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* Brainstorm a new card effect (ala Fitzkee Train Brain using Giobbi's [[Card Magic Classification]] published in Genii Magazine.)
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** User: Ask Magic History to brainstorm a new card effect
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** Alexa: Try to create a new  Hypnosis & Hallucinations card effect, using Card Counting / Clocking, with  a marked deck.
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** User: Ask Magic History to brainstorm a new card effect
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** Alexa: Try to create a new  Coincidences card effect, using Black Art, with  a gaffed card
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Revision as of 13:47, 30 December 2016

Ask Magic History, is an Alexa Skill developed by User:Jpecore

The skill can be enabled at http://alexa.amazon.com/spa/index.html#skills/dp/B01N0C2BK8

It knows about:

  • Magic related events that happened on any day of the year, as recorded by MagicPedia.
  • What was the cover of Genii Magazine for a specific month and year.
  • A magic quote of the day.


Examples:

  • User: Alexa, ask Magic History what happened on August thirtieth
  • Alexa: For August thirtieth: In 1829, George Heubeck was born. In 1924, Ed Voorhees was born. In 1952, The annual convention of The Texas Association of Magicians starts at the Hilton Hotel in Fort Worth. In 2006, Igor Kio dies.
  • User: Alexa, ask Magic History what was the cover of Genii for October, 1962
  • Alexa: Harry Houdini was the cover for Genie magazine for October 1962.


  • User: Alexa, ask Magic History for the magic quote of the day.
  • Alexa: Conjuring is the only absolutely honest profession a conjuror promises to deceive and does. Karl Germain



Alternate kinds of phrasings:

  • ask Magic History what happened today?
  • ask Magic History what happened yesterday?
  • ask Magic History to get events for October 1st.
  • ask Magic History what happened? (returns today)


Ideas being worked on:

  • Brainstorm a new card effect (ala Fitzkee Train Brain using Giobbi's Card Magic Classification published in Genii Magazine.)
    • User: Ask Magic History to brainstorm a new card effect
    • Alexa: Try to create a new Hypnosis & Hallucinations card effect, using Card Counting / Clocking, with a marked deck.
    • User: Ask Magic History to brainstorm a new card effect
    • Alexa: Try to create a new Coincidences card effect, using Black Art, with a gaffed card


Suggestions for new questions to answer:

  • to give me today's facts (today's events in history, quote of the day, and what was on the cover of genii 10 years ago)
  • what books where published in {year}
  • what information do you have on the magazine The Gen?
  • what happened in {year. e.g. 1962}
  • what is in the news?
  • about {topic}
  • who was born in {year}
  • who died in {year}
  • what are the latest MagicPedia articles created ?
  • what are the latest MagicPedia articles updated?
  • what are your latest MagicPedia statistics? (number of pages, number of users, .etc.)



Feel free to add any suggestions would like to see added to this skill.