Winning $1-million is a slam dunk!

What you get: HQ is giving away at least $1,000,000 in total cash to coincide with the NBA playoff finals!  Each time the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers play in their best-of-7 series, the cash pot grows $100k.  If they play a 7th game, the prize will be $700,000.  All just for correctly answering 12 multiple-choice trivia questions!

Schedule: (*if required)

  • May 31 – Game 1: $100,000
  • June 3 – Game 2: $200,000
  • June 6 – Game 3: $300,000
  • June 8 – Game 4: $400,000
  • June 11 – Game 5*: $500,000
  • June 14 – Game 6*: $600,000
  • June 17 – Game 7*: $700,000

What I get in return: Each friend who installs HQ Trivia and uses my referral code chiofsteel helps me earn an extra life (i.e. a chance to continue if I get an answer wrong).  Once you play HQ Trivia, you can get an extra life by referring your friends!

Where to go: App Store and Google Play

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Ready player one to win $250,000 in HQ Trivia

What you get: HQ is giving away $250,000 tonight!  Get all 15 questions correct tonight, and you’ll split the highest jackpot to date.  A few days ago, 4 players split $100,000.  Grab the app if you don’t have it yet.  Hurry, just an hour to go!

What I get in return: Each friend who installs HQ Trivia and uses my referral code chiofsteel helps me earn an extra life (i.e. a chance to continue if I get an answer wrong).  Once you play HQ Trivia, you can get an extra life by referring your friends!

Where to go: App Store and Google Play

By the way, there’s a hack to gain a free life in HQ without needing to refer new friends.

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Save money and fight climate change with Carrot

Spotlight on: Carrot and Green Ontario Fund

What I scored: The Government of Ontario has really been pushing its Green Ontario Fund through Carrot the past few weeks.  Get rewarded with an influx of loyalty points by answering simple quizzes — you don’t need to even get the correct answers — and learning about initiatives to save money and fight climate change.  I once earned 150 SCENE points with a single GreenON quiz!  My total points earned via Carrot is well over 1400, good for a free movie, just by answering quizzes and meeting my daily steps target!

How I did it: Download the Carrot app using my bonus code ct6191 and you’ll earn bonus points!  Answering short multiple-choice quizzes reward you additional points.  If free movies aren’t your thing, be rewarded in Aeroplan or Petro-Points.  Reward rates vary depending on the loyalty program, but they really add up quickly!

Here’s the proof:

Lots of points for learning about Green Ontario Fund!
Answer informative quizzes. They’re not even graded!
Points, points, and more points!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where to go: www.carrotrewards.ca

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Spend halftime playing HQ to win up to $20,000!

What you get: You can win cash by playing the mobile trivia game HQ!  Get all 15 questions correct tonight, and you’ll split the highest jackpot to date at $20,000!  Tonight’s game will occur during the Super Bowl halftime.

What I get in return: Each friend who installs HQ Trivia and uses my referral code chiofsteel helps me earn an extra life (i.e. a chance to continue if I get an answer wrong).  Once you play HQ Trivia, you can get an extra life by referring your friends!

Where to go: App Store  and Google Play

By the way, there’s a hack to gain a free life in HQ without needing to refer new friends.  I can verify that it works on an iPhone.

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Score free Popeyes chicken with Toronto Raptors

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What you get: I’m a huge Raptors fan, but even if you’re not, by downloading the Raptors Mobile app, you will be alerted any time after they score at least a dozen 3-point shots.  You’ll then have until closing the following day to head to your local Popeyes chicken restaurant to score yourself 3-piece chicken tenders with a purchase of a large drink.  The cashier will have to activate the offer using your phone.

When it is in effect: 2017-18 season

Where to go: App Store link | Google Play link

Popeyes chicken tenders with dipping sauce
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Earn 3% interest on new deposits at Simplii

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What you get: You can earn 3% interest with new deposits into Simplii Financial savings accounts.  This rate applies to both current and new clients.

While this may not be enough to entice you to join as a new customer, they also offer free Interac e-transfers!  Why pay $1 or more to send money?  It simply makes no cents.

By the way, if you banked with PC Financial, they are now Simplii Financial.

When it ends: Feb 28, 2018

Where to go: https://www.simplii.com/en/special-offers/savings-account-bonus-interest.html

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Round up some cashback from Caddle

What you get: I’ve started using an app called Caddle that offers cashback for retail or online purchases — think Checkout 51.  Simply scan receipts for listed items or spend a minimum amount at their preferred retailers;  you can even score cashback from watching short ads or answering brief surveys within the app.

What I get in return: Each friend who installs and uses the Caddle app helps me earn $1 to my account.  Use the link below to sign up!

Remember, once you use Caddle, you can also get these perks by referring your friends!

I’ve only accumulated $2.25 to date, so I’ll do a deeper dive into this once I hit the $20 threshold and cash out.  The app was featured on CBC’s Dragon’s Den.  Watch the video for more details.

When it ends: Indefinite

Where to go: caddle.ca/signup/referral/5a4bc4cf55720

Watch Caddle Consumer Video on Vimeo.

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