The MeatEater Podcast Ep. 846: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CCVII
Mar 11, 2026
Panelists include Janis Putelis and other recurring MeatEater contributors — a group of hunters, hosts, and on-air personalities who trade trivia and banter. They tackle topics from butchery and cooking chuck roast, quail crests and bird ID, to trail mix history, Hawaiian fish names, and public lands lore. Quick, playful rounds lead to a tiebreaker and a charitable prize decision.
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Topknot Is The Quail Head Tuft
- The seven-letter bird head tuft commonly associated with quail is called a topknot.
- Brody correctly answered topknot and Phil showed a Gambel's quail picture with its comma-shaped topknot.
Ganges Named Most Polluted River Largely From Sewage
- SeaSmart declared the Ganges the most polluted waterway due largely to 3 billion liters of untreated sewage daily.
- Additional pollution sources include industrial waste, agricultural runoff, and cultural deposition of bodies.
Make Trail Mix The Classic GORP Way
- GORP commonly stands for Good Old Raisins and Peanuts and is an early name for trail mix.
- Horace Kephart popularized the snack in 1906, and Harmony Foods coined Trail Mix in 1968.