Statistics for U.S. City Name Etymologies

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Clue	Named for ...	City	% Correct
Major city	Mythical bird that rises from its own ashes	Phoenix	97%
State capital	French for "red stick"	Baton Rouge	84%
City in northern California	Greek expression yelled by a person making a discovery	Eureka	81%
Major city	"Brotherly Love" in Greek	Philadelphia	79%
City in Texas	Spanish for "the pass"	El Paso	74%
City in Georgia	Plato's home town	Athens	72%
Suburb of D.C.	City in Egypt	Alexandria	71%
City in Texas	"Body of Christ" in Latin	Corpus Christi	69%
City in Arizona	A geographical formation, Spanish for "table"	Mesa	66%
City in Texas	Spanish for "yellow"	Amarillo	59%
State capital	Seventh President of the U.S.	Jackson	59%
City in New Hampshire	The birthplace of the Industrial Revolution	Manchester	56%
State capital	Author of the Bill of Rights	Madison	53%
State capital	Apostle who spread Jesus's teachings to the Gentiles	Saint Paul	53%
College town in New York	Greek island, home to Odysseus	Ithaca	52%
City in upstate New York	Greek colony on Sicily, home to Archimedes	Syracuse	50%
State capital	Englishman who tried to colonize Virginia	Raleigh	43%
Suburb of Chicago or Denver	Roman goddess of dawn	Aurora	41%
Suburb of Chicago	Rome's greatest orator	Cicero	33%
Major city	Duwamish tribal chief	Seattle	26%