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What was the birth name of the escape artist that the world knows as Harry Houdini?
Carter Brier
Erik Weisz
Hershel Fanzer
Perry Malkovitch
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Despite his immense popularity in the United States, Harry Houdini was actually originally a European. In what city was Harry Houdini born?
London
Sophia
Hamburg
Budapest
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Before he became renowned as an escape artist, Houdini performed card tricks quite commonly and gave himself what related nickname?
"The King of Spades"
"Jacks Wild"
"King of Cards"
"Ace High"
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One of Houdini's other early performing gigs was at Coney Island where he performed with his brother. What was the name of this brother?
Samuel
Leo
Theodore
Benjamin
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Once while Houdini was involved in a lawsuit, he needed to prove his incredible talents to a judge in order to win the case. What did he do in court to prove his abilities?
He swiped the judge's wallet without approaching the bench
He completely disappeared with no chance to prepare
He escaped from a straitjacket in front of the court
He unlocked the judge's safe
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One of Houdini's more peculiar escapes happened when he escaped the belly of a whale that washed ashore near what city?
Boston
New York City
Providence
Augusta
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Another one of the peculiar feats of Harry Houdini was his escape from a sealed can of what substance?
Milk
Chicken soup
Beef stew
Baked beans
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One of Houdini's crowning achievements was becoming the president of what agency for magicians?
The League of Magical Gentlemen
The Illusionists' League
The American Society of Magicians
The Order of American Illusionists
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One of Houdini's hobbies outside the world of magic was actually aviation. He actively tried to become the first person to fly a plane in which country before his death?
Poland
Hungary
Israel
Australia
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Harry Houdini would claim his hardest escape came when he was challenged by what newspaper to escape a pair of "inescapable" handcuffs?
The New York Times
The London Daily Mirror
The Paris Times
The Chicago Tribune
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In 1913, Houdini introduced a trick where he escaped a box filling with water before he drowned. He named this trick The (blank) Water Torture Cell. Fill in the blank.
Chinese
Japanese
Taiwanese
Vietnamese
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Once at the New York Hippodrome, Harry Houdini made what enormous animal disappear instantly in front of a live audience?
A whale
An elephant
A rhinoceros
A tiger
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Another one of his famous tricks was escaping a prison truck that was heading toward what place where he would be forced to stay had he not broken out?
Timbuktu
Siberia
The Congo
The Yukon
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Houdini spent the last years of his life trying to debunk what phenomenon?
Psychics
U.F.O.'s
Ghosts
Teleportation
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Andrew Nicholas is a passionate reader and writer on the subjects of history and mankind. He is a published author, critic, and poet who grew up in the friendly scenery of rural Ohio. He is a graduate of Wright State University and a regular student of historical curiosities.