DAILY NO. 37 · 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 28, 2026 puzzle ran from the Mount Rushmore faces at 18.3 m to the Burj Khalifa at 828 m — about 45× apart, drawing on landmarks. The pair furthest apart was round 1: the Mount Rushmore faces is about 6× smaller than a Saturn V rocket.
Answer: Mount Rushmore Faces — 18.3 m. The Mount Rushmore faces measures 18.3 m (height), which is about 6× smaller than the reference, a Saturn V rocket at 110.6 m.
Each carved presidential head is about 18 metres tall.
Common miss: players tend to inflate the Mount Rushmore faces when it sits beside a Saturn V rocket — 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: 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: Roman Colosseum — 189 m. The Roman Colosseum measures 189 m (length / span), which is 1.8× as big as the reference, the Hollywood Sign at 106.7 m.
The ancient amphitheatre is roughly 189 metres along its longest axis.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Roman Colosseum when it sits beside the Hollywood Sign — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Burj Khalifa — 828 m. The Burj Khalifa measures 828 m (height), which is 2.5× as big as the reference, the Eiffel Tower at 330 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 Eiffel Tower — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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