US Daily Quiz — 24 March 2026

In the news recently...

President Trump made a detour to visit Graceland, the famous Memphis estate of which late music legend?
💡 Elvis Presley
Which late actor, who passed away in 2025, will posthumously appear in a new film using a generative AI rendering of his likeness?
💡 Val Kilmer
Which Detroit Pistons guard scored a career-high 30 points to end the Lakers' nine-game win streak?
💡 Daniss Jenkins

Mixed bag

What is the term for a word that means the opposite of another word, like hot and cold?
💡 Antonym
Ratified in 1971 during the Vietnam War era, which amendment to the U.S. Constitution lowered the national voting age from 21 to 18?
💡 26th Amendment
Proved with the help of a computer in 1976 and long considered one of mathematics' most stubborn puzzles, what theorem states that any map drawn on a flat plane can be colored using no more than four colors so that no two neighboring regions share the same color?
💡 Four color theorem

On this date (24 March)

On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground in which U.S. state, causing one of the worst oil spills in American history?
💡 Alaska
On March 24, 1944, 76 Allied prisoners of war escaped from a German prisoner-of-war camp in what became known as the 'Great Escape.' What was the name of the camp, located in what is now western Poland?
💡 Stalag Luft III
On March 24, 1663, King Charles II of England granted a charter establishing a new proprietary colony in North America named after him. What was the original name of this colony, which was later divided into two separate colonies?
💡 Carolina