Records of the week: 21st - 25th January 2008

Fastest text message blindfolded
The record for the fastest text message blindfolded is 45.09 sec, achieved by Elliot Nicholls (New Zealand), at the Telecom shop on Filluel Street, in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 17 November 2007.

Largest beach volleyball tournament
The record for the largest beach volley tournament is for the Usedom BeachCup 2007 with 890 players, celebrated in Karlshagen, Insel Usedom, Germany, from 27 to 29 July 2007.

Largest collection of masks
Gerold Weschenmoser (Germany) has 5,121 different masks, as of 22 January 2008, which he has collected since 1957.

Largest game of head, shoulders, knees and toes
The largest game of head, shoulders, knees and toes involved 448 participants and was achieved by Butcombe Pre-Preparatory School, in Bristol, UK, on 6 October 2007.

Largest parade of Jaguar cars
The record for the largest parade of Jaguar cars is 201 Jaguars and was organised by Craig Petty (UK) of Hatfields Jaguar Shrewsbury on a 5 mile course on the outskirts of Shrewsbury on 24 June 2007.

Largest puppet/marionette
The largest marionette was Zozobra measuring 15 m 21 cm (49 ft 11 in) in height and was presented by the Kiwanis Club in Santa Fe, NM, USA at the Fiestas de Santa Fe on 7th September 2007.

Largest single copy of a newspaper
The record for the largest single copy of a newspaper is a reproduction of 'O Peru Molhado' measuring 2,70 m x 3,40 m (8 ft 10 in x 11 ft 1 in) made by Eidouro Publicações (Brazil) and it was presented at Ipanema beach, on Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) on 11 November 2007.

Longest eyebrow hair
The longest eyebrow hair belongs to Toshie Kawakami (Japan) and was 14.05 cm (5.53 in)when measured at Moriyama Kinen Hospital, Tokyo Japan on 7 December 2007.

25 January 2008