Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quizzes

Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quiz 1

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

Otto Bathurst

Annabel Jones

Author unknown
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

Anthology

Romance
4 What form does Black Mirror: "The National Anthem" take?
Short story

Stage play

Standalone television episode

Novel
5 What year was Black Mirror: "The National Anthem" released?
2001

2012

2011

2023
6 Who is the protagonist?
Rory Kinnear

Princess Susannah

Jane Callow

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

United States

Wales

Great Britain
8 Who produced Black Mirror: "The National Anthem"?
BBC

Channel 4

NBC

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

Dublin

London

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

A beeping pager

A ringing landline

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

Duchess of Cornwall

Lady of the High Table

Duchess of Beaumont
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

4 p.m.

Midnight

Early morning
14 What was Susannah doing when she was kidnapped?
Returning from a wedding

Singing karaoke

Going for a jog

Clubbing
15 What did the kidnapper do to Susannah's security detail?
Crash into them with a van

Shoot them

Tie them up

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

Metonymy

Understatement

Simile
17 Who reads out the ransom demands?
Michael Callow

Princess Susannah

Terry Wogan

Carlton Bloom
18 At what time of day must the prime minister appear on live TV to fulfill the ransom?
3 p.m.

Dawn

4 p.m.

Noon
19 What does the kidnapper want Callow to do?
Eat from the same trough as a pig

Have sex with his wife on live television

Have full unsimulated sexual intercourse with a pig

Pretend to have sexual intercourse with a pig
20 What type of accent does Callow have?
Working-class

Scottish

Posh

Cockney
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?
10,000,000

2,500

50,000

5,000
23 Why does UKN decide to run the kidnapping story?
BBC runs it first

They abide by the D-notice

It is trending on TikTok

CNN runs it first
24 What is Malaika assigned by her editor/producer to do?
Inflitrate Downing Street

Find the kidnapper's location

Update Princess Susannah's pre-made obituary footage

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

Malaika

Cairns

Callow

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