| #9154, aired 2024-07-25 | RECENTLY ON BILLBOARD'S HOT 100 $1600: Dua Lipa sang, "I come & I go, tell me all the ways you need me, I'm not here for long, catch me or I go" this man Houdini |
| #9125, aired 2024-06-14 | TILL DEATH DO US PART $800: After he passed away on Halloween in 1926, his widow Bess held annual seances on that date to try to make contact with him Houdini |
| #9103, aired 2024-05-15 | THE RUNAWAYS $800: An early "escape" by him was running away from his impoverished rabbinical family home in Milwaukee at age 12 Houdini |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | RESISTANCE IS FUTILE $400: This canvas over-garment will make you keep your hands to yourself, but one used by Houdini sold for nearly $50,000 in 2011 a straitjacket |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | SAY, "BUSTER" $200: Harry Houdini was called one of these in 1930, half a century before Bill Murray a ghostbuster |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | SHATTERING ALLUSIONS $200: A person who can get out of tight situations is one of these, the name of a 1920s escape artist Houdini |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | GRANDMA $1600: Of this early 20th century performer,
Josephine Weisz Harry Houdini |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $400: In 1926 this magician spoke to Congress supporting a bill criminalizing fortune telling & mediums Harry Houdini |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | MOVIE MAGIC & WIZARDRY $200: Amateur magician Tony Curtis did his own tricks in a 1953 biopic of this conjurer & escape artist Houdini |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | THE "IT" DEPARTMENT $400: This restraining item from which Houdini used to escape can also mean anything that confines you a straitjacket |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | THE 1920s $400: His 1926 funeral was attended by many mourners & a wand was ceremonially broken on his coffin, beginning an annual tradition Houdini |
| #8441, aired 2021-07-12 | AN ILLUSTRATED LIFE $200: 8 decades after his death, a 2007 graphic novel told the adventures of this man, "The Handcuff King" Houdini |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | MAGIC $800: Houdini specialized in this -ology, extricating himself from tight spots & restraints escapology |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | FAMOUS NAMES $1000: During WWI this celebrity visited troops headed overseas & gave tips about how to get out of German handcuffs Houdini |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | HALLOWEEN TRADITIONS $1000: This 20th century performer's museum in Scranton, Penn. features an online seance every Halloween Houdini |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | MAGIC & ILLUSION $400: Giving a lot of bang for your buck in the 1920s, he presented magic, illusions, escapes & phony mediums exposed Houdini |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | DATES $1600: 1926 date on which Houdini died October 31st |
| #7803, aired 2018-07-11 | I CAN NAME THAT PERSON IN 2 WORDS $600: Escapology king Harry Houdini |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | CELEBRATIONS OF THE MONTH $2,000 (Daily Double): National Magic Day, on the anniversary of Harry Houdini's death October |
| #7716, aired 2018-03-12 | STRANGE BEDFELLOWS $1600: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle hosted a seance to contact this magician's mother; it didn't go well & the 2 friends parted ways Houdini |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | MYOPIC BIOPICS $1,500 (Daily Double): The 1953 biopic of this man shows Tony Curtis dying in the water torture cell illusion, not from peritonitis Harry Houdini |
| #7583, aired 2017-07-26 | BRITANNICA BYLINES $400: He conjured up the entry on conjuring for the 1926 edition, the same year as his untimely death Harry Houdini |
| #7529, aired 2017-05-11 | STRANGER THINGS $800: He not only made incredible escapes, but in 1918 made a 10,000-pound elephant vanish from a brightly lit stage Houdini |
| #7328, aired 2016-06-22 | -OLOGIES $800: He specialized in escapology, as seen in his "milk can escape", introduced in 1908 Houdini |
| #7272, aired 2016-04-05 | FAMOUS PAIRS $400: Unveiled in 2013, their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is just steps away from Houdini's Penn & Teller |
| #7166, aired 2015-11-09 | DESPICABLE "ME" $800: Houdini tried to expose one of these who went by the name Margery a medium |
| #7133, aired 2015-09-23 | RANDOM FACTS $200: (Hi, I'm Penn Jillette.) When a magician dies, a wand is sometimes broken at his funeral to symbolize his loss of magical power; the first broken wand ceremony was performed by the Society of American Magicians in 1926 at the memorial service for this famous escapologist (Harry) Houdini |
| #7039, aired 2015-04-02 | DIE ANOTHER DAY $1600: October 31, 1926
in Detroit, of peritonitis from a stomach injury Houdini |
| #6983, aired 2015-01-14 | FROM NAMES TO WORDS $1600: In 1923 the New York Times defined it as "to escape" Houdini |
| #6842, aired 2014-05-20 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $1000: "A Magician Among the Spirits" is a 1924 book by this man Houdini |
| #6784, aired 2014-02-27 | ENTERTAINERS $800: He called the milk can escape "the best escape that I have ever invented" Harry Houdini |
| #6729, aired 2013-12-12 | CARRY "WATER" $200: This phrase has been applied to sadistic dripping & to Houdini's escape act from a water tank water torture |
| #6656, aired 2013-07-22 | HISTORICAL NOVELS $2000: Houdini & Henry Ford are among the figures who appear in this E.L. Doctorow tale of the early 1900s Ragtime |
| #6459, aired 2012-10-18 | ESCAPIST LITERATURE $400: A magician himself, Sid Fleischman penned "Escape!: The Story of" this legend Houdini |
| #6411, aired 2012-07-02 | NOTABLE HUNGARIANS $200: Born Erik Weisz in Budapest, he took his stage name from a French magician Harry Houdini |
| #6357, aired 2012-04-17 | THEY WROTE FOR ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA $400: Almost half of his 1926 entry on conjuring was about himself, mentioning such tricks as the milk-can escape Houdini |
| #6282, aired 2012-01-03 | PATENTS OF WELL-KNOWN FOLKS $200: Patented March 1, 1921 was an improved "Diver's suit" by this escape artist Houdini |
| #6255, aired 2011-11-25 | PHILATELY PHUN $600: A 2002 stamp of this early 20th century performer featured chains that could only be seen with a special lens (Harry) Houdini |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | HOUDINI $200: Though he claimed to have been born in the U.S., Houdini was really born in 1874 in this newly created capital of Austria-Hungary Budapest |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | HOUDINI $400: Harry Houdini died on this day in 1926--spooky! Halloween |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | HOUDINI $600: Houdini died from a burst one of these, not as the result of an escape gone bad an appendix |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | HOUDINI $800: Every year on the anniversary of Houdini's death, believers & the curious hold these--so far, he hasn't shown seances |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | HOUDINI $5,000 (Daily Double): An early "ghostbuster", Houdini fell out with this detective novelist, a former friend & advocate of spiritualism Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #6064, aired 2011-01-13 | BELOW THE BELT $1000: Houdini had an easy time getting out of these pants parts the Brits call "turn-ups" cuffs |
| #6059, aired 2011-01-06 | NICKNAMES $800: Born in 1874, he was nicknamed "The Handcuff King" & "The King of Escapologists" Houdini |
| #5946, aired 2010-06-21 | WEISS GUYS $200: Magician & escape artist Erich Weiss earned fame under this stage name Houdini |
| #5931, aired 2010-05-31 | ARE YOU AN -INI? $400: He said getting out of a milk can was "the best escape that I have ever invented" Houdini |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE $800: Sir Arthur was a spiritualist, but he faced opposition from this man who wrote "A Magician Among the Spirits" Harry Houdini |
| #5323, aired 2007-10-31 | IT HAPPENED ON HALLOWEEN $400: 1926: There's no escape for this magician who dies following a rupture of his appendix Harry Houdini |
| #4857, aired 2005-10-25 | FIRST NAME'S THE SAME $200: Blackmun,
Houdini,
Cohn Harry |
| #4823, aired 2005-07-20 | MAGICAL HISTORY TOUR $200: This legendary magician was imprisoned in a thorn bush by a "watery" woman using magic he had taught her Merlin |
| #4773, aired 2005-05-11 | I READ THE ARTICLES, TOO $800: You can't escape the fact that the 1926 Encyclopedia Britannica article on conjuring was done by him Houdini |
| #4742, aired 2005-03-29 | WISCONSIN 3-0 $4,000 (Daily Double): There's no escaping the fact that his father, Mayer Samuel Weiss, was Appleton, Wisc.'s first rabbi (Harry) Houdini |
| #4692, aired 2005-01-18 | H.H. $400: In 1924, he wrote "A Magician Among the Spirits", debunking mind readers & mediums Harry Houdini |
| #4609, aired 2004-09-23 | NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE HONOREES $3,200 (Daily Double): Houdini, Emma Goldman & Henry Ford are in this writer’s first winner; Dutch Schultz is in his second winner E.L. Doctorow |
| #4460, aired 2004-01-16 | THE END $400: There was no escaping death for this magician; he died on Halloween night in 1926 Harry Houdini |
| #4439, aired 2003-12-18 | WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG $1200: Born in Hungary in 1874, the son of Samuel & Cecilia Weiss, he became a professional magician at age 17 Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz) |
| #4405, aired 2003-10-31 | YESTERDAY'S PERSONALITIES $400: This famous early 20th century entertainer seen here was hard to keep under lock & key Houdini |
| #4321, aired 2003-05-19 | SHATTERING ALLUSIONS $200: A person who can get out of tight situations is one of these, the name of a '20s escape artist a Houdini |
| #4142, aired 2002-09-10 | NICKNAMES $400: This entertainer earned the nickname "The Handcuff King" for his ability to escape manacles Harry Houdini |
| #4098, aired 2002-05-29 | FIRST NAME'S THE SAME $200: Cohn,
Houdini,
Belafonte Harry |
| #3946, aired 2001-10-29 | THEY WERE FREEMASONS $200: This American conjurer, escapologist & Freemason was born in Budapest in 1874 as Ehrich Weiss Harry Houdini |
| #3880, aired 2001-06-15 | BIG SCREEN BIOGRAPHIES $400: 1953:
Tony Curtis as this magician Harry Houdini |
| #3782, aired 2001-01-30 | MAGIC $100: The legendary Dai Vernon was known as "The Man Who Fooled" this escape king Harry Houdini |
| #3741, aired 2000-12-04 | I'M JUST WILD ABOUT HARRY $500: This turn-of-the-century man began his career as a teenager doing card magic as "Eric The Great" Harry Houdini |
| #3709, aired 2000-10-19 | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE $100: He's the performer seen here Harry Houdini |
| #3628, aired 2000-05-17 | BOASTING $900 (Daily Double): A turn of the century boast went "Nothing on Earth can hold" this performer "a prisoner" Harry Houdini |
| #3174, aired 1998-05-21 | MOVIE STARS $800: Jamie Lee Curtis wasn't born yet when these actors, her parents, co-starred in "Houdini" in 1953 Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | CAREER DAY $400: Harry Houdini was known as this type of magician who specializes in breaking bonds an escape artist |
| #3030, aired 1997-10-31 | REAL GHOSTS? $400: This magician who died on Halloween is said to haunt the ruins of his Hollywood Hills estate Houdini |
| #2945, aired 1997-05-23 | 1996 BIOGRAPHIES $200: This escape artist who died in 1926 is called the "World's Handcuff King" in a new book by Kenneth Silverman Harry Houdini |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | NOTABLE NAMES $200: In 1924, 2 years before his death, he published "A Magician Among the Spirits" Harry Houdini |
| #2663, aired 1996-03-13 | MAGIC $100: After other magicians started performing this illusion, Horace Goldin upgraded his version to use a buzz saw sawing a woman in half |
| #2663, aired 1996-03-13 | MAGIC $200: After his 1926 death, his widow Bess held a seance once a year until 1936 trying to contact him Houdini |
| #2613, aired 1996-01-03 | MAGIC & MAGICIANS $500: Hardeen, born Theodore Weiss, briefly performed with this famous escape artist, his brother Harry Houdini |
| #2458, aired 1995-04-19 | 1900 $100: In a demonstration of his talent, he "escaped" from London's Scotland Yard in 1900 Houdini |
| #2445, aired 1995-03-31 | ESCAPES $100: In the 1910s, this magician was famous for his escape from the "water torture cell" Houdini |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | ANNUAL EVENTS $200: National Magic Day is observed on October 31, the anniversary of this magician's death (Harry) Houdini |
| #2329, aired 1994-10-20 | NICKNAMES $300: This magician's ease in slipping out of handcuffs won him the title "The Handcuff King" Houdini |
| #2282, aired 1994-07-05 | THE ROARING '20s $400: In a 1926 stunt he stayed underwater for 91 minutes with only about 5 minutes of air Houdini |
| #2132, aired 1993-12-07 | MAGIC $300: Writings of this late escape artist "On Magic" were published in 1954 Houdini |
| #2111, aired 1993-11-08 | HOLLYWOOD HODGEPODGE $600: Some say this magician haunts the ruins of his Laurel Canyon estate Houdini |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | OCTOBER 31 $200: This magician & escapologist couldn't escape death October 31, 1926 Harry Houdini |
| #2064, aired 1993-07-22 | REAL NAMES ON THE MARQUEE $500: Bernard Schwartz & Jeanette Morrison in "Houdini" Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh |
| #2044, aired 1993-06-24 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: His father was a Hungarian rabbi & he was an escapologist (Harry) Houdini |
| #1974, aired 1993-03-18 | MAGICIANS $300: Among his published works were "A Magician Among the Spirits" & "A Treatise on Handcuff Secrets" (Harry) Houdini |
| #1720, aired 1992-02-07 | WILD ABOUT HARRY $100: Magician who was born Ehrich Weiss in Hungary & escaped to Appleton, Wisconsin as a child Houdini |
| #1654, aired 1991-11-07 | FILM BIOGRAPHIES $100: In 1953 Tony Curtis portrayed this magician in a highly fictionalized account of his life Harry Houdini |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | GRAB BAG $600: Carl Jung, Harry Houdini & J.P. Morgan appear as characters in this author's "Ragtime" Doctorow |
| #1540, aired 1991-04-19 | LEFTOVERS $200: Magician who invented a diver's suit with a quick-release mechanism Harry Houdini |
| #1458, aired 1990-12-26 | SPORTS $500: Celtics guard known as Houdini of the Hardwood whose 1-game record of 28 assists held from 1959-78 Bob Cousy |
| #1443, aired 1990-12-05 | HOLLYWOOD HISTORY $100: Legend says this magician still haunts the ruins of his Laurel Canyon estate in Hollywood Harry Houdini |
| #1412, aired 1990-10-23 | NICKNAMES $200: "King of Escapologists" (Harry) Houdini |
| #1291, aired 1990-03-26 | DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME $200: Houdini was famous for hanging upside-down wearing one of these restrictive overgarments Straitjacket |
| #1274, aired 1990-03-01 | NICKNAMES $400: "The Handcuff King" Harry Houdini |
| #1023, aired 1989-02-01 | MEDIUM & MESSAGE $800: Mediums still hope for a specially coded message from this man who died October 31, 1926 Harry Houdini |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $200: In 1907 he escaped from chains after being underneath in San Francisco Bay for 2 min. Harry Houdini |
| #668, aired 1987-07-01 | NAMESAKES $100: He took not only inspiration but his stage name from French magician Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin (Harry) Houdini |
| #502, aired 1986-11-11 | NAME CHANGES $100: Ehrich Weiss escaped the shackles of his name by changing it to this Houdini |
| #283, aired 1985-10-09 | HEADLINES $400: He "quickly frees self from straitjacket" while hanging upside down in Dallas in 1916 Ehrich Weiss or Houdini |
| #173, aired 1985-05-08 | MAGIC $1000: French "father of modern conjuring", he once stopped a rebellion in Algeria with his tricks Robert-Houdin |
| #83, aired 1985-01-02 | HUNGARY $200: This famed magician apparently pulled off the trick of being born in both Budapest & Wisconsin (Harry) Houdini (Erich Weisz) |
