"DIS" IS HOW YOU SAY IT
"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