Statistics for Countries Named After Historical Figures

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Named after a famous italian explorer	Colombia	81%
Named after a venezuelan military leader	Bolivia	79%
Named after the saviour Jesus Christ	El Salvador	72%
Nickname of patron Saint Christoph	Saint Kitts and Nevis	72%
Named after a mythological celtic queen	Ireland	68%
According to the bible, Jacob was given this name	Israel	68%
Named after the martyr of syracuse	Saint Lucia	68%
This island was discovered on the fiest day of this patron	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	68%
Named after the eponymous ancestor of the Aramean people	Armenia	64%
Named after Thomas the apostle	São Tomé and Príncipe	64%
Named after a spanish saint	Dominican Republic	57%
Named after a spanish king	Philippines	57%
Named after hermit Marinus	San Marino	57%
Named after the hinduistic god Lo	Laos	55%
Named after prince Moritz von Nassau	Mauritius	55%
Named after the ancient ruler of Israel and Judah	Solomon Islands	51%
Named after the english captain Thomas Gilbert	Kiribati	49%
Named after a british explorer and captain	Marshall Islands	47%
Named after Uman ibn Ibrahim al-Chalil	Oman	47%
Named after a descendant of Genghis Khan	Uzbekistan	36%
Named after a king of the Kingdom of Ndongo	Angola	34%
Namer after a christian martyr and saint	Georgia	32%
Named after a french politician	Seychelles	28%
Biblical person who was found in a basket	Mozambique	23%
Named after a former king in this region	Eswatini	21%