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Episode 878 - fix the malapropism - rotc - going national - julius caesar - iowa

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 878, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: fix the malapropism

  • 1: "Salmon swim upstream to spoon".
  • spawn.
  • 2: To do well on "Jeopardy!", you must consecrate on the task at hand.
  • concentrate.
  • 3: "Certain areas of the desert are cultivated by irritation".
  • irrigation.
  • 4: "At ancient banquets, guests wore garlics in their hair".
  • garlands.
  • 5: By definition, countries right next to each other are contagious.
  • contiguous.

    • Round 2. Category: rotc

    • 1: Army ROTC produces 75% of these, represented by the second letter in ROTC.
    • officers.
    • 2: As well as leadership, ROTC teaches this "ship" that you learn with a rifle in your hands.
    • marksmanship.
    • 3: If you get an Army ROTC scholarship, you're committed to serve, either on active duty or in this group.
    • the Reserves or National Guard.
    • 4: In 1991 Gordon Sullivan was Army Chief of Staff; his boss was fellow ROTC man Colin Powell, in this post.
    • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
    • 5: Students in Navy ROTC, first launched at Yale and 5 other schools, are called these.
    • Midshipmen.

      • Round 3. Category: going national

      • 1: Cheese and army knife.
      • Swiss.
      • 2: Toast and twist.
      • French.
      • 3: Linen andpotato.
      • Ireland.
      • 4: Meatball and massage.
      • Swedish.
      • 5: Bean beetle andbeaded lizard.
      • Mexican.

        • Round 4. Category: julius caesar

        • 1: In his will, Caesar adopted this teenage future emperor as his heir.
        • Augustus.
        • 2: Julius invaded this "great" island twice: once in 55 B.C. and once in 54 B.C..
        • Great Britain.
        • 3: 1 of Julius Caesar's 3 wives.
        • Calpurnia, Cornelia and Pompeia.
        • 4: In Shakespeare's" Julius Caesar", this man begins his eulogy of Caesar, "Friends, Romans, countrymen...".
        • Mark Antony.
        • 5: From 46 to 44 B.C. Julius Caesar literally ruled as one of these, having been appointed so by the Roman Senate.
        • dictator.

          • Round 5. Category: iowa

          • 1: Mrs. Olsen of Folger's coffee fame grew up in Stanton, where the world's largest one of these stands.
          • coffee pot.
          • 2: Though Iowa is 3rd to Texas and Nebraska in U.S. beef cattle, it leads in production of this animal.
          • hogs.
          • 3: Iowa's official rock, it may look plain on the outside, but inside there are crystals.
          • geode.
          • 4: This Iowa settlement lent its name to the company that makes the Radarange.
          • Amana.
          • 5: 1957 musical written by an Iowan from which the following comes:"Oh, there's nothing halfway /About the Iowa way to treat you /When we treat you /Which we may not do at all /There's an Iowa kind of special /Chip-on-the-shoulder attitude /We've never been without /That we recall /We can be cold /As our falling...".
          • The Music Man.

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