Ballpark

Puzzle #7 · 26 September 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 much would global sea level rise if the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet melted?

58 meters

About 58 m (190 ft), per the US National Snow and Ice Data Center. Greenland's ice sheet would add about 7.4 m. Source

Image: Liam Quinn · CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped

2. How tall is the Mona Lisa, the painted panel itself without its frame?

79 centimeters

79.4 cm tall and 53.4 cm wide, per the Louvre's catalogue. It is painted in oil on a poplar panel. Source

Image: Leonardo da Vinci · Public domain

3. How long was the Inca road network, the Qhapaq Nan, according to UNESCO?

30,000 kilometers

About 30,000 km, linking Andean peaks above 6,000 m to the coast. UNESCO lists 273 sites along it. Source

Image: Mx. Granger · CC0

4. How much did the world harvest in primary crops (cereals, sugar cane, vegetables, fruit and so on) in 2023, per the FAO?

9.9B metric tons

9.9 billion tonnes, 27% more than in 2010. Sugar cane alone accounted for more than 2 billion tonnes of it. Source

Image: Charles Knowles · CC BY 2.0, cropped

5. What is the total drop of Angel Falls in Venezuela, the world's tallest waterfall?

979 meters

979 m (3,212 ft), including a single plunge of 807 m. Its Pemón name, Kerepakupai Merú, means 'waterfall of the deepest place'. Source

Image: Diego Delso, delso.photo · CC BY 3.0, cropped