Round-Up
ROUND-UP
Largest bank card
mosaic
A mosaic of an ICBC (ARG)
gold bank card comprising
32,400 individual bank
cards was created by ICBC
on 14 Mar 2016. The finished
display stretched for more
than 151 m^2 (1,625 sq ft).Largest disposable
cup mosaic
To showcase the launch
of their new internet
campaign, on 9 Apr 2016
Vodafone Mobile Services
Ltd (IND) created a 627-m^2
(6,749-sq-ft) mosaic of their
logo using disposable cups
in Lucknow, India. It took
250 employees four-and-
a-half hours to place the
c. 140,000 paper cups.Largest notebook
On 26 Apr 2016, a notebook
measuring 0.99 m^2
(10.65 sq ft) was presented
at the Business Design
Centre in Islington, London,
UK. It was created by
stationery firm Nuco and
was an exact-to-scale
replica of one of their
existing products. The
finished notebook weighed
almost 40 kg (88 lb 2.9 oz).Largest shirt mosaic
On 1 Jun 2016, detergent
giant Ariel unveiled a
mosaic of 4,224 shirts with
a total area of 1,482.03 m^2
(15,952 sq ft) at a plant in
Louveira, São Paulo, Brazil.
The mosaic was in support
of the home nation’s
Olympic hopefuls at the
Games in Rio de Janeiro.Largest gathering
of people dressed
as ghosts
On 12 Jun 2016, the Marina
Bay Sands convention
centre in Singapore was
haunted by 263 people
dressed as ghosts. The
ghostly goings-on were
part of a red-carpet event
to promote Sony Pictures’
new film Ghostbusters
(USA/AUS, 2016).Most spoons balanced
on the body
On 26 Jun 2016, Dalibor
Jablanović (SRB) balanced
79 spoons on his body inStubica, Serbia. Although
he achieved this before
Marcos Ruiz Ceballos set
his mark of 64 spoons (see
p.125), Dalibor’s record
was not ratified until
after the closing date
for submissions.Largest light bulb image
On 17 Jun 2016, LG
Electronics and Invisible,
Inc (both KOR) displayed
an artwork comprising
18,072 light bulbs in Gimpo
City, South Korea. The
design of a refrigerator
surrounded by fruits and
vegetables was created by
artist Serge Belo (CAN).Most valuable teapot
A teapot owned by the
N Sethia Foundation (UK)
was appraised at $3 m
(£2.3 m) in London, UK, on
9 Aug 2016. The “Egoist”
teapot was hand-made by
jeweller Fulvio Scavia (ITA),
with cut diamonds covering
the body and a 6.67-carat
ruby in the centre.Highest margin of
victory in an Olympic
gymnastics all-around
final (female)
Simone Biles (USA) took
gold at the Rio Olympics
with an overall score
of 62.198 on 11 Aug 2016 –
a margin of victory of 2.100
over second-placed
Alexandra Raisman (USA),
who scored 60.098.
According to Google’s
annual report of the year’s
online trends, Biles was
the most searched-for
sportswoman on the
internet (current). She
came fifth in the overall
list of most searched-for
people in 2016. The most
searched-for sportsman
on the internet (current)
was swimmer Michael
Phelps (USA), who ranked
third overall.Most LED lights
lit simultaneously
Students at the University
of Nevada in Las Vegas,
USA, simultaneously
lit 1,590 LED lights on
31 Aug 2016. They stood in
formation to spell out the
letters ‘UNLV’ in red.The following entries were approved and added to our database after the
official closing date for this year’s submissions.Most points scored
in 30 m 36-arrow
outdoor recurve (male)
Kim Woo-jin (KOR, see
p.234) scored 360 points
with 26 Xs at the 48th
National All-Star Archery
Tournament in Yecheon,
South Korea, on 5 Sep 2016.
Many archers have scored
360 out of a possible 360
in this event, so the record
is decided on the number
of Xs achieved. An X is
recorded when the arrow
lands within the inner ring
of the gold.Fastest time to build a
six-level LEGO® pyramid
(team of two)
On 17 Sep 2016, Shana
and Richard Wilkins (both
USA) built a six-level LEGO
pyramid in 14.72 sec in
Richmond, Virginia, USA. It
was the first record set at
Brick Fest Live!, during the
launch of Guinness World
Records LIVE! in the USA.
At the same event,
Thomas “Tommy” Ladd
(USA) achieved the most
LEGO bricks removed
from a baseplate and
held in the hand for
30 seconds – 16, on 18 Sep.
On the same day, Brick
Fest Live! host Evans Elias
Richards (USA) set the
fastest time to assemble
three LEGO Minifigures- 18.44 sec.
Largest cereal bowl
On 17 Sep 2016, a bowl of
organic granola weighing
1,589.4 kg (3,504 lb) was
offered as a “ZONK!” prize
on a food-themed episode
of the CBS game show
Let’s Make a Deal in Los
Angeles, California, USA.Heaviest bell pepper
Verified by Le Potager
Extraordinaire on 22 Sep
2016 in Arnage, France,
a Capsicum annuum
grown by Mehdi Daho
(FRA) weighed 621.07 g
(1 lb 5.90 oz). The record-
breaking pepper was
verified ahead of the 2016
edition of the National
Giant Fruit and Vegetable
Competition, held annually
in Oct in the Vendée
department of France.Largest projected image
To celebrate the opening
of the annual “Circle of
Light” international festival
in Moscow, Russia, LBL
Communication Group
(RUS) created a giant
projected image with
a total surface area of
50,458 m^2 (543,125 sq ft)
on 23 Sep 2016.Largest display of
cheese varieties
On 23 Sep 2016,
Philippe Marchand
(FRA) displayed 2,140
cheeses of 730 varieties
in Nancy, France, beating
the previous best of
590 varieties (see p.113).
The event took place during
National Gastronomy
Week, and the cheese was
subsequently donated to
Nancy’s food bank.Largest
drumming lesson
On 3 Oct 2016, the Bang
the Drum project organized
by Inspire-works, Street
Child United and London
schools (all UK) attracted
1,827 participants at the
Copper Box Arena in Queen
Elizabeth Olympic Park in
London, UK.Most Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
airborne simultaneously
Intel Corporation (USA)
managed to get 500 UAVs
airborne at the same time
over Krailling, Germany,
on 7 Oct 2016.Most consecutive
crossings of a pool of
non-Newtonian fluid
On 26 Nov 2016, a total of
107 people crossed a pool
filled with a mixture of
cornflour and water at the
Pure & Crafted Festival in
Muldersdrift, South Africa.
The event was organized
by Gaviscon (ZAF). A non-
Newtonian fluid possesses
a variable viscosity basedon applied stress or force –
meaning that it is possible
to cross it without sinking.Most mechanical
energy produced by
pedalling on static
bicycles in one hour
On 26 Nov 2016, a total of
300 participants cycled
for 1 hr on 100 stationary
bikes to produce 8,999 watt
hours of energy at Burj Park
in Dubai, UAE.Highest catch
of a cricket ball
Kristan Baumgartner
(UK) caught a cricket ball
dropped from 62 m (203 ft
4.9 in) in Windsor, Berkshire,
UK, on 30 Nov 2016. This
beat the mark of 46 m
(150 ft 11 in) set by former
England cricket captain
Nasser Hussain (see p.122).Largest cricket lesson
(single venue)
Cricket Australia hosted
a lesson for 488 people in
Sydney, Australia, on 2 Dec- The lesson signalled
the launch of the national
junior summer participation
programme.
Largest Rube Goldberg
Rube Goldberg machines
take their name from
an American cartoonist
who became famous for
drawing fiendishly complex
machines performing
simple tasks. On 2 Dec 2016,
Latvian firm Scandiweb
turned on the Christmas
lights in Riga, Latvia, with
the aid of a contraption
featuring 412 individual
mechanical steps. The
finale was initiated by a
sound meter, which was
triggered by the shouts
and screams of the crowd.Largest flower
arrangement/structure
A flower arrangement in the
shape of an Airbus A380
airplane measured 72.95 xQ: Who was the most searched-
for person on the internet in
2016, according to Google?
A: Donald Trump