Editing Telephone game (section)

==Notable games==
In 2008, 1,330 children and celebrities set a world record for the game of Telephone involving the most people. The game was held at the [[Emirates Stadium]] in London and lasted two hours and four minutes. Starting with "together we will make a world of difference", the phrase morphed into "we're setting a record" part way down the chain, and by the end had become simply "haaaaa". The previous record, set in 2006 by the Cycling Club of Chengdu, China, had involved 1,083 people.<ref name="Gulf News 2008">{{cite news |title=Chinese whisper record in London |url=https://gulfnews.com/world/europe/chinese-whisper-record-in-london-1.117989 |access-date=5 December 2022 |work=Gulf News |date=12 July 2008 |archive-date=5 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205135751/https://gulfnews.com/world/europe/chinese-whisper-record-in-london-1.117989 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="McKenna 2008">{{cite news |last1=McKenna |first1=Jemma |title=Whisper it loud: the record was broken |url=https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/whisper-loud-record-broken/fundraising/article/859333#:~:text=This%20record%2Dbreaking%20Chinese%20whispers,make%20a%20world%20of%20difference%22. |access-date=5 December 2022 |work=Third Sector |date=5 November 2008}}</ref>

In 2017 a new world record was set for the largest game of Telephone in terms of the number of participants by schoolchildren in [[Tauranga]], New Zealand. The chain involved 1,763 school children and other individuals and was held as part of Hearing Week 2017. The starting phrase was "Turn it down".<ref name="Sun Live 2017">{{cite news |title=Psst! Can we beat a world record? |url=https://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/148402-psst-can-we-beat-world-record.html |access-date=5 December 2022 |work=Sun Live |date=1 March 2017 |archive-date=5 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205141054/https://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/148402-psst-can-we-beat-world-record.html |url-status=live }}</ref> As of 2022 this remained the world record for the largest game of Telephone by number of participants according to the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of Records]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Largest game of Telephone |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-game-of-chinese-whispers-(telephone)#:~:text=The%20largest%20game%20of%20Chinese,Awareness%20Week%20in%20New%20Zealand. |website=Guinness World Records |access-date=5 December 2022 |archive-date=5 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205142552/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-game-of-chinese-whispers-(telephone)#:~:text=The%20largest%20game%20of%20Chinese,Awareness%20Week%20in%20New%20Zealand. |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2012 a global game of Telephone was played spanning 237 individuals speaking seven different languages. Beginning in St Kilda Library in Melbourne, Australia, the starting phrase "Life must be lived as play" (a paraphrase of Plato) had become "He bites snails" by the time the game reached its end in Alaska 26 hours later.<ref name="Smith & Banks 409">{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Helen M. |last2=Banks |first2=Peter B. |title=How dangerous conservation ideas can develop through citation errors |journal=Australian Zoologist |date=2017 |volume=38 |issue=3 |page=409 |doi=10.7882/az.2014.047 |url=https://archive.org/details/australian-zoologist-38-408-413/page/409/mode/2up?q=%22Chinese+whispers%22+game |access-date=5 December 2022|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The final results! |url=https://globalgossipgame.com/2012/11/15/the-final-results/ |website=Global Gossip Game website |date=15 November 2012 |access-date=6 August 2023 |archive-date=16 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816091839/https://globalgossipgame.com/2012/11/15/the-final-results/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2013, the Global Gossip Game had 840 participants and travelled to all 7 continents.<ref>{{cite web |title=Global Gossip Game 2013 – final results |url=https://globalgossipgame.com/2013/11/26/global-gossip-game-2013-final-results/ |website=Global Gossip Game website |date=26 November 2013 |access-date=6 August 2023 |archive-date=16 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816091840/https://globalgossipgame.com/2013/11/26/global-gossip-game-2013-final-results/ |url-status=live }}</ref>