# Secret Organization Acronyms (TV Trivia) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947 "2003-07-16T18:48:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947/21 "2003-07-17T02:56:51Z")
Isn’t there a Supreme Hierarchy of International Terrorists? ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947/22 "2003-07-17T03:01:29Z")
Absolutely UNCLE… specially if I can be partnered with the cute blond russian…Used to know the name but am getting senile the closer I get to 40 Question: Didn’t James West and Artemis Gordon work for and acronymed agency?mmm Ross Martin… ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947/23 "2003-07-17T03:15:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Krisfer the Cat \* > **Absolutely UNCLE… specially if I can be partnered with the cute blond russian…Used to know the name but am getting senile the closer I get to 40** Ilya Kuryakin ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947/24 "2003-07-17T03:23:29Z")
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! umm thanks detop… the only other person who shared that adolescent crush with me was Mom… and she’s dead… I didn’t think I should bother her… she’s prolly workin on Ross Martin:D ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947/25 "2003-07-17T07:17:46Z")
Anybody remember “The Kids from C.A.P.E.R.”? The **C** ivilian **A** uthority for the **P** rotection of **E** verybody, **R** egardless. Totally cheezy '70’s Saturday morning show with music videos, and one of them went crazy if you said the word “bananas”. Not the most intimidating bunch, though. We had an official Man from U.N.C.L.E. capgun w/shoulder holster, so I’d work for them. ---
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947/26 "2003-07-17T08:24:25Z")
Well, what did KAOS (or CHAOS?) stand for?? ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947/27 "2003-07-17T10:28:29Z")
**Probe** from the show Search. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947/28 "2003-07-17T12:12:40Z")
Illya **Nickovitch** Kuryakin. ---
**Author:** ![NameAlreadyTaken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/97f17d/32.png) [@NameAlreadyTaken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NameAlreadyTaken)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947/29 "2003-07-17T12:21:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Krisfer the Cat \* > \*\*Question: Didn’t James West and Artemis Gordon work for and acronymed agency?mmm Ross Martin… \*\* If I recall, they both worked for the US Secret Service and/or the US Marshal’s, neither of which have an acronym. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Vlad Dracul_ **FLAG is outfit that Michael Knight worked for on “Knight Rider”. NameAlreadyTaken gave the correct words for the acronym, as far as I remember.** Even as a kid, I wondered why a Foundation for Law and Government would sponsor a vigilante who broke almost every law he could find. By the way? Anyone remember who the Airwolf guys flew for (as a contractor?) I vaguely remember it being something like the Foundation or The Company. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947/30 "2003-07-17T12:55:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Grousser \* > \*\*Well, what did KAOS (or CHAOS?) stand for?? \*\* Evil and badness generally. Plus the occasional bout of nastiness. As for their name (KAOS), it didn’t stand for anything. Quick trivia: name three people who work for WITSEC. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947/31 "2003-07-17T12:59:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dropzone \* > \*\*[hijack] > I like how SMERSH was real. > [/hijack] \*\* **Smersh** from the russian “smert’ shpionam” or “death to spies” I’d work for them. I hate spies. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947/32 "2003-07-17T13:26:13Z")
“the only other person who shared that adolescent crush with me was Mom… and she’s dead… I didn’t think I should bother her… she’s prolly workin on Ross Martin” Nope. My SO still loves that guy (who’s real name escapes me). Robert Vaughan played his partner. Trivia: Robert Vaughan holds a Ph.D. in American History (IIRC). His doctoral dissertation was on the Hollywood Ten. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947/33 "2003-07-17T13:31:26Z")
David McCallum (sp?) was Ilya in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Yeah, I could have looked it up at IMDB, but I didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947/34 "2003-07-17T13:37:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BMalion \* > \*\* > > I hate spies. :mad: \*\* [smart ass] You hate _bad_ spies. If they were good at what they do, you wouldn’t know they were spies. [/smart ass] 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8dc957/32.png) [@Brad\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947/35 "2003-07-17T18:42:04Z")
I don’t remember if this was from a TV show or a movie, I’m sure someone can help me remember P.A.G.A.N. People Against Goodness And Niceness. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947/36 "2003-07-17T19:30:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Brad the Impaler \* > \*\*I don’t remember if this was from a TV show or a movie, I’m sure someone can help me remember > > P.A.G.A.N. > > People Against Goodness And Niceness. \*\* [Chronos](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=3712486#post3712486) could probably help you remember. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947/37 "2003-07-18T01:22:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by detop \* > \*\*Ilya Kuryakin \*\* Uh, in the series it was Illya (two l’s) Kuryakin. We had our own Man From U.N.C.L.E. club in middle school, and I was a huge Illya Kuryakin fangirl. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947/38 "2003-07-18T02:30:22Z")
My mistake, I used to watch it 30 odd-years ago (in French), so I stand connected 😃 And also can you verify the patronymic that **carnivorousplant** provided ? Because, although I don’t speak Russian, Nickovitch sounds wrong to me. Could it be Nikolaievitch perhaps ? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947/39 "2003-07-18T07:37:45Z")
What did COBRA stand for? I want to work from them. I’d get to shoot at GI Joe all day long with sweet laser guns, with no chance of dying! ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947/40 "2003-07-18T09:50:14Z")
Doesn’t anyone remember S.P.L.A.T. The Special Police Licensed Animal Team. Great Grape Ape and Beagly Beagly worked for them. I also used it in a game of Toon once. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-organization-acronyms-tv-trivia/188947.md?page=3)