🔠 Short & Sweet! Test Your Abbreviation Knowledge: Top 50 Trivia!

How well do you know common abbreviations and acronyms? Challenge yourself with these questions about shortened word forms!

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Easy Level

  1. What does 'ASAP' stand for?
    Answer: As Soon As Possible
  2. What is the abbreviation for 'United States'?
    Answer: US or U.S.
  3. What does 'DIY' mean?
    Answer: Do It Yourself
  4. What does 'RSVP' stand for?
    Answer: Répondez S'il Vous Plaît (French for 'please respond')
  5. What does 'PIN' stand for?
    Answer: Personal Identification Number
  6. What is the abbreviation for 'Doctor'?
    Answer: Dr.
  7. What does 'ATM' stand for?
    Answer: Automated Teller Machine
  8. What does 'GPS' stand for?
    Answer: Global Positioning System
  9. What does 'CEO' stand for?
    Answer: Chief Executive Officer
  10. What does 'FAQ' stand for?
    Answer: Frequently Asked Questions
  11. What does 'IQ' stand for?
    Answer: Intelligence Quotient
  12. What does 'DVD' stand for?
    Answer: Digital Versatile Disc
  13. What does 'ETA' stand for?
    Answer: Estimated Time of Arrival
  14. What does 'HIV' stand for?
    Answer: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  15. What does 'PDF' stand for?
    Answer: Portable Document Format

Medium Level

  1. What does 'NASA' stand for?
    Answer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  2. What does 'SCUBA' stand for?
    Answer: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
  3. What does 'RADAR' stand for?
    Answer: Radio Detection And Ranging
  4. What does 'LASER' stand for?
    Answer: Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
  5. What does 'UNICEF' stand for?
    Answer: United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
  6. What does 'AWOL' stand for?
    Answer: Absent Without Official Leave
  7. What does 'FOMO' stand for?
    Answer: Fear Of Missing Out
  8. What does 'YOLO' stand for?
    Answer: You Only Live Once
  9. What does 'SWAT' stand for?
    Answer: Special Weapons And Tactics
  10. What does 'CAPTCHA' stand for?
    Answer: Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
  11. What does 'SONAR' stand for?
    Answer: Sound Navigation And Ranging
  12. What does 'NATO' stand for?
    Answer: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  13. What does 'FBI' stand for?
    Answer: Federal Bureau of Investigation
  14. What does 'SOS' stand for?
    Answer: Save Our Souls (or Save Our Ship; technically not an acronym but Morse code distress signal)
  15. What does 'TBA' stand for?
    Answer: To Be Announced
  16. What does 'FYI' stand for?
    Answer: For Your Information
  17. What does 'BRB' stand for?
    Answer: Be Right Back
  18. What does 'ETA' stand for in the context of cooking?
    Answer: Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  19. What does 'POTUS' stand for?
    Answer: President Of The United States
  20. What does 'TGIF' stand for?
    Answer: Thank God It's Friday

Hard Level

  1. What does 'GIF' stand for?
    Answer: Graphics Interchange Format
  2. What does 'JPEG' stand for?
    Answer: Joint Photographic Experts Group
  3. What does 'QUASAR' stand for?
    Answer: QUAsi-StellAR radio source
  4. What does 'ZIP' stand for in file formats?
    Answer: Zone Improvement Plan (originally from postal codes)
  5. What does 'AM' and 'PM' stand for in timekeeping?
    Answer: Ante Meridiem (before midday) and Post Meridiem (after midday)
  6. What does 'SNAFU' stand for?
    Answer: Situation Normal: All Fouled Up (military slang)
  7. What does 'TARDIS' stand for in Doctor Who?
    Answer: Time And Relative Dimension In Space
  8. What does 'SPF' stand for in sunscreen?
    Answer: Sun Protection Factor
  9. What does 'FUBAR' stand for?
    Answer: Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition (military slang)
  10. What does 'URL' stand for?
    Answer: Uniform Resource Locator
  11. What does 'HTTP' stand for?
    Answer: HyperText Transfer Protocol
  12. What does 'GUI' stand for in computing?
    Answer: Graphical User Interface
  13. What does 'SIM' stand for in mobile phones?
    Answer: Subscriber Identity Module
  14. What does 'LCD' stand for in display technology?
    Answer: Liquid Crystal Display
  15. What does 'LED' stand for in lighting?
    Answer: Light Emitting Diode