Issue Nº 011 · Daily Engine

Ink IQ: Streets, Saints, Symbols

Five sharp questions from tattoo history to alley-wall legend—step up and see if your ink knowledge actually holds.

The Daily Desk05 Nov 2026 1 min 2
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Ink IQ: Streets, Saints, Symbols

Today’s gauntlet runs from old-school tattoo history to street-art mythology, with a couple of curveballs in between. Some answers are obvious if you live the culture; others separate the casually tattooed from the truly initiated.

The Five-Question Gauntlet

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Q1Which tattoo artist is widely credited with popularising the modern American traditional style in the early 20th century?

Q2What does the Japanese tattoo term 'irezumi' refer to?

Q3Which elusive street artist is associated with the 2002 work 'Girl with Balloon'?

Q4In tattoo culture, what is a 'flash sheet'?

Q5Which city is famous for the annual convention known as the 'Tattoo Expo' founded by Don Ed Hardy and others in 1977?

Answer all five to reveal your score

#tattoos#street-art#trivia#ink#culture

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