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Below is a selection about some Guinness (吉尼斯) World Records.
Top 6 Unusual Guinness World Records
◆Fastest 100 running on all fours ◆Most living generations
The 2008 Guinness World Records Day was, Did you ever wonder what is the Guinness
According to GWR, their biggest day of record- World Record for most living generations in
Breaking ener, with more than 290,000 people one family? Seven is the answer.
Taking part in record attemts in 15 different The sultimate anthority on record-breaking
Countries.Kenichi Ito’s record attempt was part mentions on the website that the yougest
Of this special day. He is just another example of great- great- great- great grandparent of thi
Japanese with “super powers” His “super powers” s familly was Angusta Buing “aged 109 ye
is to run with great speed on all fours, Kenichi Ito ars 97 days, followed by her danghter aged
ran 100 m on all fours in 18.58 seconds .The 89,her granddaughter aged 70, her great gra
Japanese set this record at Setagaya Kunitsu Sogo nd-daughter aged 52 her great-great grand-
Undojyo, Tokyo, in 2008 daughter aged 33 and her great- Great-great granddaughter aged 15 on the birth of her
Great-Great-great- grandson on January 21,1989”
◆Most people inside a soap bubble
The Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, Califomia celebrated this year the 15th anniversary of the Bubble (泡泡) Festival. A bubble's math principles and science were presented and demonstrated at the three-week-long exhibition. The intriguing Bubble Show was also part of the program. Fan Yang and Deni Yang impressed the audience with their awesome skills for bubble making. The Yang family cooperated with the Discovery Science Center to set a new Guinness World Record for mow people inside a scup bubble and they succeeded.
The family that has been working with soap bubbles for 27 years created a huge soap bubble and got 118 people inside it. The record was set or. April 4, 2011.
◆Most T shirts wom at once
Believe it or not, there is a record also for this category. Krunoslav Budiseli set a new world record on May 22, 2010 for wearing 245 T-shirts at the same time. The nun from Croatia was officially recognized as the new record bolder by Guinness World Records after he managed to put on 245 different T-shirts in 1ess than two hours. . The T-shirts weighted 68 KG and Budiseli said he began struggling around T-shirt No. 120. He dethroned the Swedish Guinness record holder who wore 238 T-shirts.
◆Longest ears on a dog
A bloodhood from illinces has the longest ears
Ever measured on a dog. The right car is 13.75 inches
Long and the left one 13.5 inches.The dog named Tigger earned
This tilte in 2004 and is owned by Christina and Bryan Flessner.
Mr.Jeffnies is the previous record holder of this title.Each of
His ears measured approximately 11.5 inches long.His grandfather
Used to hold this amazing world record ,but when he died Mr.Jeffnies
Look over.
◆ Heaviest pumpkin
Guinness World Records confirmed on October 9,2010 that a gigantic pumpkin（南瓜）grown in Wisconsin was officially the word’s heaviest.It weighed 1,810 pounds 8 ounces and was unveiles by Chris Steuens at the Stillwater Harvest Festival in Minnessta. Sheuens’Pumpkin was 85 pounds beavier than the provious record, another huge pumpkin grown in Ohio. The proud farmer said his secret is a precise mixture of rain, cow manure, good soil, sea grass and fish emulsion, Some of the world’s heaviest pumpkins, including the record holder, were on public display at the Bronx Botanical gardens in New York for a dozen days.
6. Why is Kenichi Ito described as a man with a "super power" ?
A. He set a good example to all Japanese.
B. He made record attempts in !5 different countries.
C. He set a new record for "Fastest 100 m running on all fours".
D. He participated in the 2008 Guinness World Records Day activities.
7. Jeffries is the name of______ .
A. the owner of the dog with the longest ears
B. the grandfather of the dog with the longest ears
C. the present holder of the record for " Longest ears on a dog"
D. the former holder of the record for "Longest ears on a dog"
8. How many T-shirts had Krunoslav Budiseli put on before he felt it difficult to go on?
A. 68. B. 120. C. 238. D. 245.
9. According to the given information, which Guinness World Record was most recently set?
A. The record for " Most people inside a soap bubble".
B. The record for "Most living generations".
C. The record for " Most T-shirts worn at once".
D. The record for "Heaviest pumpkin".
