DAILY NO. 5 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The September 26, 2026 puzzle ran from the Mount Rushmore faces at 18.3 m to the Golden Gate Bridge at 2.7 km — about 150× apart, drawing on landmarks. The pair furthest apart was round 1: the Golden Gate Bridge is 2225× as big as a 55-inch television.
Puzzle #5 asked about the Golden Gate Bridge, the Space Needle, the Eiffel Tower, the Burj Khalifa and the Mount Rushmore faces. 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: Golden Gate Bridge — 2.7 km. The Golden Gate Bridge measures 2.7 km (length / span), which is 2225× as big as the reference, a 55-inch television at 1.2 m.
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 55-inch television — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Space Needle — 184 m. The Space Needle measures 184 m (height), which is about 1.8× smaller than the reference, the Eiffel Tower at 330 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 inflate the Space Needle when it sits beside the Eiffel Tower — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Eiffel Tower — 330 m. 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: Burj Khalifa — 828 m. The Burj Khalifa measures 828 m (height), which is 4.9× as big as the reference, the Washington Monument at 169.3 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 Washington Monument — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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.
Sizes are measured along the axis named in each round and link to their published source. Explore the full library by category, or read how scoring works.