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

Annabel Jones

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

Rory Kinnear

Annabel Jones

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

Anthology

Drama

Speculative Fiction
4 What form does Black Mirror: "The National Anthem" take?
Short story

Standalone television episode

Stage play

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

2023

2001

2011
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

United States

Scotland

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

BBC

Channel 4

Netflix
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 vibrating cellphone

A beeping pager

A fax machine

A ringing landline
11 What is Princess Susannah's additional title?
Duchess of Cornwall

Princess of Wales

Lady of the High Table

Duchess of Beaumont
12 Where does the prime minister live?
11 Maplethorpe Drive

Big Ben

10 Downing Street

Buckingham Palace
13 What time of day does Callow learn about the kidnapping?
4 p.m.

Noon

Early morning

Midnight
14 What was Susannah doing when she was kidnapped?
Singing karaoke

Clubbing

Going for a jog

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

Crash into them with a van

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?
Metaphor

Simile

Metonymy

Understatement
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?
4 p.m.

Dawn

Noon

3 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?
Working-class

Cockney

Posh

Scottish
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

The ransom video was uploaded to YouTube

His office accidentally leaked the story

His office intentionally leaked the story to destroy his credibility
22 How many people have seen the video by the time Callow sees it?
50,000

10,000,000

5,000

2,500
23 Why does UKN decide to run the kidnapping story?
BBC runs it first

It is trending on TikTok

CNN runs it first

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

Inflitrate Downing Street

Find the kidnapper's location

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

Callow

Cairns

Blice

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