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2:23 Speaker 03 Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I'm your host Spencer Newhart, and today we're joined by Randall, Brody, John, Nate, Max, and Dr. Solomon David. This episode of Trivia is brought to you by Land.com. 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 winner's choosing. Dr. David is a guest on an upcoming episode of Meat Eater. Give folks a preview of what we talked about with you for two hours.
2:57 Speaker 04 Yeah, thanks for having me Spencer and everybody. Yeah, so I'm Dr. Solomon David. I'm at University of Minnesota in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology. My area of expertise is fish ecology, particularly those underappreciated fish like gars, which we've got an alligator gar skull right here, buffalo, suckers, those types of native, non-game fish, and how we can kind of use those to learn about conservation and management of our natural resources.
3:23 Speaker 03 Longtime appreciator of the native rough fish here at Trivia. Our logo, Dr. David, is a squirrel riding a fish. Do you know what kind of fish that is?
3:31 Speaker 04 It looks like a red horse to me.
3:33 Speaker 03 That is absolutely a short-haired red horse. That's our logo. That's on everything we do for Trivia.
3:38 Speaker 05 So he wasn't making it all up?
3:39 Speaker 04 Macristoma macrolepidotum, if we want to get it.
3:42 Speaker 03 All right, that's more like it. Say it again, what is it?
3:46 Speaker 04 Macristoma macrolepidotum. Short-haired red horse. Say that 10 times fast.
3:51 Speaker 03 Trivia strengths and weaknesses when it comes to hunting, fishing, conservation, cooking. What do you think?
3:56 Speaker 04 You saw all of my strengths in that scientific name and the description, so that's about it. I would say fishing, if it's about actual fish, and maybe conservation, but I'm gonna make you all look good.
4:08 Speaker 03 All right, we'll find out. 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. Multiple listeners want to know, where is Chester? Chester moved away. He moved back to Wisconsin.
4:23 Speaker 04 We have, but it keeps coming.
4:27 Speaker 03 He's some, yeah, this is actually an FAQ, not an IFAQ. Uh, Max has had to replace Chester is our lovable northern person here in the office.
4:37 Speaker 05 That's news to me.
4:38 Speaker 03 Well, someone on radio asked a few weeks ago what you do here at Mediter Max.
4:41 Speaker 05 Yeah.
4:41 Speaker 03 And you've, you've replaced Chester of that niche of just like really nice.
4:46 Speaker 05 Being a midwesterner?
4:46 Speaker 03 Yeah, nor- very nor- northern part.
4:49 Speaker 05 Northern, okay.
4:49 Speaker 03 Yeah, way up there.
4:51 Speaker 06 Kinda, kinda Steve's, uh, waterfowl guide these days.
4:55 Speaker 05 Yeah, sure seems like it.
4:56 Speaker 03 Mm-hmm. You guys got into some birds.
4:59 Speaker 05 Yeah, youth opener.
5:00 Speaker 03 Mm-hmm. So you weren't pulling the trigger?
5:02 Speaker 05 I was not. Uh, that was two weeks ago. Yeah, Steve pulled the trigger on the crane, which is really cool. It was pretty funny because like every time we heard crane, Steve was like, Jimmy, give me, give me your gun, give me your gun. Cause he was the only one with the crane permit.
5:14 Speaker 03 Yeah.
5:14 Speaker 05 Um, so yeah, that was pretty hilarious.
5:16 Speaker 03 Chester wasn't gonna guide Steve to any birds if he still lived here. So you, you've got that.
5:20 Speaker 05 Maybe some fish?
5:21 Speaker 03 Maybe the fish.
5:22 Speaker 06 So Steve upgraded, is what you're saying?
5:24 Speaker 05 Ooh, it depends if you like fish or.
5:26 Speaker 06 Chester, we miss you, come back.
5:28 Speaker 03 All right, we have some housekeeping. Uh, in a previous episode, I was clowned for my pronunciation of the small furry animal that's spelled P-I-K-A. Well, according to the book Cascade Olympic Natural History, Daniel Matthews says that while most Americans say pika, the rest of the world says pika. And Merriam-Webster has two acceptable pronunciations, providing audio for both. Play it, Phil. Pika. Pika. Mmm, so which, which one? You could either sound like Brody.
5:58 Speaker 05 I would say pika.
5:59 Speaker 03 And say pika.
6:00 Speaker 06 No, no, as a, as a child raised on Pokemon, it's pika.
6:06 Speaker 03 Pika. So Brody, you can say it pika.
6:10 Speaker 06 I, I'll never say it that way.
6:12 Speaker 03 All right. Now, the Shelby index for today is a five, so I'm putting us on perfect score list. And with that, we're on to the game of trivia.
6:21 Speaker 05 Here we go.
6:24 Speaker 07 Look, I need to know what I stand to win. Everything. How's that? Just tend to win everything.
6:38 Speaker 03 Game on, suckers. You know, Solomon, a lot of people think this is a carp. And I always correct them. I say, no, no, that is a short head.
6:45 Speaker 04 I appreciate that. Doing the good work.
6:48 Speaker 05 I feel like the TV is angled too far towards Spencer.
6:52 Speaker 03 Oh, wow.
6:53 Speaker 05 I'd like more of the TV.
6:54 Speaker 03 Bill, can you help him out?
6:55 Speaker 04 Solomon, do you know what you call fish with no eyes? Uh, I... Go ahead. Shh. Nice. Thanks for letting me have that one.
7:02 Speaker 03 Question one.
7:04 Speaker 05 Thanks, Bill.
7:05 Speaker 03 Is hunting.
7:05 Speaker 04 Is that one of the questions?
7:07 Speaker 03 This first question is going to be multiple choice, and it's brought to you by land.com. Of these states, which has the cheapest farmland per acre? Is it Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Missouri, or Indiana?
7:26 Speaker 03 Of these states, which has the cheapest farmland per acre? And this data was published by the USDA in 2025, just last month. Is it Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Indiana? Which one has the cheapest farmland per acre?
7:45 Speaker 04 Hmm.
7:48 Speaker 03 Is everybody ready?
7:50 Speaker 03 Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Solomon saying Missouri, Nate, Missouri, Randall, Pennsylvania, John, Pennsylvania, Max, Pennsylvania, Brody, Missouri. The correct answer is Missouri.
8:07 Speaker 04 We've got all the corn down there.
8:08 Speaker 03 Got that one right.
8:10 Speaker 05 All them cows, dude.
8:11 Speaker 03 Again, this data was published by the USDA in 2025. According to them, Missouri has the cheapest land in the Midwest at $5,000 per acre. Indiana is $8,800, Pennsylvania $8,500, and Wisconsin is $6,400. The most expensive farmland is in Iowa and California, which are over $10,000 per acre, while the least expensive farmland is in Wyoming and New Mexico at $1,000 per acre. Question two, the topic is cooking. This next great question is via Titus McKenty. Hatchet and chopper are synonyms for this seven-letter word that's defined as,
8:53 Speaker 03 quote, "a butcher's implement for cutting animal carcasses into joints or pieces."
9:02 Speaker 03 Hatchet and chopper are synonyms for this seven-letter word that's defined as a butcher's implement for cutting animal carcasses into joints or pieces. John, I know it's not really your fault, but if you want to try to stop squeaking the chair so much.
9:16 Speaker 06 Come on, John, quiet down over there.
9:19 Speaker 05 Nate, you're a little too rowdy over here. Did you get the first one right? Oh, yeah. Jeez.
9:24 Speaker 03 Solomon, Nate, and Brody did get that one right.
9:27 Speaker 05 I usually do well in the beginning and then fall apart around question five.
9:30 Speaker 06 I usually fall apart after the first one.
9:33 Speaker 03 Hatchet and chopper are synonyms for this seven-letter word that's defined as a butcher's implement for cutting animal carcasses into joints or pieces. Brody and Nate and Randall all seem to like their answers. John, do you have this one right?
9:47 Speaker 06 No.
9:49 Speaker 03 Solomon, how about you?
9:50 Speaker 04 I doubt it, but I got seven letters, I think.
9:53 Speaker 03 All right. Maxwell?
9:55 Speaker 04 That was my main goal. Seven.
9:57 Speaker 03 Max, do you give up? Sure.
10:01 Speaker 05 John, do you give up?
10:03 Speaker 06 Yes.
10:04 Speaker 03 Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Solomon saying, "Bonesaw." Nate, "Cleaver." Randall, "Cleaver." Max and John without answers. Brody says, "Cleaver." The correct answer is "Cleaver." A recent test from Sirius Eats found that cleaver sharpness is far more important than cleaver weight when it comes to chopping through bones. Their favorite cleaver was a $65 Victorinox that beat out cleavers that were more than three times its price. Question three, the topic is fishing. Does anyone own a cleaver? I don't.
10:38 Speaker 05 I got a, what, hex clad? Does that sound right?
10:41 Speaker 03 Yeah.
10:42 Speaker 05 It works pretty good. Big fan.
10:46 Speaker 03 What are you gonna swing that cleaver at this fall, Randall?
10:48 Speaker 05 Probably nothing. Probably nothing.
10:50 Speaker 06 Frozen pizza, fruit.
10:52 Speaker 05 Yeah. I've got that, you know, one of the butchering kits that I bought 15 years ago. It's got seven knives and I used two of them.
11:01 Speaker 03 How about you, Brody? Do you use a cleaver at home?
11:03 Speaker 06 Now and then, yeah.
11:05 Speaker 03 Question three, the topic is fishing. Smallmouth, bigmouth, and black are all types of this sucker.
11:12 Speaker 06 I was so close.
11:15 Speaker 04 Just putting bass down.
11:16 Speaker 03 Yeah. Smallmouth, bigmouth, and black are all types of this sucker. This is a bone for our guest.
11:28 Speaker 04 Do you need scientific names too?
11:31 Speaker 03 Uh, for you, we could, we could do that. Uh, the rest of the room will just accept the common name. Brody, you have this one right?
11:40 Speaker 06 I think so.
11:41 Speaker 03 Okay, how about you Nate?
11:42 Speaker 05 Nope.
11:42 Speaker 03 Randall?
11:43 Speaker 05 I think so.
11:44 Speaker 03 Smallmouth, bigmouth, and black are all types of this sucker.
11:55 Speaker 03 Brody, do you like Max's answer?
11:56 Speaker 06 No.
11:59 Speaker 03 Max is now erasing.
12:00 Speaker 04 No, I'll stick with this. Stick with your gut.
12:03 Speaker 03 Okay.
12:05 Speaker 03 John, do you have an answer? I do not. Do you give up? Yeah. Go ahead and reveal your answer. We have Solomon saying buffalo, Nate.
12:14 Speaker 04 All right.
12:14 Speaker 03 Nate, buffalo. Randall buffalo. John without an answer. Max says common. Brody says buffalo. The correct answer is the buffalo.
12:25 Speaker 04 Right.
12:25 Speaker 03 Bigmouth buffalo are the biggest and oldest sucker fish in North America. They can, uh, they can reach weights of 70 pounds and live longer than 100 years. Their native range stretches from Manitoba to Alabama. Uh, Solomon, I actually came across two other species of buffalo that I didn't know existed until I was writing this question. Do you know what they are?
12:45 Speaker 04 Besides the three that you mentioned?
12:46 Speaker 03 Yes.
12:46 Speaker 04 Oh.
12:47 Speaker 03 What about buffalo carp?
12:48 Speaker 04 We've got all three of those in Minnesota that you mentioned. What are those other ones?
12:52 Speaker 03 The other two I didn't know about are fleshy lip buffalo and southern buffalo.
12:56 Speaker 04 Interesting.
12:57 Speaker 06 Is that just splitters like doing their flitting thing?
13:00 Speaker 03 Well, if our rough fish biologist doesn't know, then yes.
13:03 Speaker 04 Suckers, there, there are like 80 species of sucker, so, uh, it's not terribly surprising, but that's, that's impressive. I, I learned some in fleshy lip and southern.
13:10 Speaker 03 Okay. Tell us some other cool stuff about buffalo. Why we should like buffalo so much.
13:14 Speaker 04 Yeah, the bigmouth buffalo is one of our largest planktivorous fish. So they get huge, but they eat plankton. So they actually compete with invasive carp and they can live for over a hundred years. Uh, they actually improve their health as they get older. So there's some that they found down in Arizona, they're introduced, um, that, uh, um, are over a hundred years old. They've been there since 1917, 1920, and their health is actually better than the younger ones, so.
13:37 Speaker 03 You've eaten buffalo?
13:38 Speaker 04 I have buffalo ribs, actually, just, uh, last weekend. They're really good.
13:42 Speaker 03 There's a place in Nebraska that I know serves buffalo ribs. Where did you have yours at?
13:47 Speaker 04 Um, we, there was a native fish for tomorrow fundraiser, and it was all about just educating about native fish.
13:52 Speaker 03 Give us a review.
13:53 Speaker 04 Um, I would say they come off just like actual, you know, flesh off the, you know, meat off the ribs and, uh, you know, not too, not too fishy. So there's a commercial fishery for them? There is in Minnesota.
14:04 Speaker 03 Minnesota, there used to be the Outdoor Channel show called Bottom Feeders. Did you ever see that?
14:08 Speaker 04 No, I did not.
14:09 Speaker 03 It followed some commercial fishermen in Minnesota, uh, who a large part of what they would catch would be channel catfish and buffalo and carp. So, yeah, there's a small commercial fishery. I imagine a lot of that wound up in dog food, but I don't know what, what they were doing with all those buffalo.
14:23 Speaker 04 I thought it was great, you know? My kids liked it. Did you have it smoked, grilled? It was, uh, it was fried, mainly, yeah, yeah, yeah. Classic.
14:30 Speaker 03 So you can eat the buffalo. Question for the topic is wildlife. This next great question is via John Cromie. This cartoon animal who had a sidekick named Boo Boo lived in Jellystone Park.
14:47 Speaker 04 Boo Boo?
14:48 Speaker 03 This cartoon animal who had a sidekick named Boo Boo.
14:52 Speaker 04 Right.
14:52 Speaker 03 Lived in Jellystone Park.
14:55 Speaker 04 Can't believe I actually know one.
14:56 Speaker 03 Okay, Solomon is gonna have his third question correct.
15:00 Speaker 05 This isn't, this isn't one of those questions we'd call a differentiator.
15:06 Speaker 03 You mean like you and Randall, or excuse me, you and Brody are both gonna get it right?
15:09 Speaker 06 I, I don't know, like something popped into my head, but I'm just doubting it.
15:13 Speaker 05 I need a, I need a question that, at this point, that Nate won't get.
15:17 Speaker 03 Okay, Nate, do you have this one, right?
15:19 Speaker 05 Dude, it maybe, maybe.
15:22 Speaker 03 This cartoon animal who had a sidekick named Boo Boo lived in Jellystone Park.
15:26 Speaker 06 I remember despising this cartoon.
15:30 Speaker 03 Okay, there's a hint.
15:31 Speaker 05 But you've come to appreciate it as an adult.
15:35 Speaker 04 Or as a, as a father?
15:36 Speaker 03 Hmm.
15:37 Speaker 06 No, I, I, like, it's probably not even on.
15:39 Speaker 03 Oh, okay, more hints.
15:41 Speaker 04 It's pretty old school, but.
15:42 Speaker 03 Max, do you like your answer based on what you've heard so far?
15:45 Speaker 06 Did you not read the question?
15:48 Speaker 03 Max's answer was Boo Boo. Is that what he wrote down?
15:51 Speaker 04 I said Boo Boo the bear.
15:54 Speaker 03 Okay.
15:54 Speaker 05 Goodness gracious.
15:56 Speaker 03 This cartoon animal.
15:58 Speaker 06 You need to like read that question a little more.
16:00 Speaker 05 This should be like, this should be like the SATs. Isn't it the SATs if you leave a blank? It's just neutral. We should do that.
16:08 Speaker 04 Well, I always said we can, we should get negative points out.
16:11 Speaker 06 Well, there you go.
16:12 Speaker 03 Careful, Max.
16:13 Speaker 05 Be careful what you wish for.
16:14 Speaker 03 This cartoon animal who had a sidekick named Boo Boo, lived in Jellystone Park.
16:21 Speaker 03 Max would rather just take a neutral.
16:24 Speaker 04 No.
16:25 Speaker 05 It does make sense that
16:28 Speaker 05 a cartoon animal named Boo Boo would have a sidekick named Boo Boo. I see where you're coming from.
16:33 Speaker 03 Is everybody ready?
16:36 Speaker 03 Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Solomon saying Yogi, Nate and Randall saying Yogi. John without an answer, Max without an answer, Brody says Yogi. The correct answer is Yogi. Yogi made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character on the Huckleberry Hound Show. He got his own cartoon, The Yogi Bear Show in 1961. The program was sponsored by Kellogg's and featured segments from Snagglepuss and Yakidoodle. Jellystone Park was based on Yellowstone National Park and even had a geyser named Old Faceful. Yellowstone briefly embraced the bear in the 1960s and had signs of Yogi that said, hey kids, don't feed the bears and be sure dad keeps the car windows rolled up.
17:22 Speaker 03 Phil has a picture of one of those signs from Yellowstone Park of Yogi, holding that sign.
17:28 Speaker 07 Hey Boo Boo.
17:30 Speaker 05 I like the bottom of the sign says, over 40 people have been hurt by bears this year.
17:36 Speaker 03 Uh, Phil, his other catchphrase was that he's, he's smarter than the average bear. Can you do that?
17:41 Speaker 05 Uh, no, but I know he always talked about the picnic basket.
17:44 Speaker 03 That's right. Ranger Smith.
17:46 Speaker 04 Takes me back.
17:47 Speaker 03 Very good. Question five, the topic is conservation. This conservationist, who was best known for her work with primates, died on October 1, 2025.
18:01 Speaker 03 This might be that question you were looking for Randall with Nate.
18:05 Speaker 05 It is.
18:05 Speaker 03 Who has a blank whiteboard. This conservationist, who was best known for her work with primates, died on October 1, 2025.
18:15 Speaker 06 Nate strikes me as the kind of person who doesn't open the news app on his iPhone very often.
18:20 Speaker 05 I really only read the journal and they didn't have an article about primates.
18:25 Speaker 04 I even got this one. How's that thing you feel?
18:27 Speaker 05 One time I almost got in a fight with a gorilla. There's a fun fact.
18:30 Speaker 04 Wow.
18:30 Speaker 05 In Indonesia.
18:32 Speaker 04 Hmm, interesting.
18:33 Speaker 05 Right after I rode an elephant. An actual gorilla? Yeah. Well, I don't know. I think it was a gorilla. It was probably an orangutan.
18:40 Speaker 04 An orangutan.
18:41 Speaker 05 Dude, I have a GoPro video of it.
18:43 Speaker 04 I would love to see that.
18:46 Speaker 05 Somewhere deep in my Google Drive.
18:47 Speaker 06 What does it almost got in a fight?
18:49 Speaker 05 Oh, I'll just show you the video.
18:50 Speaker 04 Did you have like a standoff like?
18:52 Speaker 05 Dude, it was like Planet of the Apes up in here, dude.
18:54 Speaker 03 You should just tell people.
18:55 Speaker 06 You're like, you wanna go buddy?
18:56 Speaker 05 Dude, he threw a rock at me.
18:58 Speaker 04 What'd you throw at him?
18:59 Speaker 05 Nothing.
19:00 Speaker 04 Okay.
19:00 Speaker 05 I beat my chest though, so.
19:02 Speaker 06 Oh.
19:04 Speaker 03 This has all been a distraction from Randall to not get you to answer this Nate.
19:07 Speaker 05 I don't know, man.
19:09 Speaker 03 This conservationist, who was best known for her work with primates.
19:13 Speaker 06 Attaboy.
19:14 Speaker 03 Died on October 1, 2025. John, do you have this one? Thanks, Brody. Okay, Nate.
19:20 Speaker 06 Oh, I don't know, dude.
19:21 Speaker 03 Waiting on you.
19:22 Speaker 04 I like how Randall has a Suck It Randall board.
19:24 Speaker 05 Yeah, I think it's happened twice now.
19:27 Speaker 03 Go ahead and reveal your answers.
19:29 Speaker 04 I didn't spell it right, but I'm missing out.
19:31 Speaker 03 Nate saying Laura Bush and then we have Solomon, Randall, John, Max and Brody saying Jane Goodall. They got it. The correct answer is Jane Goodall.
19:43 Speaker 05 That's a good answer though.
19:44 Speaker 04 R.I.P.
19:45 Speaker 03 Dr. Jane Goodall spent over six decades studying chimpanzees in Tanzania. She worked to raise awareness about threats to wildlife and inspire a more harmonious relationship between people and the natural world. Goodall wrote 27 books and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Earlier this year, she passed in her sleep at the age of 91. Phil, we're halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard update.
20:09 Speaker 06 With that question, everyone's on the board now.
20:13 Speaker 04 Surprising.
20:14 Speaker 06 Jon and Max now have one point. Solomon, Nate and Randall are tied up with four. And in first place is Brody Anderson with five points.
20:22 Speaker 03 Good game.
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22:07 Speaker 03 Question six. The topic is gear. This brand, whose name combines a color with a shape, claims to make, quote, "the most innovative mountain equipment in the world."
22:21 Speaker 03 Brody and Randall know it, our other four players do not. This brand, whose name combines a color with a shape, claims to make the most innovative mountain equipment in the world.
22:35 Speaker 03 Nate now joining them.
22:38 Speaker 04 I'm going through my colors right now.
22:39 Speaker 05 Is there a video game company called Red Square?
22:44 Speaker 03 Uh, I don't believe so. If it is, if there is, it's not, it's not that big.
22:49 Speaker 06 Is there an innovative mountaineering company named Red Square?
22:52 Speaker 05 No, but I just was thinking, surely there's another company out there that combines a color with a shape.
22:59 Speaker 03 This brand, whose name combines a color with a shape, claims to make the most innovative mountain equipment in the world.
23:13 Speaker 03 Solomon, do you have this right?
23:15 Speaker 04 I definitely do not. I just chose a color and a shape.
23:20 Speaker 03 Could work.
23:21 Speaker 05 I hope it's not Red Square.
23:24 Speaker 03 I know Red Scare.
23:27 Speaker 06 Oh, no, nevermind.
23:29 Speaker 05 Oh, yeah, too much talking and it popped into people's heads.
23:34 Speaker 03 And Solomon is in the running. Maybe this will be
23:36 Speaker 04 I don't, I don't think so, but
23:37 Speaker 03 A difference maker for him.
23:41 Speaker 03 You guys have been just rifling through my tiebreakers lately, and we're on pace to get today again with another overtime round.
23:50 Speaker 06 Pick a shape, Max.
23:52 Speaker 03 Does he have a color?
23:53 Speaker 06 He's got a color.
23:54 Speaker 03 This brand, whose name combines a color with a shape, claims to make the most innovative mountain equipment in the world. Steve looked at these questions before the show. He did not think he would get this one right.
24:07 Speaker 06 Is that right?
24:07 Speaker 04 Yeah, I don't
24:08 Speaker 03 I was surprised as well.
24:09 Speaker 05 How odd.
24:11 Speaker 06 Keep that hidden, man. He doesn't have an answer yet.
24:14 Speaker 04 No.
24:16 Speaker 03 Max, Nate, John, we're waiting on you three.
24:22 Speaker 03 Okay, now we're waiting on Nate and John.
24:24 Speaker 05 John, what are the storeboys gonna say?
24:26 Speaker 07 Oh, this is gonna be a rough one.
24:28 Speaker 06 Alright, let's wrap this.
24:29 Speaker 04 It's always a rough one.
24:30 Speaker 03 Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Solomon saying Black Diamond. Nate says Black Orvis.
24:38 Speaker 05 Ovis.
24:39 Speaker 03 Ovis. Uh, Randall, Black Diamond. John without an answer. Max, Black Circle. Brody, Black Diamond. The correct answer is Black Diamond. Yvonne Chenard created Chenard Equipment in the 1950s, which specialized in climbing gear. The company went bankrupt in 1989, then was purchased by a group of investors and turned it into Black Diamond. Today, the brand is best known for their outdoor apparel, trekking poles, backpacks, tents, and headlamps.
25:08 Speaker 04 I was thinking of like, basic shapes. Circle, square, triangle.
25:13 Speaker 06 I just bought this here Black Diamond carabiner for my keys. Like, seven bucks.
25:18 Speaker 03 I imagine, uh, most folks in this room have operated one of their headlamps.
25:21 Speaker 04 Yeah, we had the headlamps.
25:24 Speaker 03 Question seven. The topic is public lands. What is Canada's most visited national park?
25:34 Speaker 04 National park?
25:38 Speaker 03 Nate, and Brody, and Randall, and John, all confident. What is Canada's most visited national park? Again, this is question seven.
25:51 Speaker 05 Hmm. I only know one.
25:53 Speaker 03 Okay. You think it could be the one?
25:57 Speaker 05 Well, apparently.
25:58 Speaker 03 Have you been there?
25:59 Speaker 05 Nope. It's on the list.
26:01 Speaker 06 Close enough, Max.
26:03 Speaker 04 I spelled it wrong.
26:04 Speaker 03 Boy, now I'm... What is Canada's most visited national park? Randall, if you have this right, have you been to this place?
26:13 Speaker 04 There it is.
26:14 Speaker 06 Well, I'm second guessing my answer now.
26:17 Speaker 05 Yeah, based on the spelling. Either Max is... Really bad at spelling.
26:20 Speaker 04 I just sometimes I just get stressed out and just can't spell.
26:25 Speaker 04 You know, just nervous, just.
26:27 Speaker 03 Randall having some second thoughts.
26:29 Speaker 05 Yeah.
26:30 Speaker 03 Maybe, but he hasn't picked up his whiteboard or marker.
26:32 Speaker 05 No, if if the the other answer that I'm thinking of is that if that's the actual answer, then it's gonna be a zero percenter. Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
26:42 Speaker 03 Okay, Nate.
26:42 Speaker 05 Ooh.
26:43 Speaker 06 Oh.
26:44 Speaker 03 What is Canada's most visited national park? We're gonna flip over our whiteboards after Nate is done with his newest answer. Hmm, go ahead and reveal your answers.
26:54 Speaker 04 I do not.
26:56 Speaker 03 We have Solomon without an answer, Nate says Niagara Falls.
26:59 Speaker 05 That's a good one.
26:59 Speaker 03 Randall says Banff, John Banff, Max and Brody say Banff. They got it, the correct answer is.
27:07 Speaker 05 Sorry, did I make you say that? No, I had Jasper, so.
27:10 Speaker 03 Oh, well, it touches it, so that's close. Banff is located west of Calgary and at 1.6 million acres, it's about the size of Everglades National Park. It had 4.3 million visitors last year, which would make it the fifth most visited national park in the United States. The park used to have woodland caribou, but the last five were crushed by an avalanche in 2009.
27:34 Speaker 06 I'd like to know if most, like, the majority of those visitors are from the US.
27:41 Speaker 05 Are we sure, is Niagara Falls not in Canada?
27:44 Speaker 03 Uh, it also has to be a national park, right?
27:46 Speaker 06 It straddles the border.
27:47 Speaker 05 It's not a national park.
27:49 Speaker 03 No, not on the the American side.
27:51 Speaker 05 What about the Ca- Canadian side?
27:53 Speaker 03 I don't know, Nate, you're not gonna win this argument.
27:59 Speaker 03 Question eight, the topic is cooking. This next great question is via Leland Hart. Chemist Ernest Wright.
28:07 Speaker 06 That sounds like a, uh, a soap opera name.
28:10 Speaker 05 He's in, he's in the Radio Live chat every.
28:12 Speaker 03 And he writes a lot of questions. Uh, chemist Ernest Wright invented this fluid, which is used on meats and in cocktails by burning hickory wood under a condenser.
28:27 Speaker 03 Chemist Ernest Wright invented this fluid which is used on meats and in cocktails by burning hickory wood under a condenser. Max loves his answer. Brody and Randall also have answers. Nate has now joined them. Solomon, do you have this one right?
28:45 Speaker 04 I don't think so, but it fits the category.
28:48 Speaker 03 Does your lab have a condenser in it?
28:50 Speaker 04 I, no, I don't think so. We've got a dryer. We have a drying oven. We're pretty low tech.
28:55 Speaker 03 Doing the opposite.
28:56 Speaker 04 Yeah, yeah.
28:57 Speaker 03 Chemist Ernest Wright invented this fluid which is used on meats and in cocktails by burning hickory wood under a condenser. You cheating over there? No. Are you researching? I'm researching.
29:09 Speaker 05 Did that gorilla get a hold of your phone?
29:11 Speaker 06 You know, Phil says you're not supposed to have those on while there's podcasts.
29:16 Speaker 05 It's just, it's just on wifi.
29:18 Speaker 06 Can I be honest? Cause she's not in the room. It's mostly Corinne's phone. It's the same thing. You know how whenever Corinne's dogs go crazy? We get an email from, for the whole company, but it's, you know, we know it's about Corinne's dog. Maybe we should outlaw, um, Corinne's phone like we outlawed our dogs.
29:34 Speaker 05 Niagara's not a national park in Canada.
29:36 Speaker 03 Thank you.
29:37 Speaker 05 Are they outlawed?
29:38 Speaker 03 I haven't seen them since that email. Is everybody ready? She's also been gone.
29:43 Speaker 06 Love you, Corinne.
29:44 Speaker 03 Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Solomon saying simple syrup. Nate says bitters. Catch up, Nate. Randall, liquid smoke. John, without an answer. Max and Brody say liquid smoke. They got it. The correct answer is liquid smoke. Liquid smoke is created by collecting droplets of condensation that are formed after burning sawdust. There is some disagreement on how safe it is to consume, but most scientists say that it's totally fine in small quantities. Liquid smoke is a common ingredient in marinades, soups, condiments, desserts, and old fashions.
30:20 Speaker 04 And bear baiting.
30:21 Speaker 06 Really?
30:22 Speaker 04 Yeah. The two bear hunts I've filmed, both of them have used bear-
30:26 Speaker 06 Just cause it's so powerful.
30:28 Speaker 04 It's powerful, but they, then like all the other little critters that come into the bear bait, um, they say they, they track that scent all the way out with them.
30:38 Speaker 03 Oh, I like that.
30:40 Speaker 04 Yeah, liquid smoke.
30:41 Speaker 05 Most scientists say it's totally fine.
30:45 Speaker 03 Uh, yeah, when you Google it, you'll find a few folks that disagree. Uh, some people say it's worse than smoking itself.
30:52 Speaker 05 Really?
30:52 Speaker 03 Well, I said some folks.
30:54 Speaker 05 I'd like to find that guy.
30:56 Speaker 03 We got two questions left.
30:57 Speaker 05 Do my annual physical.
30:58 Speaker 03 Bill gives us a scoreboard update.
31:00 Speaker 04 Oh, catching up Nate, you feel it?
31:03 Speaker 05 Happens every time.
31:04 Speaker 06 Uh, let's see, well, John, Max, Solomon and Nate can no longer catch up to win the game. But Randall has seven points and Brody has eight going into the last two questions.
31:17 Speaker 03 Brody with the perfect game. Question nine, the topic is hunting. This is the place in a building that generates steam and hot water, which Outdoor Life says is, quote, "The best spot to shoot a deer."
31:34 Speaker 03 This is the place in a building that generates steam and hot water, which Outdoor Life says is "The best spot to shoot a deer." Brody, Max, Nate, all quick to answer. Not Randall, though. If he were to get this wrong and Brody gets this right, the game would be over.
31:51 Speaker 06 I feel like Randall's just toying with us.
31:54 Speaker 05 More of a headshot man.
31:56 Speaker 03 This is the place in a building that generates steam and hot water, which Outdoor Life says "Is the best spot to shoot a deer."
32:05 Speaker 05 I was reading this incorrectly.
32:07 Speaker 03 Hmm, you got it now, though.
32:09 Speaker 05 I hope so.
32:10 Speaker 03 Okay.
32:11 Speaker 05 I've come up with a whole host of other answers. Or the place you can shoot a deer.
32:16 Speaker 03 So.
32:18 Speaker 06 The boudoir.
32:20 Speaker 04 Just take it literally, shooting a deer in a building, but, you know.
32:24 Speaker 03 All right. John, how we doing down there?
32:26 Speaker 05 Not good. It's like I'm trying to like think of like how many ways you like this can be interpreted. And I'm trying to pick the right one.
32:33 Speaker 03 This is the place in a building that generates steam and hot water, which Outdoor Life says "Is the best spot to shoot a deer."
32:40 Speaker 04 I think I got it, so yeah.
32:42 Speaker 03 Okay.
32:43 Speaker 04 I think you're overthinking it.
32:45 Speaker 03 This may be a 100 percenter.
32:47 Speaker 04 I hope I got it anyways.
32:50 Speaker 03 Soon as John is done writing.
32:52 Speaker 05 No, it's, it's not, I, I don't know.
32:55 Speaker 03 Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Solomon and Nate and Randall saying boiler room.
33:03 Speaker 05 I don't know.
33:05 Speaker 03 John says restroom.
33:06 Speaker 05 Cause that's where my mind went, like where would you? You choose to shoot a deer like out the window. Texas heart shot.
33:11 Speaker 06 Yeah, that's.
33:12 Speaker 03 Max and Brody say Boiler Room. That is correct. It's Boiler Room. The Boiler Room refers to a deer's vitals where the heart meets the lungs. An arrow or bullet placed here will quickly kill the deer with minimal meat loss. Aiming here also allows for the greatest margin of error, especially when the deer is broadside or quartering away. All right, here's a correct answer review so far. One was Missouri, two Cleaver, three Buffalo, four Yogi, five Jane Goodall, six Black Diamond, seven Banff National Park, eight Liquid Smoke, nine Boiler Room. Phil, let's do one more scoreboard update before question 10.
33:53 Speaker 06 It's looking pretty good for Brody, who still has a perfect game and nine points. But if he slips up on question 10, Randall has a chance to catch up and tie.
34:01 Speaker 03 Question 10. The topic is conservation. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Christina Scott for sending this great question. Christina 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] . This animal, which is crucial to agave and saguaro cacti, is the only mammal on the USDA's very important pollinator list.
34:32 Speaker 03 This animal, which is crucial to agave and saguaro cacti, is the only mammal on the USDA's very important pollinator list for how specific you need to be. If you thought the answer was rainbow trout, you could just write down trout.
34:46 Speaker 06 Nice.
34:47 Speaker 03 I'm gonna put an actual mammal down, actually, so.
34:50 Speaker 06 Let me see, let me see.
34:52 Speaker 03 Brody does not have an answer yet. As a reminder, if he gets this right, not only does he win the game, but we will double the donation to $1,000 today.
35:01 Speaker 05 Nate, I'm gonna give you a hint. Read all of the words in the question.
35:07 Speaker 03 Reminder, Brody is still in it. Dude.
35:11 Speaker 05 There's a word in the question.
35:13 Speaker 03 Yeah. This animal, which is crucial to agave and saguaro cacti, is the only mammal on the USDA's very important pollinator list.
35:24 Speaker 04 What am I missing, Randall?
35:26 Speaker 05 There's a word in there.
35:28 Speaker 03 Did Nate maybe not have a mammal written?
35:31 Speaker 05 No, you're right.
35:32 Speaker 03 That's correct. Is everybody ready?
35:35 Speaker 04 I had a.
35:36 Speaker 03 Again, if Brody gets this right, we will have a $1,000 donation today and I think our second perfect game of 2025. Brody? Is everybody ready? Oh, you know, I know what it is now. Hmm, you could change your answer, Nate. No, no, no. It's okay. Integrousness.
35:53 Speaker 04 What did you just say?
35:56 Speaker 03 Maxwell? Uh, yeah, I'm good. I'm out anyway, so. Go ahead and reveal your answers with Solomon saying a bat. Yeah. Nate, hummingbird, Randall, bat, John and Max, without an answer, Brody says bat. The correct answer is bat, meaning Brody got that right and has the perfect game. The two most important bat species for pollination in North America are the lesser long-nosed bat and Mexican long-tongued bat. Bats pollinate 528 plant species worldwide, including dragon fruit, bananas, mangoes, coconuts and avocados. You should actually cheers a bat every time you have a margarita because bat, because agave makes tequila and bats make agave.
36:41 Speaker 05 And tequila makes your clothes fall off, as we all know.
36:44 Speaker 03 Very good. That is wise words from Luke Bryan.
36:49 Speaker 03 All right, Brody, what are we doing with the $1,000 donation today?
36:53 Speaker 06 Solomon, what is it? Native fish for tomorrow?
36:56 Speaker 04 Native fish for tomorrow.
36:57 Speaker 06 Yeah, let's do those guys.
36:58 Speaker 04 All right, awesome.
36:59 Speaker 03 Oh, what do we like about them? What is that $1,000 going to do, Solomon?
37:02 Speaker 06 Expert explain.
37:03 Speaker 04 I mean, they do a bunch of outreach activities, just promoting native fish. They also, you know, submit comments when it comes to DNR about, you know, what are we going to do? What are some, you know, potential regulations? But again, it's really just promoting. To the public, whether it's taking kids out fishing, putting together those types of activities. So I think it fits well. So a lot of those guys are good friends of mine too. So appreciate it.
37:25 Speaker 03 There you go. And Solomon had a strong showing today. Seven correct answers. He thought he was going to get one before we started recording.
37:33 Speaker 05 And Randall had a perfect game, except for one question about real estate prices. Which might as well be, what song am I thinking of?
37:41 Speaker 03 Well done, Brody. Thousand dollars going to one more time. What's it called?
37:46 Speaker 04 Native Fish for Tomorrow.
37:47 Speaker 03 Native Fish for Tomorrow. Join us next week for more Meat Eater trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins.
37:53 Speaker 04 Thanks Spencer. Thanks Spencer. Great questions.
37:55 Speaker 07 Yeah, Spencer from South Dakota. He's the host. Using those smooth mellow tones, he lays them questions down.
38:10 Speaker 07 And he likes taking those two and three year old bucks.
38:14 Speaker 07 And he's an avid amateur.
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