Abbreviations, Signs and Symbols - Quiz Questions with Answers

What do “A.M.” and “P.M.” stand for?
What is the Russian equivalent for U.S.S.R.?
What does “stet” in printing mean?
What do the following stand for:
(a) B.B.C.
(b) V.O.A.
(c) A.I.R.
What do the letters "RSVP" at the end of an invitation mean?
Give the full name of:
(a) UNICEF
(b) CRY
What do the letters D.C. after Washington stand for?
What do VCR and VCP mean?
What is OPEC?
What do the following mean?
(a) e.g.
(b) etc.
What do the letters ER which follow the signature of Queen Elizabeth stand for?
What do the letters “QED” at the end of a geometrical theorem mean?
(a) What is an UFO?
(b) TNT is an explosive. What is its chemical name?
What does the sign ‘R’ at the top of a medical prescription mean?
What does “dim” In a musical score stand for?
Expand the following:
(a) kw
(b) cft
(c) rpm
Who is an OBE?
What are the following:
(a) P.A.A.
(b) QANTAS
(c) SAL
Which country’s name is abbreviated to C.S.S.R.?
(a) What are the three R’s?
(b) Children are graded at school by their IQ rating of what is IQ an abbreviation?

Answers

“A.M.” means “Ante Meridiem”, or before noon; “P.M.” means “Post Meridiem” or after noon
C.C.C.P.
Let it stand
(a) British Broadcasting Corporation
(b) Voice of America
(c) All India Radio
“Respondez s’il vous plait” or “please answer”
(a) United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
(b) Child Relief and You
District of Columbia
Abbreviations for Video Cassette Recorder and Video Cassette Player
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
(a) “e.g.” stands for “exempli gratia” or “for example”.
(b) “etc” stands for “etcetera” or “following”.
Elizabeth Regina
“Quod erat demonstrandum” or “that which has to be proved”
(a) Unidentified Flying Object
(b) Trinitrotoluene
“Recipe” or “take what has been prescribed”
“Dimiuendo” or gradual decrease of tone
(a) Kilowatt
(b) cubic feet
(c) revolutions per minute
An officer of the British Empire
(a) Pan American Airways
(b) Queensland & Northern Territory Aerial Service
(c) Scandinavian Airways Limited
Czechoslovakia’s
(a) ‘R’eading, W‘r’iting, A‘r’ithimetic
(b) Intelligence Quotient

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