Statistics for Places Named After People

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    (1,103 since last reset)
  • The average score is 11 of 15

Answer Stats

Named AfterCluePlace% Correct
An Italian Explorer who accidentally 'discovered' a continentCapital and largest city in OhioColumbus
94%
A British Queen that reigned for 63 yearsLargest city on Vancouver IslandVictoria
93%
The 'Great' king of MacedonSecond largest city in Egypt once home to an ancient wonder of the worldAlexandria
88%
A Vietnamese communist revolutionaryFormally known as SaigonHo Chi Minh City
85%
The Man of Steel (not Superman)Former name of VolgogradStalingrad
85%
A British Explorer that was killed in HawaiiMountain known in Māori as AorakiMount {Cook}
84%
The Independence fighter nicknamed 'El Libertador'Country home to the largest salt flat in the worldBolivia
81%
An Italian explorer named Vespucci'New World'America
80%
Jesus ChristSpanish speaking country once with the highest murder rate in the worldEl Salvador
79%
A Portuguese explorer who sailed through this passage during the first circumnavigation of the globePassage that separates mainland South America from Tierra del FuegoStrait of {Magellan}
76%
A Monarch of ancient Israel and character in the BibleIsland nation to the north of the Coral SeaSolomon Islands
73%
The 9th King of France with this nameMajor city on the Mississippi RiverSt. Louis
70%
Kazakhstan's first president from 1991 - 2019Kazakhstan's capital was briefly renamed to this from 2019 - 2022Nur-Sultan
59%
The first person to reach the South PoleSea west of Antarctica{Amundsen} Sea
49%
A Scottish woman that was shipwrecked on the Island in 1836The largest sand island in the world, 250 km north of Brisbane{Fraser} Island
12%

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