Statistics for Countries & states with colour names

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Island country, its name means "Green cape"	Cape Verde	70%
Country of Denmark, supposedly named this to trick people into going there	Greenland	64%
"White Russia"	Belarus	60%
West African country, an off-white place by the sea	Côte d'ivoire	54%
"Black Mountain" in Venetian	Montenegro	49%
Spanish for "Silvery Land"	Argentina	44%
State name derives from Dutch for "Red Island"	Rhode Island	21%
Country name derives from Greek for "Land of the Red Sea"	Eritrea	19%
Same as above, but derived from Arabic	Sudan	18%
State name is Spanish for ruddy or red	Colorado	17%
Country name derives from Greek for "Land of the Blacks"	Ethiopia	16%
"Green Mountain"	Vermont	16%
Choctaw for "Red People"	Oklahoma	6%
This country's name derives from "Blackbird" in its native language	Kosovo	3%