Fractured Magicians Trivia Quiz

Answer: Paul Daniels

Paul Daniels was a famous British magician who achieved international fame through his BBC programme 'The Paul Daniels Magic Show' which ran from 1979-1994. Hs real name was Newton Edward Daniels and unfortunately he passed away in 2016 as a result of a brain tumour.

Answer: Penn and Teller

Penn and Teller (Penn Fraser Jillette and Raymond Joseph Teller) have been performing as a magic and comedy team since the late 1970s. The achieved a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in April 2013.

Answer: Dynamo

Dynamo - real name Steven Frayne - is an English magician, He has had his own television show in the UK called Dynamo: Magician Impossible which ran from July 2011 to September 2014. In 2015 he began touring with his Seeing Is Believing Arena Tour.

Answer: Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini - real name Erik Weisz was born in Hungary in 1874. He was a world famous illusionist and stunt performer best noted for his sensational escape acts. He died in 1926 of a ruptured appendix.

Answer: David Copperfield

David Copperfield, real name David Seth Kotkin, is an American magician who is described by "Forbes" magazine in 2006 as the most commercially successful magician in history.

Answer: Siegfried and Roy

Siegfried and Roy, the stage names of Siegfried Tyrone Fischbacher and Uwe Ludwig Horn were born in Germany but became naturalised citizens of the US. They are best known for being magicians and entertainers performing with the their white lions and tigers

Answer: David Blaine

David Blaine (real name David Blaine White) is an american illusionist and endurance artist. He was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1973. His first endurance stunt was "Buried Alive" where he was entombed in an underground plastic box beneath a three ton water tank for seven days with no food and little water.

Answer: Criss Angel

Criss Angel, born Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos was born in New York. He was named Magician of the Decade in 2009 and Magician of the Century in 2010 by the International Magicians Society

Answer: Derren Brown

Derren Brown was born in Greater London. While he was at University he attended a hypnotist show and that inspired him to turn to hypnosis and illusion as a career. He is most famous for his Russian Roulette stunt in which he guessed which barrel of a gun contained a bullet.

Answer: The Great Lafayette

Sigmund Neuberger, who performed as The Great Lafayette was born in Munich, Germany in 1871. It is reported that he was the highest-paid entertainer of his time. He met his untimely death in Edinburgh in the notorious Empire Palace theatre fire of 1911 while performing his signature lion's bride illusion.