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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Named after Simón Bolívar	Bolivia	98%
Combines Tanganyika and Zanzibar	Tanzania	91%
Perfectly describes the cold climate.	Iceland	89%
Describes its position in the middle of the continent	Central African Republic	86%
Only country named after a lady.	Saint Lucia	86%
A derivation of Marrakesh, the former capital	Morocco	82%
Named after Christopher Columbus	Colombia	81%
A portmanteau of Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and Baluchistan	Pakistan	77%
Named after the second highest mountain in Africa	Kenya	75%
Named after King Philip II of Spain	Philippines	75%
Named after a province in the Netherlands	New Zealand	74%
Named for a river that drains into the Dead Sea	Jordan	72%
Named after Maurice of Nassau, leader of the Netherlands	Mauritius	70%
Named after a rich Biblical king	Solomon Islands	70%
Named after an Italian explorer with last name Vespucci.	United States of America	70%
Julius Caesar used it to refer to all tribes east of the Rhine.	Germany	65%
Combination of the country's peninsula and its ruling royal family	Saudi Arabia	65%
Named after the Biblical figure Jacob	Israel	63%
Based on Marco Polo's rendering of "Sun Origin"	Japan	61%
An adaptation of its former name: "The Gilbert Islands"	Kiribati	58%
Some erroneously think the country was named after a bird, confused with a Guineafowl, imported from the country to the New World.	Turkey	51%
The native people are to thank for this Southeast Asian country's name.	Malaysia	47%
Incorrectly called "Land of the Moors"	Mauritania	46%
Named for a Viking tribe that settled along the Black Sea	Russia	46%
Given the name by the French, who named it after the predominant ethnic group.	Laos	32%