This is a compilation of 61 United Kingdom Guinness records in 2005. You may want to take a look at our complete list of United Kingdom Guinness Records broken down by year.
When | Record name | What | Who |
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26 December 2005 | Youngest ringmaster | Unknown | |
16 December 2005 | Oldest person awarded an honorary degree | Henry John Patch | |
09 December 2005 | Largest simultaneous sing-along (multiple venues) | 293978/1616 people | Young Voices |
December 2005 | First company successfully sued for spamming | first | Media Logistics UK |
26 November 2005 | Oldest artist to simultaneously top the UK singles and album charts | Madonna | |
19 November 2005 | Most tour tickets sold in a day (concerts) | 1600000 unit(s) sold | Robbie Williams |
19 November 2005 | Most consecutive martial arts bouts (male) | 141 total number | Paddy Doyle |
19 November 2005 | Tallest indoor ice climbing wall | O2 World | |
18 November 2005 | Oldest lawn green bowls player | Leslie Brittan | |
15 November 2005 | Most expensive movie poster | 690000 UK pound(s) sterling | Metropolis |
15 November 2005 | Most expensive poster | 690000 US dollar(s) | Metropolis |
14 November 2005 | Most expensive meat pie | 14260 US dollar(s) | Fence Gate Inn |
10 November 2005 | Farthest flight by a commercial aircraft | 11664 nautical mile(s) | The Boeing Company |
November 2005 | Most expensive perfume | 1317 UK pound(s) sterling | Clive Christian No1 |
06 October 2005 | Largest cityscape created with kitchen utensils | Zhan Wang | |
29 September 2005 | Oldest person ''loop the loop''on top of an aircraft | Thomas Lackey | |
28 September 2005 | First row across the Atlantic west to east from USA land to land solo | first | Oliver Hicks |
21 September 2005 | Longest toe - living | 8.4 centimetre(s) | Xi Shun |
19 September 2005 | Fastest crossing of the English Channel rowing by a team (male - quad) | 2/41/45 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Dover Rowing Club |
12 September 2005 | Fastest motorcycle wheelie over a kilometre | 251.86 kilometre(s) per hour | Terry Calcott |
10 September 2005 | Youngest double toppers | McFly | |
04 September 2005 | Most Plasticine used in a feature film | Aardman Animation | |
03 September 2005 | Most oysters eaten in three minutes | Colin Shirlow | |
18 August 2005 | Fastest 100 m by a pantomime horse (team - female) | Samantha Kavanagh, Melissa Archer | |
12 August 2005 | Fastest circumnavigation of Great Britain by powerboat | Neil McGrigor | |
11 August 2005 | Lowest heart rate | Martin Brady | |
06 August 2005 | Largest simultaneous dog stay | Wendy Wasels | |
August 2005 | Smallest multimedia player | MPIO-One | |
07 July 2005 | Most slings applied in relay in one hour | 215 total number | St Johns Ambulance Wales |
03 July 2005 | Most people performing Shakespeare in 24 hours (multiple venues) | 7104 people | Shakespeare Schools Festival |
01 July 2005 | First television programme about sudoku | first | Sudoku Live |
23 June 2005 | Longest scarf knitted - team | 54.29 kilometre(s) | Liz Rundle |
20 June 2005 | Oldest author to have first book published | 100 year(s) | Bertha Wood |
18 June 2005 | Longest one-handed golf carry | 282 yard(s) | Cristian Sterning |
14 June 2005 | Most expensive soup | 190 US dollar(s) | Kai Mayfair |
12 June 2005 | Longest marathon playing Ultimate flying disc | 70/19 hour(s):minute(s) | Leeds Jedi Ultimate Frisbee Club |
19 May 2005 | Most expensive football memorabilia sold at auction | 420000 UK pound(s) sterling | 1871 FA Cup |
12 May 2005 | Fastest snooker colours clearance | James Popplewell | |
May 2005 | Longest motorcycle ride (team) | 168800 kilometre(s) | Simon and Monika Newbound |
25 April 2005 | Most stinging nettles eaten in one minute | 5 foot (feet);inch(es) | Alex Williams |
23 April 2005 | Fastest dog tunnel, team of 50 | 2.1 second(s) | North Northumberland Dog Training Club |
23 April 2005 | Most siblings to complete the same triathlon | Sherwood siblings | |
11 April 2005 | Most siblings to play same role in a musical | 4 people | Bernie, Linda, Denise and Maureen Nolan |
10 April 2005 | Youngest goalscorer in the football (soccer) Premier League | James Vaughan | |
09 April 2005 | Fastest time to row the River Thames by single scull (male) | 43/40/56 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Malcolm Knight |
28 March 2005 | Fastest coal bag carrying (female) | Viki Gibson | |
27 March 2005 | Most clay shooting targets broken in 12 hours (team) | 4602 total number | David Billingsby |
17 March 2005 | Greatest mileage run, daily - male | Ron Hill | |
15 March 2005 | First magic society featured on a national stamp | Paul Kieve | |
13 March 2005 | Longest dog lead | Pedigree | |
11 March 2005 | Most people with spray painted hair - multiple locations | 5274 people | Wella UK Ltd |
06 March 2005 | Most people to abseil in 12 hours | 1350 people | Cancer Research UK |
25 February 2005 | Youngest person to wear full set of dentures | Daniel Sanchez-Ruiz | |
14 February 2005 | First all-foreign Premier League squad | first | Arsenal FC |
09 February 2005 | Youngest winnner of a BRIT award | Joss Stone | |
08 February 2005 | Smallest test tube (open-ended) | David Britz | |
08 February 2005 | Fastest matter in the universe | 99.99 percentage | Unknown |
01 February 2005 | Oldest theatrical trade-paper | The Stage | |
29 January 2005 | Fastest relay 4 x 200 metres (female) (indoors) | 1/32.41 minute(s):second(s) | Russia, Yekaterina Kondratyeva, Irina Khabarova, Yuliya Pechonkina |
2005 | Longest serving football club manager | 33 year(s) | Roly Howard |
2005 | Largest fine imposed under health and safety legislation | 15000000 UK pound(s) sterling | Transco |