Acronyms

Brand Acronyms Quiz – The following acronyms are well-known brand and business names, but what do they actually stand for?

1. BMW

Bayerische Motoren Werke (Bavarian Motor Works)

2. M&Ms

Mars and Murrie’s

3. HP in HP Sauce

Houses of Parliament

4. IBM

International Business Machines

5.HTC

High Tech Computer (Corporation)

6. KFC

Kentucky Fried Chicken

7. TSB (Before merging with Lloyds to become Lloyds TSB)

Trustee Savings Bank

8. EE

Everything Everywhere

9. H&M

Hennes and Mauritz

10. IKEA

Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd (I would accept anything even vaguely similar!)

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The following are acronyms of charities and government agencies and departments and public bodies. What do they stand for?

1. RNLI

Royal National Lifeboat Institution

2. PDSA

People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals

3. YMCA

Young Men’s Christian Association

4. BHF

British Heart Foundation

5. DEFRA

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

6. RSPB

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

7. CAFOD

Catholic Agency for Overseas Development

8. RNIB

Royal National Institute for Blind People

9. RAFBF

Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

10. Ofsted

Office for Standards in Education

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