tHe GuiNeSS booK of recordS HiStorY Srpen 2011 Čtvrtek

The Guiness Book of Records history
On 4 May 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of Guinness
Breweries, went on a shooting party in County Wexford, Ireland. He became
involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe. That
evening at Castlebridge House, he realised that it was impossible to confirm
in reference books which was actually Europe’s fastest game bird.
Beaver knew that there must be numerous other questions debated nightly
in pubs in Britain and Ireland, but there was no book with which to settle
arguments about records. He realised then that a book supplying the answers
to this sort of question might be popular.
Beaver’s idea became reality when Guinness employee Christopher Chataway
recommended student twins Norris and Ross McWhirter, who had been
running a fact-finding agency in London. The brothers were commissioned
to compile what became The Guinness Book of Records in August 1954.
The famous book was born and over one thousand copies were printed.
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a shooting party – hon
an argument – hádka
a game bird – lovný pták
to realise – uvědomit si
numerous – početný/četný
to settle – urovnat/vyřešit
twins – dvojčata
fact-finding – shromažďující podklady/informace
to commission – pověřit/zadat zakázku
to compile – sestavit/dát dohromady
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