"DIS" IS HOW YOU SAY IT
GEOGRAPHY POTPOURRI
ALSO A COOKING VERB

RESTING IN FOREST LAWN CEMETERY
WHICH IS THE LARGEST …
100

Expelled from the legal profession, like Jeff Winger before he began teaching community college

disbarred

100

The lowest point in Louisiana can be found in this city – 8 feet below sea level.

New Orleans

100

The giant swallowtail one can have a wingspan of up to 5 inches

a butterfly

100

The New York Times' 1966 obituary headline for this man read, in part, "Founded an empire on a mouse"

Walt Disney

100

state in area: Maine, Louisiana, or Michigan?

Michigan is the largest.         

(followed by Louisiana, then Main)2

200

You're in "dis" state of fear & faintheartedness, also da month when da horses will run da Kentucky Derby

dismay

200

Kids in France learn that Brussels is the capital of Belgique, which we know as this.

Belgium

200

It once meant to brighten; now it means to make something easier to understand

to clarify

200

Rest easy & well, comedic genius Larry Fine of this movie series trio; no one can hurt you in wildly funny ways anymore

The Three Stooges

200

 … structure by height: the Washington Monument, Eiffel Tower, or Statue of Liberty?

The Eiffel Tower (984 feet).

300

Aha! Eureka! Seville's 1992 World's Fair had the theme "The Age of" this

Discovery

300

Which two continents are located entirely north of the equator?

North America and Europe

300

Also 4 letters for to flay or to beat

to whip

300

This Rat Packer's inscription says "The Entertainer"; his father's says "Daddy Sam"

Sammy Davis Jr.

300

… US island by area: Long Island, Puerto Rico, or Hawaii (the main island)?

Hawaii, (4,000 square miles)

400

With better drug testing, the women's winning throw in this event at 2004's Summer Olympics was 30' shorter than the 1988 world record

discus

400

Buffalo and Cleveland are both major ports on this Great Lake. 

Erie

400

This machine equipped with a suction or scooping device is used to deepen harbors & waterways

a dredge

400

In 2009 Elizabeth Taylor (now also on-site), Lisa Marie Presley & Quincy Jones attended his Forest Lawn funeral

Michael Jackson

400

… number of native-language-speakers: Spanish, English, or French?

Spanish

500

On Wikipedia, it's differentiating same-named entries, like Anne Hathaway, actress & Anne Hathaway, Mrs. Shakespeare

disambiguation

500

Spitzbergen is an island in this Scandinavian country.

Norway

500

To become pale or white with fear

blanch

500

"Frankly, my dear", his fifth wife arranged for him to be interred next to his third wife Carole Lombard

Clark Gable

500

 … animal by weight (of an average adult male): great white shark, tiger, or polar bear?

The great white shark