Statistics for Ten World Capitals Named for People

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Named for its country's first president	Washington, D.C.	87%
South American capital named for a British king	Georgetown	78%
African capital named for an American president	Monrovia	75%
Capital named for a British war hero	Wellington	66%
European capital named for a legendary city founder	Rome	60%
Island capital named for man who defended it against the Ottomans	Valletta	60%
Named after an Afrikaan pioneer	Pretoria	52%
African capital named for a French king	Port Louis	42%
Named for the first European to see the island	Port Moresby	16%
Named for an African tribal chief	Gaborone	15%