Christian Science Monitor Quiz on Mexico

March 5th, 2013 at 10:09:52 AM permalink
Pacomartin
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How much do you know about Mexico: 33 question multiple selection quiz

I missed 5 questions out of 33. I think Nareed would do better since 4/5 questions I missed were about contemporary issues. The culture question I missed was about a monument in Mexico City.


1) Which politician did NOT run for president in Mexico’s 2012 election?
2) The famous El Ángel monument in Mexico City was built to celebrate the anniversary of what event?
3) Who dubbed Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which ruled Mexico for 71 years until 2000, “the perfect dictatorship?”
4) Which Mexican drug cartel is the largest?
5) What is YoSoy132 (I am 132)?



I will say that in each case the correct answer was my second choice.

1) Which politician did NOT run for president in Mexico’s 2012 election?
Josefina Vazquez Mota instead of Felipe Calderon

2) The famous El Ángel monument in Mexico City was built to celebrate the anniversary of what event?
The 1910 Mexican Revolution instead of The beginning of Mexico's War of Independence

3) Who dubbed Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which ruled Mexico for 71 years until 2000, “the perfect dictatorship?”
Carlos Fuentes instead of Mario Vargas Llosa

4) Which Mexican drug cartel is the largest?
Sinaloa instead of Los Zetas

5) What is YoSoy132 (I am 132)?
The best-selling book by former secretary of foreign affairs Jorge Castañeda instead of A present-day student movement