Final Jeopardy: Presidential History (3-27-20)

Here are 6 more triple stumpers from the 3/27/2020 Jeopardy! game:

150 YEARS OF NATURE ($1000) A 1953 Nature paper, one of the most famous in the history of science, began, “We wish to suggest a structure” for this

HERE’S THE WINDUP ($600) This adjectival form of a structure created by Daedalus refers to something that winds & winds

AND THE PITCH ($800) Few hitters feast on this breaking pitch like the burger of the same name; Ted Williams said it was “the greatest pitch in baseball”

($1000) Check out the grip and you can see why the circle type of this off-speed pitch got its name

THE “GENERAL” ECONOMY ($2000) This company, stock symbol GD, created the F-16 fighter jet

STATE CAPITALS ($2000) Seen here is a train on this railroad whose name includes two state capitals and a third city

The players got all the clues in AUTHOR FILL-INS, except the bookends (*):

*($400) LeBron ___ ___ Kilmer
($800) Upton ___ ___ Carroll
($1200) Kerry ___ ___ Thalberg
($1600) Philip K. ___ ___ Ford Coppola
*(2000) Bryce ___ ___ Iacocca

ANSWERS: show

Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — ORDINAL TERMS:
($200) Betty Ford or Barbara Bush
($400) What Hawaii became August 21, 1959
($600) In golf, it’s slang for the clubhouse bar
($800) It’s flagship store opened in New York City in 1924 between 49th & 50th streets
($1000) Judy Blume introduced Peter Hatcher & his little brother Fudge in her book “Tales of” this, the first in a series

ANSWERS: show