NEW YORK – The 2002 Edition of The Guinness World Records Book is filled with hundreds of new records, including amazing new examples of human achievements such as the:
- World’s smallest spy plane
- Most chillis eaten in 3 minutes
- Highest skateboard jump on to a quarter pipe
- World’s most downloaded cyberpet
- Most advanced robot astronaut (NASA’s “Robonaut” prototype, an uncanny twin to C3PO)
- Longest distance marshmallow nose blow (4.96 metres)
- Most expensive washroom (it’s 24 carat gold!)
- Best tree-climbing fish (The Anabas testudineus can walk and climb palm trees and has special gills to absorb oxygen from the atmosphere)
- Fastest sandwich made using feet (1 min 57 sec for a bologna, cheese and salad sandwich)
- Loudest burp (118.1 dB — the same as a plane taking off)
Packed with over 300 pages of fascinating and amazing facts the record breakers span a cross-section of humanity from Donald A. Gorske of Wisconsin — who’s eaten his way into the book by single-handedly consuming 17,500 Big Macs, to new records held by the greatest of stars including Britney Spears, Michael Jackson and Julia Roberts.
The all-new organization of content includes sections on Extreme Sports, Computer Games, Medical Marvels and Robots. Plus, this year’s book features a host of new interactive and mobile phone based services allowing readers to download record-related ring tones and phone icons, all linked to www.guinnessworldrecords.com. To cap it all, there’s a brilliant new design with an embossed and attention-grabbing green and silver cover and an exclusive prize competition and game for US owners of the book.
This year Guinness World Records has more than ever for all the family. In addition to the great new edition of the book, the Fox PrimeTime TV Show is back on the air with some amazing new records, a new interactive website (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com) and a unique set of links between the website and the book. In other words Guinness World Records has become a truly multi-media experience of particular interest to 8-13 year olds with a thirst for amazing knowledge, but with broad appeal to anyone interested in the limits of human achievement.
But that’s not all! Everyone who receives or buys the book this year can take part in the great online exclusive prize competition — Totally Cool 2002. Here’s the cool factor — advanced technology has allowed every book to be printed with a number unique to the owner of that book. By going online to http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com you can see if your unique number is a winner! Prizes include Sony game consoles, Hasbro SuperSoakers and music packages! And then there’s the grand prize — based on a draw of all participants — Guinness World Records will fly a family of 4 to Orlando to see the Guinness World Records Attraction and Disney World!
But wait…there’s still more! Not content with having tried to win one of the 2002 prizes on offer? Then try your hand at The Guinness World Records Challenge! This is a new interactive card game that can be played on http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com. Challenge your own knowledge as well as that of friends and other players against the clock to see if you can gain the most cards that week. A new game starts every week until January 2002 and is open to anyone with a copy of the 2002 Edition. Whoever gains the highest overall score from all the games will have the exclusive honor of being amongst the greats in Human Achievements as their name will appear in Guinness World Records 2003!
