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Things that Go Boom!

Can you guess these answers related to things that explode?
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Last updated: December 17, 2020
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First submittedDecember 17, 2020
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The beginning of our universe approximately 13.8 billion years ago
The Big Bang
The explosion of a large star
Supernova
Invention of Alfred Nobel
Dynamite
Active ingredient in the above
Nitroglycerin
Middle East city which had a massive ammonia nitrate explosion in 2020
Beirut
City that suffered the first nuclear bomb attack in 1945
Hiroshima
Name of the plane which dropped the bomb
Enola Gay
Name of the bomb itself
Little Boy
The largest nuclear bomb ever tested, more than 3000 times more powerful than the above
Tsar Bomba
Director of "Transformers" and "Armageddon", known for including lots of
explosions in his movies
Michael Bay
Explosive invented in China in the 9th century
Gunpowder
Notable examples include Pinatubo, Etna, and Eyjafjallajökull
Volcano
The explosion of the USS Maine in Havana triggered a war between the
United States and this country
Spain
Place where the U.S. tested nuclear weapons from 1946–1958
Bikini Atoll
The short name of the explosive 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene
TNT
Mexican peninsula where an asteroid or comet struck 66 million years ago,
a bad day for dinosaurs
Yucatan
Plastic explosive, invented in 1958, known by a letter and a number
C-4
Term for a gasoline bomb in a bottle
Molotov cocktail
Bizarrely, Sweden has recently had an epidemic of bombings using this military weapon
Grenade
This type of gun may save your life. But it also started the concert fire memorialized
in the song "Smoke on the Water".
Flare gun
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59 Comments
1ProximaCentauri
+21
Level 54
Dec 17, 2020
Waiting for the kalbahamut explanation about Michal Bay......
Baxtergrad
+7
Level 51
Dec 17, 2020
Worst director ever- long and short of it
JohnnyYeet
+3
Level 60
Dec 18, 2020
Worse than Rian Johnson? IDK....
Jacktheguy
+5
Level 91
Jan 23, 2021
Believe me, Michael Bay is worse.
jennraven
+15
Level 67
Jan 23, 2021
Rian Johnson? Knives Out was a masterpiece!
parkave
+4
Level 57
Jan 23, 2021
Are you kidding me? Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen was a masterpiece.
1ProximaCentauri
+2
Level 54
Jan 26, 2021
All the other ones were a disasterpiece
Bambme
+2
Level 25
May 25, 2021
Slipknot reference?
kalbahamut
+5
Level 81
Jan 5, 2023
Johnson is terrible. Knives Out was okay; hardly a masterpiece. One of those films like The Sixth Sense that gets dumber the more you think about it. But Bay is obviously worse. Even his explosions suck and that's supposed to be what he's good at.
EvanAviator
+3
Level 60
Jan 5, 2023
only took two years 😅
redboter
+1
Level 44
Dec 17, 2020
Good quiz bro
xyzzy
+2
Level 71
Dec 17, 2020
Boom goes the dynamite!
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 90
Dec 17, 2020
That's quite the quiz thumbnail. It has that whole speed of lightning, roar of thunder Underdog vibe.
Hampus
+11
Level 56
Dec 18, 2020
"Bizarrely"..?
elcampeador
+5
Level 79
Jun 16, 2022
Because Sweden is viewed as a post-crime paradise, presumably?
APHill
+17
Level 76
Dec 18, 2020
I can't believe the answer to "_____ Bomba" was not "La".
SirPhilippines
+10
Level 69
Jan 23, 2021
Para bailar la bamba!
AlexThirkell
+12
Level 75
Dec 18, 2020
Call me a snowflake, but I found the inclusion of cities that suffered major explosions/bombings - in which thousands died - on the otherwise rather light-hearted list of "Things that go Boom!" very insensitive.
JWC1202
+47
Level 75
Dec 22, 2020
Snowflake.
JWC1202
+33
Level 75
Dec 22, 2020
Seriously though: the title is lighthearted, perhaps, but there is nothing lighthearted about the subject matter, which covers weapons of war (gunpower, grenades, atomic bombs), loss of life (the Maine, Hiroshima, even the asteroid that struck the Yucatan), and natural disasters (volcanos). Perhaps a blander title would suit you, but I don't think anyone is being insensitive just because of the use of "Boom."
Nickelz
+3
Level 67
Dec 7, 2022
❄️
misterawesome
+1
Level 88
Jan 5, 2023
I think they should keep it, because sure it took a whole different turn, but that doesn't mean we should prevent it from being on the quiz. It was a dark day in history, but that's why we have to learn about it.
dunkinggandalf2
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Level 70
Jan 23, 2021
If we're going to nitpick, and I think we all know we are, I don't think the Big Bang can be accurately described as an explosion. I don't mind it being on the quiz, though.
SirPhilippines
+8
Level 69
Jan 23, 2021
dunkinggandalf2 officially wins the Second Golden Nitpick Award of the Month for January 2021! Congratulations!
mikeb
+8
Level 65
Jan 23, 2021
I think the Big Bang made the same sound as that famous tree deep in the forest.
AlexThirkell
+2
Level 75
Jan 24, 2021
Not knowing much about it, what was the Big Bang if not an explosion? I probably don't even know the real definition of an explosion now I think about it...
Dimby
+8
Level 79
Jan 25, 2021
An explosion can refer to a violent expansion, not just a chemical reaction with lots of fire. Seems accurate to me.
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 70
Jan 27, 2021
I'm no physicist, and I couldn't possibly explain it accurately, but I've read several times that the Big Bang is not really an "explosion", and actually, the term was originally coined in order to mock the idea itself. Something to do with the fact that an explosion is supposed to take place within time and space, whereas the Big Bang created (our) time and space. But don't take my word for it. I'd say I'll look it up, but odds are I won't. Anyway.
duckwantbread
+2
Level 65
Jan 5, 2023
You're correct that the term was originally used to mock the theory, it was first proposed by a scientist that was also a Catholic priest. A lot of people in the scientific community at the time dismissed his theory as a desperate attempt from him to make science compatible with The Bible by coming up with something that vaguely resembled the story of God creating everything within a week.
PoetsCorner
+1
Level 87
Dec 3, 2022
Obviously, we're just going to have to ask someone who was there.
SirPhilippines
+2
Level 69
Jan 23, 2021
I think there's something wrong with me getting 100%
90minutes
+1
Level 54
Jan 23, 2021
An explosion happen in something. Then the big bang isn't a explosion. The thing that explode, this is mater and time itself.
misterawesome
+5
Level 88
Jan 5, 2023
"Explosion- A violent expansion in which energy is transmitted outward as a shock wave."

That is literally what the big bang is.

dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 70
Dec 17, 2024
Well, see, that's the point I was trying to make. The Big Bang did not transfer any energy outward: there is/was no outward, since there was no space. We're still living inside the Big Bang!
amgine
+9
Level 66
Jan 24, 2021
I have been following the situation in Sweden for years and there is nothing bizarre about hearing of grenade violence in Sweden. Of course when Fox and subsequently Trump made mention of what is happening there, the liberal industrial complex went berserk in denial. Much better to live in blissful naivety isn't it?
martay
+4
Level 70
Jan 24, 2021
It was a total stab in the dark that I got grenade correct. Personally, I was looking for a more ironic explosive device being used in Sweden --- like an Irish car bomb (yes, I know it's a drink, but I hope you get the point). Using grenades to create explosions doesn't seem all that bizarre. That's precisely what they're made to do.
Racheth
+1
Level 39
Jan 25, 2021
I do
Historyman0
+2
Level 38
Jan 26, 2021
i dont believe in the big bang, otherwise great quiz!
dunkinggandalf2
+18
Level 70
Jan 27, 2021
That's okay. I'm sure the Big Bang doesn't believe in you either.
3nchiladas
+2
Level 70
Mar 26, 2022
Wow you really couldn't resist, huh? You just HAD to do it. Ugh.
Nickelz
+5
Level 67
Dec 7, 2022
The quiz isn't according to your beliefs. :D
SneakCheetah263
+1
Level 46
Feb 13, 2025
then your name should clearly not be Historyman0
bestanford
+4
Level 72
Jan 5, 2023
If only there were some explanation for the Swedish situation...
Factoriel41
+2
Level 52
Jan 6, 2023
A real mystery, indeed
workie
+4
Level 67
Jan 5, 2023
Nothing bizarre about the Swedish situation, if you know who they have been recently importing.
BlackLab
+2
Level 66
Jan 5, 2023
Actor whose catch phase is DY-NO-MITE!
Factoriel41
+2
Level 52
Jan 6, 2023
"Bizzarely"

Yeah, I really wonder why

Atzuul
+2
Level 43
Jan 7, 2023
ah yes, hiroshima exploded itself
orange3472
+1
Level 69
Jun 18, 2024
*ammoniUM nitrate
peder567
+5
Level 41
Nov 21, 2024
Where is the Costco guys?
DannyDecagon
+1
Level 50
Dec 12, 2024
beat me to it
IvoRobotnik
+1
Level 50
Dec 13, 2024
Couldn't appear in the quiz, they had a previous engagement at Costco.
MrKenny
+1
Level 67
Dec 13, 2024
can't black powder be accepter for gunpowder?
JackintheBox
+3
Level 81
Dec 13, 2024
I believe it's 'ammonium nitrate', not ammonia nitrate.
Ryanhughes
+3
Level 43
Dec 13, 2024
Big Justice
PipusCZ
+5
Level 36
Dec 14, 2024
what abt costco guys and the rizzler
Thorvald
+2
Level 72
Dec 15, 2024
For the next update I would also add Semtex - Czech plastic explosive known for being harder to detect than C4. Interestingly, there is also an energetic drink produced in Czechia called Semtex
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 72
Dec 15, 2024
Just missed flare
SneakCheetah263
+1
Level 46
Feb 13, 2025
Please add the Costco Guys
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