Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quizzes

Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quiz 1

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

Annabel Jones

Otto Bathurst

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

Charlie Brooker

Rory Kinnear

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

Anthology

Speculative Fiction

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

Novel

Short story

Stage play
5 What year was Black Mirror: "The National Anthem" released?
2023

2001

2012

2011
6 Who is the protagonist?
Princess Susannah

Jane Callow

Michael Callow

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

United States

Great Britain

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

Netflix

Channel 4

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 fax machine

A vibrating cellphone

A beeping pager

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

Duchess of Beaumont

Lady of the High Table

Duchess of Cornwall
12 Where does the prime minister live?
Buckingham Palace

11 Maplethorpe Drive

Big Ben

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

Midnight

Noon

4 p.m.
14 What was Susannah doing when she was kidnapped?
Returning from a wedding

Going for a jog

Singing karaoke

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

Tie them up

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?
Understatement

Metaphor

Simile

Metonymy
17 Who reads out the ransom demands?
Carlton Bloom

Terry Wogan

Princess Susannah

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

4 p.m.

Noon

Dawn
19 What does the kidnapper want Callow to do?
Have sex with his wife on live television

Pretend to have sexual intercourse with a pig

Eat from the same trough as a pig

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

Cockney

Working-class

Scottish
21 What thwarts Callow's plan to limit the media from reporting on the kidnapping?
His office intentionally leaked the story to destroy his credibility

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

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?
2,500

5,000

10,000,000

50,000
23 Why does UKN decide to run the kidnapping story?
CNN runs it first

They abide by the D-notice

It is trending on TikTok

BBC runs it first
24 What is Malaika assigned by her editor/producer to do?
Go home and take a rest

Inflitrate Downing Street

Find the kidnapper's location

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

Malaika

Callow

Blice

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