DAILY NO. 28 · 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 19, 2026 puzzle ran from the Mount Rushmore faces at 18.3 m to the Golden Gate Bridge at 2.7 km — about 150× apart, drawing on landmarks. The pair furthest apart was round 5: the Golden Gate Bridge is 34213× as big as a chocolate chip cookie.
Answer: Mount Rushmore Faces — 18.3 m. 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.
Answer: Eiffel Tower — 330 m. The Eiffel Tower measures 330 m (height), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, the Empire State Building at 443.2 m.
The Eiffel Tower reaches about 330 metres including its antenna.
Common miss: players tend to inflate the Eiffel Tower when it sits beside the Empire State Building — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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 about 1.8× smaller than the reference, the Eiffel Tower at 330 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 inflate the Space Needle when it sits beside the Eiffel Tower — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Golden Gate Bridge — 2.7 km. The Golden Gate Bridge measures 2.7 km (length / span), which is 34213× as big as the reference, a chocolate chip cookie at 8 cm.
The full bridge is 2.737 kilometres from abutment to abutment.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Golden Gate Bridge when it sits beside a chocolate chip cookie — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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