Um, did Barack Obama win HQ Trivia last night?

The 44th President of the United States won a whopping $21.98? Maybe.
Um, did Barack Obama win HQ Trivia last night?
US President Barack Obama laughs as he arrives to hand out treats to children trick-or-treating for Halloween on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, October 30, 2015. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) Credit: AFP/Getty Images

What do you do when you finally get a break after eight years of running a country? You've got plenty of things to chose from—everything from kite surf with Richard Branson, to joining in on the HQ Trivia craze and actually win some cash. It's all at your disposal, and by the looks of Wednesday night's game, Barack Obama might have crossed that last item off.

HQ users spotted a familiar username amidst the 91 winners and, well, everyone just went along with the idea that it was actually the 44th president.

Obama is most likely doing much more important things than answering 12 questions with 10-second time limits, but hey, it doesn't hurt anyone to have faith that maybe, just maybe, the former leader of the free world was flexing his vast knowledge to collect some chump change. Admit it—you would too.

Regardless of whether or not it was Obama, people congratulated him on Twitter for his HQ domination.

You can join Obama (and us) on HQ every day at 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. EST.

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