ABBREVIATIONS

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
U.S. CITIES

LETTER PERFECT
FEATHERED FRIENDS
100

The abbreviation H.R.H. before Princess Diana's name indicates you should refer to her this way

Her Royal Highness

100

The first store in this chain was originally called the "Baby Furniture and Toy Supermarket"

Toys "R" Us

100

Founded by George Rogers Clark in 1778, this Kentucky city was named for a French monarch

Louisville

100

In describing measurements, it represents the word "by", as in 3' by 5'

X

100

The Arabian type of this big flightless bird is extinct; the African types aren't

an ostrich

200

In movie ratings, it's what PG stands for

Parental Guidance

200

George Eastman arrived at the name of this company by making up words that started & ended with "K

Kodak

200

This Nevada city calls itself "the biggest little city in the world"

Reno

200

Harry Truman didn't always use a period after this middle initial; it didn't stand for anything

S

200

You could call this bird the most famous of the eagles because it's a symbol of the U.S.

the bald eagle

300

Had Gulliver attended Lilliput U., he would have been a BMOC, which stands for this

big man on campus

300

In 1955, 2 brothers named Richard & Henry founded this famous tax accounting firm

H&R Block

300

This Virginia port is headquarters for the Navy's Atlantic fleet

Norfolk

300

The symbol for the British pound is this letter with a line through it

L

300

The pelican is distinguished by a long bill with a deep one of these hanging from the underside

a pouch

400

Your ma and pa could tell you MA & PA are the postal abbreviations for these two states

Massachusetts & Pennsylvania

400

Since buying Binney & Smith, this co. not only ranks No. 1 in greeting cards but in crayons as well

Hallmark

400

It's "the nation's oldest city"

St. Augustine(, Florida)

400

In literature Hester Prynne wore this "Scarlet Letter"

A

400

The pekin, a domestic one of these, is raided for its meat

duck

500

This measure of heat used to rate the cooling capacity of air conditioners is abbreviated Btu

the British Thermal unit

500

Founded in 1919, this county's KLM Airline is the world's oldest

the Netherlands

500

This largest city in Kansas is the world's top producer of general aviation aircraft

Wichita

500

On a musical score, the direction to play softly is indicated by this lower case letter

P

500

Member of the crow family whose name is used to describe lustrous black tresses

raven

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