Final Jeopardy: Alliterative Legislation (3-25-20)

Here are 6 more triple stumpers from the 3/25/2020 Jeopardy! game:

ALL-AMERICAN STAMPS ($1000) In 1999, a set of stamps celebrated the nature of this large desert in Mexico and the Southwestern U.S.

WEARABLE CAR PARTS? ($800) A rotor spins under the distributor one, part of the ignition system

($1000) Term for the arc-shaped pieces that fit inside & press against brake drums when stopping

INSTRUMENT MAKERS ($2000) In the 1930s this man turned his experiences making clocks & motors into inventing an electric organ

____ING ____ ($1600) Valdemar Poulsen’s telegraphone of 1898 was one of these that used a reel of magnetized wire– beep!

NOTABLE ITALIANS ($2000) The musicians had scores but he didn’t. With poor eyesight, this 20th century maestro conducted from memory

Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — HE SAID IT:
($200) In a 1901 speech: “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far”
($400) 2003: “Baghdad…is determined to force the Mongols of our age to commit suicide at its gate”
($600) This former UCLA hoops coach: “Make each day your masterpiece”
($800) His teacher Plato “is dear to me but dearer still is truth”
($1000) 1813: “We have met the enemy and they are ours– two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop”

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