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Jeopardy! - Season 2025 Episode 226 -
S41 Second Chance Tournament Group 2 Semifinal Game 3
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00:00...studios, this is Jeopardy! Second Chance!
00:09Let's meet our next group of Second Chance contestants.
00:14An attorney from Silver Spring, Maryland, Melanie Hirsch.
00:18A medical student from Unetka, Illinois, Andrew Wong.
00:23And a stay-at-home dad, originally from Long Island, New York, Aaron Himmel.
00:30And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings!
00:36Thank you, Johnny Gilbert, and welcome back to Jeopardy!
00:39It's the night before Christmas, and three Second Chancers have gathered with fear
00:43in hopes that a first Jeopardy! victory soon will be here.
00:47Welcome and good luck to Aaron, Andrew, and Melanie.
00:50Happy Jeopardy! round to all, and to all a good game.
00:53Let's see what categories we have for you in the first round.
00:57First, we're headed around the Caribbean.
01:00Then, classical music.
01:02Followed by, ho, ho, ho, let's garden.
01:06Go away, I'm mobile gaming.
01:09Followed by, from the TV show's opening narration.
01:12And finally, an I for an I.
01:15Each response will have within it a sequence of a letter I,
01:18then four other letters, then another I.
01:20Aaron, you select first.
01:21Ken, let's go with your favorite category, ho, ho, ho, for 800.
01:24Finally, it's my time.
01:25I had to.
01:26Put some wide tape on the underside of your hand, sticky side out,
01:30and pat the leaves to help get rid of this insect.
01:33Melanie.
01:33What are aphids?
01:34Yes.
01:35Ho, ho, ho, a thousand.
01:37From the Greek for water work,
01:39this type of soilless gardening can be done indoors using nutrients and solution.
01:44Andrew.
01:44What's hydroponics?
01:45Right.
01:46Let's do classical music, 600.
01:48Mozart himself gave this catchy piece its name.
01:53Aaron.
01:54What's Eine Kline and Nacht music?
01:56Yes, a little night music.
01:58Caribbean for 800.
01:59Characterized by steep cliffs and large bays,
02:02Martinique is part of this lesser group of islands.
02:06Andrew.
02:06What are the Antilles?
02:07Right.
02:08Classical music, 800.
02:09It's the French name of a 1905 orchestral set by Debussy
02:13that describes different moods of the sea.
02:16Andrew.
02:16What's Le Maire?
02:17Correct.
02:17Let's do classical 1000.
02:19We're getting bach to basics in this 48-part work
02:22with a keyboard instrument in its name,
02:24exploring all the major and minor keys.
02:27Melanie.
02:28What is the well-tempered clavier?
02:29Good for 1000.
02:30I for an I-800.
02:32The MIT school of this offers degrees in the biological,
02:36chemical, and mechanical types.
02:39Andrew.
02:39What is engineering?
02:40Right.
02:40Ho, ho, ho, it's Garden 600.
02:42Back to ho, ho, ho.
02:43Use this organic or inorganic soil cover
02:46to reduce water loss and against extreme temps.
02:49But don't pile it on stems.
02:50It'll rot them.
02:52Melanie.
02:52What is mulch?
02:53That is mulch.
02:54Around the Caribbean, 1000.
02:56The Caribbean Sea's greatest depth is found in this 25,000-foot-deep trench
03:01bearing the name of an alligator relative.
03:03Andrew.
03:04What is Cayman?
03:05Yes, the Cayman Trench.
03:06Mobile gaming for 600?
03:09Sorry to miss your birthday.
03:10I'm slicing produce with my finger in this game
03:13and plan to play indefinitely or until I hit a bomb.
03:16Aaron.
03:17What's Fruit Ninja?
03:17Yeah, that takes me back.
03:19From TV shows opening narration for 800.
03:22There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people.
03:25Psychopaths and mystery writers.
03:28Aaron.
03:28What's Murder, She Wrote?
03:29No.
03:30Andrew or Melanie?
03:33From the start of Castle.
03:35Back to you, Aaron.
03:36Caribbean for 600.
03:37Answer.
03:38A daily double.
03:42You have $400, but you can wager up to 1,000.
03:45I'll do 1,000.
03:45You'll have 1,400 if you're right.
03:47Your category is Around the Caribbean, Aaron.
03:50Split between two nations, this island has the largest population of any Caribbean isle,
03:55about 21 million.
03:57What's Hispaniola?
03:58It is Hispaniola.
03:58Taking you to 1,400.
04:01Where are you now?
04:04Caribbean for 400.
04:05Even on the U.S. these islands, such as St. John, remember, you'll be driving on the
04:10left side of the road.
04:11Melanie.
04:12What are the Virgin Islands?
04:13Right.
04:14Ho, ho, ho, 400.
04:16In the fall, six weeks before the ground freezes, plant these bulbs and tiptoe through
04:20them in the spring.
04:22Melanie.
04:22What are lilacs?
04:23No.
04:24Aaron.
04:25What are tulips?
04:25Tiptoe through the tulips.
04:27Aye, aye for 1,000.
04:29The settlement of a dispute according to the judgment of an agreed-upon third party.
04:34Aaron.
04:34What's arbitration?
04:35Arbitration is right, yes.
04:36You make a move into second place with that correct response, and you brought us to our
04:40first break.
04:41Jeopardy!
04:41Second Chance will continue in just a moment.
04:42Melanie Hirsch is back with us from Silver Spring, Maryland.
04:53She's an attorney.
04:54And Melanie, I understand when you were first on the show, it turned out to be an eventful
04:58morning in real life, right?
04:59That's right.
05:00So I work at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is a federal agency that Congress
05:04set up after the financial crisis to make sure that Americans are protected when they
05:08take out a mortgage or get a credit card.
05:10The agency's only been open for about 14 years, but in that time, we've gotten $21 billion
05:15back to consumers who were harmed.
05:17Wow.
05:17Well done.
05:18The morning of my tape day, I woke up, I checked my work email, and there was a message from
05:22the head of the agency that said, essentially, CFPB, we're shutting you down, you're done.
05:28And then I turned off my phone so I could come tape Jeopardy!
05:31Play Jeopardy!
05:32I'm rooting for your agency.
05:34Andrew Wong is back with us, a medical student from Winnetka, Illinois.
05:38Where were you when you got the call inviting you to be on Jeopardy!?
05:41I was in my apartment on a two-week break right before I was going to start a new rotation.
05:45So I get the call, I'm like, oh, this is really cool.
05:48I need to drop everything to try to figure out if I can get an excused absence for this.
05:52Right, you don't know if you can get out of your rotation, right?
05:53No, because I got to, you know, you need certain time, you got to travel.
05:56They say you have X amount of time.
05:57So I'm filling out this paperwork, I'm sending emails, I'm panicking.
05:59I start driving to my campus to try to see if I can run into Dean.
06:02Day one, I actually, she's out at the office, and lo and behold, I get this email, I'm like,
06:05oh, thank God, turns out it wouldn't be a problem involved.
06:08I'm just panicking here.
06:09So it's nice to just, you know, be able to escape the dreary, windowless parts of the hospital.
06:13Thank you, Dean Richards and Dr. Munchie.
06:15So Jeopardy! is a good excuse.
06:17You get to leave the hospital for this.
06:18Yeah, so, you know, if you want to let me get a little more sunlight, yeah, let me on.
06:25Aaron Himmel is back with us, originally from Long Island.
06:27You're a stay-at-home dad, Aaron, and I understand you want your Jeopardy! parents
06:31to be instructive for your kid as well.
06:33Yeah, you know, even though I lost the first time, it's a good lesson that you can go after your childhood dreams
06:38because this was my childhood dream, so I'm happy that my son gets to see that.
06:41And, you know, he's really been a trooper in the study.
06:43You know, my wife, I can't give her enough credit for helping me doing flashcards and stuff like that.
06:48But we have to kind of use every moment, so some of that is mealtime.
06:51So he's been very patient in helping.
06:53You're studying during dinner.
06:54Yeah, and now he picks up a little spice container, and we'll ask him, like, three-year-old Jeopardy! questions.
06:59Like, you know, this animal has the longest neck.
07:02And then he'll buzz in and say, what is a giraffe?
07:03Look at that!
07:05Looks like we'll be seeing him on this stage at some point.
07:07I'd be very proud.
07:08Right now, you have control of the board, Aaron. Select again.
07:11Let's finish Caribbean, please.
07:13Around the Caribbean one more time.
07:15Ska and reggae both originated on this English-speaking aisle.
07:19Melanie.
07:19What is Jamaica?
07:20Yes.
07:21Classical music, 400.
07:23Bugs Bunny's forays into opera include the use of the overture to this opera
07:27while massaging Elmer Fudd's head.
07:31Andrew?
07:31What is the Barber of Seville?
07:34It is.
07:35Mobile gaming for 800?
07:37Back to mobile gaming.
07:38The office fire drill will have to wait.
07:40My crewmates and I are looking for an imposter on our spaceship in this multiplayer game.
07:45Melanie.
07:45What is Among Us?
07:46Yes.
07:47TV show opening narration, 600.
07:50From 1960.
07:51You're traveling through another dimension.
07:53A dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind.
07:57Aaron?
07:57What's The Twilight Zone?
07:58Yes.
07:59TV show narration for 1,000.
08:00The name?
08:02Dr. Richard Kimball.
08:03The destination?
08:04Death Row State Prison.
08:06The irony?
08:07Richard Kimball is innocent.
08:08Aaron?
08:09What's The Fugitive?
08:10Good for 1,000.
08:11I-I for 600.
08:12It's how occupants of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue are expected to appear.
08:18Aaron?
08:18What's Presidential?
08:19You got it.
08:20I-I for 400.
08:22If you tailgate, you might get cited for a moving this.
08:26Melanie?
08:26What is Violation?
08:27Right.
08:27Uh, TV show narration, 400.
08:30One episode used, the following takes place between midnight and 1 a.m.
08:35Aaron?
08:35What's 24?
08:36Right.
08:37TV show narration, 200.
08:39In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous.
08:44Aaron?
08:45What's Law & Order SVU?
08:46That's the show.
08:47I-I?
08:49Adjective describing things that are exactly, precisely, completely the same.
08:54Andrew?
08:54What is identical?
08:56They are identical.
08:56You got it.
08:57Mobile gaming for 1,000.
09:00I'll literally never be done playing Temple Run.
09:02It's this two-word type where the character never stops moving forward.
09:09It's an endless or infinite runner.
09:12Andrew, back to you.
09:12Four clues left.
09:13Uh, Ho Ho Ho, let's Garden 200?
09:14The New York Times counsels gardeners to wait until nights have reached 50 degrees to plant
09:20these vine-grown salad favorites.
09:22Aaron?
09:23Wear tomatoes?
09:23Correct.
09:24Classical music?
09:25Arthur Fiedler ended a July 4th, 1974 concert with this piece, including church bells and cannons,
09:32setting a standard.
09:33Aaron?
09:34What's the 1812 overture?
09:35That's right.
09:36Uh, 400?
09:37I'm not at my sister's wedding because I'm busy with WWF, not pro wrestling, but this
09:43word game that's similar to Scrabble.
09:46Aaron?
09:46What's Words with Friends?
09:47Yes.
09:48We'll finish off mobile gaming with this.
09:50Can't talk?
09:51I'm preoccupied with forming chains of brightly colored sweets in this popular puzzle game.
09:56Aaron?
09:56What's Candy Crush?
09:57Candy Crush is correct, and it means you'll have the lead at the end of the Jeopardy! round.
10:00Double Jeopardy! is up next.
10:02Melanie, you'll be selecting first.
10:03Back right after this.
10:04It's a close game, so the two Daily Doubles and the Double Jeopardy! round could prove
10:16important.
10:17Let's see the categories.
10:19We begin with World History.
10:22Then, the Play is the Thing, followed by Critical Vase Theory, Asian Americans, Pop Culture
10:30Forecast, and finally, Caution, Word Construction Zone.
10:35Melanie, you're up first.
10:36Play is the Thing, $1,600.
10:38Answer.
10:39Daily Double right off the bat.
10:43You're in third place with an opportunity here, Melanie.
10:46What's the wager?
10:47$3,800, please.
10:48All right.
10:48Going for a true Daily Double.
10:49You'll have a $1,000 lead if you're right.
10:51Here's the clue.
10:522010's Cliborne Park starts with a white couple selling their home to the younger family of
10:59this great American play.
11:00What's a Raisin in the Sun?
11:01That's correct.
11:02You're in the lead.
11:06Play is the Thing, $2,000.
11:08Less than 20 years apart, Tony's went to Copenhagen about talks in wartime and this Nordic Capitol
11:14play about peace talks.
11:16Melanie.
11:17What is Oslo?
11:17That's the play.
11:18Play is the Thing, $1,200.
11:19A young Maggie Smith played Mistress Ford in this Shakespeare comedy at the Old Vic in
11:241959.
11:26Aaron.
11:26What's the Merry Wives of Windsor?
11:28Yes.
11:29World History for 16.
11:31A biography about this chief calls him the founder of the Zulu nation.
11:35Andrew.
11:36Who's Shaka?
11:36Correct.
11:37Let's do World History 2000.
11:38Answer.
11:39A Daily Double now for you, Andrew.
11:42Let's make a true Daily Double.
11:43You already know.
11:44You want to go all in?
11:45Yeah, sure.
11:46All right.
11:47Go big or go home.
11:48Here's your clue in World History.
11:51In the 19th century, a group of Irish radicals and a group of U.S. coal miners agitating for
11:56better conditions shared this feminine name.
12:00What is Molly Maguire's?
12:05Molly Maguire's is correct.
12:07Wow.
12:10You're in the lead, Andrew.
12:12World History 1200?
12:13After making it over the Alps, this general lost an eye during a jaunt through the marshes
12:19of the Arno in 217 B.C.
12:21Melanie.
12:22Who is Hannibal?
12:23You got it.
12:23World History 800.
12:25Planes called Okas or Cherry Blossoms were used by these suicidal units during the Battle
12:30of Leyte Gulf in 1944.
12:33Andrew?
12:33We're a kamikaze.
12:34That's right.
12:35Uh, Asian Americans 1200?
12:37She doesn't just dress brides.
12:39This fashion designer came up with a look for the Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders in 2003
12:44and 2013.
12:46Melanie.
12:46Who is Vera Wang?
12:47Right.
12:47Uh, pop culture forecast, 1600.
12:50Like the band Glass Animals, your weatherman admits,
12:53these been fakin' me out, but real ones will happen in summer.
12:57Melanie?
12:57What are heat waves?
12:58Yes.
12:59Uh, pop culture forecast, 2000.
13:01The wind is out of the west, north, every direction, at zero miles per hour,
13:06per the title of this 1989 Nicole Kidman boating thriller.
13:10Aaron?
13:10What's Dead Calm?
13:11That's the movie.
13:13Vase Theory for 16.
13:14The ancient Greeks used this two-handled type of vase for storing food and wine.
13:19The Dipolon one is considered a masterpiece.
13:22Andrew?
13:23What's the name?
13:23Fora?
13:24Right.
13:24Uh, Critical Vase Theory, 2000.
13:26Soldier vases are so called after a 1717 Vases for Soldiers exchange by Poland's Augustus II
13:32and Friedrich Wilhelm of this Germanic land.
13:36Aaron?
13:36What's Prussia?
13:37Good for 2000.
13:38Vase Theory, 12.
13:40Iridescent Favril vases are among the most coveted collectibles
13:43by this Art Nouveau glassmaker.
13:46Andrew?
13:46Who's Tiffany?
13:47It is.
13:47Uh, let's try Asian American 1600.
13:50Key and David Filo were grad students at Stanford when they started what became Yahoo.
13:55Andrew?
13:56Who's Yang?
13:56It is Jerry Yang.
13:57Um, Asian American's 2000?
13:59Born in Vietnam, this writer had his novel The Emperor of Gladness selected for Oprah's Book Club.
14:06Melanie?
14:07Who's Vuong?
14:08It is Ocean Vuong.
14:09Uh, Pop Culture Forecast, 1200.
14:11The forecast says no rain coming to the town of dirt in a 2011 movie.
14:16But what is coming is this chameleon voiced by Johnny Depp.
14:20Aaron?
14:20Who's Rango?
14:21That's him.
14:22Pop Culture, 8.
14:23Looks like a downpour is coming on the wedding day of Axl Rose and Stephanie Seymour in this
14:28music video.
14:29Aaron?
14:29What's November rain?
14:30Good.
14:31World History, 4.
14:32The first recorded labor strike went down in this empire's new kingdom around 1160 BC.
14:38The workers wanted their bread and beer.
14:41Andrew?
14:41What is Egypt?
14:42Yep.
14:42Uh, let's try Word Construction Zone 2000?
14:45Soft bird plumage plus members of a play equals this, describing a look of dejection.
14:52Aaron?
14:52What's downcast?
14:53Down plus cast, right.
14:55Um, Word Construction for 16.
14:58Cautionary golf yell plus dark image caused by the sun equals this, something an author
15:04does.
15:05Melanie?
15:05What is foreshadow?
15:06You got it.
15:07Uh, Word Construction 1200.
15:09Type of corvid plus place where a mixologist works equals this prying tool.
15:15Andrew?
15:15What's a crowbar?
15:16Yes.
15:17Uh, let's try Word Construction 800?
15:18Shakespeare wrote, all the world is one plus a sports team leader equals this transport.
15:25Melanie?
15:25What's a stagecoach?
15:26Right.
15:27Play as the thing 800?
15:29Here's some literary tri-via.
15:31It was where three roads met that the title character of this ancient play killed his own
15:35father.
15:36Melanie?
15:36Who's Oedipus?
15:38Oedipus Rex?
15:38That's the play, yes.
15:40Uh, play as the thing 400?
15:41In Pygmalion, the Doolittle family has trouble with the H's in the name of this professor.
15:47Andrew?
15:47Who's Henry Higgins?
15:48Yes.
15:48Uh, let's do Asian-Americans 800?
15:50The daughter of Indian immigrants, she served in her state's House of Representatives from
15:542005 to 2010.
15:56Aaron?
15:57Who's Haley?
15:57Right.
15:58Vase Theory 8?
16:00This pottery maker's meticulous copies of the first century Portland vase seen here are
16:05almost as famous as the original.
16:07Melanie?
16:08Who's Wedgwood?
16:09You are correct.
16:10Pop Culture Forecast 400.
16:11It's not just a regular pea super, there's a lethal fog coming for London in season one of
16:17this royal Netflix show.
16:19Melanie?
16:19What's the crown?
16:20That's the show.
16:21Uh, Asian-Americans 400.
16:23This cellist performs in the great outdoors for his project called Our Common Nature.
16:28Melanie?
16:28Who's Yo-Yo Ma?
16:29Correct.
16:29You just tied it up.
16:30Uh, Word Construction Zone 400.
16:33Got up from bed plus Mother of Jesus equals this herb.
16:37Melanie?
16:37What's Rosemary?
16:38For the lead, here's the final clue in critical vase theory.
16:41The ancient Roman Warwick vase was the model for the men's trophy at this tennis event,
16:46the first Grand Slam of the calendar year.
16:49Melanie?
16:50What's Wimbledon?
16:51No.
16:52Aaron?
16:53What's the Australian Open?
16:54It is the Australian Open, and what that means is that Andrew and Melanie are tied.
16:59Oh, jeez.
16:59As we go into Final Jeopardy today.
17:01And even third place has 17,000.
17:03What a game.
17:04Here is the Final Jeopardy category that will decide things.
17:07Holiday Songs.
17:08You will not want to miss this finale.
17:10Stay tuned.
17:16Not a creature is stirring as we head into Final Jeopardy with a tie score.
17:23Here's the clue in the category Holiday Songs.
17:26In an early draft, this title line was followed by It May Be Your Last, but Judy Garland refused
17:32to sing it that way.
17:3430 seconds.
17:35Good luck.
17:56We'll begin with Aaron Himmel in third place with $17,000.
18:09What holiday song did you come up with, Aaron?
18:12What is Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas?
18:14And that is correct.
18:16Originally a much darker lyric.
18:17What did you wager, Aaron?
18:19Zero wager leaves you at $17,000.
18:21Let's see if it pays off for you.
18:23Andrew Wong in the middle with $20,400.
18:25What did he write down?
18:27Is it Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas?
18:29So close.
18:29Have a holly jolly Christmas.
18:32A different carol.
18:33What did you wager, Andrew?
18:34He bet all of it he had to in a tie game.
18:37That will drop him down to zero.
18:39So it comes down to Melanie Hirsch with $20,400.
18:42Does she have it right?
18:43Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas?
18:45She got it.
18:46What did she wager?
18:47She wagered everything as well.
18:49It would have been a tie game, but instead Melanie Hirsch makes it to $40,800
18:53and advances to this week's Jeopardy! second chance final.
18:58What a great game, you three.
18:59Thanks for being here.
19:00And this week's final begins tomorrow.
19:02We'll see you then.
19:03Thanks for watching.
19:04Thanks for doing this.
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