Size It Up Answers for September 5, 2026

Reference · height

Eiffel Tower 330 m

Target · length

Titanic 269.1 m

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 0.8155. The target’s length is approximately 0.8155× the reference’s height.

Laid on end, Titanic would reach more than four fifths of the Eiffel Tower’s height.

A rounded reference value used by this game. Specimens, models and measurement conventions can vary.

Reference · height

Statue of Liberty 93 m

Target · height

Colosseum 48 m

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 0.5161. The target’s height is approximately 0.5161× the reference’s height.

The Colosseum’s outer wall is roughly half the total height of the Statue of Liberty and pedestal.

A rounded reference value used by this game. Specimens, models and measurement conventions can vary.

Reference · height

Door 2.03 m

Target · height

Adult 1.7 m

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 0.8374. The target’s height is approximately 0.8374× the reference’s height.

A typical adult is roughly five sixths the height of a standard interior door.

A rounded reference value used by this game. Specimens, models and measurement conventions can vary.

Reference · length

City bus 12 m

Target · length

Orca 8 m

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 0.6667. The target’s length is approximately 0.6667× the reference’s length.

A large orca is around two thirds the length of a standard city bus.

A representative large adult; individual lengths vary.

Reference · diameter

Jupiter 139,820 km

Target · diameter

Saturn 116,460 km

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 0.8329. The target’s diameter is approximately 0.8329× the reference’s diameter.

Saturn is close to Jupiter in width, even though its mass is far lower.

Diameter excludes the rings.

Reference · height

Eiffel Tower 330 m

Target · height

King Kong 102.7 m

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 0.3112. The target’s height is approximately 0.3112× the reference’s height.

King Kong’s 2021 screen height is a little under one third of the Eiffel Tower.

A representative screen or reference scale. Sizes can change between continuities.

Reference · diameter

Moon 3,474.8 km

Target · diameter

Death Star 160 km

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 0.0461. The target’s diameter is approximately 0.0461× the reference’s diameter.

A 160-kilometre Death Star is enormous beside a city, yet tiny compared with the Moon’s diameter.

A representative screen or reference scale. Sizes can change between continuities.

Reference · height

Statue of Liberty 93 m

Target · height

King Kong 102.7 m

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 1.104. The target’s height is approximately 1.104× the reference’s height.

The MonsterVerse version of King Kong stands a little taller than the Statue of Liberty including its pedestal.

A representative screen or reference scale. Sizes can change between continuities.

Reference · length

City bus 12 m

Target · height

RX-78-2 Gundam 18 m

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 1.5. The target’s height is approximately 1.5× the reference’s length.

An 18-metre mobile suit would stand about one and a half city-bus lengths high.

A representative screen or reference scale. Sizes can change between continuities.

Reference · length

City bus 12 m

Target · length

Jurassic Park T. rex 12.2 m

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 1.017. The target’s length is approximately 1.017× the reference’s length.

The full-grown Jurassic Park T. rex is portrayed at roughly the length of a standard city bus.

A representative screen or reference scale. Sizes can change between continuities.

Reference · north–south span

New Zealand 1,600 km

Target · north–south span

Japan 3,000 km

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 1.875. The target’s north–south span is approximately 1.875× the reference’s north–south span.

Japan’s island chain spans nearly twice New Zealand’s overall north–south reach.

Approximate linear extent along the named axis; this does not compare land area.

Reference · east–west span

Brazil 4,328 km

Target · north–south span

Chile 4,270 km

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 0.9866. The target’s north–south span is approximately 0.9866× the reference’s east–west span.

Chile’s north–south reach is surprisingly close to Brazil’s broad east–west extent.

Approximate linear extent along the named axis; this does not compare land area.

Reference · north–south span

Italy 1,200 km

Target · north–south span

Madagascar 1,600 km

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 1.333. The target’s north–south span is approximately 1.333× the reference’s north–south span.

Madagascar runs about one third farther north to south than the Italian peninsula and islands.

Approximate linear extent along the named axis; this does not compare land area.

Reference · north–south span

Italy 1,200 km

Target · north–south span

Egypt 1,105 km

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 0.9208. The target’s north–south span is approximately 0.9208× the reference’s north–south span.

Egypt’s north–south span is slightly shorter than Italy’s full geographic reach.

Approximate linear extent along the named axis; this does not compare land area.

Reference · north–south span

Madagascar 1,600 km

Target · north–south span

New Zealand 1,600 km

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 1. The target’s north–south span is approximately 1× the reference’s north–south span.

New Zealand and Madagascar have remarkably similar overall north–south spans.

Approximate linear extent along the named axis; this does not compare land area.

About how many metres around is Earth at the equator?

40,075,000 metres

Earth’s equatorial circumference is about 40,075 kilometres.

Number references and calculation conventions