Just in case some of you actually tried to answer the trivia questions from our previous post, let’s see how accurate your answers are.

1) Who invented the first modern electric (twin coil) tattoo machine?

Professor Charles Wagner.

2) What legendary tattooists played himself on a 1992 episode of “Roseanne”?

Gil “The Drill” Montie.

3) What year was the first american tattoo parlor opened, and where?

Martin Hildebrandt opened “ Tattoo Atelier ” in 1846 on Oak Street in New York City.

Now you are one step closer to knowing tidbits about tattoo history.