after the sharp shell that can slice hands and feet.
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I got poisoned by oysters and Baja ones.
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Oh, I got poisoned by death. I've ever been in Seattle.
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Really? Really. What do you think the problem were the time that you guys got poisoned? Were they, like, the toxic table full.
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Of people like this eating oysters? And I got the bad one. One just like, look at the draw, man.
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This was at an event where they had, like, a big thing of ice and guys just shucking oysters night, like, 200.
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It'd be like if you had ever stacked. It'd be like if you had 30 beers.
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I've never been sicker in my life.
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Must have had a bad beer last night.
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Yeah, no, it was bad.
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This type of clam, which Serious Eats says is tender and beefy, is named after its sharp shell that can slice hands and feet. Is everybody ready? Gonna wait on Corey. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Giannis says razor. Roman. Razor. Corey without an answer, Randall. Razor. Alex says tender, beefy clam. Marge without an answer. Brody says razor. The correct answer is razor clam.
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So is that the simplest answer?
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There are Pacific razor clams and Atlantic razor clams, which are found up and down the coast of North America. Pacific razors are best served steamed, fried, or in chowder or ceviche, while Atlantic razors are best served steamed, grilled, or seared. Serious Eats says they taste like, quote, kissing a mermaid. Question 8. The topic is fishing. This next great question is via Sam Blumenfeld. Huck and Jim catch a catfish, quote, as big as a man while floating this river in Adventures of Huckleberry Fin.
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Oh, no.
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Really?
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Yes. Randall. Do you still have your perfect game, Giannis?
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Yeah.
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Okay. Question 8 may ruin it with a literary question. Huck and Jim catch a catfish as big as a man while floating this river in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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I Read the book.
E
Oh, I was thinking the same thing as Randolph. I just wasn't going to say it out loud.
F
Practically the main character. Yeah, I don't think I'm giving much away here.
D
No, you're not. You're not. You're not.
A
The catfish is the main character.
G
The river Huck Finn was way better than the Tom Sawyer book, in my opinion.
F
Yeah, but nobody wrote a good song called Huck Finn.
A
I'm fixing to read the book, James, this year from Percival Everett, which won a bunch of awards. And it's supposed to be the same story, but written from Jim's perspective instead of Huck's perspective. Huck and Jim catch a catfish as big as a man while floating this river in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Yanni, do you like your answer?
D
Yeah.
A
This is question eight.
F
Shouldn't do.
A
You can keep the perfect game going. What should it be?
F
I don't know. But based on Yanni's earlier protests about the outdoor boys, thought he'd make a fuss about this.
E
I've seen Russian concert three times, Randall.
D
Really? Oh, yeah.
E
Great show.
F
The only two bands I've seen in concert three times are Pearl Jam and Poison.
E
Poison?
D
Yeah.
F
We had a group of guys in high school. We just went to all kinds of Poison shows.
E
Yeah.
A
Do you have this one, right?
D
No.
C
No.
F
There are other people that went to way more than that. Sure.
G
Enlighten me. What is. What kind of music is Poison?
C
You don't remember that Hair Rock?
F
I saw him open for Kiss.
G
Okay.
F
At Riverbend.
G
Maybe I've heard it.
A
I don't think I can tell you. Is it cherry pie? Is that poison?
F
No, that's.
A
I saw.
F
That was at the Rock Never Stops tour.
A
The only thing I know about Brett.
C
Michaels is your love is like bad medicine.
A
It's poison.
F
Every rose has taco dirty to me.
D
Is that poison?
G
Okay. I've definitely heard it before.
A
Come on, Just. Dad, of course, had made his career.
G
Definitely. I've heard Poison. There we go.
A
Bill, I bet you love Rock of Love.
B
Oh, yeah.
E
No, no, no.
D
I can't.
E
I can't get on the whole reality thing. I can't get into Bravo stuff. It's just not my. Yeah, but it was.
A
This was like 20 years ago. No, not 20 years ago. Probably 15 years ago. So it's just different, you know, when BH1 is making a dating show with Bret Michaels? How do you not watch that?
C
You know, MTV played their last video ever the other day, shuttered it.
B
Wow.
C
MTV's gone.
D
I didn't hear that.
A
All right. You mean like music video or just like, they ended it?
C
I think they're the last thing they played.
A
I mean, wow. Like that. It was irrelevant by the time I was of age to watch mtv. Then it was just like the Jackass Channel and whatever.
C
Spent a lot of time watching 120 minutes in college. It's a good show.
A
Is everybody ready again? Huck and Jim catch a catfish as big as a man while floating this river in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Giannis says Mississippi. Roman, Mississippi. Corey and Randall and Alex. The whole room says Mississippi. Everybody got it correct. It's the Mississippi River. The duo is using a skinned rabbit as bait when they catch a giant catfish. They say it measured 6ft, 2 inches long and weighed over 200 pounds. That would make it 57 pounds heavier than the current world record blue cat. Inside the belly of the cat, they find a brass button, spool and other garbage. Huck says they eat it and that quote, his meats as white as snow and makes for a good fry. Bill, let's get a scoreboard update with two questions to go.
E
Wow. Roman and Alex and Corey all have three points. Maggie has five. Randall has six. Brody has seven, Giannis has eight. And he is in first place with a perfect game. Still, the pressure mounts.
A
Have you had a perfect game before?
D
I don't know.
A
Okay. If he can get it doesn't sound.
F
That stretched to him.
A
Spencer can get 10. Right. Meat eater will double the donation to a thousand dollars.
D
I think I would have remembered maybe one, but I don't. I'm not sure.
A
Question 9. The topic is hunting. This next great question is via Ann Katzenmayer. Besides Antarctica, what is the only continent without a native deer species?
D
Hmm.
A
Besides Antarctica, what is the only continent without a native deer species? Room is thinking hard. Randall and Marge have their answers.
G
I'm just going to see if I can beat Randall now.
A
I'm cheering for you, Marge.
F
Yeah. You pointed out so many times that we were tied. You haven't emphasized.
A
Now that I'm beating her, that's less fun, bud. Question nine. The time.
F
Got one.
A
Besides Antarctica, what is the only continent without a native deer species?
D
This one's tricky.
F
Oh, yeah, It's a good question.
A
Perfect game on the line for Giannis. How many continents are there?
D
9.
A
You use your imagination. There's a bunch.
E
Of.
F
I can't tell.
A
Oh, seven.
F
Yeah, there are seven Continents. Continents. Continents there. You know that song?
A
I don't know that song. Keep going.
F
I'm pretty sure that's a song. Phil. Could you look that up?
D
Yeah, sure.
F
There are seven continents there.
G
If there is seven, Randall.
E
Seven continents.
G
You should make a song.
A
Does that song teach you other things or just.
F
I think there's some way that you can squeeze all the names into that melody.
D
Ah.
F
And it's. You get it, Phil. You play it.
D
Should I play it?
A
Yeah. Come on.
D
Wait.
A
It's coming.
E
Nope. It's coming. That was just.
D
The world is split up into.
F
This isn't the one I'm thinking of, but I like this one a lot.
E
We might get flagged, some sort of copyright things. I'm not gonna keep playing it.
F
I've taken over your show, Spencer.
A
What is it? The Wiggles? Is that.
E
It wasn't the Wiggles. That was some other random.
F
Yeah, it's like Mary had a little lamb. But there were seven continents.
A
Besides Antarctica, what is the only continent without a native deer species? Giannis, how do you feel about your answer?
D
I don't have an answer yet.
A
Okay. We're waiting on you and Rock Yanni.
C
It's a tough question.
F
I know. I kind of feel bad now. I hope he gets it right.
A
What do you feel bad about?
F
Just like if Yanni blew his perfect game now I'm kind of cheering for him at this point.
D
Oh, thanks.
F
Because I'm out of it.
A
Me too. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Giannis says Africa. Roman, South America. Corey, Australia. Randall, South. America. Alex. Australia. Marge. Australia. Brody. Australia. The correct answer is Australia. Giannis has lost his perfect game.
D
I'm for sure Australia had fallow. We're one of their natives.
A
Besides of its because of its isolation from other land masses, Australia has no native deer, monkeys, cats or bears. And their only native canine, the dingo, was brought there 3,000 years ago by humans. Australia does have six established species of non native deer that live there today, though the phow is among them. All right, here's a correct answer review so far. One is four inches of ice. Two. Geiger counter. Three. Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Four. Horse. Five. Reconstitute. Six. Louisiana. Florida. Texas. Seven. Razor clam. Eight. Mississippi river. Nine. Australia. Phil, let's get one more scoreboard update before question 10.
E
It's like Yanni might be headed to OT one more time. And Giannis. They have eight points apiece.
A
And we should point out that Randall and Maggie are tired.
F
Yeah, same with Corey and Alex on an island.
A
Australia, they call it. Question 10. The topic is wildlife. This is the official bird of Maryland, which has the state's biggest city in its name. This is the official bird of Maryland, which has the state's biggest city in its name. Oh. Giannis and Brody are currently tied with eight points apiece.
F
Misspell this like crazy, I think.
A
And they both now have an answer. Brody, do you have this one right?
C
Boy, if I don't, I'm gonna get made fun of, I feel.
A
Yanni, do you have this one right?
D
I believe so.
A
Randall, do you have this one right?
F
Oh, yes.
A
Okay. Oh, it's like you will have defeated Marge.
F
I know. I wasn't gonna point that out.
D
Marge, you know this.
A
Yeah. Don't you?
F
Do you're giving Brody hints, too, at the same time?
A
This is the official bird of Maryland, which has the state's biggest city in its name. Is everybody ready? Oh, biggest city in its name. That's right. Yeah. The name of this is wrong.
F
Yeah, I meant to tell you that. Also not a bird.
A
I'm glad you let me know. What is it?
C
A mammal?
D
A lizard?
F
It's a reptile.
A
I actually had no idea what it was. I was just going off of a college football name.
G
It is.
F
Absolute right association, though.
A
Yeah. It's the official bird of Maryland, which has the state's biggest city in its name.
F
Go with what you know.
A
Biggest city of Maryland is in the name of the bird.
F
It's in there.
D
Man, if you don't know, it's a fun question.
A
Thank you. Corey, do you have this one right? No, I don't know Maryland like.
D
I don't know.
A
Razor clams. Okay. Maryland sounds like a.
F
Start with the biggest, you know, the.
A
Biggest city in Maryland sounds like a.
F
Theme park, and then associate a bird with it.
A
I think I know the capital of Maryland.
G
I can't even name a city in Maryland.
C
Yes, you can.
G
What do they do in marriage?
F
No, but you're on the right track.
A
Nobody knows. Happy, Obviously.
G
No, there's a lot of water.
A
Randall is trying to nudge Alex in the right direction.
F
Nobody likes to tie Spencer even for third place.
D
I don't know about that.
A
Is everybody ready? No. Yeah, let's do this. I'm not gonna hold anybody off. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Giannis says the Baltimore Oriole.
B
Oh, my God.
A
Roman says Washington Cardinal.
F
Your name says every other mascot associated.
A
With Randall says Baltimore Oriole. Alex says Raven. And before that, he must have had Terrapin. Is that what he had?
D
Yeah.
A
Marge, without an answer, Brody says Baltimore Oriole. The correct answer is the Baltimore Oriole.
D
Do you know that bird?
G
Yes. Maggie Yes, I do.
A
The Baltimore Oriole is named after its black and orange plumage, which matches the colors on the coat of arms of Lord Baltimore, who the city is named after. Of course, the most famous Baltimore Orioles of all time are Cal Ripken Jr. And Brooks Robinson.
C
They're like eating orange slices. If you put orange. If you live where they are.
F
Because of the color, mostly.
A
All right, we're headed to overtime with Brody and Giannis, who have nine correct answers.
D
Classic Yanni tiebreaker.
F
Boy, this would be poetic.
A
The overtime topic is fishing. I mean, the foreshadowing. Did the world record burbot way.
F
Holy cow.
A
Gonna be a chunker. That's a. That's a tough question. What did the world record go to? 1 decimal point for your answer. But if you're closest to the the nearest whole number, we're gonna add that extra 100 donation today.
D
What does a big old burbit weigh?
A
What did the world record Burbot weigh?
C
Wait, what are we doing?
G
A point.
A
We're doing a point something. I just. One decimal point.
F
I just got an invitation to go Burbot fishing. We're at with my old Burbot fishing partner in the Great White North.
A
Okay, Great North White north of Minnesota.
F
Alaska.
A
They have ice up there.
F
Little. Little limb lining.
A
What did the world record burbot weigh? We're down to Brody and Giannis, but the whole room is gonna play along, Roman, because if somebody can get it closest to the nearest whole number, we're gonna add an extra $100 donation today. Are you going to go, Randall?
F
I'd love to. I just need to figure out a way to make this company pay for it.
C
I already did a Burbit show in Alaska. It's gonna be a tough sell, Randall.
A
I bet.
D
What?
F
I bet the way we do, it's way more exciting.
G
Bring a can record.
A
Perfect way jets. Giannis has his answer. Brody has his answer. So, rest of the room.
D
Ice fishing program. I was very entertained by where he went around Lake of the woods trying to catch eight species. I feel like, oh, wow. One of them was the burbot. Although there they call them pout. They didn't even drop in the eel.
A
Mm. They have the Eelpout Festival in Marge's great home state. Is everybody ready?
G
They do.
A
Go ahead and reveal your answers. Roman says 28.5. Corey says 26.3. 9.1. Alex says 67. Marge says 61.8. Our two players remaining, we have Giannis saying 20.1 and Brody saying 23.6. I'm glad I'm on the neighborhood.
D
On the low side, I think the correct answer.
F
I don't know who's gonna win.
A
25 making Brody. He was two pounds off of the.
F
Correct dance, by the way.
A
Corey was 1 pound off the correct answer. 25.13 pounds. It was caught in Lake Diefenbaker in Saskatchewan in 2010. The angler, Sean Conrad was using a whole herring. Sean and his Twin Brother hold 10 IGFA records, including the world record for rainbow trout that was caught in the Same Lake in 2009. Go listen to episode 792 of Meat Eater Radio for an interview with Sean. Right. Which I think you were on that episode.
D
Yeah, I remember that. Big rainbow trout, I think.
C
Oh, I wasn't paying attention. I was thinking about something else.
A
Brody defeated him. Give you money, Brody, where's the $500 going today?
C
Our buddy Cal was on what was in D.C. yesterday in the hallowed halls of Congress fighting for us. So we'll donate to BHA.
A
BHA getting $500 from Meat Eater. And Brody. Brody on kind of a heater going into the Meat Eater tournament. Randall, you.
C
You know that's not where I want to be. No, I want to go into the tournament at a low point.
A
Okay.
F
That's sort of how I've been thinking about it.
A
Randall's just gonna blend in.
C
I might already have a low point. A few games between now and then.
A
Coming up soon in a few weeks. Join us next week for more Meat Eater trivia. The only game show where conservation always wins.
C
Yeah, Spencer from South Dakota, he's the host. Using those smooth, mellow tones, he lays them questions down. And he likes taking those two and three year old bucks. And he's an avid amateur rock hound.
A
This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.
Episode 824: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CC
Host: Steven Rinella (not present), Host for Trivia: Spencer Newarth
Date: January 21, 2026
This episode of The MeatEater Podcast is a lively installment of MeatEater Trivia, the recurring game show where conservation always wins. Hosted by Spencer Newarth, this episode features a panel of MeatEater regulars and friends (Giannis, Brody, Randall, Marge, Alex, Roman, and Corey), who compete in a 10-round nature-themed quiz. Covering hunting, fishing, cooking, conservation, wildlife, and outdoor knowledge, the show blends sharp-witted banter, cultural commentary, and serious trivia for an engaging, competitive, and educational hour—with $500 donated by MeatEater to a conservation group of the winner's choosing.
Winner: Brody Henderson (after overtime)
Conservation Donation: $500 to Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA)
Highlight: Giannis nearly makes MeatEater Trivia history with a perfect game, only to stumble on a tough question about Australia’s native mammals.
Fun, irreverent, educational, with the camaraderie and light-hearted roasting typical of the MeatEater crew. This trivia-centric episode is a celebration of outdoor knowledge, good-natured competition, and a shared commitment to conservation.
For future MeatEater Trivia, submit questions to trivia@themeateater.com, and be sure to catch the upcoming annual tournament for more laughs, learning, and spirited debates about the wild.