Luke Boulton of Canada got a taste of fame in 2021 when one of his baby teeth came out. That's because it was no ordinary baby tooth. Eight-year-old Luke's chomper was more than 1 inch (2.54 centimeters) long, making it a Guinness World Record setting tooth!
Setting a Guinness World Record doesn't require growing an extra-long body part, though. Often, it just takes a little creativity, time, and practice. Check out some kids who've clapped, jammed, slimed, or built themselves into the famous record book.
Give This Kid a Hand!
Seven Wade got his hands on a Guinness World Record at age 9 by clapping them together—fast! Seven started playing drums as a toddler, so he already knew how to keep a consistent beat. When he saw the previous record holder for "most claps in one minute" demonstrating his quirky skill in a YouTube video, Seven decided he wanted to give speed clapping a try too. He set a timer and practiced clapping as fast as he could several times a day—and then, he clapped his way to the record book. Seven broke the previous record by clapping a whopping 1,080 times in 60 seconds. The Florida student wants to set other records in his favorite activities, including Taekwondo and drumming.
Spinning Tunes
Four-year-old Archie Norberry's world record really gets people moving. That's because Archie, who started mixing beats at age 2 on his father's equipment, is now the world's youngest club DJ! To set the "youngest DJ" record, Archie had to play an hour-long show without help in front of at least 20 people. That was no sweat for DJ Archie, who mixes up dance tunes at shows attended by thousands of people!
Archie lives with his family in Hong Kong but travels all over the world to perform at music festivals. He's also got thousands of social media followers who tune in online to watch him mix beats. Archie's favorite thing about being a DJ? The music, of course!
Slime Setter
Ciela Villa didn't lay down beats to set her world record. She laid down a record to beat—with slime! Ciela was in fifth grade when she became the very first person to set a record for stretching homemade slime the longest distance.
Ciela followed a recipe featured in a book called Guinness World Records: Science & Stuff to make her slime. To establish the newly created record, she had to stretch the goo over 6 feet, 6 inches (2 meters). Ciela hit that distance and then kept going, stretching her slime to 7 feet, 4 inches (2.2 meters).
Working Together
Can people work together to set records? You bet! More than 1,000 kids spent 10 hours assembling Lego blocks to set not one, but two world records. The New Jersey elementary school students earned the records for the fastest assembly of 10,000 Legos and for building the world's longest Lego chain. The young builders weren't just working together to set new Guinness World Records, though. They built their super-long Lego line to support a classmate with muscular dystrophy by raising awareness for Jar of Hope, a charity that funds medical research for the disease.
On their own or with friends, young people are always coming up with new ways to earn world record holder titles. Guinness World Records even started a new YouTube series called Break the Record to teach kids how it's done!
Based on the article, which is true about Guinness World Records?
Many people can be Guinness World Record holders if they try hard.
Guinness World Record holders have to show that they can work alone.
Many people can be Guinness World Record holders if they pay for it.
Guinness World Record holders have to show that they can work together.
Many people can be Guinness World Record holders if they try hard.
Which best describes the difference between the world records held by Archie Norberry and the New Jersey elementary students?
Archie Norberry had to play for thousands of people and each student had to work alone.
Archie Norberry had to work on his record without help and the students worked together.
Archie Norberry worked to stretch slime and the students played music.
Archie Norberry worked to build Legos and the students stretched slime.
Archie Norberry had to work on his record without help and the students worked together.
Read this passage from the article:
The young builders weren't just working together to set new Guinness World Records, though. They built their super-long Lego line to support a classmate with muscular dystrophy by raising awareness for Jar of Hope, a charity that funds medical research for the disease.
The author's purpose for writing this passage was to __________.
argue that the students didn't really care about breaking a record
highlight the idea that it's not possible to break records without help
argue that people shouldn't try to break records unless it's to help others
highlight the idea that it's possible to break records while helping someone else
highlight the idea that it's possible to break records while helping someone else
hich is the closest antonym for the word quirky, as it is used in the article?
bashful
compelling
industrious
typical