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Jeopardy! - Season 2025 Episode 226 -
S41 Second Chance Tournament Group 2 Semifinal Game 3
S41 Second Chance Tournament Group 2 Semifinal Game 3
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00:00Let's meet our next group of second-chance contestants.
00:04An attorney from Silver Spring, Maryland, Melanie Hirsch.
00:08A medical student from Winnetka, Illinois, Andrew Wong.
00:13And a stay-at-home dad, originally from Long Island, New York, Aaron Himmel.
00:20And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings.
00:26Thank you, Johnny Gilbert.
00:28And welcome back to Jeopardy.
00:30It's the night before Christmas, and three second-chancers have gathered with fear
00:33in hopes that a first Jeopardy victory soon will be here.
00:37Welcome and good luck to Aaron, Andrew, and Melanie.
00:40Happy Jeopardy round to all, and to all a good game.
00:43Let's see what categories we have for you in the first round.
00:47First, we're headed around the Caribbean.
00:50Then, classical music.
00:53Followed by Ho, Ho, Ho, Let's Garden.
00:56Go away, I'm Mobile Gaming.
00:58Followed by, from the TV show's opening narration.
01:02And finally, an I for an I.
01:05Each response will have within it a sequence of a letter I,
01:08then four other letters, then another I.
01:10Aaron, you select first.
01:11Ken, let's go with your favorite category, Ho, Ho, Ho for 800.
01:14Finally, it's my time.
01:15I had to.
01:15Put some wide tape on the underside of your hand, sticky side out, and pat the leaves to
01:21help get rid of this insect.
01:23Melanie.
01:23What are aphids?
01:24Yes.
01:25Uh, Ho, Ho, Ho, A Thousand.
01:27From the Greek for water work, this type of soilless gardening can be done indoors using
01:32nutrients and solution.
01:34Andrew.
01:34What's hydroponics?
01:35Right.
01:36Uh, let's do classical music, 600.
01:38Mozart himself gave this catchy piece its name.
01:43Aaron.
01:44What's Ina Klein and Nacht music?
01:46Yes, a little night music.
01:47Uh, Caribbean for 800.
01:49Characterized by steep cliffs and large bays, Martinique is part of this lesser group of islands.
01:56Andrew.
01:56What are the Antilles?
01:57Right.
01:58Classical music, 800.
01:59It's the French name of a 1905 orchestral set by Debussy that describes different moods
02:04of the sea.
02:06Andrew.
02:06What's Le Maire?
02:07Correct.
02:07Uh, let's do classical 1,000.
02:09We're getting bach to basics in this 48-part work with a keyboard instrument in its name,
02:14exploring all the major and minor keys.
02:17Melanie.
02:18What is the well-tempered clavier?
02:19Good for 1,000.
02:20I for an I-800.
02:22The MIT School of This offers degrees in the biological, chemical, and mechanical types.
02:28Andrew.
02:29What is engineering?
02:30Right.
02:30Ho, ho, ho, it's Garden 600.
02:32Back to ho, ho, ho.
02:33Use this organic or inorganic soil cover to reduce water loss and against extreme temps.
02:39But don't pile it on stems.
02:41It'll rot them.
02:42Melanie.
02:42What is mulch?
02:43That is mulch.
02:44Uh, around the Caribbean, 1,000.
02:46The Caribbean Sea's greatest depth is found in this 25,000-foot-deep trench bearing the name
02:52of an alligator relative.
02:53Andrew.
02:54What is Cayman?
02:55Yes, the Cayman Trench.
02:56Mobile gaming for 600?
02:59Sorry to miss your birthday.
03:00I'm slicing produce with my finger in this game and plan to play indefinitely or until
03:05I hit a bomb.
03:06Aaron.
03:07What's Fruit Ninja?
03:07Yeah, that takes me back.
03:09From TV shows opening narration for 800.
03:12There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people.
03:15Psychopaths and mystery writers.
03:18Aaron.
03:18What's Murder, She Wrote?
03:19No.
03:20Andrew or Melanie?
03:23From the start of Castle.
03:25Back to you, Aaron.
03:26Caribbean for 600.
03:27Answer.
03:28A daily double.
03:32You have $400, but you can wager up to 1,000.
03:35I'll do 1,000.
03:35You'll have 1,400 if you're right.
03:37Your category is around the Caribbean, Aaron.
03:40Split between two nations, this island has the largest population of any Caribbean isle,
03:45about 21 million.
03:47What's Hispaniola?
03:48It is Hispaniola.
03:49Taking you to 1,400.
03:51What are you now?
03:52Um, Caribbean for 400.
03:56Even on the U.S. these islands, such as St. John, remember, you'll be driving on the left
04:00side of the road.
04:01Melanie.
04:02What are the Virgin Islands?
04:03Right.
04:04Ho, ho, ho, 400.
04:06In the fall, six weeks before the ground freezes, plant these bulbs and tiptoe through them
04:10in the spring.
04:12Melanie.
04:12What are lilacs?
04:13No.
04:14Aaron.
04:15What are tulips?
04:15Tiptoe through the tulips.
04:17Aye, aye for 1,000.
04:19The settlement of a dispute according to the judgment of an agreed-upon third party.
04:24Aaron.
04:24What's arbitration?
04:25Arbitration is right, yes.
04:26You make a move into second place with that correct response, and you brought us to our
04:30first break.
04:31Jeopardy!
04:31Second Chance will continue in just a moment.
04:41Melanie Hirsch is back with us from Silver Spring, Maryland.
04:43She's an attorney, and Melanie, I understand when you were first on the show, it turned
04:47out to be an eventful morning in real life, right?
04:49That's right.
04:50So I work at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is a federal agency that Congress
04:54set up after the financial crisis to make sure that Americans are protected when they
04:58take out a mortgage or get a credit card.
05:00The agency's only been open for about 14 years, but in that time, we've gotten $21 billion
05:05back to consumers who were harmed.
05:07Wow.
05:07Well done.
05:08The morning of my tape day, I woke up, I checked my work email, and there was a message from
05:12the head of the agency that said, essentially, CFPB, we're shutting you down.
05:17You're done.
05:18And then I turned off my phone so I could come tape Jeopardy.
05:21Play Jeopardy.
05:22I'm rooting for your agency.
05:24Andrew Wong is back with us, a medical student from Winnetka, Illinois.
05:27Where were you when you got the call inviting you to be on Jeopardy?
05:31I was in my apartment on a two-week break right before I was going to start a new rotation.
05:35So I get the call.
05:35I'm like, oh, this is really cool.
05:38I need to drop everything to try to figure out if I can get an excused absence for this.
05:42Right.
05:42You don't know if you can get out of your rotation, right?
05:43No, because I got to, you know, you need certain time.
05:45You got to travel.
05:46They say you have X amount of time.
05:47So I'm filling out this paperwork.
05:48I'm sending emails.
05:49I'm panicking.
05:49I start driving to my campus to try to see if I can run into Dean.
05:52Day one, I actually, she's out at the office.
05:54And lo and behold, I get this email and I'm like, oh, thank God.
05:56Turns out it wouldn't be a problem involved.
05:58I'm just panicking here.
05:59So it's nice to just, you know, be able to escape the dreary windowless parts of the hospital.
06:03Thank you, Dean Richards and Dr. Munchie.
06:05So Jeopardy is a good excuse.
06:07You get to leave the hospital for this.
06:08Yeah.
06:09So, you know, if you want to let me get a little more sunlight, yeah, let me on.
06:15Aaron Himmel is back with us, originally from Long Island.
06:17You're a stay-at-home dad, Aaron.
06:19And I understand you want your Jeopardy parents to be instructive for your kid as well.
06:23Yeah.
06:23You know, even though I lost the first time, it's a good lesson that you can go after
06:27your childhood dreams because this was my childhood dream.
06:29So I'm happy that my son gets to see that.
06:31And, you know, he's really been a trooper in the study.
06:33You know, my wife, I can't give her enough credit for helping me doing flashcards and
06:37stuff like that.
06:38But we have to kind of use every moment.
06:40So some of that is mealtime.
06:41So he's been very patient in helping.
06:43You're studying during dinner.
06:44Yeah.
06:44And now he picks up a little spice container and we'll ask him, like, three-year-old Jeopardy
06:48questions like, you know, this animal has the longest neck.
06:52And then he'll buzz in and say, what is a giraffe?
06:54Look at that.
06:55Looks like we'll be seeing him on this stage at some point.
06:57Be very proud.
06:58Right now, you have control of the board, Aaron.
07:00Select again.
07:01Let's finish Caribbean, please.
07:03Around the Caribbean one more time.
07:05Ska and reggae both originated on this English-speaking isle.
07:09Melanie.
07:09What is Jamaica?
07:10Yes.
07:11Classical music, 400.
07:12Bugs Bunny's forays into opera include the use of the overture to this opera while massaging
07:18Elmer Fudd's head.
07:21Andrew?
07:22What is the Barber of Seville?
07:24It is.
07:25Mobile gaming for 800?
07:27Back to mobile gaming.
07:28The office fire drill will have to wait.
07:30My crewmates and I are looking for an imposter on our spaceship in this multiplayer game.
07:35Melanie.
07:35What is Among Us?
07:36Yes.
07:37TV show opening narration, 600.
07:40From 1960.
07:40You're traveling through another dimension.
07:43A dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind.
07:47Aaron?
07:47What's the Twilight Zone?
07:48Yes.
07:49TV show narration for 1,000.
07:51The name?
07:52Dr. Richard Kimball.
07:53The destination?
07:54Death Row State Prison.
07:56The irony?
07:57Richard Kimball is innocent.
07:58Aaron?
07:59What's the Fugitive?
08:00Good for 1,000.
08:01I-I for 600.
08:02It's how occupants of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue are expected to appear.
08:08Aaron?
08:08What's presidential?
08:09You got it.
08:10I-I for 400.
08:12If you tailgate, you might get cited for a moving this.
08:16Melanie?
08:16What is violation?
08:17Right.
08:18TV show narration, 400.
08:20One episode used.
08:22The following takes place between midnight and 1 a.m.
08:25Aaron?
08:25What's 24?
08:26Right.
08:26TV show narration, 200.
08:29In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous.
08:34Aaron?
08:35What's Law & Order SVU?
08:36That's the show.
08:37I-I?
08:39Adjective describing things that are exactly, precisely, completely the same.
08:44Andrew?
08:44What is identical?
08:46They are identical.
08:46You got it.
08:47Mobile gaming for 1,000.
08:49I'll literally never be done playing Temple Run.
08:52It's this two-word type where the character never stops moving forward.
08:59It's an endless or infinite runner.
09:02Andrew, back to you.
09:02Four clues left.
09:03Uh, Ho-Ho-Ho's Garden, 200.
09:05The New York Times counsels gardeners to wait until nights have reached 50 degrees to plant
09:10these vine-grown salad favorites.
09:12Aaron?
09:13Wear tomatoes?
09:13Correct.
09:14Classical music?
09:15Arthur Fiedler ended a July 4th, 1974 concert with this piece, including church bells and cannons,
09:21setting a standard.
09:23Aaron?
09:24What's the 1812 overture?
09:25That's right.
09:26Uh, 400?
09:27I'm not at my sister's wedding because I'm busy with WWF, not pro wrestling, but this
09:33word game that's similar to Scrabble.
09:36Aaron?
09:36What's Words with Friends?
09:37Yes.
09:38We'll finish off mobile gaming with this.
09:40Can't talk?
09:41I'm preoccupied with forming chains of brightly colored sweets in this popular puzzle game.
09:46Aaron?
09:46What's Candy Crush?
09:47Candy Crush is correct, and it means you'll have the lead at the end of the Jeopardy!
09:50round.
09:50Double Jeopardy!
09:51is up next.
09:52Melanie, you'll be selecting first.
09:53Back right after this.
09:57It's a close game, so the two Daily Doubles and the Double Jeopardy!
10:06round could prove important.
10:07Let's see the categories.
10:09We begin with World History.
10:12Then, the Play's the Thing.
10:14Followed by Critical Vase Theory.
10:17Asian Americans.
10:19Pop Culture Forecast.
10:20And finally, Caution.
10:23Word Construction Zone.
10:25Melanie, you're up first.
10:26Play is the Thing.
10:27$1,600.
10:28Answer.
10:29Daily Double right off the bat.
10:33You're in third place.
10:35With an opportunity here, Melanie.
10:36What's the wager?
10:37$3,800, please.
10:38All right, going for a true Daily Double.
10:39You'll have a $1,000 lead if you're right.
10:41Here's the clue.
10:432010's Clybourne Park starts with a white couple selling their home to the younger family of this great American play.
10:50What's a Raisin in the Sun?
10:51That's correct.
10:52You're in the lead.
10:56Play is the Thing.
10:57$2,000.
10:58Less than 20 years apart, Tony's went to Copenhagen about talks in wartime and this Nordic Capitol play about peace talks.
11:06Melanie.
11:07What is Oslo?
11:07That's the play.
11:08Play is the Thing.
11:09$1,200.
11:10A young Maggie Smith played Mistress Ford in this Shakespeare comedy at the Old Vic in 1959.
11:16Aaron.
11:16What's the Merry Wives of Windsor?
11:18Yes.
11:19World History for 16.
11:20A biography about this chief calls him the founder of the Zulu nation.
11:25Andrew.
11:26Who's Shaka?
11:26Correct.
11:27Let's do World History 2000.
11:28Answer.
11:29A Daily Double now for you, Andrew.
11:32Let's make a true Daily Double.
11:33You already know.
11:34You want to go all in?
11:35Yeah, sure.
11:36All right.
11:37Go big or go home.
11:38Here's your clue in world history.
11:41In the 19th century, a group of Irish radicals and a group of U.S. coal miners agitating for better conditions shared this feminine name.
11:49What is Molly Maguire's?
11:54Molly Maguire's is correct.
11:57Wow.
12:00You're in the lead, Andrew.
12:02World History 1200?
12:03After making it over the Alps, this general lost an eye during a jaunt through the marshes of the Arno in 217 B.C.
12:11Melanie.
12:12Who is Hannibal?
12:13You got it.
12:13World History 800.
12:15Planes called Ocas or Cherry Blossoms were used by these suicidal units during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944.
12:22Andrew?
12:23We're a kamikaze.
12:24That's right.
12:25Asian Americans 1200?
12:27She doesn't just dress brides.
12:29This fashion designer came up with a look for the Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders in 2003 and 2013.
12:36Melanie.
12:36Who is Vera Wang?
12:37Right.
12:37Pop culture forecast 1600.
12:40Like the band Glass Animals, your weatherman admits, these been faking me out, but real ones will happen in summer.
12:47Melanie.
12:47What are heat waves?
12:48Yes.
12:49Pop culture forecast 2000.
12:50The wind is out of the west, north, every direction at zero miles per hour, per the title of this 1989 Nicole Kidman boating thriller.
13:00Aaron?
13:00What's Dead Calm?
13:01That's the movie.
13:03Vase Theory for 16.
13:05The ancient Greeks used this two-handled type of vase for storing food and wine.
13:09The Dipolon one is considered a masterpiece.
13:12Andrew?
13:13What's the name?
13:13Fora?
13:14Right.
13:14Critical Vase Theory 2000?
13:15Soldier Vases are so called after a 1717 Vases for Soldiers exchange by Poland's Augustus II and Friedrich Wilhelm of this Germanic land.
13:25Aaron?
13:26What's Prussia?
13:27Good for 2000.
13:28Vase Theory 12.
13:29Iridescent Favril vases are among the most coveted collectibles by this Art Nouveau glassmaker.
13:35Andrew?
13:36Who's Tiffany?
13:37It is.
13:37Let's try Asian American 1600.
13:40Key and David Filo were grad students at Stanford when they started what became Yahoo.
13:45Andrew?
13:46Who's Yang?
13:46It is Jerry Yang.
13:48Asian American 2000?
13:49Born in Vietnam, this writer had his novel The Emperor of Gladness selected for Oprah's book club.
13:56Melanie?
13:57Who's Vuong?
13:58It is Ocean Vuong.
13:59Pop culture forecast 1200.
14:01The forecast says no rain coming to the town of dirt in a 2011 movie.
14:06But what is coming is this chameleon voiced by Johnny Depp.
14:10Aaron?
14:10Who's Rango?
14:11That's him.
14:12Pop culture 8.
14:13Looks like a downpour is coming on the wedding day of Axl Rose and Stephanie Seymour in this music video.
14:19Aaron?
14:19What's November rain?
14:20Good.
14:21World history 4.
14:23The first recorded labor strike went down in this empire's new kingdom around 1160 BC.
14:28The workers wanted their bread and beer.
14:31Andrew?
14:31What is Egypt?
14:32Yep.
14:32Let's try word construction zone 2000.
14:35Soft bird plumage plus members of a play equals this describing a look of dejection.
14:42Aaron?
14:42What's downcast?
14:43Down plus cast, right.
14:45Word construction for 16.
14:48Cautionary golf yell plus dark image caused by the sun equals this, something an author does.
14:55Melanie?
14:55What is foreshadow?
14:56You got it.
14:57Word construction 1200.
14:59Type of corvid plus place where a mixologist works equals this prying tool.
15:05Andrew?
15:05What is a crowbar?
15:06Yes.
15:07Let's try word construction 800.
15:08Shakespeare wrote all the world is one plus a sports team leader equals this transport.
15:15Melanie?
15:15What's a stagecoach?
15:16Right.
15:17Play as the thing 800.
15:18Here's some literary tri-via.
15:21It was where three roads met that the title character of this ancient play killed his own
15:25father.
15:26Melanie?
15:26Who's Oedipus?
15:28Oedipus Rex.
15:28That's the play, yes.
15:30Play as the thing 400.
15:31In Pygmalion, the Doolittle family has trouble with the H's in the name of this professor.
15:37Andrew?
15:37Henry Higgins.
15:38Yes.
15:38Let's do Asian Americans 800.
15:40The daughter of Indian immigrants, she served in her state's house of representatives from
15:442005 to 2010.
15:46Aaron?
15:47Who's Haley?
15:47Right.
15:48Vase Theory 8.
15:49This pottery maker's meticulous copies of the first century Portland vase seen here are
15:55almost as famous as the original.
15:57Melanie?
15:58Who's Wedgwood?
15:59You are correct.
16:00Pop Culture Forecast 400.
16:01It's not just a regular pea super.
16:04There's a lethal fog coming for London in season one of this royal Netflix show.
16:09Melanie?
16:09What's The Crown?
16:10That's the show.
16:11Asian Americans 400.
16:13This cellist performs in the great outdoors for his project called Our Common Nature.
16:18Melanie?
16:18Who's Yo-Yo Ma?
16:19Correct.
16:19You just tied it up.
16:20Word Construction Zone 400.
16:23Got up from bed plus Mother of Jesus equals this herb.
16:27Melanie?
16:27What's Rosemary?
16:28For the lead.
16:29Here's the final clue in Critical Vase Theory.
16:31The ancient Roman Warwick vase was the model for the men's trophy at this tennis event,
16:36the first grand slam of the calendar year.
16:39Melanie?
16:40What's Wimbledon?
16:41No.
16:42Aaron?
16:43What's the Australian Open?
16:44It is the Australian Open.
16:46And what that means is that Andrew and Melanie are tied.
16:49Oh, jeez.
16:49As we go into Final Jeopardy today.
16:51And even third place has 17,000.
16:53What a game.
16:54Here is the Final Jeopardy category that will decide things.
16:57Holiday Songs.
16:58You will not want to miss this finale.
17:00Stay tuned.
17:00Not a creature is stirring as we head into Final Jeopardy with a tie score.
17:13Here's the clue in the category Holiday Songs.
17:16In an early draft, this title line was followed by It May Be Your Last, but Judy Garland refused
17:22to sing it that way.
17:2430 seconds.
17:25Good luck.
17:25Let's see.
17:27Thank you so much.
17:29Let's do it.
17:30Let's get it.
17:30Let's get it.
17:31Let's get it.
17:32We'll begin with Aaron Himmel in third place with $17,000.
17:59What holiday song did you come up with, Aaron?
18:01Aaron, what is have yourself a merry little Christmas?
18:05And that is correct.
18:06Originally a much darker lyric.
18:07What did you wager, Aaron?
18:10Zero wager leaves you at $17,000.
18:12Let's see if it pays off for you.
18:13Andrew Wong in the middle with $20,400.
18:16What did he write down?
18:17Is it have yourself a merry little Christmas?
18:19So close.
18:20Have a holly jolly Christmas, a different carol.
18:23What did you wager, Andrew?
18:25He bet all of it he had to in a tie game.
18:27That will drop him down to zero.
18:29So it comes down to Melanie Hirsch with $20,400.
18:32Does she have it right?
18:33Have yourself a merry little Christmas?
18:35She got it.
18:36What did she wager?
18:37She wagered everything as well.
18:39It would have been a tie game, but instead Melanie Hirsch makes it to $40,800 and advances to
18:45this week's Jeopardy!
18:46Second Chance Final.
18:47Second Chance Final.
18:48What a great game, you three.
18:49Thanks for being here.
18:50And this week's final begins tomorrow.
18:52We'll see you then.
18:53Thanks for watching.
19:23We'll see you then.
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