Questioning The Guinness Book of World Records Quiz

Answer: Yes

The first anonymous world record breaker was a college student in East Lansing, Michigan who in 1971 spent 97 hours and 4 minutes under the shower spray. The female college student refused to have her name in the book.

Answer: Jumping jacks

In 1979, Ashrita's third attempt at breaking a world record was completed when he performed 27,000 jumping jacks. His first attempt at breaking a world record was using a pogo stick, but it was disavowed due to a technicality. His second attempt at breaking a world record was juggling, but that was also disallowed due to a technicality.

The first time Ashrita saw his face in "The Guinness Book of World Records" it was beside a picture of Nadia Comǎneci.

Answer: Ireland

Ireland has its own book titled "The Guinness Book of Irish Facts & Feats". Michael Flatley and Riverdance are in the book under Mass Participation for having over 7,000 people successfully dancing Riverdance in the streets of Cork. Also in the book is the fact that the people of Ireland drink the most tea of any nation on Earth with 1,184 cups of tea consumed a day. That would equate to three cups of day for every man, woman, and child in Ireland.

Answer: The Da Vinci Code

Filming of the train trip was from London, England to Cannes, France. Ron Howard's picture holding his certificate can be seen in the 2007 edition of "The Guinness Book of World Records".

Johnny Depp, Reese Witherspoon, and Drew Barrymore are also three celebrities that are in the 2007 edition of "The Guinness Book of World Records".

Answer: Seattle

The birthday cake was a six sided cake weighing 25,000 pounds, twenty-three inches high and sixty feet around. The recipe called for ingredients by the thousands and salt by the pounds. The cake can be seen in the 1967 spring edition of "The Guinness Book of World Records".

Answer: Oscar

Walt Disney won over sixty Oscars for his animated movies that were developed under the Disney production company. In 1954, Walt Disney reminded everyone not to lose sight of the fact that everything he had attained was because of a mouse.

Answer: Smith

In 1956, the largest group of people with the last name of Smith had 1.5 million people. In the 2006 edition of "The Guinness Book of World Records" the largest group of people with the same surname was Jones. In the 2007 edition of "The Guinness Book of World Records", Gallagher became the largest group of people with the same surname.

Answer: Yes

"The Guinness Book of World Records" was once owned by Arthur Guinness and Sons Brewing Company at the time the book was first published in 1955. As of 1999, "The Guinness Book of World Records" was no longer owned by the company.

When the book came to the United States it went through several title changes before officially becoming "The Guinness Book of World Records". It was officially published by Sterling Publishing in New York and sold 50,000 copies on its first run. When the book turned fifty years old, a special gold cover edition was published.

In 2008, "The Guinness Book of World Records" was sold to Ripley Entertainment.

Answer: Dog

Josh was a mixed terrier who was adopted in 1984 by the Stack family. Josh survived a shooting that left him with the inability to wag his tail due to nerve damage. His owner took Josh to tour schools around the country. Josh and his owner visited more than 2,000 schools and was petted by more than 400,000 people.

The Stack family got affidavits from everyone that petted Josh to confirm. In 1997, Josh entered "The Guinness Book of World Records". It was also the same year Josh died from cancer.

Answer: Oldest living person

In the 1997 edition of "The Guinness Book of World Records", Madame Jeanne Calment from France entered the book at the age of 122. One of her favorite recollections was meeting Vincent Van Gogh when he entered her father's store. She died that same year she was entered into the book.

When Madame Jeanne was asked why she was still living, Madame Jeanne remarked, "I've been forgotten by God".