Why is Guinness book of records called Guinness?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

because they wanted to tell that the people who are making world records are called Guinness so they named it Guinness world records.