Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quizzes

Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quiz 1

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

Charlie Brooker

Annabel Jones

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

Rory Kinnear

Annabel Jones

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

Romance

Anthology

Speculative Fiction
4 What form does Black Mirror: "The National Anthem" take?
Stage play

Short story

Standalone television episode

Novel
5 What year was Black Mirror: "The National Anthem" released?
2011

2012

2001

2023
6 Who is the protagonist?
Jane Callow

Michael Callow

Rory Kinnear

Princess Susannah
7 In what country is Black Mirror: "The National Anthem" set?
Great Britain

United States

Scotland

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

Netflix

BBC

Channel 4
9 In what city does most of the action take place?
Manchester

London

Dublin

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

A vibrating cellphone

A beeping pager

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

Lady of the High Table

Duchess of Cornwall

Princess of Wales
12 Where does the prime minister live?
Buckingham Palace

Big Ben

11 Maplethorpe Drive

10 Downing Street
13 What time of day does Callow learn about the kidnapping?
4 p.m.

Noon

Early morning

Midnight
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?
Tie them up

Shoot them

Crash into them with a van

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

Simile

Metaphor

Metonymy
17 Who reads out the ransom demands?
Terry Wogan

Carlton Bloom

Michael Callow

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

Dawn

4 p.m.

3 p.m.
19 What does the kidnapper want Callow to do?
Have sex with his wife on live television

Eat from the same trough as a pig

Pretend to have sexual intercourse with a pig

Have full unsimulated 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?
The ransom video was uploaded to YouTube

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

His office accidentally leaked the story

His office intentionally leaked the story to destroy his credibility
22 How many people have seen the video by the time Callow sees it?
2,500

50,000

5,000

10,000,000
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?
Find the kidnapper's location

Go home and take a rest

Update Princess Susannah's pre-made obituary footage

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

Cairns

Callow

Malaika

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