8º -Web quest – Guinness Records.

8º -Web quest – Guinness Records.

PART 1: READING

I.  Read this webpage and find the following phrases

History of Guinness World Records

http://ezinearticles.com/?History-of-Guinness-World-Records&id=4627875

1.       Ahora tiene un registro como el libro más popular.

2.       Él de alguna manera se vio involucrado en un intercambio de palabras.

3.       Es el libro con más posibilidades de ser robado.

4.       Libro anual que ha vendido millones de copias.

5.       Más comúnmente conocido

6.       Mientras él trataba de encontrar la respuesta.

7.       Promover sus productos.

8.       Que salieron cada año.

9.       Se rumorea que la idea original.

10.   Traer más ingresos  a la compañía.

11.   Un montón de gente no se da cuenta en realidad.

12.   Un pensamiento vino a su mente.

13.   Un poco vaga su respuesta.

14.   Una cervecería famosa.

II. Read this website and answer TRUE or FALSE to the following sentences. Correct false statements.

http://www.nicenfunny.com/2011/02/weird-achievements-in-guinness-book-of.html#axzz2d7mRcmUv

1. Linda Wolfe, who has married 23 times, is from Indiana.

2.  Suresh Joachian set a record watching 27 hours of TV straight.

3. Jackie Bibby put 87 Rattlesnakes in a Bathtub.

4.  Manoharan ate 200 earthworms in 30 seconds with the help of some ketchup.

5. Robert Foster who held his breath more than 13 minutes is from Italy.

6. Ashrita Furman was able to hold 10 beer glasses on his chin.

7. Paul Henry Allen Lynch did 124 one-finger push-ups.

8. Garry Turner stretched the skin of his hands to 6.25 inches.

9. Sam Heath created a giant bubble and encapsulated more than 20 people.

10. Mike Moral set a Guinness record when he squirted milk from one of his eyes.

III.          Go to this website and search the following records

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/

Use this information to complete the chart below.

RECORD	Who?	When?	Where?	What? size / time / number...
Longest ears on a dog - ever
the longest hair (female)
Most piercings in a lifetime (female)
the tallest man ever
the longest fingernails (female)
the heaviest limousine car
Shortest man living (mobile)
Heaviest weight lifted by tongue
the most expensive guitar
the widest mouth
Largest playing card structure
Longest nose on a living person