DAILY NO. 30 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five landmarks objects from the Size It Up puzzle on October 21, 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 21, 2026 puzzle ran from the Statue of Liberty at 93 m to the Burj Khalifa at 828 m — about 9× apart, drawing on landmarks. The pair furthest apart was round 1: the Burj Khalifa is 1.9× as big as the Empire State Building.
Answer: Burj Khalifa — 828 m. The Burj Khalifa measures 828 m (height), which is 1.9× as big as the reference, the Empire State Building at 443.2 m.
At 828 metres, Burj Khalifa is the tallest completed building.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Burj Khalifa when it sits beside the Empire State Building — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Gateway Arch — 192 m. The Gateway Arch measures 192 m (height), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, the Washington Monument at 169.3 m.
St Louis’s Gateway Arch is as wide as it is tall.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Gateway Arch when it sits beside the Washington Monument — 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: Great Pyramid of Giza — 138.5 m. The Great Pyramid of Giza measures 138.5 m (height), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, the Space Needle at 184 m.
Erosion has reduced the pyramid to about 138.5 metres today.
Common miss: players tend to inflate the Great Pyramid of Giza when it sits beside the Space Needle — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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.
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