# Can You, Or Can You Not, Wager $420 On Jeopardy!? Has Any Contestant Done It? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 25, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-or-can-you-not-wager-420-on-jeopardy-has-any-contestant-done-it/1002058 "2024-05-25T15:10:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-or-can-you-not-wager-420-on-jeopardy-has-any-contestant-done-it/1002058/21 "2024-05-29T05:23:07Z")
I look forward to the day a player is skilled enough to be able to wager $80005 in Final Jeopardy. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-or-can-you-not-wager-420-on-jeopardy-has-any-contestant-done-it/1002058/22 "2024-05-29T06:08:20Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > 1337? ⁢ > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Internet language made up by gamers. that replaces letters with numbers. 1337 is leet (short for elite), and the whole thing is called leetspeak: > **[Leet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet)** > > Leet (or "1337"), also known as eleet or leetspeak, is a system of modified spellings used primarily on the Internet. It often uses character replacements in ways that play on the similarity of their glyphs via reflection or other resemblance. Additionally, it modifies certain words on the basis of a system of suffixes and alternative meanings. There are many dialects or linguistic varieties in different online communities. > The term > "leet" is derived from the word elite, used as an adjective t... ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-or-can-you-not-wager-420-on-jeopardy-has-any-contestant-done-it/1002058/23 "2024-05-30T04:11:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I look forward to the day a player is skilled enough to be able to wager $80005 in Final Jeopardy. Was that supposed to be $80085? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-or-can-you-not-wager-420-on-jeopardy-has-any-contestant-done-it/1002058/24 "2024-05-30T04:17:56Z")
Yes. Silly me. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-or-can-you-not-wager-420-on-jeopardy-has-any-contestant-done-it/1002058/25 "2024-05-30T20:37:04Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Was that supposed to be $80085? Saw a 8008S license plate on Reddit the other day. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-or-can-you-not-wager-420-on-jeopardy-has-any-contestant-done-it/1002058/26 "2024-05-31T12:31:08Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I can’t read your link because I don’t subscribe to Twitter or X, whichever it is. FYI, you don’t need a twitter account to read twitter. If you’re reading on your phone and it tries to install twitter, instead just long-click the link and have it open up in another tab. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-or-can-you-not-wager-420-on-jeopardy-has-any-contestant-done-it/1002058/27 "2024-06-04T06:28:01Z")
420 doesn’t just mean one thing. It could be banned for the same reason 14, 88 and 1488 are banned. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-or-can-you-not-wager-420-on-jeopardy-has-any-contestant-done-it/1002058.md?page=1)