Shane Demmitt

Shane Demmitt, a law student from Northridge, CA was a contestant on season 1 of the U.S. version of the show on March 9th, 2000. He walked away with $32,000 after incorrectly answering his $250,000 question.

Trivia

 * Shane mentioned that he was a baseball fan during his run on the show. Twelve years later, Shane represented the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on the baseball themed game show Baseball IQ, and defeated an analyst from the New York Mets in the final round, to win the $45,000 grand prize which benefited the Angels Baseball Foundation.