Guinness is a brand of ale, which is very popular in the British isles. People would often make claims or bets, while drinking, about various records, so eventually the Guinness company decided to help settle those bets.
The Guinness Book of Records is named after the Guinness Brewery in Dublin, Ireland. The book was originally created by the managing director of Guinness Brewery in the 1950s as a way to settle disputes over superlatives in pubs.
On 4 May 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver (the Owner of the Guinness Brewery in Ireland) knew that there must be numerous other questions debated nightly in pubs throughout Ireland and Britain, but there was no book in the world with which to settle arguments about records. He realised then that a book supplying the answers to this sort of question might prove popular.
Christopher Chataway recommended student twins Norris and Ross McWhirter, who had been running a fact-finding agency in London. The brothers were commissioned to compile what became The Guinness Book of Records in August 1954
The Guinness Book refers to The Guinness Book of Records, which is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. Since 2001, The Guinness Book of Records is known as Guinness World Records.
because they wanted to tell that the people who are making world records are called Guinness so they named it Guinness world records.
They invented the Guinness Book of World Records in 1981
Limca Book of Records is an annual Indian record book that focuses on achievements and records made by Indians or in India, while the Guinness World Records is an international record book that covers a wide range of records from around the world. Guinness World Records is more comprehensive and covers a wider range of categories and records compared to Limca Book of Records.
Guinness Superlatives (later Guinness World Records) Limited was formed in 1954 to publish the first book.
"The Guinness World Records" book is an example of a publication that is updated and released annually with new records and information.
Guinness is the company that sponsors the book. It is the same Guinness that is the famous drink from Ireland.
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www.guinnessworldrecords.com/
The 'Guinness Book of World Records' was first published in 1955.
Frostburg, Md was in the Guinness book of world records for having the most bars and churches in one area.
Guinness beer was first brewed in the 1750s and the Guinness Book of Records was first published in the 1960s.
The 2012 Guinness World Records book contains 288 pages.
over 200 (a lot)