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Inside America's popular trivia craze.

A look at Black Wall Street. 

The best of Anthony Bourdain.

New CNN Film documents the rise and fall of America's mobile trivia craze

It was once a cultural sensation — HQ Trivia, a mobile gaming app, amassed a cult-like following in 2017 after its creators, Rus Yusupov and Colin Kroll, launched it on mobile devices.

The trivia game went live everyday drawing millions of users trying to win money and prizes if they answered each question correctly. It was a promising but short-lived venture highlighted in CNN Films’ new documentary, Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia.

Directed by Emmy Award-winner Salima Koroma, the film follows the rocket-like rise and sudden implosion of the trivia app, which came to an underwhelming end due to mismanagement, overly ambitious founders and internal company drama.

“HQ Trivia was supposed to ‘revolutionize television,’" says Koroma. “But what happens when the people running it—‘the smartest guys in the room’— don’t know what they’re doing? The CEOs who make the Vines, the WeWorks, and the Twitters are hailed as the rockstars of our age. But a lot of them are simply emperors with no clothes on. It’s absurd. And I wanted that absurdity to be felt throughout the film.”

Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia will premiere on CNN on Sunday, March 5, at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Celebrating Black History Month with CNN Films & Original Series 

In honor of Black History Month, our Keep Watching team has curated a weekly highlight of our favorite CNN Films and Original Series showcasing Black voices and perspectives. 

Last week, we featured the CNN Original Series United Shades of America and W. Kamau Bell’s deep dive into critical race theory and the war on “wokeness.” This week’s highlight is Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street, a CNN Film. 

The two-hour documentary is a celebration of Black achievement and an investigation into the violent, racially motivated events that led to the 1921 bombing of "Black Wall Street" in (Greenwood) Tulsa, Oklahoma.  

The vibrant community – home to doctors, lawyers, and entrepreneurs—emerged at the turn of the 20th century and consisted of more than 35 blocks of thriving black-owned establishments, from hotels and theaters to local shops and convenience stores. 

“Greenwood wasn’t just a place, but a state of mind. They had built this place; they had created it. It wasn’t a gift from anyone; it was their own community,” said Scott Ellsworth, a historian and longtime researcher of the 1921 Tulsa bombing and massacre.

CNN will re-air Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street next Saturday, February 18, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The film is also available to stream on HBO Max. 

CNN to air Anthony Bourdain marathon this Sunday

Fans of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown are in for a treat this weekend. As part of a marathon, CNN will air eight episodes from the series starting Sunday at 6 p.m. ET/PT. 

Here’s a look at this Sunday’s lineup of episodes: 

Sunday, 6 p.m ET/PT – CNN kicks off the marathon with Bourdain’s visit to Detroit in Season 2. In the episode, Anthony explores Detroit’s dramatic economic rise and fall as he looks upon the past of the Packard Plant, the current urban decay and the promise of the future.

Later at 7 p.m. ET/PT – The marathon jumps to Season 7, where Tony eats his way through Chicago, enjoying steak sandwiches with music producer Steve Albini, mapo doufu with chef Stephanie Izard, and home cooking with rapper Lupe Fiasco.

Following that episode, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, the series rewinds to Season 6, where the late chef visits San Francisco’s Bay Area and practices Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He late heals through some soul food at Real Miss Ollie’s in San Francisco. 

At 9 p.m. ET/PT, Anthony pals up with food author Michael Ruhlman in Las Vegas as they visit the Huntridge Tavern and Jose Andres’ restaurant é; Penn Jillette and former mayor Oscar Goodman are pokin’ around.

In a celebration of Louisiana’s Cajun culture, the next episode — at 10 p.m. ET/ PT —highlights Bourdain’s trip to New Orleans, complete with Zydeco music, a crayfish boil, and a deep dive into less familiar Mardi Gras traditions.

Bourdain continues his exploration of the south at 11 p.m. ET/PT, stopping in the Mississippi Delta. His trip includes downtown Jackson’s Big Apple Inn, home of the pig ear sandwich and known as a Civil Rights era gathering place. Then, it’s on to an old sharecropper structure turned juke joint, Po’ Monkey’s Social Club.

Finally, at midnight and 1 a.m. ET/PT, the marathon concludes with Bourdain’s trips to West Virginia and Montana. In West Virginia, he traverses a 5,000-foot mine and dines on signature Appalachian dishes. Finally, Bourdain lands in Montana, where he explores big sky country, joining Joe Rogan in a pheasant hunt and having a one-on-one talk with the late writer Jim Harrison.

This edition was written by Alexis Garfield and edited by Janelle Davis.