The correct answers to each question are listed below in blue.
1.FAO (as in FAO Schwarz, the oldest toy store in the United States)
- Franz and Oscar
- Frederick August Otto
- For Any One
- Faithful and old
2. IKEA
- Swedish for furniture
- Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd (founder’s name and hometown)
- Swedish for shop to death
- I know everything already
3. NECCO (the candy that is no more)
- New Enterprise Candy Company
- New England Confectionery Company
- Northeast Candy Corporation
- Never Eat Candy Corn
4. USA PATRIOT (as in the USA PATRIOT Act)
- United States of America Police Action To Reduce Incoming Offensive Tactics
- Understanding and Sympathizing Aggressors Promoting and Threatening Riots
- Nothing at all – simply a name of a bill
- Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
5. NERF (as in a ball)
- non-exclusive, royalty-free
- new energy research foam
- never eat rotten fruitcanola
- nothing – it was just a slang word for padding
6. Canola
- Crisco and olive oil added
- carbohydrates and oleic acids
- Canadian oil – low acid
- canned olefin
7. CRT
- computer receiver terminal
- cathode ray tube
- chrome relay transistor
- client register table
8. AFLAC
-agents for long-term accounts
- American Foundation for Liability, Accountability and Commerce
- American Family Life Assurance Company
- American Family Life And Casualty
9. B (as in B-52)
- Boeing
- beast
- bomber
- big
10. spam (as in the e-junk)
- superfluous pieces of additional mail
- something posing as mail
- stupid, pointless, annoying message
- no official definition -- could be any of the above
