Guinness World Records 2: Can You Pick the Right Size or Speed?
Written by Don Ayres
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Test your knowledge of size- or speed-related Guinness World Record trivia with this quiz.
Look through the pages of Guinness World Records and you'll see a lot of them have to do with size and speed. If you can do something bigger or faster than anyone else, you have a good chance of being immortalized in this celebrated publication. See if you can set your own score record by acing this quiz.
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Question 1
How tall is the world’s tallest living man?
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A7 feet 5.5 inches
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B7 feet 9.2 inches
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C7 feet 6.3 inches
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D8 feet 2.8 inches
8 feet 2.8 inches
The world’s tallest living man is Turkey’s Sultan Kösen, who was certified in 2011 as standing 8 feet 2.8 inches tall. Born in 1982, Kösen works as a farmer, although he can’t walk on his own without the aid of crutches.
Question 2
Measuring in at 7,541 pieces, the largest commercially available LEGO set is a model of what?
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AHogwarts Castle
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BS.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
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CThe Millennium Falcon
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DU.S.S. Enterprise
The Millennium Falcon
The Millennium Falcon is the legendary smuggling freighter that carried Han Solo and Chewbacca all over the galaxy in the Star Wars universe. This massive set will take you quite a while to finish and will run you a cool $800.
Question 3
In which of the following nations will you find the world’s highest waterfall?
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AVenezuela
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BSouth Africa
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CCanada
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DRussia
Venezuela
A waterfall can be a stunning example of nature’s power, and there are a few examples that stand head and shoulders above all others. Angel Falls, which is the highest waterfall in the world, can be found in Venezuela, and it drops water from a height of 3,212 feet.
Question 4
What is the record for the most knives thrown around a human target in one minute?
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A26
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B102
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C35
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D400
102
Knife throwing has long been a staple of the carnival midway, but it takes a lot of skill and trust for someone to set a speed record for hurling blades at a human target. Dr. David R. Adamovich, also known as The Great Throwdini, set the mark at 102 knives back in 2007.
Question 5
How tall is the world’s tallest golf tee?
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A30 feet 9 inches
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B12 feet 10 inches
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C15 feet 7 inches
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D20 feet 2 inches
30 feet 9 inches
Some people like to make huge versions of miniature objects, which is exactly what Jim Bolin did when he created the world’s largest golf tee. Standing 30 feet 9 inches tall, the tee is made out of yellow pine and has a head width of 6 feet 3 inches.
Question 6
How many garters did the world record holder remove with his teeth in one minute?
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A104
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B90
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C180
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D26
26
In many cultures, a wedding isn’t complete without the groom removing the bride’s garter with his teeth, but there’s actually a world record for doing it the most times in a minute. Germany’s Ivo Grosche managed to shimmy 26 garters off of the legs of willing participants to set the record in 2008.
Question 7
How long was the world’s longest bicycle?
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A135 feet 10.7 inches
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B87 feet 11 inches
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C26 feet 10 inches
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D103 feet 2 inches
135 feet 10.7 inches
A team from the University of South Australia created the world’s longest bicycle that measured in at more than 135 feet, which was 20 feet longer than the previous record holder. The monstrosity took 20 people to ride and needed to travel 100 meters without stabilization to prove it was rideable.
Question 8
How many torches were orally extinguished by a fire eater in 30 seconds to set the world record?
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A128
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B20
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C54
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D200
54
You might think you can handle spicy food, but your capacity to handle heat is nothing compared to Minnesota’s Bret Pasek. At the 2015 Minnesota Renaissance Festival, Pasek managed to put out 54 torches with his mouth in the span of 30 seconds, which set the world record.
Question 9
How big is the world’s largest working rifle?
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A24 feet 9 inches
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B18 feet 7 inches
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C10 feet 2 inches
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D33 feet 4 inches
33 feet 4 inches
Americans love big guns, and James Decaine has the biggest one of all time in “Big Ernie.” Measuring in at 33 feet 4 inches, this working rifle reportedly once shot a rock wrapped in duct tape into a cornfield 2.5 miles away.
Question 10
What is the world record for most toilet seats broken by the head in one minute?
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A20
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B46
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C119
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D96
46
Just in case smashing a toilet seat with your head ever occurs to you, know that you’re still 46 seats away from breaking the world record. American hardhead Kevin Shelley broke 46 of them on the set of Guinness World Records in Cologne, Germany, back in 2007.
Question 11
How tall is the world’s smallest roadworthy car?
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A48 inches
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B25 inches
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C36 inches
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D22 inches
25 inches
You might drive a small vehicle to get better gas mileage, but it’s probably a tank when compared with the world’s smallest street-legal car. Austin Coulson created a vehicle that measures 25 inches tall, 2 feet 1 inch wide and 4 feet 1.75 inches long.
Question 12
How fast is the world record speed for bouncing a mile on a pogo stick while juggling three balls?
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A23 minutes 8 seconds
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B8 minutes 14 seconds
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C1 hour 15 minutes
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D90 minutes 28 seconds
23 minutes 8 seconds
You might be good at juggling or hopping on a pogo stick, but are you talented enough to do both at the same time? In 2007, Ashrita Furman combined the two storied disciplines to set the world record by bouncing a mile while juggling in only 23 minutes 8 seconds.
Question 13
How long is the track for the world’s largest model railroad?
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A25,086 feet
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B32,187 feet
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C50,525 feet
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D40,112 feet
50,525 feet
Model railroading is big business for a lot of people. But none more so than the creators of Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany. Certified as the world’s largest model railroad in 2015, the course twists and turns through nine different sections as it travels 50,525 feet, which is more than 9.5 miles.
Question 14
How long did the record-setting desktop printer take to print 500 color sheets of paper?
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A39 seconds
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B7 minutes 19 seconds
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C20 minutes 28 seconds
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D11 minutes 55 seconds
7 minutes 19 seconds
Desktop printers are the unsung heroes of the business world, as they do a lot of hard work while copiers get all of the glory. The record for a color desktop printer to print an entire ream of paper was set at 7 minutes 19 seconds by two different Hewlett-Packard models in 2012.
Question 15
What is the world record time for ascending both Mt. Everest and K2 without supplementary oxygen?
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A63 days
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B285 days
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C28 days
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D14 days
63 days
Climbing either Mt. Everest or K2 without supplementary oxygen is a feat in itself, but Italian mountaineer Karl Unterkircher did both of them back-to-back. He set the record in 2004 by reaching the summit of K2 on his 63rd day.
Question 16
How wide is the world’s narrowest street?
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A1 foot 7.68 inches
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B3 feet 9.22 inches
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C2 feet 1.48 inches
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D5 feet 6.39 inches
1 foot 7.68 inches
It’s understandable that older cities have narrower streets, as planners had no idea automobiles would ever be invented. The narrowest street in the world is Spreuerhofstrasse, which measures 1 foot 7.68 inches at its widest part, and it was created when the city of Reutlingen rebuilt after a massive fire.
Question 17
How long did it take the world’s fastest window cleaner to clean three standard office windows?
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A12 minutes 58 seconds
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B97 seconds
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C9.14 seconds
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D3 minutes 11 seconds
9.14 seconds
You might hate cleaning, but there are people who compete at it, and sometimes they set world records. In 2012, Terry Burrows set the current world record at the National Window Cleaning Competition by clearing three panes in 9.14 seconds.
Question 18
How many cards were used to make the world’s largest playing card structure?
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A2,443,804
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B1,786,204
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C3,124,885
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D218,792
218,792
If you’ve ever made a house of cards before, you know how hard it is to keep everything balanced, so try multiplying your 52 by 4,200 and see what you can do. Bryan Berg used 218,792 cards to create a replica of three different Chinese casinos over the course of 44 days.
Question 19
What is the fastest insect in the world?
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AAustralian tiger beetle
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BPraying mantis
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CCommon cricket
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DHissing cockroach
Australian tiger beetle
There are plenty of fast creatures in the insect world, but none of them can hold a candle to the Australian tiger beetle. When compared with its diminutive size, the beetle’s top speed of 5.6 miles per hour would be the same as a human being running the speed of sound.
Question 20
How long is the world’s largest ballpoint pen?
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A18 feet 0.53 inches
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B12 feet 9 inches
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C6 feet 11.4 inches
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D17 feet 3.3 inches
18 feet 0.53 inches
You can never find a pen when you need one, but that would never happen if you were the owner of the world’s largest ballpoint. Measuring more than 18 feet long, this gargantuan writing utensil weighs 82 pounds and dispenses ink like any normal sized pen.
Question 21
Who holds the record for fastest freefall?
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ATravis Pastrana
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BFelix Baumgartner
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CTony Hawk
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DGeorge H. W. Bush
Felix Baumgartner
When Felix Baumgartner did his death-defying jump from above New Mexico in October 2012, he set a number of world records. He reached a top speed of 843.6 miles per hour during his freefall, which also made him the first human being to break the sound barrier without vehicular power.
Question 22
Where would you find the tallest man-made structure on land?
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AUnited States
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BGermany
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CUnited Arab Emirates
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DJapan
United Arab Emirates
The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is the world’s tallest man-made structure at more than a half-mile in height. The next tallest building is China’s Shanghai Tower, which is more than 600 feet shorter.
Question 23
How long did the record holder for planking stay in position?
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A2 hours 15 minutes
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B8 hours 1 minute
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C89 minutes
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D1 hour 48 minutes
8 hours 1 minute
If you’ve ever spent any amount of time planking, you know the seconds can feel like hours. Chinese policeman Mao Weidong set the world record for planking by holding the position for an ab-burning 8 hours 1 minute.
Question 24
Which structure is the largest to ever be destroyed by controlled demolition?
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AThe Astrodome
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BThe Pontiac Silverdome
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CThe Metrodome
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DThe Kingdome
The Kingdome
Contractors use a number of different ways to raze structures and make way for new development, but few are as dramatic as a controlled demolition with explosives. The largest structure by volume to be imploded is the Seattle Kingdome, which was replaced by Safeco Field and Centurylink Field.
Question 25
How long did the world-record-holding team of four people take to play the fastest hole of golf?
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A76.48 seconds
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B90.333 seconds
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C1 minute 48.265 seconds
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D27.875 seconds
27.875 seconds
While many golfers enjoy spending an afternoon out on the links, there is a subset of duffers who play for speed. Tom Lovelady, Lanto Griffin, Stephan Jaeger and Andrew Yun set the record of 27.875 seconds in January 2018 at the Palm Desert Resort Country Club.
Question 26
In which country would you find the world’s largest unoccupied building?
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ANorth Korea
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BUnited States
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CRussia
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DUkraine
North Korea
The North Korean regime had big plans for a joint Olympic games with South Korea, but they never materialized. One of the leftovers from this failed bid is the gigantic unoccupied Ryugyong Hotel, which would have been the world’s tallest hotel if it had ever opened.
Question 27
How many drink cans did the world record holder smash with his elbow in one minute?
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A225
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B120
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C77
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D153
77
When martial artists break things with strikes, it’s usually boards or cinderblocks, but Pakistan’s Muhammad Rashid focuses his energy on drink cans. On April 17 2016, Rashid crushed 77 cans with his elbow to set the world record.
Question 28
How long is the world’s longest monster truck?
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A32 feet
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B27 feet
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C115 feet
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D57 feet
32 feet
Monster trucks are big on their own, but the Sin City Hustler is in a class by itself. Created by Brad and Jen Campbell of Big Toyz Racing, this stretched truck carries large groups of tourists inside its 32-foot frame.
Question 29
Who holds the record for fastest time to reach 1 million followers on Twitter?
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AKate Middleton
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BCaitlyn Jenner
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CCharles Barkley
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DAdele
Caitlyn Jenner
Caitlyn Jenner was used to setting world speed records during her running career, but she set another one by becoming the fastest person to reach 1 million followers on Twitter. From the time of her first tweet on the newly verified account, it only took 4 hours 3 minutes to reach seven figures.
Question 30
How tall is the world’s shortest living woman?
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A36.2 inches
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B24.7 inches
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C39.4 inches
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D44.8 inches
24.7 inches
Human beings come in a wide range of shapes and sizes, but it’s truly something to be the shortest living person on the planet. India’s Jyoti Kisanji Amge was measured at 24.7 inches on her 18th birthday, which made her the shortest living woman in the world.
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