DAILY NO. 24 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five landmarks objects from the Size It Up puzzle on October 15, 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.
The October 15, 2026 puzzle ran from the Elizabeth Tower at 96 m to the Empire State Building at 443.2 m — about 5× apart, drawing on landmarks. The pair furthest apart was round 3: the Empire State Building is 1.3× as big as the Eiffel Tower.
Answer: Elizabeth Tower — 96 m. 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: Washington Monument — 169.3 m. The Washington Monument measures 169.3 m (height), which is about 1.1× smaller than the reference, the Space Needle at 184 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 Space Needle — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Empire State Building — 443.2 m. The Empire State Building measures 443.2 m (height), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, the Eiffel Tower at 330 m.
It reaches 443.2 metres to the tip of its antenna.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Empire State Building when it sits beside the Eiffel Tower — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Roman Colosseum — 189 m. 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: 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.
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