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Acronym Mania Trivia Quiz

A (mostly) multiple choice quiz on some everyday acronyms, enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by Buzby. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Buzby

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
92,960

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
4734

Last 3 plays: Liz5050 (8/10), Guest 137 (8/10), LauraMcC (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. 'VHS'; it's a common enough acronym, but do you know what it stands for? Hint

Video Harmony System

Video Home System

Visual Home System

Video Hi-Fi System

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Question 2 of 10

2. Everyone's getting DVDs these days, but what do the initials 'DVD' stand for? Hint

Digital Volatile Disk

Digital Versatile Disk

Digital Vocal Disk

Digital Visual Disk

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Question 3 of 10

3. On the front of your computer is a 'LED', what is this? Hint

Light Emitting Disk

Light Evident Diode

Light Emitting Diode

Low Energy Disk

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Question 4 of 10

4. Inside your computer you have some 'RAM', what exactly is it? Hint

Relayed Anti-Memory

Random Anti-Memory

Random Access Memory

Relayed Access Memory

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Question 5 of 10

5. You also have some 'ROM', this is? Hint

Read Only Memory

Random Online Memomy

Random Output Memory

Read On Memory

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Question 6 of 10

6. A calculator screen has a 'LCD', what does this mean? Hint

Light Chrome Display

Light Crystal Display

Liquid Crystal Display

Liquid Chrome Display

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Question 7 of 10

7. Friday is sometimes referred to as POETS day, what does 'POETS' stand for? Hint

Push Off Early, Tomorrow's Saturday

Push Off Everyone, Today's Sunny

Pile Out Everyone, This Sucks

Pile Out Early, There's Sunshine

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Question 8 of 10

8. A doctor might pronounce someone DOA, what does this mean? Hint

Dead On Arrival

Dead Of Alcohol

Drunk On Alcohol

Drunk On Arrival

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Question 9 of 10

9. Commonly seen around the internet, what does 'URL' stand for? Hint

Uniform Resource Locator

Unknown Resource Locator

Uniform Reading Locator

Uniform Resource Looker

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Question 10 of 10

10. It's Valentine's day, you send a card and mark the envelope 'SWALK'. What does this mean?

Answer: (5 Words -no caps needed)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'VHS'; it's a common enough acronym, but do you know what it stands for?

Answer: Video Home System

On one of the web-sites I visited while making this quiz, I found 'VHS' was in their top 50 searched for, so I guess it's not as common knowledge as you might think! Before the emergence of DVD for home recording and replay of visual media items, most homes had a VHS recorder/player.

2. Everyone's getting DVDs these days, but what do the initials 'DVD' stand for?

Answer: Digital Versatile Disk

Having looked this one up at various sites around the 'net, it appears that DVD can also be 'Digital Video Disk'.

3. On the front of your computer is a 'LED', what is this?

Answer: Light Emitting Diode

Most status lights are LEDs, not just the ones on the front of your computer.

4. Inside your computer you have some 'RAM', what exactly is it?

Answer: Random Access Memory

This is memory that can be both read and written by a processor.

5. You also have some 'ROM', this is?

Answer: Read Only Memory

Fairly self-explanatory, this memory can only be read - and not written - by a processor.

6. A calculator screen has a 'LCD', what does this mean?

Answer: Liquid Crystal Display

'LCD' screens use liquid crystal that is sealed between two pieces of glass.

7. Friday is sometimes referred to as POETS day, what does 'POETS' stand for?

Answer: Push Off Early, Tomorrow's Saturday

I'm sure all you lucky people who get to leave work early on a Friday got this one easily!

8. A doctor might pronounce someone DOA, what does this mean?

Answer: Dead On Arrival

A less medical acronym would be 'Department of Agriculture'.

9. Commonly seen around the internet, what does 'URL' stand for?

Answer: Uniform Resource Locator

I didn't know this one before compiling this quiz!

10. It's Valentine's day, you send a card and mark the envelope 'SWALK'. What does this mean?

Answer: sealed with a loving kiss

No explanation needed, if you get a letter with this on, smile, someone loves you!

Source: Author Buzby

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