Here are today’s questions. Answers will be published tomorrow. The theme will run from Mon-Thu.:

1. Criminals in feudal Japan were often marked with tattoos on the face or arms to indicate the nature of the crime. After what 1868 event was tattooing banned completely in Japan?
2. In what dialogue, his last and longest one, does Plato describe the tattooing of criminals with the details of their crimes?
3. Which Roman emperor, the first to convert to Christianity, made it illegal to tattoo the faces of slaves as punishment?
4. Originally believed to be used to hide marks of beatings or torture, tattoos evolved into a rite of passage in the prisons and forced labor camps of which country?
5. [Theme: 1 of 4] Divided into hot and cold subtypes, what climate type in the Koppen climate classification system is defined by a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation?

Here are the answers to 2026: Week 18, Quiz 5:

1. Ben
2. Paul McCartney
3. Bad
4. Black or White
5. Earth Song