Pod Insights The MeatEater Podcast Ep. 744: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLXXVI About this episode Spencer Neuharth https://www.instagram.com/spencerneuharth/?hl=enhttps://www.themeateater.com/people/randall-williams hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Max Barta, Roman Schnobrich, Alex Plachta, Logan Dove, and Jon Montresor.
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3:21 Speaker 03 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 Yanis, Brody, Seth, Roman, John, Logan, Max, and Alex Plakta. Alex, this is your first time on the show. Tell folks what you do here at Meat Eater.
3:37 Speaker 04 I work with Roman in social media.
3:40 Speaker 03 Okay, and Brody just had a bone to pick with you before we turned the mics on. Brody, what was the problem?
3:46 Speaker 05 Oh, well, it's like a, like a nature documentary screw-up where he called a caiman a gator.
3:55 Speaker 03 And no one else noticed this, Alex. Is that, is that right?
3:58 Speaker 04 I have once called a goat a billy when it was not a billy once.
4:03 Speaker 03 Oh, people called you out on that?
4:05 Speaker 04 They did.
4:05 Speaker 03 But no one called you out on the gator.
4:07 Speaker 04 No one called me out on the gator until Brody brought it up.
4:10 Speaker 03 Now everyone knows. Alex, what's, what's going to be your strong suit and weakness in Meat Eater Trivia?
4:17 Speaker 04 Nothing science specific, probably history related, if there's any historical questions.
4:22 Speaker 03 How about regionalize? What are your best regions? Okay, but like, do you like the north, the south, the west?
4:28 Speaker 04 A little bit of everything.
4:29 Speaker 03 Okay, alright. We'll see how Alex does today. If you're mad at stuff on social media, you're gonna be mad at Roman and Alex.
4:40 Speaker 03 Now everyone knows. Alright, this is a 10 round quiz show with questions from Meat Eater's four verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. And there is a prize. Meat Eater will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winners choosing. For the stat of the week this week, we're looking at the number of games in a row I've gone without forgetting to do the correct answer review. If you don't recall, I've started penalizing myself for when I forget to do the correct answer review after question nine. The fine has been that I'll join a new conservation group whenever that happens. And since implementing that system, I've gone five games in a row without forgetting. Sometimes I used to go five games in a row without remembering, so we may have solved this problem.
5:23 Speaker 05 So you're just donating less to conservation now?
5:26 Speaker 03 No, I, well, when I remember, yes. But when I'm doing my job better, that's right. I'm giving the listeners a better experience. But when I mess up, then conservation still wins, because I'll join a new conservation group. How many conservation groups are you part of? Uh, that was my sixth. Or just like, in general? Six right now. Six that I'm like, currently in a one-year membership of. I don't own any lifetime or three-year memberships of anything. So, uh, we'll see how long this goes on. I might be at double digits, though, by the end of the year. Yeah. Alright, here's our infrequently asked questions segment. If you have a trivia-related question for our crew, send it to [email protected] with the subject line IFAQ. Nathan Pawatzky says, "You've mentioned before how you will tweak listener-submitted questions
6:10 Speaker 03 to word them better. Do you ever have anyone write in pissed that you messed with their question?" Uh, it's happened one time. And it was also somebody named Nathan. It happened earlier this year. Um, but he was very angry that I changed the wording of his question. He wrote in demanding to know, uh, what my process is and how I fact-check things and create the questions. Uh, he, he was upset.
6:32 Speaker 05 Oh, well, you gotta tell us what it was.
6:34 Speaker 03 Um, well, I've already given a lot. It happened this year and his name was Nathan, so there, you know, there's probably one episode where that's happened.
6:40 Speaker 05 No, no, no, like, what the question was?
6:42 Speaker 03 It was about, uh, uh- Oh, I said his last, I'm not, I'm not gonna say anymore.
6:47 Speaker 05 That's fine.
6:48 Speaker 03 It was, it was about a bird. It was about a bird. He didn't like, uh, the phrasing that I chose and the, the hints that I gave rather than his. So, uh, it doesn't happen oft- or if it does happen, folks don't write me to, to tell me that they're angry, but it has happened once. But at the end, end of the day, they gotta remember this is your show. Oh, wow. Thank you, Max.
7:08 Speaker 05 Yeah, but we complain, we complain about his questions all the time.
7:11 Speaker 03 I'm open to criticism. Uh, if, if more people are angry like that other Nathan, uh, they should write me and let me know. That'll, that'll create a better product, Max.
7:19 Speaker 05 Were the people that like answered the question angry about the question?
7:23 Speaker 03 No, the, the room, I think about half of the room got it right. Uh, but they didn't know what the alternate version was. Maybe, maybe they would have liked, uh, the listener submitted version better. We'll never know. All right. There's no housekeeping today, so we can get to the trivia. And the Shelby index for this episode is a four.
7:39 Speaker 05 What's the max index?
7:40 Speaker 03 Ooh, I can do that. Correct answers.
7:41 Speaker 05 What's the max index?
7:42 Speaker 03 We'll find out in about a half hour. And with that, we're on to the game of trivia. Play the drop, Phil.
7:50 Speaker 06 Look, I need to know what I stand to win, everything. Probably like a three. Just tend to win everything.
8:04 Speaker 03 Game on, suckers. Question one, the topic is hunting and this will be multiple choice. Of these states, which has the lowest population of mule deer? Is it North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, or Oklahoma?
8:24 Speaker 03 Of these states, which has the lowest population of mule deer? North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, or Oklahoma?
8:39 Speaker 03 Quick answers.
8:42 Speaker 03 Not from Max, though. Grew up in one of these states. Just thinking, just thinking. Of these states, which has the lowest population of mule deer? North Dakota, Nebraska,
8:54 Speaker 05 Can I get a different marker?
8:54 Speaker 03 Kansas, Oklahoma.
8:58 Speaker 03 I thought you-
8:58 Speaker 05 You're gonna throw him the Sharpie.
9:01 Speaker 05 What do you got, Max?
9:04 Speaker 03 Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Yanis saying Oklahoma. Oh, boy. Logan, Oklahoma. Seth, Nebraska. Alex, Kansas. John, Oklahoma. Roman, North Dakota. Max, North Dakota. Brody, Oklahoma. The correct answer is Oklahoma.
9:30 Speaker 05 Damn it.
9:30 Speaker 03 Think three or four of our players got that one right, and we had every answer represented among the crew. It's estimated that the mule deer population in Nebraska is 130,000, followed by 50,000 in Kansas, 20,000 in North Dakota, and 3,000 in Oklahoma. Oklahoma's mule herd is largely limited to the state's panhandle.
9:52 Speaker 05 Cal didn't, didn't Cal do a?
9:55 Speaker 03 He did do an episode.
9:56 Speaker 05 It was awesome. That's how I knew the answer.
9:58 Speaker 03 Killed one of the only mule deer in that Don State. Question two, the topic is fishing. This game show host, who said he owns four boats and eight lakes, was given the 2025 American Sport Fishing Association Impact Award.
10:15 Speaker 05 Game show?
10:17 Speaker 03 This game show host, who said he owns four boats and eight lakes, was given the 2025 American Sport Fishing Association Impact Award.
10:27 Speaker 05 Was this you?
10:29 Speaker 03 I did not get that award. No.
10:31 Speaker 05 You have eight lakes and four boats?
10:32 Speaker 03 I wish the rest of it was true, though.
10:34 Speaker 05 Game show? Is this game show on currently?
10:37 Speaker 03 Not giving any hints. Seth, quick answer. Seth, do you know this one, or do you just know one game show host?
10:42 Speaker 05 I just know one game show host that likes to fish a whole bunch.
10:45 Speaker 03 Okay, there you go.
10:47 Speaker 05 That's probably right. Yeah, I'm pretty good.
10:49 Speaker 03 This game show host, who said he owns four boats and eight lakes, was given the 2025 American Sport Fishing Association Impact Award. That just happened about a week ago at ICAST.
11:03 Speaker 05 Fresh news.
11:04 Speaker 03 Fresh news.
11:05 Speaker 05 Can I just tell you what game show?
11:08 Speaker 03 No, we're gonna need a last name.
11:13 Speaker 03 Seth is the only player who likes his answer, seems like. Alex, do you have this one right?
11:18 Speaker 04 I do.
11:19 Speaker 03 Social media man, you maybe saw this news?
11:21 Speaker 04 No, I did not.
11:24 Speaker 04 Educated guys.
11:25 Speaker 03 Yanni, do you like your answer?
11:29 Speaker 05 I've written down a game show host's name.
11:32 Speaker 03 Do you watch any game shows?
11:34 Speaker 05 No.
11:34 Speaker 03 No. Did you used to?
11:37 Speaker 05 Yeah, when I was a kid and named the game was Come Home After School, you know?
11:44 Speaker 03 What game did you, what game shows did you watch?
11:46 Speaker 05 I think Price is Right was on.
11:48 Speaker 03 What about on sick days? Was that like universal that even from your generation, you'd watch Price is Right on a sick day?
11:54 Speaker 05 Oh, for sure. Until like it would, you'd watch whatever you could until like all of a sudden it would turn into like every, every network would only be paying soap operas and be like, dang it, go outside.
12:08 Speaker 03 Again, this game show host who said he owns four boats and eight lakes was given the 2025 American Sport Fishing Association Impact Award. Is everybody ready?
12:19 Speaker 05 Is his name Spencer Neuharth?
12:20 Speaker 03 Again, I wish I had four boats and eight lakes.
12:25 Speaker 03 Maxwell?
12:26 Speaker 06 Yeah, I can't think of his name, but.
12:28 Speaker 03 Ooh. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Yanis saying Rob Lowe.
12:34 Speaker 05 That sounds right.
12:34 Speaker 03 Logan says Drew Carey. Seth, Steve Harvey. Alex, Drew Carey. John, Steve Harvey. Roman, Steve Harvey. Max says Family Feud guy, could be anybody. Robbie says Pat Sajak.
12:51 Speaker 05 I think, yeah.
12:52 Speaker 03 The correct answer is Steve Harvey.
12:57 Speaker 06 What game show does he host?
12:58 Speaker 03 He hosts the Family Feud.
12:59 Speaker 05 Give me a half point.
13:00 Speaker 03 I'm not gonna give it to Max.
13:01 Speaker 05 Give it to Max. Come on.
13:04 Speaker 03 Harvey learned to fish as a little boy in West Virginia. He says it's his favorite hobby and that he once spent six hours in a Bass Pro shopping for largemouth lures. Harvey was given the Impact Award for the work his charity does, which they say has quote, "introduced countless young men and women to fishing."
13:22 Speaker 06 Half a point, Phil.
13:23 Speaker 05 Good for him.
13:24 Speaker 03 Steve Harvey loves to fish. Question three, the topic is natural history. This next great question is via Andrew Green. This extinct elk, which is named after a country, had the largest known antlers of any deer.
13:42 Speaker 03 This extinct elk, which is named after a country, had the largest known antlers of any deer. Brody and Yanni, quick to answer, Seth is now joining them.
13:57 Speaker 03 Seth, do you have this one right? If I could go back in a time machine and go hunting, this is what I'd want to go.
14:01 Speaker 05 Yeah, I don't know. Educated guess. Somebody I know was over there recently and saw a set of these antlers on the wall.
14:10 Speaker 03 Oh, really?
14:10 Speaker 05 It was incredible.
14:13 Speaker 03 Oh, it was over there? In the flavor text, I'll tell you just how big they get.
14:20 Speaker 03 This extinct elk, which is named after a country, had the largest known antlers of any deer.
14:32 Speaker 05 Although I have been editing my Latvia episode, which I solo filmed last year and it came out extremely well. I'm delighted with how it came out.
14:40 Speaker 03 Lot of subtitles? You're editing it?
14:42 Speaker 05 Not too much.
14:42 Speaker 03 No?
14:43 Speaker 05 Well, part of the edit process, you know? I've been doing, I did, yesterday I worked on the, uh, the translations, which is, uh, I always think it's gonna be real easy and it's a bitch.
14:54 Speaker 03 Do you have to consult your dad on that or are you good enough?
14:58 Speaker 05 There was one term that was used and I did, I actually consulted three people. Malatus. And malatus means like oftentimes you, you'll hear a parent talking to their kid after they've done something very well and they'll just say, "Malatus." And, and you're applying that to them.
15:17 Speaker 05 But I got varied answers. My mom was like, "Oh, it's very like, like on a spiritual level, like this sort of, you know, you've done great." But then other people were just like, "No, it just means you excelled at your task."
15:28 Speaker 03 How was it said to you?
15:30 Speaker 05 Oh, no, it was, it wasn't said to me, well, in the video it was used, um, uh, she was speaking to her dog after he had found the pig I shot and she said, "Malatus."
15:41 Speaker 03 What do you got? Again, we're on question three, natural history. This extinct elk, which is named after a country, had the largest known antlers of any deer. Is everybody ready?
15:52 Speaker 03 Seth?
15:53 Speaker 05 Yeah.
15:53 Speaker 03 Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Yanis saying Irish. Logan, African. Seth, Canadian. Alex, Mongolian. Uh, John without an answer, Roman. Scottish. Close buddy. Max, New Zealand. Brody, Irish. The correct answer is the Irish elk. Brody and Yanni got that one right.
16:17 Speaker 06 Logan, I'll point out that Africa is not a country.
16:20 Speaker 05 See, I, I, I thought about that and, and last time I had a similar geography issue. You pointed that out as well.
16:28 Speaker 05 I did actually think about that. I was like, you know, I know that this is not a country, but.
16:32 Speaker 06 Screw it.
16:33 Speaker 03 You can just see if Logan or just see if Brody's paying attention and he was. Okay. The antlers of the Irish elk could span 12 feet. Most of them went extinct during the ice age, but a small herd in Siberia evidently held on for an extra 4,000 years. Some Irish elk fossils from the region have been dated to as recently as 7,000 years ago. It's thought those holdouts eventually died due to a warming climate and human hunting. Question four.
17:02 Speaker 05 Wait, hold up. South, South Africa's a country though, right? Yes.
17:05 Speaker 03 Yes.
17:05 Speaker 05 So technically my answer was based on.
17:08 Speaker 03 Question four, the topic is gear. Autozone says the function of this 10-letter motor part is to quote, "Mix air and fuel in the proper ratio for combustion."
17:25 Speaker 03 Brody already has his answer down. Autozone says the function of this 10-letter motor part is to mix air and fuel in the proper ratio for combustion. Seth, you have this right?
17:38 Speaker 05 I think so.
17:39 Speaker 03 Okay. Seth smelling his marker over there. I saw that, but he goes cap on, so it's like he's microdosing markers. Not just free lining it.
17:48 Speaker 06 Or you're smelling hands.
17:49 Speaker 05 Got it, yeah.
17:51 Speaker 06 Which is weird.
17:53 Speaker 03 Smells like blueberries. It's a blue one.
17:55 Speaker 05 Definitely better cap on.
17:58 Speaker 06 I actually think I'm pretty good.
18:00 Speaker 05 Think you're good, buddy.
18:01 Speaker 03 Autozone says the function of this 10-letter motor part is to mix air and fuel in the proper ratio for combustion.
18:10 Speaker 03 Brody likes Max's answer.
18:13 Speaker 06 His first one today.
18:14 Speaker 03 Seth seems to like his answer. Yanni, do you like your answer?
18:19 Speaker 05 Yes.
18:20 Speaker 03 10-letter motor part. It mixes air and fuel in the proper ratio.
18:26 Speaker 05 Just spelling count, as long as I have the right amount of letters.
18:30 Speaker 03 If we know what you're talking about, should be close enough.
18:35 Speaker 05 Did you count them?
18:36 Speaker 06 Yeah, 10, right?
18:38 Speaker 05 Spell them wrong.
18:39 Speaker 03 10-letter.
18:42 Speaker 05 Yeah, there's a vowel there in the middle. It's tripping me up.
18:46 Speaker 03 Okay, there's a little hint. Yanni says there's a vowel in the middle.
18:49 Speaker 05 It's a word with a vowel. It's 10 letters, I imagine, yeah.
18:54 Speaker 06 Did you play Wordle yet today?
18:55 Speaker 05 Hot tip, Yanni? No, I've been off the World Train.
18:58 Speaker 03 Okay.
19:00 Speaker 03 Had to clear your mind for this race coming up, huh?
19:03 Speaker 05 No, it's been much longer. Just kinda, I got the same way with, that I am with Instagram. I just was like, you know what, do I really need to give Wordle 5 to 10 minutes of my day every day? Nope.
19:14 Speaker 03 All right, is everybody ready?
19:17 Speaker 03 Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Yannis saying carburetor.
19:21 Speaker 06 That's how I spelled it, too.
19:22 Speaker 03 Logan says combustion. Seth, carburetor. Alex says injector. John, carburetor. Roman, carburetor. Max, carburetor. Brody, carburetor. The correct answer is carburetor.
19:35 Speaker 06 Nice.
19:36 Speaker 03 Can you spell that? C-A-R-B-U-R-E-T-O-R. Did anybody spell it right?
19:42 Speaker 06 Yeah.
19:43 Speaker 05 Brody, that's it.
19:45 Speaker 03 Got it right and spelled it right. Signs that your carburetor need replacing or maintenance include rough idling, poor acceleration, and engine stalls. Although carburetors are still common in small engines, they've been phased out of vehicles, the 1990 Subaru Justy was the last car sold in America with a carburetor. Brody, Seth, you boys ever work on carburetors on your boats?
20:10 Speaker 05 Little bit. I got a Honda that runs like a dream. Yeah, they're a tough thing to work on. But I think my Honda, their fuel.
20:17 Speaker 03 Yeah, those are fuel injectors. Electric fuel injector, is that right?
20:21 Speaker 05 Yeah, I've never worked on them on a boat, but other things.
20:24 Speaker 03 Question five.
20:25 Speaker 05 Always mess it up.
20:26 Speaker 06 Lawn mowers.
20:27 Speaker 03 The topic is cooking. This sushi roll, which is named after its colorful presentation, is made by placing salmon, tuna, and yellowfin on top of a California roll.
20:41 Speaker 03 Our sushi eaters, answering this question before I even finished it. But we have three players who maybe don't like sushi as much. Roman, do you like sushi?
20:51 Speaker 05 I do. I was gonna mention, I saw there's a new foodborne illness from another sushi restaurant here.
20:56 Speaker 03 Really? I saw we just got a new sushi place in town as well.
21:00 Speaker 06 Alex just texted me about that.
21:01 Speaker 05 What, what place, Roman? I don't know if I should name names, but it's not the one from a few years. Did it make news, or was it just that angry Reddit post? Cause I saw the angry Reddit post. I think we are looking at the same circles, Phil.
21:14 Speaker 03 Again, question five. This sushi roll, which is named for its colorful presentation, is made by placing salmon, tuna, and yellowfin on top of a California roll.
21:25 Speaker 05 Sounds delicious. I'd like to eat one of these right now. What do you think?
21:30 Speaker 03 Seth, do you like sushi?
21:31 Speaker 05 I love sushi.
21:32 Speaker 03 Okay.
21:33 Speaker 05 But I don't, I don't, I can't recall the name of this.
21:36 Speaker 03 John, do you have this one right?
21:37 Speaker 06 I don't think so. I have a sushi roll name down, but I don't think it's it.
21:43 Speaker 03 Okay. This is question five, so we'll get a scoreboard update from Phil the Engineer after this. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Yanis and Logan saying rainbow roll. Seth, without an answer. Alex says rainbow. John says dragon roll. Roman says party roll.
22:04 Speaker 06 Love it.
22:04 Speaker 03 Max and Brody say rainbow roll. They got it. The correct answer is the rainbow roll.
22:09 Speaker 06 Nice. Coming back now.
22:11 Speaker 03 The rainbow roll is filled with crab, avocado, and cucumber, then topped with slices of different colored fish. Its base roll, the California roll, was declared the number one most popular sushi roll in America by School of Sushi, while the rainbow roll was number six. Alright Phil, let's get a scoreboard update.
22:32 Speaker 04 At halftime, everyone's on the board. We've got Alex with one point, Logan and Roman, and Max, and Seth have two points. John has three and tied up in first place are Yanis and Brody with four.
22:43 Speaker 05 I feel like Yanis has been bringing it lately, man.
22:46 Speaker 04 It's the hair change.
22:47 Speaker 06 It's the hair change.
22:49 Speaker 03 You might have to keep that now.
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26:08 Speaker 03 Question six. The topic is hunting. This man lost his job as Outdoor Life's Hunting Editor in 2007 after a controversial article about ARs. Oh, I thought it was gonna be a different question. Brody, quick to answer, Yanni joining him. They're the only two players. I thought it was gonna be this so far.
26:31 Speaker 06 I thought it was gonna be the question about the guy who like shot that mule deer and then someone else shot it too.
26:35 Speaker 03 Hmm, no, that was more recent than that.
26:40 Speaker 05 I talked to this fella about squirrel hunting out west, actually. I don't think you should be giving that. Someone might remember your conversation. Hmm, oh, you think? Maybe.
26:49 Speaker 03 This man lost his job as Outdoor Life's Hunting Editor in 2007 after a controversial article about ARs. Seth, do you have this one right?
27:01 Speaker 05 Oh, I don't know. I think I recall something about this in this guy, but I don't.
27:07 Speaker 03 Brody, do you remember when this happened?
27:09 Speaker 05 Yeah, oh, yeah.
27:10 Speaker 03 Okay, how about you, Yanni?
27:11 Speaker 05 Big hubbub. Yeah.
27:13 Speaker 03 15 years ago. Longer than that. What did he say? I will tell you in the flavor text. This man lost his job as Outdoor Life's hunting editor in 2007 after a controversial article about ARs. Do our other players give up? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Yanni saying Jim Zumbo. Logan without an answer. Seth says Jim Sumbo. Alex and John without an answer. Roman says Shell Silverstein. Max says Tread Barta. And Brody says Jim Zumbo. The correct answer is Jim Zumbo. In Zumbo's article, he said, quote, "Excuse me, maybe I'm a traditionalist, but I see
27:57 Speaker 03 no place for these weapons among our fraternity. I'll go as far as to call them terrorist rifles. I say game departments should ban them from the prairies and woods." The fallout caused Zumbo to lose his job and receive death threats. He later apologized in a forum post on Ted Nugent's website, saying he was ignorant about black rifles and planned to do an AR-15 hunt with the Nuge. Are you even giving that one to Seth? I didn't see what... Seth had it right. Okay, I thought I heard you say Sumbo with an S. Max, are you related to Tread Barta?
28:28 Speaker 06 Yeah, he's my uncle.
28:29 Speaker 03 I never considered that you guys had the same last name.
28:30 Speaker 06 No, no relation as a, as I know.
28:33 Speaker 05 Yannis and I used to... Oh, yeah. He was around our outfitter scene for a while.
28:39 Speaker 03 And I imagine you have not real favorable things to say about him. Is that what you were...
28:44 Speaker 05 I'm not gonna cast aspersions on someone who's not here.
28:47 Speaker 06 I grew up watching him on, it was, the outdoor channel was Versus.
28:52 Speaker 03 Mm-hmm.
28:53 Speaker 06 Yeah, that was my favorite hunting show growing up.
28:55 Speaker 03 Mine was on the Versus channel, Benny Spies. Got in with Benny Spies. Oh, yeah, that was a great one. Question seven, the topic is fishing. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Mitch Goaks for sending this great question. Mitch is going to get a board game signed by the crew. If you want a chance to win our listener question of the week, then send your question to [email protected] . What kind of whale is Moby Dick?
29:21 Speaker 03 What kind of whale is Moby Dick?
29:26 Speaker 03 Brody, quick to answer. Nani's jaw hit the floor. He doesn't like this one. What kind of whale is Moby Dick?
29:35 Speaker 05 I just saw my first whale on the beach.
29:38 Speaker 05 Max, you're on fire today.
29:40 Speaker 03 Wow, alright. Brody was shocked that Max had the answer that he had.
29:46 Speaker 05 I misread it the first time.
29:48 Speaker 03 What kind of whale is Moby Dick?
29:50 Speaker 05 No, I can't say it. I'll give it away.
29:53 Speaker 03 Yanni, who I believe is tied for the lead, has a blank whiteboard.
30:01 Speaker 05 You got it right?
30:02 Speaker 04 Stuff between two options.
30:05 Speaker 03 What kind of whale is Moby Dick?
30:10 Speaker 03 Yannis?
30:12 Speaker 03 Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Yanni saying humpback. Logan, white whale. Seth, sperm whale. Alex, blue whale. John, sperm whale. Roman and Max and Brody say sperm whale. They got it. The correct answer is a sperm whale.
30:33 Speaker 06 This side was on fire.
30:34 Speaker 03 They're doing good. More specifically, Moby Dick was a white bull sperm whale. Although most think of the whale as an albino, Herman Melville writes that it has two prominent white areas and that the rest of the body has splotches of white and gray. Therefore, Moby Dick was lucistic or piebald, not albino. Question eight. The topic is biology. This next great question is via Tim Allen. Phil, can you give us a little Tim Allen sounder over there?
31:03 Speaker 05 Huh?
31:04 Speaker 03 Okay, very good. This eight-letter word is defined as, quote, "a grooming behavior where birds use their beaks to clean, realign, and maintain their feathers."
31:17 Speaker 06 Eight letters?
31:18 Speaker 03 Eight letters.
31:19 Speaker 05 I feel like we've had this question.
31:21 Speaker 03 We have not had this question.
31:24 Speaker 03 This is question eight. We'll get a scoreboard update after this. This eight-letter word is defined as "a grooming behavior where birds use their beaks to clean, realign, and maintain their feathers."
31:38 Speaker 06 That's what they do.
31:40 Speaker 03 Okay, thank you Max for the demonstration. Max, do you have this one right?
31:46 Speaker 06 I sure hope so. I really hope so.
31:48 Speaker 03 He's sore and hot today.
31:49 Speaker 05 Max is kind of a bird guy, Spencer. He's the biggest bird guy in this room, I'd say.
31:54 Speaker 06 That was my peacock.
31:56 Speaker 03 Very good.
31:56 Speaker 05 Sounded like Tim Allen.
31:59 Speaker 03 Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Yanis saying preening. Logan says primping. Seth, preening. Alex, cleaning. John and Roman without an answer. Max says preening. Brody, preening. The correct answer is preening. It's P-R-E-E-N-I-N-G. The National Wild Turkey Federation says that preening is such a significant part of a turkey's daily routine that it's second in time only to feeding. For gobblers, this behavior can include dusting and sunning. Preening creates stronger feathers, reduces parasites, and makes males more attractive to hens. Alright, Phil, give us a scoreboard update.
32:48 Speaker 06 In the duck world, it helps with waterproofness.
32:52 Speaker 05 After question eight, Alex, Logan, Roman, John, and Max are not, have not accumulated enough points to win the game.
33:01 Speaker 06 I got four and a half, Phil.
33:03 Speaker 05 But Yanis has, or Seth has five, Yanis has six, and Brody is in first place with seven points.
33:09 Speaker 03 Max pointed out that waterproofing is one of the duck purposes. They also say that for turkeys, but I don't think of turkeys as being very waterproof, so I didn't include that. But it's basically spreading their oils from one specific gland.
33:22 Speaker 06 Do turkeys have preening glands?
33:23 Speaker 05 Yeah, ducks got a gland on their butt that secretes oil.
33:27 Speaker 03 Part of their preening process. Question nine, the topic is conservation. The National Park Service said they saw an increase of young visitors in 2016 thanks to the release of this augmented reality mobile game.
33:43 Speaker 05 What is a augmented reality mobile game?
33:47 Speaker 03 Phil can explain it to you after this. The National Park Service said they saw an increase of young visitors in 2016, thanks to the release of this augmented reality mobile game.
34:02 Speaker 03 Yeah, Brody, currently in the lead.
34:06 Speaker 05 Phil, did you come up with this question? No, but I'm very grateful that Spencer did.
34:10 Speaker 03 Phil will get to talk about augmented reality after this.
34:14 Speaker 05 I bet they played on a switch, don't they?
34:16 Speaker 03 Hmm, I don't know. Find out.
34:18 Speaker 05 I think so.
34:19 Speaker 03 In the flavor text.
34:23 Speaker 03 Okay, so Logan and Seth don't agree. Alex, do you have this one right?
34:27 Speaker 04 100% confidence.
34:28 Speaker 03 Okay. John, do you have this one right?
34:31 Speaker 06 I don't think so.
34:32 Speaker 03 Okay.
34:33 Speaker 06 I'm trying to figure out how my answers deal deals with the National Parks.
34:37 Speaker 03 The National Park Service said they saw an increase of young visitors in 2016, thanks to the release of this augmented reality mobile game. And Brody and Yanni have blank whiteboards.
34:52 Speaker 05 This would be a time to get ahead.
34:55 Speaker 03 If only.
34:58 Speaker 03 Again, this question nine will be the time to catch up. Board update after this.
35:05 Speaker 03 Yanni, how we doing?
35:08 Speaker 05 Not great.
35:08 Speaker 03 Brody, how we doing?
35:10 Speaker 05 Even worse.
35:12 Speaker 03 Okay.
35:12 Speaker 05 A man with that hair should know the answer to this.
35:16 Speaker 03 The National Park Service said they saw an increase of young visitors in 2016, thanks to the release of this augmented reality mobile game.
35:26 Speaker 03 Phil, have you played this game? This will be the Room's one hint. Has Phil played this game?
35:30 Speaker 05 I have played this game.
35:31 Speaker 03 Okay, he's played this game. There you go.
35:33 Speaker 06 He's played a lot of games, though.
35:36 Speaker 06 Phil, you like it?
35:38 Speaker 05 It's possible I just played this game 30 seconds ago. In preparation for this question.
35:43 Speaker 03 Oh, okay, perfect.
35:45 Speaker 06 Can I see your recent apps?
35:49 Speaker 03 Brody and Yanni are stumped. The National Park Service said they saw an increase of young visitors in 2016 thanks to the release of this augmented reality mobile game.
36:01 Speaker 06 I'm trying to think about 2016.
36:02 Speaker 03 Brody, Yanni, do you give up?
36:04 Speaker 05 I do. I'm trying to think of a name on the video game. Maybe Yannis will get it and make the game a little more interesting.
36:11 Speaker 03 Yanni, do you give up?
36:15 Speaker 03 Phil was just playing it a minute ago.
36:20 Speaker 05 I think this is the game.
36:21 Speaker 03 Okay, go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Yannis saying Fortnite.
36:25 Speaker 05 Oh.
36:25 Speaker 03 Logan says Pokemon Go. Seth says Fortnite. Alex, Pokemon Go. John, Pokemon Go. Roman, Clash of the Clans. Max, Clash of the Clans. Brody, without an answer. The correct answer is Pokemon Go. We had half of the room.
36:45 Speaker 05 Never would have stood a chance. I don't know what a carbureator is.
36:50 Speaker 03 Pokemon Go encourages players to go outside to visit Pokéstops, which are typically landmarks such as historic plaques, museums, hiking trails, and statues. This makes national parks and national monuments a hotspot for trainers. The youth traffic got so overwhelming in 2016 that rangers started leading guided Pokemon tours across historic sites. A spokeswoman for the NPS said that summer, quote, "This is an age group we love to have in the parks." All right, Phil, explain. Explain Pokemon Go in augmented reality.
37:24 Speaker 05 I just caught a Magnemite.
37:29 Speaker 03 Okay, perfect.
37:30 Speaker 05 Uh, augmented reality is different than virtual reality, and then augmented reality uses like a video feed of something like, like an actual camera feed, and then overlays images into it to look like it's a part of, of the actual world. So Pokemon Go uses GPS and actual mapping, so you can walk around your town and, and like Spencer said, landmarks are Pokéstops, or you can like, collect items, and there are gyms where you can battle other Pokemon. I just found out a minute ago that the pond behind our office is a Pokéstop.
37:57 Speaker 03 Oh, good for you, Phil. Like, in augmented reality, there could be a Pikachu sitting on Yanni's shoulder right now. That's, that's how the augmented reality.
38:06 Speaker 06 Is there, is there anything in this room?
38:07 Speaker 05 Run faster, Yannis, run faster. Uh, yeah, yeah, there is, actually.
38:11 Speaker 03 Here's the correct answer review so far. One was Oklahoma, two, Steve Harvey, three, Irish Elk, four, Carburetor, five, Rainbow Roll, six, Jim Zumbo, seven, Sperm Whale, eight, Preening, nine, Pokemon Go. Phil, let's get a scoreboard update before question 10.
38:30 Speaker 06 I should have six right now.
38:33 Speaker 05 We've got Yanis with six points and Brody with seven points.
38:39 Speaker 03 Question 10, the topic is woodsmanship. And this next great question is via Eric Winrich.
38:46 Speaker 03 The old farmer's almanac calls the blank bear caterpillar miniature meteorologist because of their reputation for predicting winter weather. Brody had his answer before I finished the question. It seems as though he's wrapped up the victory with eight correct answers. The old farmer's almanac calls the blank bear caterpillar, quote, miniature meteorologist because of their reputation for predicting winter weather.
39:15 Speaker 03 Seth, do you have this one right?
39:18 Speaker 05 Um, I think so, but we didn't, we called him something different.
39:22 Speaker 03 Hmm. Yanni, do you have this one right?
39:24 Speaker 05 No.
39:25 Speaker 03 The blank bear caterpillar, and they are miniature meteorologists. Brody, were you familiar with this bit of lore?
39:32 Speaker 05 Yeah. If I remember right, I'll explain more.
39:36 Speaker 03 Great. Max, do you have this one?
39:38 Speaker 05 I think.
39:38 Speaker 06 No.
39:40 Speaker 03 Blank bear caterpillar.
39:43 Speaker 06 But I'm trying, trying my best.
39:45 Speaker 03 Old farmer's almanac calls them miniature meteorologists because of their reputation for predicting winter weather.
39:53 Speaker 03 Is everybody ready?
39:57 Speaker 03 Hold up, I'm gonna change mine. Okay.
40:00 Speaker 03 I'm gonna give Logan one more second. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Yanis saying black. Logan says black. Seth, woolly. Alex, brown. John, without an answer. Roman, polar. Max, fuzzy. Brody, woolly. The correct answer is the woolly bear caterpillar, making Brody our winner with eight correct answers.
40:26 Speaker 05 Wasn't it a? The weather thing like predicting had something to do with their color pattern.
40:33 Speaker 03 Woolly bear caterpillars turn into tiger moths. As larvae, they are two colors. The farmer's almanac lore says that if there's more black, then it will be a bad winter. And if there's more brown, then it will be a mild winter. But Noah says this is just a myth and that woolly bear color is based on diet and age. We call them woolly buggers. Woolly buggers. I've heard of the fishing fly.
40:56 Speaker 06 Yeah, I've heard of the fly.
40:57 Speaker 03 But I've never heard of the caterpillar called a woolly bugger. Woolly bear caterpillar. All right, Brody, what are you gonna do with the $500 today?
41:05 Speaker 05 Uh, sage grouse were recently declared extinct in the state of North Dakota.
41:11 Speaker 03 Mm-hmm. Max shed a tear over that.
41:13 Speaker 05 Real bummer. Um, so we're gonna donate it to the sage grouse initiative.
41:18 Speaker 03 Okay, $500 going their way via Brody and Meat Eater. Brody nailed the Shelby index today with eight correct answers. Join us next week for more Meat Eater trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins.
41:31 Speaker 06 Thanks Spencer. Thanks Will.
41:34 Speaker 04 Yeah, Spencer from South Dakota, he's the host. Using those smooth mellow tones, he lays them questions down.
41:47 Speaker 04 And he likes taking those two and three-year-old bucks. And he's an avid amateur.
41:55 Speaker 04 Rockhound.
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