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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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00:00Second Chance!
00:04Let's meet our next group of Second Chance contestants.
00:09An attorney from Silver Spring, Maryland, Melanie Hirsch.
00:13A medical student from Unetka, Illinois, Andrew Wong.
00:18And a stay-at-home dad, originally from Long Island, New York, Aaron Himmel.
00:24And now, here is the host of Jeopardy, Ken Jennings.
00:31Thank you, Johnny Gilbert, and welcome back to Jeopardy.
00:35It's the night before Christmas, and three Second Chancers have gathered with fear
00:38in hopes that a first Jeopardy victory soon will be here.
00:42Welcome and good luck to Aaron, Andrew, and Melanie.
00:45Happy Jeopardy round to all, and to all a good game.
00:48Let's see what categories we have for you in the first round.
00:50First, we're headed around the Caribbean.
00:55Then, classical music.
00:57Followed by, ho, ho, ho, let's garden.
01:01Go away, I'm mobile gaming.
01:04Followed by, from the TV show's opening narration.
01:07And finally, an I for an I.
01:10Each response will have within it a sequence of a letter I,
01:13then four other letters, then another I.
01:15Aaron, you select first.
01:16Ken, let's go with your favorite category, ho, ho, ho, for 800.
01:19Finally, it's my time.
01:20I had to.
01:21Put some wide tape on the underside of your hand,
01:24sticky side out, and pat the leaves to help get rid of this insect.
01:28Melanie.
01:28What are aphids?
01:29Yes.
01:30Uh, ho, ho, ho, a thousand.
01:32From the Greek for water work,
01:34this type of soilless gardening can be done indoors
01:37using nutrients and solution.
01:39Andrew.
01:39What's hydroponics?
01:40Right.
01:41Uh, let's do classical music, 600.
01:43Mozart himself gave this catchy piece its name.
01:49Aaron.
01:49What's Aine Kline and Nock music?
01:51Yes, a little night music.
01:52Uh, Caribbean for 800.
01:54Characterized by steep cliffs and large bays,
01:57Martinique is part of this lesser group of islands.
02:01Andrew.
02:01What are the Antilles?
02:02Right.
02:03Classical music, 800.
02:03It's the French name of a 1905 orchestral set by Debussy that describes different moods
02:09of the sea.
02:11Andrew.
02:11What's Le Maire?
02:12Correct.
02:12Uh, let's do classical 1,000.
02:14We're getting bach to basics in this 48-part work with a keyboard instrument in its name,
02:19exploring all the major and minor keys.
02:22Melanie.
02:23What is the well-tempered clavier?
02:24Good for 1,000.
02:25I for an I-800.
02:26The MIT school of this offers degrees in the biological, chemical, and mechanical types.
02:33Andrew.
02:34What is engineering?
02:35Right.
02:35Ho, ho, ho.
02:36It's Garden 600.
02:37Back to ho, ho, ho.
02:38Use this organic or inorganic soil cover to reduce water loss and against extreme temps.
02:44But don't pile it on stems.
02:46It'll rot them.
02:47Melanie.
02:47What is mulch?
02:48That is mulch.
02:49Uh, around the Caribbean, 1,000.
02:51The Caribbean Sea's greatest depth is found in this 25,000-foot-deep trench bearing the
02:56name of an alligator relative.
02:58Andrew.
02:59What is Cayman?
03:00Yes, the Cayman Trench.
03:01Mobile gaming for 600?
03:04Sorry to miss your birthday.
03:05I'm slicing produce with my finger in this game and plan to play indefinitely or until I
03:10hit a bomb.
03:11Aaron.
03:12What's Fruit Ninja?
03:12Yeah, that takes me back.
03:14From TV Shows Opening Narration for 800.
03:17There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people.
03:20Psychopaths and mystery writers.
03:23Aaron.
03:23What's Murder, She Wrote?
03:24No.
03:25Andrew or Melanie?
03:28From the start of Castle.
03:30Back to you, Aaron.
03:31Caribbean for 600.
03:32Answer.
03:33A Daily Double.
03:37You have $400, but you can wager up to 1,000.
03:40I'll do 1,000.
03:40You'll have 1,400 if you're right.
03:42In fact, your category is around the Caribbean, Aaron.
03:45Split between two nations, this island has the largest population of any Caribbean isle.
03:50About 21 million.
03:51What's Hispaniola?
03:52It is Hispaniola.
03:53It is Hispaniola.
03:54Taking you to 1,400.
03:57What are you now?
03:59Caribbean for 400.
04:01Even on the U.S. these islands, such as St. John, remember, you'll be driving on the left
04:05side of the road.
04:06Melanie.
04:07What are the Virgin Islands?
04:08Right.
04:09Ho, ho, ho, 400.
04:11In the fall, six weeks before the ground freezes, plant these bulbs and tiptoe through them
04:15in the spring.
04:17Melanie.
04:17What are lilacs?
04:18No.
04:19Aaron.
04:20What are tulips?
04:20Tiptoe through the tulips.
04:22Aye, aye for 1,000.
04:24The settlement of a dispute according to the judgment of an agreed-upon third party.
04:29Aaron.
04:29What's arbitration?
04:30Arbitration is right.
04:31Yes.
04:31You make a move into second place with that correct response.
04:34And you brought us to our first break.
04:36Jeopardy!
04:36Second Chance will continue in just a moment.
04:46Melanie Hirsch is back with us from Silver Spring, Maryland.
04:48She's an attorney.
04:49And Melanie, I understand when you were first on the show, it turned out to be an eventful
04:53morning in real life, right?
04:54That's right.
04:55So I work at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is a federal agency that Congress
04:59set up after the financial crisis to make sure that Americans are protected when they
05:03take out a mortgage or get a credit card.
05:05The agency's only been open for about 14 years, but in that time, we've gotten $21 billion
05:10back to consumers who were harmed.
05:12Wow.
05:12Well done.
05:13The morning of my tape day, I woke up, I checked my work email, and there was a message
05:17from the head of the agency that said, essentially, CFPB, we're shutting you down, you're done.
05:23And then I turned off my phone so I could come tape Jeopardy.
05:26Play Jeopardy.
05:27I'm rooting for your agency.
05:29Andrew Wong is back with us, a medical student from Winnetka, Illinois.
05:33Where were you when you got the call inviting you to be on Jeopardy?
05:36I was in my apartment on a two-week break right before I was going to start a new rotation.
05:40So I get the call, I'm like, oh, this is really cool.
05:43I need to drop everything to try to figure out if I can get an excused absence for this.
05:47Right, you don't know if you can get out of your rotation, right?
05:48No, because I got to, you know, you need certain time, you got to travel.
05:51They say you have X amount of time.
05:52So I'm filling out this paperwork.
05:53I'm sending emails and panicking.
05:54I start driving to my campus to try to see if I can run into Dean.
05:57Day one, I actually, she's out at the office.
05:59And lo and behold, I get this email.
06:00I'm like, oh, thank God.
06:01Turns out it wouldn't be a problem involved.
06:03I'm just panicking here.
06:04So it's nice to just, you know, be able to escape the dreary, windowless parts of the hospital.
06:08Thank you, Dean Richards and Dr. Munchie.
06:10So Jeopardy is a good excuse.
06:11You get to leave the hospital for this.
06:13Yeah.
06:14So, you know, if you want to let me get a little more sunlight, yeah, let me on.
06:20Aaron Himmel is back with us, originally from Long Island.
06:22You're a stay-at-home dad, Aaron.
06:24And I understand you want your Jeopardy parents to be instructive for your kid as well.
06:28Yeah.
06:28You know, even though I lost the first time, it's a good lesson that you can go after your childhood dreams,
06:33because this was my childhood dream.
06:34So I'm happy that my son gets to see that.
06:36And, you know, he's really been a trooper in the study.
06:38You know, my wife, I can't give her enough credit for helping me doing flashcards and stuff like that.
06:42But we have to kind of use every moment.
06:45So some of that is mealtime.
06:46So he's been very patient in helping.
06:48You're studying during dinner.
06:49Yeah.
06:49And now he picks up a little spice container and we'll ask him, like, three-year-old Jeopardy questions,
06:53like, you know, this animal has the longest neck.
06:57And then he'll buzz in and say, what is a giraffe?
06:59Look at that.
07:00Looks like we'll be seeing him on this stage at some point.
07:02Be very proud.
07:03Right now, you have control of the board, Aaron.
07:05Select again.
07:06Let's finish Caribbean, please.
07:08Around the Caribbean one more time.
07:10Ska and reggae both originated on this English-speaking aisle.
07:14Melanie.
07:14What is Jamaica?
07:15Yes.
07:16Classical music, 400.
07:18Bugs Bunny's forays into opera include the use of the overture to this opera while massaging Elmer Fudd's head.
07:26Andrew?
07:27What is the Barber of Seville?
07:29It is.
07:30Mobile gaming for 800?
07:32Back to mobile gaming.
07:33The office fire drill will have to wait.
07:35My crewmates and I are looking for an imposter on our spaceship in this multiplayer game.
07:40Melanie.
07:40What is Among Us?
07:41Yes.
07:42TV show opening narration, 600.
07:45From 1960, you're traveling through another dimension.
07:48A dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind.
07:52Aaron?
07:52What's the Twilight Zone?
07:53Yes.
07:54TV show narration for 1,000.
07:56The name?
07:57Dr. Richard Kimball.
07:58The destination?
07:59Death Row, state prison.
08:01The irony?
08:02Richard Kimball is innocent.
08:03Aaron?
08:04What's The Fugitive?
08:05Good for 1,000.
08:06I-I for 600.
08:07It's how occupants of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue are expected to appear.
08:13Aaron?
08:13What's Presidential?
08:14You got it.
08:15I-I for 400.
08:17If you tailgate, you might get cited for a moving this.
08:21Melanie?
08:21What is Violation?
08:22Right.
08:23TV show narration, 400.
08:25One episode used, the following takes place between midnight and 1 a.m.
08:30Aaron?
08:30What's 24?
08:31Right.
08:32TV show narration, 200.
08:34In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous.
08:39Aaron?
08:40What's Law & Order SVU?
08:41That's the show.
08:42I-I?
08:44Adjective describing things that are exactly, precisely, completely the same.
08:49Andrew?
08:49What is identical?
08:51They are identical.
08:51You got it.
08:52Mobile gaming for 1,000.
08:54I'll literally never be done playing Temple Run.
08:57It's this two-word type where the character never stops moving forward.
09:04It's an endless or infinite runner.
09:07Andrew, back to you.
09:07Four clues left.
09:08Uh, Ho-Ho-Ho's Garden, 200.
09:10The New York Times counsels gardeners to wait until nights have reached 50 degrees to plant
09:15these vine-grown salad favorites.
09:17Aaron?
09:18We're tomatoes.
09:18Correct.
09:19Classical music.
09:20Arthur Fiedler ended a July 4th, 1974 concert with this piece, including church bells and cannons,
09:27setting a standard.
09:28Aaron?
09:29What's the 1812 overture?
09:30That's right.
09:31Uh, 400?
09:33I'm not at my sister's wedding because I'm busy with WWF, not pro wrestling, but this
09:38word game that's similar to Scrabble.
09:40Aaron?
09:41What's Words with Friends?
09:42Yes.
09:43We'll finish off mobile gaming with this.
09:45Can't talk.
09:46I'm preoccupied with forming chains of brightly colored sweets in this popular puzzle game.
09:51Aaron?
09:51What's Candy Crush?
09:52Candy Crush is correct, and it means you'll have the lead at the end of the Jeopardy! round.
09:55Double Jeopardy! is up next.
09:57Melanie, you'll be selecting first.
09:58Back right after this.
10:02It's a close game, so the two Daily Doubles and the Double Jeopardy! round could prove
10:11important.
10:12Let's see the categories.
10:14We begin with World History, then the Plays the Thing, followed by Critical Vase Theory,
10:22Asian Americans, Pop Culture Forecast, and finally, Caution, Word Construction Zone.
10:30Melanie, you're up first.
10:31Uh, Play is the Thing, $1,600.
10:33Answer.
10:34Daily Double right off the bat.
10:38You're in third place with an opportunity here, Melanie.
10:41What's the wager?
10:42$3,800, please.
10:43All right.
10:43Going for a true Daily Double, you'll have a $1,000 lead if you're right.
10:46Here's the clue.
10:482010's Clybourne Park starts with a white couple selling their home to the younger family of
10:54this great American play.
10:55What's a Raisin in the Sun?
10:56That's correct.
10:57You're in the lead.
11:01Play is the Thing, $2,000.
11:03Less than 20 years apart, Tony's went to Copenhagen about talks in wartime and this Nordic Capitol
11:09play about peace talks.
11:11Melanie.
11:12What is Oslo?
11:12That's the play.
11:13Play is the Thing, $1,200.
11:14A young Maggie Smith played Mistress Ford in this Shakespeare comedy at the Old Vic in 1959.
11:21Aaron?
11:21What's the Merry Wives of Windsor?
11:23Yes.
11:24World History for 16.
11:26A biography about this chief calls him the founder of the Zulu nation.
11:30Andrew.
11:31Who's Shaka?
11:31Correct.
11:32Let's do World History 2000.
11:33Answer.
11:34A Daily Double now for you, Andrew.
11:36Let's make a true Daily Double.
11:38You already know.
11:39You want to go all in?
11:40Yeah, sure.
11:41All right.
11:42Go big or go home.
11:43Here's your clue in world history.
11:46In the 19th century, a group of Irish radicals and a group of U.S. coal miners agitating for
11:51better conditions shared this feminine name.
11:55What is Molly Maguire's?
12:00Molly Maguire's is correct.
12:02Wow.
12:05You're in the lead, Andrew.
12:07Oh, it's World History 1200.
12:09After making it over the Alps, this general lost an eye during a jaunt through the marshes
12:14of the Arno in 217 B.C.
12:16Melanie.
12:17Who is Hannibal?
12:18You got it.
12:18World History 800.
12:20Planes called Okas, or Cherry Blossoms, were used by these suicidal units during the Battle
12:25of Leyte Gulf in 1944.
12:28Andrew?
12:28We're a kamikaze.
12:29That's right.
12:30Asian Americans 1200?
12:32She doesn't just dress brides.
12:34This fashion designer came up with a look for the Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders in 2003
12:39and 2013.
12:41Melanie.
12:41Who is Vera Wang?
12:42Right.
12:42Pop Culture Forecast 1600.
12:45Like the band Glass Animals, your weatherman admits,
12:48these been fakin' me out, but real ones will happen in summer.
12:52Melanie?
12:52What are heat waves?
12:53Yes.
12:54Pop Culture Forecast 2000.
12:56The wind is out of the west, north, every direction, at zero miles per hour, per the
13:01title of this 1989 Nicole Kidman boating thriller.
13:05Aaron?
13:05What's Dead Calm?
13:06That's the movie.
13:08Vase Theory for 16.
13:09The ancient Greeks used this two-handled type of vase for storing food and wine.
13:14The Dipolon one is considered a masterpiece.
13:17Andrew?
13:18What's the name?
13:18Fora?
13:19Right.
13:19Critical Vase Theory 2000.
13:21Soldier vases are so called after a 1717 Vases for Soldiers exchange by Poland's Augustus
13:27the second and Friedrich Wilhelm of this Germanic land.
13:31Aaron?
13:31What's Prussia?
13:32Good for 2000.
13:33Vase Theory 12.
13:35Iridescent Favril vases are among the most coveted collectibles by this Art Nouveau glassmaker.
13:41Andrew?
13:41Who's Tiffany?
13:42It is.
13:42Let's try Asian American 1600.
13:45Key and David Filo were grad students at Stanford when they started what became Yahoo.
13:50Andrew?
13:51Who's Yang?
13:51It is Jerry Yang.
13:53Asian American 2000?
13:54Born in Vietnam, this writer had his novel The Emperor of Gladness selected for Oprah's
13:59book club.
14:01Melanie?
14:02Who's Vuong?
14:03It is Ocean Vuong.
14:04Pop culture forecast 1200.
14:06The forecast says no rain coming to the town of dirt in a 2011 movie.
14:11But what is coming is this chameleon voiced by Johnny Depp.
14:15Aaron?
14:15Who's Rango?
14:16That's him.
14:17Pop culture 8.
14:18Looks like a downpour is coming on the wedding day of Axl Rose and Stephanie Seymour in this
14:23music video.
14:24Aaron?
14:24What's November rain?
14:25Good.
14:26World history 4.
14:28The first recorded labor strike went down in this empire's new kingdom around 1160 BC.
14:33The workers wanted their bread and beer.
14:36Andrew?
14:36What is Egypt?
14:37Yep.
14:37Let's try word construction zone 2000.
14:40Soft bird plumage plus members of a play equals this describing a look of dejection.
14:47Aaron?
14:47What's downcast?
14:48Down plus cast, right.
14:50Word construction for 16.
14:53Cautionary golf yell plus dark image caused by the sun equals this, something an author
14:59does.
15:00Melanie?
15:00What is foreshadow?
15:01You got it.
15:02Word construction 1200.
15:04Type of corvid plus place where a mixologist works equals this prying tool.
15:10Andrew?
15:10What is a crowbar?
15:11Yes.
15:12Let's try word construction 800.
15:14Shakespeare wrote all the world is one plus a sports team leader equals this transport.
15:20Melanie?
15:20What's a stagecoach?
15:21Right.
15:22Play as the thing 800.
15:23Here's some literary tri-via.
15:26It was where three roads met that the title character of this ancient play killed his own
15:30father.
15:31Melanie?
15:31Who's Oedipus?
15:33Oedipus Rex.
15:33That's the play, yes.
15:35Play as the thing 400.
15:36In Pygmalion, the Doolittle family has trouble with the H's in the name of this professor.
15:42Andrew?
15:42Henry Higgins.
15:43Yes.
15:43Let's do Asian Americans 800.
15:45The daughter of Indian immigrants, she served in her state's house of representatives from 2005
15:50to 2010.
15:51Aaron?
15:52Who's Haley?
15:52Right.
15:53Vase Theory 8.
15:55This pottery maker's meticulous copies of the first century Portland vase seen here are almost
16:00as famous as the original.
16:02Melanie?
16:03Who's Wedgwood?
16:04You are correct.
16:05Pop Culture Forecast 400.
16:06It's not just a regular pea super.
16:09There's a lethal fog coming for London in season one of this royal Netflix show.
16:14Melanie?
16:14What's the crown?
16:15That's the show.
16:16Asian Americans 400.
16:17This cellist performs in the great outdoors for his project called Our Common Nature.
16:23Melanie?
16:23Who's Yo-Yo Ma?
16:24Correct.
16:24You just tied it up.
16:25Word Construction Zone 400.
16:28Got up from bed plus Mother of Jesus equals this herb.
16:32Melanie?
16:32What's Rosemary?
16:33For the lead, here's the final clue in critical vase theory.
16:36The ancient Roman Warwick vase was the model for the men's trophy at this tennis event,
16:41the first grand slam of the calendar year.
16:44Melanie?
16:45What's Wimbledon?
16:46No.
16:47Aaron?
16:48What's the Australian Open?
16:49It is the Australian Open.
16:51And what that means is that Andrew and Melanie are tied.
16:54Oh, jeez.
16:54As we go into Final Jeopardy today.
16:56And even third place has 17,000.
16:58What a game.
16:59Here is the Final Jeopardy category that will decide things.
17:02Holiday songs.
17:03You will not want to miss this finale.
17:05Stay tuned.
17:05Not a creature is stirring as we head into Final Jeopardy with a tie score.
17:18Here's the clue in the category holiday songs.
17:20In an early draft, this title line was followed by It May Be Your Last.
17:26But Judy Garland refused to sing it that way.
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17:59We'll begin with Aaron Himmel in third place with $17,000.
18:04What holiday song did you come up with, Aaron?
18:07What is Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas?
18:10And that is correct.
18:11Originally, a much darker lyric.
18:12What did you wager, Aaron?
18:15Zero wager leaves you at $17,000.
18:17Let's see if it pays off for you.
18:18Andrew Wong in the middle with $20,400.
18:21What did he write down?
18:22Is it Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas?
18:24So close.
18:25Have a holly jolly Christmas, a different carol.
18:28What did you wager, Andrew?
18:30He bet all of it he had to in a tie game.
18:32That will drop him down to zero.
18:34So it comes down to Melanie Hirsch with $20,400.
18:36Does she have it right?
18:38Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas?
18:40She got it.
18:41What did she wager?
18:42She wagered everything as well.
18:44It would have been a tie game, but instead Melanie Hirsch makes it to $40,800 and advances
18:50to this week's Jeopardy Second Chance Final.
18:53What a great game, you three.
18:54Thanks for being here.
18:55And this week's final begins tomorrow.
18:57We'll see you then.
18:58Thanks for watching.
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