DAILY NO. 2 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The September 23, 2026 puzzle ran from the Mount Rushmore faces at 18.3 m to the Space Needle at 184 m — about 10× apart, drawing on landmarks. The pair furthest apart was round 1: the Mount Rushmore faces is 2.7× as big as the Apollo Lunar Module.
Puzzle #2 asked about the Mount Rushmore faces, the Statue of Liberty, the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Space Needle and the Elizabeth Tower. Each answer below gives the measured size, the reference it stood beside and the source behind the number. Want the surprise first? Replay this puzzle — archived days never touch your streak.
Answer: Mount Rushmore Faces — 18.3 m. The Mount Rushmore faces measures 18.3 m (height), which is 2.7× as big as the reference, the Apollo Lunar Module at 6.9 m.
Each carved presidential head is about 18 metres tall.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Mount Rushmore faces when it sits beside the Apollo Lunar Module — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Statue of Liberty — 93 m. 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: Great Pyramid of Giza — 138.5 m. 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: Space Needle — 184 m. The Space Needle measures 184 m (height), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, the Washington Monument at 169.3 m.
Built for the 1962 World’s Fair, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi when it opened.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Space Needle when it sits beside the Washington Monument — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Elizabeth Tower — 96 m. The Elizabeth Tower measures 96 m (height), which is about 1.4× smaller than the reference, the Great Pyramid of Giza at 138.5 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 the Great Pyramid of Giza — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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