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New York Post
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
‘Jeopardy!' fans divided after winning contestant's final clue is linked to her famous relative
'Jeopardy!' fans were left divided after a contestant's winning answer had an unexpected tie to her famous ancestor. On Monday's episode of the long-running NBC game show, one of the three contestants, Emily Croke, answered a question correctly and became champion — after being given a clue by host Ken Jennings referring to an ancestor of hers. The prompt read: 'In 1895, the Vassar-educated wife of this man wrote, 'Thousands of dollars may be paid for a copy of Shakespeare.'' Croke wrote down the correct answer, 'Folger,' prompting Jennings to ask her about her decision. 3 'Jeopardy!' contestant Emily Croke revealed that her winning answer was a famous relative of hers. Jeopardy/ABC She replied that the woman referred to in the clue Jennings gave her had been her 'great, great, great-aunt Emily.' A stunned Jennings asked the contestant, 'Emily Folger, the one we mentioned in the clue is the person you, Emily Croke, are named after?' in a viral clip shared by the official 'Jeopardy!' Instagram account. 'Yes,' Croke said, nodding several times, to which Jennings responded, 'Wow.' 3 Ken Jennings was left stunned by Croke's answer. Jeopardy/ABC Croke ended up winning the game thanks to the final clue, ending her run with a total of $13,201. She is set to return to see if she can continue her winning streak. Emily Folger, co-founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, the world's largest collection of the playwright's works, created the library along with her husband, Standard Oil chairman Henry Clay Folger. 3 The winning clue Croke was shown. Jeopardy/ABC Croke's luck was dubbed 'the most amazing coincidence in the history of 'Jeopardy!'' by one commenter on the clip. 'What are the odds of that happening?' a second commenter asked. 'Was in the audience for this one. It truly surprised everyone,' a third wrote. Others felt the question was unfair on the other contestants. 'How is anyone not a family member supposed to deduce the correct reply? What am I missing?' one wrote. Another added that it was 'not fair' and said Croke should be 'disqualified.'
USA Today
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Jeopardy! contestant won thanks to wildest Final Jeopardy coincidence
I wouldn't label this a Jeopardy! controversy at all. It's just a crazy coincidence, one that producers and others could never have foreseen. In a recent episode, contestants were given the Final Jeopardy clue of "Collections." Here's the clue: In 1896 the Vassar-educated wife of this man wrote, "Thousands of dollars may be paid for a copy of Shakespeare." We'll give you 30 seconds to answer, as they do on the show. And the answer? Who is Henry Clay Folger? Only Emily got the answer correct, and as Jeopardy! revealed on social media, it turns out that she has a familial connection to the Folger family! The "Vassar-educated wife" was Emily, who was Emily Croke's great-great-great-aunt ... and who she was named after! I love Ken Jennings' reaction in the video above: "Emily Folger, the one we mentioned in the clue, is the person you, Emily Croke, are named after? WOW!" Again: total coincidence, no harm, no foul. It's bound to happen with so many episodes and so many different clues, right? Just wild that it ended up that way.
