DAILY NO. 18 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five landmarks objects from the Size It Up puzzle on September 18, 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 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 Elizabeth Tower measures 96 m (height), which is about 1.2× smaller than the reference, a Saturn V rocket at 110.6 m.
The clock tower commonly called Big Ben is 96 metres tall.
Common miss: players tend to inflate the Elizabeth Tower when it sits beside a Saturn V rocket — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: the Gateway Arch measures 192 m (height), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, the Washington Monument at 169.3 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 Washington Monument — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: the Statue of Liberty measures 93 m (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, the Elizabeth Tower at 96 m.
The 93 metres include the pedestal and the torch.
Common miss: players tend to inflate the Statue of Liberty when it sits beside the Elizabeth Tower — 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.
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