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Put the world in order… sorta.

Three quiet rounds, five things each, and one hidden way to arrange them. Trust your instinct and see how close your order comes to the truth.

Sorta Game puzzle #10 · July 20, 2026

Three rounds of five things, each with a hidden scale to sort them by — then one last guess at the theme tying all three together. Here’s what this puzzle asks.

  1. Round 1

    Order these systems by the average time it takes for their material or membership to cycle through and be replaced, from fastest to slowest.

    • The leaves on a deciduous maple tree
    • The moisture in Earth's atmosphere
    • The water in Lake Superior
    • The red blood cells circulating in the human body
    • The bone tissue of an adult human skeleton

  2. Round 2

    Order these iconic structures by the estimated percentage of their original physical material that still exists today, from least to most.

    • The Ise Grand Shrine in Japan
    • The White House in Washington, D.C.
    • The Great Sphinx of Giza
    • The USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides")
    • The Apollo 11 Command Module "Columbia"

  3. Round 3

    Order these famous objects and organisms by the approximate number of them that still exist today, from fewest to most.

    • The Cavendish banana plant
    • The official national prototype copies of the International Prototype of the Kilogram
    • Surviving authentic Stradivarius instruments
    • Surviving original 1215 exemplars of the Magna Carta
    • The Mona Lisa

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