Record Breaking: Egg Height Challenge

Thursday 6th February 2014

The Challenge

Can you provide your egg with enough protection which allows you to drop it from the highest distance without it breaking to compete in the Egg Height Challenge? You can find out the latest record details at www.guinessworldrecords.com/eggflight (no attempts recorded as at 10/12/13).

Challenge Rules

• The egg used must be commercially available and raw
• Any or all of the following items can be used for the attempt:
  • Plastic parachute (max size 40 x 40 cm (1ft 4 in x 1ft 4 in)
  • 4 pieces of card (max sixe 10 cm x 10 cm (4 in x 4 in)
  • 2 pieces of corrugated card (max size 10 cm x 10 cm (4 in x 4 in)
  • 1 piece of foam (max size 10 cm x 10 cm (4 in x 4 in x 0.1 in)
  • 10 drinking straws
  • 2 metres (6ft 6 in) of elastic string
  • 30 meters (100ft) clear tape
• The egg can be dropped from any height and must not have any support apart from that which has been made from the above materials.
• Should the egg crack or break, the attempt is deemed invalid.
• After the attempt, the egg must be cracked open to demonstrate its raw state.

Recording your record breaking attempt

You will need to video your record breaking attempt if you want a chance to be a Guinness World Record Holder. You can submit new attempts via the Guinness World Records website and each week a team of specialist adjudicators review all of the latest high-scoring videos. If your video is ranked #1 on a challenge, and they judge it to have beaten the existing record while keeping to all of the rules set for that challenge, you could be a new Guinness World Record holder!

Send us your videos

Send us the videos of your ‘Egg Height Challenge’ record breaking attempts by uploading them on to YouTube and emailing us at gazette@boys-brigade.org.uk or by sending a CD to the Editorial Team. Based on all videos sent in by 1st March we will review the attempts and send the winner some ‘Guinness World Records’ goodies and a special BB certificate certifying them as the BB Record Holder, we will also share the winner and their video in the Spring 2014 issue.

You can purchase a special ‘Guinness World Records Egg Challenge’ kit (by manufacturer Paladone) from high street retailers and online.

Find out more at guinessworldrecords.com

Your Help

Could you contribute a game, craft, devotional or theme night idea for the Spring 2014 issue?

Send it to gazette@boys-brigade.org.uk 

Please include something about why this idea works well in your Company.