From Wissahickon high to Les Mis to Ellen to the HQ.

HQ Trivia isn’t the first time host Sarah Pribis has lit up hundreds of thousands of phone screens.

Her career, however, started just on the cusp of the smartphone revolution, when she starred in a production of “Les Misérables” at Wissahickon High School in Ambler, Montgomery County, that inadvertently got her recruited to perform in the musical’s Broadway production, writes Marielle Mondon for phillyvoice.com. 

Unfamiliar with the growing phenomenon that is HQ Trivia? Consider it the latest wave of mobile gaming, the Pokémon Go of 2018. While Pokémon Go gained traction for its use of augmented reality, sending gamers walking down random streets with noses to their screens on the hunt for Jigglypuff, this app has garnered a similarly addicted fan base through a much simpler premise: the chance to earn free money.