Ink IQ: Five Shots, No Mercy
From prison code to Japanese masters, see if your tattoo knowledge actually holds ink.
The Daily Desk21 Oct 2026 1 min 8
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Today’s ink-street gauntlet runs from old-school body art history to symbols that crossed oceans and subcultures. Five questions, mixed difficulty, one mission: prove you know the difference between tattoo myth, fact, and legend.
The Five-Question Gauntlet
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Q1Which word is the direct source of the English word "tattoo"?
Q2What does the Japanese term "irezumi" refer to?
Q3Which city is home to the annual London Tattoo Convention?
Q4Sailors traditionally got a tattoo of what creature after crossing the equator?
Q5Who is widely credited with inventing the electric tattoo machine in 1891?
Answer all five to reveal your score
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