ALL ANSWERS · FOOD & DRINK · DAILY No. 20 · SEPTEMBER 23, 2026
Size It Up Food & Drink answer: September 23
The five Food & Drink silhouettes for September 23, with the true sizes. If you have not played yet, this page is a spoiler — play these five first, then come back to argue with the numbers.
Day 20 ran from a cheese cracker (2.54 cm) to a flour tortilla (25.4 cm). The widest gap was round 2, Pat of Butter against Soft Pretzel, at 6.3×; the closest call was round 5, Flour Tortilla against Cucumber, only 1.2× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Cheese Cracker (USDA square cracker · laid flat) vs Ostrich Egg (average)
Ostrich Egg · reference · 15 cm Cheese Cracker · true width · 2.54 cm 5.9× shorter than the ostrich egg
Cheese Cracker: 2.54 cm width. USDA SR Legacy, NDB 18214: cracker (1" square). Portion reference, not a universal average; 1 inch = 2.54 cm. Full left-to-right span in top view. Thickness is excluded.
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ROUND 2
Pat of Butter (USDA salted butter · top view) vs Soft Pretzel (Backshop 7631, selected baked size)
Soft Pretzel · reference · 16 cm Pat of Butter · true width · 2.54 cm 6.3× shorter than the soft pretzel
Pat of Butter: 2.54 cm width. USDA SR Legacy, NDB 01001: pat (1" sq, 1/3" high). Portion reference, not a universal average; 1 inch = 2.54 cm. Full left-to-right span in top view. Thickness is excluded.
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ROUND 3
Drink Can (Crown standard 355 ml) vs Ear of Sweet Corn (USDA medium ear · cob only)
Ear of Sweet Corn · reference · 18.1 cm Drink Can · true height · 12.22 cm 1.5× shorter than the ear of sweet corn
Drink Can: 12.222 cm height. Manufacturer specifies a 122.22 mm overall height for this can format. From the bottom of the container to its top, not the liquid level.
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ROUND 4
Cantaloupe (USDA medium melon · top view) vs Melba Toast (USDA plain piece · laid flat)
Melba Toast · reference · 9.525 cm Cantaloupe · true diameter · 12.7 cm 1.3× wider than the melba toast
Cantaloupe: 12.7 cm diameter. USDA SR Legacy, NDB 09181: melon, medium (about 5" dia). Portion reference, not a universal average; 1 inch = 2.54 cm. Full outer diameter in the labelled top view; the reused disk shows the measurement, not surface texture.
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ROUND 5
Flour Tortilla (USDA tortilla) vs Cucumber (USDA large peeled cucumber)
Cucumber · reference · 20.96 cm Flour Tortilla · true diameter · 25.4 cm 1.2× wider than the cucumber
Flour Tortilla: 25.4 cm diameter. USDA SR Legacy, NDB 18364: tortilla (approx 10 inch diameter). Selected dimension converted from inches using 2.54 cm per inch. Across the full round tortilla, laid flat and unfolded.
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