DAILY NO. 40 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS

Size It Up answers today – October 31, 2026

Today's five food & drink 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.

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The October 31, 2026 puzzle ran from a chocolate chip cookie at 8 cm to a large pizza at 35.6 cm — about 4× apart, drawing on food & drink. The pair furthest apart was round 3: a large pizza is 1.3× as big as an American football.

ROUND 1

How long is a chocolate chip cookie compared with a hockey puck?

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Answer: Chocolate Chip Cookie — 8 cm. A chocolate chip cookie measures 8 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a hockey puck at 7.6 cm.

A bakery cookie spreads to roughly twice the diameter of the dough ball it started as.

Common miss: players tend to compress a chocolate chip cookie when it sits beside a hockey puck — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.

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ROUND 2

How long is a birthday cake compared with an NBA basketball?

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Answer: Birthday Cake — 25 cm. A birthday cake measures 25 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, an NBA basketball at 24.3 cm.

A 25 cm round is the standard “serves twelve” size.

Common miss: players tend to compress a birthday cake when it sits beside an NBA basketball — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.

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ROUND 3

How long is a large pizza compared with an American football?

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Answer: Large Pizza — 35.6 cm. A large pizza measures 35.6 cm (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, an American football at 28 cm.

A 14-inch large pizza measures 35.6 cm across.

Common miss: players tend to compress a large pizza when it sits beside an American football — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.

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ROUND 4

How tall is a carrot compared with a stage microphone?

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Answer: Carrot — 20 cm. A carrot measures 20 cm (height), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, a stage microphone at 18 cm.

Supermarket carrots are pulled young — left in the ground they keep growing.

Common miss: players tend to compress a carrot when it sits beside a stage microphone — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.

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ROUND 5

How long is a hot dog compared with a game controller?

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Answer: Hot Dog — 15 cm. A hot dog measures 15 cm (length / span), which is about 1.1× smaller than the reference, a game controller at 16 cm.

The frank is made to match the bun, not the other way round.

Common miss: players tend to inflate a hot dog when it sits beside a game controller — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.

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Sizes are measured along the axis named in each round and link to their published source. Explore the full library by category, or read how scoring works.