Quiz $ Millionaire

Quiz $ Millionaire
File:Logo of Japanese Normal Millionaire.jpg Logo of クイズ$ミリオネア
Presented by	Mino Monta
Country of origin	Japan
Production
Running time	57 minutes
Original release
Network	Fuji TV
Release	20 April, 2000 – See Broadcasting

File:Fragment of KuizuMirionea.jpg

Fragment of the show; last question on celebrity edition

Kuizu $ Mirionea (クイズ$ミリオネア, English translation: Quiz $ Millionaire), also known as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? by the show's logo, is a Japanese game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show is hosted by Mino Monta.

The main goal of the game is to win 10 million yen by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly. There are three lifelines - Fifty Fifty (フィフティ・フィフティ), Phone A Friend (テレフォン, phone to four supporters who are in one place) and Ask The Audience (オーディエンス). クイズ$ミリオネア is broadcast from 20 April, 2000 to today (regularly to March 29, 2007). It is shown on the Japanese TV station Fuji TV.

Whenever a contestant go the fifth question correct, he is guaranteed ¥100,000. When a contestant got the tenth question correct, he was guaranteed ¥1,000,000. There have been about 35 contestants who won the grand prize (18 celebrities, 5 kids), for list - see Winners. The first contestant on the show (a woman) won ¥1,000,000.

This version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is the only version with a narrator (木村 匡也, Kyoya Kimura)

Broadcasting

The show was broadcasted regularly from 20 April, 2000 to 29 March, 2007. But many spinoffs have been broadcasted:

• 2001 Special
• 2002 Special
• Kids Edition
• Elementary School Tournament
• Super Millionaire
• Celebrity Edition
• Couples Edition
• Pay Debt Edition

Super Millionaire

Super Millionaire is a spinoff of クイズ$ミリオネア. The grand prize is also 10 million yen (earlier 20 million yen), but there are only 10 questions to get it. There are no guaranteed sums. Contestant can't walk away on last 2 questions, but they can walk away before the host asks the question. Contestants can't use the Fifty-Fifty after the first 5 questions, because after 5 questions there are only 2 choices for each question. The first contestant on the show was Tetsuya Takeda (武田鉄矢). He answered the 7th question for ¥2,500,000 incorrectly, so he lost everything.

Normal

• 1. question • ¥10,000
• 2. question • ¥20,000
• 3. question • ¥30,000
• 4. question • ¥50,000
• 5. question • ¥100,000 (guaranteed sum)
• 6. question • ¥150,000
• 7. question • ¥250,000
• 8. question • ¥500,000
• 9. question • ¥750,000
• 10. question • ¥1,000,000 (guaranteed sum)
• 11. question • ¥1,500,000
• 12. question • ¥2,500,000
• 13. question • ¥5,000,000
• 14. question • ¥7,500,000
• 15. question • ¥10,000,000

Super Millionaire

• 1. question • ¥10,000
• 2. question • ¥100,000
• 3. question • ¥250,000
• 4. question • ¥500,000
• 5. question • ¥1,000,000
• 6. question • ¥1,500,000
• 7. question • ¥2,500,000
• 8. question • ¥5,000,000
• 9. question • ¥7,500,000
• 10. question • ¥10,000,000

Old Super Millionaire

• 1. question • ¥10,000
• 2. question • ¥100,000
• 3. question • ¥250,000
• 4. question • ¥500,000
• 5. question • ¥1,000,000
• 6. question • ¥2,500,000
• 7. question • ¥5,000,000
• 8. question • ¥10,000,000
• 9. question • ¥15,000,000
• 10. question • ¥20,000,000

2001 Special

• 1. question • ¥10,000
• 2. question • ¥20,000
• 3. question • ¥30,000
• 4. question • ¥50,000
• 5. question • ¥100,000 (guaranteed sum)
• 6. question • ¥150,000
• 7. question • ¥250,000
• 8. question • ¥500,000
• 9. question • ¥750,000
• 10. question • ¥1,000,000 (guaranteed sum)
• 11. question • ¥2,000,000
• 12. question • ¥5,000,000
• 13. question • ¥10,000,000
• 14. question • ¥15,000,000
• 15. question • ¥20,000,000

2002 Special

• 1. question • ¥10,000
• 2. question • ¥20,000
• 3. question • ¥30,000
• 4. question • ¥50,000
• 5. question • ¥100,000 (guaranteed sum)
• 6. question • ¥150,000
• 7. question • ¥250,000
• 8. question • ¥500,000
• 9. question • ¥750,000
• 10. question • ¥1,000,000 (guaranteed sum)
• 11. question • ¥2,500,000
• 12. question • ¥5,000,000
• 13. question • ¥10,000,000
• 14. question • ¥20,000,000
• 15. question • ¥30,000,000

Kids Edition

• 1. question • ¥1,000
• 2. question • ¥2,000
• 3. question • ¥3,000
• 4. question • ¥5,000
• 5. question • ¥10,000 (guaranteed sum)
• 6. question • ¥15,000
• 7. question • ¥25,000
• 8. question • ¥50,000
• 9. question • ¥75,000
• 10. question • ¥100,000 (guaranteed sum)
• 11. question • ¥150,000
• 12. question • ¥250,000
• 13. question • ¥500,000
• 14. question • ¥750,000
• 15. question • ¥1,000,000

Elementary School Tournament

• 1. question • ¥1,000
• 2. question • ¥2,000
• 3. question • ¥3,000
• 4. question • ¥5,000
• 5. question • ¥10,000 (guaranteed sum)
• 6. question • ¥15,000
• 7. question • ¥25,000
• 8. question • ¥50,000
• 9. question • ¥75,000
• 10. question • ¥100,000 (guaranteed sum)
• 11. question • ¥150,000
• 12. question • ¥200,000
• 13. question • ¥300,000
• 14. question • ¥400,000
• 15. question • ¥500,000

Celebrity

See Normal

Winners

Civilians

Name	Transliteration	Date	Lifelines
國光恭幸	Saiwai Kunimitsu Yasushi	27 July 2000	used Fifty Fifty and Phone A Friend on the last question
永田喜彰	Hee Akira Nagata	10 August 2000	used last lifeline on 14th question
今尾奈緒子	Naoko今尾	2 November 2000	used last lifeline on 13th question
能勢一幸	Nose Kazuyuki	15 February 2001	used last lifeline on 11th question
坂本ひとみ	Sakamoto Hitomi	13 December 2001	used last lifeline on 11th question
菊地晃史	Kikuti Humiaki	27 June 2002	used last lifeline on 13th question
江口みち子	Eguti Mitiko	1 August 2002	used Fifty Fifty on the last question
長田直美	Nagata Naomi	14 November 2002	used last lifeline on 13th question
三島祥子	Santou Youko	8 May 2003	used last lifeline on 12th question
菊池友久	Kikuti Tomohisa	28 April 2005	used last lifeline on 14th question
濱田敏彦	Hamada Toshihiko	26 May 2005	used last lifeline on 13th question
野添潤子	Junko野添	29 June 2006	used last lifeline on 12th question
大井恵子	Ooi Keiko	27 July 2006	used last lifeline on 14th question

Celebrities

Name	Transliteration	Date	Lifelines
馳浩	Hiroshi Hase	23 November and 30 November 2000	used last lifeline on 13th question
鈴木大地	Daichi Suzuki	18 September 2003	used last lifeline on 13th question
新庄剛志	Tsuyoshi Shinjo	2 January 2004	used last lifeline on 13th question
堀江貴文	Takafumi Horie	30 December 2004 and 12 January 2005	used last lifeline on 14th question
細木数子	Kazuko Hosoki	30 December 2004 and 12 January 2005	used Fifty Fifty on the last question
堺正章	Masaaki Sakai	7 April 2005	used last lifeline on 13th question
田中康夫	Yasuo Tanaka	7 April 2005	used Phone A Friend on the last question
柏木由紀子 and 大島花子	Yukiko Kashiwagi and Hanako Oshima	21 April 2005	used last lifeline on 12th question
小泉孝太郎	Kotaro Koizumi	2 January and 16 January 2006
浅野ゆう子	Yuko Asano	23 March and 20 April 2006	used Fifty Fifty and Phone A Friend on the last question
為末大	Dai Tamesue	14 September 2006	used last lifeline on 14th question
坂東三津五郎 (10代目)	Bandō Mitsugorō X	5 October 2006	used last lifeline on 14th question
デヴィ・スカルノ	Dewi Sukarno	19 October and 26 October 2006	used Phone A Friend on the last question
紺野美沙子	Misako Konno	15 February and 22 February 2007	used last lifeline on 14th question
谷原章介	Shōsuke Tanihara	5 July 2007	used last lifeline on 14th question
富司純子	Sumiko Fuji	27 March 2008	used last lifeline on 9th question
徳光和夫	Kazuo Tokumitsu	27 March 2008	used last lifeline on 9th question
ビートたけし	Takeshi Kitano	30 January 2009	used last lifeline on 14th question

Kids

Name	Transliteration	Date
小林宏太郎	Taro Kobayashi Hiroshi	6 September 2001
南川克博	Katsuhiro Minamikawa	unknown date
棚橋紗夕	Gauzy evening Tanahashi	4 September 2003
片岡菜摘	Kataoka菜摘	unknown date
黄原暁	Hara Akira Huang	26 August 2004

Final question wrong (¥6,500,000 loss)

There were about 20 contestants to lose on the last question.

• Takeshi Kitano(ビートたけし), September 18, 2008 (only contestant to win the top prize afterwards)

First episode

Here are two first questions from the first episode of the show (fastest finger first and 1st question for ￥10,000. The first contestant won 1 million yen.

Fastest Finger First:

Put these money in the correct order, starting with the biggest currency rate with 1 yen
• A: 1 US dollar	• B: 1 Deutsche mark
• C: 1 Hong Kong dollar	• D: 1 pound sterling
Correct order: DABC

First question for ￥10,000:

Who is the current prime minister of Japan?
• A: Mori Ōgai	• B: Yoshirō Mori
• C: Shinichi Mori	• D: Mori Mitsuko

Related products

• Board game "クイズ$ミリオネア" by Takara Tomy released on 27th September 2001
• Electronic game "クイズ$ミリオネア" by Takara Tomy released in December 2001
• PlayStation game "クイズ$ミリオネア" by Eidos Interactive released on 20th December 2001
• Computer game "クイズ$ミリオネア" by Eidos Interactive released on 20th December 2001
• "Quiz $ Millionaire exciting party" ("クイズ$ミリオネア わくわくパーティー") for PC and PlayStation, by Eidos Interactive, released in 2001
• Book "Complete cheats! Quiz $ Millionaire" ("完全攻略! クイズ$ミリオネア", Kanzen kōryaku kuizu mirionea), the original release by Fusosha in March 2002, ISBN 4594034381

Catchphrases

There are four catchphrases used in this show:

• Fainaru Ansaa? (ファイナルアンサー?= Final Answer?)
• Zannen! (残念!= Incorrect!)
• Seikai! (正解!= Correct!)
• Droppuauto (ドロップアウト= Dropout)

First ¥10,000,000 question

• 13 July 2000:

What nationality was Trygve Lie, first Secretary-General of the United Nations?
• A: Denmark	• B: Sweden
• C: Norway	• D: Finland

The contestant walked away from the question, but she was betting on "C".