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

Annabel Jones

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

Rory Kinnear

Otto Bathurst

Charlie Brooker

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

Anthology

Speculative Fiction

Drama

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

Novel

Stage play

Standalone television episode

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

2011

2012

2023

2001
6 Who is the protagonist?

Princess Susannah

Rory Kinnear

Jane Callow

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

Wales

Scotland

Great Britain

United States
8 Who produced Black Mirror: "The National Anthem"?

BBC

Channel 4

Netflix

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

Dublin

Manchester

London

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

A vibrating cellphone

A beeping pager

A fax machine

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

Duchess of Beaumont

Princess of Wales

Duchess of Cornwall

Lady of the High Table
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?

Early morning

Midnight

Noon

4 p.m.
14 What was Susannah doing when she was kidnapped?

Singing karaoke

Returning from a wedding

Clubbing

Going for a jog
15 What did the kidnapper do to Susannah's security detail?

Tie them up

Crash into them with a van

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?

Metonymy

Understatement

Metaphor

Simile
17 Who reads out the ransom demands?

Princess Susannah

Michael Callow

Terry Wogan

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

3 p.m.

Noon

Dawn

4 p.m.
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?

Posh

Cockney

Scottish

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 intentionally leaked the story to destroy his credibility

His office accidentally leaked the story
22 How many people have seen the video by the time Callow sees it?

50,000

2,500

5,000

10,000,000
23 Why does UKN decide to run the kidnapping story?

CNN runs it first

It is trending on TikTok

BBC 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

Update Princess Susannah's pre-made obituary footage

Find the kidnapper's location
25 Who comes up with a "contingency plan"?

Cairns

Callow

Blice

Malaika

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