"Next" (2007) Trivia Quiz

Answer: magician

Cris Johnson is ostensibly a magician although his act is not really that good. He supplements his income with gambling. He incorporates mentalist tricks and illusions in his act.

Answer: Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada is often referred to as "The Entertainment Capital of the World." Cris Johnson performs his mentalist tricks and magic acts at a place called the Back Page. Las Vegas means "The Meadows".

Answer: Frank Cadillac

Cris Johnson is living under the assumed name of Frank Cadillac, which he uses in his magic act. He says that he combined two of his favorite things to derive the name, that is, Frankenstein and Cadillacs.

Answer: Blackjack

Cris admits that he doesn't earn very much at the Back Page on Wednesdays, so he utilizes his special gift to earn money by gambling. He says that he never plays against other people but only against the house. He is seen playing a slot machine and also playing blackjack.

Answer: He has the ability to see two minutes into his own future.

Cris possesses a limited form of precognition. This ability allows him to do well at the casinos. For the most part, he can only see two minutes into his own future.

Answer: Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore also played the character of Clarice Starling in "Hannibal." She has received four Academy Award nominations for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Callie is a no-nonsense FBI agent who has noticed that Cris Johnson possesses a special ability. She hopes to use Cris' abilities to help her thwart a terrorist bomb threat.

Answer: No

Cris and Liz have a budding romantic relationship and Cris' powers of precognition have expanded to include the future of Liz. Liz (Jennifer Biel) does, in fact, place the tablet in the orange juice but tells him not to drink it at the last moment.

Answer: He quotes television dialogue before it appears on the screen.

After the conversation with the FBI team, Liz is confused and skeptical about Cris' precognitive abilities. Cris performs a demonstration by accurately predicting television dialogue before changing the channel.

Answer: Yes

After rescuing Liz from the terrorists, Cris comes to the realization that he hasn't seen everything. While looking at a device that registers detonations in the earth's crust, Cris declares that something is wrong and he has made a mistake. At that moment, the nuclear device detonates. However, this is just his vision of a possible future.

Answer: Liz must be excluded from the operation.

Actually, he tells Callie that he will assist the FBI but that he has conditions. Even so, the only condition stated is the exclusion of Liz from the operation to find the bomb and the terrorists. Cris, while pondering his gift of precognition, decides that when he sees a future event, the event changes because he has seen it.