DAILY NO. 25 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five landmarks objects from the Size It Up puzzle on September 25, 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 182467× as big as the reference, a mosquito at 1.5 cm.
The full bridge is 2.737 kilometres from abutment to abutment.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Golden Gate Bridge when it sits beside a mosquito — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: the Burj Khalifa measures 828 m (height), which is 1.9× as big as the reference, the Empire State Building at 443.2 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 Empire State Building — 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.
Answer: the Roman Colosseum measures 189 m (length / span), which is about 1.1× smaller than the reference, a high-speed train at 200 m.
The ancient amphitheatre is roughly 189 metres along its longest axis.
Common miss: players tend to inflate the Roman Colosseum when it sits beside a high-speed train — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: 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.
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