As a verb it means pressgang (onto a ship). As a noun, it's a device made of a forked stick and a rubber band, used to launch a projectile, usually a stone, with nefarious intent.
That's a good philosophical question. Does Lower Manhattan start south of 14th St, or W 4th St, or Houston St, or Canal St, or is it just the southern half of the whole darn island? We'll never know...
10/10 without a single guess! Although it did take me a good ten seconds to turn on my brain for question 1 and realize clams aren't crustaceans--hence not my best score.
A while back, a plea was made for more non-geography questions, which prompted my question above. Mission accomplished at least for this batch - only 2/10 geography related.