Ep. 827: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CCI

Summary

The MeatEater Podcast – Episode 827: "Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CCI"

Release Date: January 28, 2026
Host: Spencer Neuharth
Contestants: Giannis, Brody, Randall, Alyssa, Corey, Seth, Tressa

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Episode Overview

This episode of The MeatEater Podcast showcases the ever-popular "MeatEater Trivia" competition—a lighthearted yet fiercely contested outdoor knowledge game that spans the show's four signature themes: hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. Host Spencer Neuharth quizzed the regular crew and guests through 10 rounds, with an added incentive: MeatEater donates $500 to a conservation organization of the winner’s choice. Listeners can expect a blend of rigorous questions, irreverent banter, off-the-cuff jokes, and surprising tidbits from the world of the outdoors.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Kicking Off with Housekeeping & Banter (00:52–06:05)

• Randall’s Losing Streak:
  Spencer notes it's been 12 weeks since Randall last won a trivia game (00:52). Randall lightheartedly accuses the host of subconsciously biasing questions against him:

  "I think you’ve learned me... I think it would be very difficult for you, as you're reading the questions, to be like... that's one that Randall would know but nobody else would know." – Randall (01:38)

• Life Updates & Group Humor:
  The group riffs on Randall’s growing hair (02:38), with jokes about live on-air haircuts and enthusiasm for viral video opportunities.

• Listener Interaction & Clarifications:
  Spencer addresses listener questions about game answers (e.g., extra point for "flurry" instead of "squall" in a previous episode), underscoring the show’s interactive, good-natured spirit (04:06–05:27).

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2. The Game Begins – Sample Questions & Answers

Question 1: Cooking (07:21)
What is the recommended internal temperature (Fahrenheit) for a medium rare duck breast according to the James Beard Foundation?

• Correct Answer: 130°F (54°C)
• Notable moment: Nearly the entire room gets it right. Spencer references Danielle Pruitt’s matching advice and directs listeners to her recipe (08:26).

Question 2: Conservation (09:29)
Who is the biologist famous for hosting Disney's Going Wild and ABC's Ocean Mysteries?

• Correct Answer: Jeff Corwin
• Notable Quotes:

  "Jeff Corwin. Phil has a picture of him for us... He played himself in a 2003 episode of CSI Miami where he helped detectives retrieve a human foot from a live crocodile." — Spencer (12:44)

Question 3: Outdoors (13:09)
With 90 million users, what app is described as the best for hiking, biking, and running?

• Correct Answer: AllTrails

Question 4: Fishing (15:04)
This seven-letter bait, grub-like and dry, turns into a bee moth.

• Correct Answer: Waxworm
• Notable “insider” tactics: “I have some of this in my freezer.” — Corey (15:32)
• Fun Fact: Waxworms are a staple for ice anglers (17:00).

Question 5: Hunting & Pop Culture Crossover (19:09)
Terry Bradshaw was the backup QB to which Duck Dynasty patriarch? (First and last name required)

• Correct Answer: Phil Robertson (21:44)
• Fun Historical Tidbit: Phil threw 34 interceptions in college before launching Duck Commander; his high school rival was Dan “Butch” Flores.

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3. Game Progress, Banter, and Notable Moments

• Scoreboard Update (23:28): At halftime, Brody has a perfect score, and Randall is trailing close behind.

Question 6: Conservation Term (24:06) NOAA's definition: Discarded marine catch and unobserved mortality due to fishing vessels and gear.

• Correct Answer: Bycatch
• Stats: Bycatch includes non-fish such as dolphins, and constitutes 40% of commercial fishing catch (26:06).

Question 7: Hunting – Blacktail Deer Species (27:05)

• Columbia and Sitka are the two recognized blacktail types.

Question 8: Cooking & Pop Culture (30:44) Two-word term for perspiring after protein-heavy meals, popularized by Friends in 2001?

• Correct Answer: Meat Sweats
• Memorable Quote:

  “I associate this more with a giant prime rib dinner... photos of me at dinners where I’m uncomfortable and sweaty.” – Randall (35:37)

Question 9: Fishing/Wordplay (37:25) Coastal fish—also a hairstyle—described as ‘elongated with dark stripes’ by South Carolina DNR?

• Correct Answer: Mullet
• Fun Fact: Mullets are used as bait for redfish, tarpon, and more.

Question 10: Foraging/State Trees (42:08) Name one of four states with the sugar maple as the official tree.

• Correct Answers: Vermont, New York, Wisconsin, West Virginia

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4. Overtime & Victory (44:08–47:23)

Tiebreaker Question: Gear
In which year did backup cameras become mandatory in new vehicles?

• Correct Answer: 2018
• Brody wins; Corey nails it exactly and earns an extra $100 for the winner’s charity.

Charity Donation:

• $600 donated to the New Mexico Wildlife Federation (46:29)
• Spencer: “$600 from Brody and MeatEater going to... the New Mexico Wildlife Federation. Well done, Brody.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Game Prep:

  "I want, like, a salon style feathered cut above the ears... business out front, party in the back." — Randall & Brody on haircuts (03:07–03:13)

• On "Jabroni":

  "In wrestling... they would need someone... to beat up on. Those people were called jobbers... corrupted to being a 'jabroni.' So if you’re a jabroni, your job is just to show up and lose." – Spencer (27:48)

• On Trivia's Role:

  “We have some MeatEater trivia participants who know they’re not going to win, but they show up and have a great attitude. It’s an affectionate term here.” – Spencer (28:16)

• On Meat Sweats:

  “I just thought you would have experienced it more than anybody in this room… I thought… you would start sweating, and then anybody would look over at you and just see ‘meat sweats’ written on your forehead.” – Giannis to Randall (35:07)

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Key Timestamps

• 00:52 – Trivia introductions, group banter, Randall’s “curse”
• 07:21 – Question 1 (Cooking: Duck breast temperature)
• 09:29 – Question 2 (Conservation: Jeff Corwin)
• 13:09 – Question 3 (Outdoors: AllTrails app)
• 15:04 – Question 4 (Fishing: Waxworm bait)
• 19:09 – Question 5 (Hunting/Pop culture: Phil Robertson)
• 24:06 – Question 6 (Conservation: Bycatch)
• 27:05 – Question 7 (Hunting: Columbia & Sitka blacktail deer)
• 30:44 – Question 8 (Cooking: Meat sweats)
• 37:25 – Question 9 (Fishing/Wordplay: Mullet)
• 42:08 – Question 10 (Foraging: Sugar maple state tree)
• 44:08 – Overtime question & winner announcement
• 46:29 – Charity donation decision

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Conclusion & Takeaway

This episode exemplifies why MeatEater Trivia endures: it’s a space where outdoors expertise, humor, nostalgia, and a whiff of good-natured rivalry meet. Listeners walk away with fun facts—from duck temperatures to the required presence of backup cameras in new vehicles—and leave smiling at a group's camaraderie. Through the game, the show reinforces its mission: that a deeper appreciation of nature and the outdoors is a win for everyone—game on, suckers!

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Winner: Brody
Charity: New Mexico Wildlife Federation
Quote of the Episode:

"Here come the meat sweats." – Joey Tribbiani (via Friends, 33:34 & trivia discussion at 32:57)

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For further trivia or to submit a question:
Email: [e-mail]

Listen for more next week, where conservation—and laughter—always win.

Transcript

[A]

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[A]

It's a meater podcast. Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I'm host Spencer Newarth and today we're joined by Giannis Brody, Randall, Alyssa, Corey, Seth and Tressa. 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. Meteater will donate 500 to the Conservation organization of the winner's choosing for the stat of the week. This week we're looking at the number 12. That's how many weeks it's been since Randall last won a game of trivia that I hosted. His last victory was on November 5th, a full three months ago. That's mean, Randall.

[C]

Oh, the Nate. I won when Nate, when I was hosting.

[A]

What's been going on, Randall? Three months.

[C]

Well, I've just, I've lost all confidence. I think. I also think that there's an unconscious effort on your part to change the questions to. I, I think it would be, I think it would be very difficult for you as you're reading the questions, to be like, for you to not say to yourself, that's one that Randall would know, but nobody else would know. Like, I think you've learned me and you've now retroactively sort of begun dabbling in conspiracies, theories. I don't know. It's just human nature. When you're looking at your questions, you're like, is this a good game or not? You'd weed out the ones that I'm good at.

[D]

But I would not also do that for Brody.

[C]

No, because I feel like Brody, I.

[A]

Feel like Brody has more shared knowledge, you're saying?

[C]

I feel like there's.

[E]

I just got knowledge, buddy.

[C]

Yeah, Brody. I don't know that I could pick out like, what Brody knows, but like pop culture questions, things of this nature. I just I don't know. That's the only way. There's nothing that's happened to my end.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

Your hair's gotten longer.

[E]

It has.

[C]

It has.

[A]

2026 now.

[C]

I need someone to cut my hair.

[F]

I'll do it.

[G]

There's plenty of people. Yeah.

[E]

We could do a real good viral video of doing that right now.

[A]

How would you cut his hair yet?

[C]

I want to do it on radio live, actually.

[A]

O.

[G]

While I'm.

[C]

While I'm sitting in the host chair, I want someone to cut my.

[E]

Just stick a bowl on your head.

[D]

Yeah. I can do multiple different cuts. One being a buzz cut in deaf in different lengths.

[E]

That's not what I'm looking for.

[D]

I could go on, but. Yeah, let me know.

[C]

I want, like a feathered. I want, like a salon style feathered cut above the ears.

[G]

Just.

[C]

I don't want them on my ears anymore.

[E]

Business out front, party in the back.

[H]

Yeah, I think you should do a mullet.

[C]

That's what I'm leaning towards.

[D]

Yeah, I could do that.

[E]

Okay.

[A]

November 5th, Randall. The world was a different place then. The rut was just arriving. We were all so full of energy.

[C]

I did have a traumatic. I did have a traumatic experience on a deer hunt that crushed my confidence.

[A]

You said that nothing happened in your world, but now I think we've gotten to the bottom it.

[C]

Oh, God.

[A]

2025 hunting season.

[C]

Maybe there is something broke.

[A]

Something inside of you.

[F]

Are you just as wounded as that buck?

[C]

I can feel my face getting hot right now.

[A]

All right, IFAQ. If you have an IFAQ, send it to [e-mail] with the subject line IFAQ. Sam Heedorn says, why don't we see more bloopers or outtakes? This podcast doesn't get any editing. The most editing Phil does is like if we put a movie clip in, he has to take that out.

[G]

So stay tuned for later in this episode to see the only editing that we do.

[A]

You hear bloopers and outtakes on the show.

[C]

I love my chops over here because.

[A]

It just doesn't get taken out. We have some housekeeping. On a previous episode of Trivia, we had a question about the six letter word defined as a sudden, brief and intense storm of wind and snow. The correct answer was squall. But a few listeners wrote in asking if I'd also accept Flurry. Flurry's definition is especially of snow or leaves that are moved in a small swirling mass by a sudden gust of wind. It's six letters and almost the same definition. So if you said flurry, we'll give you that point as well. All right. The Shelby index for the dying, I.

[C]

Don'T think it has the connotation of intensity.

[A]

I don't think so either. But it didn't, it didn't affect anything in this room. So for the listeners, the like half dozen of them who wrote in, they, they went through the effort to get that point. We're going to give them that point.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

If we were playing that day though, and Corey said flurry, I don't think we would accept that.

[C]

If someone was like, oh man, we're driving home and we got caught in a snow flurry, I don't think that makes sense.

[A]

Sure not, not the same intensity.

[F]

I think it depends on where you're from.

[A]

If you're from the south, you might call a squall.

[F]

But if you're pretty used to it.

[A]

Like, oh, it's just.

[C]

That's true.

[F]

Just a little flurry.

[D]

We just had a little squall come.

[A]

Through and that's the last snow for like the next two weeks.

[F]

I'd call that a flurry.

[A]

That felt flurry adjacent to me.

[G]

We never saw it.

[D]

We were, we went into a pond here, no snowing. It was dry pavement when we came in here and we came out, there's a nice inch and a half coating.

[A]

Was it last week? We had like a textbook squall come through where you could see the wall coming from the west that moved across the whole valley. That was like a textbook squall.

[G]

I think they used to have it all the time in Pennsylvania. And then people would pile it up on Interstate 80. Like big pile ups.

[E]

That was a dangerous stretch of highway, man.

[C]

Yeah, like before you get to State.

[E]

College, that real hilly windy section of i80.

[A]

Scary, spooky, squall or flurry. All right, the Shelby index for today is a four. So our winner should get eight correct answers. And with that we're on to the game of trivia. Play the drop, Phil. Look, I need to know what I stand to win.

[E]

Everything.

[A]

How's that?

[C]

Just tend to win everything.

[H]

Game on, suckers.

[A]

Question 1. The topic is cooking. And as always, this will be multiple choice according to the James Beard Foundation, a medium rare duck breast. Is this Temperature, is it 120 degrees Fahrenheit? 130 degrees. 140 degrees or 150 degrees. According to the James Beard Foundation, a medium rare duck breast. Is this temp 120, 130, 140 or 150 and for our listeners who measure these things in Celsius, that is 49 degrees, 54 degrees, 60 degrees or 66 degrees. How thoughtful.

[D]

Look at this guy. What's up, Canada?

[A]

That's right. The rest of the world according to the James Beard Foundation, a medium rare duck breast is this temp for all.

[D]

Of you that like it simpler.

[A]

120 degrees.

[D]

Simpler and easier.

[A]

130 degrees. 140 degrees or 150 degrees. And again in Celsius, that's 49, 54, 60 or 66.

[D]

If it's not what I chose, I'm gonna argue with James.

[E]

I'm not gonna change.

[A]

I will tell you that Danielle Pruitt agrees with James Beard in her duck breast recipe. She has the exact same medium rare tip.

[D]

I believe that she and I are on the same page.

[A]

Go ahead and re your answer. Seth says 130. Alyssa, 140. Randall. 130. Corey. 130. Tressa. 120. Giannis. 130. Brody. 130. The correct answer is 130.

[C]

Thank you. Danielle ruined it.

[A]

Very well. That is 54 degrees Celsius for our international listeners. Danielle Pruitt agrees with James Beard saying medium rare is 130 degrees on a duck breast and that you can press on the meat to feel for doneness like you would for a steak. To learn how to cook a medium rare duck, go check out Danielle Pruitt's recipe on our website called how to cook the perfect Duck Breast. That recipe has a perfect five star rating from folks who have tried it.

[E]

Oh, boy. If you want to see how to cook a medium rare merganser breast, you should stay tuned also.

[A]

Yeah, Stay tuned on our YouTube channel.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Is that a roast episode or is it that a Steve project?

[G]

Steve project?

[C]

Yeah, it's a passion project.

[G]

Yeah.

[D]

Brody cooked up a bunch of duck breasts and we ate them all.

[H]

Were they good?

[D]

You're gonna have to watch.

[A]

So we cooked up a bunch of duck bread. What we had mergans or what else? I assume Mallard.

[E]

The gold standard.

[C]

The like and some pintail.

[E]

The leaning towards not good and the no, very not good.

[A]

The fish eater. A McAnzer. Question 2. The topic is conservation. This next great question is via Eric Maxim. Biologist and conservationist Jeff Blank is famous for hosting Disney's going wild and ABC's ocean mysteries. So we're looking for his last name. Biologist and conservationist Jeff Blank.

[E]

I don't know why I know it.

[A]

But he's famous for hosting Disney's going wild and ABC's ocean mysteries. Alyssa and Brody have an answer. Alyssa, do you have this one right?

[E]

Maybe my kids watched it or something, but I think I know it.

[A]

Brody's confident. He answ very quickly. Alyssa says she maybe has it. Giannis has joined them with an answer. Giannis, do you have this one right?

[D]

Let's check.

[E]

Brody, close.

[A]

All right. For the last name of this person. Biologist and conservationist Jeff Blank is famous for hosting Disney's going wild and ABC's ocean mysteries. Giannis maybe has it. He's going to have to twist my arm.

[E]

I might not be right, but it came to me real quick.

[D]

I've seen neither of these shows.

[A]

Now, this seems like a question Randall would get correct. If I were asking myself this yesterday as I was writing this, would Randall Williams get this right? Would he know this answer? I would say yes. And he currently has a blank whiteboard.

[C]

No, I wrote down a joke answer already. I just. I don't even know what these shows are.

[E]

Which is weird because you knew what Captain Planet was, but that's what.

[D]

He grew up with.

[G]

Yeah.

[A]

Biologist and conservationist Jeff Blank is famous for hosting Disney's going wild and ABC's ocean mysteries.

[C]

Now, if you're asking me, I just. Yeah, these are current shows.

[A]

Not giving you any hints.

[C]

I want to just say Mark Probst.

[A]

The producer of Survivor, but get that wrong.

[C]

Is that his name?

[A]

Jeff Blank.

[C]

Oh, maybe that's an answer, but I.

[G]

Don'T think he's a biologist.

[A]

Too much information.

[G]

He's not a conservationist.

[A]

Blank, famous for O.C. disney's going wild in ABC's Ocean Mysteries.

[C]

Could be Jeff Prost.

[A]

Is everybody ready?

[F]

That better not be yet.

[C]

Somebody write Jeff Prostitutes just to see if it's right.

[G]

Oh, put it back, put it back, Put it back.

[C]

Just to see if it's.

[G]

That's right.

[A]

Go ahead and reveal your answer, Seth. Without an answer, Alyssa says Probst.

[C]

We were thinking the same thing.

[A]

Randall says Dr. Ian Malcolm. Corey says Goldblum, Tressa Goldblum, Giannis Goldwyn, Brody Corwin. The correct answer is Corwin Brody. Got it. C O R W I N Jeff Corwin. Phil has a picture of him for us. Other shows he's worked on include the Jeff Corwin Experience, Ocean Treks, Wildl Nation, and Into Alaska. His hosting and producing has earned him two Daytime Emmy Awards in 2014 and 2016. He also played himself in a 2003 episode of CSI Miami where he helped detectives retrieve a human foot from a live crocodile.

[F]

Wow.

[A]

Jeff Corwin.

[F]

That photo makes me uncomfortable.

[A]

You recognize him now?

[D]

Who's the guy in the blue shirt?

[E]

That's Jeff Corwin.

[A]

You didn't know that was him? No. I think that picture is probably about 20 years old.

[C]

It's not a monkey. It's an orangutan.

[E]

He does have some Mark Kenyon bodies.

[D]

Good joke.

[A]

Question 3. The topic is outdoors. With 90 million users. All blank says it's quote, the best app for hiking, biking and running a confident room. This may be 7 for 7. With 90 million users, all blank says it's quote, the best app for hiking, biking and running.

[E]

Never used it.

[D]

That's a lot of users.

[G]

I've never used it either.

[A]

90 million. 90 million users, all blank says it's the best app. I have it on my phone, biking and running.

[G]

I used to use it a lot. I haven't touched it for a while though.

[A]

It's a good app.

[G]

My wife was just talking about this app two days ago.

[D]

I like it when springtime conditions come around. It's a good way. It's a good way to get like recent data on trail conditions.

[A]

I like it for knowing how popular a trail is if I'm in an unfamiliar place. There's a big difference between a trail that has 5 reviews and 500 reviews.

[E]

Like recent data from actual, like people who are on the trail.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

It's everybody ready?

[C]

Or between April 15 and June 15, someone goes on a trail.

[A]

Reveal your answers. The whole room says trails. The whole room got it right. The correct answer is all trails. All Trails was created in 2010 and was named one of the hundred best apps by Android in 2017. It provides route information for more than half a million trails worldwide. All Trails has a free version along with a Premium membership for $36 a year or $80 a year. Question for the topic is fishing.

[D]

I better cancel that.

[A]

You think you're paying for one of the premium ones? He's expensive.

[D]

Maybe. I'm not guessing.

[G]

I probably have a free one question.

[A]

For the topic is fishing. This seven letter bait has a grub like body that's dry to the touch and will eventually turn into a bee moth.

[C]

What now?

[A]

This seven letter bait has a grub like body that's dry to the touch and will eventually turn into a bee moth. Randall has his answer. Cory has an answer, but it must not be seven letters.

[F]

No, I have some of this in my freezer.

[A]

This seven letter bait has a grub like body that's dry to the touch and will eventually turn into A bee moth. Brody, do you have this one right?

[E]

I got seven letters.

[A]

Randall, do you have this one right?

[C]

I got seven letters. It aligns with part.

[E]

I have no idea what a bee moth is.

[A]

It's what this bait will turn into.

[F]

Never make it that far.

[A]

This seven letter bait has a grub like body that's dry to the touch and will eventually turn into a bee moth. Do you have seven letters now, Corey?

[F]

I do.

[A]

You solved it okay?

[D]

I hope so.

[F]

Man, be mad.

[C]

I bet you got it.

[F]

You think?

[G]

Yeah. Oh, cool.

[A]

Seth's still working over here.

[F]

Makes me want to go ice fishing.

[D]

Lots of tips.

[A]

This seven letter bait has a grub like body that's drawn to the touch.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Will eventually turn into a bee moth.

[F]

I bet he owns a lot.

[A]

Corey gave multiple hints now to Seth. I mean.

[F]

Yeah. What other bait would we be talking about?

[A]

Seth, do you have.

[D]

Well, there's a lot of baits out there, Corey.

[A]

Well, I don't know. Corey dropped two fat hints.

[D]

Good one. I, I was, wasn't listening to.

[G]

Perfect.

[A]

I bet if you were to hear them, you might have come up with.

[C]

Crawler.

[A]

Minnow, seven litter bait, grub like body that's dry to the to and will eventually turn into a bee moth. Is everybody ready? Scribbling down.

[D]

It really kind of fits.

[A]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Seth saying wiggler, Alyssa says Lanier larva, Randall waxworm, Corey waxworm, Tressa, Minnow, Giannis and Brody say wax worm. It is a wax worm that turns into a bee moth or it's also known as a wax moth. But I don't want to tell you that would have been too easy. It can take days or months for them to turn into cocoons, with the process being temperature dependent. Waxworms are especially popular among ice anglers and are used to catch panfish and trout. But these small baits can also attract bigger fish, like the Nebraska state record common carp, which weighed 40 pounds and was caught on a wax worm.

[D]

I believe Steven Rinella claims to put these in his lip, like chew to keep him like in a fresh state. And then he just always has them to put on his hook.

[A]

No way.

[E]

So they don't freeze on the ice, you mean?

[F]

Maybe.

[G]

I think you made some live maggots.

[C]

Do that with split shot.

[G]

Yeah.

[D]

Maybe it was split shot.

[G]

You're right.

[D]

It was shot.

[A]

I like the idea of it being a wax worm.

[D]

Yeah.

[G]

I never fish with wax worms.

[C]

Oh.

[A]

Corey's hint was that you probably have some of these and he said it Makes him either.

[C]

I don't stay on the hook no Christmas.

[G]

Yeah, they're not really that great of a fishing bait.

[A]

I feel like in eastern South Dakota, where I grew up, this is just like the standard bait for catching a perch or a crappie through the ice.

[E]

Maggots.

[G]

See, it's maggots. Yeah, Maggots here.

[E]

Which is also seven letters, by the way.

[A]

That will turn into a bee moth. Question 5. The topic looking over there, buddy, showing off his hair. What I do that needs cutting question. By the time it gets hunting my head. This next great question is via Mr. Savage.

[D]

Mr. Savage.

[A]

That was what his email was. And he didn't tell me his real name. So we're just saying Mr.

[G]

Beast.

[A]

Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw was the backup quarterback to this patriarch of the Duck Dynasty family.

[C]

I got some color commentary for you.

[A]

Okay, we are not going to accept Jeopardy. Rules on this one. You need first and last name for me. Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw was the backup quarterback to this patriarch of the Duck Dynasty family. You have this one, right, Randall?

[C]

Oh, without a question.

[A]

I can also tell you who their rival quarterback.

[D]

100%.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Good. I don't have that in my flavor tank, so.

[D]

That guy played in NFL?

[C]

No, no, this is.

[A]

This is in high school.

[E]

College.

[C]

This is high school.

[E]

Pretty sure it's called.

[G]

No, it's college.

[A]

I. We will talk about it afterwards. I don't think I'm providing any hints, but we'll. We'll save all of those details.

[D]

Yeah, someone from the Duck Dynasty. Any name?

[A]

Terry Bradshaw.

[D]

You'll probably get it.

[A]

Was the backup quarterback to this patriarch of the Duck Dynasty family.

[G]

Weren't they roommates in college?

[E]

Something like that, yeah.

[D]

Is this guy the preacher giving you any hints?

[A]

Told you everything you need to know. Terry Bradshaw was his backup super religious guy of the Duck Dynasty. I'm sorry, what's that? This was a show. That's right.

[D]

Oh, man.

[H]

I can't think of his last name. First names work.

[A]

No, we're gonna. That's probably the harder one to come up with, though, with this. You've done it backwards for this one. Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw was the backup quarterback to this patriarch of the Duck Dynasty family. This is question five. We'll get a scoreboard update after this. Brody's confident. Randall's confident. Seth is confident. Yanni with a blank whiteboard. Corey, do you have this one?

[F]

I don't think so.

[A]

Okay. Alyssa, you think you have the first name of this person? Have you come up with the last name yet?

[H]

I can. Drawing a blank.

[A]

Okay, is everybody ready?

[G]

Yannis Collinson's so low, he's just writing his answers.

[D]

Everyone can see he's putting his own.

[E]

Name down, putting some common names down.

[A]

Go ahead and reveal your answer. Seth says Phil Robertson. Alyssa says Phil. Blank. Randall says Phil Robertson. Corey goes with Uncle Cy Robertson. That is Phil's brother.

[F]

He didn't seem like a football player.

[A]

Tressa without an answer. Giannis without an answer. Brody says Phil Robertson. The correct answer is Phil Robertson.

[D]

Got so close.

[A]

Phil Robertson started 16 games for Louisiana Tech in the late 60s. Robertson threw for 2,237 yards, 12 touchdowns and 34 interceptions. He quit the team to pursue a career in the hunting industry and went on to create Duck Commander and Duck Dynasty. His backup, Terry Bradshaw, went to the NFL, where he won four Super Bowls and was elected to the hall of Fame.

[E]

What do you have in Cannonball Run?

[C]

Well, their high school rival was Dan. Butch Flores. Oh, Dan Flores of.

[A]

I didn't know that.

[C]

The American West.

[A]

That was Phil Robertson's high school rival.

[C]

Yeah, he played against both those guys.

[A]

Oh, that's great.

[C]

I didn't know that he went by Butch then, which is why I included that, which I think is what threw you off. But, yeah, Dan was Southwest Louisiana or Northwest Louisiana. He grew up in Natchitoches and played football against these gents. He was a standout athlete.

[A]

Different era. Phil Robertson started 16 games.

[C]

Isn't that weird?

[A]

12 touchdowns and 34 interceptions.

[D]

What position did. Damn.

[C]

Quarterback. Yeah, they were dueling quarterbacks.

[A]

Wow, what a. What a weird career. Yeah, the three of them went out.

[C]

The reaction to that tidbit was really muted in this room. I think my delivery was all off. I thought that was a fun tidbit.

[A]

But, Phil, we're halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard. Phil actually just showed us a picture of Louisiana Tech. Phil Robertson. Can you go back on Phil? I'm sorry.

[G]

Oh, well, I showed the audience already.

[A]

There we go. Giannis and Tressa hadn't got to see it there.

[G]

All right, here at halftime, we've got Alyssa and Tressa with one point. Seth Corey and Giannis are tied up with three. Randall has four, and Brody. Butch Henderson has a perfect game with five points.

[A]

Yeah, perfect game.

[E]

Buck Dynasty. Oh, no, they already have that one.

[G]

Buck Commander Commander.

[A]

Okay, question six. The topic is conservation. This next great question is via John Schlesinger. Noah defines this word as, quote, discarded catch of marine species and unobserved mortality due to a direct encounter with fishing vessels and gear. NOAA defines this word as discarded catch of marine species and unobserved mortality due to a direct encounter with fishing vessels and gear. Randall, quick to answer. Brody, quick to answer. Corey, do you have this one right?

[F]

I think so. Good thing spelling doesn't count.

[A]

Giannis joining them. Seth joining them with an answer.

[G]

Doing it both ways. And I'm like, which one looks better?

[A]

Noah defines this word as discarded catch of marine species and unobserved mortality due to a direct encounter with fishing vessels and gear. We've bore this one.

[E]

Are we boring you?

[C]

No. I was trying to find a picture of Dan playing football. I was still trying to recover from the reaction that that story got. I was looking at the North Caddo Parish newspaper.

[D]

I have an answer. Pretty confident in it.

[A]

Seth, do you have this one?

[G]

I think so.

[A]

Tressa, do you have this one? Okay.

[H]

I absolutely love this one.

[A]

Discarded catch of marine species and unobserved mortality due to a direct encounter with fishing vessels and gear. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth says, by catching. Alyssa Chum. Randall Bycatch. Corey, Bycatch. Some creative spellings from Corey and Seth and Giannis without an answer. Giannis, don't call me out. Spelling bi, catch. And Brody by catch. The correct answer is by catch. How do you spell it? B, Y, C, A, T, C, H.

[D]

That's what I originally wrote.

[G]

Just looked weird.

[E]

Corey said to me, bye, catch.

[A]

Bye.

[G]

Bye.

[A]

By catch is typically fish, but it can also be dolphins, whales, sharks, sea turtles, seabirds, coral and more. NOAA says bycatch is one of the biggest issues facing is one of the biggest issues both ecologically and economically facing the future of commercial fishing. It's estimated that globally, 40% of the biomass caught by commercial anglers is some form of bycatch. Question 7. The topic is hunting. What are the two types of black tailed deer recognized by Boone and Crockett and Pope and Young? Those record books recognize two different types of blacktail. You need to tell me what they are. Again, we're on question seven. Brody Randall, Seth, Giannis already have their answers locked in. Oh, Corey seems like he's come up with one. I got two stumped up. Okay, there's two types.

[D]

Somehow Jabroni came up yesterday in the house and the girls didn't know and.

[G]

So we pulled out.

[E]

They.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

And read a little AI thing about it. And we've. You've probably talked about this, how it's like a How Dwayne the Rock Johnson.

[A]

That's right.

[D]

Theorized it, but after reading all that, like, I'm never going to use that term on anybody again. It's terrible.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

I would be so bummed to be called a gibroni.

[H]

Are you saying that because he looked at me before he started saying, well, yeah.

[D]

No, I mean, Spencer fills the room.

[A]

Yep. Fills the room. That's right.

[E]

And sometimes you don't hear the definition.

[D]

Oh, it's terrible.

[G]

It is bad.

[A]

So jabroni was in wrestling.

[C]

It's like the Washington Generals.

[A]

That's exactly. In wrestling in, like, the 70s and 80s, when they would travel around, they would need someone for the ultimate warrior to beat up on. And those people were called jobbers. And their job is to just show up and lose. And then that became corrupted to be being a jabroni instead of a jobber. So if you're a jabroni, your job is just to show up and lose.

[E]

That track with what you saw.

[D]

Similar.

[F]

Yeah, yeah, we're pretty tough. Honestly. We can handle it.

[A]

Whatever you want. We have some meat eater trivia participants who know they're not going to win, but they show up and they have a great attitude and it's so. It's an affectionate term here.

[H]

You just looked at me like, I.

[D]

Know, because my heart hurts for you.

[C]

I like that this affected you, Yanis.

[A]

Is everybody ready?

[G]

Such an empathetic guy.

[D]

Did you.

[A]

Did you call someone a jabroni? And then they're like, what's a jabroni? How'd that come up?

[D]

How did it. I don't know. I can't remember how it came up. But, yeah, no, there's a lot of name calling that happens at certain times in my house. And I think that somehow I. I interjected with, like, oh, yeah, you could call her a jabroni if you wanted to. And I was like, let's see what that means.

[C]

Let's just go with loser.

[A]

Randall's example of the. The generals who just always lose to the Globetrotters. That's a perfect example. I think they have one victory. It was a total accident. It, like, caused a riot the one time the Jabronis won. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth says Sitka and Columbia blacktail. Alyssa says Western and Eastern. Randall, Columbia, Sitka. Corey, California. Sitka, Tressa, Washington, Oregon. Giannis and Brody say Columbia and Sitka. The two black tail deer are Columbia and Sitka. The minimum score for a typical Columbia blacktail for Pope and Young is 95, and for Boone and Crockett is 120. Five for Typica Sitka Blacktails. It's 75 for Pope and Young and 100 for Boone and Crockett. There is some slight naming difference with Boone and Crockett referring to them as Columbia blacktails, while Pope and Young calls them Colombian blacktails. So Pope and Young, Colombian. Boone and Crockett, Columbia. Question 8. The topic is cooking. This next great question is via Adam Wrestler. This two word term, which is caused by the thermic effect of protein digestion, was popularized in a 2001 Thanksgiving episode of Friends. This two word term, which is caused by the thermic effect of protein digestion, was popularized in a 2001 Thanksgiving episode of Friends. Randall, the only player with an answer. Randall, do you have this one right?

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Two word term, which is caused by the thermic effect of protein digestion was popularized in a 2001 Thanksgiving episode of Friends. Giannis, everybody knows this. Joined him with an answer. Do you have this one right, Giannis?

[D]

I believe so.

[A]

Okay. Corey, do you have this one right?

[F]

I sure hope so.

[A]

Okay. Corey, Giannis, Randall. Oh, I think they have it.

[F]

I've been a victim of this.

[A]

Brody, who I believe has a perfect game, might be stumped on question eight.

[D]

That'd be good. That'd be good.

[A]

This is the rest term, which is caused by the thermic effect of protein digestion, was popularized in a 2001 Thanksgiving episode of Friends. Cracking. What's so funny, Annie?

[H]

Oh.

[D]

Oh. Because I. I'll tell you after you reveal the answer.

[C]

Okay, let's change the subject. I just finished the series Chernobyl on hbo.

[A]

I loved it. I think it's one of the best things that's ever been put on tv.

[D]

Really?

[A]

It's really good.

[G]

Has anything to do with this?

[C]

No, it doesn't. Changing the way I watch it. Scientific terminology question.

[G]

Wrong. Huh?

[A]

And the lead. The lead man was on Madman. He played a great character on Mad Men, Jared Harris. Okay.

[D]

How much pay for HBO?

[A]

I don't know what it is.

[C]

I think 9.95.

[A]

It's like an add on package for us. It's on add on on hulu for like 10 bucks a month.

[C]

And I and I cancel it every now and then, and then watch it again every now and then. On and off, on and off again.

[A]

Question 8. This two word term, which is caused by the thermic effect of protein digestion, was popularized in a 2001 Thanksgiving episode. No. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth, without an answer. Alyssa says acid reflux. Randall says Meat sweats. Corey says meat sweats. Tressa says food coma. Giannis says meat sweats. Brody says hot gas. The correct answer is meat sweats.

[E]

Should have got that.

[A]

And Corey and Randy.

[G]

Is that a legit term?

[A]

Meat sweats are real. And it's because your body works hard to digest protein, which then raises your temperature and causes sweating. In that episode of Friends, Joey shows up to Thanksgiving wearing his, quote, thanksgiving pants, which are actually Phoebe's maternity clothes. He then declares that he's getting the meat sweats, entering this phrase into the national lexicon. Play the clip, Phil.

[G]

All right, YouTube edit. Seamless cut Right now.

[A]

That's it.

[D]

I'm done.

[A]

Whew.

[C]

They didn't have any sides.

[D]

Here come the meat sweats.

[C]

Plates.

[D]

Well, Joey, we're all. We're all very proud of you. Yes, I believe we can expect a.

[A]

Call from the President any moment now.

[H]

Is there anything we can do for you?

[D]

No, just nobody press on my stomach.

[A]

You can keep those pants, by the way. What do you got there?

[E]

Is that pie?

[G]

Yeah.

[D]

You want some?

[E]

Just cut me a little sliver.

[A]

A little bigger. I'm bigger.

[E]

What, are you afraid you're gonna run out?

[A]

Cut me a real pea. And there was Phil's one edit of the episode. Randall was poking all kinds of holes in that Friend sitcom episode.

[C]

But Tress explained to me that there's a whole plot that I didn't understand.

[A]

Oh, what was the rest of the plot? Give her the mic, Yanni. We need to know about this.

[H]

If I remember right, it was just that Monica wasn't gonna cook Thanksgiving that year. Cause she was tired of doing it every year. And then Joey said that he would eat the entire turkey.

[A]

Oh, okay.

[H]

I think that's right.

[A]

You know what? That's good context.

[C]

Yeah. So there's a reason that they don't have any plates or sides on the table plates.

[A]

And the laugh track. Audience really loved that meat sweats joke.

[C]

The acting was my favorite part.

[E]

Giannis, aren't you going to share your private joke with us? Yeah.

[A]

What's the meat sweats funny?

[G]

Well, our microphone.

[D]

Hot dog connoisseur.

[G]

Microphone.

[D]

Our hot dog connoisseur, Randall, the way that he consumes hot dogs, I just thought that you would have experienced it more than anybody else in this room. And then. And that I just thought it was funny. And then I thought that in this moment, you were going to start sweating, and then anybody would look over at you and just see meat sweats written on your forehead. Yeah.

[G]

So Giannis was just amused by you.

[H]

Laughing at you, Randall.

[D]

Yeah, that's good.

[C]

I do have. No, I associate this more with, like, a giant prime rib dinner. You know, like when you go to a place and there's, like, four sizes of prime rib and you go to the way too big one. That's what I think about.

[A]

And now we all know.

[D]

Have you had the meat twice? Legit.

[C]

I mean, I don't know that I've ever identified it as such, but I definitely have photos of me at dinners where I'm uncomfortable and sweaty. I'm thinking of one. I'm thinking of one in particular.

[A]

What was it?

[C]

It was a giant piece of prime rib.

[G]

I wish Phil could put it up on the screen.

[C]

Yeah, I'll find it.

[G]

I'll share it.

[A]

Where were you at? You think that gave you the meat sweat?

[C]

We were at. We were at the Many Glacier Lodge on the east side of Glacier National Park.

[A]

Compliments, got the chef.

[C]

Giant, giant piece of rare meat.

[D]

I'm thinking about doubling down on sweaty activities where I could have a giant protein meal and then get into the sauna.

[E]

Why not eat it in the sauna?

[D]

Well. Cause I figured the protein sweats. Meat sweats won't hit me until I.

[C]

Think about barbecue a lot. You know, classic.

[G]

That's big for me.

[C]

A bunch of pork.

[D]

Yeah.

[G]

Yeah.

[A]

All right, Phil, we have two questions left. Give us a scoreboard update.

[G]

Yeah, like overeating, brisket. That's the first thing.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[G]

All right, here we are. Listen. Tressa still have one point. Seth and Corey have five. Giannis pulled ahead of them with six. And now because Brody malfunctioned like Chernobyl, we've got Randall and Brody tied up with seven.

[D]

Anybody's name?

[E]

It's a little harsh, Phil.

[G]

It wasn't quite that, but it's part.

[C]

Human error and part systemic issue.

[A]

Yeah, it was the question show.

[G]

The show.

[C]

But it was also.

[A]

Brody, question nine. The topic is fishing. This coastal fish, which shares its name with a hairstyle, is described by the South Carolina dnr. Is being, quote, elongated with a series of dark stripes. Corey and Randall very confident. They already have their whiteboards down. This coastal fish, which shares its name with a hairstyle, is described by the South Carolina DNR as being, quote, elongated with a series of dark stripes. Brody now his answer as well. Giannis with a blank whiteboard, though. Alyssa, do you have this one right? Okay, you have a hairstyle down. Is that what you went for on this one?

[C]

Okay, maybe we. Maybe we should do. We should get some, like, trackers. You Know whatever you could. You could tell us what sort of bio trackers we need and then just eat meat. Eat meat until we get a good spike.

[D]

That'd be a fun little experiment. Our meat sweats. Real meat eater.

[A]

Yeah, there we go.

[D]

Experiments.

[E]

It's.

[C]

It's really on brand for us.

[A]

And then we'll come in the next day and we'll all eat salads and see what that does.

[H]

I did the carnivore diet for 17 days and they're 100% real.

[A]

Okay.

[G]

How was it?

[H]

Well, I have autoimmune disease, so it fixed my autoimmune.

[F]

Oh, that's good.

[C]

But I hear the diarrhea is bad.

[H]

How is that she's gonna share that?

[C]

No, I honestly know. I wasn't expecting her to comment on that. It's just the only thing I know.

[A]

About the carnivore diarrhea that and meat.

[E]

Sweat sweats and diarrhea.

[A]

This coastal fish sound night for me. The hairstyle that might have been whoever is described by the South Carolina DNR as being elongated with a series of dark stripes. Yanni, the person very disappointed you're competing with here. Brody has it right.

[D]

I know this.

[A]

Randall's going to tie you up.

[G]

No, I don't know style.

[C]

No, we're already tied.

[E]

Oh, I'm supposed to be out if he done.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, all right. Yeah. Elongated dark stripes coastal fish which shares its name with a hairstyle is described by the South Carolina dnr. Elongated with a series of dark stripes.

[F]

I'm thinking a crock pot full of shanks maybe.

[G]

Yeah.

[A]

Randall, you're not gonna help him on that one.

[G]

Do you know it, Randall?

[A]

Yeah, he had his answer immediately. Do you have it set board?

[C]

I do have a two sided board.

[H]

Okay.

[G]

No, I don't know. I guess the hairstyle.

[A]

Yanni, do you give up?

[G]

I didn't guess a fish. I guess the hairstyle.

[A]

Okay. That's Alyssa's strategy as well.

[E]

We're giving him an awful long time.

[D]

You've sometimes taken way longer than this. It just depends on if you're enjoying the conversations going on.

[E]

Well, I'm not real worried you're behind me and Randall anyway.

[F]

Yanni, you're a hair stylist, it sounds like.

[A]

Sounds like.

[D]

Yeah, I know I'm missing the hair.

[A]

Write down a hairstyle. So we have.

[G]

Phil say go from.

[C]

He can commenting on Yanni's ability to cut any number of buzz cuts.

[G]

Even a 3.

[D]

4 is my specialty film.

[G]

Nice.

[A]

Yanni, do you have the hairstyle? Go ahead and Reveal your answers. Seth says Mohawk. Alyssa says mullet. Randall and Corey and Tressa say mullet. Yanni, what'd you have?

[D]

Mackerel.

[A]

And Brody says mullet.

[D]

The correct mackerel. Tomorrow?

[C]

Yeah. Would you cut me a mackerel?

[A]

It is a mullet. Holy mackerel. To be specific, it's a striped mullet. Striped mullet can live in freshwater or saltwater. These fish are found on coastlines around the world and thrive in places closer to the equator. They are commonly targeted as food or bait, with anglers using mullet to catch snook, jack, tarpon and redfish. Did you catch any mullet in Louisiana?

[C]

I don't think so, no.

[D]

The mullet I've caught in North Carolina are not striped mullet. I believe they're called jumping.

[E]

They're not really a rod and reel fish too much. They're like a cast fish.

[G]

Yeah.

[A]

Here's a correct answer review so far. Number one was 130 degrees or 54 degrees for a medium rare duck breast. Number two, Jeff Corwin. Number three, all trails. Number four, waxworm. Five, Phil Robertson. Six by catch. Seven. Columbia and Sitka, blacktail deer. Eight. Meat sweats. Nine, mullet. Phil, let's get a scoreboard update before question 10.

[G]

It's Randall and Brody with eight points a piece. Can the curse be broken?

[A]

Question 10. The topic is foraging. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Charlie McDonald for sending this great question. Charlie 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 triviater.com name one of the four states with the sugar maple as their official state tree. So you have a 4 in 50 chance. That's 8% odds. Name one of the four states with the sugar maple as their official state tree. Brody and Randall both have their whiteboards down. They both get this right, then we will go to overtime.

[D]

So do I, Spencer.

[A]

If they both get it wrong, we'll go to overtime. Could declare a victor right now.

[C]

And if Giannis gets it right or wrong, we'll have no bearing on the outcome of the game.

[A]

Name one of the four states with the sugar maple as their official state troops. Is everybody ready?

[C]

Phil's having a good time back there.

[G]

I always do.

[A]

Go ahead and reveal your answer. Seth says Vermont. Alyssa, Vermont. Randall, Vermont. Corey, Vermont. Tressa, Maine. Giannis, Vermont. Brody, Vermont. The four states are New York, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Vermont.

[C]

Looks like we're going to overtime.

[A]

Did very well. I almost Put Maine, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin all declared the sugar maple their official State Tree in 1949, and New York joined them in 1956. It is the most popular tree for collecting maple SAP, which is boiled and turned into maple syrup.

[E]

Aren't we coming up on maple syrup season?

[A]

It's probably happening right now. All right, we're headed to overtime with Giannis. Excuse me. Brody and Randall just played the drop.

[E]

I should have Giannis play for me with his overtime.

[A]

For a tiebreaker, we have a numerical question. Whoever is closest between Randall and Brody will be declared the winner. But the rest of the room is going to play along as well, because if somebody gets it right on the nose, meat Eater will add an extra $100 to today's donation. The overtime topic is gear. What year did it become mandatory for new vehicles to have backup cameras? Oh, man, it is mandatory. What year did it become mandatory for new vehicles to have backup cameras? Forever changing the way we back up boats or hook up trailers. What year did it become mandatory?

[D]

If multiple people get it on the nose, do you add 100 for each one?

[A]

Sure. Yeah. Yeah.

[F]

Come on, team.

[H]

Oh, man.

[A]

Everyone is going to make a guess.

[D]

I would like one for hooking up the trailer. Oh, I know.

[G]

I still have an owned vehicle that has a functioning backup camera.

[A]

It's, like, helpful. It's helpful.

[E]

It's nice. It's a real bummer when that camera's dirty and you're like, ah, shit.

[A]

Is everybody ready? Go ahead and re. Oh, Seth is gonna write down his. Go ahead, Seth. He's got time. He was thinking about his nightmares. Seth says 2015. Alyssa, 2013. Corey, 2018. Tressa, 2017. Giannis, 2020. Our two remaining players, we have Brody saying 2014 and Randall saying 2023.

[F]

Quite a gap.

[A]

The correct answer is 2018, making Brody a winner. He was one year closer. And Corey got her right on the nose.

[E]

I thought Randall knew something I didn't know. I mean, I just guessed.

[F]

I think that's three overtimes in a row where I've gotten the closest, but, wow.

[A]

Not that I'm in the. Okay, you just gotta make it there, then. Yeah, and then it's gonna happen. Another victory for Brody the Butcher. He was the closest between him and Randall for 2018. Brody, what are you gonna do with your $600 donation today? Oh, it's. Why is it Cory got it right on the nose? You're welcome. 2018.

[E]

I was just chatting with my buddy, Jeremy Romero, and he works for the New Mexico Wildlife Federation, so. We're gonna send it to those guys.

[A]

$600 going to the New Mexico Wildlife Federation. Here's some flavor text on that last question. Canada did the Same Thing in 2018, followed by Japan and the European Union in 2022. That law will also go into effect in Australia in 2027. It's estimated that 2% of vehicles made in 2006 cameras, that number jumped up to 10% in 2010 and 30% in 2013. All right, $600 from Brody and Meat eater going to who? The New Mexico Wildlife Federation. Well done, Brody. Thanks, Spencer Randall. The drought continues. Join us next week for more meat eater trivia. The only game show where conservation always wins.

[C]

Whatever.

[E]

Yeah, Spencer from South Dakota, he's the host. Using those smooth mellow tones, he lays them questions down.

[C]

And he likes taking those two and.

[E]

Three year old bucks. And he's an avid amateur rock hound.

[A]

This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.