Tag: general knowledge

Another totally sane individual decided to try and set a record for balancing a heavy object. In 1999 John Evans balanced what unusual object on his head for 33 seconds?

OK, here's one for everyone who thinks they're fit. In November 2007 Paddy Doyle set a record for push ups. Not ordinary ones, oh no, these were done using the back of the hand. How many do you think he achieved in one hour?

This record is a bit odd as it was simply achieved by a large number of people doing the same thing at the same time for a specified amount of time. In this case 10,240 students got together in Shenshen City, China, on 20th September 2003 to do what simultaneously for at least 60 seconds?

One for the music fans. DJ Carmel J Delia played 1261 recordings of a single artist on the anniversary of their death. The feat lasted 56 hours 30 minutes and included every official recording of this person as well as unofficial recordings and home recordings. Who was being celebrated by such a tribute?

Dean Gold of Felixstowe in Suffolk is a man who likes his world records, apparently he holds more than one. This particular feat found him doing what 84 times in 2 minutes?

Niek Vermeulen has been collecting an unusual item since 1970. He held a record on 26 March 2008 for possessing 5468 of these. What could be so fascinating that it motivated him to collect that many what?