The Prestige trivia
The Prestige Mini Quiz
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Derived from Latin for 'illusion', what word is both the final stage of a magic trick and the title of a 2006 Christopher Nolan film?
The word stems from the Latin "praestigiae," meaning juggler's tricks. The film is based on a 1995 novel by Christopher Priest about rival illusionists.
In the 2006 film The Prestige, which famous rock musician, known for his alter ego Ziggy Stardust, portrayed inventor Nikola Tesla?
Director Christopher Nolan flew to New York to personally beg Bowie to take the role after the musician initially declined the offer.
The thriller The Prestige features music icon David Bowie playing what famous inventor?
In real life, this visionary electrical engineer famously feuded with former employer Thomas Edison over alternating current power.
Magicians in the thriller The Prestige use the title term to describe what part of a trick?
The film defines an illusion's three acts as "The Pledge" (the setup), "The Turn" (the performance), and the miraculous concluding reveal.
In the film The Prestige, magician Alfred Borden performs "The Transported Man" using what strategy?
While his rival Angier uses a drunken lookalike and later a cloning machine, Borden perfects the illusion by secretly sharing a single public life with his twin.