Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quizzes

Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quiz 1

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

Charlie Brooker

Annabel Jones

Author unknown
2 Who directed Black Mirror: "The National Anthem"?
Rory Kinnear

Annabel Jones

Charlie Brooker

Otto Bathurst
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

Short story

Stage play

Novel
5 What year was Black Mirror: "The National Anthem" released?
2011

2001

2023

2012
6 Who is the protagonist?
Michael Callow

Princess Susannah

Jane Callow

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

Great Britain

United States

Wales
8 Who produced Black Mirror: "The National Anthem"?
Channel 4

BBC

Netflix

NBC
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 beeping pager

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

Duchess of Beaumont

Princess of Wales

Lady of the High Table
12 Where does the prime minister live?
11 Maplethorpe Drive

Buckingham Palace

Big Ben

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

4 p.m.

Early morning

Noon
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

Tie them up

Shoot them

Sedate them
16 When Alex Cairns warns Callow that the next part of the video "concerns you directly," it is an example of what device?
Metonymy

Understatement

Metaphor

Simile
17 Who reads out the ransom demands?
Terry Wogan

Princess Susannah

Carlton Bloom

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

Dawn

4 p.m.

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

Have sex with his wife on live television

Eat from the same trough as a pig

Have full unsimulated sexual intercourse with a pig
20 What type of accent does Callow have?
Cockney

Scottish

Working-class

Posh
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?
2,500

10,000,000

5,000

50,000
23 Why does UKN decide to run the kidnapping story?
CNN runs it first

BBC 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?
Inflitrate Downing Street

Go home and take a rest

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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