I also tried Santa Fe for NM, and wondered if I was mistaken, but you nailed it with the population. But it's very typical for Capital cities to be much smaller than other urban centers in the U.S.
Kinda surprised only 21% got Fresno. Did people not realise it was Spanish? There does seem to be a pattern of people doing better with cities starting with 'los', 'las' 'san' and 'el'.
Didn't know it was Spanish, but wasn't super shocked to see it come up when I tried it, either. Definitely not as obvious as your El/Los/Las/San cities.
Only 8 out of 14, but my only "bad" miss was San Jose. Having said that, I'm kicking myself for missing Mesa, AZ. I had no idea there was a Santa Ana in CA--I guess I only associate it with TX. Not sure I realized Fresno was a Spanish name and not sure I would *ever* have come up with Plano, TX. I knew the original Toledo was in Spain, but could I come up with it? No! Great Quiz!
I was thinking of guessing Albuquerque, but I didn't think it was actually Spanish just cuz of how I always hear it pronounced, and I didn't feel like trying to spell it.
The Spanish village after which Albuquerque was named is actually spelled AlbuRquerque. I guess Americans found it too hard to pronounce and just got rid of that "r".
Really, sacramento is not the Spanish name for the Eucharist of Holy Communion. It's a word referring to all sacraments. It is true that the name was named after one specific sacrament (the Eucharist), which is sometimes referred to as the Blessed Sacrament, or Sagrado Sacramento.
So the city's name does come from the Spanish name for the Eucharist, but the word sacramento doesn't actually mean Eucharist/Holy Communion. That would be Eucharistía or Hostia (or perhaps even oblea or barquillo). A more accurate description would be "Named for the Eucharist or Holy Communion" like you did for many of the other descriptions.
Yes, Corpus Christi does in fact mean Eucharist/Holy Communion in English (literally translates to Body of Christ, but literal translations aren't always the best translations).
There's a Buena Vista in Georgia (google the pronunciation, it's hilarious), and I really thought it was that. I didn't think it was that big, but that's the best I could do
...both of which I thought of after I didn't get Toledo.
So the city's name does come from the Spanish name for the Eucharist, but the word sacramento doesn't actually mean Eucharist/Holy Communion. That would be Eucharistía or Hostia (or perhaps even oblea or barquillo). A more accurate description would be "Named for the Eucharist or Holy Communion" like you did for many of the other descriptions.
However, this is Latin, not Spanish