Statistics for Countries by Namesake

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Named for this...	Answer	% Correct
Simon Bolivar	Bolivia	97%
The Qin Dynasty	China	96%
Christopher Columbus	Colombia	91%
Amerigo Vespucci	USA	90%
Chinese pronunciation of words meaning "sun origin"	Japan	89%
Medieval state of Rus	Russia	89%
The equator	Ecuador	88%
"White Russia"	Belarus	85%
King Philip II	Philippines	84%
The Angles (people)	England	71%
Words meaning "the northward route"	Norway	70%
Latin for "citizens of Rome"	Romania	67%
Jacob (of the Bible)	Israel	61%
Iroquoian word for "village"	Canada	59%
The Aryans (people)	Iran	57%
Word meaning "island"	Iceland	54%
A tree whose name means "red" in Portuguese	Brazil	48%
The ruling family	Saudi Arabia	34%
"Land of high mountains" in Taíno	Haiti	15%
Latin/French/Greek corruption of words meaning "land of the soul"	Egypt	7%