DAILY NO. 28 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
Today's five geography 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 19, 2026 puzzle ran from Manhattan Island at 21.6 km to Brazil at 4,320 km — about 200× apart, drawing on geography. The pair furthest apart was round 2: Manhattan Island is 36610× as big as a violin.
Answer: Brazil — 4,320 km. Brazil measures 4,320 km (length / span), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, Australia at 4,000 km.
Brazil is almost exactly as wide as it is tall — roughly 4,300 km either way.
Common miss: players tend to compress Brazil when it sits beside Australia — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Manhattan Island — 21.6 km. Manhattan Island measures 21.6 km (height), which is 36610× as big as the reference, a violin at 59 cm.
Manhattan is about 21.6 kilometres long.
Common miss: players tend to compress Manhattan Island when it sits beside a violin — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Great Britain — 1,000 km. Great Britain measures 1,000 km (height), which is about 1.2× smaller than the reference, Italy at 1,200 km.
About the straight-line distance from Land’s End to John o’ Groats.
Common miss: players tend to inflate Great Britain when it sits beside Italy — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: California — 1,240 km. California measures 1,240 km (height), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, Great Britain at 1,000 km.
California is roughly 1,240 kilometres from north to south.
Common miss: players tend to compress California when it sits beside Great Britain — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Italy — 1,200 km. Italy measures 1,200 km (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, California at 1,240 km.
Italy’s long axis is why the Alps and Sicily belong to the same country.
Common miss: players tend to inflate Italy when it sits beside California — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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