Capitals Named After a Person Quiz - Statistics

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  • This quiz has been taken 125 times
  • The average score is 23 of 32
Answer Stats
Hint Capital % Correct
Named after Athena, the goddess of Wisdom Athens
99%
Named after Prince Bräslav of Savia Bratislava
91%
Named for King George III Georgetown
88%
Named in honor of Andries Pretorius, the father of the Voortrekker(s) leader Marthinus Pretorius Pretoria
88%
According to legend, after Romulus killed his brother Remus he named the city after himself Rome
88%
Named after US President George Washington Washington, D.C.
86%
Named after Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington Wellington
85%
Named after the Italian-French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza Brazzaville
84%
Named after US President James Monroe Monrovia
84%
Taken from a legend about a nun named Penh and the hill where the temple is Phnom Penh
84%
Captain John Moresby named the city after his father Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby Port Moresby
82%
Named after the revolutionary leader Antonio José de Sucre Sucre
82%
Named after Saint George Saint George's
80%
Named in honor of Chief Kgosi Gaborone of the BaTlokwa Gaborone
79%
Named after Saint John Saint John's
79%
Named for the chief Mbabane Kunene Mbabane
78%
Named after Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, marquis de Castries Castries
76%
Named after Saint Dominic Santo Domingo
75%
Named after Jean Parisot de la Valette who defended the country from invasion Valletta
75%
Named after Saint Marinus San Marino
73%
Named after Saint Joseph San José
70%
Name translates to "Holy Savior" from Spanish, referring to Jesus Christ of Nazareth San Salvador
69%
Named in honor of the country's national hero Damdin Sükhbaatar Ulaanbaatar
67%
Named after Queen Yamoussou Yamoussoukro
66%
Named after King Louis XV Port Louis
65%
Named after Saint Thomas São Tomé
61%
Possibly derived from Habaguanex, a native American chief who controlled that area Havana
55%
Named after Saint James Santiago
55%
Named in honor of the Phoenician goddess Tanith Tunis
41%
Named by Dhillu or Dilu, a king of the Mauryan dynasty after himself New Delhi
35%
Named after the Sultan's late father Sir Omar Ali Saifuddien Bandar Seri Begawan
34%
Named for Shona chieftain Neharawa Harare
26%
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