Jacob Shaha is a lieutenant from Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He appeared on the 10th Anniversary Primetime Celebration of the U.S. version of the show and won $25,000.
Throughout the game, since Jacob was a lieutenant, Regis would jokingly compare the game to a battle.
WWTBAM Run
Fastest Finger Question
| Fastest Finger Question | |
| Put these celebrities in height order from tallest to shortest. | |
| ⬥ A: Brad Pitt | ⬥ B: Tom Cruise |
| ⬥ C: Conan O'Brien | ⬥ D: Danny DeVito |
| The correct order was C-A-B-D, and 7 of the 10 contestants got it right, but Jacob Shaha was the fastest with 4.56 seconds. |
Jacob's Run to the Million
| $100 (1 of 15) - 15 seconds Category: Bathing Beauties | |
| A swimsuit competition is traditionally part of what annual event? | |
| ⬥ A: Miss America Pageant | ⬥ B: Wimbledon |
| ⬥ C: National Spelling Bee | ⬥ D: State of the Union Undress |
| $200 (2 of 15) - 15 seconds Category: Hold Me | |
| By definition, a vase is chiefly used as a container for what? | |
| ⬥ A: Cigars | ⬥ B: Flowers |
| ⬥ C: Pencils | ⬥ D: Books |
| $300 (3 of 15) - 15 seconds Category: Don't Spray It | |
| The chemical agent tear gas gets its name because it irritates what parts of the body? | |
| ⬥ A: Feet | ⬥ B: Elbows |
| ⬥ C: Eyes | ⬥ D: Ears |
| $500 (4 of 15) - 15 seconds Category: Bathtime Bigwigs | |
| CelebriDucks, a brand of rubber duckies that look like celebrities includes a duckie version of what movie icon holding nunchucks? | |
| ⬥ A: Humphrey Bogart | ⬥ B: Bruce Lee |
| ⬥ C: James Dean | ⬥ D: Woody Allen |
| $1,000 (5 of 15) - 15 seconds Category: Short Stories | |
| "Gang of mini miners harbor young hottie from beauty-obsessed stalker" is a rough plot of what classic Disney film? | |
| ⬥ A: The Little Mermaid | ⬥ B: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
| ⬥ C: Lady and the Tramp | ⬥ D: Sleeping Beauty |
| $2,000 (6 of 15) - 30 seconds Category: Bet On It | |
| What common casino items are slangily known as "one-armed bandits"? | |
| ⬥ A: Roulette wheels | ⬥ B: Dice |
| ⬥ C: Deck of cards | ⬥ D: Slot machines |
| $4,000 (7 of 15) - 30 seconds Category: Songs the Same | |
| The Beach Boys and Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch both had #1 hit songs with what title? "Ask the Audience" lifeline used. | |
| ⬥ A: I Get Around | ⬥ B: Help Me, Rhonda |
| ⬥ C: Wouldn't It Be Nice | ⬥ D: Good Vibrations |
| Ask the Audience Results: A: 17% ⬥ B: 9% ⬥ C: 15% ⬥ D: 59% | |
| Jacob decided to poll the audience, with 59% voting for D: Good Vibrations. Jacob went with them, and they were right. |
| $8,000 (8 of 15) - 30 seconds Category: Final Chapter | |
| Fittingly, which of these popular twentieth century authors is buried in Tarzana, California? "Ask the Expert", "Phone-A-Friend" and "Double Dip" lifelines used. | |
| ⬥ A: Edgar Rice Burroughs | ⬥ B: Ray Bradbury |
| ⬥ C: Dashiell Hammett | ⬥ D: Arthur C. Clarke |
| Jacob decided to ask the expert, Candy Crowley, who did not know the answer. She guessed C: Dashielle Hammett, but was not completely sure. Jacob then phone his father Steven from Draper, Utah. He guessed D: Arthur C. Clarke, but he was not exactly sure. Jacob then used his Double Dip and went with his father's guess first, which was wrong. He then went for A: Edgar Rice Burroughs, which was correct. |
| $16,000 (9 of 15) - 30 seconds Category: QWERTY | |
| On a standard QWERTY keyboard, which of these compan names can be typed using only one row of letters? | |
| ⬥ A: BMW | ⬥ B: IBM |
| ⬥ C: DHL | ⬥ D: UPS |
| $25,000 (10 of 15) - 30 seconds Category: Buzz! | |
| Which of the following is not one of the original twelve "ailments" in the Milton Bradley game "Operation"? | |
| ⬥ A: Writer's Cramp | ⬥ B: Tennis Elbow |
| ⬥ C: Adam's Apple | ⬥ D: Brad Basket |
| $50,000 (11 of 15) - 45 seconds Category: The End of Town | |
| Which of the following is a suffix that appears in the name of two U.S. state capitals? | |
| ⬥ A: -ville | ⬥ B: -field |
| ⬥ C: -polis | ⬥ D: -burg |
| Jacob spent most of his 45 seconds thinking about the question. However, he knew it was a free guess, so, with 7 seconds left, he went for B: -field, but the correct answer was C: -polis. |
The categories for Jacob's remaining questions would have been "Lost," "Body Chemistry," "Books in Books" and "A Few Words."
| Preceded by Angela Watt |
U.S. contestants (10th Anniversary) Jacob Shaha |
Succeeded by Eddie Lawhorn |