Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quizzes

Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quiz 1

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

Annabel Jones

Charlie Brooker

Author unknown
2 Who directed Black Mirror: "The National Anthem"?
Rory Kinnear

Annabel Jones

Charlie Brooker

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

Speculative Fiction

Romance

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

Novel

Standalone television episode

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

2011

2001

2023
6 Who is the protagonist?
Rory Kinnear

Michael Callow

Jane Callow

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

Scotland

Wales

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

NBC

Netflix

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

London

Manchester

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?
Buckingham Palace

Big Ben

11 Maplethorpe Drive

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

4 p.m.

Noon

Midnight
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?
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

Metonymy

Understatement

Metaphor
17 Who reads out the ransom demands?
Princess Susannah

Terry Wogan

Carlton Bloom

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?
Pretend to have sexual intercourse with a pig

Have sex with his wife on live television

Eat from the same trough as a pig

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

Working-class

Posh

Cockney
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 accidentally leaked the story

His office intentionally leaked the story to destroy his credibility

The ransom video was uploaded to YouTube
22 How many people have seen the video by the time Callow sees it?
5,000

10,000,000

50,000

2,500
23 Why does UKN decide to run the kidnapping story?
They abide by the D-notice

It is trending on TikTok

CNN runs it first

BBC runs it first
24 What is Malaika assigned by her editor/producer to do?
Inflitrate Downing Street

Go home and take a rest

Find the kidnapper's location

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

Cairns

Malaika

Callow

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