Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quizzes

Black Mirror: The National Anthem Quiz 1

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

Author unknown

Charlie Brooker

Otto Bathurst

Annabel Jones
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"?

Drama

Romance

Speculative Fiction

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

Short story

Stage play

Standalone television episode

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

2001

2023

2012

2011
6 Who is the protagonist?

Rory Kinnear

Michael Callow

Princess Susannah

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

Great Britain

Scotland

United States

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

Netflix

NBC

BBC

Channel 4
9 In what city does most of the action take place?

Manchester

Dublin

London

None of these
10 What auditory imagery can be heard at the start of the opening scene?

A fax machine

A beeping pager

A vibrating cellphone

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

Lady of the High Table

Duchess of Cornwall

Duchess of Beaumont

Princess of Wales
12 Where does the prime minister live?

Big Ben

10 Downing Street

Buckingham Palace

11 Maplethorpe Drive
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?

Going for a jog

Singing karaoke

Clubbing

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

Shoot them

Crash into them with a van

Tie them up

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

Metaphor

Understatement

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?

3 p.m.

Dawn

Noon

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

Eat from the same trough as a pig

Have full unsimulated sexual intercourse with a pig

Pretend to have sexual intercourse with a pig

Have sex with his wife on live television
20 What type of accent does Callow have?

Scottish

Working-class

Cockney

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

His office accidentally leaked the story

The ransom video was uploaded to YouTube

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

50,000

5,000
23 Why does UKN decide to run the kidnapping story?

They abide by the D-notice

CNN runs it first

BBC runs it first

It is trending on TikTok
24 What is Malaika assigned by her editor/producer to do?

Find the kidnapper's location

Go home and take a rest

Inflitrate Downing Street

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

Blice

Cairns

Callow

Malaika

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