During my travels l've seen lots following are the best. of weird sports and races, but believe the When Mark Twain wrote The celebrated Jumping Frog of calaveras County couldn't imagine that this would inspire people in Calaveras to start one the funniest contests The frog jumping contest has taken place the 1928. finalists compete the third weekend ofevery to break world record and win the cash prize. So far, no frog has beaten the 21 feet 5.75 inches record set by the frog Rosie the Ribbiter in 1986. Have you ever heard of camel wrestling? if not, then Selcuk in Turkey promises an exciting contest. I've watched it twice so far, and it's more like comedy than sport, as sometimes the camels run into the crowd. Luckily no accident has happened yet.