DAILY NO. 31 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five landmarks objects from the Size It Up puzzle on October 1, 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 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: 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 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 Mount Rushmore faces measures 18.3 m (height), which is 3.5× as big as the reference, an adult giraffe at 5.2 m.
Each carved presidential head is about 18 metres tall.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Mount Rushmore faces when it sits beside an adult giraffe — 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.
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