"21" (2008) Trivia Quiz

Answer: Blackjack

This game is also known as "21". The object of this card game is to get as close as you can to 21 without going over. Also, you have to beat the dealer's total as well. This is the game that Ben and the team learn to count cards in in order to win. This is how the movie received the title "21".

Answer: Jim Sturgess

He plays a brainy student who is very good with numbers. This is the reason he is recruited to join the "team". He also starred as Jude in the movie "Across the Universe".

Answer: M.I.T.

In the movie, he attends M.I.T. in Boston. M.I.T. is short for Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This is where he meets his Linear Equations professor (Professor Rosa). By excelling in this class, Ben becomes a new prospect to join the team Professor Rosa has assembled.

Answer: Las Vegas

Ben is excited about the idea of going to Vegas. He has never been there, and soon learns that this opens up a whole new and exciting world for him. The team does a few other things in Vegas other than just gambling. In some scenes you can see them lounging by a pool and also doing some expensive shopping.

Answer: Kevin Spacey

Although you think his character is "friendly", Ben learns in the latter part of the movie that Professor Rosa is not as "friendly" as he first appeared. Overall, I think Kevin Spacey played this part very well. Kevin Spacey has starred in several other movies as well. One of my favorites is the movie "Seven". You may also remember him as Lex Luthor in "Superman Returns", which also stars Kate Bosworth. Kate also stars in the movie "21".

Answer: Harvard

Ben needs $300,000 to pay for his tuition to Harvard. He then receives Professor Rosa's invitation to join "the team". Upon realizing how much money he can make, he accepts the invitation. He also says to Professor Rosa, "$300,000 and I am out". He wants to stress he is only doing this to pay for his Harvard tuition.

Answer: Planet Hollywood

He plays at different casinos throughout the movie. During this scene, you can plainly see the casino chips have "Planet Hollywood" on them. Professor Rosa joins Ben in playing blackjack during this scene. This is the only time Professor Rosa is shown gambling in the movie.

Answer: The 209

Ben gets so caught up in his "new talent" that his trips to Vegas consumes most of his leisure time. His friends eventually decide it is best to enter the contest without him.

Answer: FOXX

This a fictitous club the "team" meets at throughout the movie. This is where they go to relax and have meetings as well. Professor Rosa mentions it in the last sequence of the movie.

Answer: He is forced to hand it over to the Security Supervisor.

Ben has the money he has won taken from him twice. The first time is when he returns from a trip to Vegas. He walks in his dorm and sees that it has been destroyed. He then looks at his secret hiding place and sees the money is gone. The second time is in the last sequence of the movie, when he is forced to hand it over to the Security Supervisor played by Laurence Fishburne.