Here Comes the BOOM
2017 Billboard Hot 100
Big Talk, Coming from You
Sports?
SPORTS!!
100

This type of boom is "from the past"

What is blast?

100

This track became the first song primarily in Spanish to top the Billboard Top 100 since "Macarena" in 1996

What is Despacito?

(Alexa, play Despacito)

100

This word for extra large comes from the name of P.T. Barnum's famous elephant, not the other way around

What is jumbo?

100

In the TV show The Office, members of Dunder Mifflin compete in Flonkerton, racing each other with these strapped to their feet

What are reams of paper?
200

This boom happened over 538 million years ago, resulting in all major animal phyla appearing in the fossil record

What is the Cambrian explosion?

200

Securing the 14th spot on the Year End Hot 100, this trap hit memorably sampled a flute riff from "Prison Song" by Carlton Williams - a sample that producer Metro Boomin did not clear before releasing

What is "Mask Off" by Future?

200

One World Trade Center in NYC is this tall, honoring the year that the USA became a country

What is 1,776 feet?

200

In Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, young Anakin competes in this high speed sport

What is podracing?

300

In England, these pub grub booms are paired with mash

What are bangers?

300

Zedd's hit song "Stay" featured vocals from this Canadian singer

Who is Alessia Cara?

300

Unit of measurement equal to 1 million meters

What is a megameter?

300

In the 2011 film Real Steel, Hugh Jackman stars as this type of athlete whose sport has been taken over by robots

What is a boxer?

400

This team of booms played in Seattle until 2008

What are the SuperSonics?

400

Rapper Cardi B made a colorful first impression with this debut single

What is Bodak Yellow?
400
Despite its prefix, this term actually refers to close-up photography of very small subjects

What is macrophotography?

400

Players of this sport, based on Quidditch from the Harry Potter universe, officially changed its name in 2022 to avoid being associated with author JK Rowling's transphobic views

What is quadball?

500

This type of boom is normal and happens to most people between 6 months to 2 years of age. No need to call the dentist!

What is tooth eruption?
500

According to the lyrics of the Chainsmokers' hit song "Closer," what brand of car is the singer in the back seat of?

What is (Land) Rover?

500

This word for gigantic statue was used by the Romans to refer to the giant bronze Helios at the entrance of Rhodes that stood 70 cubits tall

What is colossus?

500

Hobbes quote:

"No sport is less organized than ____"

What is Calvinball?

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