NEED TO KNOW On the June 23 episode of Jeopardy!, contestant Emily Croke won the game after answering the final clue correctly The clue unexpectedly had a tie to her family as she noted that the woman ...

Emily Croke rode uncanny coincidence to victory on “Jeopardy!” this week. (Watch the video below.) A clue in the final round on Monday included a woman who is her great-great-great aunt, whom ...

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.

Jeopardy! fans were left sharply polarized when contestant Emily Croke won thanks to an astonishing family link to the final clue. The prompt was: 'In 1896, the Vassar-educated wife of this man ...

No wonder Jeopardy! contestant Emily Croke was the only one who knew the Final Jeopardy question in the June 23 episode. She is related to the person it was about.

Croke then answered correctly, writing down "Folger," in reference to Henry Clay Folger, before revealing that his wife Emily Folger, the woman in the clue, was her "great, great, great-aunt Emily." ...

A few days ago, we brought you the wildest Jeopardy! coincidence that we labeled as NOT a controversy: a contestant named Emily Croke nailed Final Jeopardy, in part because the answer to the clue ...

Emily Croke, from Denver, Colorado, returned for her second game on Tuesday, June 24. She played against Nicholas Moline, from Mooresville, Indiana, and Micah Fritz, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

When asked about her answer, Croke noted that the woman referred to in the clue Jennings gave had been her “great, great, great-aunt Emily." In a clip shared to the official Jeopardy!

Croke then answered correctly, writing down "Folger," in reference to Henry Clay Folger, before revealing that his wife Emily Folger, the woman in the clue, was her "great, great, great-aunt Emily." ...

Emily Croke, from Denver, Colorado, returned for her second game on Tuesday, June 24. She played against Nicholas Moline, from Mooresville, Indiana, and Micah Fritz, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.