Statistics for U.S. State Capital Etymology

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Etymology	Capital	% Correct
Explorer who "discovered" America	Columbus / Columbia	99%
President of the U.S. during the Civil War	Lincoln	87%
A mythological bird that rises from its own ashes	Phoenix	78%
The fourth President of the U.S.	Madison	59%
The author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence	Jefferson City	58%
Spanish for "holy faith"	Santa Fe	54%
Prussian chancellor who unified the German states	Bismarck	53%
The seventh President of the U.S.	Jackson	50%
A town in England overlooking the English Channel	Dover	48%
A tall red pole seen when the city was founded	Baton Rouge	43%
The English knight who established Roanoke Colony	Raleigh	42%
Anglicized version of the Hebrew word "shalom"	Salem	42%
Princess Anne of Denmark and Norway	Annapolis	34%
The first name of a French fur trader	Pierre	34%
The saint who converted the Gentiles to Christianity	Saint Paul	34%
A city in southern France	Montpelier	31%
French for "of the monks"	Des Moines	30%
A famous frontiersman, first name Kit	Carson City	29%
English word that refers to divine intervention in the world	Providence	22%
An English word that means "harmony, agreement"	Concord	21%