Statistics for U.S. States by Alternate Etymology

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Name meaning	Country	% Correct
Named for a country in Asia	Georgia	87%
Because the original colonists of this state never had sex	Virginia	64%
Named in honor of a Harrison Ford movie character	Indiana	61%
Spanish for "a dry area"	Arizona	59%
Honors the rapper who recorded the #1 hit "Low"	Florida	58%
Named for the wife of Mr. Ippy	Mississippi	48%
Named for the state's most famous invention - a new type of sports uniform	New Jersey	48%
Named after a 1943 Broadway play	Oklahoma	46%
Honors a hero who did 2,000 pounds of laundry	Washington	46%
Land of very small carbonated beverages	Minnesota	43%
A genie with a speech impediment granted the original colonists one wish. When they asked for good weather he said "wish again".	Michigan	42%
Because ten different states are visible from the highest point in this one	Tennessee	39%
Founded by Japanese settlers who named it "good morning" in their language	Ohio	36%
Another way of saying "viewed a farm implement"	Idaho	23%
Because it's a land filled with Christmas spirit	Maryland	23%
The people in this state cause irritation to the unwell	Illinois	21%
Because the people there are very depressed	Missouri	16%
Children in this state are allowed to talk back to teachers and parents	Kansas	10%