Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quizzes

Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Black Mirror: "The National Anthem"?
Charlie Brooker

Author unknown

Otto Bathurst

Annabel Jones
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

Drama

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

Stage play

Short story

Standalone television episode
5 What year was Black Mirror: "The National Anthem" released?
2011

2023

2012

2001
6 Who is the protagonist?
Rory Kinnear

Michael Callow

Jane Callow

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"?
Netflix

BBC

NBC

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 vibrating cellphone

A fax machine

A ringing landline

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

Princess of Wales

Lady of the High Table

Duchess of Cornwall
12 Where does the prime minister live?
Big Ben

Buckingham Palace

10 Downing Street

11 Maplethorpe Drive
13 What time of day does Callow learn about the kidnapping?
Noon

Early morning

Midnight

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

Clubbing

Returning from a wedding

Going for a jog
15 What did the kidnapper do to Susannah's security detail?
Crash into them with a van

Sedate them

Shoot them

Tie them up
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?
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?
Dawn

Noon

4 p.m.

3 p.m.
19 What does the kidnapper want Callow to do?
Pretend to have sexual intercourse with a pig

Eat from the same trough as 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?
Working-class

Scottish

Cockney

Posh
21 What thwarts Callow's plan to limit the media from reporting on the kidnapping?
His office intentionally leaked the story to destroy his credibility

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

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

50,000

5,000

2,500
23 Why does UKN decide to run the kidnapping story?
It is trending on TikTok

BBC runs it first

They abide by the D-notice

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

Inflitrate Downing Street

Update Princess Susannah's pre-made obituary footage

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

Callow

Malaika

Blice

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