Statistics for Elements named after places

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Named after a continent which is commonly called the 'new world'	Americium	94%
Largest country in western Europe, famous for its wine and food	Francium	87%
Most populous country in the Europe, famous for its beer and leatherpants	Germanium	86%
State and homonymous university in the USA	Californium	84%
Named after a continent which is commonly called the 'old world'	Europium	81%
City in California with a famous University	Berkelium	73%
Named after the country in which Marie Curie was born	Polonium	63%
Latin name of the previous mentioned country	Gallium	62%
Latin name of the German state of Hesse	Hassium	52%
German city, whose name literally means 'intestine city'	Darmstadtium	48%
Named after a village on the Swedish island of Resarö near Stockholm (3)	Ytterbium	47%
Named after a village on the Swedish island of Resarö near Stockholm (4)	Yttrium	47%
Named after the island of Cyprus	Copper	44%
Latin name of a peninsula in nothern Europe	Scandium	44%
Latin name of a long and important river in western Europe	Rhenium	39%
Named after a village on the Swedish island of Resarö near Stockholm (1)	Erbium	37%
Named after a village on the Swedish island of Resarö near Stockholm (2)	Terbium	36%
Latin name of Paris	Lutetium	34%
Town in Russia with the status of naukograd (town of science)	Dubnium	33%
Latin name of Stockholm	Holmium	31%
Named after a research institute in California	Livermorium	31%
Latin name of the largest country in the world	Ruthenium	27%
Latin name of Copenhagen	Hafnium	26%
Named after a small village in the Scottish highlands	Strontium	25%
Named after a district in Thessalya, Greece	Magnesium	12%