Statistics for Countries By Name Origins

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Origin	Answer	% Correct
Namib Desert	Namibia	96%
Jean Moreau de Séchelles	Seychelles	96%
"Land of the Mongols"	Mongolia	91%
Zeeland	New Zealand	91%
Saint Lucy	Saint Lucia	91%
Green Cape	Cape Verde	87%
"Land of the Franks"	France	83%
King Philip II	Philippines	83%
King Solomon	Solomon Islands	83%
Indus River Valley	India	78%
Amerigo Vespucci	United States of America	74%
Ériu (Goddess)	Ireland	70%
Latgalians (Tribe)	Latvia	70%
"Little Venice"	Venezuela	70%
King Dan I	Denmark	65%
Mispronunciation of "Viti"	Fiji	65%
Jesus Christ	El Salvador	57%
Thomas Gilbert	Kiribati	57%
Lion Mountains	Sierra Leone	57%
"The Place in the Center of the Moon"	Mexico	43%
"Cluster of Eight"	Tuvalu	35%
"God Contended"	Israel	30%
"Protected by the Holy Fire"	Azerbaijan	17%
Copper	Cyprus	17%
"House of Stones"	Zimbabwe	17%