Penn & Teller

American illusionists and entertainers
Organization duo Q130317
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Penn & Teller

Summary

Penn & Teller is a duo[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of duo entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,567 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Penn & Teller received the Richard Dawkins Award[3].
  • Penn & Teller received the Rose d'Or[4].
  • Penn & Teller received the Emperor Has No Clothes Award[5].
  • Penn & Teller received the star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[6].
  • Penn & Teller received the Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award[7].
  • Penn & Teller received the The Center's Honorarium Honorees[8].
  • Penn & Teller's instance of is recorded as duo[9].
  • Penn & Teller's instance of is recorded as team[10].
  • Penn & Teller's instance of is recorded as double act[11].
  • Penn & Teller's Commons category is recorded as Penn & Teller[12].
  • Penn & Teller comprises Penn Jillette[13].
  • Penn & Teller comprises Teller[14].
  • August 19, 1975 marks the founding of Penn & Teller[15].
  • Penn & Teller's official website is recorded as https://www.pennandteller.com[16].
  • Penn & Teller's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Penn & Teller[17].
  • Penn & Teller's Commons gallery is recorded as Penn & Teller[18].
  • Penn & Teller's start of work period is recorded as 1975[19].
  • Penn & Teller's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of Nevada, Las Vegas[20].
  • Penn & Teller's official shop URL is recorded as https://www.pennandtellerstore.com/[21].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[22]

  • Country: US[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b4d4c17b-243a-4091-b61d-c4ed13a65b98[24]

Body

Founding

August 19, 1975 marks the founding of Penn & Teller[15].

Recognition

Awards received include Richard Dawkins Award[3], an award[25]; Rose d'Or[4], an award[26], in Switzerland[27], founded in 1961[28]; Emperor Has No Clothes Award[5], an award[29]; star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[6], a commemorative plaque[30], in United States[31]; Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award[7], an award[32], in United States[33], founded in 1979[34]; and The Center's Honorarium Honorees[8], an award[35], in United States[36], founded in 1994[37].

Why It Matters

Penn & Teller ranks in the top 1% of duo entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,567 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

FAQs

What awards did Penn & Teller receive?

Honors received include Richard Dawkins Award[3], Rose d'Or[4], Emperor Has No Clothes Award[5], and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[6].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . programme. n2t.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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