All About Trivia

Sunday, July 06, 2008

What is the Longest Painting in the World?

Answer:

The longest painting measured 2,978.4 m (9,771.6 ft) and was created by over 3,000 students from various educational establishments in the United Arab Emirates. The painting was completed on 21 March 2005 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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Saturday, July 05, 2008

What is the Largest Scrap-metal Sculpture in the World?

Answer:

The world’s largest metal sculpture, completed by Gary Greff (USA) in August 2001, stands 110 ft (33.5m) tall, is 154 ft (46.9m) wide and weighs 157,659 lb (71,512.91 kg). Entitled Geese in Flight , the sculpture resembles Canadian geese flying against a backdrop of sky and prairie and is one of a series of metal sculptures located along the Enchanted Highway between Gladstone and Regent, North Dakota, USA.

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Friday, July 04, 2008

What is the Largest Bonfire in the World?

Answer:

The world's largest bonfire measured 37.5 m (123 ft) high, with a base of 8 m² (86 ft²) and an overall volume of 800 m³ (28,251 ft³). The event was organised by Kure Commemorative Centennial Events Committee, and lit on February 9, 2003 at Gohara-cho, Hiroshima, Japan, as part of a traditional ceremony to encourage good health and a generous harvest.

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Thursday, July 03, 2008

What is the Largest Art Gallery in the World?

Answer:

One has to walk 24 km (15 miles) to visit all of the 322 galleries of the Winter Palace and the rest of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. The galleries house nearly 3 million works of art.

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Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Who is the Richest Woman in the World?

Answer:

According to Forbes, the world's richest woman is Liliane Bettencourt (France), heiress to the L'Oréal fortune, who in 2005 had an estimated net worth of $16 billion (£9 billion).

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Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Who is the Richest Investor in the World?

Answer:

Warren Edward Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, is the world's richest investor, estimated to be worth $28 billion. He started playing the stock market with one of his sisters when he was 11, with the encouragement of his father Howard Buffett, a local stockbroker. Buffett started his own investment company in 1956.

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