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Jeopardy! - Season 2025 Episode 227 -
S41 Second Chance Tournament Group 2 Final Game 1
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00:00Second Chance!
00:05Introducing our Second Chance finalists.
00:09A writer and comedian from West Hollywood, California, Guy Branham.
00:14A tutor originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, Michelle Sine.
00:20And an attorney from Silver Spring, Maryland, Melanie Hirsch.
00:25And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings.
00:32Thank you, Johnny Gilbert. Welcome to Jeopardy.
00:35If you're tuning in with your family on this holiday,
00:38I think you are about to open a great Christmas gift of a game
00:40because we have three incredible players and newly crowned champions
00:44back to compete in this week's final.
00:46They've already proved they were worthy of a Second Chance.
00:49Now they're hoping to move on to the next level, Champions Wildcard.
00:52Good luck, players.
00:53Let's get right into this Game 1 of a two-day final
00:56with these categories for you in the Jeopardy! round.
00:59We have History on TV, then On the Bookshelf,
01:04followed by Fast Food, Give Me a Ring,
01:08the movies, and finally, Homo Nimbly Yours.
01:13Melanie, the first selection is yours.
01:15On the Bookshelf, 800, please.
01:17This 1949 novel features a daily rally called The Two Minutes Hate
01:21in which party members vent anger at their enemies.
01:25Guy.
01:25What is 1984?
01:26Correct.
01:27History on TV for 800.
01:29Some thought TV undercovered the USA's longest war,
01:33but cameras caught the final departure in 2021
01:36from this capital's airport.
01:38Melanie.
01:39What is Hanoi?
01:40No.
01:41Michelle.
01:41What is Kabul?
01:42In Afghanistan, yes.
01:43On the Bookshelf, 1,000.
01:45In this Alice Sebold novel,
01:47a murder victim keeps watch over her family,
01:49her killer, and the detective trying to solve the case.
01:53Melanie.
01:53What is the lovely bones?
01:54That's right.
01:55Out of the hole for you.
01:56On the Bookshelf, 600.
01:57Answer.
01:57A daily double.
02:01You're back in positive territory.
02:03Good to see.
02:04And you can wager up to 1,000 here.
02:051,000, please.
02:06For 1,200, then, if you're right,
02:08here's a clue for you in On the Bookshelf.
02:11Anthony Swafford's experiences in the first Gulf War
02:14led to his memoir called This,
02:16also the nickname of a Marine.
02:17What is Jarhead?
02:18Jarhead is the book, yes.
02:20You're in the lead with 1,200.
02:23History on TV, 600.
02:25With the world watching,
02:26these two countries put on a rare united front,
02:29walking under a single flag at the 2000 Olympics.
02:32Guy.
02:33Woodrow, North and South Korea.
02:34Yes.
02:35History on TV for 1,000.
02:37Millions learned what sexual harassment is
02:39from the 1991 hearings
02:41when this woman accused Clarence Thomas of it.
02:44Guy.
02:44Who is Hill.
02:45Anita Hill is right for 1,000.
02:47Fast food for 600.
02:48If you're craving Mexican food,
02:50try this spot's Cravings Value menu,
02:53replete with offerings like cheesy Fiesta potatoes.
02:56Michelle.
02:56What is Taco Bell?
02:57Correct.
02:58Fast food for 800.
03:00There's treasure to be had for you and your parrot
03:02at this dining spot,
03:04including the fish and shrimp platter with hushpuppies.
03:07Melanie.
03:07What is Long John Silver's?
03:08Yes.
03:09Fast food, 1,000.
03:12The queso guacamole chicken burrito
03:14is just part of the insanity
03:15at this restaurant with a Spanish name.
03:18Melanie.
03:18What is El Pollo Loco?
03:20Another 1,000 for you.
03:21Give me a ring, 800.
03:23A series of concentric, dark and bright circles
03:26made by the interference of light
03:27are rings named for this 17th century British scientist.
03:31Melanie.
03:32Who is Newton?
03:33Yes.
03:34Give me a ring, 600.
03:35E-Ring is the only one with exterior views
03:39in this building that has six zip codes of its own.
03:42Michelle.
03:42What's the Pentagon?
03:43You got it.
03:44Give me a ring, 1,000.
03:46Wagner finished hitting for the ring cycle
03:48with this opera in which Valhalla burns.
03:51Melanie.
03:51What is Twilight of the Gods?
03:52Yes.
03:53Goethe demmerung.
03:54That's why I said it in English.
03:55The movie's 800.
03:57Unlike in the novel,
03:58James Caan's character Paul Sheldon
04:00gets to keep both of his hobbled feet in this film.
04:03Guy.
04:04What is Misery?
04:04Right.
04:05The movie's for 1,000.
04:07Dustin Hoffman played the roles of Michael Dorsey
04:09and Dorothy Michaels in this film
04:11but only got one Oscar nomination for it.
04:14Guy.
04:14What is Tootsie?
04:15Right.
04:16The movie's for 600.
04:18Rolling Stone named this Spike Lee film
04:20in which he played Mookie
04:21the greatest movie of the 1980s.
04:24Melanie.
04:24What is Do the Right Thing?
04:25That's right.
04:26He acted and directed in it.
04:275,400 for you means you're in the lead
04:29as we come to our first break.
04:30We'll be right back
04:31with more of these Jeopardy! Second Chance finals
04:33in just a moment.
04:39Guy Branham is a writer and comedian
04:41from West Hollywood.
04:43And Guy, have you been keeping up at all
04:44with your fellow Jeopardy! competitors?
04:46Yes, the community that I've been introduced to
04:48by Jeopardy! has been really great
04:50but one of the best parts is
04:52I've been touring with a solo show
04:53and I was recently up in Portland
04:54and Mike Dawson, the guy who beat me
04:56actually came to the show to say
04:58I really hope you get into Second Chance
05:00because he and the other guy on our episode
05:02are both making it to Tournament of Champions.
05:03He was like, you deserve to be there.
05:05And I thought that was very sweet.
05:06The guy who beat you came to your show?
05:07Yes.
05:08And did he heckle?
05:09No, no, no.
05:09I made fun of him from the stage.
05:11I asked him a very hard question from the stage
05:13and then he had nothing.
05:14And I was like, ha ha.
05:15See?
05:16Yes, but it was really lovely.
05:18There you go.
05:19Level the plague field.
05:20Yes.
05:20I like becoming a comedian out of revenge for Jeopardy!
05:22That's a good idea.
05:23That's the only reason people do it.
05:25Michelle Tsai is a tutor originally from Honolulu.
05:28When you won your semifinal game
05:30there was a big outcry in our audience.
05:31You have some fans here, right?
05:33Yes, I have my friend Rachel
05:35and my mom in the back row there
05:37and then my dad on the left,
05:39my husband on the right
05:40and my grandpa in the middle
05:41and he came all the way from Honolulu, Hawaii
05:44and he's 96 years old.
05:4596-year-old grandpa is here.
05:48And he's still the smartest, sharpest one in the family.
05:50Smartest one in the family.
05:51Yes.
05:52Wow.
05:52A mile mile.
05:53And you've got a Jeopardy! champ in the family.
05:54That's a pretty good testimonial, sir.
05:56Melanie Hirsch is our final finalist,
05:58an attorney from Silver Spring, Maryland.
06:00By total coincidence, in your governmental job,
06:04you work with some Jeopardy! champions.
06:06Is that right?
06:06That's right.
06:07So the very first head of the agency,
06:08the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,
06:10was Rich Cordray,
06:11who was a five-time champion in the 80s.
06:14One of my close colleagues was on last year
06:16and recent champion Tom Devlin
06:19is a current colleague of mine.
06:21The last 10 months or so
06:22have been very fraught for all of us at the CFPB.
06:24We've been fired multiple times, rehired.
06:27And you got rehired here for your Jeopardy! job.
06:29Exactly.
06:30You got a second chance here.
06:31And I hope you get a second chance at the CFPB as well.
06:34You have control of the board right now, Melanie.
06:35Um, hominimbly yours for $600.
06:38A great result after a horseshoe throw.
06:41It can also refer to someone sneakily brought into a game
06:43who's way better than most.
06:45Michelle.
06:46What's a ringer?
06:46Yes.
06:47Hominimbly yours for $800.
06:49In one sense, it means to squander.
06:52In another, it's a deep-fried corn treat
06:54familiar to Southern cuisine.
06:58What is a fritter or to fritter?
07:01Michelle?
07:01Hominimbly yours, $1,000.
07:03It can refer to cutting something into two parts.
07:05Say, with an axe or to cling together.
07:09Michelle?
07:09What is cleave?
07:10That's right.
07:11Hominimbly yours, $400.
07:13As a noun, it's a breed of cold-weather pooch.
07:16As an adjective, it can refer to one's burly physique.
07:19Guy.
07:20But it's husky.
07:21Yes.
07:21The movie's for $400.
07:23In this film and its sequel, Emily Blunt plays a mom who keeps her kids safe while not having
07:28a whole lot to say aloud.
07:30Michelle?
07:31What's a quiet place?
07:32That's right.
07:33Hominimbly yours, $200.
07:34As a verb, it means to grow weary.
07:37As a noun, it refers to a part of your car.
07:40Melanie?
07:40What is tire?
07:41Yes.
07:42The movie's $200.
07:44Liam Neeson plays Frank Drebin Jr., son of Leslie Nielsen's character, in the 2025 version
07:49of this film.
07:50Guy?
07:51What is the naked gun?
07:52That's the film.
07:53History on TV, $400.
07:54America learned of this disaster from Al Michaels and Tim McCarver, covering the World Series
07:59at Candlestick Park in 1989.
08:04It was an earthquake, the Loma Prieta earthquake.
08:07Guy, back to you.
08:08History on TV for $200.
08:10On November 24th, 1963, in Dallas, Jack Ruby shot this man dead on live television.
08:17Guy?
08:17Who's Oswald?
08:18Yes.
08:19Fast food for $400.
08:20In 1980, this fast food chain literally blew up its clown mascot, who'd be replaced by a guy
08:26with a giant ping pong ball head.
08:28Michelle?
08:28What's Jack in the Box?
08:29Correct.
08:30On the Bookshelf, $400.
08:32This man's ghost shows up in a Christmas carol to warn his ex-partner about the error of his
08:37ways.
08:38Guy?
08:38Who's Marley?
08:39Yes.
08:40Give me a ring for $400.
08:41I went down, down, down to this seismic belt in the Pacific.
08:45It's 25,000 miles of volcanoes and such.
08:48Michelle?
08:49What's the ring of fire?
08:50The burning ring of fire.
08:51Give me a ring, $200.
08:53Idiomatically, before you threw in the towel when you quit, you threw this object in the ring
08:57when you entered the contest.
08:59Guy?
09:00What is your hat?
09:00Yes.
09:01Fast food, please.
09:02This restaurant makes the impossible possible with its plant-based Impossible Whopper, which
09:07you can have your way, of course.
09:09Guy?
09:10What is Burger King?
09:10That's right.
09:11The last clue comes to us on the bookshelf.
09:14This prolific French author's many adventure tales include From the Earth to the Moon and
09:18In Search of the Castaways.
09:20Guy?
09:20Who's Verne?
09:21That's right, Jules Verne.
09:22You are leading in a very close game.
09:24Three strong players, as I predicted.
09:26Let's see what happens in Double Jeopardy.
09:27That comes up right after this.
09:29Our finalists are off to a great start.
09:39Let's see what categories we have under the tree for them in Double Jeopardy.
09:42First up, people and places.
09:45Then, the Kaiser's College of Musical Knowledge.
09:49Followed by science and nature, playing the numbers, comedians on TV, and finally, in the
09:56sixth spot, tough eight-letter words.
09:59Michelle Tsai, you select first.
10:00Let's do science and nature for 16.
10:03The song of this bird, a symbol of North Dakota, goes chup and wheat.
10:09Michelle?
10:10What is the Western Meadowlark?
10:11It is.
10:12Science and nature for 2000.
10:15It's the last phase of both mitosis and meiosis.
10:18Guy?
10:19What is division?
10:20No.
10:22Melanie or Michelle?
10:23What is telephase?
10:25Michelle, you're up next.
10:26Science and nature for 1200.
10:28This bloodsucker is also known as the tick-tick fly.
10:31Michelle?
10:32What's the tsetse?
10:34Yes, the tsetse fly.
10:35Playing the numbers, 1200.
10:37Counting up from one, it's the first prime number made up of consecutive digits.
10:42Michelle?
10:43What's 11?
10:43No.
10:46Oh, consecutive.
10:48Consecutive digits means 23.
10:50Michelle, back to you.
10:51Playing the numbers for 16.
10:52Answer.
10:53Bailey double.
10:55You have taken over the lead, Michelle.
10:59How much do you want to risk in playing the numbers?
11:01Let's do 6,400.
11:02Okay.
11:04It's a bold move.
11:06Let's see if it works out.
11:07Here's your clue in playing the numbers.
11:10A readjustment of the frontiers of Italy was ninth on a list totaling this number of proposals
11:15in 1918.
11:17What is 14?
11:18The 14 points of Woodrow Wilson doubles you up to 12,800.
11:24Select again.
11:26Kaiser's College of Musical Knowledge for 1,200.
11:30Near where the mine and the Rhine combine is this city, where Wilhelm I enjoyed Don Giovanni
11:36to open a new opera house in 1880.
11:39Melanie?
11:39What's Vienna?
11:40No.
11:41Michelle or Guy?
11:43That's Frankfurt on the mine.
11:45Michelle?
11:46Musical Knowledge, 16.
11:48His Kaiserwaltzer, or Emperor Waltz, celebrates the amity between two Kaisers, Wilhelm II and Franz
11:54Josef, Melanie?
11:57Who's Haydn?
11:58No.
11:59Michelle?
12:00Who's Strauss?
12:00Can you be more specific?
12:01Strauss II?
12:03Yes, Johann Strauss II.
12:04Musical Knowledge for 2,000.
12:06In 1896, Wilhelm II sent this newish orchestra of his capital city to Russia for the coronation
12:13of Nicholas II.
12:15Guy?
12:15What is Berlin?
12:16Can you give us more?
12:17Berlin, Prussia?
12:19No.
12:20Michelle?
12:21It was Berlin Philharmonic?
12:22Yes, we needed the orchestra.
12:23People and Places for 1,200.
12:25The answer there, the other Daily Double in the round.
12:31Michelle, you now have a pretty big lead.
12:33Let's do 3,000.
12:35All right, she's going for 19,400 in People and Places.
12:39Outside of India, Canada has one of the largest populations of followers of this religion,
12:44founded by Guru Nanak.
12:45What is Sikhism?
12:46Yes, you add 3,000.
12:48Who's playing the numbers for 2,000?
12:54In newspaper production speak, this number was used to indicate the end of an article.
13:03What is 30?
13:04Michelle?
13:05Science and Nature, 800.
13:07The first part of this organ in humans is called the duodenum.
13:11Guy?
13:11What is a small intestine?
13:12Right.
13:13Comedians on TV for 2,000.
13:15Louis Anderson won an Emmy for playing Christine, the patient mom of Chip and Dale on this show.
13:21Melanie?
13:21What is buckets?
13:22No.
13:24Michelle?
13:24What is baskets?
13:25It's called baskets.
13:26Tough eight-letter words for 2,000.
13:29F is for this type of person prone to weaving amazing tales for an audience.
13:33Or he could just be a liar.
13:35Melanie?
13:35What is a fabulist?
13:36That's right.
13:38Eight-letter word, 1,600.
13:39This synonym for a bog also refers to any situation you find it hard to extricate yourself from.
13:45Michelle?
13:46What's quagmire?
13:47Right.
13:48Tough eight-letter words, 1,200.
13:50As an adjective, it can mean not concrete or specific.
13:53As a noun, it's a summary of a technical article.
13:57Guy?
13:57What is abstract?
13:58You got it.
14:00Comedians for 16, please.
14:01Her Netflix special, I'm Every Woman, helped lead to a streaming sitcom from Chuck Lorre Productions.
14:07Guy?
14:08Who is Leanne Morgan?
14:08It is.
14:09Comedians on TV for 1,200.
14:11He closed the show on the Kings of Comedy tour before getting his own sitcom as a sometimes abrasive uncle.
14:18Guy?
14:18Who is Bernie Mac?
14:19That's right.
14:20Comedians on TV for 800.
14:22He brought a certain glow to his role as wrestling show director Sam Sylvia.
14:27Guy?
14:27Who is Marin?
14:28Marc Maron is right.
14:29Comedians on TV for 400, please.
14:30You found your category.
14:32Both featuring stand-ups, EHC is Everybody Hates Chris, and ELR is this sitcom that ran for nine seasons.
14:39Guy?
14:40What is Everybody Loves Rain?
14:41It is.
14:42People and Places for 2000.
14:44The John Randall Center, a lively and colorful museum in Lagos, celebrates the history and culture of this people.
14:51Guy?
14:51Who are the people of Nigeria?
14:53The Igbo of Nigeria?
14:54No.
14:57Who are the Yoruba?
14:58Back to you, Guy.
14:59People and Places for 1600.
15:02Tenzing Norgay, a member of this mountain-dwelling group, was right there on Everest's peak with Hillary.
15:08Melanie?
15:09There are Sherpas?
15:10Yes.
15:11People and Places, 800.
15:13A Sabra is a native of this country.
15:15Michelle?
15:16What is Israel?
15:18Yes.
15:19People and Places, 400.
15:20After European, New Zealand's largest ethnic group, at 17% of the population, is this indigenous people.
15:27Melanie?
15:28What are the Maori?
15:29That's right.
15:30Eight-letter words, 800.
15:32Sometimes you pour wine into one of these vessels to help deal with the sediment inside.
15:37Melanie?
15:38What's a decanter?
15:38Correct.
15:39Eight-letter words, 400.
15:41Not the cherubim, but this other order of angels that guards God's throne has a name related
15:46to Hebrew for to burn.
15:49Melanie?
15:49What are seraphim?
15:50Yes.
15:51Playing the numbers, 800.
15:53This is your score in a perfect game of ten-pin bowling.
15:57Guy?
15:58What is 300?
15:59Right.
16:00Kaiser's College for 800.
16:01John Philip Sousa said,
16:03Wilhelm II's favorite march was this Sousa one, whose Latin title is the Marine Corps' motto.
16:10Michelle?
16:11What is Semper Fidelis?
16:14Correct.
16:16Playing the numbers, 400.
16:18Four score and seven years ago is this many years ago, which would have been a much less memorable
16:22way of putting it.
16:24Guy?
16:24What is 87?
16:25Yes.
16:26Science and Nature for 400.
16:28Argon 40 is an example of this, one form of a chemical element.
16:32Guy?
16:33What is an isotope?
16:34Yes.
16:34One more clue from the Kaiser's College of Musical Knowledge.
16:37Dedicated to Wilhelm I, Brahms' Triumph lead from 1872 celebrates the German victory over
16:44this nation.
16:45Guy?
16:45What is France?
16:46Yes, the Franco-Prussian War.
16:47So you are in second place at the end of the double jeopardy round with 8,000.
16:51Michelle has a big lead, but remember, this is a two-game total point affair.
16:55So this is not over after today's game.
16:57Let's see what the Final Jeopardy! category will be.
17:0018th Century Literature.
17:02We'll pause for a moment, and then we'll come back and see the clue.
17:08We are going back centuries into the past with our Final Jeopardy! category today, 18th
17:12Century Lit.
17:13Here's the clue.
17:15In this work, the boys and girls would venture to come and play at hide-and-seek in my hair.
17:2130 seconds.
17:22Good luck.
17:22Go, Santiago!
17:22Good luck.
17:23Good luck.
17:24Good luck.
17:27Good luck.
17:28Melanie Hirsch had $6,000 coming into Final Jeopardy in Game 1.
17:56What book did you think of Melanie?
17:59What is Gulliver's Travels?
18:01Yes, the boys and girls were little tiny Lilliputians playing in Gulliver's hair.
18:05So you're going to add to that $6,000.
18:07In fact, you will double it. $6,000 takes you to $12,000.
18:11Guy Branham was in second place with $8,000 today.
18:14Did he think of Gulliver's hair?
18:16He does have Gulliver's Travels.
18:18What did you wager Guy?
18:20Also, Olivet, another aggressive wager.
18:22So you have $16,000.
18:24Michelle Tsai had a big lead with $24,600 after finding the Daily Doubles and doing very well.
18:29Does she have Gulliver's Travels?
18:31Oh, what is Rapunzel?
18:33How much did you wager, Michelle?
18:35Ah, a conservative wager. $5,400 takes you down to $19,200.
18:39So this is going to be a very interesting Game 2 tomorrow.
18:42Everybody is going to start off with a great score.
18:44We will be adding these scores to what you earned at the end of tomorrow's game to determine our winner.
18:49Be right here tomorrow to see the end of this Jeopardy! Second Chance Final.
18:53And Merry Christmas.
18:54Thank you very much.
18:55Yes, my name is��.
18:56Boss realities with a frightening tournament
19:00So this is the day now I'm just wondering if people tend to see the end of this year as well.
19:06I'm going to have to retire today and it's really a lovely weekend.
19:10I have gone to Bill Mayer for purchase, and I'm actually doing a thousand years ago
19:14What would we make America?
19:15What are you doing?
19:16Is that a long time ago you asked anything I'd rather eat.
19:17You dud or mountains?
19:18Yes, sir.
19:20Yes, sir.
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