Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quizzes

Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quiz 1

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

Author unknown

Otto Bathurst

Charlie Brooker

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

Annabel Jones

Charlie Brooker

Rory Kinnear

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

Romance

Speculative Fiction

Anthology

Drama
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

2023

2001
6 Who is the protagonist?

Jane Callow

Princess Susannah

Rory Kinnear

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

Wales

Great Britain

United States

Scotland
8 Who produced Black Mirror: "The National Anthem"?

Netflix

BBC

Channel 4

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 ringing landline

A fax machine

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

Princess of Wales

Duchess of Beaumont

Lady of the High Table

Duchess of Cornwall
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?

4 p.m.

Midnight

Noon

Early morning
14 What was Susannah doing when she was kidnapped?

Clubbing

Singing karaoke

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

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?

Metonymy

Metaphor

Simile

Understatement
17 Who reads out the ransom demands?

Michael Callow

Carlton Bloom

Terry Wogan

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

3 p.m.

Dawn

4 p.m.

Noon
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?

Posh

Working-class

Scottish

Cockney
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?

2,500

50,000

5,000

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

CNN runs it first

BBC runs it first

They abide by the D-notice

It is trending on TikTok
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"?

Blice

Callow

Malaika

Cairns

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