INDEXsculpture 215; auction
prices 181, 199; butter
113; fruit 124; LED 197;
LEGO 8, 67, 109, 174;
marzipan 114; toilets 158
seafloor spreading 25
selfies 192; selfie deaths
161; selfie sticks 116
senior citizens:
centenarians 68; tattoos
73, see also Oldest
People
Serie A 220
Seven Summits 132, 133,
135
sexes within a species
30–31
sexual dimorphism 48
Shakespeare plays 180
sharks 60; leaping 142
shaven heads 85
shells 54
ships 86; aircraft carriers
210; circumnavigation
130; cruiser fleets 210;
LEGO 109; passenger
liners 37; research
vessels 32; warships
199, 211, see also boats;
sailing
shipwrecks 32, 33
shooting 234, 243
shopping trolleys 206
shoulder blades, weights
lifted by 79
shuttlecocks 119
siblings: Billboard chart
hits 176; mountaineering
135; polar expeditions
135; soccer players 221;
Winter Olympics 243; X
Games 245
signing: books 166; CDs
176
singing in the round 116
singles charts 176, 179
sit-ups 14
skateboarding 142, 244;
dogs 58, 80; X Games
245
skeet shooting 234
skeletons: 3D-printed
191; dodo 60; powered
exoskeleton 75
ski boots, racing in 81
ski jumping 242, 243
skiing 242, 243; backwards
80; polar expeditions 135
skin: infections 30;
stretchy 10
skipping: Double-Dutch
skipping 15; human
pyramid 83; human
skipping rope 118; mass
participation 117; with
skis and boots 118
skydiving 14, 63, 138,
143, 187, 244; flag‑
flying 155; indoor 139;
speed skydiving 244;
stratospheric 187;
wingsuits 128–129, 139;
without a parachute 141
slacklining 81; backwards
81, 82; whip cracking
83, see also tightrope
walking
slalom 243
Smallest... 214–215
smog 34
smokejumpers 28
snakes 52, 53, 86
Snapchat 181
snapping turtles 55
sneakers/trainers 157
snooker 234
snouts, insect 40
snow globes 111
Snow Leopard awards
132, 133
snowboarding 245
snowmen 37, 116
snowmobiling 242
soap bars 108
soccer 218–221; coaches
219, 221; earnings 221;
FIFA World Cup 218–219;
frequently played
fixtures 221; goals/goal
scorers 218, 219, 221;
keepie-uppies 116; player
age 68, 218, 219, 221; red
cards 218; referees 68,
127, 218; siblings 221;
signing fees 199, 220;
soccer ball dropped and
controlled 122; winless
streak 221; World Cup
clean sheets 218; World
Cup expulsions 218, see
also American Football;
Australian rules football
soccer balls 123; controlled
122; juggling 122
social animals 40
SOCIETY 144–161
Society Round-Up
160–161
socks, sorting 118
sofas 87
softball 246
Solar System: dark objects
188; impacts 188
solar-powered: aircraft 131,
138; boats 130; cars 140;
roads 197
somersaults 82
songwriters 177
sound barrier 63, 187
South Pole:
circumnavigation via
134; expeditions 134,
135; hot-air balloon
flight 140
sovereign countries tour
140
space: man-made
objects in 186; music
broadcasting 176; phone
calls to 32; time in space
138
space hoppers 80
spacecraft 214;
circumnavigation 130;
comets visited by 188,
189; survival on a comet
189; velocity 63
spacewalks 69
sparklers 194
speed: animals 40, 52, 54,
62, 208; humans 62; of
light 63; transport 62,
63, 202, 203, 208
speed skating 242, 243
speed skydiving 244
spherical objects 196
spherical worlds 214
Spider-Man 91; cosplay 99
spinning: GWR book
166; head spins 118;
horizontal 118
spinning tops 109
sponge cakes 114
spoons, balancing on
body/face 125
sport stacking 118
SPORTS 216–247
Sports Round-Up
246–247
sports TV programmes
168
Spotify 177, 178
spring mattress 124
sprinting 62, 216–217, 236
sprites 186
spritz 113
squash 246
squats 14, 76; squat
thrusts 76; squat-lifts
235; weighted 79
stadiums 218; LEGO®
sculpture 109
stalkers 150
stamps, blowing 80
star jumps 14
Star Trek 168
Star Wars 174–175
stars 63, 214
State of Origin matches
226
statues 37
stature, variable 70
steam locomotives 203
steampunks 117steeplechase 236
stellerators 197
sticker ball 123
stilt walking 80
stomachs, objects removed
from 104
stones: lifted 79; stone
balls, ancient 122; stone
runs 20; stone tools 183
stratosphere 186; record
playing in 187; skydiving
187
streets: gradients 212;
length 212
strength: animals 41, 45;
humans 78–79
strike, self-powered 39
strike-slip faults 24–25
string, balls of 122
structures, man-made
37, 199
stuntmen 103
subduction 25
submarines 32, 105, 211;
circumnavigation 130
submersibles 32, 33
suits (clothing) 157
sumo 229
Super Bowl 222
supercontinents 24
SUPERHEROES 88–103,
168; death of 90, 92;
female 90, 91, 92,
97; fictional 88–103;
memorabilia 88–89,
102, 103; movies 92,
94–95, 102, 103, 170,
171, 173; mutants 101;
superlatives 100–101;
teams 90, 96, 102
Superheroes: Comic
Books 92–93
Superheroes: Cosplay
98–99
Superheroes: Kapow!
100–101
Superheroes: Round-Up
102–103
Superheroes: On Screen
94–95
Superheroes:
Superlative Squad
10–11
Superheroes: Timeline
90–91
Superheroes: Unite 8–9
Superheroes:
Videogames 96–97
SUPERHUMANS 64–85
Superhumans: Robert
Wadlow 66–67
Superhumans Round-Up
84–85
Superman 90, 103
surfing 241
surfing boards 108
Swamp Thing 91;
memorabilia 102
swamps 19; indoor 18
Swamps, Bogs &
Mangroves 18–19
swim caps 116, 118
Swimming 240 ; ice
swimming 244;
synchronized 241
swimwear 156
sword cuts 10
sword swallowing 82, 196
table tennis 246
taekwondo 229
tails 57, 59; dinosaurs 60
Tallest... 36–37
talons 44
tamale 115
tanks 62, 105, 210, 211
tank production 210
tap-dancing 85
tape ball 122
Target Sports 234
tattoo gun prosthetic
arm 75
tattoos 69, 72–73, 73; flags
154; tattoo machines 72;
tattoo sessions 72
taxis: fares 198, 204; self-
driving 205taxonomic groups 40, 44,
48, 54, 56
teachers 160
teapots 108
technosphere 35
Tectonics 24–25
teddy bears 106–107, 109,
187; microbears 215
teenagers 36
teeth: brushing 117;
collections 110;
extraction 86; weights
lifted by 79; whales
56, 57
telescopic handlers 140
television 168–169; awards
168; costumes 102;
earnings 162, 163, 168,
169; pay-per-view 229;
pirated programmes
168; presenters 169;
production costs 169;
programme ratings 169;
science‑fiction series
168, 169; spin‑off books
168; sports programmes
168; superheroes 94,
168; virtual reality 169
ten-pin bowling 234
Tennis 227 ; grand slams
227; player age 68;
serves 62; tennis balls
caughts 122; wheelchair
227; Wimbledon 127
tennis rackets 118
Terra Nova Expedition 134
terrorists 150
Test matches 230
theatre: box‑office 180, 181;
Broadway 180, 181; live-
streaming 180; movie
theatres see cinemas;
musicals 180, 181;
production schedules
180; Shakespeare plays
180; toilets in plays 158;
Tony awards 181
theme parks 159
thumbs-up 124
tickets: bus 110; cinema
198; train 110
tiger beetles 40
tightrope cycling 143
tightrope walking 80;
backwards 80; on a
bicycle 82; blindfolded
82; cable-car cables 82;
unsupported 82, see
also slacklining
tiltrotor aircraft 211
Time magazine covers 147
Time Trial World
Championships 233
tiramisu 112
Titanic: diving down to 33;
survivors 127
title droughts 223
toaster popping 142
toilet rolls 158
Toilets 158–159
Tomb Raider memorabilia
110
tongues 86; animals 56,
58; extinguishing blow
torches 82; mouse/rat
traps released on 82, 118;
piercings 73; weights
lifted/pulled by 79
Tony awards 181
toothpick beard 118
topiary gardens 182
toppling: books 166; lilos
125; portable toilets 158
tornadoes; fire 29
tortoises 52–53, 104
touchdown passes 222
Tour de France 233
towing; toilets 158
towns & cities: most/least
habitable 160; names,
exclamation marks in
161; pollution 27; urban
transport 204–205
Track & Field 236–237
track cycling 233
tractors 140; polar
expeditions 134traffic cones 14
traffic jams 87
traffic lights 212
train tickets 110
Trains & Railways 63, 87,
202–203
trampoline, bouncing
on 80
Transhumanism 74–75
transition metals 22
TRANSPORT 200–213
Transport Round-Up
212–213
treadmill 77
trees: age 183; Christmas
trees 37; energy release
28; height 34, 37; high-
altitude 34; tree fungi 31;
tree population 27;
workable wood 18
triathlon 247
triplets: marathon
runners 239;
pandas 47
trogons 61
trousers 157
truffles 30, 31
tsunamis 34
tunnels: flesh tunnels
72, 73; railway tunnels
87, 202
turbans 157
Turtles 54–55
TV 168–169
tweed suits 60
Twenty20 230
twins 69, 70, 84
Twitter 147, 153, 156, 178
typewriters 166
tyres 206UEFA Champions League
220
UEFA Europa League 220
UEFA European
Championships 221
ugliness 58
Ultimate Fighting
Championship 229
underground railways 203
underwater: colour
photographs 192;
concerts 176;
photography 193; rail
links 203; Rubik’s Cube
solving 120; sword
swallowing 82
unequal societies 148
ungulates 42
unicycling: ball juggling 82;
Rubik’s Cube solving 121
Urban Transport 204–205
US Hot Country Songs
chart 176
US Open 231variable sweep-wing
aircraft 211
variety acts 125
vertebrates 54, 183
videogames: arcade
machines 215; art
exhibitions 181; comic
book-based 92, 93, 96;
music 181; prosthetics
based on 75; speed-
runs 97; Star Wars 174;
superheroes 96–97;
voice actors 97
vinyl records 176, 187
virtual reality 169
vocabularies; birds 49
Vogue cover models 156
volcanic columns 21
volcanic rocks 21
volcanoes: age 34;
eruptions 16–17, 20,
33, 35; heat output
34; mud volcanoes 35;
underwater 33
volleyball 246, 247
vomit 183
voting: presidential
elections 145; ship
naming 32; in space 160;
votes cast 161
VW Campervans 116wagons 109
waist size 73
walking: barefoot 141;
bum walking 80;
circumnavigation 130;
Land’s End to John
o’Groats 141; race
walking 237, 239; to both
Poles 134
walkways: moving 204;
pedestrian 205
walls 87; wall running 118
warships 199, 211
warthogs 51
watches 156
water 34; pollution 26, 27
water polo 241
water slides 108
Water Sports 241
waterfalls 37
waves 34–35, 143
wealth 126, 148;
fashion trade 156;
prime ministers 146;
superheroes 101, see
also earnings
wedding cakes 105
wedding dress trains 87
weddings 199
weevils 40
weigh-station scales 116
weight 104–105; animals
104; foods 112; fungi
30, 31; humans 71, 104;
insects 40; lifted/pulled
79, 82
weight loss 56
Weightlifting 235
werewolves 172
wetlands 19
Whales 32, 56–57
Wheel of Death 82
wheelbarrow racing 80
wheelchair: backflips 11;
marathons 238–239;
ramp jumps 11; tennis
227; track events 236,
237
wheelies 124; wheelchair 11
whips: bottle cap removal
83; cracking 82, 83, 124
whitewater rafting 244
wickets 230
wigs 157
wild boars 50, 51
Wildfires 28–29
Wimbledon 127
wind speeds 62
wind-tunnels: head spins
in 118; wall running 118
windmills/pinwheels 125
wing-spans 45
wingsuits 128–129, 139
winless streaks 221
Winnie the Pooh 110
Winter Olympics Preview
243
Winter Paralympic Games
243
Winter Sports 242
Wombles 110
women-only train carriages
203
Wonder Woman 91
World Wide Web 193
worms 86
wrestling 183, 229
wriggling through: tennis
rackets 118; toilet seats
158X Games 127, 245
X-Men 91; memorabilia 103yawning 84
yellow cards 220
yo-yos 109
yoga 59
Youngest... 126–127
YouTube: fashion/beauty
channels 156; millennial
channels 180; music
channels 178
Yule logs 112zoos 52, 53, 182
zorbing 80