Daily Quiz · Thursday, August 20, 2026
The Daily News Quiz
Six questions from the August 20, 2026 Brief — no peeking, and the recaps are waiting at the end.
1. What milestone did the U.S. national debt reach for the first time?
2. Moderna and Merck's mRNA vaccine succeeded in a Phase 3 trial against which cancer?
3. How many ballistic missiles did North Korea fire after Trump announced plans to meet Kim Jong Un?
4. What sentence did a Chinese court give Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan?
5. Which Chinese startup landed a reusable rocket first stage, narrowing the gap with SpaceX?
6. Three cubs of which endangered species were born this year at the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute?