Ep. 897: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CCXXIII

Summary

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The MeatEater Podcast

Episode 897: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CCXXIII

Release Date: July 1, 2026
Host: Spencer Newarth (sitting in for Steve Rinella)
Guests: Brody, Seth, Nate, Max, Logan, John, Randall, Phil

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Episode Overview

This episode is a special trivia edition (“MeatEater Trivia CCXXIII”) of the MeatEater Podcast, where conservation, hunting, fishing, nature, and outdoor culture are explored in a lively game show format. Host Spencer Newarth quizzes a panel of regulars and staff on diverse topics, ranging from wildlife biology and environmental history to gear and cooking. The episode weaves in humor, friendly rivalry, and a strong conservation message—culminating in a $500 donation from MeatEater to the winner’s conservation group of choice.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Mailbag & Icebreaker: Hypothetical Animal Powers (03:00)

• Mailbag Question: "Which would be harder: hunting a turkey with a deer’s sense of smell or a deer with a turkey’s eyesight?"
  • Panel consensus: A turkey with a deer’s sense of smell would be almost impossible to hunt.
  • Quote: “You wouldn't see a turkey if they had a nose like a deer.” – Spencer (03:38)
• Fun banter on board games:
  • Nate recommends Wingspan, the bird-themed game, as a fun and educational gift.
  • Spencer’s favorite is Ticket to Ride (07:28).

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2. Housekeeping & Regional Wildlife Lingo (04:49)

• Listener feedback: In some northern Michigan bait shops, "crappie minnows" are known as "perch minnows."
  • Quote: “I trust our listeners… If you said perch minnows, you get that one right.” – Spencer (05:02)

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3. The Trivia Game Begins

Round 1: Hunting and Wildlife (06:08)

• Question: Which duck is NOT a cavity nester?
  • Answer: Blue-winged teal
  • Panel discussion of duck nesting strategies: upland, overwater, and cavity.
  • Quote: “Most ducks fall into three nesting categories…” – Spencer (09:18)

Round 2: Conservation – Fireworks Laws (10:11)

• Question: The blank candle, banned in 18 states for fire risk.
  • Answer: Roman candle
  • Panel shares adolescent stories of bottle rocket and Roman candle battles.
  • Quote: “Roman candles… heavy tubes that discharge a series of balls of fire and sparks into the air.” – Spencer (11:05)

Round 3: Cooking/Wildlife Health (11:55)

• Question: Name the pest found in South Texas in June 2026 that burrows into the flesh of living animals.
  • Answer: [New World] Screwworm
  • Discussion includes impacts on livestock and wild deer, as well as historical outbreaks.
  • Quote: “The parasite isn’t a food safety issue, but it… can devastate the food we eat.” – Spencer (14:06)

Round 4: Fishing & Pop Culture (15:36)

• Question: Name the 1993 film (or its sequel) featuring warring fishing neighbors John Gustafson and Max Goldman.
  • Answer: Grumpy Old Men/Grumpier Old Men
  • Panelists associate the scene with Midwestern fishing culture.
  • Quote: “The correct answer is Grumpy Old Men. The sequel is Grumpier Old Men.” – Spencer (18:35)

Round 5: Gear – 4WD Vehicle Maintenance (20:49)

• Question: According to Motor Trend, what is the ‘single most important part’ of a 4WD vehicle (the ___case)?
  • Answer: Transfer case
  • Anecdotes about breaking transfer cases during off-road adventures.
  • Quote: “A transfer case distributes power from the transmission to both the front and rear axles…” – Spencer (22:08)

Scoreboard Update (23:21)

• 2 point spread—Brody leads, followed by Seth and Max.

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4. Listener Questions & Outdoor Culture

Round 6: Hunting – Iconic Logos (27:43)

• Question: Which gun maker introduced the Buckmark (mule deer silhouette) logo in 1978?
  • Answer: Browning
  • Discussion of branding, tattoo trends among hunters.
  • Quote: “Logo proved to be a success and has become one of the most popular tattoos among hunters.” – Spencer (31:06)

Round 7: Public Lands (31:24)

• Question: Bar Harbor, Maine, is the gateway to which National Park?
  • Answer: Acadia
  • Banter about lobster rolls and Maine’s outdoor appeal.
  • Quote: “Acadia is the seventh most visited national park in America…” – Spencer (34:34)

Round 8: Fishing – Rod Attributes (35:53)

• Question: Defined as the way a rod flexes under load—can be “fast, medium, or slow.” What’s the term?
  • Answer: Action
  • Clarification between “action” and “power” in rod design.
  • Quote: “A fast action rod will flex at the tip before it reaches its backbone…” – Spencer (38:03)

Scoreboard Update (39:30)

• Brody leads; Seth is close behind. Final rounds to determine the winner.

Round 9: Natural History (39:56)

• Question: Mount Vesuvius, “the world’s most dangerous volcano,” is in which country?
  • Answer: Italy
  • Nate shares personal memory of hiking the volcano as a child.
  • Quote: “Its most famous event was in 79 AD when it obliterated Pompeii…” – Spencer (42:07)

Round 10: Conservation – Invasive Plants (44:02)

• Question: South Carolina classifies this six-letter plant (woody stems, branched growth, large size) as a severe environmental threat.
  • Answer: Bamboo
  • Discussion of bamboo’s aggressive growth and homeowner nightmares.
  • Quote: “Bamboo… is called ‘one of the most difficult to control plants’… a homeowner’s worst nightmare.” – Spencer (46:31)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Game on, suckers!” – Spencer (06:08)
• “The only game show where conservation always wins.” – Spencer (02:53)
• “When I think of ugly stick, I think of this…” – Randall, on indestructible fishing rods (39:00)
• “Did you think maybe like... I had foul hooked a sturgeon or something?” – Spencer to Seth, on unexpected catfish catches (20:22)
• “I play to have fun.” – Randall, embracing the spirit of trivia (35:27)
• “You ever play wingspan, Spencer?… It’s a deck builder, engine builder bird game.” – Nate (06:51-07:11)
• “I never knew that was a deer.” – Randall, on Browning’s Buckmark logo (31:15)

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Competition Outcome and Closing

• Brody wins the round with 8 correct answers!
  • Chooses Mule Deer Foundation as the recipient of the $500 donation.
  • Quote: “Going back to my old standby, the Mule Deer Foundation…” – Brody (48:03)
• Banter about fire-themed magazine and the enduring cultural importance of conservation and enjoying the outdoors.

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [03:00] – Mailbag hypothetical: turkey with deer nose vs. deer with turkey eyes
• [04:49] – Regional naming of baitfish
• [06:08] – Trivia kickoff: cavity-nesting ducks
• [10:11] – Roman candles and fire safety
• [11:55] – Parasites: Screwworm outbreak
• [15:36] – Grumpy Old Men fishing sabotage scene
• [20:49] – The four-wheel-drive transfer case
• [27:43] – Iconic outdoor logos: Browning's Buckmark
• [31:24] – Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor’s gateway
• [35:53] – Fishing rod “action”
• [39:56] – Mount Vesuvius, Italy
• [44:02] – Invasive bamboo in South Carolina
• [48:03] – Winner announced and conservation donation

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Overall Tone

The episode is lighthearted, witty, and laced with outdoor lore and practical knowledge. Panelists share playful jibes, regional stories, and field-tested wisdom, maintaining a relaxed yet competitive spirit—all in service of deepening appreciation for the outdoors and conservation.

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This summary provides a comprehensive guide to Episode 897, with major questions, competition highlights, and timestamped highlights—perfect for those seeking the MeatEater experience without listening in full.

Transcript

[Randall]

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[Nate]

Foreign.

[Spencer Newarth]

Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I'm your host Spencer Newarth and today we're joined by Brody, Seth, Nate, Max, Logan and John. This is a 10 round quiz show with questions from meat eaters. Four verticals which are hunting, fishing, conservation and cooking. There is a prize. Meat eater will donate 500 to the Conservation organization of the winner's choosing. We got a mailbag question today. If you have a question you want the crew to answer, send your question to trivia@the mediator.com with the subject line mailbag. This is from Nate Pawatzki. He says what be harder to hunt a turkey with the nose of a deer or a deer with the eyes of a turkey. I think this is really easy.

[Seth]

Yeah, turkey with a nose.

[Randall]

Yeah, turkey with the nose.

[John]

You wouldn't kill it.

[Spencer Newarth]

You wouldn't see a turkey if they had a nose like a deer.

[Randall]

No, not at all. They always say if a turkey smell, you wouldn't kill. Yeah, I'm a firm believer in that.

[Spencer Newarth]

Phil, do you agree?

[Phil]

Yeah, 100%. Thanks for coming to the expert.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah. So turkey with the nose of a deer, that'd be hard to kill a deer with the eyes of a turkey.

[Seth]

I think that exists already.

[Spencer Newarth]

Pretty much, yeah. Except for I think turkeys like see into the UV light range. I don't know if deer have that super or not. Also from Nate, he says are non Randall and Brody episodes easier? Do I just choke against elite competition? I try to like shoot for a higher Shelby index on those episodes. So I would say they're maybe a little easier. Yeah. We want the jabronis to have a good time while they're here. So maybe a little easier. But it's, it's still, you know.

[Max]

Where is Randy today?

[Randall]

I am Randall. I'm sitting in his spot.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah, I'm going to call him.

[Seth]

I passed Crappie Chubby truck on the highways more. It looks similar to his, but I don't know if it was his or not.

[Spencer Newarth]

He doesn't miss trivia too often, so I. He's doing something.

[Seth]

I know he's going to the Turnpike Troubadours concert tonight.

[Spencer Newarth]

That's right.

[Brody]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

In Bonner. Yeah.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Nate]

Free gaming.

[Spencer Newarth]

All right. We have some housekeeping. On last week's episode we had a question about the panfish inspired name for these small fat head minnows that bait shops sell. The correct answer was crappie minnows. But a few folks wrote in saying that bait shops in their area call them perch minnows, Specifically in northern Michigan. Now, I couldn't find anything online to confirm this, but I trust our listeners. And since perch is a panfish and emailers said that they are the small fat head minnows being sold, then I'll call that a right answer. So if you said perch minnows, then you get that one right? You were nodding.

[Randall]

Someone did say perch.

[Spencer Newarth]

Who said perch?

[Randall]

Someone said in perch.

[Nate]

Okay.

[Randall]

Yeah, someone said it last.

[Brody]

Oh, no, I've.

[Max]

I've heard him call.

[Spencer Newarth]

I have a magazine. He calls them perch minnows. I've never heard that. Okay, perch.

[Randall]

I don't think it would.

[Max]

I don't know if they. Yeah, they used a lot of emerald shiners.

[Spencer Newarth]

Where he's at the other 49 states call him crappy minnows. All right, the Shelby index for today is a five, so I'm putting us on perfect score alert. With that, we're on to the game of trivia. Play the drop, Phil. Look, I need to know what I stand to win.

[Brody]

Everything.

[Seth]

You stand to win everything.

[Spencer Newarth]

Game on, suckers. Question 1. The topic is hunting. This first great question is via Eric Zilme. And as always, this will be multiple choice. Which of these is not a cavity nesting duck? Is it a wood duck, a common merganser bufflehead, or a blue winged teal? Max, very quick to answer. The only player with an answer so far. Which of these is not a cavity nesting duck? So three of them are cavity nesters. One of them is not. Is it a wood duck, a common merganser, a buffalohead, or a blue winged teal?

[Seth]

Hold tight. I need to get a marker.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay, Seth has got a bad marker.

[Nate]

You ever play wingspan, Spencer?

[Spencer Newarth]

No. Somebody gifted it to me.

[Nate]

Very good.

[Spencer Newarth]

I have not played it yet. I. My understanding of it is that it's, like, kind of complex. So you need to, like, clear out an evening and be like, I'm gonna learn how to play wingspan. I've heard nothing but great things.

[Nate]

We should play it. It's fun.

[Spencer Newarth]

You're into it.

[Nate]

Big, big fan.

[John]

Okay.

[Nate]

Like, my mom likes it.

[Randall]

What is it exactly?

[Nate]

It's just like a. It's a deck builder. It's an engine builder bird game. It's like great art. Every card has a bird fact on it.

[Phil]

They've got a. They've got a fish version called fin span. They got a dragon one called wormspan.

[Nate]

Okay, I'm into the fish Fin, the easiest to learn. Worm span is the hardest.

[Spencer Newarth]

My favorite modern board game, besides meater trivia is Ticket to Ride. I. I think that's the perfect board game. Love Ticket to Ride.

[Nate]

I. The reason I bring it up is on the cards they have.

[Randall]

Come on, Brody.

[Nate]

They define the nest of the bird. And I'm trying to remember all the ducks and their bird, their nest icon.

[Spencer Newarth]

Which of these is not a cavity nesting duck? Wood duck organzer, Buffalo head teal.

[Nate]

Great game or great gift idea for the game playing birder in your life.

[Spencer Newarth]

There you go, Max, give us an update on. We all have a bunch of those.

[Randall]

So there was a point where I couldn't find any, and then I texted you that afternoon where I was like, oh, I found seven.

[Spencer Newarth]

How long were they gone for? Like a week.

[Randall]

I know, I couldn't. I couldn't find them. We have two ponds out back. Couldn't find them on either pond. And then that afternoon I found seven of them with the mom, and I was like, oh, down one. Not too bad. Way better than zero. And then the next day, there's all eight there.

[John]

Okay.

[Randall]

And then like the last, like, week, week and a half, nothing. And then I walked over to this other pond, probably a mile, mile or so away. There's eight ducklings and a hen. And so I think they migrated over there and they were roughly about that same size. Like they're growing up a little bit

[Max]

this time of year. Like for the last month. You see a lot of roadkill ducks.

[Seth]

Yeah, yeah.

[Max]

So they might have walked over there.

[Randall]

It's weird.

[Max]

There's like hotspots around Bozeman where it's like every day a new duck gets smashed by someone's car.

[Spencer Newarth]

Does everybody have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth says Buffalo head. Logan. Buffalo head. Max. Blue winged teal. John common merganser. Nate common merganser. Brody. Blue winged teal. The correct answer is the blue winged teal dam.

[Seth]

See that, Max?

[Spencer Newarth]

Brody got that one right. Most ducks fall into three nesting categories. Upland, over water or cavity. Upland nesters choose sites along shallow seasonal wetlands. Examples of upland nesters are blue wing teal and mallards. Overwater nesters choose sites that are on floating mats of vegetation like cattails and bulrush. Examples of overwater nesters are redheads and canvas backs. And cavity nesters choose sites in hollowed out trees. Other examples of cavity nesters are golden eyes and black bellied whistling ducks. Anything to add, Max, about nesting ducks?

[Randall]

That's a great, great factors right there.

[Seth]

So Buffalo.

[Spencer Newarth]

They'll live like a tree.

[Seth]

No kidding.

[Spencer Newarth]

And I feel like it's like. It's like either a rotting tree or an abandoned raccoon net, which they might be in a rotting tree as well.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Max]

Question two.

[Spencer Newarth]

The topic is conservation. The blank candle, which shoots a, quote, sequence of glowing comets, is banned in 18 states because of its tendency for starting fires.

[Seth]

That was fast.

[Nate]

And having too much fun.

[Spencer Newarth]

18 states don't like you having all that fun, dude.

[Nate]

I could name them soon to be forced. Hawaii, Washington, New York.

[Spencer Newarth]

The blank candle, which shoots a sequence of glowing comets, is banned in 18 states because of its tendency for starting fires.

[Max]

We used to escalate our bottle rocket fights by employing these.

[Nate]

Oh, yeah. Heavy artillery, baby.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah, we used to have fights with these. Okay. The room is going to do well. They all look confident. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. The whole room says Roman. The whole room got it right. It is the Roman candle. Roman candles are heavy tubes that discharge a series of balls of fire and sparks into the air. It's the firework that started the 2016 Table Rock Fire in Idaho and 2020 Traverse Fire in Utah. Massachusetts has the strictest firework laws in the country as the only state that completely bans the sale, possession, and private use of all consumer fireworks.

[Max]

This is the week the fire truck or the firework boost will start showing up.

[Seth]

Oh, they're already here. Oh, yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

What? What's a firework boost? Oh, the booth. Yeah, yeah, they move in. Question 3. The topic is cooking. This next great question is via William Mayer. This pest, which burrows into the flesh of living animals, was discovered in south Texas in June 2026.

[Randall]

Just listen to the podcast.

[Max]

How specific?

[Spencer Newarth]

Hint, you don't have to be that specific. If you thought the answer was like a dragonfly, you could put a dragonfly. You don't have to put xx dragonfly. Whatever. A specific dragonfly would be this pest, which burrows into the flesh of living animals. It was discovered in south Texas in June 2026. And we will look at a picture after this of what that pest does. It's pretty disgusting.

[Max]

So we should do a experiment where we put one of these things in Giannis's arm.

[Spencer Newarth]

It said that they will, you know, be attracted to humans as well. So they might take Tiani's arm. Again, we're going to look at a photo. If you don't want to see a deer that's all messed up from this pest, then maybe look away after the flavor. Text is ready. This pest, which burrows into the Flesh of living animals.

[Nate]

Nope.

[Spencer Newarth]

Was discovered in South Texas, June 2026. Nate, you have this one, right?

[Nate]

Oh, yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. Brody, do you.

[Nate]

Brody, I got super, like, double right.

[Spencer Newarth]

Double right. Okay, you're going very specific. Max, do you have this one right?

[Randall]

No, but I just listen to the podcast, like, Tuesday or Wednesday when.

[Spencer Newarth]

John, do you have this one right?

[John]

I do not.

[Seth]

What podcast?

[Nate]

Don't worry about it.

[Spencer Newarth]

Your podcast.

[Seth]

I didn't listen to that one.

[Max]

It's a lot of podcasts.

[Spencer Newarth]

John was telling me yesterday was our hottest day at the store. All year or ever? Just year to date. Year to date. Okay, what's been flying out the door? What are people like right now?

[John]

Well, logo wears flying out the door.

[Max]

Of course.

[John]

We're in tourist season now in Bozeman, and a real hot seller, which is one that we've had a major demand for for several years now, the gnome packing unicorn T shirt. Oh, that's finally back.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay, we've.

[John]

We've had it. Had to have been just about every day without fail. Somebody asked about.

[Seth]

What about this one?

[Randall]

I like that one.

[John]

That's a really good one too. Yep, we have that going.

[Seth]

Flying off. Yeah, this one's sick.

[John]

That one's really attractive to, like, the southern folks.

[Max]

You guys spend a little less time selling T shirts and more time working on selling my bear that's out in

[John]

the common area right now. So everybody, that's the first thing they see when they walk in the store now.

[Spencer Newarth]

A lot of foot traffic. Go in there, talk to John, ask him about maybe a trivia question the upcoming week. Maybe he'll tell you. Maybe not. Is everybody ready?

[Seth]

Yeah, I'm not really, but whatever.

[Spencer Newarth]

Go ahead and reveal your answer. Seth and Logan say bot fly. Maxwell says blank fly. John says tick. Nate says new world screw worm. Brody says screw worm. They got it. The correct answer is the screw worm. You're good. The screw worm was found inside a three week old calf, and two more cases regarding cattle and dogs followed shortly thereafter. Screw worms, which are the maggot form of a fly, typically begin their life in an open wound before drilling into the animal's flesh. The parasite isn't a food safety issue, but it's largely managed by the USDA because it has potential to devastate the food we eat. A 2016 screwworm outbreak in Florida killed nearly 20% of their endangered key deer population. Here is a picture of one of those key deer.

[Seth]

Oh, my God.

[Spencer Newarth]

It commonly infects in their head because they go to an open wound. So if it's the rut. And a buck got messed up by another buck. That creates a natural spot for the screw worms to lay their eggs.

[Randall]

Is that deer still alive like in that photo?

[John]

Looks like.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah.

[Nate]

Taxidermy.

[Spencer Newarth]

That alive. If you find pictures of deer with screw worms, a lot of times it's in their head or maybe it's like, you know, in their back ham where they got caught by another buck. Really disgusting thing. I think they used to have them. We eradicated them in like the 60s, but they still show up sometimes. The latest case was just in June in Texas. Question for the topic is fishing. John Gustafson and Max Goldman sabotage each other's gear by cutting fishing nets and severing anchor lines in the sequel to this 1993 movie. You could tell me the sequel or just the regular, you know, number one that I'm asking. Brody's smiling John Gustafson.

[Max]

I didn't have it then I got it.

[Spencer Newarth]

And Max Goldman sabotage each other gear

[Max]

about a particular joke that it cannot

[Spencer Newarth]

be repeated on by cutting fishing nets and severing anchor lines in the sequel to this 1993 movie.

[Seth]

I caught Catfish Hunter the other day.

[Spencer Newarth]

You did?

[Seth]

Okay, £20.

[Spencer Newarth]

£20?

[Nate]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

£20 Cafe in Montana.

[Seth]

No, is on. Is on Huron.

[Randall]

The thing was a giant.

[Spencer Newarth]

Well, you. You certainly weren't targeting cats. Would like no plug or a jig or what?

[Seth]

Just a jig with a crawler on it.

[Spencer Newarth]

Do they have flatheads in here on. Or was it a. They do.

[Seth]

It was a channel, but they.

[Spencer Newarth]

That is a whopper channel. That's like in the 99th percentile of channel catfish in the world.

[Seth]

I'll get a picture up again.

[Spencer Newarth]

Question for the topic is fishing. John Gustafson and Max Goldman sabotage each other's gear by cutting fishing nets and severing anchor lines in the sequel to this 1990.

[Max]

Did that thing end up in the fryer?

[Seth]

No, I threw him back.

[Spencer Newarth]

That is a whopper.

[Phil]

You can slack that to me. Seth, if we want to show it on the show.

[Spencer Newarth]

The channel. Well done,

[Seth]

incoming philosopher.

[John]

Perfect.

[Spencer Newarth]

Seth, you have this one right?

[Nate]

It's like the perfect question. I will never fishing.

[Seth]

My favorite before I was born.

[Brody]

Okay.

[Nate]

Spencer was like, what's the question? Brody would get right this one.

[Spencer Newarth]

You do not have this one right?

[Nate]

Absolutely not.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. Do you have a fishing movie down?

[Randall]

No.

[Nate]

It's like a. It's like a ocean movie.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Max]

That ain't it.

[Spencer Newarth]

Could be cool.

[Nate]

Great.

[Spencer Newarth]

Is everybody ready?

[Max]

Did you put Captain Ron down? Oh, okay.

[Spencer Newarth]

Max, are you ready? Go ahead and Reveal your answers. Seth says grumpier old man. Logan without an answer. Max says rivers run through it. John without an answer. Nate says water world. Brody, grumpy old man. The correct answer is Grumpy Old Men. The sequel is Grumpier Old Men.

[Randall]

Yeah, nice.

[Seth]

Wait. Isn't that what you're asking?

[Spencer Newarth]

We'll take your answer. Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men are set in Wabasha, Minnesota, a small town on the Mississippi river southeast of Minneapolis. The film follows neighbors John and Max, who have a relationship that fluctuates between friendly and feuding. They also share a love of fishing, which further complicates matters. In this scene, they are catfishing on the wedding day of John's daughter and Max's son. Take it away, Phil.

[Brody]

You're right.

[Spencer Newarth]

It's not an important day.

[Brody]

No.

[Spencer Newarth]

No reason to be here.

[Brody]

Hang on. Drop the anchor, Max. You cut the anchor. You putz. Grab the net. You cut the net to your.

[Randall]

I've never seen this.

[Seth]

Oh, it's so funny.

[Spencer Newarth]

As a North Dakotan, you'd love this match.

[Randall]

Yeah, I bet.

[Brody]

Put your gloves on, will you? I'll show you how to do it. Here's the way you do it here. Now watch the fisherman worship man. Grab him.

[Spencer Newarth]

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[Brody]

My God, look at this thing. Holy moly. Okay, get his tail. I get. Got his tail.

[Spencer Newarth]

Catfish Hunter. That was a flathead. Seth's Catfish Hunter was a channel cat. Look at that thing. Channel cats don't get much bigger than that, Seth. That is enough for channel catfish.

[Randall]

Did you think that was a big mark like a walleye?

[Seth]

Well, when it first hit, I was like, oh, that's a good fish.

[Spencer Newarth]

And then I real.

[Seth]

Then I quickly realized that it was not a walleye.

[Spencer Newarth]

What did you think it was until you saw it was. Did you think maybe like.

[Seth]

I don't know, for a second I thought I had like foul hooked a sturgeon or something. Cuz I know that those are in there.

[Spencer Newarth]

Good for you. But question five, the topic is gear. Motor Trend magazine says that your vehicle's blank case is, quote, the single most important part of four wheel drive.

[Nate]

Dude, I just had some vehicle issues yesterday.

[Spencer Newarth]

Really? This thing?

[Nate]

No, no.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Nate]

Brakes.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. Could be worse than it could be this thing. Motor Trend magazine pretty bad says that your vehicle's blank case is, quote, the single most important part of four wheel drive.

[Randall]

I've heard about this a lot, but

[Spencer Newarth]

have I done anything to it?

[Randall]

Do I maintain it? No, but Knowing the single most important part. I hope he gets this wrong.

[Spencer Newarth]

Gonna change.

[Seth]

You don't know this.

[Randall]

He's kind of unsure.

[Spencer Newarth]

It looks like motor trend magazine says that your vehicle's blank case is the single most important part of four wheel drive. Nate and Brody disagree.

[Nate]

Yeah, I just don't know if I'd say this is the most important.

[Randall]

It's the most important part.

[Spencer Newarth]

I mean, if you like, if you take away your wheels.

[Nate]

I understand.

[Spencer Newarth]

Steering wheel and gas. Is everybody ready?

[Randall]

I think so.

[Spencer Newarth]

Quick answers in the room. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth and Logan and Maxwell and John and Nate say transfer. Brody says differential. The correct answer is the transfer case.

[Max]

Oh.

[Randall]

How does that feel, Brody?

[Max]

Feels like I got it wrong. You've gotten wrong.

[Randall]

I've only gotten a couple, but we'll

[Spencer Newarth]

get a scoreboard update here shortly. Not the ones that matter. A transfer case is what distributes power from the transmission to both the front and rear axles to give you four wheel drive or all wheel drive. They can break due to a lack of fluid, improper use of four wheel drive or internal wear over time. If you need to replace one, expect to pay between $2,000 and $6,000. Has anybody ever had transfer case problems?

[Seth]

Yeah. Other problems?

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah, you feel like you're getting immediate feedback if you're like abusing your four wheel drive. You know, if you like go from really muddy to taking a turn on dry, you're like, oh, you know what?

[Seth]

I did have transfer case problems. Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

What was the issue?

[Seth]

An 8:88 Chevy Scottsdale in college and we, we got a three foot snowstorm in Pennsylvania and we went up on the, on the hill to Baja around. Okay. As soon as I pulled off the highway onto the road, I went to kick it and four wheel drive wouldn't do it.

[Spencer Newarth]

That's the time you want your casework

[Seth]

pulled off the road immediately got stuck because I couldn't get in four wheel drive. The transfer case went out. Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

All right, we are halfway through our game of trivia. Phil, give us a scoreboard update.

[Phil]

Just a two point spread here between all of our players. Back of the pack, we've got Logan and John two points. Seth, Nate and Max have three. Unfortunately, Brody could not transfer his momentum to continuing his perfect game because he has four points. Now here I'm just waiting for the transfer to be the right answer to a question.

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[Spencer Newarth]

6 the topic is hunting. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Eric Ker for sending this great question. Eric is going to get a 151st light gift card. If you want a chance to win the listener question of the week, then send your question to trivia the Meater.com this gun maker introduced the Buckmark symbol in 1978, which features a mule deer silhouette that they call, quote, the outdoor industry's most iconic logo. We have six blank whiteboards in the room. This gun maker introduced the buckmark symbol in 1978, which features a mule deer silhouette that they call the outdoor industry's most iconic logo.

[Max]

That's a bold statement.

[Spencer Newarth]

Well, I mean, you can say anything you want about your own brand.

[Seth]

Not.

[Spencer Newarth]

I don't know if I'd even disagree. Maybe not the most iconic, but one of them still six blank whiteboards. This gun maker introduced the buckmark symbol in 1978, which features a mule deer silhouette that they call the outdoor industry's most iconic logo. Max, with you being in north mule deer silhouette, I'm not going to be any. They call it a mule deer silhouette. That's what they. That's what they identify it as.

[Max]

I'm gonna leave my hand.

[Spencer Newarth]

Max, you being a North Dakotan, your, your wife being a Minnesotan, you guys would love Grumpy old man. I know Grumpy.

[Randall]

Watch it tonight.

[Spencer Newarth]

They're even. There's one of them's even named after you.

[Randall]

I know.

[Spencer Newarth]

Maybe you're named after Max. Maybe, huh?

[Seth]

So you haven't seen Those.

[Spencer Newarth]

Either of those movies, I would be

[Randall]

lying if I told you I have.

[Seth]

You gotta watch them. They're the best movies ever. The other thing that's better than that is Tombstone.

[Spencer Newarth]

It's a very earnest statement from Seth. This gun maker introduced mark symbol in 1978, which features a mule deer silhouette that they call the out door industry's most iconic logo. Nate, do you have this one right?

[Nate]

No. No. Just guess.

[Spencer Newarth]

John, do you have this one right?

[John]

I think so.

[Spencer Newarth]

He does.

[Seth]

Okay. Yeah.

[Phil]

I think.

[Seth]

I think I. I think I got it.

[Spencer Newarth]

Seth King.

[Seth]

I pulled it out.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. The Pennsylvania boys, they like their.

[Nate]

Interesting.

[Seth]

What about the other PA boy?

[Spencer Newarth]

He's the first one to put his board down. Is everybody ready?

[Randall]

No. I mean, yeah. Doesn't matter.

[Spencer Newarth]

I'm not gonna get it. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth says Browning, Logan, Ruger.

[John]

That's right.

[Spencer Newarth]

John Browning, Buckmaster.

[Brody]

Nate.

[Spencer Newarth]

Remington Brody. Browning. The correct answer is Browning. Browning had some internal disagreement about the logo when its marketing department created it in 1977. Most notably, people thought it should feature a whitetail instead of a mule deer. But its creator said the muley showed the gun's western origins as a Utah brand and set it apart from New England competitors. Logo proved to be a success and has become one of the most popular tattoos among hunters. I feel like if you know a hunter who has a tattoo, there's like a 10 chance. This is.

[Randall]

I never knew that was a deer.

[Spencer Newarth]

You didn't know that was a deer?

[John]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

That. They call it their muley silhouette.

[Randall]

I should have had that.

[Nate]

That's a great question.

[Spencer Newarth]

We're on to question seven. The topic is public lands. Bar Harbor, Maine, calls itself, quote, the gateway to Blank National Park.

[Seth]

Almost. I almost didn't recognize it when he said Bar Harbor.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah. Phil, give us your best New England.

[Phil]

I don't have a good boss.

[Spencer Newarth]

Bar Harbor, Maine, calls itself the gateway to Blank National Park.

[Seth]

Oh, I've been there. I've been there many times.

[Phil]

Really?

[Seth]

Yep.

[Spencer Newarth]

Many a times. To Bar Harbor Bajaba.

[Seth]

Yep.

[Max]

Okay. Good lobster rolls there.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah, I bet. I would love to go there. Have a lobster roll. Brody very quickly came up with an answer. Our other five players. Yeah.

[Max]

This place been on my list of places to go.

[Phil]

I've never.

[Spencer Newarth]

Now you move so far away from it.

[Max]

Yep.

[John]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

Bar harbor calls itself the gateway to Blank National Park.

[Seth]

When I was. When I decided I was going to move out of Pennsylvania, I was split between Montana and Maine.

[Max]

Both good choices.

[Spencer Newarth]

You'd be a moose hunting machine.

[Nate]

Dude, I love Mainers. They're good.

[Seth]

Maine is a great state. It's fantastic, dude.

[Spencer Newarth]

Nate, do you have this one right?

[Nate]

No, I don't think so.

[Spencer Newarth]

It gave Brody a chuckle.

[Seth]

This is one of those deals where when I hear it, I'm gonna.

[Nate]

Yeah, exactly. Mad about it.

[Spencer Newarth]

And you think you've been to this national park or you just been to Bajaba.

[Seth]

I don't know if I've been to the national park.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. Maxwell, trying to come up with a national park, wrote down a letter. Bar Harbor, Maine, calls itself the Gateway to Blank National Park. Walk us through your thinking process down there, Max.

[Randall]

There's not much to it. I know of a. I don't. I just don't know where this is exactly.

[Max]

Max never even bothers to try hiding

[Randall]

his board because I don't even know if it's gonna be right when he

[Spencer Newarth]

got the Randall seat today.

[Randall]

I know.

[Spencer Newarth]

Which is kind of a coveted spot in the studio. Does Randall just get here 10 minutes early? And a steak is. I think he does do that.

[John]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

And sometimes someone who's not real familiar with the show will take that spot and, you know, kind of give them a look.

[Randall]

I think this is national.

[Spencer Newarth]

And then reluctantly take a different spot. Max, are you ready? Seth, are you ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth says Acadia. Logan, Appalachian. Maxwell tried to spell it.

[Randall]

John.

[Spencer Newarth]

Acadia.

[Max]

That is not Acadia.

[Spencer Newarth]

Let's see that white boy. Nate says centennial. Brody. Acadia. The correct answer is Acadia. A, C, A, D, I, A.

[Randall]

There's a lot of distractions there, and I'm a horrible speller.

[Spencer Newarth]

With over 4 million visitors each year, Acadia is the seventh most visited national park in America, ranking between Rocky Mountain and Grand Teton. It is home to Cadillac Mountain, which is the tallest mountain on the Atlantic coast of the United States. Acadia was the first national park created from private lands, gifted to the public.

[Seth]

I'm not gonna lie. I heard Max go, ac, And I'm like, ah.

[Spencer Newarth]

I saw.

[Max]

Highest mountain on the Atlantic coast.

[Randall]

Brody, I said this last game.

[Spencer Newarth]

What's your question?

[Max]

What does that mean? Highest mountain on the Atlantic coast?

[Spencer Newarth]

I assume that, like, you can, you know, see the water or, like, throw a rock and hit the water from it. The highest mountain on the Atlantic coast of the United States. So that's not counting our friends in Canada.

[Nate]

Brody, I said one of those NFL stats.

[Randall]

I said this last game. I don't play to win. I play to have fun.

[Max]

Good.

[Spencer Newarth]

You're having fun.

[Nate]

Always.

[Spencer Newarth]

Question 8. The topic is fishing. This next great question is Via Tim Allen.

[Phil]

That was a half assed one.

[Nate]

I'm sorry.

[Spencer Newarth]

I should have warned you. Now I just expected. Tim is a prolific trivia question writer in her son Phil. You better work.

[Seth]

What's going on?

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh, we got a dive bar situation in here. Light is flickering. All right, topic is fishing.

[Randall]

Come on, Tim.

[Spencer Newarth]

This word which is defined as quote, the way a rod flexes under a load, can be described as fast, medium, or slow. This word which is defined as the way a rod flexes under a load, can be described as fast, medium, or slow. The PA boys again, sharing that brain. They all look confident. The non PA suckers, not so much.

[Nate]

Nope.

[Max]

Come on, Maxwell, you're an angler.

[Randall]

I know. I think I got it, but.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh, okay.

[Max]

I mean, we know Nate's not gonna get.

[Brody]

Get it.

[Nate]

I'm trying to lean into my physics background.

[Spencer Newarth]

This word which is defined as the way a rod flexes under a load, can be described as fast, medium, or slow.

[Randall]

Hmm.

[Spencer Newarth]

Logan, do you have this one right?

[Nate]

I think so.

[Seth]

This tripped me up a bit.

[Max]

Oh, yes.

[Spencer Newarth]

Seth is questioning his answer.

[Randall]

Ah, the silence kills me.

[Spencer Newarth]

Is everybody ready?

[Nate]

Give me one sec.

[Spencer Newarth]

Nate's got a noodle on this. What's your physics background?

[Nate]

High school physics class.

[Seth]

Okay.

[Randall]

10 years ago.

[Spencer Newarth]

I think under that definition, everybody has a physics background.

[Nate]

I was hoping you wouldn't ask.

[Seth]

I'm gonna change it.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. Seth, making a last second.

[Randall]

Sticking with my gut change.

[Spencer Newarth]

Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth crossed out power and went with action. Logan, action. Maxwell, action. John, action. Nate, tensile. Brody, action. The correct answer is action. The room did well. Good on you, Seth, for making that last second change.

[Randall]

Did you see my border?

[Seth]

The mediums. The medium messed me up. Because you have like a medium. Like, isn't it like power?

[Spencer Newarth]

Power is like heavy light, ultra light.

[Randall]

Yeah, Yeah, I think it's.

[Spencer Newarth]

Sometimes instead of medium, you'll see moderate. So fast. Moderate, medium slow. A fast action rod will flex at the tip of the rod before it reaches its backbone, while a slow action rod bends all the way down towards your fishing reel. Fast action rods are more popular for jig fishing where you're making contact with the bottom, bottom and creating slack in the line. Slow action rods are best for when you're using treble hooks, live bait, or light line. Here is a diagram showing you how the different rods will bend based on if it's a fast action or monitor action. Slow action A. There. That's an extra fast action. So there you're only getting some little bit of bend at the end of your rod before it reaches broomstick. Or it's like D D that you're looking at a moderate action. That would be a noodle.

[Randall]

What would ugly stick be?

[Spencer Newarth]

Well, I mean, I think they still span.

[Seth]

Yeah, they have all different.

[Spencer Newarth]

Yeah, they would have fast, slow, medium.

[Randall]

When I think of ugly stick, I think of this.

[Nate]

Dishwasher.

[Spencer Newarth]

John's referring to a wife trying to not get her husband to go fishing. So he shoves the. She shoves the ugly stick down the garbage disposal.

[Max]

I got a bunch of those ugly sticks in my quiver. Man, those boys can't break them.

[Spencer Newarth]

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

[Phil]

spreads a little more wide this time around. We've got Logan and Nate tied up now with three points. Max and John have five, but it's close up top. Seth's got six. Birdie has seven.

[Spencer Newarth]

Question nine. The topic is natural history. Mount. Mount Vesuvius, which National Geographic calls the world's most dangerous volcano, is located in this country.

[Nate]

Been there.

[Brody]

Really?

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay, there's a hint if you know Nate's travels.

[Seth]

Where's Nate been?

[Spencer Newarth]

Mount. You know, I'll give you a better hint.

[Nate]

I lived there.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay, that is a hefty.

[Seth]

Oh, God.

[Brody]

Where?

[Seth]

There.

[Nate]

Nobody knows this dude.

[Spencer Newarth]

Mount Vesuvius, which National Geographic calls, quote, the world's most dangerous volcano, is located in this country.

[Nate]

I'm pulling for you, Seth.

[Seth]

Is it an island?

[Nate]

I can't in good conscious say anymore.

[Spencer Newarth]

Where has Nate lived? How many countries have you lived in, Nate?

[Nate]

I think just two.

[Randall]

Okay.

[Nate]

I guess your definition of lived is what would define that.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay. I don't know. Like, sleep in a place for a month, consecutively.

[Nate]

Oh, five.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay, five countries. Nate's lived in. Mount Vesuvius, which National Geographic calls the world's most dangerous volcano, is located in this country. If Brody can get this one right.

[Nate]

Sorry.

[Spencer Newarth]

Seth gets it wrong. That will wrap up the victory for Brody with one question to go. Brody gets it wrong and Seth gets it right. We'll be tied going into question 10.

[Nate]

Come on, Seth. Pulling for you.

[Seth]

I don't know how to spell it.

[Randall]

It's okay.

[Nate]

I don't think you're right.

[Brody]

Damn it.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay, another hint. Have you been to the actual mount?

[Nate]

Yeah.

[Seth]

Yeah, super cool.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay, is everybody ready? Brody, do you have this one right? It took you a minute, man.

[Max]

We'll find out.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay,

[Randall]

John.

[John]

Not doing good over here.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay, do you have a country written down?

[John]

I'll write a country down, okay?

[Spencer Newarth]

Then we're gonna flip them over. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth says. What's that say?

[Randall]

I was gonna say Italy.

[Spencer Newarth]

Maxwell.

[Max]

Torn between the two.

[Spencer Newarth]

John. Japan. Nate. Italy. Brody. Greece. The correct answer is Italy.

[Brody]

Dang it.

[Spencer Newarth]

I was. Located in southern Italy, Mount Vesuvius is the only volcano on Europe's mainland that's erupted in the last 100 years. Its most famous event was in 79 AD when it obliterated Pompeii, killing thousands in the area. It's estimated that eruption released 100,000 times the thermal energy of an atomic bomb. It pumped out so much sulfur dioxide and ash into the atmosphere that it temporarily altered global climates. And. And scientists say that based on tree ring growth, regional temperatures were actually cooler for a few years afterwards. What was your experience on Mount Vesuvius?

[Nate]

We just. I mean, I was like four. We hiked up there. I remember it was cool. There's like no rules to speak of, so you just go up there and look in the crater. It's sick.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh, you went like to the top.

[Nate]

Yeah, yeah, it's. Yeah, it's great. You should. If you find yourself in southern Italy, you should go.

[Spencer Newarth]

You remember things from when you were four?

[Nate]

Do I remember things when I was

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[Brody]

Whoa.

[Nate]

And not even fake memories. We've. This is a whole debate in my head. This is a whole debate. We're not going to go down.

[John]

That's.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Spencer Newarth]

I think part of the danger of Mount Vesuvius is that there's like 3 million people who live, you know, within what would be an eruption zone.

[Randall]

How long did you live in Italy?

[Nate]

2 and a half years.

[Randall]

Okay.

[Spencer Newarth]

All right, here's a correct answer review so far. One was Blue Winged Teal. Two, Roman Candle. Three, Screwworm. Four, Grumpy Old Men. Five, Transfer Case. Six, Browning. Seven, Acadia National Park. Eight, Action. Nine, Italy. Phil, scoreboard update.

[Phil]

No change amongst the competitive players here, but we got Logan and Nate with four points.

[Spencer Newarth]

Now, question 10, the topic is conservation. South Carolina labels this six letter plant as a severe environmental threat, describing it as having, quote, woody stems, branched growth, and often large size.

[Nate]

Hmm.

[Spencer Newarth]

Six, six letters. South Carolina labels this six letter plant as a severe environmental threat, describing it as having woody stems, branched growth, and often large size. Brody, do you like your answer?

[Max]

I got a six letter answer. Okay.

[Spencer Newarth]

If he gets it right, he will have won the game. He gets it wrong and Seth gets it right, we will go to overtime. And I think we are on an overtime drought here at Media Trivia. It's been a minute.

[Max]

Let me think.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay, I'm Gonna give Seth a minute. He's drawn his hangman characters. Now he's just gotta find a six letter plant that South Carolina labels as a severe environmental threat, describing it as having woody stems, branched growth, and often large size. Brody the only player with an answer so far. Nate, do you like your answer?

[Seth]

No.

[John]

I thought.

[Nate]

I thought I had it, but it was only five letters. So I've changed the spelling and we'll see what happens.

[Seth]

What do I mean by large size?

[Spencer Newarth]

I don't know. Whatever South Carolina would describe as being often large size, woody stems, branched growth and often large size. Phil, you had a little chuckle over there.

[Phil]

Oh, I just thought it was funny that Nate said he would change the spelling as if that might make it correct.

[Spencer Newarth]

You never know. Max had a seven letter word over there. Did you spell the six letter word wrong by chance?

[Randall]

High. High chance.

[Spencer Newarth]

High chance. Okay, I still get seven. Seth still has a blank whiteboard. Brody may have the authoritative victory. I mean, I'm sticking with this.

[Seth]

I probably know it.

[Spencer Newarth]

South Carolina labels this six letter plant as a severe environmental threat, describing it as having woody stems, branched growth, and often large size. Is everybody ready?

[Seth]

Yeah. Do it.

[Spencer Newarth]

Seth, you give up? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Seth Logan without an answer. Maxwell says mangrove. John without an answer, Nate says kudzu. Brody says bamboo. Brody got it. The correct answer is bamboo.

[Nate]

Nice.

[Spencer Newarth]

Clemson University calls bamboo, quote, one of the most difficult to control plants and quote, a homeowner's worst nightmare. Once established, the invasive plant will take over landscapes, stream banks and woodlands. Clemson says you must be patient while treating bamboo as the plant requires an intensive control program over several years. Does anybody have any experience with bamboo? No.

[Seth]

My grandparents used to have a patch of it on the edge of their property.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh, they kept it controlled.

[Seth]

Well, it was, it was on the neighbors and they. Yeah. Would like come over. Yeah, they would cut it down all the time. I think the neighbor would put some like, diesel fuel on it. Cut it and put diesel fuel on it?

[Randall]

Yeah.

[Seth]

Make it. Which is, you know, probably not environmentally friendly.

[Max]

When I was.

[Spencer Newarth]

When I was going through my orchard project, I would get served all kinds of, like, landscaping, I don't know, plant care content on social media. And there was a while it was just like bamboo thing after bamboo thing and it just. It does look like a homeowner's worst nightmare. Yeah, you just got no shot against. It'll like ruin the foundation of your house if you let it.

[Nate]

I had a hunting spot that was covered in bamboo and I always felt like it'd be a great place for deer to disappear into anybody if they

[Seth]

can get into it.

[Spencer Newarth]

Do you ever find them there?

[Nate]

No. I mean, I didn't hunt in a whole ton. Was it real thick into pretty thick?

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Nate]

But it was just enough where it's

[Seth]

like, I think something could hide in here.

[Spencer Newarth]

Too thick. It'll take over stuff.

[Phil]

All right.

[Spencer Newarth]

Brody is today's winner. He got eight correct answers. Brody, what are you gonna do with that $500 donation?

[Max]

I'm gonna go back to my old standby. The Mule Deer foundation got an article in their summer magazine coming out soon.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh, it's great. About what?

[Max]

Fire.

[Spencer Newarth]

Okay.

[Max]

I think the whole. The whole darn issue of that magazine might be about fire.

[Spencer Newarth]

Oh, wow. Okay. All right. Brody sent in 500 to the mule Deer Foundation. Join us next week for more meat eater trivia. The only game show where conservation always. 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 rockhound.

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[Randall]

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