DAILY NO. 18 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
Today's five landmarks Size It Up comparisons with the measured size of each object, its reference and a source you can check. The puzzle is still live, so every answer stays hidden until you tap it. Haven't played yet? Play today's puzzle first.
The October 9, 2026 puzzle ran from the Statue of Liberty at 93 m to the Gateway Arch at 192 m — about 2× apart, drawing on landmarks. The pair furthest apart was round 5: the Washington Monument is 1.8× as big as the Statue of Liberty.
Answer: Statue of Liberty — 93 m. 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: Space Needle — 184 m. The Space Needle measures 184 m (height), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, the Washington Monument at 169.3 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 compress the Space Needle when it sits beside the Washington Monument — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Gateway Arch — 192 m. The Gateway Arch measures 192 m (height), which is about 1.7× smaller than the reference, the Eiffel Tower at 330 m.
St Louis’s Gateway Arch is as wide as it is tall.
Common miss: players tend to inflate the Gateway Arch when it sits beside the Eiffel Tower — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Hollywood Sign — 106.7 m. 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: Washington Monument — 169.3 m. The Washington Monument measures 169.3 m (height), which is 1.8× as big as the reference, the Statue of Liberty at 93 m.
The marble changes shade a third of the way up, where construction stopped for over twenty years.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Washington Monument when it sits beside the Statue of Liberty — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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