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After a decade of grinding, a trivia game became this comedian’s ticket to instant fame. The new CNN Film about HQTrivia airs Sunday at 9 p.m. ET/PT

When Scott Rogowsky auditioned to be the host of an unreleased online quiz show called HQ Trivia back in 2017, after a decade of grinding gigs in the New York City comedy scene, he didn’t think it’d be his ticket to instant fame. Not long after landing the job, however, the “game show on your phone” app – from the founders of once-popular six-second video platform Vine – became an overnight national sensation.

Some players claimed they never received their payouts, others started to get bored. Daily use started to fall. Rogowsky left in March 2019 to pursue other opportunities, nearly three months after Kroll was found dead in his New York City apartment. Rogowsky now owns a vintage clothing shop in Los Angeles. The app officially shuttered in February 2020 when players received a cryptic notification sent to their phones: “HQ is live. Just kidding. We’re off the air indefinitely.

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