DAILY NO. 9 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five landmarks objects from the Size It Up puzzle on September 9, 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: the Great Pyramid of Giza measures 138.5 m (height), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a Saturn V rocket at 110.6 m.
Erosion has reduced the pyramid to about 138.5 metres today.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Great Pyramid of Giza when it sits beside a Saturn V rocket — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: the Hollywood Sign measures 106.7 m (length / span), which is 1.5× as big as the reference, a Boeing 747 at 70.7 m.
The nine letters stretch about 107 metres across Mount Lee.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Hollywood Sign when it sits beside a Boeing 747 — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: the Empire State Building measures 443.2 m (height), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, the Eiffel Tower at 330 m.
It reaches 443.2 metres to the tip of its antenna.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Empire State Building when it sits beside the Eiffel Tower — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: the Roman Colosseum measures 189 m (length / span), which is about 1.1× smaller than the reference, a high-speed train at 200 m.
The ancient amphitheatre is roughly 189 metres along its longest axis.
Common miss: players tend to inflate the Roman Colosseum when it sits beside a high-speed train — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: the Elizabeth Tower measures 96 m (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, the Statue of Liberty at 93 m.
The clock tower commonly called Big Ben is 96 metres tall.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Elizabeth Tower when it sits beside the Statue of Liberty — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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