Show #3218 1998-09-09 (taped 1998-07-14) Regular

David Bagley game 4.

Contestants

John Allen Bankson — a minister from Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Val Leith — an elementary school teacher from Middleburgh, New York

David Bagley — an attorney from San Diego, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $40,900)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$500	$2,900	$13,300	$16,000 4-day champion: $56,900	$11,900 26 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Val	$400	$1,600	$4,200	$8,399 2nd place: Trip to Bahamas Princess Resort & Casino	$4,600 12 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
John Allen	$1,200	$1,800	$0	$0 3rd place: Trip on Amtrak's Coast Starlight, Los Angeles-Seattle	$4,600 13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD	CLASSIC CINEMA	MYTHING PERSONS	POPES & HORSERACING	PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES	"Y"s GUYS
$100 [25] The Kremlin Cup is this country's most important tennis event Russia David	$100 [10] In 1935 this little girl starred in "Our Little Girl", "The Little Colonel" & "The Littlest Rebel" Shirley Temple John Allen	$100 [5] As a child, she was abducted by Theseus & his friend; later she was carried off by Paris Helen of Troy David	$100 [1] Affirmed won the Triple Crown the same year this man became pope John Paul II David	$100 [20] Milhous Richard M. Nixon David	$100 [15] He was mayor of Moscow from 1985-1987; now he's president of his country Boris Yeltsin John Allen
$200 [26] The 2 South American countries whose names end with the letters "guay" Paraguay & Uruguay John Allen	$200 [11] The windbreaker & t-shirt look he popularized in "Rebel Without A Cause" is still fashionable 43 years later James Dean John Allen	$200 [6] Good heavens! This mighty hunter was slain by Artemis in a fit of jealousy Orion Val	$200 [2] The occupation of Pope Pius X's father, or the last name of a 4-time Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Shoemaker David	$200 [21] Howard William H. Taft David	$200 [16] Entertainer seenherein animated form on his Saturday morning kids' show "Weird Al" Yankovic Val
$300 [27] The name of Java, an island in this country, is also spelled Djawa Indonesia David	$300 [12] He starred as Professor Boyd in "Bedtime for Bonzo" but didn't do the sequel, "Bonzo Goes to College" Ronald Reagan Val	$300 [7] His uncle Pelias promised him the throne of Thessaly if he could retrieve the Golden Fleece Jason Val	$300 [3] When the pope visited the U.S. in 1995, one of his first stops was this Queens, New York racetrack Aqueduct (to say mass) David	$300 [22] Alan Chester A. Arthur David	$300 [17] Famous for his one-liners like "Take my wife--please", this beloved comic passed away in 1998 at 91 Henny Youngman John Allen
$400 [28] Huge Asian country whose national anthem is "Jana-Gana-Mana" India	DD $400 [13] This actress seenhereemerged as a comic star in 1934's "Twentieth Century" Carole Lombard Val	$400 [8] Triton, a gigantic sea god, was the son of this supreme sea god of Greek myth Poseidon David	$400 [4] Not far from Hot Springs, Pope County in this state is home to several thoroughbred horse farms Arkansas John Allen	$400 [23] Clark Herbert C. Hoover	$400 [18] Think fast--in 1997 Edwards Air Force Base in California named a street in honor of this retired general Chuck Yeager David
$500 [29] You'll find this African country's national museum in its capital, Kampala Uganda David	$500 [14] This husband of Jessica Tandy made his screen debut in 1943 in Hitchcock's classic "Shadow Of A Doubt" Hume Cronyn Val	$500 [9] After murdering his father Odysseus, Telegonus married this woman, his stepmother Penelope (wife of Odysseus) John Allen	$500 [30] A horseracing "chase", or the highest part of a church where the pope might worship the steeple Val	$500 [24] Rudolph Gerald R. Ford	$500 [19] This poet & playwright served as a senator of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1928 William Butler Yeats David

Double Jeopardy! Round

FUN WITH THE ANCIENT LYDIANS	FEMALE COUNTRY	NOTORIOUS NICKNAMES	NATURAL WONDERS	TALK LIKE A SAILOR	WISE GUYS
$200 [6] One of these astronomical events brought an end to King Alyattes' war with the Medes an eclipse John Allen	$200 [27] In 1972, the same year her "Delta Dawn" charted, she had a cameo role in the film "Jeremiah Johnson" Tanya Tucker John Allen	$200 [10] George Kelly's wife Kathryn bought him this weapon that became his nickname a machine gun Val	$200 [21] The highest sand dunes in the world are in this, the world's largest desert the Sahara Desert Val	$200 [1] When the captain calls for "all" these body parts "on deck", he means everybody up top hands David	$200 [16] Leibniz was a noted philosopher of optimism; Schopenhauer, of this opposite view pessimism Val
$400 [7] This father of history reports that the ancient Etruscans were originally Lydians Herodotus David	$600 [26] Before she became a star, this daughter of Mel Tillis sang commercial jingles for Equal Pam Tillis John Allen	$400 [11] Arnold "The Brain" Rothstein was known as the mastermind of this fixed 1919 sporting event the World Series (the "Black Sox" scandal) David	$400 [22] Samaria isn't a gorge of the jungle, it's on this Greek isle that was home to the Minoans Crete Val	$400 [2] It's not flotsam, admiral; it's goods deliberately thrown overboard to lighten the ship jetsam David	$400 [17] Logician Willard Van Orman Quine is from Akron in this state--we wanted an excuse to say Willard Van Orman Quine Ohio David
$800 [9] This Lydian girl got into a web of trouble when she challenged Athena to a weaving contest Arachne Val	$1,000 [28] Billboard Magazine's top female country artist of all time, she's had No. 1 hits in the '70s, '80s & '90s Dolly Parton John Allen	$600 [12] Best-known nickname of accused Milwaukee murderer Lawrencia Bembenek "Bambi"	$600 [23] First measured in 1852 & called Peak XV, it's 1.65 miles taller than the tallest mountain in North America Mount Everest John Allen	$600 [3] Methinks it's a high sail on a ship, or a tall building on land a skyscraper David	$600 [18] This author of "Beyond Good and Evil" is often wrongly represented as sympathetic to Nazi ideas Friedrich Nietzsche David
$1,000 [13] This last king of Lydia never had to sing "If I Were A Rich Man", 'cause boy was he ever Croesus David	DD $4,600 [29] (Hey, everybody, I'm Naomi Judd.) My 1993 autobiography was titled this, after a 1991 Judds Grammy Award-winning hit Love Can Build a Bridge John Allen	$800 [14] Albert DeSalvo, known as this, died in a Walpole, Mass. state prison where he was ironically, making women's chokers The "Boston Strangler" Val	$800 [24] The ancient fortress of Masada sits on a rock on the shore of this "lake" the Dead Sea David John Allen	$800 [4] The sun's over this, lads, which means it's time for a drink the yardarm David	$800 [19] This ancient Greek's "Metaphysics" begins, "All men by nature desire to know" Aristotle David
DD $2,000 [8] This Lydian king was tortured in Hades with food & water kept out of his reach Tantalus David	—	$1,000 [15] This Chicago mobster linked to CIA plots against Castro was affectionately known as "Momo" Sam Giancana	$1,000 [25] Hundreds of thousands of tourists boat up to the national monument seenherein this state Utah (the Rainbow Bridge) David	$1,000 [5] Mateys, if we sever our anchor line & leave quickly, we've done this cut & run John Allen	$1,000 [20] Kant said the work of this 18th c. Scottish skeptic awoke him from his dogmatic slumbers David Hume David

Final Jeopardy!

FOOD

In 1929 William Dreyer & Joseph Edy created this ice cream flavor, named in part to reflect the times ahead

Rocky Road

Val "What is Rocky Road?" — wagered $4,199

David "What is Rocky Road?" — wagered $2,700

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