HQ Trivia, which entertained millions, is no more

A popular trivia app known for its fun atmosphere and large cash prizes has come to the end of the road. HQ, which was named Time magazine's app of the year months after its 2017 launch, held its final contest Friday night. CNN reported Friday that HQ co-founder and CEO Rus Yusupov sent a company-wide email stating that the company would immediately "cease operations and move to dissolution" because investors were backing out. Yusupov co-founded HQ with Colin Kroll, who died in 2018 of an appare