Science the Musical
Television
Numbers That Make the World Go Round
Any Swifties in the Building?
200

This iconic song alludes to development with a line that says "I see babies crying, I watch them grow. They'll learn much more than I'll ever know..."

What is "What a Wonderful World"

200

In this HBO series, the phrase “Winter is coming” warns viewers that trouble is on the horizon.

What is Game of Thrones?

200

206

What is the approximate number of bones in an adult human body?

200

In this song, Taylor declares, “Darling, I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream.”

What is “Blank Space”?

400

The scientific condition of "Decay" gets a musical shout-out in this 2012 Imagine Dragons hit, which shares its title with the condition of an unstable atomic nucleus that spontaneously emits particles or energy. 

What is “Radioactive”?

400

This South Korean series became a global phenomenon as contestants competed in deadly versions of children's games for a cash prize.

What is Squid Game?

400

8 minutes and 20 seconds

What is the time it takes sunlight to reach Earth?

400

 This song became Taylor Swift's first career diamond-certified single, making her the first female artist in U.S. history to achieve both a diamond-certified album (Fearless) and a diamond-certified single.

What is "Shake It Off"?

600

This 2011 hit by Sia compares a person's emotional resilience to a strong metallic element with the atomic number 22.

What is Titanium?

600

This is not a drug reference, but the name of the New York City Coffee Shop where the characters on "Friends" spent most of their time.

What is Central Perk?

600

6.022 × 10²³ 

What is Avogadro’s number?

600

In 2010 This Album won Taylor Swift 4 Grammy Awards, which is the most she has won from any single album.

What is Fearless?

800

The title of this hit by Train makes reference to the largest planet in our solar system as they imagine a lover returning to the solar system after traveling through space.

What is "Drops of Jupiter"

800

This was a popular term for the practice of seeing a 2023 blockbuster double feature, pairing a pink-drenched fantasy comedy with a historical drama about the atomic bomb. The term denoted the practice of seeing both movies in the same day.

What is Barbenheimer?

800

13.8 billion years.

What is the approximate age of the Universe?

800

To prevent hackers and leaks, she writes many of her lyrics using this offline 2005-style device that is not connected to the internet.

What is a flip phone?

1000

In this Spanish dystopian thriller on Netflix, prisoners live on stacked levels of a vertical facility where a platform carrying food descends from floor to floor, exposing the brutal consequences of scarcity and inequality.

What is The Platform?

1000

This number, approximately 1.618, appears in mathematics and is associated with certain patterns in nature and art.

What is the golden ratio?

1000

The day, month, year, city and state where Taylor Swift was born.

What is December 13, 1989, in West Reading, Pennsylvania