Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quizzes

Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Black Mirror: "The National Anthem"?

Charlie Brooker

Author unknown

Otto Bathurst

Annabel Jones
2 Who directed Black Mirror: "The National Anthem"?

Charlie Brooker

Annabel Jones

Rory Kinnear

Otto Bathurst
3 Which answer is not a genre that could be ascribed to Black Mirror: "The National Anthem"?

Drama

Speculative Fiction

Romance

Anthology
4 What form does Black Mirror: "The National Anthem" take?

Novel

Short story

Stage play

Standalone television episode
5 What year was Black Mirror: "The National Anthem" released?

2023

2011

2012

2001
6 Who is the protagonist?

Michael Callow

Princess Susannah

Rory Kinnear

Jane Callow
7 In what country is Black Mirror: "The National Anthem" set?

Scotland

Great Britain

United States

Wales
8 Who produced Black Mirror: "The National Anthem"?

Netflix

NBC

Channel 4

BBC
9 In what city does most of the action take place?

London

Dublin

Manchester

None of these
10 What auditory imagery can be heard at the start of the opening scene?

A beeping pager

A vibrating cellphone

A ringing landline

A fax machine
11 What is Princess Susannah's additional title?

Duchess of Beaumont

Princess of Wales

Lady of the High Table

Duchess of Cornwall
12 Where does the prime minister live?

10 Downing Street

Buckingham Palace

11 Maplethorpe Drive

Big Ben
13 What time of day does Callow learn about the kidnapping?

Noon

Early morning

4 p.m.

Midnight
14 What was Susannah doing when she was kidnapped?

Singing karaoke

Returning from a wedding

Going for a jog

Clubbing
15 What did the kidnapper do to Susannah's security detail?

Tie them up

Sedate them

Crash into them with a van

Shoot them
16 When Alex Cairns warns Callow that the next part of the video "concerns you directly," it is an example of what device?

Understatement

Simile

Metonymy

Metaphor
17 Who reads out the ransom demands?

Carlton Bloom

Terry Wogan

Michael Callow

Princess Susannah
18 At what time of day must the prime minister appear on live TV to fulfill the ransom?

Dawn

3 p.m.

Noon

4 p.m.
19 What does the kidnapper want Callow to do?

Pretend to have sexual intercourse with a pig

Have sex with his wife on live television

Eat from the same trough as a pig

Have full unsimulated sexual intercourse with a pig
20 What type of accent does Callow have?

Scottish

Working-class

Cockney

Posh
21 What thwarts Callow's plan to limit the media from reporting on the kidnapping?

His wife insists the media must know so the public will be on his side

His office intentionally leaked the story to destroy his credibility

The ransom video was uploaded to YouTube

His office accidentally leaked the story
22 How many people have seen the video by the time Callow sees it?

5,000

50,000

10,000,000

2,500
23 Why does UKN decide to run the kidnapping story?

BBC runs it first

CNN runs it first

They abide by the D-notice

It is trending on TikTok
24 What is Malaika assigned by her editor/producer to do?

Inflitrate Downing Street

Update Princess Susannah's pre-made obituary footage

Find the kidnapper's location

Go home and take a rest
25 Who comes up with a "contingency plan"?

Cairns

Callow

Malaika

Blice

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