Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quizzes

Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quiz 1

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

Annabel Jones

Otto Bathurst

Charlie Brooker

Author unknown
2 Who directed Black Mirror: "The National Anthem"?

Rory Kinnear

Charlie Brooker

Annabel Jones

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

Speculative Fiction

Anthology

Romance

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

Standalone television episode

Stage play

Short story

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

2001

2012

2011

2023
6 Who is the protagonist?

Jane Callow

Rory Kinnear

Princess Susannah

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

Scotland

United States

Great Britain

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

BBC

NBC

Channel 4

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

London

Manchester

Dublin

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

A fax machine

A vibrating cellphone

A beeping pager

A ringing landline
11 What is Princess Susannah's additional title?

Duchess of Beaumont

Lady of the High Table

Princess of Wales

Duchess of Cornwall
12 Where does the prime minister live?

11 Maplethorpe Drive

Buckingham Palace

Big Ben

10 Downing Street
13 What time of day does Callow learn about the kidnapping?

4 p.m.

Early morning

Noon

Midnight
14 What was Susannah doing when she was kidnapped?

Returning from a wedding

Clubbing

Going for a jog

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

Crash into them with a van

Shoot them

Sedate them

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

Simile

Metaphor

Understatement

Metonymy
17 Who reads out the ransom demands?

Michael Callow

Terry Wogan

Princess Susannah

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

Dawn

3 p.m.

4 p.m.

Noon
19 What does the kidnapper want Callow to do?

Eat from the same trough as a pig

Pretend to have sexual intercourse with a pig

Have full unsimulated sexual intercourse with a pig

Have sex with his wife on live television
20 What type of accent does Callow have?

Cockney

Scottish

Working-class

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

His office accidentally leaked the story

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
22 How many people have seen the video by the time Callow sees it?

2,500

5,000

10,000,000

50,000
23 Why does UKN decide to run the kidnapping story?

It is trending on TikTok

BBC runs it first

CNN runs it first

They abide by the D-notice
24 What is Malaika assigned by her editor/producer to do?

Inflitrate Downing Street

Go home and take a rest

Find the kidnapper's location

Update Princess Susannah's pre-made obituary footage
25 Who comes up with a "contingency plan"?

Malaika

Blice

Callow

Cairns

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