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Largest trophy

The largest trophy measured 6.87 m (22 ft 6.5 in) tall and was created by QuickTrophy, LLC (USA). The trophy was presented to the Marquette Informal Longboarding Foundation and the NMU Skate and Snow Club (both USA) on 10 April 2011 The trophy was awarded for breaking the Guinness World Record for “Largest Skateboard Parade”.

Largest tricycle

The largest tricycle has a wheel diameter of 5.18 m (17 ft) and is 11.37 m (37 ft 4 in) long. The overall height is 12.67 m (41 ft 7 in). The trike was made by Kanyaboyina Sudhakar (India) and was ridden in Hyderabad, India on 1 July 2005.

Largest TV audience – wedding

The largest TV audience for a wedding occurred on 29 July 1981, during the marriage of HRH Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer (both UK), which was seen by an estimated 750 million people in 74 countries. At the time the largest outside broadcast in British History, it had an audience in Britain of 39 million.

Largest turquoise

The largest turquoise measures 1.03 m (3 ft 5 in) long, 1.06 m (3 ft 6 in) high, 26 cm (10 in ) wide and weighs 225 kg (496 lb). It is housed in the Shandong Tianyu Museum of Natural History, Shandong Province, China. Some lines of quartz and black iron can be seen running through the turquoise.

Largest turned wooden bowl

The largest turned wooden bowl measured 4.01 m (13.15 ft) in diameter and 1.03 m (3.37 ft) from base to rim. The bowl was made by Peter Andres and Werner Rumplmayr in Gurtis, Austria on 4 September 2005 The bowl was made from section sof sruce wood and then turned.

Largest turban

The largest turban is made with 400 m (1,312 ft) of cloth and belongs to Major Singh (India), a Nihang Sikh who wears the tower-shaped turban using over 100 hairpins, and 51 religious symbols made in metal. This style of round turban is known as a dumaala and is common to Nihang Sikhs. Most Nihangs wear a smaller turban than this, but there is a tradition of competing to see who can wear the largest. Major Singh’s 400 meter turban weighs around 35 kg, or Continue reading →

Largest tuning fork

The world’s largest tuning fork measures 12.83 m (42 ft 1.3 in) tall and is tuned to 0.6320 hertz. It was built by Po Shu Wang (USA) and installed as a public display in Berkeley, California, USA in January 2003.