This is MeatEater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins.
If you’re not familiar with the show, it’s a bonus podcast we drop a few times a month on the MeatEater Podcast feed. This is trivia you’re not going to find in Trivial Pursuit or Jeopardy, because these questions are born out of our four departments: hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. I’m the show’s creator and host, Spencer Neuharth.
Episode 329: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia VII just published today. It features Steve Rinella, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Sean Weaver, Kevin Gillespie, Kimi Werner, Hunter Spencer, Chester Floyd, and Corinne Schneider competing for the title of trivia champion. And, like always, the winner gets to choose which conservation organization MeatEater will donate $500 to on their behalf.
Here are the 10 questions from this week’s show. If you want to play along and find out the answers, then make sure you listen to the latest episode of MeatEater Trivia.
1. Mountain Men: According to some accounts, Kit Carson’s last words were: “Wish I had time for just one more _______.” (Kiss from my third wife, Rocky Mountain Rendezvous, bowl of chili, or Mexican sunset?)
2. Turkeys: An immature male turkey is called a Jake. What is the name for an immature female turkey?
3. Dogs: According to the United Kennel Club, there are seven types of coonhounds. Name one of them.
4. Fishing: These three states that border each other are the only states in America with a flathead catfish record over 100 pounds. Name one of them.
5. Cooking: What fast food chain sold venison sandwiches as a hunting season promotion in 2016 and 2017?
6. Gear: When it comes to the .30-30 Winchester, the first 30 represents the caliber of the bullet. What does the second 30 represent?
7. Conservation: According to the USGS, there are five states west of the Mississippi River in the Lower 48 where CWD hasn’t been detected. Name two of them.
8. Fishing: According to the World Wildlife Fund, this is the smallest and most abundant of the major commercial tuna species.
9. Foraging: What foraged item has the nickname “green gold” because it’s worth about $500 per pound?
10. Conservation: What Great Lakes state has the most plants and animals on the endangered species list?