WEIRD & WONDERFUL GUINNESS RECORDS
LUCKY SEVEN
KIDDY LIT
THE EMMYS
"HAT" CHECK
200
'With 3,307, Niek Vermeulen holds the record for the largest collection of these bags for people on planes'
barf bags
200
'Symbolized by a pair of scales, it's the seventh sign of the zodiac'
Libra
200
'He created Long John Silver'
(Robert Louis) Stevenson
200
'1971 Best Supporting Comedy Actress winner for playing Rhoda Morgenstern on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"'
Valerie Harper
200
'Legendary feudin' enemies of the McCoys'
the Hatfields
400
'Jean Francois Vernetti has the world's largest collection of these, usually found on hotel door handles'
"do not disturb" signs
400
'Chronologically within a person's life, it's the first of the seven sacraments of Catholicism'
baptism
400
'His tales include "the Wild Swans", "The Swan's Nest" & "The Ugly Duckling", which is really about a swan'
(Hans Christian) Andersen
400
'1972 Best Supporting Comedy Actor winner who played Lou Grant on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"'
Ed Asner
400
'Ms. McDaniel, an Oscar winner for 1939'
Hattie
600
'Give me the ring, Ting! Ting Ming Siong served as this in 1,089 weddings between 1975 & 1997'
best man
600
'In a famous opera it was the scandalous dance that Salome performed for Herod'
the Dance of the Seven Veils
600
'(Sofia of the Clue Crew is out on the court.) In the "Alice and Wonderland" croquet match, the balls are hedgehogs & the mallets are these'
flamingos
600
'1973 Best Supporting Comedy Actor winner for playing Ted Baxter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"'
Ted Knight
600
'Eastern North Carolina cape renowned for treacherous weather'
Hatteras
800
'Collectively the world's longest, these 10 body parts on Lee Redmond of Salt Lake City measured 261 in.'
her fingernails
800
'A plane figure of seven sides & seven angles'
a heptagon
800
'Bond novelist who also wrote the kids' book "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"'
(Ian) Fleming
800
'1974 Best Supporting Comedy Actress winner for playing Phyllis Lindstrom on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"'
Cloris Leachman
800
'A car with a hinged rear door'
a hatchback
1000
'You'll need about 1,400 close friends to all sit down on these "cushions" at the same time to claim the record'
whoopee cushions
1000
'Group name for Hoffman, Hayden & others, convicted of intent to riot at the 1968 Democratic Convention'
the Chicago Seven
1000
'In the story by Alice Rice, it's where "Mrs. Wiggs" is "of"'
the Cabbage Patch
1000
'1976 Best Supporting Comedy Actress winner who played Sue Ann Nivens on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"'
Betty White
1000
'From Sanskrit, it's literally "force yoga"'
hatha