| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| From a Native American tribe whose people were called "Albaamaha" | Alabama | 98%
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| Named in honour of the first President of the United States | Washington | 98%
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| French writers called its namesake river "Ouisconsin" | Wisconsin | 98%
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| From the Shoshoni Indian exclamation "Ee-dah-how" | Idaho | 97%
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| From the Choctaw phrase "Okla humma", meaning "red people" | Oklahoma | 97%
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| Named after the Kansa Native American tribe | Kansas | 96%
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| From the Ojibwe word "misi-ziibi", meaning "Great River" | Mississippi | 96%
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| From the Anglo-Norman surname "de La Warr" | Delaware | 95%
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| Believed to be named after Queen Calafia, ruler of the fictional Black Amazons | California | 93%
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| Named in honour of King George II | Georgia | 92%
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| Named after two Sioux Native American tribes, one being Lakota | North Dakota/South Dakota | 92%
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| From the Otoe words for flat water: "Ñí Brásge" | Nebraska | 90%
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| Spanish for "mountain" | Montana | 89%
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| From the french words for "Green Mountains" | Vermont | 86%
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| Named in honour of King Charles I | North Carolina/South Carolina | 72%
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| Spanish for "ruddy", referring to its namesake river's silt from the mountains | Colorado | 67%
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