A group of 926 WUSTL students now officially holds the Guinness World Record for the largest number of people to play Simon Says. The group of freshmen completed the feat during New Student Orientation Aug. 29.
The University just received official documentation regarding the record.
“Breaking the Guinness World Record for Simon Says was a great way to bring the freshmen together,” said Melanie Osborn, former assistant director of orientation and now undergraduate students affairs coordinator in the School of Engineering & Applied Science.
“With Chancellor (Mark S.) Wrighton as the caller and upperclassmen cheering them on, the freshmen generated a whole new kind of excitement to start the academic year. Breaking the world record is something they will always remember.”
The students shattered the old record of 598 set by schoolchildren in China.