Most songs nominated for an Oscar in a single year

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The 18th Academy Awards held on 7 March 1946, saw a record 14 songs from films released in 1945 being nominated for the Best Original Song category. The following year saw the Academy change the rules to have only five songs nominated per year. Those songs nominated were: 1. ‘Accentuate the Positive’ from Here Comes the Waves – Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer 2. ‘Anywhere’ from Tonight and Every Night – Music by Jule Styne.; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn 3. ‘Aren’t You Continue reading →

Most spinning splits in 30 seconds (individual)

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The most spinning splits in 30 seconds (individual) is shared at 34 by the Moulin Rouge soloists Adonis Kosmadakis (Greece) and Nicolas Pihiliangegedera (France) at the Moulin Rouge in Paris, France on 16 November 2010 in celebration of Guinness World Records Day. The two soloists went head to head for the record and achieved the same number of rotations. The correct French term for spinning splits is serpilleres.

Most spherical manmade object

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The most perfect manmade spheres constructed to date are the fused solid quartz gyroscopic rotors built for NASA’s Gravity Probe B spacecraft. There are four spheres onboard, each measuring 3.81 cm (1.5 in) across. Their average departure from mathematically perfect sphericity is 1.8 X10-7 of the diameter. This means that, if scaled up to the size of the Earth, the maximum height/depth of topographic features would be 1.5 m (4.92 ft). Gravity Probe B was launched on 20 April 2004 and will spend 16 months Continue reading →

Most special effect make-up characters portrayed in a career

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The most special effect make-up characters portrayed in a career is 202, achieved by Bill Blair (USA), on 6 May 2011. Bill Blair, an actor and writer, has appeared on a variety of science fiction films since 1989. He played 202 different characters in, among others, Star Trek, Babylon, Sliders and Alien Nation. His first experiences as an alien in television was on Alien Nation. It all started when he met make-up designer Richard Snell and his girlfriend on the feature film “Demolition Man.” This Continue reading →

Most spears caught from a spear gun underwater in one minute

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The most spears caught from a spear gun underwater from a 2 m (6 ft 6 in) in one minute is 7 and was achieved by Joe Alexander (Germany) in the swimming pool on the set of the live TV show ‘ZDF Fernsehgarten’ in Mainz, Germany, on 6 September 2009. Joe Alexander is the owner of Joe Alexander Entertainment Group in Germany. ‘ZDF Fernsehgarten’ is a summer TV show with live activites performed outside.

Most sovereign countries visited in six months

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John Bougen and James Irving (both New Zealand) visited 191 of the world’s 193 sovereign countries in 167 days 15 hr 39 min from 28 August 2002 to 12 February 2003. Their journey, called All Nations Quest, was in support of the Save the Children charity. They also visited four other territories. They took 242 flights on 54 different aircraft types operated by 104 different airlines and visited 191 different airports. They spent a total of 586 hr and 15 min waiting in airports and Continue reading →