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12-24-2017, 05:03 PM
The rapid rise and even faster fall of an HQ trivia champion
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HQ trivia (http://mashable.com/category/hq-trivia/), the live game-show app that launched in July, is ridiculously hard to win, but contestant Allan Gibbons repeatedly finds a way.
Better known by his username “AllanG,” Gibbons is an HQ trivia celebrity, born from his knack for dominating the game show's daily competitions. The 28-year-old radio DJ from Owen Sound, Canada has earned more than $870 from the nine games he's won and has sat at the top of the all-time leaderboard for about two months.
Sure, maybe his winnings sound like chump change in comparison to the game's jackpots that range from $500 to $10,000, but it's been enough to earn him a position atop the leaderboard, and therefore, the envious eyes of the hundreds of thousands contestants who have spent time with the iPhone app over the last six months.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/23/hq-trivia-top-contestant-allan-gibbons-allang-profile-all-time-leaderboard/)
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HQ trivia (http://mashable.com/category/hq-trivia/), the live game-show app that launched in July, is ridiculously hard to win, but contestant Allan Gibbons repeatedly finds a way.
Better known by his username “AllanG,” Gibbons is an HQ trivia celebrity, born from his knack for dominating the game show's daily competitions. The 28-year-old radio DJ from Owen Sound, Canada has earned more than $870 from the nine games he's won and has sat at the top of the all-time leaderboard for about two months.
Sure, maybe his winnings sound like chump change in comparison to the game's jackpots that range from $500 to $10,000, but it's been enough to earn him a position atop the leaderboard, and therefore, the envious eyes of the hundreds of thousands contestants who have spent time with the iPhone app over the last six months.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/23/hq-trivia-top-contestant-allan-gibbons-allang-profile-all-time-leaderboard/)
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