MeatEater Trivia 2026 Championship: Final Round & Steve Rinella's Victory

MeatEater Trivia Championship Final

• 💡 The episode features the third and final round of the fourth annual MeatEater Trivia Championship, with 10 questions (21-30) to determine the winner.
• 📊 Before the final round, Steve Rinella led with 14 points, followed by Randall Williams with 13, Brody Henderson with 11, Seth and Giannis with 10, and Corey Calkins with 7.
• 🏆 The competition concludes with the crowning of the newest MeatEater Trivia Champion and a $2,000 conservation donation.

Key Trivia Questions & Answers

• 🎯 Hunting Question 1: Nebraska was identified as the state that does not have snowshoe hares among the choices.
• 🎯 Wildlife Question 2: The six-letter word defined as pests or nuisance animals like termites, rats, or foxes is vermin.
• 🎯 Fishing Question 3: The brand selling "America's favorite minnow bucket," famously highlighter yellow, is Frabill.
• 🎯 Gear Question 4: Ducks Unlimited defines the soft coating used on decoys for realism as flocking.
• 🎯 Conservation Question 5: Stan Kroenke was identified as America's largest landowner after a 2025 purchase, owning about 2.7 million acres.
• 🎯 Cooking Question 6: The nine-letter word for a small, round, or oval serving of meat or fish, like scallops or pork tenderloin, is medallion.
• 🎯 Hunting Question 7: Jim Corbett, a hunter with a national park named after him in India, is famous for targeting man-eaters.
• 🎯 Fishing Question 8: The freshwater bottom dweller, also known as a pleco, that arrived in Florida via the aquarium trade in the 1950s, is an armored catfish (or plecostomus).
• 🎯 Butchering Question 9: The first vertebrae of the neck behind a deer's skull, named after a Greek god, is the Atlas bone.
• 🎯 Conservation Question 10: The seven-letter chemical sprayed by M44 bombs to activate the trap for coyotes is cyanide.

Steve Rinella's Dominant Performance

• 🏆 Steve Rinella maintained his lead throughout the final round, securing the championship with 20 points.
• 👏 He is the first person to claim two MeatEater Trivia Championships, demonstrating a strong and consistent performance.

Conservation Donation & Impact

• 🌱 As the winner, Steve Rinella dedicated his $2,000 conservation donation to two organizations.
• 🤝 He split the donation, giving $1,000 to the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP), where he is a board member.
• 🌳 The other $1,000 went to Sharing the Land, an organization that connects landowners with access seekers for habitat work, such as stream crossings, invasive species removal, and fence repair.