Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quizzes

Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quiz 1

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

Charlie Brooker

Otto Bathurst

Annabel Jones
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"?
Speculative Fiction

Anthology

Romance

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?
2011

2012

2023

2001
6 Who is the protagonist?
Rory Kinnear

Jane Callow

Princess Susannah

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

United States

Scotland

Great Britain
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

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 Cornwall

Princess of Wales

Lady of the High Table

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

Big Ben

10 Downing Street

11 Maplethorpe Drive
13 What time of day does Callow learn about the kidnapping?
Early morning

Noon

Midnight

4 p.m.
14 What was Susannah doing when she was kidnapped?
Going for a jog

Singing karaoke

Clubbing

Returning from a wedding
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?
Metonymy

Simile

Metaphor

Understatement
17 Who reads out the ransom demands?
Princess Susannah

Carlton Bloom

Terry Wogan

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

Noon

4 p.m.

Dawn
19 What does the kidnapper want Callow to do?
Have full unsimulated sexual intercourse with a pig

Eat from the same trough as a pig

Pretend to have sexual intercourse with a pig

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

Posh

Cockney

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

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?
2,500

10,000,000

5,000

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

It is trending on TikTok

They abide by the D-notice

CNN runs it first
24 What is Malaika assigned by her editor/producer to do?
Update Princess Susannah's pre-made obituary footage

Find the kidnapper's location

Inflitrate Downing Street

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

Blice

Callow

Malaika

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