IF YOU HAVE A GOOD QUESTION FOR
HEATHER PLEASE E-MAIL HER BY
GOING TO WCCO.COM/LINKS.
IT'S LIKE PLAYING IN A LIVE
GAME SHOW RIGHT AT YOUR
FINGERTIPS.
BUT UNLIKE MOST APPS,
WINNING AT THIS ONE CAN PUT
REAL MONEY RIGHT IN YOUR
POCKET.
TRIVIA DOESN'T COST YOU A DIME
TO DOWNLOAD AND SOMEONE GETS
PAID AFTER EVERY GAME.
WHY IT HAS PEOPLE HOOKED AND
WHAT IT TAKES TO COME OUT ON
TOP.
Reporter: PUTTING YOUR
KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST.
THESE U OF M STUDENTS LIVE THAT
DAILY BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE
EXAMS THAT HAVE THEM STUDYING.
I KIND OF WANTED TO GET DONE
WITH MY HOME WORK AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE BECAUSE I WANTED TO
GET ON TO HQ TRIVIA.
IT'S 2:00 P.M.
AND SOPHOMORE SAGAL IS LEANING
ON HIS FRIENDS FOR A CHANCE TO
WIN.
SO LONG AS HE ANSWERS 12
QUESTIONS IN A ROW CORRECTLY ON
HQ TRIVIA.
THE THING ABOUT THAT IS IT'S
A LIVE SHOW.
IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE YOU'RE
ALMOST ON A LIVE GAME SHOW.
Reporter: INSTEAD OF A TV
IT'S ON YOUR PHONE.
THE GAME IS PLAYED UP TO DEVICE
A DAY LIVE.
AT DINNER WE ALL GET AROUND
THE DINNER TABLE AND PULL OUT
OUR PHONE AT 8:00.
OF ALL THE GAMES HE'S
PLAYED, HE HAS NEVER WON.
I GOT NINE QUESTIONS RIGHT
AND THEN I LOST.
MOST OF THE TIMES YOU DON'T
WIN.
CORRECT.
YEAH.
MOST OF THE TIME YOU WON'T WIN.
BUT SHE DOES HAVE A FEW
STREUBG -- VICTORIES TO THE
GAME.
SINCE THE GAME CAN HAVE SEVERAL
WINNERS THE PRIZE GETS DIVIDED.
I'VE HAD AS LOW AS TWO OR
$3.
THE MONEY IS A BONUS NOT HER
MOTIVATION.
IT'S ABOUT GETTING THOSE
QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND LEARNING
SOMETHING NEW.
Reporter: THAT MIND SET IS
REALLY A LIFELONG HOBBY FOR
HER.
THIS IS JEOPARDY.
TODAY'S CONTESTANTS ARE A
SCIENCE TEACHER FROM SAINT PAUL
MINNESOTA.
WENT TO TWO GAMES LOST MY
THIRD.
I WAS ON SPORTS JEOPARDY A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND THAT
WAS JUST A DISASTER.
I DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT
ONE.
I'M NO MATCH FOR A JEOPARDY
CONTESTANT BUT I STILL PUT
MYSELF TO THE TEST AGAINST THE
TRIVIA SAVANT AT A GAME WE'RE
ALL CAPABLE OF PLAYING.
HELLO HGERS AND WELCOME TO
THE NEW NORMAL.
THIS WASN'T JUST A ONE ON
ONE DUAL.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE UP
584,000 PEOPLE.
BUT SUNDAY NIGHT THIS PAST
SUNDAY NIGHT WE WERE AT 2
MILLION PLAYING.
Reporter: THE WHITE STRIPES
NAMED AN ALBUM AFTER AN ART
MOVEMENT.
Reporter: THE FIRST FEW
QUESTIONS WERE A BREEZE.
YEAH.
Reporter: UNTIL QUESTION
FIVE.
WHICH OF THESE U.S.
PRESIDENTS WAS NEVER A VICE
PRESIDENT?
HERBERT HOOVER, RICHARD NIXON,
GENERAL FORD.
I DON'T KNOW THIS ONE.
I'M GOING WITH THE MIDDLE
GUY.
I'M GOING HOOVER.
SURPRISE, SURPRISE I'M NOT
WELL VERSED ON PAST VICE
PRESIDENTS.
I'M OUT.
JUST THREE QUESTIONS LATER.
I'M OUT.
DESPITE HER WEALTH OF
KNOWLEDGE, THE KEY IS MAKING AN
EDUCATED GUESS WHEN YOU DONE
KNOW THE ANSWER.
IF YOU SIMPLY CAN'T WAIT FOR HQ
TRIVIA'S NEXT GAME THERE ARE
OTHER APPS.
WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING AT
RIGHT NOW.
MY GOOGLE CALENDAR OF ALL MY
QUIZZES.
IT'S NOT EMBARRASSING OR
ANYTHING.
Reporter: TO HER H Q TRIVIA
IS THE BEST.
I THINK IT HAS POTENTIAL TO
KEEP GOING MOSTLY BECAUSE OF
THAT LIVE APPOINTMENT FEEL TO
IT.
IT DOES HAVE THE FEEL OF BEING
ON A GAME SHOW.
YOU ARE ANSWERS QUESTIONS AND
YOU HAVE A LIVE HOST.
Reporter: THE GAME'S
POPULARITY IS ON THE RISE BUT
ITS FUTURE IS JUST A GUESS.
I CAN IMAGINE PLAYING ON TV
AND ON YOUR PHONE.
THAT MIGHT BE AN AVENUE TO
EXPLORE.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND A
PLEASANT TOMORROW.
JEFF WAGNER, WCCO4 NEWS.
SUNDAY NIGHT THE GRAND PRIZE
WAS $25,000 AND RATHER THAN
DIVIDE IT THAT WENT TO A SINGLE
WINNER.
IT TOOK 18 QUESTIONS FOR ONE
PERSON TO BE LEFT STANDING.
IT IS A LOT OF FUN.
IT'S 25 GRAND.
YEAH IT IS FUN.