# Aphabetic Pairs -- interesting facts **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 6, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877 "2017-04-06T12:40:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Maybenot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Maybenot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maybenot)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/361 "2017-09-14T09:03:58Z")
NM - Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) South African activist and former president helped bring an end to apartheid and has been a global advocate for human rights. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/362 "2017-09-14T11:43:08Z")
NN = Noel Neill, actress best known for playing Lois Lane in serials and on _The Adventures of Superman_, She also had cameos in _Superman_ (1978), the 1980’s TV series _Superboy_, and _Superman Returns_ (2006). ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/363 "2017-09-14T13:36:26Z")
NO - New Orleans. In September 2005, when Channel 4 in the United Kingdom decided to air the Simpsons episode A Streetcar Named Marge a week after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. Arguing that the episode was an insensitive choice, given recent events, several viewers filed complaints with Ofcom. Two days later, Channel 4 apologized on-air and directly contacted all those who had complained. The New Orleans song, which describes the city as a “home of pirates, drunks and whores,” was edited out of all future showings, and remains absent from all Channel 4 airings as of March 2017. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/364 "2017-09-15T16:16:44Z")
NP = nondeterministic polynomial time. Informally, NP is the set of all decision problems for which the instances where the answer is “yes” have efficiently verifiable proofs. More precisely, these proofs have to be verifiable by deterministic computations that can be performed in polynomial time. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/365 "2017-09-17T05:03:42Z")
NQ = Nestlé Quik Nestlé Quik was launched in 1948. It’s name was changed to Nesquik in 1999. The Nestlé Quik mascot bunny is known as “Quicky.” Make of that what you will. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/366 "2017-09-17T07:16:26Z")
NR = New Republic and National Review, two of best known American magazines representing the polar opposites on the political spectrum, New Republic on the left and National Review on the right. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/367 "2017-09-17T10:51:18Z")
NS - North Sydney. The municipality across the Harbour Bridge from the centre of Sydney, NSW, where I was born many years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/368 "2017-09-18T01:08:08Z")
NT = New Testament. The oldest book of which is most probably 1 Thessalonians. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/369 "2017-09-18T07:42:22Z")
NU = Northwestern University. Created near Chicago to serve the “Northwest Territory”. But by the time it opened (1851), all the constituents of the Northwest Territory had been organized into the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,and Wisconsin. ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/370 "2017-10-15T05:13:12Z")
NV = Nevada. (1961 interview of Bill Dana portraying an astronaut.) Interviewer: Where will you be landing? Astronaut Jose Jimenez: I’m going to be landing in Nevada. I: So you’re convinced that they will get you back to earth? JJ: I am convinced that they will bring me back to earth. I: Good. JJ: Just how far into it…that’s what I’m not convinced about. I: Well surely they’ve made some provisions to break your fall. JJ: To break my fall? I: Yes. JJ: Sure. Nevada. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/371 "2017-10-19T16:05:20Z")
NW: North West, daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, who are incredibly wealthy and idolized by millions despite being symbols of much that is wrong with the world today. A recent _People_ magazine reported that North does not like her younger brother, Saint. Despite a lavish lifestyle, Kanye West has claimed to be 23 million dollars in debt. His estimated net worth is $145 million. Kim Kardashian West has an estimated net worth of $150 million. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/372 "2017-11-11T17:17:25Z")
NX - NX technology, developed by NoMachine, is a proprietary computer program that provides hosted desktop and remote access. ---
**Author:** ![FallingLeaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@FallingLeaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallingLeaves)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/373 "2017-11-16T03:10:53Z")
NY - New York. There are 62 counties in the state of New York. Alexander Hamilton not only has a Broadway show named after him, but Hamilton County is named for him as well. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/374 "2017-11-16T14:47:02Z")
NZ - New Zealand. Many official place names in New Zealand are dual names, incorporating both the original Māori place names and the English names bestowed since European settlement. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/375 "2017-11-17T18:42:49Z")
OA – Opelika, Alabama The seat of Lee County, Opelika is the hometown of such diverse notables as Miss America 2013 Mallory Hagan, former Alabama Governor Fob James, and baseball pitcher Roy Lee Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/376 "2017-11-18T15:19:15Z")
OB - The “Obie” Awards, given to Off-Broadway performances. Unlike most entertainment awards, with the exception of the Lifetime Achievement and Best New American Play awards, there are no fixed categories at the Obie Awards, and the winning actors and actresses are all in a single category titled “Performance.” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/377 "2017-11-19T16:06:49Z")
OC - Orange County, The TV series _The O.C._ is set there. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/378 "2017-11-20T04:50:05Z")
OD – Opel Diplomat Manufactured from 1964 to 1977, it joined the Kapitan and Admiral in the flagship KAD series of models produced by the German affiliate of General Motors. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/379 "2017-11-20T12:51:13Z")
OE = O. E. Rølvaag Had the unique status as a great American novelist who did not write in English. Rolvaag came from Norway, and wrote of the immigrant pioneer experience in the New World. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/380 "2017-11-20T20:32:59Z")
OF - Odd Future, an LA hip hop collective. > **[Odd Future](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_Future)** > > Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, better known as Odd Future and often abbreviated as OF or OFWGKTA, is an American alternative hip-hop music collective formed in Los Angeles County, California in 2007. The original members were Tyler, the Creator, Casey Veggies, Hodgy, Left Brain, Matt Martians, Jasper Dolphin, Travis "Taco" Bennett and Syd. Later members included brandUn DeShay, Pyramid Vritra, Earl Sweatshirt, Domo Genesis, Mike G, Frank Ocean and Na-Kel Smith. > Odd Future self-released th... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877.md?page=20)