DAILY NO. 21 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five landmarks objects from the Size It Up puzzle on September 21, 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 Mount Rushmore faces measures 18.3 m (height), which is about 6× smaller than the reference, a Saturn V rocket at 110.6 m.
Each carved presidential head is about 18 metres tall.
Common miss: players tend to inflate the Mount Rushmore faces when it sits beside a Saturn V rocket — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: the Great Pyramid of Giza measures 138.5 m (height), which is 1.5× as big as the reference, the Statue of Liberty at 93 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 the Statue of Liberty — 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.
Answer: the Hollywood Sign measures 106.7 m (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, the International Space Station at 109 m.
The nine letters stretch about 107 metres across Mount Lee.
Common miss: players tend to inflate the Hollywood Sign when it sits beside the International Space Station — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: the Empire State Building measures 443.2 m (height), which is 2.4× as big as the reference, the Space Needle at 184 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 Space Needle — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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