The five music 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
Trumpet — 48 cm
Answer: a trumpet measures 48 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a domestic cat at 46 cm.
About 1.5 m of tubing, wrapped into 48 cm of instrument.
Common miss: players tend to compress a trumpet when it sits beside a domestic cat — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a concert flute measures 67 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a French baguette at 65 cm.
Played sideways, which makes its 67 cm read much smaller on stage.
Common miss: players tend to compress a concert flute when it sits beside a French baguette — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a concert tuba measures 1 m (height), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, a dining chair at 90 cm.
Up to 5.5 m of tubing, wrapped into about a metre of instrument.
Common miss: players tend to compress a concert tuba when it sits beside a dining chair — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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