Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Domino Show


Domino Day was a world record attempt for the highest number of toppling domino stones, organized from 1998-2009 by Endemol Netherlands. Together with Weijers Domino Productions of Robin Paul Weijers, also known as Mr. Domino, parties teamed up to set a new world record. The production was mainly organized at the WTC-Expo in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Mr Weijers  and his team set up 4.5 million dominoes and toppled 4,345,027 dominoes-setting the world record for the Most dominoes toppled by a group.
The current record in 2008  slashed the previous record set in 2006 in which 4,079,381 dominoes were  toppled. The annual attempt was more than a year in the planning and involved 85 students from 13 countries.

Also, 9 additional world record were attempted and successfully broken.

 These additional world records were:
   1. Longest domino spiral (200 m)
   2. Highest domino climb (12 m)
   3. Smallest domino stone (7 mm)
   4. Largest domino stone (4.8 m)
   5. Longest domino wall (16 m)
   6. Largest domino structure (25,000 stone)
   7. Fastest topple of 30 metres of domino stone (4.21 sec, time by Churandy Martina: 3.81 sec)
    8. Largest number of domino stone resting on a single domino (727 stones)
    9. Largest rectangular level domino field (1 million stones)
    10.Most fallen dominoes (4,345,027 stones)f
The aim of Domino Day 2008 was to break ten world records made in previous years. According to the organisers Endemol Netherlands the 2008 attempt required 9,500 sq m (31,168 sq ft) of space, more 250 different types of domino, 300 mechanics, 100 decor pieces, 1500 turning fences and more than 5,000 square m (16,404 sq ft) of floor paint.
The most dominoes toppled by a group was set by Robin Paul Weijers and his team at Leeuwarden,Nehterlands on December 13,2008.However the record event took place on November 14,2008.

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