General Record Breakers
01/Most populous City in the world?
A/Shanghai
02/Longest Railway Platform?
A/Kharagpur(India),2733 ft.
03/Longest Railroad Tunnel?
A/Seikan (Japan),33.5 miles
04/Longest Suspension Bridge?
A/Verrazano-Narrows, 13700 ft.long,USA
05/Longest Dam?
A/Hirakund(India),15.8 miles
06/Highest Dam?
A/Rogusky (U.S.S.R.),1066 ft.
07/Largest Dam?
A/Kariba (Rhodesia),149000000 acre ft.in volume
08/Longest Road Highway Tunnel?
A/St.Goldhard(Switzerland),10.01 miles
09/Longest Seaway?
A/St.Lawrence seaway(U.S.A.-Canada),189 miles
10/Largest Passenger Ship?
A/Queen Elizabeth II (83000 tonnes)(U.K.)
11/Largest Merchant Ship?
A/Pierre Guillaumat (france),555031 DWT Tonnage
12/Largest Diamond Mine?
A/At Kimberly,South Africa
13/Largest Diamond?
A/Cullinan(Over 1 1/2 lbs.)
14/Tallest Statue?
A/Motherland, an enormous female figure (U.S.S.R.)
15/Largest Temple?
A/Angkor-Vat (Cambodia), 1400 yds. by 1400 yds.
16/Largest Church?
A/Basilica of St.Peter,Vatican City,611 ft.in length and 18110 sq.yds.in area.
17/Tallest Church?
A/Ulm Cathedral (Ger.),529 ft.high
18/Largest Mosque?
A/Jumma Masjid (Delhi),Over 10000 sq.ft. in area
19/Largest Indoor Theatre?
A/Radio City Music Hall (New York),accommodates 6200 persons.
20/Deepest Boring?
A/An oil well of 25340 ft.(Texas, U.S.A.)
21/Largest Palace?
A/The Palace at Vatican City,area 13.5 acres
22/Largest University Building?
A/Lomonosov University (Moscow), has 32 stories
23/Tallest Tower?
A/Tokyo Tower (Japan) 1000 ft.high
24/Biggest Library?
A/United states Library of congress,Washington D.C. Containing over 41874900 titles.
25/Largest Reflector Telescope?
A/Mt.Semirodriki (U.S.S.R.)
26/Largest Bell?
A/Tsar Kolokol at Kremlin (Moscow),weight 193 tons
27/Largest Dome?
A/Astrodome in U.S.A.;outside diameter is 216 metres.
28/Largest Pearl?
A/Pearl of Allah,weighs 14 lbs.2 oz.
29/Biggest Railway Station?
A/Grand Central Terminal(New york),with 47 platforms,48 acres in area.
30/Longest Port?
A/New York Harbour (U.S.A.)
31/Longest Corridor?
A/Rameshwaram Temple's Corridor (India),400 ft.
32/Biggest Auditorium?
A/Municipal Auditorium at Atlantic City (U.S.A.),covers an area of 7 acres.
33/Biggest Stadium?
A/Strahov Stadium (Prague),accommodates 240000 spectators.
34/Biggest Hotel?
A/Conrad Hilton (Chicago,U.s.A.), has 25 floors.
35/Largest Aquarium?
A/John J.Shedd Aquarium,Illinois,(U.S.A.)
36/Biggest Museum?
A/American Museum of Natural History has an area of 23 acres.
37/Largest Thoroughfare?
A/Broadway (New York)
38/Highest Airfield?
A/Ladakh Airfields (Kashmir,India),14230 ft.above sea-level.
39/Biggest Zoo?
A/Etosha Reserve(S.W.Africa),38500 sq.miles
40/Largest Park?
A/Yellowstone National Park (USA)
41/Longest Railway Line?
A/Trans-siberian Railway (USSR) connecting Moscow to Vladivostok
42/Largest Office building?
A/Pentagon (Arlington,U.S.A.),over 34 acres of floor area.
43/Tallest Building?
A/Sears Tower(Chicago), 442 m.
44/Highest Suspension Bridge?
A/Over royal Gorge (Colorado,U.S.A.),1053 ft.high
45/Longest Cantilever Bridge?
A/Quebec (Over St.Lawrence River,Canada),3239 ft.in length.
46/Longest Railway Bridge?
A/Lower Zambesi (Mozambique,Africa),12054 ft.
47/Largest Hydro-electric Plant?
A/Krasnoyarsk (USSR),6096 M.W. capacity
48/Highest Straight Gravity Dam?
A/Bhakra Dam(India), 740 ft.
49/Largest Sculptures?
A/Mount Rushmore National Memorial(Black Hills,S.Dakota,U.S.A.)
50/Highest Lighthouse?
A/Bishop Rock (England), 146 ft.high
51/Longest Viaduct?
A/Lake Panchhartrain Causeway (Louisiana,U.S.A.), with a total length of 24 miles
52/Longest Wall?
A/Great Wall of China(1400 miles)
53/Longest recognised swimming course?
A/English Channel (23 miles,calais to Dover)
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