True or false: Houdini invented the illusion known as Metamorphosis.
I'm known as a magical trivia expert in my part of the world. I've entered a number of trivia contests and have never lost. In one of the contests it came down to me and a sitting president of the IBM. I won. (In all fairness, IBM presidents are not elected based on their knowledge of magical ephemera.)
What is Professor Hoffman's real name, and what was his (non-magical) profession?
I hate that I'm considered a trivia master. It sounds so... trivial. What really interests me is the history and development of our art. I want to advance magic, and it's really hard to know where you're going if you don't know where you've been. Physicists understand that. Writers understand that. Painters understand that. A lot of magicians seem to have a problem with the concept. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque could not have developed cubism without understanding the works of Paul Cézanne. There would be no Sherlock Holmes without Poe's Inspector Dupin.
According to the Professor himself, is his common nickname pronounced Day, or Die?
If I'm an inventor, history tells me what's been done before. If I'm a performer it tells me what kinds of acts and characters have worked and what kinds have not. And if I'm involved in magic in any way, a deeper knowledge of magic can only increase my love and appreciation for the art. Trivial? I don't think so.
Name at least three former talk-show hosts who started their show business careers as magicians.
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