Tsuyoshi Shinjō, 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.
