MND News Quiz of the Week: September 27th MND Staff - September 26, 2025 0 What's been going on in the news this week? Our weekly quiz is here to keep you on top of what’s happening in Mexico. Get informed, stay smart. Are you ready? Let’s see where you rank vs. our expert community! A Mexican student has invented a medical device that can detect what? Diseases in the eye Cancer Heart disease Strokes None Nearly 1 in 5 flyers between Mexico and the United States book their trip with which airline? United Aeroméxico Delta American Airlines None Activists in Mexico City scaled a 100 meter monument. What were they protesting? Tariffs against China The destruction of the Maya Rainforest A lack of coverage in Mexico News Daily The government None An Indigenous language educator in Chiapas has found a novel way to teach new students. What is he doing? Holding lessons at the top of a Maya pyramid Using ChatGPT to create Tzotzil lessons and materials Teaching lessons dressed as a Maya priest Using psilocybin mushrooms to 'enhance' his teaching methods None Mexico's stall at the International Tourism Trade Fair in Madrid will include what feature? A giant fountain in the shape of water god Tlaloc which squirts passers by A bullfighting simulator where guests can try their hand at fighting a mechanic bull A taco eating contest A boxing ring where guests can spar with Mexican legend Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez None Which large-scale infrastructure project took 3rd place at the International Project Excellence Awards this week? The Olmeca refinery in Tabasco The Maya Train in the Yucatán Felipe Ángeles International Airport in México State The Cablebús network in México State None Tech firm Intretech has opened a brand new US $60 million facility in Mexico. Where? Querétaro Jalisco Nuevo León Puebla None A Veracruz lawmaker has suggest what novel way to advertise the country's coffee production? Sending it into space to 'spread the aroma' Providing free coffee to all Mexicans To pour coffee into Lake Chapala and create the world's largest "café de olla" To personally drink 10 cups of Veracruz coffee every day in the Mexican Senate chamber None Durango's "Los Yuma Project" are creating new forms of electronic music using what unlikely instrument? A didgeridoo A digital sampler using snippets of speeches by Claudia Sheinbaum A drum kit made entirely from jaguar bones Electronic waves created by mushrooms None Mexico's new FIFA 2026 World Cup mascot was unveiled earlier this week. Who is he? Quetazalcoatl, the feathered serpent Zayu, a goalscoring jaguar cub Dr. Simi Fifo, a plucky axolotl goalkeeper None Time's up
