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Emily Hogg
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Born: Oct. 28, 1991
Birth Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Occupation: Consultant
Years active: 2021–2025
Known for: Winning the 2024–2025 Pop Culture Jeopardy! tournament

Emily Hogg (born October 28, 1991) is a consultant from Washington, D.C.

Game show run[]

Jeopardy![]

Regular-season play[]

All of Emily's regular-season play games were hosted by Katie Couric.
Emily's winnings + the consolation prizes were matched to Pancreatic Cancer Dream Team from Stand Up to Cancer (Katie Couric's charity).
Game No. Air Date Final score Cumulative winnings Notes
1 March 11, 2021 $200 $2,000 Lost to Dave Pai (in a runaway game), who went on a 2-game winning streak.

Pop Culture Jeopardy![]

Throughout the tournament, Emily teamed up with Zach Gozlan and Miranda Onnen in Personality Hires.

In the third knockout game, Personality Hires faced off against Esprit Top 3 (Erin, Sam, and Hans) and Punny Goddesses (Kelsey, Amy, and Ezgi). Throughout the first two rounds of the game, Personality Hires came up with 33/36 correct questions (including 2/2 Daily Doubles). Nobody got Final Jeopardy! correct, but Personality Hires advanced to the quarterfinals while Esprit Top 3 and Punny Goddesses received $1,500 each.

In the second quarterfinal game, Personality Hires faced off against On the Bubble (Jacoby, Paul, and Nick) and The Stage Names (Ryan, Rocky, and Kemie). Throughout the first two rounds of the game, Personality Hires came up with 29/32 correct questions (including 1/2 Daily Doubles). Everybody got Final Jeopardy! correct, and Personality Hires advanced to the semifinals while On the Bubble and The Stage Names received $10,000 each.

In the first semifinal game, Personality Hires faced off against Mission Impopsicle (Stan, Abigail, and Simon) and South Shore Squad (Daniel, Amy, and Jack). Throughout the first two rounds of the game, Personality Hires came up with 24/27 correct questions (including 2/2 Daily Doubles). Everybody got Final Jeopardy! correct, and Personality Hires advanced to the semifinals while Mission Impopsicle and South Shore Squad received $25,000 each.

In the finals, Personality Hires faced off against Buggsy Mogues (Ryan, Lauren, and Eric) and Queerly Benevolent (Anya, Dana, and Scott). Throughout the first two rounds of the game, Personality Hires came up with 28/30 correct questions (including 1/1 Daily Double). Personality Hires and Queerly Benevolent did not get Final Jeopardy! correct, but with 21,399 points, Personality Hires won $300,000, the title of the 2024–2025 Pop Culture Jeopardy! tournament champion, and the Pop Culture Jeopardy! trophy while Queerly Benevolent received $100,000 for second place and Buggsy Mogues received $50,000 for third place.

The Chase[]

On May 31, 2022, Emily teamed up with John Beck and Jayanthi Martins on The Chase to face off against Buzzy "The Stunner" Cohen. Jayanthi was caught by Buzzy in the Head-to-Head round while Emily and John faced off against Buzzy in the Final Chase to play for their $80,000 jackpot. Unfortunately, Emily and John were caught by Buzzy and left home empty-handed.