Statistics for Places in America named after places in Britain

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
City in Newton County, Georgia, named after prominent British university	Oxford	92%
USA's largest city, named after walled city of northern England	New York	87%
Northeastern US state named after south England county	New Hampshire	79%
US state named after channel island	New Jersey	51%
City of Alabama, named after Midlands city, both famous for their riots	Birmingham	45%
Seaport city in Maine, named after city in Northern Ireland	Belfast	44%
South Dakota city with the motto "Live, Work, Play", named after UK country	Scotland	43%
Kentucky city of 8,000 people, named after English city of 8,000,000 people	London	40%
Region of the northeast USA or city in North Dakota, named after British country	New England	38%
Westernmost city in mainland America, named after UK country	Wales, Alaska	34%
Ghost town in Illinois, named after Welsh city	Cardiff	29%
City in Barron County, Wisconsin, named after north England county famous for sausages	Cumberland	22%
Town in Vermont named after Celtic county of England	Cornwall	15%
Town in Pennsylvania, named after town in Wales, known locally as Montco	Montgomery	12%
Mining town of California, named after mining city of Wales	Swansea	12%
City in Pennsylvania's Slate Belt, named after North Welsh city	Bangor	10%
New York/Ohio cities names come from the Gaelic word for Scotland	Albany	9%
Suburb of Tacoma, Washington, named after historic Scottish county	Fife	5%
Quaker founded Pennsylvania city and college, named after estate in North Wales	Bryn Mawr	3%
Massachusetts city, first of many places named after parish of Essex	Springfield	2%
Town in Rhode Island, named after city Henry Stuart was duke of	Glocester	1%
Many towns share their names with a village in Renfrewshire, Scotland	Houston	1%
City of Colorado, named for region of British capital city	Westminster	1%
Town in Maryland, named for North Welsh mountains	Berwyn Heights	0%