DAILY NO. 20 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five objects from the Size It Up puzzle on September 20, 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: an Argentinosaurus measures 33 m (length / span), which is 1.5× as big as the reference, a Brachiosaurus at 22 m.
Some estimates place this giant at more than 30 metres long.
Common miss: players tend to compress an Argentinosaurus when it sits beside a Brachiosaurus — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a ladybird beetle measures 1 cm (length / span), which is about 1.5× smaller than the reference, a mosquito at 1.5 cm.
One ladybird can eat several thousand aphids in a lifetime.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a ladybird beetle when it sits beside a mosquito — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: an adult horse measures 2.4 m (length / span), which is about 1.1× smaller than the reference, a concert grand piano at 2.7 m.
A riding horse is roughly as long as a dairy cow.
Common miss: players tend to inflate an adult horse when it sits beside a concert grand piano — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: an NBA basketball measures 24.3 cm (length / span), which is 1.6× as big as the reference, a hot dog at 15 cm.
An NBA ball is regulated by circumference, about 75 cm, which works out to just under 25 cm across.
Common miss: players tend to compress an NBA basketball when it sits beside a hot dog — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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