Size It Up Answers for September 16, 2026

Reference · height

Eiffel Tower 330 m

Target · height

Great Pyramid 138.5 m

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 0.4197. The target’s height is approximately 0.4197× the reference’s height.

The Great Pyramid’s current height is a little over two fifths of the Eiffel Tower’s.

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

Reference · length

King bed 2.03 m

Target · length

Polar bear 2.5 m

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 1.232. The target’s length is approximately 1.232× the reference’s length.

A large polar bear can be longer than a king-size mattress.

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

Reference · diameter

Jupiter 139,820 km

Target · diameter

Earth 12,742 km

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 0.0911. The target’s diameter is approximately 0.0911× the reference’s diameter.

About eleven Earths could line up across Jupiter’s diameter.

Reference · height

Empire State 443.2 m

Target · height

Eiffel Tower 330 m

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 0.7446. The target’s height is approximately 0.7446× the reference’s height.

The Eiffel Tower is about three quarters of the Empire State Building’s full height to tip.

Total height including the antenna.

Reference · height

Elephant 3.3 m

Target · height

Door 2.03 m

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 0.6152. The target’s height is approximately 0.6152× the reference’s height.

A standard door reaches a little over three fifths of an African elephant’s shoulder 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

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

Blue whale 29.9 m

Target · length

Jurassic Park T. rex 12.2 m

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 0.408. The target’s length is approximately 0.408× the reference’s length.

The Jurassic Park T. rex is portrayed at a little over two fifths of a record-size blue whale’s length.

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

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 · 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

Football pitch 105 m

Target · length

Smaug 110 m

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 1.048. The target’s length is approximately 1.048× the reference’s length.

A commonly cited screen-scale estimate makes Smaug roughly as long as a standard football pitch.

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

Reference · north–south span

Egypt 1,105 km

Target · north–south span

Italy 1,200 km

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 1.086. The target’s north–south span is approximately 1.086× the reference’s north–south span.

Italy’s full north–south reach is only a little longer than Egypt’s.

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

United Kingdom 965 km

Target · north–south span

Japan 3,000 km

Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 3.109. The target’s north–south span is approximately 3.109× the reference’s north–south span.

Japan’s long island arc spans a little over three times the United Kingdom from north to south.

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

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.

How many individual cells are on a standard chessboard?

64 cells

The playing grid contains 8 × 8, or 64, individual cells.

Number references and calculation conventions