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World Records That Sound Fake — Daily trivia Tuesday, August 25, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Which breed is Feather, the dog with the highest-jump record?
- ABorder Collie
- BGreyhound
- CJack Russell Terrier
- DGerman Shepherd
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Greyhound
Greyhound. Feather, a rescue, cleared 191.7 cm, just over six feet three inches, in Maryland in September 2017.
Q 02Ted Hastings pulled on 260 of which garment at once to set a record?
- ASocks
- BT-shirts
- CHats
- DSweaters
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T-shirts
T-shirts. His son asked if he could set a record, so the Kitchener dad worked up from medium to size 20X.
Q 03Nataraj Karate of India crammed a record 692 of what into his mouth?
- ADrinking straws
- BMatchsticks
- CGrapes
- DMarshmallows
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Drinking straws
Drinking straws. He crammed 692 into his mouth at once in 2018, earning a Guinness World Records title.
Q 04After her daughter's death, Minnesota's Diana Armstrong stopped trimming what, earning a Guinness record?
- AHer hair
- BHer fingernails
- CHer eyelashes
- DHer eyebrows
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Her fingernails
Her fingernails. By March 2022 they measured 1,306 cm, nearly 43 feet in total, and her grandchildren help paint them.
Q 05Brazil's Tio Chico set a Guinness record by making which body parts bulge out 18 millimetres?
- AHis kneecaps
- BHis eyeballs
- CHis shoulders
- DHis thumbs
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His eyeballs
His eyeballs. Sidney de Carvalho Mesquita pushed them out 18.2 mm to take the Guinness title in 2022.
Q 06Torquay cat Merlin equalled the Guinness record for which sound, at 67.8 decibels?
- AA meow
- BA hiss
- CA purr
- DA yowl
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A purr
A purr. Merlin, then 13, matched the 67.8-decibel mark another cat, Smokey, had set in 2011.
Q 07Guinness credits Virginia park ranger Roy Sullivan with surviving seven strikes by what?
- ARattlesnakes
- BLightning
- CMeteorites
- DHailstones
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Lightning
Lightning. The strikes came between 1942 and 1977, and one burned off his eyebrows and set his hair on fire, earning him the nickname 'Human Lightning Rod'.
Q 08San Diego teenager Randy Gardner set a record by going 11 days without what?
- AFood
- BSleep
- CTelevision
- DSitting down
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Sleep
Sleep. The stunt began as a high-school science fair project, and Stanford sleep researcher William Dement came to watch over him.
Q 09Suresh Joachim spent over 76 hours doing what to set a record?
- AStanding on his head
- BBalancing on one foot
- CRiding a unicycle
- DHolding a plank
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Balancing on one foot
Balancing on one foot. He held it for 76 hours 40 minutes in Sri Lanka in 1997, and he has since broken more than 60 world records.
Q 10Which extreme athlete climbed to about 7,400 metres on Mount Everest wearing only shorts and shoes?
- ALewis Pugh
- BBear Grylls
- CWim Hof
- DDavid Blaine
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Wim Hof
Wim Hof. A foot injury ended that 2007 attempt, and the Dutchman once held Guinness records for swimming under ice and for full-body contact with ice.
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