Guinness World Records

Guinnes Book of Records
In het Guinness Book of Records staan heel veel records.
In het boek vind je ook records van allerlei sporten en hobbies.

Op de website: www.guinnessworldrecords.com vind je veel van dat soort records.

Je leest over een aantal records en je maakt een aantal oefeningen over records of over sport en hobby.

Netball en skateboarden
Je gaat zo teksten over 'The longest marathon playing netball' en over
'The longest skateboard' lezen.
Beantwoord daarna de volgende vragen.

Lees nu de teksten en beantwoord de vragen.

Longest marathon playing netball

The longest marathon playing netball lasted 61 hours and was achieved by Netball Alberta (Canada) at the South Fish Creek Recreation Complex in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, from 16-19 September 2011.
The final score was Team Rockers 2759 - 1405 Team Rollers

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The longest skateboard

The longest skateboard measured 11.14 m (36 foot 7 inch) long, 2.63 m (8 foot 8 inch) wide and 1.10 m (3 foot 7.5 inch) high.
It was designed and produced by Rob Dyrdek and Joe Ciaglia (both USA) in Los Angeles, California, USA and unveiled on 25 February 2009 on the MTV series 'Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory'.
The wheels are 8 foot 11 inch wide and the deck itself is 5 1/2 inches thick.

Bron: www.guinnessworldrecords.com

 

Concert below sea level en de largest collection of sick bags
Je gaat teksten over "Deepest underwater concert' en 'Largest collection of sick bags' lezen.
Nadat je de teksten hebt gelezen, beantwoord je de volgende vragen.

Lees nu de teksten en beantwoord de vragen.

Deepest underwater concert

The deepest concert was performed by Katie Melua (UK) and her band at 303 m (994 ft) below sea level, on Statoil's Troll a gas rig, off the coast of Bergen, Norway, on 1 October 2006.
Ms Melua performed two 30-minute concerts to an audience of 20 oilrig workers, each of whom had won the ticket to see the performance.

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Largest collection of sick bags

Niek Vermeulen (Netherlands) has 6,016 airline sickness bags from 1,142 different airlines from more than 160 countries, as of 29 January 2010, which he has accumulated since the 1970s.

Bron: www.guinnessworldrecords.com