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Jeopardy! contestant wins thanks to wildest Final Jeopardy coincidence...

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I wouldn't label this a Jeopardy! controversyat 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?

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