Do you fancy seeing your name in lights, or at least in red letters in the Guinness Book of Records?
I would love the achievement, but I can’t imagine there is a stunt left that I could actually win. Nothing too energetic or too brainy, please! I like my records achievable and my dignity intact.
Well, here is your chance: Guinness World Records is celebrating its 70th anniversary by throwing down the gauntlet to fans with 70 unclaimed records. 70 whole challenges that no one has managed to set yet.
The anniversary itself falls on August 27, marking 70 years since the very first Guinness Book was compiled in a room above a London gym.
Some of the quirky unclaimed records include: the fastest 400-metre sack race, the farthest distance to bounce a coin into a cup, the farthest bottle flip, the most high fives in 30 seconds, the fastest five-storey playing-card pyramid, the speediest burrito roll, and even the fastest time to line up a set of Scrabble tiles alphabetically. There is something for everyone.
Guinness has also launched a Record Selector quiz on their website: guinnessworldrecords.com, which is supposed to match wannabe record-breakers with suitable titles based on their personality. Simple five-question test, and it spits out potential records you could attempt.
I tried it myself and was offered three options:
- Most cinemas visited in a month
- Fastest 10 metres holding a balloon between the knees
- Most coffeehouses visited in a month
The last one sounds perfect, coffee in Spain is divine, but I’d be bouncing off the walls from too much caffeine.
Still, it’s fun imagining! Why not take the test yourself and let us know which unclaimed record Guinness thinks you could smash?
