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THE RISE AND FALL OF HQ TRIVIA: WHO IS TO BLAME?

The Alarmist

The Alarmist

Comedy, History, Society & Culture

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Who’s to blame for the rise and fall of HQ Trivia?

This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) speaks with dear friend and comedian Jen Curran about the seemingly overnight success of the viral internet gameshow sensation HQ Trivia and its equally rapid downfall. Was HQ Trivia simply ahead of its time? Did too many tech issues scare users away? Or perhaps its demise was the result of unrealistic expectations from a toxic Silicon Valley Culture. Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Clayton Early join the conversation. 

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0:42.1

Here's a preview of Guest Alarmist, where I step aside and let a guest walk us through a

0:47.6

personal tragedy and together the alarmist crew figures out who's to blame.

0:52.7

This month, Adam Lustig discusses his 2003 telegram disaster.

0:58.4

Sandy ran this telegram company and another part of the business was

1:02.0

children's costume to characters for birthday parties, many of which I did.

1:05.6

And because, like Clayton said, Sandy didn't have the rights from Disney

1:10.0

to like license, to like advertise or promote the character as actual Mickey Mouse,

1:14.4

as actual Minnie Mouse.

1:15.9

She had to have alt names for all the children characters that would clear copyright.

1:21.5

So it was Mr. Mouse.

1:23.2

It was Ms. Mouse.

1:24.8

Elmo was just a letter L, Daeshmo, Spongebob.

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