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Jeopardy! - Season 2025 Episode 220 -
S41 Second Chance Tournament Group 1 Semifinal Game 2
S41 Second Chance Tournament Group 1 Semifinal Game 2
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00:00...studios, this is Jeopardy! Second Chance!
00:10Please welcome our next group of Second Chance contestants.
00:15A librarian, originally from Tampa, Florida, Ivana Lopez.
00:21A data scientist from Salt Lake City, Utah, Evan Argyle.
00:25And a trivia host from Portland, Oregon, Dave Widmayer.
00:31And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings.
00:38Thank you, Johnny. And welcome back to Jeopardy!
00:41Where we kicked off our postseason yesterday with an incredible first game.
00:46All three players showing that they were worthy of a Second Chance at Jeopardy!
00:49But in the end, a tough final allowed Eugene Huang to come from behind
00:53and earn the first spot in this week's final.
00:55Today, it's Dave, Evan, and Ivana's turn.
00:58Good luck, players. Let's get right into the Jeopardy! round, shall we?
01:01Your categories will be...
01:03How Appropriate, Second Chancery, followed by In Memoriam 2025.
01:10Something's Off, off in quotation marks, then Walking, Winter, and Wonderland.
01:19Dave, you'll select the first clue.
01:21Can we do Something's Off for $800?
01:22Mama Kelsey hosted this in 2024, when the winning recipe was Mini Beef Wellingtons.
01:29Evan?
01:30What is...
01:31The Great British Bake Off?
01:33No.
01:34Dave or Ivana?
01:35It's the Pillsbury Bake Off.
01:38Back to Dave.
01:39Uh, Something's Off for $1,000.
01:41In the Air Force song, these eight words precede Climbing High into the Sun.
01:49What is Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder?
01:53Dave, gonna stick with Off?
01:55Sure.
01:55Off for $600.
01:56Yeah, don't let it get you down.
01:58You may do it to Buffalo or to this mortal coil.
02:02Ivana?
02:03What is Shuffle Off?
02:04Yes.
02:04Let's do Second Chancery for $1,000.
02:07In Second Nature, Michael Pollan told of buying a Connecticut farm and following in the path
02:12of this Walden man.
02:14Evan?
02:14Who's Thoreau?
02:15Yes, you're on the plus side.
02:16Winter for $1,000.
02:18Observed January 6th, Three Kings Day is also known as the Feast of This.
02:23Dave?
02:24What is the Magi?
02:25No.
02:26Ivana?
02:27What is Epiphany?
02:27Epiphany is correct.
02:28Second Chancery for $800.
02:30In this alliterative group of rules for assemblies of all sorts, a proposed motion usually gets
02:36a second before a vote.
02:37Dave?
02:38What are Robert's rules?
02:39Correct.
02:39Or Parliamentary Procedure.
02:41Either one.
02:41Uh, Second Chancery for $600.
02:43A section of a stage play or a late stage in life when you move on from the past.
02:49Fitzgerald said, there are none in American lives.
02:51Dave?
02:52What is Second Chapter?
02:53No.
02:54Evan?
02:55What's Second Act?
02:56Second Act.
02:56That's it.
02:57Okay.
02:57Walking for $1,000.
02:58You don't want the Wonderland Trail around this mountain in Washington State to be too wintry.
03:04Go when there's no snow.
03:06Evan?
03:06What is Rainier?
03:07Yes.
03:08Wonderland for $1,000.
03:09One of these smokes a hookah and gives Alice advice like keep your temper.
03:14Dave?
03:15What is a caterpillar?
03:15You got it.
03:16Uh, Wonderland for $800.
03:18Answer.
03:18A daily double for Dave.
03:21And some good news for you before you wager, sir.
03:23Our judges have ruled that Feast of the Magi is acceptable for Epiphany.
03:27So you're getting $2,000 back.
03:29How much of that $2,200 do you want to risk on Wonderland?
03:32Let's make it a true daily double, Ken.
03:33All right.
03:34I like it.
03:34Going for $4,400.
03:36Here's your clue in Wonderland.
03:38After eating a cake that makes her grow, Alice uses this word that means even more peculiar
03:44and knows she is not using good English.
03:52Dave?
03:53What is otter?
03:54Sorry, no.
03:55She says curiouser.
03:57Curiouser and curiouser.
03:59You drop back $2,200, but it's early going, Dave.
04:01Select again.
04:02Uh, Wonderland for $600.
04:04The chief difficulty Alice had while playing this game was in managing her flamingo.
04:09Ivana?
04:10What is croquet?
04:11Correct.
04:12Um, winter for $800.
04:14This Norwegian skater was only 11 when she competed in her first Olympics, the very first
04:19Winter Olympics in 1924.
04:24Who is Sonja Henny?
04:26Ivana?
04:26Walking for $800.
04:28A seven-mile hike between villages in Guangxi province takes you through the longji terraces
04:34of these agricultural fields.
04:36Dave?
04:37What are rice?
04:38Rice patties?
04:39That's it.
04:40Uh, walking for $600.
04:41The service Wild Frontiers has you trekking northern Kenya with these hot-weather beasts
04:47carrying your gear.
04:49Evan?
04:49What are camels?
04:50You can get a camel, yes.
04:51Um, In Memoriam for $1,000.
04:53Food Network fans were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of this chef, who taught
04:57even the worst cooks in America some skills.
05:03That's the late Anne Burrell.
05:04Evan, you've just pulled into the lead, but it's very close.
05:07We'll be back with more Jeopardy!
05:08Second Chance after this break.
05:12Ivana Lopez is a librarian from Tampa.
05:15And, Ivana, does that come in handy to be a librarian when you're brushing up for Jeopardy?
05:19Oh, absolutely.
05:20Uh, especially when it came to Second Chance.
05:22After getting the call, I decided to hit the children's section of the library I work in,
05:27uh, figuring that might be the most reliable source.
05:30And, you know, I think it definitely came in handy.
05:33So, another reason to appreciate our public libraries.
05:35There we go.
05:36Our public libraries.
05:37And you can move on to adult books at any point.
05:39At any time.
05:40I could.
05:40I could give it a shot.
05:41But, yeah, that's the James Holtzauer thing, right?
05:43Kids' books are good Jeopardy prep.
05:45Yeah.
05:45I like it.
05:45Evan Argyle is back with us, a data scientist from Salt Lake City.
05:49And a vision in Argyle once again, Evan.
05:52I assume you don't always wear your titular pattern in real life.
05:56But you have on Jeopardy.
05:57Well, not always.
05:58But you have to represent the name, don't you?
06:00Yeah.
06:00And it was a big hit on, uh, on social media, right?
06:02People notice.
06:03Yeah, I guess so.
06:03I had several people reach out asking where I got it.
06:06Um, the answer's a little disappointing.
06:08It's the first one that comes up if you search for Argyle sweater rest on Amazon.
06:11Uh, my doctor helped pick out the color, though.
06:12Way to go.
06:13Exactly.
06:13Don't put your effort toward that.
06:15You should be in the library reading children's books.
06:17Dave Widmayer is here from Portland.
06:19He's a trivia host.
06:21If I remember right, you were at the same podium when you first appeared on Jeopardy as both your parents.
06:27Is that right?
06:27Both my parents.
06:28Every Widmayer so far has stood at that podium.
06:30The Widmayer podium.
06:32We call it.
06:32And we've all come in second.
06:34Uh, admittedly, both my parents actually did a little better than me.
06:38Uh, but they were before you could win money in second place, so I have won more money than either of my parents.
06:44You're the all-time cash winner in the Widmayer family, and you're striking out and trying new ground here at the leftmost podium.
06:50We'll see how that goes.
06:51Your parents are probably pretty jealous.
06:52They never got to stand there.
06:53They never got here.
06:54It was not second chance in that era, but we have it today.
06:57Evan, you're in the lead.
06:58Make a selection for us.
06:59Okay.
06:59In Memoriam for $800.
07:00At CinemaCon, Tom Cruise paid tribute to this Top Gun co-star, calling for a moment of silence and wishing him well on his next journey.
07:09Evan.
07:10Who's Val Kilmer.
07:10Yes.
07:11In Memoriam for $600.
07:13An Emmy nominee and Grammy winner, he'll probably be best remembered by many for playing Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show.
07:20Dave.
07:21Who's Warner.
07:22Correct.
07:23Malcolm Jamal Warner.
07:24In Memoriam, $400.
07:26This boxing champ and grill master left behind 12 children, including five sons who share his name.
07:33Ivana.
07:34Who is George Foreman.
07:35Yes.
07:36In Memoriam, $20, $25, $200.
07:38Just two weeks after performing at Black Sabbath's Farewell concert in Birmingham, this heavy metal icon passed away at $76.
07:46Dave.
07:46Who is Ozzy.
07:47Osborne.
07:47That's right.
07:49Second chancery for $400.
07:50After Drew Bledsoe got knocked out in 2001, this second-year second-string QB took over for the Patriots for a while.
07:58Evan.
07:58Who is Tom Brady.
07:59Yes.
08:00He kept going for a while.
08:01Let's go winter for $600.
08:02December 26th marks the first day of this African-American holiday.
08:07Ivana.
08:07What is Kwanzaa.
08:08Right.
08:09Winter for $400.
08:11Bears eat almost constantly during a period called hyperphagia to prepare for this winter stage.
08:17Evan.
08:17What's hibernation.
08:18Correct.
08:19Wonderland for $400.
08:21Oddly, Alice has offered wine at this event in Chapter 7, but there isn't any at the table anyway.
08:27Dave.
08:27What is the tea party?
08:28Yes, the mad tea party.
08:29Wonderland for $200.
08:31Alice begins her adventures in Wonderland by literally going down this.
08:36Ivana.
08:36What is the rabbit hole?
08:37You got it.
08:38Second chancery for $200.
08:39One urban dictionary definition regarding this rule about dropped food calls it a very complex rule of physics.
08:46Dave.
08:46What is the five-second rule?
08:47Yes.
08:47Walking for $400.
08:49A three-hour hike on what's sometimes called the William Tell Path begins in the Rutley Meadow, the birthplace of this country.
08:57Dave.
08:57What is Switzerland?
08:58That's correct.
08:59Something's off for $400.
09:01You use this phrase when you don't want to be quoted for publication.
09:05Ivana.
09:05What is off the record?
09:06Yeah.
09:07Something's off for $200.
09:09Originally, it meant away from a railway.
09:11These days, it mostly means away from your computer.
09:14Evan.
09:15What's offline?
09:15When you're offline.
09:16Walking for $200.
09:18Writer Tim Pegram hiked this state from Raleigh to Cold Mountain in the footsteps of Inman, hero of the Charles Frazier novel.
09:25Evan.
09:25West North Carolina.
09:26That's correct.
09:27And finally, the end of winter.
09:29A block of ice could serve as a window in one of these.
09:32A temporary winter dwelling of some Inuit people.
09:35Ivana.
09:36What is an igloo?
09:37It is an igloo, yes.
09:38That pulls you to within just 400 of Evan's lead.
09:40Dave, you'll be selecting first when we come back because Double Jeopardy is on deck.
09:44Stay with us.
09:47It's time for Double Jeopardy.
09:48There are two Daily Doubles on the board in this round, and they're hidden in these categories somewhere.
09:53We have British history up first.
09:56Then, you'll need some intelligence.
09:58Bamping it up on TV, followed by science.
10:02That's a real myth conception.
10:04And finally, time for some before and after.
10:09Dave, where do you want to start the round?
10:10Let's get vamping it up on TV for $1,600.
10:14In American Horror Story Double Feature, she plays Tuberculosis Karen, a woman who hates
10:19bloodsuckers but becomes one.
10:22Ivana.
10:22Who is Sarah Paulson?
10:23It is.
10:24British history for 2000.
10:26Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury, Simon of Sudbury, was killed during the 1381 Peasants
10:32Revolt led by this man.
10:34Ivana.
10:34Who is Walt Tyler.
10:35You got it.
10:36British history for 1600.
10:38Edward, who died in 1376 without becoming king, had this sobriquet, likely from the color
10:44of his armor.
10:46Ivana.
10:46Who is the Black Prince.
10:47Right.
10:48British history for 1200.
10:50Fought over in a 1982 war, it voted to remain a British overseas territory in 2013.
10:56Evan.
10:57What are the Falkland Islands?
10:58Yes.
10:59Let's do science for 2000.
11:00A colloid with fine particles dispersed in liquid is midway between a solution and this,
11:06a mixture with chunks.
11:11A suspension is a mixture with chunks.
11:14And I'm tired of saying a mixture with chunks.
11:16Let's move on.
11:17Evan.
11:17Science for 1600.
11:19First produced in 1994, this element is named for the discoverer of x-rays, and yep, it's
11:24radioactive.
11:26Ivana.
11:26What is curium?
11:27No.
11:28Dave.
11:29What is rentgenium?
11:30Yes, rentgenium is right.
11:32Science for 1200.
11:33Answer.
11:34Daily double for you, Dave.
11:39Ivana has pulled into the lead.
11:40How much do you want to risk on this daily double in science?
11:43Let's do it all again.
11:45All right, try it again.
11:45You'll have 8400 and the lead if you're correct.
11:48Here's your clue.
11:49Maximizing this, the rotational version of force, is why it's easier to open a door by
11:55pushing far from the hinges than next to them.
11:58What is torque?
11:59Torque is correct, yes.
12:00You now have an $800 lead, and it's still your board, Dave.
12:04Um, vamping it up on TV for 1200.
12:07This Stephen King tale of vamps plaguing a main hamlet was turned into an HBO movie in
12:122024.
12:14Ivana.
12:14What is Salem's Lot?
12:15Right.
12:16Um, British History for 800.
12:19This failed plan in 1605 was an attempt to blow up Parliament and King James I along
12:24with it.
12:25Ivana.
12:26What is the gunpowder plot?
12:27Yes.
12:27Uh, finish the category for 400?
12:30In a 1940 speech to the House of Commons, Churchill said,
12:33What is our aim?
12:34I can answer in one word.
12:36This at all costs.
12:38Ivana.
12:39What is victory?
12:40Correct.
12:40That's a real myth conception for 2000.
12:43A thing of beauty is a joy forever, is the first line of John Keats' poem named for
12:48this beautiful youth.
12:49Evan.
12:50Who's Adonis?
12:50No.
12:52Dave.
12:52Who's Narcissus?
12:53Also incorrect.
12:55Ivana.
12:56Not gonna try it.
12:57Who is Endymion?
12:59Back to you, Ivana.
13:00Uh, myth conception for 1600.
13:03Here's a painting of Cupid gazing upon this sleeping beauty during one of his secret visits
13:07to her.
13:08Ivana.
13:09Who is Psyche?
13:10Right.
13:10Myth conception for 1200.
13:12A fake film and a real film about the fake film were named for this mythic ship.
13:17The latter won three Oscars.
13:20Evan.
13:20What's the Argo?
13:21That's the movie.
13:22Um, intelligence for 2000.
13:24A Berlin Wall Memorial is at the CIA's main HQ, the George Bush Center for Intelligence,
13:29in this Virginia community.
13:31Ivana.
13:32What is Quantico?
13:33No.
13:34Dave.
13:34What is Langley?
13:35Langley, that's it.
13:36Uh, intelligence for 1600.
13:38In 2025, tech companies OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle launched this AI project that sounds
13:45like a portal to the heavens.
13:50What is Stargate?
13:51Dave.
13:52Intelligence for 1200.
13:54We share more of our DNA with these animals than any other.
13:57They're known to use tools and live in complex social groups.
14:01Evan.
14:01Or chimpanzees.
14:02Right.
14:03Dapping it up for 2000.
14:04This British vampire's crypt on Buffy the Vampire Slayer had electricity, a TV, and a
14:10secret passage.
14:11Dave.
14:11Who is Spike?
14:12Correct for the lead.
14:14Uh, before and after for 1600.
14:16Anglo-Saxon king of medieval Britain who prowls coastal waters as a dangerous predator of the
14:21genus Carcharidon.
14:23Ivana.
14:24Who is Alfred the Great White Shark?
14:25That's him.
14:26Before and after for 2000.
14:27A fossil human ancestor found in Indonesia viewed as a perceived face suggested by dark and bright
14:34lunar areas.
14:38That would be Java Man in the moon.
14:41Ivana.
14:42Uh, before and after for 1200.
14:44Answer.
14:45Daily bubble for you now.
14:46It's a very tight game, particularly between you and Dave, Ivana.
14:53What do you want to risk on before and after?
14:55Let's do 4,200, please.
14:58All right.
14:58This will take you to 15,400 if you're correct in before and after.
15:03Oscar-winning epic D-Day film about rescuing Vanna's co-host.
15:08Who is...
15:12Ivana?
15:16Saving private Ryan Seacrest.
15:18Oh, you got there, yes.
15:19Well done.
15:21In the nick of time, taking you to 15,400.
15:25Myth conception for 800.
15:28The sculpture seen here of Artemis is also known as this goddess of Versailles.
15:33Ivana.
15:33Who is Diana?
15:34Yes.
15:35Myth conception for 400.
15:36This peak was home to the Greek gods, as well as Zeus' throne.
15:41Dave.
15:41What is Olympus?
15:42Yes.
15:43Science for 800.
15:44The National Funeral Directors Association says this organic compound is an essential tool
15:49and poses no excessive risk to embalmers.
15:52Evan?
15:53What's formaldehyde?
15:53You got it.
15:54Uh, science for 400.
15:56When Judd Nelson in The Breakfast Club says,
15:59Mollier really pumps my nads, he's using a short form of these reproductive organs.
16:04Dave.
16:04What are gonads?
16:05Correct.
16:06Uh, vamping it up for 800.
16:09Marceline, the vampire queen, on this animated show, shreds with her axe and sings for Jake,
16:14Finn and company.
16:16Dave.
16:16What is Adventure Time?
16:17You got it.
16:18Uh, vamping it up for 400.
16:19This Anne Rice novel got the small screen treatment in 2022, with Sam Reid playing the ageless
16:25Lestat de Liancourt.
16:27Dave.
16:28What is Interview with the Vampire?
16:29Right.
16:30Before and after for 800.
16:32Fun-loving Sousian feline who's the humble way you go to ask for a big favor.
16:37Ivana.
16:37What is Cat in the Hat in His Hand?
16:41No.
16:43Evan.
16:43What is Cat in the Hat in Hand?
16:45You go Hat in Hand.
16:46That's right, Evan.
16:47Intelligence for 800.
16:48This organization for people with high IQs was founded in 1946 and has an online test to
16:55see where you fall on the intelligence scale.
16:57Dave.
16:57What is Mensa?
16:58Yes.
16:59Uh, intelligence for 400.
17:00Based in New York, the Culper spy ring provided crucial intelligence during this war.
17:06Dave.
17:06What is the American Revolution?
17:07That's right.
17:08And one more time, before and after.
17:11An 18th century invention for separating seeds from fiber that adds a mixer flavored with an
17:16alkaloid from tree bark.
17:18Dave.
17:19What is a cotton gin and tonic?
17:21A cotton gin and tonic.
17:22Yes, a drink I would not recommend.
17:24Ugh.
17:24But it takes you to within $1,400 of Ivana's lead for remembering saving Private Ryan Seacrest.
17:29Here is the Final Jeopardy category, players.
17:32International Geography.
17:34We'll pause for a moment until the wagers are in, and then we'll come back and show the
17:37clue.
17:39For Final Jeopardy in a tight game, we turn to the category of International Geography
17:44and this clue.
17:46Today, a state 309,000 square miles in area.
17:50On its founding, it occupied half a continent.
17:5430 seconds.
17:54Good luck.
17:59Evan Argyle in the middle has $7,600.
18:27And wrote down, what is Mongolia?
18:31It's not Mongolia, Evan.
18:32What did you wager?
18:33You'll drop down $5,001, leaving you at $2,599.
18:38Dave Widmayer was in second place with $14,000.
18:41What state did you come up with, Dave?
18:44California.
18:45And I'm afraid it's not California either.
18:47What did you risk?
18:48Okay, small wager, $1,401.
18:50Takes him down to $12,599.
18:53Ivana Lopez had the lead with $15,400.
18:57What did she come up with in Final?
18:58Oh, it was going to be the Vatican, it looks like.
19:01No, this state was actually one of the states of Australia.
19:04New South Wales was originally the whole eastern part of the continent.
19:08And now a smaller state.
19:10What did you wager, Ivana?
19:11She bet a lot.
19:12$14,600.
19:13We'll drop her down to $800.
19:15And it means Dave Widmayer comes from second place
19:18and has a new lucky podium.
19:20You are headed for this week's state-chance finals.
19:23Congratulations, Dave.
19:25We have one more finalist to crown tomorrow.
19:28We'll see you then.
19:28We'll see you then.
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