Harry Houdini Quiz

Harry Houdini (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American illusionist and stunt performer, noted for his sensational escape acts. He first attracted notice as “Harry Handcuff Houdini” on a tour of Europe, where he challenged different police forces to try to keep him locked up. This revealed a talent for gimmickry and for audience involvement that characterized all his work. Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets under water, and having to hold his breath inside a sealed milk can. Wikipedia

Harry Houdini Quiz Questions

1. What was Harry Houdini’s original name?
a) Reginald Scot
b) Erik Weisz
c) Harry Kellar
d) Jean Prevost

2. When was Harry Houdini born?
a) 24 March 1874
b) 5 April 1869
c) 21 September 1877
d) 31 December 1865

3. Where was Harry Houdini born?
a) Athens
b) Copenhagen
c) Budapest
d) Dresden

4. Whom did Harry Houdini marry?
a) Elsie Wright
b) Wilhelmia Rahner
c) Frances Griffiths
d) Estelle Roberts

5. Which book did Harry Houdini write in 1908?
a) The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin
b) All Quiet on the Western Front
c) Miracle Mongers and their Methods
d) English August

Movie poster for The Grim Game. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

6. Who of the following faced opposition from Harry Houdini for his belief in spiritualism?
a) Arthur Conan Doyle
b) Joseph McCabe
c) Bertrand Russell
d) Douglas McArthur

7. What was Harry Houdini’s role in the film The Grim Game?
a) John Dawson
b) Matthew Perry
c) Peter Pan
d) Harvey Hanford

8. When did Harry Houdini write A Magician Among the Spirits?
a) 1920
b) 1924
c) 1932
d) 1912

9. When did Harry Houdini die?
a) 18 January 1946
b) 3 June 1928
c) 7 July 1940
d) 31 October 1926

10. Where did Harry Houdini die?
a) Belgrade
b) Detroit
c) Skopje
d) New York

Harry Houdini Quiz Questions with Answers

“My Two Sweethearts”. Harry Houdini (1874-1926) with his wife Beatrice (1876-1943) and mother Cecilia Steiner Weiss, half-length portrait (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1. What was Harry Houdini’s original name?
b) Erik Weisz

2. When was Harry Houdini born?
a) 24 March 1874

3. Where was Harry Houdini born?
c) Budapest

4. Whom did Harry Houdini marry?
b) Wilhelmia Rahner

5. Which book did Harry Houdini write in 1908?
a) The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin

6. Who of the following faced opposition from Harry Houdini for his belief in spiritualism?
a) Arthur Conan Doyle

7. What was Harry Houdini’s role in the film The Grim Game?
d) Harvey Hanford

Harry Houdini’s signature (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

8. When did Harry Houdini write A Magician Among the Spirits?
b) 1924

9. When did Harry Houdini die?
d) 31 October 1926

10. Where did Harry Houdini die?
b) Detroit

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