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Quiz about Alfa Foxtrot Tango the NATO Phonetic Alphabet

Alfa, Foxtrot, Tango -the NATO Phonetic Alphabet Quiz

The nations of the NATO Alliance use a phonetic alphabet to ease communications among the allies. Which of the following words are used in this alphabet?

A collection quiz by Reamar42. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Reamar42

Time
3 mins

Type

Quiz #
423,013

Updated
Feb 20 26

# Qns
12

Difficulty
Very Easy

Avg Score
12 / 12

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395

Last 3 plays: Jennifer5 (12/12), Guest 73 (11/12), TriviaFan22 (12/12).

Choose the characters used in the NATO phonetic alphabet and ignore the others.

There are 12 correct entries. Get 3 incorrect and the game ends.

Adam Lincoln Romeo Foxtrot Alfa Nora Kilo Tango Yankee Union Edward Golf Sierra Lima India Tom November Charlie

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer:

The phonetic alphabet used by the NATO alliance is based on one used by the International Civil Aviation Organization and was implemented in the early 1950s. It uses the 26 characters of the Latin alphabet, which is the one used by most of the NATO countries. Spelling for the code words "Alfa", "Juliett", and "X-ray" were changed from the accepted US-UK usage to limit mispronunciation by non-English speakers.

While phonetic alphabets had been in use in military communications since before the invention and widespread use of radio, the first attempts to standardize a phonetic alphabet for civilian use began in 1927 by the International Telecommunication Union for international flight communications. This first phonetic alphabet was modified several times and eventually became the basis of the NATO version.

The incorrect answers are characters used by various U.S. police agencies.

Source: Author Reamar42

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