DAILY NO. 2 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five objects from the Size It Up puzzle on September 2, 2026, with the measured size of each, the reference it was compared against, a source you can check, and how the community's guesses landed. Want the surprise first? Replay this puzzle — archived days never touch your streak.
Answer: an Allosaurus measures 8.5 m (length / span), which is about 1.1× smaller than the reference, a Stegosaurus at 9 m.
The common large predator of its day: far more Allosaurus fossils exist than T. rex ones.
Common miss: players tend to inflate an Allosaurus when it sits beside a Stegosaurus — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a trombone measures 90 cm (length / span), which is about 1.4× smaller than the reference, a 55-inch television at 1.2 m.
Measured closed — running the slide out to seventh position adds more than half a metre.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a trombone when it sits beside a 55-inch television — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a laptop computer measures 35 cm (length / span), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, a computer keyboard at 44 cm.
Measured across the closed lid, not along the screen’s diagonal.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a laptop computer when it sits beside a computer keyboard — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: an ice cream cone measures 17 cm (height), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, a smartphone at 14.7 cm.
Measured from the point to the top of the scoop, a cone stands taller than a soda can.
Common miss: players tend to compress an ice cream cone when it sits beside a smartphone — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a queen bed measures 2 m (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a Velociraptor at 2 m.
A US queen mattress is 80 inches long.
Common miss: players tend to compress a queen bed when it sits beside a Velociraptor — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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