DAILY NO. 43 · 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 November 3, 2026 puzzle ran from the Mount Rushmore faces at 18.3 m to the Golden Gate Bridge at 2.7 km — about 150× apart, drawing on landmarks. The pair furthest apart was round 5: the Golden Gate Bridge is 39× as big as a Boeing 747.
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: Mount Rushmore Faces — 18.3 m. The Mount Rushmore faces measures 18.3 m (height), which is 2.7× as big as the reference, the Apollo Lunar Module at 6.9 m.
Each carved presidential head is about 18 metres tall.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Mount Rushmore faces when it sits beside the Apollo Lunar Module — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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: Hollywood Sign — 106.7 m. The Hollywood Sign measures 106.7 m (length / span), which is 1.5× as big as the reference, a Boeing 747 at 70.7 m.
The nine letters stretch about 107 metres across Mount Lee.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Hollywood Sign when it sits beside a Boeing 747 — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Golden Gate Bridge — 2.7 km. The Golden Gate Bridge measures 2.7 km (length / span), which is 39× as big as the reference, a Boeing 747 at 70.7 m.
The full bridge is 2.737 kilometres from abutment to abutment.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Golden Gate Bridge when it sits beside a Boeing 747 — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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