Ballpark

Puzzle #19 · 8 October 2026

The five questions from that day's Ballpark, each with its answer, the fact behind it and a link to the source. Rather play it first? It is in the archive.

1. How many rivets hold the Eiffel Tower together?

2.5M rivets

2,500,000 rivets joining 18,038 iron parts. The whole tower went up in 2 years, 2 months and 5 days. Source

Image: Jebulon · CC0

2. How many Oscars did Walt Disney win in total, honorary awards included, the most of any person?

26 Oscars

26 Oscars between 1932 and 1969, per Guinness World Records, including an honorary award for creating Mickey Mouse. Source

Image: Harris & Ewing · Public domain

3. How much gold does the US Treasury hold at Fort Knox, as of 2026?

147M troy ounces

About 147.3 million oz. It sits on the books at a fixed $42.22 an ounce, or just $6.2 billion. Source

Image: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

4. What is the highest individual score in a Test cricket innings, set by Brian Lara in 2004?

400 runs

400 not out for West Indies against England in Antigua in April 2004, with 43 fours and four sixes in a team total of 751-5. Source

Image: Mattinbgn · CC BY 3.0, cropped

5. How big was the largest pizza ever made, according to Guinness World Records (set in 2023)?

1,297 square meters

1,296.72 m² (almost 14,000 sq ft), made in Los Angeles in January 2023 with 3,992 kg of cheese and about 630,000 pepperoni slices. Source

Image: Austin Keys · CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped