World's Longest, Largest __

So what is the longest alphabet in the world?

This is an easy one, maybe not easy to learn.

Country:	Cambodian
Number of letters:	74

Just for the record, Rotokas, the native language of the Solomon Islands has only 11 letters, and is the shortest alphabet.

In case you are wondering, Chinese use symbols, not letters, but there are about 5,000 of them. Can you imagine the keyboard?

What is the world's longest abbreviation?

Our first question is 'why is abbreviation such a long word?'

This abbreviation may just explain it, it is the world's longest abbreviation containing 56 letters:

NIIOMTPLABOPARMBETZ HELBETRABSBOM ONIMONKONOTDTEKHSTR OMONT

Meaning: Laboratory for Shuttering, Reinforcement, Concrete and Ferroconcrete Operations for Composite-monolithi c and Monolithic Constructions of the Department of Technology of Building Assembly Operations of the Scientific Research Institute of the Organization for Building Mechanization and Technical Aid of the Academy of Building and Architecture of the USSR.

What is the longest album title in the world?

The longest album title that we could find that actually made the charts is by Fiona Apple.

The album title contains 90 words and, including spaces, 446 characters.

And here it is:

When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right

Longest Album Title

What is the world's longest airplane?

On December 21, 1981 the world's longest airplane made it's maiden flight.

The An-225, which is built by the Russian company Antonov, was manufactured to carry the Buran orbiter, Russia's version of the Space Shuttle.

The An-225 holds over 200 records, including the world's longest airplane at 84 meters or 276 feet.

Other stats:

• Payload: 250,000 kilograms or 551,000 pounds
• Wingspan: 88.40 meters or 291 feet 2 inches
• Height: 18.1 meters or 59.3 feet
• Weight: 175,000 kilograms org 385,800 pounds
• Maximum speed: 850 km/h or 530 mph
• Range: 14,000 kilometers or 8,700 miles

There was only one An-225 ever built, a second was started, but not completed.

Antonov An-225

So what is the longest bridge in the world?

We thought this would be an easy one, but...

The general rule for judging the longest bridge is the length of the span, so the according to this rule the winner is:

Name: Akashi Kaykio Location: Kobe, Japan Date Built: 1998 Span: 1991 Meters - 6532 Feet

Akashi Kaykio Bridge

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana is the listed in Guinness Book of World Records as the longest bridge at 23 miles 1538 yards. The bridge is supported by 9500 pilings, thus does not meet the requisite of the longest span.

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

How long is the longest building in the world?

In Osaka Bay, Japan an artificial island was built measuring 4 kms. long and 1 km. wide. This is the site of the Kansai International Airport, which so far cost about $15 Billion to build.

The terminal at Kansai International Airport (KIX) is 1.7 km long, making it the longest building in the world.

Kansai International Airport

What is the world's longest bus?

In October 2004 Volvo launched the world's longest bus.

The B12M bus is manufactured by Volvo Buses in Brazil and boasts a 12 liter, 340 hp engine.

The bus is 26.8 meters or 87.93 feet long and can seat 300 passengers.

In all 30 buses have been ordered by Viação Campo Belo of Brazil, one of the largest bus operators in the Sao Paolo area.

World's Longest Bus

So what exactly is the longest car in the world?

Length: 30.5 Meters of 100 Feet Type: Limousine Designer: Jay Ohrberg of Burbank California Features: Includes a swimming pool with a diving board and a king size water bed.

Notes: This car was mainly used in films and exhibitions.

I wonder what the pump read after the fill-up.

What was the world's longest cricket match?

A Cricket match takes long time to play to begin with but test cricket is even longer with most test matches scheduled to last 5 days.

Back in the time when your grandfather walked to school, uphill both ways in 3 feet of snow, test matches were scheduled to play to their conclusion.

The longest cricket match was between South Africa and England in Durban, South Africa and began on March 03, 1939 and continued till March 14, 1939, although they did not play on the 5th, 11th or 12th.

Unfortunately England had to catch a boat home on the 15th so after play on the 14th the match was called a draw and both teams went home.

The world's longest cricket match spanned 43 hours and 16 minutes of playing time in which 1,981 runs were scored.

Who has the longest legs in the world?

We had fun researching this one and here are our results:

Sam Stacey from England has legs measuring 126.36 cm. or 49.75 inches. She is 193 cm. or 6'4" tall, so her legs make up over 64% of her height.

Ana Hickmann came up as the model with the longest legs. Her legs measure in at 117 cm. comprising 65% of her 180 cm. body.

Ana Hickmann

So what is the longest movie ever made?

Well, depends what you consider a movie:

Movie title: None Director: Buracz Bosnitz Country: Czech Republic Length: 908 hours Year: 1968 Notes: I don't believe this qualifies as it consisted of 908 hours of blank film. It was shown once, then was used to film movies. Personally I'd like to know who actually watched it?

Movie title: The Cure for Insomnia Director: John Henry Timmis IV Country: USA Length: 85 hours or 5220 minutes Year: 1987 Notes: I don't believe this qualifies either as it consisted of L.D. Groban reciting his 4080 page poem, inter-spliced with rock videos and X-rated film footage.

Our winner...

Movie title: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Director: Peter Jackson Country: USA Length: 4 hours 10 minutes Year: 2004

So what is the longest movie title ever?

This is an easy one:

Title: Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living Dead Part 2: In Shocking 2-D

Director: Lowell Mason Year: 1991 Words in title: 41 Characters in title: 208 including spaces, 168 without

Notes: Basically this movie is a remake of 'Night of the Living Dead' with a new soundtrack added.

What is the world's longest name of a country?

UK may very well be the shortest, but it is also the longest, in English at least. The official name is The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is 56 characters long including spaces and 48 characters without.

Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma also known as Libya is the world's longest country name at 74 characters with spaces and 63 characters without.

So what exactly was the longest train in the world?

The longest train ever was a freight train:

Length: 7.353 KM # of cars: 682 # of engines: 8 diesel/electric Company: BHP Iron Ore Location: Port Hedland, Australia Length of trip: 275 KM - 171 Miles Date of trip: June 21 2001