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Size It Up #7 (November 2, 2026): answers and real sizes

The five from Monday, November 2, 2026: Sunda pangolin, Common kingfisher, Nile crocodile, Clownfish and Human. Play it first; the real sizes are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Size It Up #7 pairs Sunda pangolin with desert locust, Common kingfisher with mealworm beetle, Nile crocodile with blue whale, Clownfish with little penguin and Human with house gecko. In 3 of the five rounds the animal you resize is the bigger one. The gaps run from 4.1× to 14×, and the sizes from 1.5 cm to 25 m. Within 5% of each real size scores 100.

Size It Up #7 in numbers

Rounds5
AnimalsDesert locust, Sunda pangolin; Mealworm beetle, Common kingfisher; Blue whale, Nile crocodile; Little penguin, Clownfish; House gecko, Human
Smallest animalMealworm beetle, 1.5 cm · 0.59 in
Largest animalBlue whale, 25 m · 82 ft
Widest gap in a round14×
Narrowest gap4.1×
Rounds where yours is the bigger animal3 of 5

Size It Up #7: the five answers

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Round 1: Sunda pangolin next to desert locust

Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica): 55 cm · 1 ft 10 in, adult, head to tail base (silhouette: genus). The reference, desert locust, is 6 cm · 2.4 in long, so the sunda pangolin is 9.2× bigger. A guess between 52 cm and 58 cm scores 100; 28 cm or 1.1 m scores 59. The hint window for this round was 30 cm to 1.5 m.

Source: Wikipedia, Sunda pangolin · reference: Wikipedia, Desert locust · silhouettes: PhyloPic (public domain; public domain)

Round 2: Common kingfisher next to mealworm beetle

Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis): 16 cm · 6.3 in, adult, bill to tail. The reference, mealworm beetle, is 1.5 cm · 0.59 in long, so the common kingfisher is 11× bigger. A guess between 15 cm and 17 cm scores 100; 8 cm or 32 cm scores 59. The hint window for this round was 6 cm to 30 cm.

Source: Wikipedia, Common kingfisher · reference: Wikipedia, Mealworm beetle · silhouettes: PhyloPic (public domain; public domain)

Round 3: Nile crocodile next to blue whale

Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus): 4.2 m · 14 ft, adult male, total length. The reference, blue whale, is 25 m · 82 ft long, so the nile crocodile is 6× smaller. A guess between 4 m and 4.4 m scores 100; 2.1 m or 8.4 m scores 59. The hint window for this round was 1.5 m to 8 m.

Source: Wikipedia, Nile crocodile · reference: Wikipedia, Blue whale · silhouettes: PhyloPic (public domain; public domain)

Round 4: Clownfish next to little penguin

Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris): 8 cm · 3.1 in, adult, total length. The reference, little penguin, is 33 cm · 1 ft 1 in tall, so the clownfish is 4.1× smaller. A guess between 7.6 cm and 8.4 cm scores 100; 4 cm or 16 cm scores 59. The hint window for this round was 4 cm to 20 cm.

Source: Wikipedia, Clownfish · reference: Wikipedia, Little penguin · silhouettes: PhyloPic (public domain; Edwin Price, CC BY)

Round 5: Human next to house gecko

Human (Homo sapiens): 1.7 m · 5 ft 7 in, adult, standing. The reference, house gecko, is 12 cm · 4.7 in long, so the human is 14× bigger. A guess between 1.6 m and 1.8 m scores 100; 85 cm or 3.4 m scores 59. The hint window for this round was 80 cm to 4 m.

Source: Wikipedia, Human · reference: Wikipedia, House gecko · silhouettes: PhyloPic (public domain; public domain)