World Records Trivia

1. Any good quiz starts with a cabbage. This one was grown by Scott A. Robb in Alaska, in 2012, and broke the world record for being what was then the 'heaviest green cabbage'. How much did it weigh in at?

From Quiz Weird and Wonderful World Records

Answer: 62.71kg (138.25lbs)

Presented at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer, the location it was grown is significant, according to Mr Robb: "Under our long summer days, it really doesn't get dark, there's just kind of a twilight. So the cabbages never really shut down, they just kind of continue to lumber along and grow." (Check out a pic, it's an impressive cabbage.)

From Quiz 60 Years of World Records

Answer: Roger Bannister

Roger Bannister set this record four months before the "Guinness Book of World Records" existed. The reporter covering the story, Norris McWhirter, helped compile the first edition of the book.

From Quiz World Record Holders

Answer: Whale Shark

The whale shark, although huge, is relatively harmless to humans and eats small creatures similar to what whales eat.

From Quiz Ahh, But It's Cold Outside!

Answer: International Falls, Minnesota

International Falls has always been proud of its nickname and took umbrage when the town of Fraser cold-heartedly used it. This was not a frivolous lawsuit, and it wavered back and forth until settled in 2008, and Minnesota won. The day after settlement, the temperature in the winner's city was -40F (which is -40C as well, the only place where the two scales meet). International Falls is a border city with Canada, near the falls and bridge of the same name. The city lies on the Rainy River and covers about 6.4 square miles; it had a population of 6,424 in the 2010 census. Recorded low temperature was -55F, and high was 103F. They have had 68 inches of snowfall during the winter season. They celebrate their chilliness with a four day festival every year which features candlelight skiing, frozen turkey bowling and snow sculpting.

From Quiz Dedicated, Done and Dusted

Answer: Balancing on a Swiss ball for 2 hours, 16 mins and 2 seconds

What an amazing bloke, eh? His breaking-eggs record took place in New York City in 2008. His running on stilts in China for five miles was in 2008; he broke a record that been held since 1892. His record for the furthest distance while juggling on a pogo stick was set on Easter Island in 2010. Other notable records he has held include: underwater pogo stick jumping (I swear I'm not making this up), the most situps in an hour at the top of the Eiffel Tower, and, my personal favourite, sack racing a yak in Mongolia! Furman decided to break, or set, a record in all seven continents. He achieved this. That's dedication for you! In case you're wondering, because I was, a Swiss ball is a large inflatable ball used for exercising. A pogo stick is ... well ... just good fun!

From Quiz I Hold the Record!

Answer: Largest gathering of Lady Gaga impersonators

The largest gathering of Lady Gaga impersonators at the time was 121 at the 2011 Grammy Awards! This record was set as part of "E!'s Live from the Red Carpet" Grammy Awards show, which aired on 13 February 2011.

From Quiz I'll Believe Anything!

Answer: 20 hours, 10 minutes, 6 seconds

Om Prakash Singh accomplished this feat in 1997. He was from India.

From Quiz World Record Bonanza!

Answer: Blowing a Malteser through a straw

The record was set on 5th May 2006. This is not as easy as it sounds. The easiest way to do this is to make a small burst of air instead of just blowing. For anyone not familiar with the term "Malteser", I think that they are called malted milk balls in some countries. They are small edible balls, about 1-2 centimetres across. They are basically a small piece of dough, slightly larger than the size of a pea, exploded in a vacuum, and coated in chocolate.

From Quiz World Records

Answer: 18

In 2002, the world record for most leaves on a clover stem was 18. The clover was discovered by Shigeo Obara in Iwate, Japan. Most clovers have three leaves, but some have four and are considered to be lucky.

From Quiz Beat the Record!

Answer: Typing the most books backwards

Michele Santelia set a record in 2005 for typing 58 books backwards. The 58 books consisted of a total of 3,204,764 words. He typed many books such as "The Odyssey", "Macbeth" and the "Guinness World Records Book" (2002). He has not stopped yet and is still typing many other books such as The Hebrew Bible of Qumran.

From Quiz Bronze Award

Answer: Kangchenjunga

Although Kangchenjunga is the third highest in Asia, it is considerably larger than the other three. Elbrus is the highest in Europe (Russia), Aconcagua is the highest in South America (Argentina) and Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa. Kangchenjunga literally means "The Five Treasures of Snows" and is the highest peak in India.

From Quiz Can you break it? Guinness World Records!

Answer: Longest ear hair

Radhakant was born in Naya Ganj, Uttar Pradesh, India. His ear hair was 13.2 cm long (5.19 inches). He broke this record in May 2003.

From Quiz For Your Information

Answer: The Jazz Singer

"The Jazz Singer" (1927), was produced by Warner Brothers, and directed by Al Jolson. This movie was a historic breakthrough. It was not the first movie with sound, but the first feature length movie to have actors speaking as part of the action. This movie, and others that followed were nicknamed the "talkies" because actors could be heard speaking along with the feature of music. However, the sound feature still was not complete, due to that fact that the sound was separate from the movie.

From Quiz The Big and the Best

Answer: Komodo Dragon

A Komodo dragon can grow to 3 metres in length and weigh around 135 kilograms. Imagine trying to pick them up! These members of the monitor family are known to also attack. The Water monitor is its closest competitor, growing up to 2.7 metres.

From Quiz Facts About Human Records

Answer: Ferdinand Magellan

Magellan was a part of the 1519-22 expedition to try and circumnavigate the globe. He was killed during the voyage, leaving it to his remaining crew to finish the sea journey.

From Quiz Top 10 Of Everything

Answer: Vostok, Antarctica

Since records began in 1849 the temperature recorded in Vostok was -89.2 oC or -138.6 oF.

From Quiz Guinness World Records

Answer: 3 by 1 1/2 inch

He now runs his own company, TH, Inc. (Think).

From Quiz World Records as of 2002.

Answer: 16 and a half feet.

Danny Way from the USA jumped over 16 ft on August 3rd 1998. Can you imagine? That is more than three times the height of an average adult.

From Quiz Short World Records

Answer: 3 nanometers

In 2007 Japanese scientists developed a pair of scissors via nanotechnology. They measure 3 nanometres and are operated by light.

From Quiz In 2001

Answer: Libya

Libya's full official name is "al-Jamahiriyah al-'Arabiyah al-Libiyah ash-Sha'biyah al-Ishtirakiyah, which has 59 letters.

From Quiz World Records in 2002

Answer: 30 hours

On April 5, 1999, in Israel, Karmit Tzubera and Dror Orpaz smooched for exactly 30 hours and 45 minutes. And they did it standing up!

From Quiz Various Records Quiz

Answer: Alaska

From Quiz 60 Years of World Records

Answer: Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder's "Fingertips - Pt. 2" reached number one August 10, 1963, when he was just 13 years, 3 months old. In 2013, he was still the youngest to reach number one.

From Quiz World Record Holders

Answer: Burj Kalifa, Dubai (U.A.E)

The Burj Kalifa has been the tallest building in the world since 2008 and was completed in 2010. It is 829.8m high almost 200 m higher than the second-highest building Taipei 101.

From Quiz Ahh, But It's Cold Outside!

Answer: Stanley

Stanley is about 130 miles east of Boise. The BBC reported that Stanley had the highest number of coldest days for ten years in a row, from 1995 to 2005, within the contiguous 48 states. The town covers about half a square mile and its population in 2010 was 63. Recorded low temperature for the town was -54F, and the high was 98F. Frosts can occur at any time of year and the snowfall can hover around 75 inches in the cold season. The town of Frostproof is in Florida, at roughly the changing point from semi tropical to temperate. It is not frost-proof.

From Quiz Dedicated, Done and Dusted

Answer: Eye sockets

Apologies if you happen to be playing this while eating! Ghayne Hultgren, known as The Space Cowboy, did this by inserting fish hooks attached to cords into his eye sockets. Inventive? Brave? Dedicated? Stupid? He's certainly a daredevil, and also broke his own record of swallowing 17 knifes by swallowing 18 in in 2010. His other pastimes include juggling with a running chainsaw while riding a very tall unicycle and swallowing swords underwater in a tank full of sharks. Believe me, I bet those sharks kept well out of the way!

From Quiz How to Break the Streak

Answer: Roger Federer

Roger Federer was almost invincible in the years 2003 to 2007 when he won both Wimbledon and the US Open for five years running, during which time he was the number One ranked player in the World for a staggering 237 weeks consecutively. Pete Sampras was ranked the number one player in the world for a total of 286 weeks, but he held the spot consecutively for 102 weeks.

From Quiz I Hold the Record!

Answer: Most 'Likes' on a single Facebook post in 24 Hours

The number of "Likes" on his Facebook post was 588,243 on 16 February 2011! His post was: "Lil Wayne everyone, please 'Like' this post. I'm trying to break the Guinness World Record for most 'Likes' on a post in 24 hours. Let's get it!"

From Quiz I'll Believe Anything!

Answer: 48.8 feet

This snake, found and held in Indonesia, was a reticulated python. The snake reputedly ate three to four dogs every month!

From Quiz 10 Mighty World Records

Answer: Singapore

This human domino line was completed in 70 minutes.The previous record for the longest human domino line was 9,234. It was made in Singapore in 2000. It was successfully broken on 12 August 2010.

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