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"?
Annabel Jones

Charlie Brooker

Otto Bathurst

Rory Kinnear
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?
Novel

Stage play

Short story

Standalone television episode
5 What year was Black Mirror: "The National Anthem" released?
2001

2023

2012

2011
6 Who is the protagonist?
Jane Callow

Rory Kinnear

Princess Susannah

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

Scotland

Wales

Great Britain
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 beeping pager

A fax machine

A ringing landline

A vibrating cellphone
11 What is Princess Susannah's additional title?
Duchess of Beaumont

Duchess of Cornwall

Princess of Wales

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

Big Ben

Buckingham Palace

10 Downing Street
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?
Singing karaoke

Going for a jog

Returning from a wedding

Clubbing
15 What did the kidnapper do to Susannah's security detail?
Tie them up

Shoot them

Crash into them with a van

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?
Simile

Metonymy

Metaphor

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?
Dawn

3 p.m.

Noon

4 p.m.
19 What does the kidnapper want Callow to do?
Have full unsimulated sexual intercourse with a pig

Have sex with his wife on live television

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

Scottish

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?
5,000

50,000

10,000,000

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

It is trending on TikTok

They abide by the D-notice

BBC 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"?
Malaika

Cairns

Callow

Blice

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