ACRONYM QUIZ
An acronym is a word composed of the first letters of each word in a phrase. For example, SWAK stands for Sealed With A Kiss. See if you can match these common acronyms with their correct meanings.
1. ASAP
a) American Students Against Poetry
b) A Seriously Annoying Person
c) All Scars Are Permanent
d) As Soon As Possible
2. AWOL
a) Access While OnLine
b) Absent WithOut Leave
c) Authentically Written Obsolete Language
d) Australian Wallaby Outback League
3. NASA
a) Noble Association of Spacemen and Astronauts
b) North American Strategic Alliance
c) New Approach to Saving America
d) National Aeronautics and Space Administration
4. NATO
a) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
b) Nations Against Total Obliteration
c) Not Another Time Out
d) Nepalese Alliance of Trained Orangutans
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a) Liquid Accumulated to Shoot Electric Rays
b) Lethal Atomic System and Elimination Refractor
c) Low Alpha Stream Energy Release
d) Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
6. MASH
a) Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
b) Medical Aid-Station and Housing
c) Military Ambulance Safe Haven
d) Mothers Against Shaggy Haircuts
7. NIMBY
a) Next Idea Might Be Yours
b) Not In My Back Yard
c) Need It Manufactured By Yesterday
d) Now I Mean Business, Y’all
8. RADAR
a) Red Alert Detect And Retaliate
b) RAdical Dish-Activated Recognition
c) Readable Ambitron Device And Recorder
d) RAdio Detection And Ranging
9. SCUBA
a) Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
b) Submerged Civilian Utilizing Backpack Air
c) South Carolina University Bathospheric Army
d) Situation Critical: Unstable Breathing Atmosphere
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Internet is an acronym for “International Network.” |