The largest one in the world weighs nearly 13,000 pounds. What is it?
A: Chocolate Bar
Thorntons, a UK chocolate maker created a world record chocolate bar last month for their 100th anniversary. The bar weighs 12,770 pounds (5,792 kg) and measures 13 feet square.
If you want to order the world’s most expensive one, it will cost you more than $35,000. Most expensive what?
A: Dessert
Marc Guilbert, head chef at a hotel in the UK, created a chocolate pudding made with four different types of the finest Belgian chocolate. Other ingredients include gold, champagne caviar and a two-carat diamond.
It won’t be recognized as a Guiness World Record until someone actually orders one. If you want to order one, it needs to be done three weeks in advance.
The new world record for the longest one of these is now nearly 3km. Longest what?
A: Bridal veil
Bride Elena de Angelis wore the 1.8 mile (2.9 km) long wedding veil in Caserta, Italy. Some 600 people were needed to carry the white silk garment as it stretched down the road behind the bride, who was marrying Ferdinand Pucci. The veil was made from 3.7 miles of material and measures two meters in width. It has now entered the Guinness Book of World Records.
Click here for the full story and more pictures.
One of these sold for more than $16 million, the highest amount ever. What was it?
A: A car (Ferrari Testa Rossa)
A 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa racecar sold at a California auction Saturday for $16.4 million, the highest amount ever paid for any car at auction. The price includes a 10% fee for the auction company, Goodings & Co.
The record for the biggest one of these is now more than 770 pounds. Biggest what?
A: Hamburger
Created at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, California on Saturday, it was five feet in diameter and three feet thick. The lettuce on top weighed 50 pounds, plus 12 pounds of pickles and 50 pounds of onions. Fairgoers could buy a taste for 99 cents with proceeds to the local food bank.
The world record for doing this is 1 minute, 17 seconds. Doing what?
A: Texting
16-year-old Cheong Kit Au from Melbourne, Australia took 1:17.03 to type out a 264-character text at the LG Mobile World Cup Championship in New York in January. He’s now been recognized by Guinness World Records as the fastest texter on the planet. Click for the full story and video.
Photo: heraldsun.com.au
A runner in next month’s London Marathon will complete 100 of these while running 26 miles. What?
A: Rubik’s Cubes
34-year-old Uli Kilian hopes to set a world record and raise money for Prostate UK (his father was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2009).
Check out his website for more info.
