Play Free Trivia Quiz Games For Real Money Prizes

How and where to use your general knowledge skills to earn some extra money in a cash quiz

We’ve covered many types of different real money games, with many of them offering specific appeal to a subset of supporters. But one type of gaming for cash that does have more universal appeal are the online trivia games where you can answer quiz questions to win money.

Sitting firmly in the bracket of real money skill games, a trivia or quiz game for cash or other prizes will offer good chances to anyone who has a good amount of general knowledge to earn money from their skill, plus they’re great fun too. Our review of HQ Trivia – the most well known of the cash trivia apps – will show you just how addictive these quiz for money games have become.

So how much do you know about the world around you and the events taking place in it?

If the answer is ‘plenty’ then chances are that if you play in an online quiz, you’ll have good prospects of winning some extra cash. Plus if you enjoy competition you’ll find that quiz contests are high up on the list of real money tournaments.

They’re available on apps which you can download to your mobile, contests are often live, you’ll sometimes find quizzes that focus on a specific area of knowledge (for example sports, celebrities, music, movies), and there are plenty of options to play which can be found in the list of real money trivia apps.

How To Make Money With Trivia

Before we get to the operators and apps that offer cash prize trivia contests, it’s worth giving some thought to just how you can make money with quizzes.

The most obvious is of course playing to win a quiz contest (and hence collecting any associated cash prizes).

Clearly that’s not as easy as it sounds, and you’ll need to be highly clued up in general knowledge to be successful. Remember though that it’s not always about the money – it’s a natural human trait to answer (or attempt to answer) questions, and being right (or being seen to be the best) is enough reward for many.

But still the ideal is if you can play a quiz and make money at the same time right? Either in hard cash or in the guise of other prizes.

So there are other options for making money with trivia besides winning contests where you have to get the answers right. These include:

Creating and running your own trivia contests

Playing casino games where answering questions correctly plays a part in winning

Writing or creating trivia questions

OK we’re here to get clued up on online real money quizzes, so let’s get started. To the left above you’ll find the menu describing the subjects we’ll be covering. We’ll start off with an exploration of the list of cash trivia contest operators and apps, then take a look at casino games where questions come into play in the games, and finally some other ways to make money with trivia.

First though, you’ll surely want to know how hard the questions are likely to be. For that take a look at this video of one of the HQ Trivia contests…..

Quizando

Offering fans of real money quizzes, questions and trivia the chance to win cash by putting their knowledge to the test, Quizando questions come at you in a variety of different subjects.

Games run on a pool basis with a percentage of every game fee going into that contest’s prize pool.

It’s open to players worldwide as long as they’re over 18 or the legal age where they live – plus of course that trivia games for money are fully legal in your country.

The Q

Hot on the heels of HQ Trivia comes The Q with a real money trivia app for Android users.

This live trivia game presents free to play question-based contests streamed to your phone…and with real cash prizes too for every contestant that wins.

You won’t be winning the sort of money on offer at HQ Trivia, but there are games that focus on specific areas of knowledge like Star Wars for example.

Quiz Rewards

QUIZ REWARDS is another free to play quiz game which doesn’t actually offer real money prizes to winners, but does net you rewards such as loyalty points to redeem for real rewards such as Gift Cards from Amazon, Google Play and more.

QuizBook

Using Quizbook is a good way of rewarding your knowledge and maybe winning some cash along the way.

Answer trivia questions in quiz competitions and you’ll be awarded points. The more questions you answer correctly, the more points you’ll earn.

The points you earn can be redeemed for cash deposits to PayPal – Points are worth 1 cent per 10 points won.

Challvia

Billed by Challvia themselves as ‘the ultimate quiz game’, here you’ll find quizzes with a total of more than 4,000 questions. These include questions about Geography, Sports, mythology, celebrities and so on. Clearly something for everybody!

It’s free to play and you must be over 13. Achieve the highest score in any contest and you’ll get the designated cash prize deposited straight to your bank account.

Total Trivia

You won’t be winning real money with Total Trivia as it’s an option for quiz fans where you can win real items and discounts from your favorite brands.

Those discounts can be as good as real cash though, and your contests against other shoppers can still increase your wallet size if you can end up with the highest end of tournament score.

As you play trivia and score points you’ll be earning a discount towards the purchase of a product, so even if you don’t win you still end up ahead.

Givling

Focusing on students and offering a way to play with prizes on offer that will pay off student loans, Givling is one trivia app that parents especially will want to be bookmarking. it’s available to play on Android or iphone.

YouPlay

Enjoy puzzle games of all types? Youplay is worth checking out for its range of different games. And yes, that does include question and answer games in the library.

You’ll need to pay for premium membership to get the most chances of winning prizes – a membership that gives added benefits over the free member option and will hopefully help you collect more tokens to enter any cash prize contests.

Quiz XT

With 5 games to play and a library of over 150,000 questions, Quiz XT has quickly gained a big following among fans of real money trivia games.

Download the app from either GooglePlay or the App Store, and you’ll be set up in no time to begin playing for a cash prize.

You won’t get rich with QuizXT, with prizes ranging from one dollar to ten, but still it’s a great way to take part in quiz contests and come away (hopefully) with more money than you started with.

More Operators

As we head towards the last quarter of 2020 and into early 2021, you can be sure that some of the cash quiz sites listed will close and new ones will take their place.

Here are a few more that are operating in 2020 and we’ll be covering in a little more depth in the coming months….

Swag IQ

Tellie

Dubbl

Quiz Up

The Chase

Quiz Clash

RealMoneyQuiz

Hofr

ReadyGames

Coral Quiz Primetime Trivia

Lucky Trivia Live/Lucktastic

HQ Trivia

For Apple phone users only and launched in the summer/autumn of 2017, HQ Trivia rapidly became the top real money trivia app. So much so in fact that many quiz fans now look for alternatives by searching for ‘sites like HQ Trivia’.

Its format – with two games run at the same times every day – quickly attracted player numbers up in the hundreds of thousands for every contest.

Each one of the real money contests fires out 12 limited-answer-time questions in each round, with prizes anywhere from $1,000 to $10,000 being distributed equally among however many people get all 12 questions right.

Quezztion

Available on iPod touch, iPad, and iPhone, the Quezztion real money trivia app offers you a chance to test your skills in a series of engaging and challenging competitions.

You’ll get the chance of some great entertainment, be able to show off your knowledge, and win big money if you’re good.

With three different types of tournaments – 10 in a row, King of Five, and Cash King of Five (play for real cash) – plus the chance to refer friens and get $10 to play with, Quezztion is one of the leading trivia apps on the market.

It’s also one of a few apps that run a loyalty program where you’ll earn Quezztion ticketz that can be saved up and then traded in for prizes.

SatoshiQuiz

You may have heard of the Bitcoin phenomenon? Want a few for yourself?

Well, here’s your chance. Satoshi Quiz is the place to go if you want to answer trivia questions in various categories and win money in the form of Bitcoins.

Ladbrokes Quiz Games

Of course they’re much better known as a betting operator, but Ladbrokes also offer a bunch of other real money games including poker, casino games, bingo. and yes you guessed it….there are Ladbrokes cash prize quiz games too.

You’ll get to test your general knowledge with a suitably wide range of TV quiz games and get instant wins.

Online Casino Trivia Games

We all know that casino games are based purely on luck, or at least the chance of winning money is. Sure you might be able to increase your chances of winning with the application of correct strategies in some games such as 3 card poker, but even so it’s going to be fate that decides if you win long term.

So how do the casino operators entice new players in? Especially from a generation that’s been brought up on video games and who might be more interested in video game contests for money.

How do they add an element of skill into what would otherwise be pure games of luck?

The answer is in innovation, and one such innovation is in the introduction of trivia into the casino games themselves. One developer known as Gamevy have done just that and developed a couple of games that use your ability to answer questions as a part of the gameplay. They’re an ”award-winning, licensed supplier and operator producing a high- quality, select range of real-money games” and who ”believe in combining skill, chance and life-changing jackpots for the ultimate in fun”.

Casino Games With A ‘Trivia For Cash’ Element

Of course there are some difficulties in introducing a skill based aspect into casino games – if it’s all about skill you’ll give good players too much of an edge over the house, if there’s no real skill involved then no one will play. You might as well just chance your arm on traditional slots.

So this is why you won’t be finding pure cash trivia contests in a casino. Players (those that are clued up) would quite likely be able to clean up.

The answer is the creation of hybrid games that offer parts of both options – standard casino games of chance, but with an element of trivia added on. Gamevy came up with two games that fit the bill…

Gears of Fortune

In Gears Of Fortune the aim is to match symbols in a similar way to standard video slots. At the lower end of win values you just have to match the symbols, with 5 hazard symbols meaning you lose everything.

Where trivia enters the equation is if a key symbol appears. When this happens, you’ll be given a question. Answer it correctly, and you’ll get a “cog” attached to one of the four larger jackpot prizes. Collect three cogs and you’ll land the jackpot. answer the question incorrectly and you just go staright back to the main game.

The Heist

More complex than Gears Of Fortune, in this game you’ll need to find your way into a vault that contains a prize. To be successful you’ll have to navigate along a path made up of ten steps, each offering three choices: left, right, or center.

If you choose correctly you move along, incorrectly and you set receive a question. Each right answer lets you progress, each wrong one sets off an alarm. Reach 5 alarms and you lose.

There’s an interesting bonus round where you can keep going for as long as you feel confident, with the chance of winning up to £1 million provided you don’t hit the alarm limit.

Where to Play

You can play Gears Of Fortune and The Heist at Dunder Casino and Casumo

How Hard Are The Casino Trivia Questions

Questions are multiple choice, with one correct answer out of four possible programmed into the software. and the rules of the games indicate there are around 15000 questions held in the software. But each time you’re presented with a question you only see a choice of two, so it’s a 50/50 shot to get it right.

Most questions appear to be fairly easy to answer correctly, so given those odds you’ll most likely be getting it right more often than not. In addition – with 20 seconds to answer – there’s just enough time to go searching for an answer.

Who Wants To Be a Millionaire – For Real Money

One of the most well known and loved TV quiz shows ever. You know the one where contestants make their way up the ladder by answering the correct choice from four multiple choice options, doubling their money each time and using lifelines.

Well you won’t be playing a similar format for money (unless you set up a game yourself with friends with cash prizes on the side). But there is an option to get a taste of the game while trying to build up some cash, and sitting more firmly in the bracket of regular casino games come the slots version of the highly popular show Who Wants To Be a Millionaire.

Playing is easy, as it is on any slot game.

The real money Who wants to be a millionaire slot is a 5 reel, 50 payline masterpiece, with symbols illustrating various aspects of the show. Line up the symbols into a winning combination and you get the payout.

There are plenty of bonuses to keep you interested, including a bonus round activated by scatters where you’ll need to pick from 4 questions to reveal and win a cash payout. There’s a progressive jackpot and free spins too.

Clearly playing a slot doesn’t have anywhere near the skill level of trivia contests for real money, but it does offer high fun value with at least some link to quiz type entertainment.

There are plenty of places to play, with Ladbrokes Casino being an obvious example and Vegas Slots another.

Create Your Own Real Money Trivia Game

Another way to make some cash with trivia is to create your own games, either for selling on or to position ads in the games that you’ll earn money from.

QuickAppNinja is a name to remember here. It’s an Android game app builder with templates that allow you to easily create your own quiz games.

The builder is easy to use and creation is done through an easy, intuitive drag-n-drop game wizard. No specialist skills are required.

Another option is to run trivia events – weddings, discos, pub quizzes, and a host of other options. For this you’ll need something professional, and maybe the best way to achieve it will be to use buzzer systems. Those provided by DigiGames are a good example, and the firm provides equipment for all types of cash trivia game contests which can result in a similar solution to those you see on TV game shows.

How to Make Money Writing Trivia Questions.

With the interest on apps that provide trivia questiuons for cash on the rise, there are going to be plenty of firms on the lookout for questions. This should present anyone with the skill to create good sets of trivia questions (and get paid for it).

You’ll need to be clued up on formats and have strong grammar and spelling skills, but some of the options when you do have a good library of questions include:

List your services at freelance websites such as Elance and Freelancer

Organise and run local pub or community centre quizzes

Find a way to contact big firms that run quizzes – the apps listed on this page may be good examples, but think about TV-related companies and mobile phone app companies who run quizzes too

Build a website and create your own business selling quiz packs

Pros & Cons

The main benefit of playing cash prize trivia games is clear – if you’re good enough you’ll have a reasonable chance of picking up some money prizes. Equally though, they’re fun, easy to play, and can often be played anywhere or anytime. Plus they’re a great time filler for bored moments or when you have a gap with not much else to do.

On the negative side – and this is more applicable if you’re not strong in general knowledge – they can quickly become frustrating and you may not be able to keep interest long enough.

Many are free to play, so at least you’re not losing any money in making the attempt.

Resources

We’ve got a fairly concise list of real money trivia apps here on this page, or at least the majority of them. So there’s not much value in directing you to similar lists.

The best additional resources then are likely to be those that might give you pointers on how to win, and given the nature of online trivia contests – where there’s a time limit on how long you have to answer – there’s not much you can do to improve chances other than improve your ability to answer questions.

For general knowledge you can obviously spend time reading Wikipedia pages and keep abreast of world news, but one practice is very important and the trivia app known as Sporcle can give you plenty of opportunity to hone your answering skills.

For plenty of videos on cash prize trivia gaming see this Youtube channel.

Summary

Interest in real money trivia games is on the increase, not surprisingly for a type of cash gaming which has skill at its core. As the number of operators grows, prize values are likely to go higher and higher, resulting in further growth.

If you have a good grounding in general knowledge and can answer quiz questions quickly, there really isn’t a lot to stop you getting involved and maybe picking up a cash prize just for showing your trivia knowledge.