Trivia Quiz on Acronyms

1. RCMP stands for___

A) Royal Canadian Police

B) Canadian Royal Mounted Police

C) Royal canadian mounted police

D) Royal Mounted Police of Canada

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2. What is the acronym for 'yet another hierarchical officious oracle'

A) YAPO

B) Yahoo

C) YAKOO

D) YAHCO

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3. What does AIDS stand for

A) Acquired immune deficiency disease

B) Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

C) Acquired immune deficiency disorder

D) Autoimmune immune deficiency syndrome

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4. What does the acronym "cpu" stand for

A) Central power unit

B) Computer processing utility

C) Central processing unit

D) Control processing unit

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5. As what is America Online better known?

A) AIM

B) AOL

C) Yahoo

D) MSN

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6. What does a.n.c stand for

A) African National Council

B) Afrikan National Congress

C) African People's Congress

D) African national congress

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7. In the acronym BASIC for what does the letter B stand

A) Business

B) Beginning

C) Beginner

D) Beginners'

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8. In dating agency adverts what does the 'S' represent in the abbreviation 'NSP'

A) Smoker

B) Single

C) Shy

D) Seeker

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9. What is meant in computing terminology by the acronym WYSIWYG

A) What you see is what you fetch

B) What yoU.S.ee is what you get

C) What you save is what you get

D) What you type is what you see

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10. What does ICBM stand for

A) Intercontinental ballistic mission

B) Intercontinental ballistic measurement

C) Intercontinental business missile

D) Intercontinental ballistic missle

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11. What does the VO on a bottle of Seagrams stand for

A) Very Old

B) Very Original

C) Vintage Oak

D) Value Of

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12. What is PLO an abbreviation for ?

A) People's Liberation Organization

B) Palestinian Labour Organization

C) Palestine Liberation Office

D) Palestine Liberation Organization

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13. What does 'dvd' mean

A) Digital video disk

B) Digital versatile disk

C) Digital video disc

D) Digital video drive

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14. What does ALF stand for?

A) Alien Life Form

B) Alien Life Force

C) Automated Life Form

D) Animal Liberation Front

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15. What does basf stand for

A) Baden aniline & soda factory

B) Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik

C) Baden-Württemberg Aniline & Soda Works

D) Belgian Aniline and Solvent Factory

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16. What do the letters std stand for

A) Standard deviation

B) Sexually transmitted infection

C) Short-term disability

D) Sexually transmitted disease

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17. For what does the letter 'S' stand in the initials ISBN

A) International standard book number

B) Standardized serial number

C) Systematic cataloging code

D) Society of books and publishing

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18. QANTAS, the name of the airline, is an acronym for___

A) Qantas Airways

B) Queensland and northern territory aerial services

C) Queensland and Northern Territory Air Services

D) Queensland and northern territory airline services

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19. What does n.a.s.a stand for

A) National aviation and space administration

B) National space and aeronautics agency

C) National aerospace and space administration

D) National aeronautics and space administration

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20. What does LL Cool J.'s name stand for?

A) Ladies Love Cool Jay

B) Lively Ladies Create Jazz

C) Ladies Love Chocolate Jams

D) Ladies Love Cool James

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21. What does the name of Computer giant Intel stand for in full?

A) Integrated Electronics and Logic

B) Industrial Electronics Limited

C) Intelligent Electronics Corporation

D) Integrated Electronics

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22. What do the STP Corporation's initials stand for

A) Scientifically Tested

B) Standardized Testing Procedure

C) Strategically Timed Production

D) Super Tire Polish

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23. The Spanish abbreviation for ufo is what

A) OVNI

B) UFOs

C) Ovnis

D) OVNIs

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24. What do the initials DIY usually stand for

A) Design It Yourself

B) Do It Your Way

C) Drive It Yourself

D) Do it yourself

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25. What Does The Letter "P" Stand For With Regard To The Medical Organisation "BUPA"

A) British United Provident Association

B) British United Public Association

C) British United Professional Association

D) British United Provident Alliance

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26. For what does i.f.p stand

A) Independent freedom party

B) International freedom party

C) Islamic freedom party

D) Inkatha freedom party

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27. What does the acronym NIMBY mean

A) Not in my front yard

B) Not in my backyard

C) Not in my back yard

D) Yes In My Back Yard

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28. What do the letters 'SAM' mean in SAM missiles?

A) Sea To Air

B) Surface To Air

C) Surface To Surface

D) Satellite To Air

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29. Where does the word COP come from

A) Captain of Police

B) City Police

C) Citizens on Patrol

D) Constable on Patrol

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30. Which word follows Juliet, Kilo and Lima

A) November

B) Oscar

C) Mike

D) Quebec

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31. What does UFC stand for?

A) Universal fighting championship

B) Ultimate fighting championships

C) Ultimate fighting council

D) Ultimate fighting circuit

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32. In Knight Rider,what does K.I.T.T.'s name stand for?

A) Knight Industries Turbo Technology

B) Knight International Transport Team

C) Knight Industries Two Thousand

D) Knight Industries Tactical Terminal

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33. What does NATO stand for ?

A) North American Treaty Organization

B) North Atlantic Trade Organization

C) New Atlantic Treaty Organization

D) North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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34. What does WD stand for in WD 40 Water

A) Displacer

B) Water Dispenser

C) Weather Defense

D) Water Diluent

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35. What does bbl mean

A) Big Bash League

B) Brazilian Butt Lift

C) Be back later

D) Bundle-based logistics

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36. In medical matters, what does the letter C stand for in C.A.T. scanner

A) Computerised

B) Computed

C) Cranial

D) Cross-sectional

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37. What do the STP Corporation's initials stand for?

A) Standardized Technical Procedures

B) Scientific Thermal Processing

C) Scientifically Tested Products

D) Specialized Tooling Parts

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38. What does Amoco stand for

A) American Oil Company

B) American oil company

C) American petroleum company

D) American oil corporation

E) American gas and oil company

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39. In the abbreviation VDU what does the V stand for

A) Video

B) Virtual

C) View

D) Visual

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40. What is the society for the advancement of science also known as

A) American

B) French

C) British

D) German

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41. What does c.i.a stand for

A) Central Information Agency

B) Central intelligence agency

C) Canadian Internal Affairs

D) Cultural and Industrial Authority

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42. What does cbs stand for

A) Columbia Broadcasting Society

B) Canadian Broadcasting System

C) Columbia broadcasting system

D) Columbia Broadcasting Service

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43. What does "mit"stand for

A) Minnesota Institute of Technology

B) Michigan Institute of Technology

C) Massachusetts institute of technology

D) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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44. What does the acronym "ram" stand for

A) Read-only memory

B) Rapid access memory

C) Random access memory

D) Random memory access

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45. An Arizona prostitutes organisation is called TWATS meaning

A) Tucson Women And Tattoos Society

B) Tempe Witches And Tarot Society

C) Tucson Writers And Techies Syndicate

D) Tucson Whores and Tricks

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46. What do the initials NASA stand for

A) National astronomy and space administration

B) National aeronautics & space association

C) National aeronautics and space agency

D) National aeronautics & space administration

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47. What does a i stand for

A) Artificial Insemination

B) Artificial intelligence

C) Adobe Illustrator

D) Air India

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48. What does the sun in SUN Microsystems stand for

A) Software Unix Network

B) Stanford University Nodes

C) Stanford Unified Network

D) Stanford University Network

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49. What do the initials j.p. stand for after a person's name

A) Junior Partner

B) John Paul

C) Justice of the Peace

D) Joint Proprietor

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50. What do the letters IMF mean

A) International Maritime Federation

B) Industrial Monetary Fund

C) International monetary fund

D) Institute of Modern Finance

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