Trivia Answers!
What magician was known as "the man who fooled Houdini"?
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Harry Houdini often boasted that he could not be fooled if he saw a card trick performed at least three times. When fellow magician Dai Vernon (David Frederick Wingfield Verner) performed a version of "The Ambitious Card" trick for Houdini three times, however, Houdini was stumped. For years afterwards, Vernon billed himself as "The Man Who Fooled Houdini."
What magician was famous for performing the following acts: "The Jungle Mystery," "The Vanishing Donkey," "The India Rope Trick," and "The Dream of Princess Karmac"?
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Harry Blackstone, sometimes called the "last of the great magicians," was famous for performing the following acts: "The Jungle Mystery," "The Vanishing Donkey," "The India Rope Trick," and "The Dream of Princess Karmac." Blackstone retired after World War II (during which he had entertained U.S. troops) due to asthma and retired to Hollywood, California where he was frequent visitor to the Magic Castle, a private club for magicians. His son, Harry Blackstone, Jr., also became a popular magician.
What famous magician was born with the name Ehrich Weiss?
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Ehrich Weiss was born on March 24, 1874 in Budapest, Hungary. In 1891, he became a professional magician, working under the name Harry Houdini -- he chose this name as a tribute to Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, a French magician he admired. In 1913, Ehrich legally changed his name to Houdini. Initially focusing on bird acts, Houdini's magic career met with little success. But when he began experimenting with escape acts, he soon found himself performing in the top vaudeville houses in the country. With acts such as his famous straitjacket escape (for which he always dislocated both of his shoulders), Harry Houdini would go on to become one of the most famous magicians of all time.
