Largest blended ‘soft-serve’ dessert
The largest blended soft-serve dessert weighed 3,747.05 kg (8,260.85 lb) and was made by Dairy Queen (USA) at the Eastfield Mall, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA on 21 June 2005.
Largest board game commercially available
The world’s biggest commercially available board game is The War Game: World War II, created by Jeffry Stein of Burbank, USA and sold by Pegasus Hobbies. The board measures 197 cm (6 ft 5.6 in) in length and 98 cm (3 ft 2.6 in) in width. The game is available at www.amazon.com
Largest blender
The largest blender in the world, built in five days by Wink Eller, Greg Scott Abbott, Lisa Legohn, Christoff Koon, Eric Scarlett and Frank Payne (all USA) in Santa Clarita, California, USA, measures 4.79 m (16 ft 4 in) tall, 2.43 (8 ft) wide, 3.04 m (10 ft) deep and was unveiled on 6 July 2004 on Discovery Channel’s ‘BIG!’ television show. The blender was used on 28 March 2004 to make a 1, 324 litre (291 gal / 350 US gal) smoothie. The tumbler Continue reading →
Largest board game tournament
The largest board game tournament consisted of 43,157 participants playing chess and was achieved by the Cebu City Sports Commission (Philippines) in Cebu, Philippines, on 22 January 2012. The record attempt started on 13 July 2012 when 750 school teachers were trained in playing chess who then went on to teach school children. From October to December 2011 classroom tournaments were held, followed by school tournaments. The top 32 players from each of the 100 schools went on to the grand finals at the Cebu Continue reading →
Largest board game permanent, Monopoly
The largest permanent Monopoly board measures 31 x 31 ft (9.44 x 9.44 m). It is made of granite and is located in San Jose, California, USA. It was officially opened to the public on 26 July 2002. The tokens, dice, houses and hotels are all proportionally scaled up.
Largest board game, Fox and Hen
The largest game of Fox and Hen measured 6 m x 6 m (19 ft 8 in x 19ft 8 in) and was made by Peter Zettel (Austria). The game was measured in Wildalpen, Austria, on 9 July 2006.
Largest boat tie-up
The largest boat tie-up consisted of 1,651 boats and was organized by the Lake Cumberland Association (USA) on Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, USA, on 14 August 2010. Eligible boats included any motorized boat, aquabike/jetski, canoe/kayak and rigid inflatable boat tied together in a single, continuous structure. Nine marinas along the lake combined to register participants in the “raft-up” event, which saw boats tied together beginning at 10 a.m. and lasting until 6 p.m.
Largest boat lift
The Strepy-Thieu boat lift in Belgium has a vertical travel of 73.15 m (240 ft) and can lift barges weighing up to 1,350 tonnes. The structure, which opened in November 2001, has a total height of 117 m (384 ft) and forms part of the Canal de Centre, a man-made waterway that links the rivers Meuse and Scheldt. (note: there are other boat lifts with a similar capacity, but none with the same travel distance)
Largest board game, Monopoly
The largest Monopoly board game measured 216.97 m2 (2,335.5 ft2) and was created by q.media events during the Doha Trade Fair 2011 at Doha Exhibition Centre, in Doha, Qatar, on 4 June 2011. The board measured 14.74 m x 14.74 m (48 ft 4 in x 48 ft 4 in). The monopoly board was made from Acrylic sheets and was an exact replica of the British version monopoly.
Largest body percussion ensemble
The largest body percussion ensemble was achieved by 7,089 participants during an event organised by the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups (Hong Kong) at the Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong, on 2 July 2012. The record attempt took place at a special event organised to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. Over 7,000 young people with a passion for music were nominated to take part from 135 schools, music centres and youth groups. Acclaimed percussionist Continue reading →