DAILY NO. 17 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five landmarks objects from the Size It Up puzzle on September 17, 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 Golden Gate Bridge measures 2.7 km (length / span), which is about 4655.5× smaller than the reference, Earth at 12,742 km.
The full bridge is 2.737 kilometres from abutment to abutment.
Common miss: players tend to inflate the Golden Gate Bridge when it sits beside Earth — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: the Gateway Arch measures 192 m (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, the Space Needle at 184 m.
St Louis’s Gateway Arch is as wide as it is tall.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Gateway Arch when it sits beside the Space Needle — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: the Eiffel Tower measures 330 m (height), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, the Empire State Building at 443.2 m.
The Eiffel Tower reaches about 330 metres including its antenna.
Common miss: players tend to inflate the Eiffel Tower when it sits beside the Empire State Building — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: the Statue of Liberty measures 93 m (height), which is about 1.2× smaller than the reference, a Saturn V rocket at 110.6 m.
The 93 metres include the pedestal and the torch.
Common miss: players tend to inflate the Statue of Liberty when it sits beside a Saturn V rocket — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: the Burj Khalifa measures 828 m (height), which is 2.5× as big as the reference, the Eiffel Tower at 330 m.
At 828 metres, Burj Khalifa is the tallest completed building.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Burj Khalifa when it sits beside the Eiffel Tower — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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