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 she is named after. Croke’s ancestry helped her become the only contestant to answer correctly.
She was protecting a large lead and wound up with a winning total of $13,201.
“Just her luck!” the game show wrote in its Instagram clip of the moment.
The Final Jeopardy! clue in the category “Collections” read: “In 1896 the Vassar-educated wife of this man wrote, ‘Thousands of dollars may be paid for a copy of Shakespeare.’”
After Croke’s two trailing opponents answered incorrectly, Croke properly answered, “Who is Folger?”
Host Ken Jennings seemed to express mild surprise that she got it right.
“And that’s correct,” Jennings said. “Henry Clay Folger and his wife founded the namesake Shakespeare Library in D.C.”
Croke later explained her connection to Emily Folger.
“That was my Great-Great-Great Aunt Emily,” she told the host.
A stunned Jennings continued: “Emily Folger, the one we mentioned in the clue, is the person you, Emily Croke, are named after?
“Yes… yeah,” she replied.
Croke, a stay-at-home mom from Denver, won the game and the loot. But she lost on Tuesday. Ol’ Great-Great-Great-Aunt Emily couldn’t help her in that one.
Here’s the full playing portion of Monday’s Final Jeopardy:
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