The Amazing Brace Trivia Quiz

Answer: Asparagus Valley Cultural Society

The third member of the Asparagus Valley Cultural Society was Weir Chrisimer, who introduced Penn and Teller to each other. The show was not as intense and, well, gory, as it would later become, and involved more comedy elements.

Answer: Zancig

Julius and Agnes began performing their mentalist routine in the 1880s and were incredibly popular. They also wrote books on various occult and divination techniques. After Agnes died, Julius continued the act with several new partners until he retired from the stage in the 1920s.
Parts of their communication code have been published over the years, but nobody has ever worked out all of it, and it is thought that Julius took his secrets to the grave.

Answer: The Miracles of Jesus

"The Magic of Jesus" was Barry and Stuart's Christmas Special, and was shown in the US in December 2005. It was slated by critics and denounced as "deliberately offensive", but that didn't stop the making of a follow up show, "Tricks From the Bible", the following year.
In 2009, the magicians won the Best Comedy Illusionist Award at the World Magic Awards.

Answer: Harry

Blackstone Senior's original "floating lightbulb" illusion was actually made for him by none other than Thomas Edison. When he died it was donated to the Smithsonian Museum, and was among their very first "magic related" artefacts.
His son, Harry Junior, became (in)famous after he was booked to perform the half time show at the Orange Bowl American football match in 1987, and almost every single one of his tricks went horribly wrong.

Answer: Jonathan and Charlotte Pendragon

Although they were already world famous after appearing on various television shows in around fifty countries, the Pendragons still entered the "America's Got Talent" competition in 2008. They made it to the second stage of competition, but were not selected for the final forty acts.

Answer: Sorcar

The name P.C. Sorcar is famous in India. The first "P.C." was Protul Chandra, who performed from the 1930s until his death, during a performance in Japan, in 1971. His sons P.C Sorcar Junior, and P.C Sorcar Young both followed in his footsteps as illusionists, and it was P.C. Jnr. who famously vanished not only the Taj Mahal, but a train full of people.

Answer: Debbie McGee

The "Paul Daniels Magic Show" aired in the UK for fifteen years from 1979. The 1985 Easter Special show was awarded the Golden Rose at that year's Montreux Festival.
Paul and Debbie met when she auditioned for a part in his summer show in 1979, and they fell in love. She was once famously "put on the spot" by Caroline Aherne in her "Mrs. Merton's TV Show" when she asked "So Debbie, what first attracted you to millionaire Paul Daniels?" but took it in good part, and celebrated her twentieth wedding anniversary with Paul in 2008. The question was actually later voted second place in a UK Gold TV Channel poll of "Viewer's favourite one-liners of all time".
Paul returned to UK television screens when he took part in the 2010 series of "Strictly Come Dancing" (The UK version of "Dancing With the Stars".)

Answer: Murray and Teresa Hatfield

Murray Hatfield was originally a solo act, and met Teresa in the early 1990s when she worked as a dancer on his show. Three years later she joined him as his assistant and partner in the act, and they have toured and performed together all over the world.

Answer: Slapstick comedy

Scott and Muriel are husband and wife, and their slapstick comedy magic act has won them awards in both Europe and North America. They were even awarded the "Golden Clown" award at the 2009 World Festival of Clowns, held in Russia.

Answer: Masters of the Impossible

Siegfried and Roy used white tigers in their act, and performed with no barriers between them and the audience. In 2003, a lady in the audience did something that upset one of the tigers, and Roy placed himself between it and her. The tiger bit him and caused severe damage to the nerves in his neck, which meant the duo had to give up performing.
From 1997 onwards, the pair set up a charitable foundation and a "College of Magic", which awarded grants to disadvantaged youngsters in South Africa, to help them start a career in magic or illusionism.