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Fastest speed on a quadbike (ATV)

The highest speed on a quad bike (ATV) is 315.74 km/h (196.19 mph) achieved by Terry Wilmeth (USA) onboard his ALSR Rocket Raptor version 6.0, a modified Yamaha 700 Raptor at the Madras Airport, Madras, Oregon, USA, on 15 June 2008. The ATV was augumented with a hybrid rocket thruster. The speed is the average of 2 runs in opposite directions.

Longest moving quad bike jump

The longest moving quad bike jump is 22.3 m (73 ft 4.5 in) and was achieved by Cody Elkins (USA) on the set of ‘Guinness World Records Unleashed’ in California City, California, USA, on 8 July 2013. Mr. Elkins jumped over a 2012 Porsche Panamera, a 2013 Bentley Continental GT, a 2013 Ford F-150 Raptor Crew, and a 2012 Sportchassis P2, which was the vehicle towing the ramp. The record is based on the total length of the moving cars cleared by the quad bike, Continue reading →

Most referee qualifications (multiple sports)

The most referee qualifications across multiple sports is 34, achieved by Andreas Kolettis (Greece) of Pireas, Greece, as of 31 January 2014. Kolettis is qualified in the following sports: archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, beach handball, beach soccer, beach tennis, beach volleyball, blind football, boccia, boxing, bridge, chess, duathlon, fencing, football, freediving, futsal, mountaineering, paratriathlon, rally car, rugby union, sailing, Special Olympics athletics, Special Olympics bowling, sport fishing, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, tennis, triathlon, underwater shooting, volleyball and wushu kung fu.

Largest QR code

The largest QR code is 28,760 m² (309,570 ft²), and was achieved by Kraay Family Farm, Home of the Lacombe Corn Maze Inc. (Canada) at the Kraay Family Farm in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada, on 24 July 2012.

Longest living quadriplegic (incomplete)

The longest living quadriplegic (incomplete) is Janet Barnes (b. 09 October 1928, USA), who was born with a broken neck and has been a quadriplegic for 83 years, 5 months, 12 days, as of 21 March 2012. Janet Barnes has had C4 motor incomplete tetraplegia her entire life.

Largest quiz – multi-venue

The largest simultaneous quiz at multiple venues involved 2,679 participants at an event organised by Oundle Macmillan Support Group (UK) at 39 venues across the UK on 24 February 2012. The quizzes started at 7:45 p.m. GMT. The same quiz was used at all locations, and consisted of 8 rounds of 10 questions each.