Quiz! Hexagon II

Quiz! Hexagon II
Hiroshi Shinagawa incorrectly answers a trivia question for which the response is . Yusuke Kamiji, Akina Minami, and Nozomi Tsuji sit behind him.
Presented by	Shinsuke Shimada
Country of origin	Japan
Production
Running time	57 minutes
Release
Original network	Fuji Television
Original release	19 October 2005 – 28 September 2011
External links
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Quiz! Hexagon II (クイズ！ヘキサゴンII, Kuizu! Hekisagon Tsū^?) was a Japanese quiz variety show on Fuji Television, airing Wednesdays from 19:00-19:57 Japan Standard Time. The show began airing on October 19, 2005, ending on September 28, 2011 with 247 episodes aired; its predecessor, Quiz! Hexagon - This Evening is a Quiz Parade!! (クイズ！ヘキサゴン 今夜はクイズパレード!!, Kuizu! Hekisagon Kon'ya wa Kuizu Parēdo!!^?) aired from June 5 through October 12, 2005.

Quiz! Hexagon II was hosted by Shinsuke Shimada and Hitomi Nakamura. Guests on the show often included Japanese owarai comedians and tarento. Since 2007, a number of music subgroups have formed that have released singles; among the most popular of these have been Shuchishin and Pabo.

During each episode, three teams (the membership of which was determined based on a paper quiz show participants took prior to each episode) competed for points in various quizzes, testing team members' knowledge on a variety of topics.

Due to the low ratings of the previous show "Quiz! Hexagon" (which aired from July 7, 2002 - October 10, 2005) chairman Shinsuke Shimada accepted a request for an update to the show, and beginning the following week (June 15, 2005) - with the added subtitle "This Evening is a Quiz Parade" - the show became a battle between three six-member teams. Later, Shinsuke said in an interview published in the special extra-large summer issue (August 14/21, 2008) of the magazine Shukan Bunshun (週刊文春しゅうかん ぶんしゅん^?), "It was not the renewal season, but the producer quickly agreed. All around it was like the quick fix of a government office."