In September 2011 the Koenigsegg Agera R broke the Guinness World Record-0-300-0 km / h with a time of just 21. 19 seconds.

& R. Odlum, Cleeve's, R & H Hall, Dockrell's, Arnott's, Goulding Chemicals, the Irish Times, the Irish Railways, and the Guinness brewery ( Ireland's largest employer ).

Guinness Rugby Football Club ( Guinness R. F. C.

& R. Odlum, Cleeve's, R & H Hall, Dockrell's, Arnott's, Goulding Chemicals, the Irish Times and notably the Guinness brewery, then Ireland's largest company.

The club's greatest success saw promotion to National League Three South alongside established national league sides such as Weston Super Mare, Newbury R. F. C., Plymouth Albion and Worcester Rugby ( who are now in the Guinness Premiership ) in 1996.

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Other distinguished speakers who addressed the society in the course of the 20th century include Baron Friedrich von Hügel, Fr Ronald Knox, Fr Martin d ' Arcy, Sir Alec Guinness, Arthur Michael Ramsey, HRH The Princess Royal, Rowan Williams, John Finnis, Malcolm Muggeridge, Lord Longford, Immanuel Jakobovits, Viscount Monckton, Maurice Wiles, Terry Eagleton, William Rees-Mogg, Hans Adolf Krebs, Basil Mitchell, Dorothy Hodgkin, Auberon Waugh, Richard Southern, F. R.

* 1912 – Gloria Guinness, Mexican writer and editor ( d. 1980 )

* 1925 – Norris McWhirter, Scottish writer and activist co-founder of the Guinness World Records ( d. 2004 )

* 1925 – Ross McWhirter, Scottish writer and activist, co-founder of the Guinness World Records ( d. 1975 )

* 1914 – Alec Guinness, English actor ( d. 2000 )

He hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast which set the record as the " most downloaded podcast " as judged by Guinness World Records.

Alexandria is home to what is lauded by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest ball of paint.

The Bahamas has a few notable industrial firms: the Freeport pharmaceutical firm, PFC Bahamas ( formerly Syntex ), which recently streamlined its production and was purchased by the Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche ; the BORCO oil facility, also in Freeport, which transships oil in the region ; the Commonwealth Brewery in Nassau, which produces Heineken, Guinness, and Kalik beers ; and Bacardi Corp., which distills rum in Nassau for shipment to the U. S. and European markets.

* 1979: A concert with Jean Michel Jarre on the Place de la Concorde in Paris attracted one million people, securing an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest crowd at an outdoor concert.

For example, Dublin has hard water well suited to making stout, such as Guinness ; while Pilsen has soft water well suited to making pale lager, such as Pilsner Urquell.

Taverne's Lincoln by-election campaign was also helped to a lesser degree by problems with the Conservative candidate, Monday Club chairman Jonathan Guinness.

( Guinness had been elected as Chairman specifically to eradicate such links.

On December 3, 2004, the ceremony broke the Guinness World Record for Christmas caroling with 7, 514 carolers.

* When finished with a head of Guinness stout, the result is called an Irish Russian or a Smooth Black Russian.

They usually included a degree of social comment, and featured ensemble casts which often included Alec Guinness or Stanley Holloway.

This has also given rise to the " Chelsea Cocktail ", a pint of Guinness garnished with a stick of celery.

" Prinsen ", a toad kept as a pet in Sweden, is listed by the Guinness Book of Records as the largest recorded specimen.

On 17 September 2010 Coronation Street entered the Guinness World Records book as the world's longest-running television soap opera after the American soap opera As the World Turns had its final episode.

Petrosino broke a Guinness World record in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

The Guinness Book of Records began to list world records for speed drinking in this category in the early 1960s.

The 1969 edition of the Guinness Book lists Lawrence Hill ( age 22 ) of Bolton as having consumed a 2. 5 pint yard of ale in 6. 5 seconds on December 17, 1964.

In the mid 1970s, Guinness began to list speed records achieved using any drinking vessel.

In 2001, the Guinness Book of World Records awarded Brutal Truth the record for " Shortest Music Video " for 1994's " Collateral Damage " ( the song lasts four seconds ).

The title's length earned it a spot in the Guinness Book of Records for 2001.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan holds the world record for the largest recorded output by a Qawwali artist — a total of 125 albums as of 2001.

In 2001, the band's eponymous debut album sold over seven million copies, and featured hits such as the songs " 19-2000 " and " Clint Eastwood ," earning them an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band.

In 2001, the Irish state opened a guest residence nearby in Farmleigh, a former Guinness family mansion.

The town claimed the Guinness World Record in July, 2001, as the place where the most number of people wore Groucho Marx glasses at the same time ( 522 ).

On July 27, 2001, the facility opened with the largest ribbon-cutting ceremony ever, according to the Guinness Book of Records.

Endtroducing would go on to make the Guinness World Records book for " First Completely Sampled Album " in 2001.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, she was the oldest person in the world from June 2001 until her death nine months later, at age 115 years, 56 days.

With the death of Marie Brémont on June 6, 2001, Guinness editors declared Farris-Luse the world's oldest person on June 23, 2001.

She has also created gardens for Flower Shows across the UK and received, with David Fountain, an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records for successfully moving ( from Belgium ) and replanting the world's largest tree in January 2001.

* Sir Kenelm Edward Lee Guinness, 5th Baronet ( born 1962 ) Known as " K ". Married Melissa Ann Wheeley, 15 April 2001.

WFMU also received worldwide attention in May 2001, when national and international media outlets covered DJ Glen Jones's successful attempt to break the Guinness World Record for longest consecutive radio broadcast, staying on the air a full 100 hours, 41 seconds.

She was featured in the 2001 Guinness Book of World Records under " Most Valuable Legs ", since a $ 5 million insurance policy was reportedly accepted on her legs in 1952.

At over, a Shire gelding named Goliath was the Guinness Book of World Records record holder for the world's tallest horse until his death in 2001.

In 2001, the Guinness Book of Records awarded Brutal Truth the record for " shortest music video " for their video " Collateral Damage ", which is 2. 18 seconds long and consists of 48 still images in rapid succession followed by a clip of an explosion.

Tom London ( August 24, 1889 – December 5, 1963 ) was an American actor who, according to " The Guinness Book of Movie Records ," is credited with appearing in the most movies in the history of Hollywood, this according to a 2001 book Film Facts, where it states that he was the performer who played in the most movies was " Tom London, who made his first of over 2000 appearances in the ' Great Train Robbery '".

He is listed in the 2001 Guinness Book of World Records as having written the " most human " computer program.

Guinness Nigeria produces the following brands – Foreign Extra Stout ( 1962 ), Guinness Extra Smooth ( 2005 ) Malta Guinness ( 1990 ), Harp Lager Beer ( 1974 ), Gordon ’ s Spark ( 2001 ), Smirnoff Ice ( 2006 ), Satzenbrau ( 2006 ).

Tim Storms, who set a Guinness World Record for the lowest note produced by a human in 2000, was a member of the group from 2001 until 2004.

) In 2001, the Ultra Series was cited in the Guinness Book of World Records as the record-holder for the most number of spin-off shows.

The show holds two Guinness World Records – most people pied in three minutes ( 1000, in 2001 ), and most people slimed ( 762, on the finale ).