Tsuyoshi Shinjō (Japanese: 新庄剛志), a professional baseball player appeared as a celebrity contestant on Quiz $ Millionaire on January 2, 2004 and won the ¥10,000,000 top prize.
He had prepared for the show by writing the letters A through D on four sides of a pencil. During the final question, he rolled the pencil on his palm, and it turned up C. Then he rolled the pencil on the floor, and it turned up C again. He went for the answer C that was right, and won the top prize.
Tsuyoshi Shinjō's Run (partial)[]
¥1,500,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed
Where is the place where the hero Nero 's life ended in the animation "Dog of Flanders"?
⬥ A: School
⬥ B: Church
⬥ C: Snow mountain
⬥ D: Hospital
¥2,500,000 (12 of 15) - Not Timed
Which is the real name of "case" that marks a seal on a climax in the period drama "Mitokōmon"?
⬥ A: Kondō Kaku Saburō
⬥ B: Atsumi Kakunoshin
⬥ C: Sasaki Kaku Tarō
⬥ D: Saitō Kaku Saemon
¥5,000,000 (13 of 15) - Not Timed
Which is the largest reason why the JAF Road Service was launched in FY2002?
⬥ A: Gas deficiency
⬥ B: Key confinement
⬥ C: Puncture of tires
⬥ D: Battery rising
¥7,500,000 (14 of 15) - Not Timed
Which is the correct break of the word "cholesterol" originally derived from Greek?
⬥ A: Cho-lesterol
⬥ B: Chole-sterol
⬥ C: Choles-terol
⬥ D: Choleste-rol
¥10,000,000 (15 of 15) - Not Timed
What is the age of Taro Urashima, the protagonist of the old tale "Urashima Taro" written in "Otogi-zōshi"?
