Statistics for Countries Named After People

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Person	Country	Person's name	% Correct
Explorer who discovered the New World	Colombia	Christopher Columbus	89%
1st President of Gran Colombia	Bolivia	Simón Bolívar	76%
He sent the Spanish Armada	Philippines	King Philip II of Spain	64%
Brother of Remus	Romania	Romulus	62%
Dragon slayer	Georgia	St. George	56%
Christian Messiah	El Salvador	Jesus Christ	49%
Son of king David	Solomon Islands	King Solomon	44%
Noble family from Austria	Liechtenstein	House of Liechtenstein	40%
Doubting Apostle	São Tomé and Príncipe	St. Thomas	36%
He first demonstrated that the West Indies is not in Asia	United States	Amerigo Vespucci	33%
Founder of the Order of Preachers	Dominican Republic	St. Dominic	16%
Early Christian martyr from Syracuse	Saint Lucia	St. Lucy	16%
The longest-reigning khan of the Golden Horde	Uzbekistan	Öz Beg Khan	11%
Prince of Orange	Mauritius	Maurice of Orange	4%