Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quizzes

Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quiz 1

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

Charlie Brooker

Otto Bathurst

Author unknown

Annabel Jones
2 Who directed Black Mirror: "The National Anthem"?

Rory Kinnear

Otto Bathurst

Annabel Jones

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

Speculative Fiction

Romance

Drama

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

Stage play

Novel

Short story

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

2011

2012

2001

2023
6 Who is the protagonist?

Jane Callow

Michael Callow

Princess Susannah

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

Great Britain

Wales

Scotland

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

BBC

NBC

Netflix

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 fax machine

A vibrating cellphone

A beeping pager

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?

11 Maplethorpe Drive

Buckingham Palace

10 Downing Street

Big Ben
13 What time of day does Callow learn about the kidnapping?

Early morning

Noon

4 p.m.

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?

Crash into them with a van

Shoot them

Sedate 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?

Metaphor

Simile

Understatement

Metonymy
17 Who reads out the ransom demands?

Michael Callow

Terry Wogan

Princess Susannah

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

3 p.m.

Dawn

Noon

4 p.m.
19 What does the kidnapper want Callow to do?

Pretend to have sexual intercourse with a pig

Have full unsimulated sexual intercourse with a pig

Have sex with his wife on live television

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

Working-class

Cockney

Scottish

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

His office accidentally leaked the story

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

5,000

50,000

2,500

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?

Go home and take a rest

Find the kidnapper's location

Inflitrate Downing Street

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

Cairns

Malaika

Callow

Blice

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