GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS
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This quiz is all about world records recorded by Guinness World Records(tm). These records are as of May 16, 2003.
1. As of May 2003, David Levy holds the patent for smallest functional keyboard. What is its size?
2 by 1 inch
3 by 1 1/2 inch
1 by 1/2 inch
1/2 by 1/4 inch
2. What was the bloodiest modern battle of the 20th century (most deaths)?
D-Day
Iwo Jima
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Somme
3. On June 25, 1989, Phil Appleby got the highest individual score in Scrabble. What was his score?
1,049
1,239
971
1,105
4. What was the first board game to be internationally famous?
Scrabble
Sorry
Yahtzee
Monopoly
5. Cindy Jay holds the record for largest slot machine win of the 20th century. How much was it?
$63,121,822
$34,959,458
$87,802,187
$103,981,341
6. Louisa Almedovar and Rich Langley set a record for world's longest kiss, and got it on December 5, 2001. How long was the kiss?
35 hours, 17 minutes
32 hours, 36 minutes
27 hours, 14 minutes
30 hours, 59 minutes
7. Kiveli Papajohn currently holds the record for longest amount of time trapped in an elevator, as of May 2003. In what country was the elevator she was stuck in?
Cyprus
UK
Greece
Ukraine
8. Someone survived 7 lightning strikes.
True
False
9. What was the record speed set on a skateboard on September 26, 1998 by Gary Hardwick?
62.55 mph
78.35 mph
47.25 mph
51.85 mph
10. Which TV series was the first to be broadcast on six continents, with a weekly audience of 1.1 billion in 2003? Answer is one word starting with b!
11. The largest anti-war rally was against which war, of the following?
U.S. led War on Iraq (2003)
Korean War
Vietnam War
World War II
12. How many people signed the world's largest petition (as of May 2003)?
31,905,837
38,015,816
21,202,192
14,783,961
13. The highest-paid prime minister in May 2003 was from which country?
France
Japan
Russia
Germany
14. When and where did the worst inflation of the 20th century take place?
Germany, post-World War I
Hungary, post-World War II
Russia, post-Russian Revolution
Yugoslavia, post-World War II
15. Walter Cavangh currently has the largest credit card collection as of May 2003, with 1,397 cards. How much credit is on those cards total?
$1.65 million
$8.05 million
$3.15 million
$12.65 million
16. At least two people have won a gold medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
17. Who was the first person to appear on TIME Magazine over 50 times? One word answer - US President!
18. What company is the largest toy retailer in the world, as of May 2003?
Toys R Us
Target
Wal-Mart
Best Buy
19. What is the largest Internet search engine as of May 2003?
MSN Search
searchengine.com
Ask Jeeves
Google
20. The current largest snowball fight as of May 2003 (with 2,473 people) was held for how long?
10 minutes
5 minutes
25 minutes
45 minutes