Acronym Quiz Answers

1. 3M -- Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
2. 4-H -- Head, Heart, Hands, and Health (an agriculturally oriented youth organization)
3. A&P -- Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
4. AAA -- American Automobile Association
5. AA -- Alcaholics Anonymous
6. AARP -- American Association of Retired Persons
7. ABC -- American Broadcasting Company
8. ACLU -- American Civil Liberties Union
9. AD -- Anno Domini (Latin for "In the year of our Lord")
10. AM -- (Latin) Ante Meridiem, ("before noon")
11. AOL -- America OnLine
12. ASPCA -- American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
13. ATM -- Automated Teller Machine
14. AT&T -- American Telephone & Telegraph
15. ATV -- All-Terrain Vehicle
16. AWOL -- Absent WithOut Leave
17. BBC -- British Broadcasting Corporation
18. BBC-A -- BBC America (British Broadcasting Corporation America)
19. BC -- Before Christ
20. BSA -- Boy Scouts of America
21. C&H -- California & Hawaiian Sugar Company
22. CBS -- Columbia Broadcasting System
23. CD -- Compact Disc
24. CD-ROM -- Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
25. CIA -- Central Intelligence Agency
26. CNN -- Cable News Network
27. CSI -- Crime Scene Investigator
28. CT Scan / CAT Scan -- Computed Tomography
29. DARE -- Drug Abuse Resistance Education (in the USA)
30. DNA -- DeoxyriboNucleic acid
31. DVD -- Digital Versatile Disc
32. EEG -- ElectroencEphaloGraphy (a Brain Scan)
33. EKG / ECG -- ElectroCardioGraphy
34. EPA -- (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency
35. EPCOT -- Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow
36. ETA -- Estimated Time of Arrival
37. EVA -- Extra-Vehicular Activity (a space walk)
38. FBI -- Federal Bureau of Investigation
39. FEMA -- Federal Emergency Management Agency
40. FFA -- Future Farmers of America
41. FTA -- Future Teachers of America
42. GPS -- Global Positioning System
43. GIF -- Graphics Interchange Format
44. GSA -- Girl Scouts of America
45. GSN -- the Game Show Network
46. HTML -- HyperText Markup Language
47. HMO -- Health Maintenance Organization
48. IBM -- International Business Machines
49. ID -- IDentification
50. IGA -- Independant Grocers Allience
51. IQ -- Intelligence Quotient
52. IRA -- Irish Republican Army OR Individual Retirement Account
53. ISP -- Internet Service Provider
54. JA -- Junior Achievement
55. JPG or JPEG -- Joint Photographic Experts Group
56. LASER -- Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation
57. LPGA -- Ladies Professional Golf Association
58. MADD -- Mothers Against Drunk Driving
59. MIA -- Missing In Action
60. MRI -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
61. MTV -- Music Television (cable network)
62. NAACP -- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
63. NASA -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
64. NATO -- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
65. NBA -- National Basketball Association
66. NBC -- National Broadcasting Company
67. NCAA -- National Collegiate Athletic Association
68. NFL -- National Football League
69. NHL -- National Hockey League
70. NOW -- National Organization for Women
71. NRA -- National Rifel Association
72. NSA -- National Security Agency
73. OPEC -- Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
74. PBS -- Public Broadcasting Service
75. PGA -- Professional Golfers Association
76. PIN -- Personal Identification Number
77. PDF -- Portable Document Format
78. PM -- (Latin) Post Meridiem, ("after noon")
79. PS -- Post Scriptum, or PostScript
80. RADAR -- RAdio Detection And Ranging
81. SADD -- Students Against Driving Drunk or Students Against Destructive Decisions
82. SCUBA -- Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
83. SONAR -- SOund Navigation And Ranging
84. SOS -- Save our Souls or Save Our Ship
85. SWAT -- Special Wapons And Tactics
86. TBA -- To Be Announced
87. TV -- TeleVision
88. TWA -- Trans World Airline (now defunct)
89. UFO -- Unidentified Flying Object
90. UN -- United Nations
91. UPC -- Universal Product Code
92. UPN -- United Paramount Network
93. UPS -- United Parcel Service
94. URL -- Uniform Resource Locator (a web address)
95. USA -- United States of America
96. VCR -- VideoCassette Recorder
97. WWE -- World Wrestling Entertainment
98. WWF -- World Wildlife Fund
99. WWW -- World Wide Web
100. ZIP Code -- Zone Improvement Plan Code