1. Who patented the electric tattoo machine?
Thomas Edison
Joe McCarthy
Samuel O'Reilly
Microsoft

2. What year was this patent granted?
1891
1899
1901
1906

3. New York City lifted it's ban on tattooing in this year.
1948
1961
1971
1999

4. The Japanese body suit tattoo originated around 1700 as a reaction to:
The arrival of the Europeans
Laws that regulated diet and dress, among the different social classes
A local fad
An oppressive government

5. Which of these people had/have tattoos:
Queen Victoria
Alice Cooper
J.F.K. Jr.
All of them

6. Today women make up this percentage of tattooists:
10 to 15 percent
25 to 30 percent
35 to 40 percent
50 to 55 percent

7. Tattooing is thought to have originated in this country:
Japan
China
Egypt
Russia

8. "Life" magazine estimated that 10 percent of Americans had tattoos in this year:
1999
1969
1936
1946

9. Which of these celebrities is tattooed?
Pearl Bailey
Sean Connery
Alyssa Milano
All of them

10. Bernie Moeller holder of "Most Tattoos" in The Guinness Book of Records, has this many individual tattoos:
9,860
7,870
15,987
14,006

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