Florida Places
U.S. Facts & Figures
Phrasing
TV & Movie Comedies
That's so "Extra"
100
In 1896 about 400 people lived in this city on Biscayne Bay; today, it's Florida's second-largest city, behind Jacksonville
Miami
100
The largest drop on a wood-tracked one of these is 180 feet on Goliath at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois
a roller coaster
100
Meaning to deflate or ridicule another, "taking" this "out of" them alludes to shirt stiffeners
starch
100
Seen here, Iain Armitage plays the gifted & geeky title character on this sitcom, a prequel to "The Big Bang Theory"
Young Sheldon
100
George Blanda kicked an NFL record 943 of these
extra points
200
Time to make some space and don this cape seen here
Canaveral
200
1.5 million high school students took this test in 2021, with an average score of 1060
the SAT
200
When this word from tennis comes before "compliment", it's an insult concealed as praise
backhand
200
In 2021 fans bid farewell to Jake Peralta, Captain Holt & the rest of the squad on this sitcom
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
200
ESP is short for this purported ability that includes mind reading & precognition
extrasensory perception
300
You can wear your Crocs as you see the gators in this national park established in 1947 at Florida's southwestern tip
the everglades
300
A 2022 count of living U.S. veterans included about 170,000 from this war
World War II
300
All aboard this, an expression for an easy & lucrative job that begins with a turkey topper
the gravy train
300
He's the filmmaker behind the movies about Madea, a character he describes as "a cross between my mother & my aunt"
Tyler Perry
300
Partly from the Latin for "wander", it's a spectacular event
extravaganza
400
Each September this very old city reenacts the 1565 landing of its founder Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
St. Augustine
400
These organs accounted for nearly 60% of all U.S. transplants in 2022
kidneys
400
This phrase describes a Toll House product's lack of structural integrity, or any inevitable thing
that's how the cookie crumbles
400
"Happily never after" is a tagline for this 2022 Disney musical sequel with Amy Adams as Giselle
Disenchanted
400
Chad & Samoa are 2 countries with which the U.S. has no treaty for this process of returning wanted criminal suspects
extradition
500
This city bears the name of the man who led a military installation built in 1838 during the Second Seminole War
Fort Lauderdale
500
The conifers cry, "Come back" to those who left this Arkansas city's metro area--from 2010-2020 it lost 1/8 of its people
Pine Bluff
500
This canine term is used of a long, involved story that typically has an unsatisfying ending
a shaggy dog story
500
Lawyers Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn are on opposite sides of a case in this classic comedy
Adam's Rib
500
Forecasting the temperature at a location based on historic data is an example of this process
extrapolation