DAILY NO. 41 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
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.
The November 1, 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 wine bottle is 1.7× as big as a stage microphone.
Answer: Large Pizza — 35.6 cm. A large pizza measures 35.6 cm (length / span), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, a domestic cat at 46 cm.
A 14-inch large pizza measures 35.6 cm across.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a large pizza when it sits beside a domestic cat — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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.
Answer: Wine Bottle — 30 cm. A wine bottle measures 30 cm (height), which is 1.7× as big as the reference, a stage microphone at 18 cm.
Almost every 750 ml bottle is the same height, whatever the shape of its shoulders.
Common miss: players tend to compress a wine bottle when it sits beside a stage microphone — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Ice Cream Cone — 17 cm. An ice cream cone measures 17 cm (height), which is 1.4× as big as the reference, a soda can at 12.2 cm.
Measured from the point to the top of the scoop, a cone stands taller than a soda can.
Common miss: players tend to compress an ice cream cone when it sits beside a soda can — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Carrot — 20 cm. A carrot measures 20 cm (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a paperback book at 20 cm.
Supermarket carrots are pulled young — left in the ground they keep growing.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a carrot when it sits beside a paperback book — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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