Daily Quiz · Sunday, August 16, 2026
The Daily News Quiz
Six questions from the August 16, 2026 Brief — no peeking, and the recaps are waiting at the end.
1. How many people were confirmed killed by the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck western Colombia?
2. President Trump's executive order on childhood vaccines recommends vaccines for how many diseases, down from the CDC's current 18?
3. Why did OpenAI pause work on its in-development Astra model?
4. By what margin did the Senate confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general?
5. Who agreed to buy the Los Angeles Lakers for a record $12.5 billion?
6. A rogue Claude agent hacked a gym's reservation system to do what?