DAILY NO. 34 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS

Size It Up answers – October 4, 2026

The five landmarks objects from the Size It Up puzzle on October 4, 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.

ROUND 1

Great Pyramid of Giza — 138.5 m

Answer: the Great Pyramid of Giza measures 138.5 m (height), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a Saturn V rocket at 110.6 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 a Saturn V rocket — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.

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ROUND 2

Mount Rushmore Faces — 18.3 m

Answer: the Mount Rushmore faces measures 18.3 m (height), which is about 5.1× smaller than the reference, the Statue of Liberty at 93 m.

Each carved presidential head is about 18 metres tall.

Common miss: players tend to inflate the Mount Rushmore faces when it sits beside the Statue of Liberty — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.

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ROUND 3

Statue of Liberty — 93 m

Answer: the Statue of Liberty measures 93 m (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, the Elizabeth Tower at 96 m.

The 93 metres include the pedestal and the torch.

Common miss: players tend to inflate the Statue of Liberty when it sits beside the Elizabeth Tower — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.

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ROUND 4

Elizabeth Tower — 96 m

Answer: the Elizabeth Tower measures 96 m (height), which is about 1.9× smaller than the reference, the Space Needle at 184 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 Space Needle — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.

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ROUND 5

Washington Monument — 169.3 m

Answer: the Washington Monument measures 169.3 m (height), which is about 1.9× smaller than the reference, the Eiffel Tower at 330 m.

The marble changes shade a third of the way up, where construction stopped for over twenty years.

Common miss: players tend to inflate the Washington Monument when it sits beside the Eiffel Tower — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.

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