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The MND News Quiz of the Week: September 12th

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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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According to U.S. President Donald Trump, what should New Mexico be renamed?

Mexican goods accounted for what percentage of the U.S. import market, as of July?
United States of America and Mexico flags

Salmonella-tainted hospital food recently made 135 doctors sick in this Mexican city?
Medical illustration of drug-resistant, nontyphoidal, Salmonella sp. bacteria

A clandestine cryptomining operation was raided by federal authorities, who seized 300 computers in this Mexican state?
cryptomining farm in Puebla

According to an MND Local article, how many more people does the municipality of Puerto Vallarta employ than were approved in the budget?
Puerto Vallarta aerial photo

The 2025 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) results were recently released and Mexican students did not do well. PISA tests 15-year-old students worldwide in what skills?
Mexican students practicing reading

According to MND Local, the ATP-sponsored tournament in which Mexican coastal destination is being removed from the tennis calendar after the 2027 edition concludes?
Denis Shapovalov serving in the final of the 2026 Los Cabos Tennis Open

A 20-year-old engineering student has won a national award by developing an irrigation filter that could make water go further for drought-stricken farmers in which Mexican state?
Luis angel Morales

Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Minister Roberto Velasco met with officials from what nation this week to resolve trade disputes arising from tariffs?
Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco shakes hands with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Which Chiapas town has reclaimed the Guinness World Record for producing the world’s biggest cheese ball?

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