Most Number Of People Eating Ice-Cream At The Same Time
To help the ST School Pocket Money Fund, each of the Ngee Ann Secondary School student, teacher, alumni and member of the parents’ support group made a donation and collected a cup of Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream. 1,558 participants then proceeded to the school hall where they broke the record for eating ice-cream together. The Teachers’ Day event on 31 ... Read More »
Largest Box Of Coins
Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore marked its 20th anniversary as a statutory board by raising funds for the President’s Challenge. At the beginning of the year, 1,800 staff were given piggy-banks for them to put in their loose change. The coins from the piggy-banks were consolidated into a custom-made acrylic container measuring 1.64m by 0.41m by 1.02m high. 475,696 coins ... Read More »
Largest Outdoor Pop-Up Picnic
Launched in Paris 25 years ago, Dîner en Blanc now assembles over 30,000 people each year in 14 cities in Europe and North America. It is a gathering where diners are dressed in elegant white and bring their own table, chairs, food, picnic ware and trash bags to clean up their stuff after the dinner. On 30 Aug 2012, Singapore ... Read More »
Most Number Of Skips In One Hour
ITE College East open house on 26 Aug 2012 was packed with 40 free workshops from cooking to home DIY, and student performances throughout the campus. A highlight of the Fiesta 2012 was the college’s attempt to rewrite Singapore’s one-hour skipping record. About 700 people gathered at the hall and carpark, and pushed themselves to accumulate a total of 1,240,736 ... Read More »
Longest Plate Spinning Rally
Grace Orchard School provides special education to those with mild intellectual disability or autism. On their 10th anniversary celebration on 25 Aug 2012, many students proved to be adept at spinning a plastic plate at the end of wooden stick. A dozen boys from Raffles Institution helped with organising the record attempt as well as training participants in the skill ... Read More »
