BQ

BQ, Bq, or bq may refer to:

Places

• Navassa Island (FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code BQ)
• Caribbean Netherlands (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code)
• .bq, the country-code Top Level Domain for Caribbean Netherlands
• British Antarctic Territory (former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code)

Businesses and organizations

• Aeromar Líneas Aéreas Dominicanas (IATA airline designator BQ)
• Bin Quraya, leading heavy equipment rental firm in Saudi Arabia
• Birds Queensland, the ornithological society of Queensland, Australia
• Bloc Québécois, a political party of Canada
• BQ (company), a Spanish user electronics company
• BQ Aquaris, the company's brand of devices

Science and technology

• Becquerel (Bq), the SI derived unit of radioactivity
• Benzoquinone, a chemical compound
• BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 (Cerberus), SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants
• BQ-788, a selective ETB antagonist
• BQ-123, a cyclic peptide
• Broadcast quality, a video quality standard for broadcast television

Other uses

• Boston Qualifier, a qualifier in the Boston Marathon
• Band Queer, etymologically Band Qualified, a member of the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band
• Blood quantum laws, laws in the United States that define Native American status by fractions of Native American ancestry.

See also

• BBQ, shorthand for barbecue
• BQS (disambiguation)
• B&Q, a British retailer