EXPLAINED s01e13 TATTOOS

1. In the introduction to the video a narrator uses a word “mark”. What does it mean in
this context?:
a) noun: a line or figure made to indicate something
b) verb: to leave a trace/stain something
c) verb: write a word or symbol to give information
d) noun: a small area on any surface that is a different colour
2. What animal does the narrator use to explain why people decide to get a tattoo?
a) ape c) gorilla
b) chimpanzee d) monkey
3. What three famous people are used to show how tattoos are present everywhere?

A_____ V____; D_____ J______; J____ T______

4. In what year 21% of Americans had a tattoo?

a) 2012 c) 2018
b) 2015
5. In which country you must remove any tattoos if you want to join military?
a) Japan c) China
b) UAE
6. How old was the mummy found in Italian Alps?
a) 50000 c) 5000
b) 15000
7. Finish the line: “Since the _____ of primitive man, tattoos have remained a sign of
toughness”
8. After which birthday did the man got his tattoo?
a) 14th c) 21th
b) 24th
9. What does “indigenous” mean?
a) stary c) obcy
b) rdzenny
10. What were the first tools used for tattooing?
a) thorpe, pieces of bones c) thorns, pieces of bones
b) thorns, claws
11. What word was used to say that specific plants grow in specific places?
a) vegetate c) vegetation
b) vegetative
12. What phrase was used to describe the rhythm in which the traditional tattoo is done?
a) drum beat c) beat the drum
b) beat back
13. What Pacific Islands were mentioned in the video?
a) Micronesia c) Solomon Islands
b) Samoa
14. Where did captain James Cook landed in 1769?
a) Niue c) Tahiti
b) Fiji
15. On whom would you usually see the waves and gusts of wind?
a) Japanese emperor c) Japanese criminals
b) Japanese workers
16. When did tattooing become more popular in Japan?
a) 1827 c) 1782
b) 1872
17. What is tattooing in Japan associated with?
a) power c) criminals
b) fear
18. Hearts and banners are traditionally American tattoos. But who originally had them?
a) soldiers c) criminals
b) sailors
19. How many miles had to sail to earn a swallow?
a) 500 c) 5000
b) 50000
20. When was a tattooing machine introduced?
a) 1891 c) 1918
b) 1819
21. What is the style, which spread thanks to circuses, named?
a) American traditional c) American blocks
b) American icons
22. In 1970’ what American magazine stated that the tattoos come back into fashion?
a) Life c) Live
b) Lives
23. What song of Guns N’ Roses is playing in the video?
a) Paradise City c) Welcome to the Jungle
b) November Rain
24. What country is number one in removing tattoos?
a) Japan c) USA
b) India
25. Finish the line: “… their tattoos make them feel better about their bodies, describing it
as an act of ____”