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Jeopardy! - Season 2025 Episode 228 -
S41 Second Chance Tournament Group 2 Final Game 2
S41 Second Chance Tournament Group 2 Final Game 2
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00:00...studios, this is Jeopardy! Second Chance!
00:09For the deciding game, here are our three finalists.
00:14A writer and comedian from West Hollywood, California, Guy Branham,
00:19whose cash winnings Thursday totaled $16,000.
00:24A tutor originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, Michelle Tsai.
00:30Who earned $19,200 in our last game.
00:35And an attorney from Silver Spring, Maryland, Melanie Hirsch,
00:39whose total yesterday was $12,000.
00:45And now, here is the host of Jeopardy! Ken Jennings.
00:51Thank you to the legend Johnny Gilbert and welcome to the culminating game
00:55in this week's Jeopardy! Second Chance! competition.
00:57As you can see, all three of our finalists put up some solid scores in yesterday's game.
01:02And we will be adding those numbers to your totals today to determine our winner.
01:06But for now, we will wipe the slate clean and get into the Jeopardy! round,
01:09where we have these categories for you.
01:12Good luck, finalists.
01:13First up, mind your history, P's and Q's.
01:17Then, soil, breeze, and conflagration.
01:20Followed by four-letter businesses.
01:23Why so blue?
01:25Then all kinds of sports.
01:27And one more time.
01:30Melanie, the first choice is yours.
01:32History, P's and Q's for 800.
01:34History had several coalitions called this alliance.
01:37The Napoleonic War one was made of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Britain.
01:42Guy.
01:43What is the Grand Alliance?
01:44No.
01:45Melanie.
01:45What's the Quadruple Alliance?
01:46Quadruple, yeah.
01:48History, P's and Q's for 600.
01:50A 1680 rebellion named for these indigenous people overthrew Spanish rule in New Mexico for a time.
01:57Guy.
01:57Who are the Zapotec?
01:59No.
02:00Melanie or Michelle?
02:01Well, with the category in mind, these are the Pueblo.
02:05Back to you, Melanie.
02:06History, P's and Q's, 1,000.
02:08Answer.
02:08Daily double.
02:11You found it early, Melanie.
02:13You don't have much cash, but as you know, you can wager up to 1,000.
02:16I'll wager 1,000.
02:17All right.
02:17For $1,800 early on, here's your clue in history, P's and Q's.
02:22Surname of General Gregory, wooer of Catherine the Great.
02:25He was said to have fabricated fake villages to win her favor.
02:29What is Potemkin?
02:30Potemkin villages.
02:30That's right.
02:31Taking you to 1,800.
02:34Where to now, Melanie?
02:35Four-letter businesses, 600.
02:37This store is named after the initials of the founder, the farm he grew up on, and a nearby
02:42Swedish village.
02:43Guy.
02:44What is Ikea?
02:44Yes.
02:45Four-letter businesses for 800.
02:47It's the colorfully named clothing and lingerie line from Victoria's Secret.
02:52Michelle.
02:52What is pink?
02:53Right.
02:54Why so blue, 600?
02:56Set across from the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, this structure, named for the color of its interior,
03:01was built in the 17th century.
03:03Melanie.
03:04What's the blue mosque?
03:05That's correct.
03:06Why so blue, 800?
03:07These extend southward for about 600 miles from Carlisle, Pennsylvania to Mount Oglethorpe
03:13in Georgia.
03:14Michelle.
03:14What are the blue mountains?
03:15No.
03:15Blue Ridge Mountains?
03:16Oh.
03:17Guy.
03:18What are the Blue Ridge Mountains?
03:19Blue Ridge, yes.
03:20Why so blue for 1,000, please?
03:22Tony Morrison wrote The Bluest Eye.
03:25About a century prior, this Brit wrote A Pair of Blue Eyes.
03:29Michelle.
03:29Who is Thomas Hardy?
03:32It is Thomas Hardy.
03:33Well done.
03:34Four-letter businesses, 1,000.
03:36Bernard Arnault's LVMH empire includes this fashion house founded by Christian.
03:42Melanie.
03:42What's Dior?
03:43Right.
03:44All kinds of sports, 600.
03:46Referring to his physique, it's the nickname of Cal Raleigh, the new record holder for home
03:50runs in a season by a catcher.
03:53Melanie.
03:53What's Big Dumper?
03:54He has a big dumper.
03:55One more time, 600.
03:58The L.A. Times wasn't talking about computers when it said Kim Cattrall was notably left
04:02out of the sex in the city, this.
04:05Michelle.
04:05What is Reboot?
04:06Yes.
04:07One more time for 800?
04:09From Latin for repeat, it means to say something again and again, with or without an initial
04:14re.
04:15Michelle.
04:15What is Iterate?
04:16Yes.
04:17One more time, 1,000.
04:18You'll find this idiom, meaning to do something more than once, on many a shampoo bottle.
04:24Melanie.
04:24What is Lather, Rinse, Repeat?
04:25You got it.
04:26History P's and Q's, 400.
04:28A boycott and strike in one.
04:30The 1894 strike of this company's railroad workers got President Cleveland involved.
04:36Melanie.
04:36What is Pullman?
04:37That's it.
04:38Four litter businesses, 400.
04:40Amancio Ortega originally named his fast fashion store after Zorba the Greek, but ended
04:44up using this similar sounding name.
04:47Michelle.
04:47What is Zara?
04:48That's how Zara got its name.
04:50You're in second place with 2,800 after that correct response.
04:52Put down your signaling devices, you three.
04:54Rest for a moment.
04:55We have this commercial break, and then we'll come back with more Jeopardy second chance.
04:59Guy Branham from WeHo California.
05:01This is your big award show moment.
05:03Guy, who would you like to thank getting you this far in your Jeopardy journey?
05:06I owe so much to the Jeopardy community, and specifically those people who have come out
05:10of second chances.
05:11Like, players like Juver Zaheer and Drew Goins and Rowan Ward have been inspirations to me.
05:18And then getting to play against crushers like that on online games has truly, like, whatever
05:23satisfaction winning a game here was, beating Rowan Ward for the first time was like, that's
05:29Jeopardy.
05:29And you just happened to mention it now on TV, so everyone knows you beat Rowan Ward.
05:33I did.
05:34I beat Rowan Ward.
05:34Wow.
05:35Did I drop that?
05:38Congratulations, Guy.
05:39What about you, Michelle?
05:39Si, who would you like to thank?
05:41Well, I already talked about my family yesterday, but I want to extra shout out my husband,
05:45who has been very, very helpful in my studying.
05:49Lots of flashcards.
05:51I feel like he's giving himself a hand right now.
05:53Well, he deserves it.
05:53He deserves it.
05:54Yes, exactly.
05:55And I want to shout out my pets, who have been pretty well-behaved during this whole
05:59process of studying, my birds, who have not been yelling too loudly, and my dog, who I
06:04have not mentioned yet on the show.
06:06But shout out to her for being a very well-behaved, nice pup.
06:09The birds and the dog knew there was something Jeopardy-related afoot.
06:12Yes.
06:13And they're respecting that.
06:14That's great.
06:14Melanie Hirsch, who would you shout out?
06:16So my husband has been trying for years to get me to watch some of his favorite movies,
06:20you know, from the 80s and 90s that I wasn't into.
06:23But as part of Jeopardy Prep, I was willing to watch them with him.
06:26So thanks to him, I have now seen Beetlejuice.
06:29I have now seen the Blues Brothers.
06:31I was culturally lacking in my movie education.
06:35And my kids have given me, over the course of my Jeopardy career, a surprising number of
06:40correct responses.
06:41I would never have thought that parenthood would be useful for Jeopardy, but it has been.
06:44Well, making it this far in Jeopardy, you can win a lot of cash.
06:46But having seen the Blues Brothers is priceless.
06:49Michelle, you select.
06:50Oh, let's do Soil, Breeze, and Conflagration for 600.
06:56This novel says Wang Lung put his hoe down hard into the soil.
07:01Michelle.
07:01What is the good earth?
07:02Yes.
07:03Conflagration for 800?
07:05Breezes come between light airs and gales on this scale devised by a Royal Navy officer.
07:11Melanie.
07:12What's the Beaufort scale?
07:13You got it.
07:13Conflagration, 1,000.
07:15Two-word term for a fire that breaks out without heat from an outside source.
07:20A moment of silence for Spinal Tap's drummers, please.
07:23Michelle.
07:24What is spontaneous combustion?
07:26Good for 1,000.
07:27Why so blue for 400?
07:29This breed is also known as the Archangel Cat.
07:32Melanie.
07:32What's a Russian blue?
07:33It is.
07:34One more time, 400.
07:35It's a waste of time to do this three-word idiom.
07:39Once again, design a device that's been around since ancient Mesopotamia.
07:43Melanie.
07:44What's reinvent the wheel?
07:45Don't want to do that, yes.
07:46All kinds of sports, 800.
07:49Normally with six in a game, a chukka of around seven minutes is a period of play in this sport.
07:55Michelle.
07:55What's polo?
07:56Right.
07:57All kinds of sports, 1,000.
07:58The final issue of ESPN the magazine, the 2019 body issue, included Brooks Koepka of this sport, not known for buffness.
08:07Melanie.
08:08What's sumo?
08:09No.
08:10Michelle or Guy?
08:12A golfer.
08:13What is golf?
08:14Michelle.
08:15One more time for 200.
08:17You might hear this, French for still or yet, after a great performance, though probably not in France.
08:24Guy.
08:24What is encore?
08:25Right.
08:25Soil Breeze and Confligation for 400, please.
08:29The composer of these violin concerti included sonnets to go with them.
08:33The first mentions spring and its gentle breezes.
08:38Michelle.
08:39Who is Vivaldi?
08:40No.
08:40Oh, shoot.
08:41Melanie or Guy?
08:44These concerti, what are the four seasons?
08:46Back to you, Guy.
08:47All kinds of sports for 400.
08:49This QB moved from the Jets to the Steelers in 2025 and led his new team over his former one, 34-32, on opening day.
08:58Michelle.
08:58Who is Rogers?
08:59It is Aaron Rogers.
09:00Sports 200?
09:02Contested almost every year since 1911, the Indy 500 auto race is held on the weekend of this holiday.
09:09Michelle.
09:10What, is Memorial Day?
09:11It is.
09:11Well done.
09:12Why so blue 200?
09:14The U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book was a program to investigate reports of these during the 1950s and 60s.
09:21Guy.
09:21What are UFOs?
09:22Correct.
09:23History of P's and Q's, please.
09:25Laws in the Massachusetts Bay Colony against this sect forced missionary Mary Dyer to be imprisoned and later caused her martyrdom.
09:32Guy.
09:33What are Quakers?
09:34Yes.
09:35Soil Breeze and Confligation for 200.
09:36Can't get much more resilient than this mythic bird that dies on a cinnamon-scented pyre and is reborn from the ashes.
09:44Melanie.
09:44What's a phoenix?
09:45That is correct.
09:46Final clue in four-letter businesses.
09:48Known for its distinctive hood ornament, this company is one of the largest U.S. manufacturers of heavy-duty trucks.
09:55Guy.
09:56What is Mac?
09:56The Mac truck.
09:57That's correct.
09:58Taking you to 800.
09:59You have some catching up to do in Double Jeopardy, Guy, but there is a lot of cash on the board.
10:03Anybody's game still at this point.
10:04Let's see what happens when we come back.
10:06Today with us.
10:08The game board is now set for Double Jeopardy.
10:11Let's show our finalists the categories.
10:13We begin with alphabetically first.
10:16Then it's around the world.
10:18We have a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
10:27Responses here are words made up of letters contained in the word enigma.
10:31Guy, start the round for us.
10:33Around the world for 16, please.
10:34The highlight of Carnaval in Rio is the parade named for this Brazilian dance featuring thousands of participants.
10:41Guy.
10:42What is the Samba?
10:42Right.
10:43Around the world for 1,200.
10:45While this island country uses the Greek national anthem, some of its people prefer to use the Turkish one.
10:51Michelle.
10:51What is Cyprus?
10:52Yes.
10:53Around the world, 2,000.
10:55Strongest in winter.
10:56It's a cold, dry wind that blows through southern France.
10:59Van Gogh wrote about it in letters to Theo.
11:01That's the Mistral.
11:06Michelle.
11:07Inside an Enigma for 1,200.
11:09With films like Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki excels in this style.
11:16Guy.
11:16What is anime?
11:17Correct.
11:18Alphabetically first for 16, please.
11:20Answer.
11:21It's a daily double, Guy.
11:22You've made some progress in double jeopardy, but you're still in third place.
11:28Well, I would like to make it a true daily double, Ken.
11:30All right.
11:31Guy is wagering for the lead in Alphabetically First.
11:34Here is your clue.
11:36Alphabetically First of the traditional birthstones.
11:44What is...
11:47Hurry.
11:49Agate.
11:50Out of time.
11:51But agate is not one of the birthstones.
11:52It would have been amethyst.
11:54Amethyst in February.
11:55So you're starting again from zero, Guy, but lots of money left on the board.
11:58Alphabetically First for 2,000.
12:00Of NATO countries since 2009.
12:05What is Albania, Guy?
12:08Alphabetically First for 12.
12:10Of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
12:12Michelle.
12:14Who is Donatello?
12:15Yes.
12:16Inside an Enigma for 1,600.
12:19It sounds like an angry word,
12:21but it refers to one's bearing or character.
12:23Guy.
12:24What does it mean?
12:25M-I-E-N.
12:25Yes.
12:26A mystery for 16, please.
12:28Answer.
12:28The other daily double.
12:32Well, you kept your co-finalists from getting them, Guy.
12:34You can wager up to 2,000.
12:36Can I wager 2,000, please?
12:37All right, going for 3,600 in a mystery.
12:40Here's your clue.
12:41In this short story by Edgar Allan Poe,
12:43C. Auguste Dupin solves the mystery of an apparently stolen item being used for blackmail.
12:49What is the purloined letter?
12:50It is the purloined letter.
12:51You add 2,000 to stump.
12:54One more daily double.
12:56In a mystery for 2,000.
12:57A quartet of 70-year-olds in a retirement village solves crimes in this murder club,
13:03the first of a Richard Osmond series.
13:05Michelle.
13:06What's Thursday?
13:07Correct, for 2,000.
13:08In a mystery, 1,200.
13:10In this Mark Haddon novel, a teen's effort to solve the killing of a neighbor's pet
13:14reveals secrets of jealousy and revenge.
13:17Melanie.
13:18What's the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime?
13:20That's the book.
13:21Inside an Enigma, 2,000.
13:23The demodectic kind of this skin disease can be caused by the parasitic mite demodex canis.
13:32What is mange?
13:34A riddle, 1,200.
13:38Films from 1956 and 1997 provided a hopeful ending to the mystery behind this youngest daughter
13:44of Nicholas II.
13:46Michelle.
13:46This is Anastasia.
13:47Right.
13:48A riddle, 16.
13:49One of the riddles of the universe.
13:51What exactly are these two mysterious components that make up 95% of everything?
13:59Mysterious even to you three.
14:01Dark matter and dark energy.
14:03Back to you, Michelle.
14:04A riddle for 2,000.
14:06The fate of the crew of the Mary Celeste, found abandoned 400 miles east of these Portuguese
14:10islands in 1872, remains a mystery.
14:14Michelle.
14:14What are the Azores?
14:15Good for 2,000.
14:16Wrapped, 1,200.
14:18Feeling seen by Rick Ross.
14:20Every day I'm this.
14:22Every day I'm this.
14:23Every day I'm this.
14:25Every day I'm this.
14:27Guy.
14:27What is hustling?
14:28Right.
14:30Wrapped for 2,000, please.
14:32In California love, Dr. Dre rhymes, they clock me and watch me.
14:36Diamond shining, looking like I robbed this extravagant pianist.
14:40Guy.
14:40Who is Liberace.
14:41Like I robbed Liberace, yes.
14:43Wrapped for 16, please.
14:45On work it, she wrapped, put my thing down, flip it and reverse it.
14:49Then the same line is wrapped in reverse.
14:51Melanie.
14:52Who's Missy Elliott?
14:52It is.
14:53In a mystery, 800.
14:54In this Umberto Eco novel, a learned Franciscan friar investigates a series of deaths at
15:00a 14th century Italian monastery.
15:03Melanie.
15:03What's the name of the rose?
15:04Yes.
15:05A riddle, 800.
15:07We are not quite sure why this shield around Earth flips every few hundred thousand years.
15:11It might relate to our solid inner core.
15:14Michelle.
15:16What is our magnetic field?
15:17Yes.
15:18A riddle, 400.
15:19A TED Talk called Why Do We Do This doesn't actually have the answer that theorizes memory
15:25consolidation and restoration.
15:28Guy.
15:28What is sleep?
15:29Why do we sleep?
15:30Well done.
15:31Alphabetically, first, 800.
15:32Of the Ivy League universities.
15:35Michelle.
15:36What is brown?
15:37It is.
15:38Alphabetically, first, 400.
15:40Of the five Great Lakes.
15:42Guy.
15:43What is Huron?
15:44No.
15:46Michelle.
15:46What is Erie?
15:47Yes, Erie's first.
15:48Around the world, 800.
15:49The Vietnamese Lunar New Year is commonly referred to by this three-letter name.
15:54Guy.
15:54What is TED?
15:55Right.
15:56Around the world for 400.
15:58In 1983, Disney opened its first theme park outside the U.S., near this Asian capital.
16:04Michelle.
16:04What is Tokyo?
16:05You got it.
16:06Wrapped 800.
16:07Back in 2000, Jay-Z was big this, spending cheese.
16:12Big this on BLADs.
16:14Michelle.
16:15What is money?
16:16No.
16:16No.
16:17Guy.
16:17What is pimping?
16:18Big pimping.
16:19Yes.
16:19Not too many people get to say pimping on Jeopardy, Guy.
16:21Well done.
16:23Inside an enigma for 800.
16:25Here's the jellyfish called the lion's this, the outstanding characteristic of male lions.
16:30Guy.
16:31What is main?
16:31Right.
16:32Inside an enigma for 400, please.
16:34This possessive pronoun is a homonym for a place you can sink deep in.
16:38What is mine?
16:43Two clues left, Guy.
16:44In a mystery for 400.
16:46In this story, Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of a newlywed and her maid on board
16:50an Egyptian cruise.
16:52Melanie.
16:53What's Death on the Nile?
16:54That's the book.
16:55And we'll finish off with wrapped for 400.
16:57In a viral hit, she wrapped the lyrics, I'm a savage, classy, bougie, ratchet.
17:03Melanie.
17:03Who's Megan Thee Stallion?
17:04It is Megan Thee Stallion.
17:05You finish in second place today.
17:07Michelle in the lead once again, but three great scores as we head into Final Jeopardy.
17:11Let's remind everyone what you three had in front of you at the end of yesterday's game.
17:15These are the scores that will be added to your totals after Final Jeopardy.
17:19And here is your category for Final Jeopardy today.
17:23The 21st Century.
17:25It's all around us.
17:26Let's see how this goes when we come back.
17:28Don't go anywhere.
17:30We'll be back with Final Jeopardy right after this.
17:35It's time to find out which of our Second Chance finalists will be moving on.
17:39The 21st Century is the category today.
17:41Here's the clue.
17:43In 2015, a foreign government said this would be abolished to increase labor supply and ease
17:50pressures from an aging population.
17:53You have 30 seconds, players.
17:54Good luck.
17:54Good luck.
18:03Good luck.
18:04Good luck.
18:19Good luck.
18:21Guy Brannan finished today in third place with $9,200.
18:28And he wrote down at the very end of the music, what is the one, we can read that,
18:33the one-child policy of China.
18:35And that is correct, Guy, well done.
18:36What did you wager?
18:38$3,801 brings you to $13,001 today.
18:41And when we add in your $16,000 from yesterday, you now stand at $29,001.
18:47Melanie Hirsch in second place today with $10,600.
18:49Did she also remember China's one-child policy?
18:54She's correct as well.
18:55How much did you wager, Melanie?
18:57Almost everything.
18:58You will add $10,500, taking you to $21,100 today.
19:02And when we add in your $12,000 from yesterday, a two-day total of $33,100.
19:08But Michelle Tsai had the upper hand coming into this game.
19:11Did she have the one-child policy?
19:13She's correct.
19:14In fact, you wagered just $601,000, taking you to $15,201 today.
19:21But with yesterday's $19,200, a total of $34,401.
19:26And in a very narrow three-way final, Michelle Tsai emerges our second-chance winner and advances the champion's wild card.
19:33Well done.
19:33We have one more week of Second Chance, and it begins on Monday.
19:41Have a great weekend.
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