--- title: Here Are the Best Times to Play HQ Trivia if You Want to Win the Most Money description: HQ Trivia is a free app that gives away tons of money. These are the days and times where people win the most. authors: - name: Julia Glum role: Managing Editor url: https://money.com/author/julia-glum/ bio: Julia Glum joined Money in 2018 and specializes in covering financial trends that affect everyday Americans' wallets. She also writes Dollar Scholar, a weekly newsletter that teaches young adults how to navigate the messy world of money. education: University of Florida at_money_since: 2018 articles: 454 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology also_seen_in: - Newsweek - International Business Times - CBS News - Good Morning America - WUSA9 - Pix 11 - The New York Times - Mashable - The Washington Post - CNBC - Politico social: - https://x.com/superjulia - https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-glum published: '2018-04-11T19:45:49.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T10:18:30.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - apps - extra cash - game shows - how to make more money - HQ Trivia - side hustles word_count: 307 canonical: https://money.com/best-time-to-play-hq-trivia-money/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![180411-lucratve-time-hq](https://img.money.com/2018/04/hq_group.jpg) HQ Trivia is about to set a new record with [a little help from Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson](https://money.com/hq-trivia-rock-dwayne-johnson/). In partnership with the movie *Rampage*, the free quiz app is scheduled to give away its biggest jackpot of all time on Wednesday. The colossal $300,000 prize is just the latest example of HQ upping the ante for players who are able to correctly answer all 12 questions. The game's minimum prize is $2,500 (which is usually split between winners), but HQ is increasingly offering up bigger sums of money and every so often allowing a sole winner to take it all. But what if you wanted to game the game? Money asked [HQ Insiders](http://hqinsiders.com/), a team of data scientists who have been scraping information from HQ games, to pinpoint the most profitable times to play. HQ Insiders found that the average winnings per person were by far the highest on Sunday nights and Wednesday afternoons. HQTies will understand that Sunday makes sense because there's usually only one game, and it often features a larger-than-normal prize pot. The average payout for Sunday-night players was about $5,000. The second-most lucrative time to play was Wednesday afternoons when the average take-home pay came in over $160. (To be fair, these averages were influenced by some special games and ones where an exceptionally small number of people won.) According to HQ Insiders, the least valuable days to play were Tuesday and Thursday. So if you need to skip a game, do it then. There are no guarantees, but the data indicates you should always play on Sunday nights, and try to play on Wednesdays, to make the most cash. But don't forget you'll [have to pay taxes](https://money.com/hq-trivia-taxes/) on all those winnings. And unfortunately, there's still no word on the best time to guarantee you'll get a glimpse of host [Scott Rogowsky](https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=%22where%20is%20scott%22%20hq&src=typd). ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/best-time-to-play-hq-trivia-money/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Lifestyle", "item": "https://money.com/lifestyle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Entertainment", "item": "https://money.com/entertainment/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Here Are the Best Times to Play HQ Trivia if You Want to Win the Most Money" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/best-time-to-play-hq-trivia-money/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/best-time-to-play-hq-trivia-money/", "name": "Here Are the Best Times to Play HQ Trivia if You Want to Win the Most Money", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2018-04-11T19:45:49.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/best-time-to-play-hq-trivia-money/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/best-time-to-play-hq-trivia-money/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-17T10:18:30.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Here Are the Best Times to Play HQ Trivia if You Want to Win the Most Money", "articleSection": "Lifestyle", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2018/04/hq_group.jpg", "width": 2000, "height": 1333, "caption": "180411-lucratve-time-hq" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Julia Glum", "url": "https://money.com/author/julia-glum/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/julia-glum/#author", "description": "Julia Glum joined Money in 2018 and specializes in covering financial trends that affect everyday Americans' wallets. 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