DAILY NO. 32 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five landmarks objects from the Size It Up puzzle on October 2, 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 Elizabeth Tower measures 96 m (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, the Statue of Liberty at 93 m.
The clock tower commonly called Big Ben is 96 metres tall.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Elizabeth Tower when it sits beside the Statue of Liberty — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: the Golden Gate Bridge measures 2.7 km (length / span), which is 1140× as big as the reference, an adult horse at 2.4 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 an adult horse — 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 Gateway Arch measures 192 m (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, the Space Needle at 184 m.
St Louis’s Gateway Arch is as wide as it is tall.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Gateway Arch when it sits beside the Space Needle — 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.
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