Daily Quiz · Wednesday, August 12, 2026
The Daily News Quiz
Six questions from the August 12, 2026 Brief — no peeking, and the recaps are waiting at the end.
1. Why was President Trump secretly moved off Air Force One onto a separate military jet departing Turkey in July?
2. Who won Wisconsin's Democratic gubernatorial primary, halting a progressive winning streak?
3. From which country's observatory will the European Space Agency broadcast today's total solar eclipse?
4. How much AI financing does Nvidia plan to arrange by pitching its GPUs as collateral?
5. A 406 mph world speed record was set by a car powered by what fuel?
6. According to today's Etcetera, which former president invented a sport to survive the Great Depression?