DAILY NO. 35 · 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 26, 2026 puzzle ran from the Mount Rushmore faces at 18.3 m to the Empire State Building at 443.2 m — about 24× apart, drawing on landmarks. The pair furthest apart was round 3: the Mount Rushmore faces is about 5.1× smaller than 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: 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: 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: Gateway Arch — 192 m. The Gateway Arch measures 192 m (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, the Space Needle at 184 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 Space Needle — 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 almost exactly the same size as the reference, the International Space Station at 109 m.
The nine letters stretch about 107 metres across Mount Lee.
Common miss: players tend to inflate the Hollywood Sign when it sits beside the International Space Station — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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