Guinness World Records 2: Can You Pick the Right Size or Speed?

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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.

Guinness World Records 2 Quiz Questions

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Question 1

How tall is the world’s tallest living man?

  • A
    7 feet 5.5 inches
  • B
    7 feet 9.2 inches
  • C
    7 feet 6.3 inches
  • D
    8 feet 2.8 inches

Question 2

Measuring in at 7,541 pieces, the largest commercially available LEGO set is a model of what?

  • A
    Hogwarts Castle
  • B
    S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
  • C
    The Millennium Falcon
  • D
    U.S.S. Enterprise

Question 3

In which of the following nations will you find the world’s highest waterfall?

  • A
    Venezuela
  • B
    South Africa
  • C
    Canada
  • D
    Russia

Question 4

What is the record for the most knives thrown around a human target in one minute?

  • A
    26
  • B
    102
  • C
    35
  • D
    400

Question 5

How tall is the world’s tallest golf tee?

  • A
    30 feet 9 inches
  • B
    12 feet 10 inches
  • C
    15 feet 7 inches
  • D
    20 feet 2 inches

Question 6

How many garters did the world record holder remove with his teeth in one minute?

  • A
    104
  • B
    90
  • C
    180
  • D
    26

Question 7

How long was the world’s longest bicycle?

  • A
    135 feet 10.7 inches
  • B
    87 feet 11 inches
  • C
    26 feet 10 inches
  • D
    103 feet 2 inches

Question 8

How many torches were orally extinguished by a fire eater in 30 seconds to set the world record?

  • A
    128
  • B
    20
  • C
    54
  • D
    200

Question 9

How big is the world’s largest working rifle?

  • A
    24 feet 9 inches
  • B
    18 feet 7 inches
  • C
    10 feet 2 inches
  • D
    33 feet 4 inches

Question 10

What is the world record for most toilet seats broken by the head in one minute?

  • A
    20
  • B
    46
  • C
    119
  • D
    96

Question 11

How tall is the world’s smallest roadworthy car?

  • A
    48 inches
  • B
    25 inches
  • C
    36 inches
  • D
    22 inches

Question 12

How fast is the world record speed for bouncing a mile on a pogo stick while juggling three balls?

  • A
    23 minutes 8 seconds
  • B
    8 minutes 14 seconds
  • C
    1 hour 15 minutes
  • D
    90 minutes 28 seconds

Question 13

How long is the track for the world’s largest model railroad?

  • A
    25,086 feet
  • B
    32,187 feet
  • C
    50,525 feet
  • D
    40,112 feet

Question 14

How long did the record-setting desktop printer take to print 500 color sheets of paper?

  • A
    39 seconds
  • B
    7 minutes 19 seconds
  • C
    20 minutes 28 seconds
  • D
    11 minutes 55 seconds

Question 15

What is the world record time for ascending both Mt. Everest and K2 without supplementary oxygen?

  • A
    63 days
  • B
    285 days
  • C
    28 days
  • D
    14 days

Question 16

How wide is the world’s narrowest street?

  • A
    1 foot 7.68 inches
  • B
    3 feet 9.22 inches
  • C
    2 feet 1.48 inches
  • D
    5 feet 6.39 inches

Question 17

How long did it take the world’s fastest window cleaner to clean three standard office windows?

  • A
    12 minutes 58 seconds
  • B
    97 seconds
  • C
    9.14 seconds
  • D
    3 minutes 11 seconds

Question 18

How many cards were used to make the world’s largest playing card structure?

  • A
    2,443,804
  • B
    1,786,204
  • C
    3,124,885
  • D
    218,792

Question 19

What is the fastest insect in the world?

  • A
    Australian tiger beetle
  • B
    Praying mantis
  • C
    Common cricket
  • D
    Hissing cockroach

Question 20

How long is the world’s largest ballpoint pen?

  • A
    18 feet 0.53 inches
  • B
    12 feet 9 inches
  • C
    6 feet 11.4 inches
  • D
    17 feet 3.3 inches

Question 21

Who holds the record for fastest freefall?

  • A
    Travis Pastrana
  • B
    Felix Baumgartner
  • C
    Tony Hawk
  • D
    George H. W. Bush

Question 22

Where would you find the tallest man-made structure on land?

  • A
    United States
  • B
    Germany
  • C
    United Arab Emirates
  • D
    Japan

Question 23

How long did the record holder for planking stay in position?

  • A
    2 hours 15 minutes
  • B
    8 hours 1 minute
  • C
    89 minutes
  • D
    1 hour 48 minutes

Question 24

Which structure is the largest to ever be destroyed by controlled demolition?

  • A
    The Astrodome
  • B
    The Pontiac Silverdome
  • C
    The Metrodome
  • D
    The Kingdome

Question 25

How long did the world-record-holding team of four people take to play the fastest hole of golf?

  • A
    76.48 seconds
  • B
    90.333 seconds
  • C
    1 minute 48.265 seconds
  • D
    27.875 seconds

Question 26

In which country would you find the world’s largest unoccupied building?

  • A
    North Korea
  • B
    United States
  • C
    Russia
  • D
    Ukraine

Question 27

How many drink cans did the world record holder smash with his elbow in one minute?

  • A
    225
  • B
    120
  • C
    77
  • D
    153

Question 28

How long is the world’s longest monster truck?

  • A
    32 feet
  • B
    27 feet
  • C
    115 feet
  • D
    57 feet

Question 29

Who holds the record for fastest time to reach 1 million followers on Twitter?

  • A
    Kate Middleton
  • B
    Caitlyn Jenner
  • C
    Charles Barkley
  • D
    Adele

Question 30

How tall is the world’s shortest living woman?

  • A
    36.2 inches
  • B
    24.7 inches
  • C
    39.4 inches
  • D
    44.8 inches

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