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"?
Annabel Jones

Charlie Brooker

Otto Bathurst

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

Speculative Fiction

Anthology

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

Standalone television episode

Stage play

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

2011

2023

2012
6 Who is the protagonist?
Princess Susannah

Jane Callow

Michael Callow

Rory Kinnear
7 In what country is Black Mirror: "The National Anthem" set?
United States

Great Britain

Wales

Scotland
8 Who produced Black Mirror: "The National Anthem"?
Netflix

Channel 4

BBC

NBC
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 vibrating cellphone

A ringing landline

A fax machine

A beeping pager
11 What is Princess Susannah's additional title?
Lady of the High Table

Princess of Wales

Duchess of Beaumont

Duchess of Cornwall
12 Where does the prime minister live?
Big Ben

Buckingham Palace

10 Downing Street

11 Maplethorpe Drive
13 What time of day does Callow learn about the kidnapping?
4 p.m.

Early morning

Midnight

Noon
14 What was Susannah doing when she was kidnapped?
Clubbing

Going for a jog

Singing karaoke

Returning from a wedding
15 What did the kidnapper do to Susannah's security detail?
Tie them up

Crash into them with a van

Shoot them

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?
Metonymy

Understatement

Simile

Metaphor
17 Who reads out the ransom demands?
Terry Wogan

Princess Susannah

Michael Callow

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

Dawn

3 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?
Scottish

Posh

Cockney

Working-class
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

His office accidentally leaked the story

The ransom video was uploaded to YouTube
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?
CNN runs it first

They abide by the D-notice

BBC runs it first

It is trending on TikTok
24 What is Malaika assigned by her editor/producer to do?
Find the kidnapper's location

Update Princess Susannah's pre-made obituary footage

Go home and take a rest

Inflitrate Downing Street
25 Who comes up with a "contingency plan"?
Cairns

Blice

Malaika

Callow

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