So I've just been informed about HQ Trivia, an app for iOS and Android where you can participate in live, 15-question trivia games. Get one question wrong and you're out of the game (though you can purchase single-use "extra lives", because microtransactions), but get all 15 right and a hefty sum of cash is divvied up between the winners, which you can cash into your PayPal at any time. Payouts per game are anywhere in the range of $1,000 - $50,000, though since there are normally thousands of winners, you'll likely only receive around $0.50-$1.00 per win unless you're very lucky.
This is a legit app that's gotten a bit of mainstream media attention, though it's not without its share of complaints, glitches, and minor controversies (thankfully, since it doesn't have you link your email or PayPal to the profile until each time you want to cash out, I haven't heard anything about risks of data being stolen). And the host is just... the worst. And as far as I can tell, you can't disable the Twitch-esque chat stream. But I've been in two games and gotten irritatingly close to winning once, and the potential benefits are pretty good if you luck out.
Of course, telling people about it just brings more competitors to potentially have to split the money with, so why am I doing it? Because if you enter my referral code, KKTerthelt, during your sign-up, I get free extra lives! So would you kindly sign up? It's a free app and making a profile takes literal seconds. C'mon. You're a nerd on the internet, you know trivia. Do it.
Doooo it.