ALL ANSWERS · VEHICLES · DAILY No. 43 · OCTOBER 16, 2026
Size It Up Vehicles answer: October 16
The five Vehicles silhouettes for October 16, 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 43 ran from a bicycle (1.75 m) to the RMS Titanic (269 m). The widest gap was round 5, Falcon 9 against Bicycle, at 40×; the closest call was round 1, School Bus against Flying Scotsman, only 1.6× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
School Bus (US Type C) vs Flying Scotsman (engine + tender)
Flying Scotsman · reference · 21.4 m School Bus · true length · 13.7 m 1.6× shorter than the Flying Scotsman
A full-size Type C school bus is 13.7 m long and seats 72 children.
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ROUND 2
Jet Ski (three-seat runabout) vs Cat 320 Excavator (shipping pose)
Cat 320 Excavator · reference · 9.53 m Jet Ski · true length · 3.3 m 2.9× shorter than the Cat 320 Excavator
A three-seat personal watercraft is 3.3 m long — longer than a Smart Fortwo.
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ROUND 3
Spitfire Mk I vs Apollo Lunar Rover
Apollo Lunar Rover · reference · 3.1 m Spitfire Mk I · true length · 9.1 m 2.9× longer than the Apollo Lunar Rover
A Spitfire Mk I is about 9.1 m long. The propeller disc adds height to this side view, not length.
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ROUND 4
RMS Titanic vs Ariane 5 ECA
Ariane 5 ECA · reference · 53 m RMS Titanic · true length · 269 m 5.1× longer than the Ariane 5 ECA
Titanic was 269 m long — the largest ship afloat in 1912, and a third shorter than today's biggest cruise ships.
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ROUND 5
Falcon 9 vs Bicycle (adult road bike)
Bicycle · reference · 1.75 m Falcon 9 · true height · 70 m 40× taller than the bicycle
A Falcon 9 is 70 m tall, and its first stage flies itself back to land.
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