The Prestige Quiz

What is the main job of Robert Angier and Alfred Borden in the movie?

• Scientists who invent new machines.

• Magicians who perform illusions on stage.

• Newspaper journalists who write about London.

• Detectives who solve mystery cases.

Which part of a magic trick is the name of the movie, The Prestige?

• The first part, called 'The Pledge'.

• The second part, called 'The Turn'.

• The third and final part, when the disappeared item or person returns.

• The secret notebook where the magician writes down his methods.

What caused the bitter rivalry between Angier and Borden?

• Borden stole Angier's best trick.

• Julia, Angier's wife, died during a water tank escape trick.

• They both loved the same woman, Olivia Wenscombe.

• They tried to steal a machine from Nikola Tesla.

Who is John Cutter in the movie?

• A famous detective.

• A stage engineer and trick builder who advises Angier.

• Borden's secret assistant.

• The landlord of the theater.

What is Borden's most famous and impressive magic trick called?

• The Disappearing Bird.

• The Drowned Woman Escape.

• The Transported Man.

• The Bullet Catch.

Why does Angier travel to America to meet the scientist Nikola Tesla?

• He wants to apologize to Tesla for a past mistake.

• He believes Tesla can build a machine to perform a better Transported Man.

• He needs a loan because he lost all his money.

• He wants to learn how to generate electricity for his lights.

What is the true and surprising function of the machine that Tesla builds for Angier?

• It can transport the person to a different country.

• It can make the person completely invisible.

• It creates a perfect copy (a clone) of any person put into it.

• It can see the secret thoughts of Borden's mind.

What is the real, final secret to Borden's original 'Transported Man' trick?

• He uses a simple trap door on the stage.

• He uses the machine that Nikola Tesla built for him.

• Alfred Borden is actually two identical twin brothers.

• He uses a technique taught to him by Cutter.

What tragic thing does Angier do every night to perform his new 'Transported Man' trick?

• He kills a random person from the audience.

• He gives away all his money.

• He drowns the copy (clone) created by Tesla's machine.

• He injures his own hand badly.

What is Robert Angier's original, real name?

• Alfred Borden.

• Bernard Fallon.

• John Cutter.

• Lord Caldlow.