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The MND News Quiz of the Week: August 9th

By MND Plus

August 9, 2025

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!

Authorities have seized a boat carrying drugs from Mexico — but it was a long way from home. Where was it?

Mexican Navy officials guard the result of their maritime drug bust, with the drugs laid out for a photo

Indonesia

French Polynesia

Canada

South Africa

None

Baja California has become the first state to legalize what?

Tour operators are optimistic about summer tourism in Ensenada.

Swimming with orcas

Firearm possession without a licence

Self-driving vehicles

Recreational drug use

None

Sales don't lie, singer Shakira has sold a milestone number of tickets for the Mexican leg of her upcoming tour. How many?

500,000

10 million

100,000

1 million

None

A new airline is offering bargain flights from Canada to Mexico City. Which airline is it?

Aerial view of Terminal 2 of Mexico City International Airport T2 CDMX.

Southwest

Frontier

Ryanair

Flair

None

It's a birthday year for Corona beer in 2025. How old is the brand?

100 years

75 years

50 years

125 years

None

Which Mexican state has begun legal proceedings against footwear giant Adidas?

Aguascalientes

Zacatecas

Guanajuato

Oaxaca

None

Which retail giant has thrown it's support behind President Sheinbaum's economic Plan México?

Chedraui

Costco

Walmart

Soriana

None

A family in Tlaxcala are sharing their home with what unusual house guests?

Large rustic wooden doors set into a vibrant terracotta wall, adorned with lush green vines and colorful pink and purple bougainvillea, with a cobblestone street in the foreground, characteristic of Mexican architecture.

2,000 bats

A pair of mountain lions

Former president Andres Manuel López Obrador

Hollywood superstar Shia LaBeouf

None

What topical storm is currently causing climate chaos across northern Mexico?

NASA satellite image of tropical cyclone that in 2018 that eventually became Hurricane Michael

Ivo

Imogen

Irina

Ixtaccihuatl

None

Mexico City has created 3 special zones in the capital this week. What will they be used for?

The construction of new pyramids

Street soccer tournaments

Mariachi performances

The consumption of marijuana

None

Time's up

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Mexico announces kick-off of formal USMCA negotiations — without Canada

MND Staff - March 6, 2026 0

Holding bilateral sessions during the trilateral process is not unheard of in USMCA negotiations, and the Canadians are expected to join the early talks at an unspecified future date.

Peso continues to slide amid Iran war risks, nearing 18 to the dollar

MND Staff - March 6, 2026 1

The Mexican peso continued to lose value against the dollar as Trump continued to threaten Iran and unemployment rose in the U.S.

Rendering of Zocal's before March 8, 2026

Mexico City’s Zócalo will glow in purple Sunday for International Women’s Day

MND Staff - March 6, 2026 1

The capital's decorative support for the Women's Day march and rally shows how far the event has come, but protective measures have still been installed around the government palace.

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