Another site made aware to me by my brother is Nation Trivia. This site has quizes on dozens of topics and awards you points for correct answers. If you collect enough points you get to spin the wheel and win cash or more points/spins. The quizzes are short – usually 5-10 questions – and go quickly, so it’s easy to get hooked as you see your point total start to climb.

I took about a hundred quizzes between last night and this morning and earned just over 2,000 points which I used to buy a spin of the wheel. On my spin I won $1.00, which puts me at an hourly rate of about 97 cents. Not quite enough to quit the day job. There is a pie slice on the wheel that gives you ten dollars, though, so if you earn enough points and get lucky with the spins you can win a nice chunk of extra cash.

There are two kinds of quizzes, Sprint Quizzes and Search Quizzes. Sprint Quizzes are timed and the quicker you answer the more points you get for a correct answer. If you ace a Sprint Quiz you get bonus spins on the wheel. I aced a quiz on The Simpsons (I only got 2 out of 5 on the History quiz, but breezed through The Simpsons. Go figure.) last night and got two bonus spins. On the first I got a $1 bonus quiz, which if I remember correctly means I would win a dollar if I aced the next quiz. I didn’t, so it was bye-bye dollar. The next spin netted me 2x powerup which meant my points would double for the next ten quizzes I took.

Judging by the leaderboard there hasn’t been much participation up until now. The all-time cash leader has only won $972 as of today. This is probably a sign that it takes an awful long time and a lot of quizzes to get to a point where you’re winning anything significant. Since I’ve already told you my meager winnings this shouldn’t come as much of a surprise.

If you’re going to enjoy Nation Trivia you need to think of the money as a bonus and try to enjoy the game itself. Take the quizzes (you’re allowed up to 200 per day), earn as many points as you can, spin the wheel from time to time, and maybe you’ll win a few bucks.