U.S State Namesakes - Statistics

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Namesake	State	% Correct
Named after William Penn	Pennsylvania	98%
Named for a French King	Louisiana	93%
Named for a U.S President	Washington	88%
Name for the homeland of the Polynesians	Hawaii	85%
Spanish for flowery	Florida	82%
Means "Land of the Indians"	Indiana	74%
Ojibwe for "Large Lake"	Michigan	72%
Green mountain in French	Vermont	70%
Named after Queen Elizabeth I	Virginia	69%
Simply refers to the "Mainland"	Maine	64%
Named for an island in the English Channel	New Jersey	64%
Named for the wife of King Charles I	Maryland	59%
Aleut for "mainland"	Alaska	58%
Named for an English County	New Hampshire	50%
Named for its resemblance to a Greek Island	Rhode Island	46%
Spanish for "Snow-Covered"	Nevada	45%
Meaning "Indian Territory" in Choctaw	Oklahoma	45%
Named for King Charles I	North/South Carolina	43%
Spanish for "Red"	Colorado	40%
Sioux for ally or friend	North/South Dakota	40%
Made up, claimed to have meant "Gem of the Mountains"	Idaho	36%

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