Every answer will be a three-letter acronym.
1) What’s the airport code for Portland International Airport?
2) What simple philosophy is shared by Home Depot, punk music, zines, and the modern arts and crafts revival?
3) What CBS series has the highest Nielsen ratings for a show with an abbreviation for a title?
4) What standardized test is a requirement for most graduate schools in the US?
5) What academic abbreviation stands for the Latin phrasing of “which was to be demonstrated”?
6) What was the most common radio distress signal before SOS?
7) If you’re using Adobe Acrobat, what kind of file are you most likely creating?
8) What pop group recorded “Making Plans for Nigel,” “Senses Working Overtime,” and “Dear God”?
9) “Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation” is the motto of what media company?
10) What three-letter abbreviation, increasingly common since 1990, takes three times as many syllables to say in full as the phrase it stands for?
Average score, among 13 teams: 7.46.
1) PDX
2) DIY (do it yourself)
3) CSI
4) GRE
5) QED
6) CQD
7) PDF
8) XTC
9) BBC
10) WWW
Round 3 at the Old Pequliar on Feb. 27, 2007.