World Records
Communication
Transportation
Countries formerly known as...
Change a letter to make a new word (example: bound volume of literature/food preparer = book/cook)
100
How tall is the tallest statue in the world? (in feet)
The Statue of Unity in Gujarat, India is 597 feet tall.
100
This bird has an unusual ability to find its way home. As a result, it was used to carry messages back by tying them to its leg. The first recorded use is around 3000 BC in Ancient Egypt (5000 years ago).
Pigeon
Historically, pigeons carried messages only one way, to their home. They had to be transported manually before another flight. However, by placing their food at one location and their home at another location, pigeons have been trained to fly back and forth up to twice a day reliably, covering round-trip flights up to 100 miles.
100
In the 1800s, trains became popular due to the use of what technology to power the trains?
Steam engine
100
In order to emphasize its Roman heritage, what country changed the spelling of one letter in its name from a "U" to an "O"?
Romania (formerly Rumania)
100
A duck's mouth/To insert something into a container
Bill/Fill
200
How much is the world's most expensive cheesecake?
200
A device used for the telephonic transmission of scanned, printed material to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device
Fax machine
200
Using these animals to pull a sled is a common way to get around in the snow in Greenland, Alaska, and Northern Canada.
Dog sled.
200
In 1993, the Eastern part of Czechoslovakia officially became an independent country known as what?
Slovakia (also known as Slovak Republic)
200
Physical fitness/Riches
Health/Wealth
300
What is the world record for fastest tennis serve? In miles per hour
On May 9, 2012, in Busan, South Korea, Australian Sam Groth hit the world’s fastest tennis serve at 163.7 mph
300
This app is famous for pictures and messages that quickly disappear
Snapchat
300
The first machines to be called bicycles were visually very different from today's bicycles in what way?
They consisted of a front wheel that was much bigger than the back wheel.
"The front wheels became larger and larger as makers realized that the larger the wheel, the farther you could travel with one rotation of the pedals. You would purchase a wheel as large as your leg length would allow. This machine was the first one to be called a bicycle ("two wheel"). These bicycles enjoyed a great popularity among young men of means (they cost an average worker six month's pay), with the hey-day being the decade of the 1880s."
"It became obsolete from the late 1880s with the development of modern bicycles, which provided similar speed amplification via chain-driven gear trains and comfort through pneumatic tires, and were marketed in comparison to penny-farthings as "safety bicycles" because of the reduced danger of falling and the reduced height to fall from."
300
Name any country that was part of the former Yugoslavia
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia
300
The person in charge/A consumer of written material
Leader/Reader
400
What is the world record for tallest flower? In feet and inches.
Louis Ricciardiello of New Hampshire, USA, grew a corpse flower that was 10 feet 2 inches tall.
400
Beginning in the 1970s, most phones in the US were touch tone (also known as "push button"). What were they before that?
Rotary dial phone
400
The fastest commercial train in the world, in Shanghai, China, travels at about 270 MPH, using what technology?
The Shanghai MagLev uses magnetic levitation, a system of train transportation that uses two sets of magnets: one set to repel and push the train up off the track, and another set to move the elevated train ahead, taking advantage of the lack of friction.
400
Formerly known as Zaire, this large Africa country, a former Belgian colony, is now named after a major river.
Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
400
Cautionary advice/Fighting
Warning/Warring
500
How tall is the world's tallest waterfall? (In feet)
Angel Falls in Venezuela is the tallest waterfall in the world at 3,212 feet high.
Angel Falls is massive compared to other famous waterfalls. For comparison, Niagara Falls is around 165 feet high.
500
Last year, this South Korean company sold more mobile phones than any other company.
Samsung. In 2019, over 1.5 billion mobile phones were sold, with Samsung dominating yearly sales at over 296 million units sold, taking up 19.2% market share.
500
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N/A
500
This country, east of India, often suffers from floods. It has a large garment (clothing) industry. Until 1971, it was known as East Pakistan.
Bangladesh
500
An informal conversation/A small piece of paper created by punching a piece of paper
Chat/Chad