Ballpark — July 8, 2026

Answers to that day's 5 daily estimation questions.

Elevators in the Empire State Building

73 elevators

Serves over 100 floors of office space.

Total gold ever mined in human history

200,000 tons

Most of it is still in use today.

Containers on the world's largest cargo ship

24,000 containers

Standard 20-foot equivalent units (TEU).

Hours to drive across Australia from East to West

40 hours

Roughly 4,000 km along the Eyre Highway.

Total frames in a classic 90-minute animated film

130,000 frames

Standard film is 24 frames per second.