Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quizzes

Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quiz 1

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

Charlie Brooker

Author unknown

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

Otto Bathurst

Rory Kinnear

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

Anthology

Drama

Romance
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?
2023

2012

2011

2001
6 Who is the protagonist?
Jane Callow

Michael Callow

Princess Susannah

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

Wales

Scotland

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

Channel 4

Netflix

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

Dublin

London

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

A fax machine

A ringing landline

A beeping pager
11 What is Princess Susannah's additional title?
Duchess of Beaumont

Duchess of Cornwall

Lady of the High Table

Princess of Wales
12 Where does the prime minister live?
Big Ben

Buckingham Palace

11 Maplethorpe Drive

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

Midnight

4 p.m.

Noon
14 What was Susannah doing when she was kidnapped?
Clubbing

Singing karaoke

Going for a jog

Returning from a wedding
15 What did the kidnapper do to Susannah's security detail?
Tie them up

Shoot them

Sedate them

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?
Metonymy

Simile

Metaphor

Understatement
17 Who reads out the ransom demands?
Michael Callow

Carlton Bloom

Princess Susannah

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

3 p.m.

Dawn

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

Have full unsimulated sexual intercourse with a pig

Pretend to have sexual intercourse with a pig

Eat from the same trough as a pig
20 What type of accent does Callow have?
Posh

Scottish

Working-class

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

The ransom video was uploaded to YouTube

His office intentionally leaked the story to destroy his credibility
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?
BBC runs it first

CNN runs it first

It is trending on TikTok

They abide by the D-notice
24 What is Malaika assigned by her editor/producer to do?
Go home and take a rest

Find the kidnapper's location

Update Princess Susannah's pre-made obituary footage

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

Malaika

Blice

Callow

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