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The MND News Quiz of the Week: July 18th

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(Mexico News Daily)

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.

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The Mexican Navy training ship Cuauhtémoc just set off for a three-month sail in the Pacific, bound for Honolulu and San Francisco, among other ports. Where did it set sail from?
cadets on the Cuauhtémoc

Mexico ranks where among countries worldwide for foreign direct investment (US $41 billion in 2025)?
Ebrard and Sheinbaum

Indigenous Mayas have taken the rights of what species to Mexico’s Supreme Court?
scarlet macaw in Lancandon Rainforest, Chiapas, Mexico

Which restaurant chain recently opened its first location in the Monterrey metropolitan area?
Crunchwrap

Which of the following Mexican television series has returned, or is returning for a second season in 2026?
Still from television series, "Como Agua para Chocolate"

Which country’s leader did President Sheinbaum welcome with an official reception this week?
Sheinbaum and Mulino

High-value tourism is down in Mexico’s major beach resort destinations, in part due to canceled flights. How many fewer seats are being offered to these destinations by U.S. airlines in 2026?
Cancún

Mexico’s Yumare Group recently concluded search and rescue operations following a catastrophic June 24 earthquake in what South American nation?
returnees

Which actress from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema passed away this week at the age of 95, and was called “a symbol” of Mexico by President Claudia Sheinbaum?
Silvia Pinal as the lead in "Viridiana," Luis Buñuel's 1961 masterpiece.

Mexico had been projected by government estimates to receive 5.5 million additional international tourists because of the 2026 World Cup. How many actually showed up, according to the National Business Council (CNET)?
World Cup n field celebration of goal

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