Enlarge / Honorees Rus Yusupov (L) and Colin Kroll accept the Breakthrough Award for Emerging Technology onstage at the Variety Breakthrough of the Year Awards during the 2014 International CES at The Las Vegas Hotel & Casino on January 9, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (credit: Jeff Bottari/Getty Images for Variety) The co-founder of the […]
Tag: trivia
Facebook’s live gameshows could take a bite out of HQ Trivia
Instead of creating its own HQ Trivia competitor, Facebook has taken a broader approach and created an entire gaming platform. The company announced polls for Live and on demand videos as well as new gamification features for Live videos. Partners like Insider, BuzzFeed and Fresno can add polls, quizzes and challenges to both individual videos […]
You can see your friends’ HQ Trivia answers, but only on Fridays
Now that hit mobile game HQ has become more social, the company is reportedly planning to let you see your friends’ answers on Fridays. TechCrunch says the feature has been in testing for a while, now, and will roll out to all HQ players this week. Once you allow HQ to access your address book […]
Majotori Stars A Trivia Witch Who Tests Players On Video Game Facts And More
Are random facts from old cartoons and games embedded in your skull? Worried that this knowledge is now useless and you’ll never help anyone with it? Fret not, for Majotori will let you flaunt your useless facts, using them to help characters attain their wishes by aiding them in trivia battles where you may need […]
Superhero Bits: ‘Captain Marvel’ Skrull Theories, Fan of Steel Trivia Challenge & More
Why does one Black Panther screenwriter think Tony Stark wouldn’t be as warmly received today? Do you have what it takes to participate in Krypton’s Fan Of Steel Live Trivia Challenge at SyFy? Want a sneak peek at the new suits in X-Men: Dark Phoenix? Why do some fans think Nick Fury will become a Skrull […]
A wave of cheating AI robots is threatening to ruin HQ Trivia [Updated]
Enlarge / They know… (credit: Aurich / Getty) Cheating in online games is an ever-present problem that infects the likes of shooters, MMOs, and open-world crime simulators—and just about everything else. Now a rising tide of cheaters seems poised to threaten mobile general knowledge tester HQ Trivia as it continues to explode in popularity. The daily trivia game […]
HQ Trivia scraps $20 minimum requirement to withdraw prizes
Got a few bucks sitting in HQ Trivia limbo these past couple of months? You’ll be happy to hear this, then: the app no longer requires a minimum balance for withdrawal. You can get your prize money no matter how small it is, so you don’t have to endlessly try to win again and again […]
Wildly popular quiz-show app HQ Trivia is officially launching in the UK
iTunes Wildly popular smartphone quiz-show app HQ Trivia is officially launching in the UK. Thousands of players answer live trivia questions in an attempt to win cash prizes. A UK-specific version quietly launched a few weeks ago, but it wasn’t clear if it was a test. HQ Trivia, the wildly popular smartphone quiz show game, […]
HQ trivia winners reveal how they won — and what they spent their jackpots on
HQ Trivia When Casey Donahue won $ 6,000, he couldn’t quite believe it. The Los Angeles-based freelance filmmaker was at his parents’ house in Boca Raton, Fla., on Christmas Eve when he was just one of two people who won that night’s round of HQ Trivia. The popular trivia app, which has a live host […]
Watch the ‘Phantom Thread’ Costume Trivia Featurette About the Film’s Breathtaking Designs
New Yorkers and LA cinéastes have been lucky enough to set eyes on Paul Thomas Anderson’s stunning new film Phantom Thread early (it was one of our ten best films of 2017). The film opens nationwide today — which the rest of us the country the opportunity to luxuriate in the movie’s lush setting and gorgeous […]