Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quizzes

Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quiz 1

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

Author unknown

Charlie Brooker

Otto Bathurst
2 Who directed Black Mirror: "The National Anthem"?
Charlie Brooker

Otto Bathurst

Annabel Jones

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?
Short story

Standalone television episode

Stage play

Novel
5 What year was Black Mirror: "The National Anthem" released?
2012

2023

2011

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?
Great Britain

Scotland

United States

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

Channel 4

NBC

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 beeping pager

A ringing landline

A vibrating cellphone

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

Lady of the High Table

Princess of Wales

Duchess of Beaumont
12 Where does the prime minister live?
11 Maplethorpe Drive

Big Ben

10 Downing Street

Buckingham Palace
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?
Returning from a wedding

Going for a jog

Clubbing

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

Shoot them

Tie them up

Crash into them with a van
16 When Alex Cairns warns Callow that the next part of the video "concerns you directly," it is an example of what device?
Simile

Understatement

Metonymy

Metaphor
17 Who reads out the ransom demands?
Terry Wogan

Princess Susannah

Carlton Bloom

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

4 p.m.

Dawn

3 p.m.
19 What does the kidnapper want Callow to do?
Have full unsimulated sexual intercourse with a pig

Have sex with his wife on live television

Eat from the same trough as a pig

Pretend to have 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 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

5,000

2,500

50,000
23 Why does UKN decide to run the kidnapping story?
It is trending on TikTok

CNN runs it first

They abide by the D-notice

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

Update Princess Susannah's pre-made obituary footage

Find the kidnapper's location

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

Blice

Cairns

Malaika

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