Look Smart Trivia: Blurry Money

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You’re in an exotic foreign city, the latest stopover on a round-the-world voyage. Maybe you’ve had too much of the local brew, maybe you arrived in the middle of a sandstorm, maybe you had to bribe the border guards with your fancy American glasses. You pull a wad of various banknotes out of your pocket. Can you figure out which one is legal tender in this particular country, and which ones are just colorful collector’s items? Here’s some practice. The first player to name the country of origin for these five hazy simoleons will score a US$5 Meh coupon. Insert signoff catchphrase here!

Once upon a time, an evil monster demanded that the peaceful townsfolk identify five Children’s Book Illustrators. A humble villager named @curtise stepped forward, uttered all five magic names, and banished the monster from the village for about 24 hours:

  1. Miroslav Šašek
  2. Alice and Martin Provensen
  3. Garth Williams
  4. Helen Borten
  5. Wuwei (Gomi) Tarō