Prick Up Your Ears Trivia Quiz

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The art of body piercing has been a part of human culture for millennia. Ever since humanity realized that they could stick things through skin and make them pretty, there's been every opportunity to improve and elaborate upon the art of body modification, whether next to firelight in ancient times, or while sitting on an uneven stool in the back of a Claire's outlet store.

But this quiz focuses on the ear, and while we could go into extra detail describing the types of earrings that one could place onto this versatile bodily feature, we're instead going to dive a bit deeper into locations on the ear in which you could get your piercings. There are a lot. Ears are big, complicated, and boring without something sparkly to look at. It helps to know your options. The guy down at the carnival pier doing these piercings on the cheap will be impressed you know your Tragus from your Antitragus. (He went to school for this.)

The obvious piercing spot is the Lobe piercing, which refers to the ubiquitous spot where you have 'your ear pierced' in modern vernacular. It's the type of piercing spot where you can put virtually any purchasable earring-- from studs to dangly accessories. But let's be real. It's basic. And there's no cartilage in there. Baby's first piercing. You know how it is.

A Helix refers to the outer rim of the ear, and this might be one of the more common lesser piercings. The healing process for this can be quite extensive as the piercing needs to reform the cartilage around it. When two Helix piercings are made to hold a single piece of jewellery, it's referred to as an Industrial piercing.

A Rook piercing is in the inner part of the ear and is completed by piercing through the antihelix, creating a spot wherein both sides of the piercing are inside the body part (as opposed to through it). The Daith, another inner ear piercing, is perhaps the deepest possible option. It's a riskier piercing, and it should be performed with the utmost caution due to the nerves in that part of the ear. Sharing the Antihelix, you might also find the Snug piercing, lower down.

The Tragus, a protruding portion of the lower, outer ear, is a popular spot for jewellery as well. Its partner, on the other side of the concha, is the Antitragus. It serves a very similar idea, adorning the space above the lobe.

The Conch piercing, meanwhile, is performed through the conch, the part of the ear that forms the inner spiral. Once again, this is a relatively popular spot, especially for modern piercings, because it allows for a large amount of customizability, even if it's a particularly finicky spot for healing.

Finally, the Orbital piercing refers to an ear piercing that connects to another. While this can work on other parts of the body as well, it's dissimilar from the remaining options because those ones can't possibly be ear piercings.

Speaking of those, the Septum and Bridge piercings refer to spots on the nose; the Teardrop is another name for the Anti-Eyebrow piercing; Angel Bites and Philtrum piercings (or Medusa piercings) are on or around the lips; and the Frenulum is on the tongue.