People can't stop talking about the live trivia app that's giving away money to
players. Welcome back to What's Trending, I'm Ava Gordy. Be sure to LIKE this
video and SUBSCRIBE for more stories. Twice a day on weekdays, HQ Trivia
broadcasts a live trivia game show that lasts 15 minutes.
HQ was created by Colin Kroll and Rus Yusupov who also created Vine.
You've heard of Vine. It appears HQ has bounced back from last week when Yusupov
kind of went wacky and in response to an interview The Daily Beast did with the
game's popular host Scott Rogowsky. That weirdness aside, the app hasn't slowed
down at all. In fact, after the "bad PR," the show saw upwards of a 100,000
views for the first time. Specifically, the night after all the drama, the app
crashed because so many people were wondering what the heckity it was about.
That is until people started losing. You have 10 seconds from the time the host
reads the question to answer it, and if you're wrong, you're out.
No three strikes, no second chances, that's it. I learned the hard way. If you
do make it all the way through, you get to split the money with everyone else
that made it all the way through. And if no one wins, that money goes on to the
next week, so it has the chance to, you know, it's like a jackpot? No. Lottery! Oh my
God... So I tried out HQ for myself and what I discovered may shock you. Roll the clip!
This is what I get for slightly questioning Adam. For even a...
I hit it, and then I was like, "How come it didn't register?" Because
ten seconds goes by pretty fast. So I got three of twelve. So, I lost and Adam lost.
I feel a little bit dumb, but we're gonna move past it. The app is seeing rave reviews
from its users. Some like it because it makes them feel smarter, like Casey
Newton who tweeted, "I play HQ trivia because it feels good to know that 1,061
people think that the ship that brought the Pilgrims here was the Titanic." Or,
there's Mat Howie who only likes the game for the host Scott, "Hey former Vine
creators and co-founders: HQ trivia is NOTHING without Scott Regowsky. He's the
entire f*cking reason it's even a thing right now."
Boom. Matt told you! And it's even bringing the fam together. It's only a
matter of time until there's hacks or a way to cheat, but as of right now it
looks like squeaky clean family fun. Now we want to hear from you. Would you guys
play HQ Trivia? Have you already played? Did you beat me when you were watching
this at home? Let me know in the COMMENTS below, LIKE this video and SUBSCRIBE for
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