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50 free Black Mirror trivia questions with answers. Are you a true Black Mirror fan? This trivia quiz will test your knowledge of the show's most iconic episodes, memorable characters, and shocking plot twists. From the earliest seasons to the latest releases, see how well you really know this groundbreaking dystopian series.
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Q 01Who is credited as the creator of the anthology series 'Black Mirror'?
Charlie Brooker
Charlie Brooker created 'Black Mirror' and wrote most of its episodes, often collaborating with executive producer Annabel Jones.
Q 02In 'Men Against Fire', what is MASS?
A soldier's neural implant
MASS is a neural implant fitted to every soldier; when Stripe's malfunctions, he sees that the snarling enemies he has been hunting are ordinary human beings.
Q 03In 'Loch Henry', what do Davis and Pia pivot to making about his Scottish hometown?
A true crime documentary
Pia persuades Davis to drop their nature film and make a true crime documentary about the Iain Adair murders, a genre the episode skewers for how it treats victims.
Q 04Which actor played the lead role of Robert Daly in the episode 'USS Callister'?
Jesse Plemons
Jesse Plemons portrayed Robert Daly, the antagonist and creator of a simulated reality game in the Emmy-winning episode 'USS Callister'.
Q 05'Nosedive' opened which series of 'Black Mirror'?
The third
'Nosedive' was the first episode of 'Black Mirror' Season 3, which was the first season produced and released by Netflix.
Q 06Which Oscar-winning actress directed the fourth-series episode 'Arkangel'?
Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster, raised by a single mother herself, pushed for a more complex portrait of the mother Marie and was given control of casting.
Q 07In Black Mirror's 'Joan Is Awful', which fictional Netflix-parody streaming service turns Joan's life into a show starring Salma Hayek?
Streamberry
Streamberry's branding and personalised 'Is Awful' thumbnails were used to market the sixth series; Brooker said Netflix had no objections.
Q 08What time period is the main setting inside the digital afterlife of the episode 'San Junipero'?
The 1980s
Director Owen Harris said he picked 1987 'fairly arbitrarily'; Brooker rewrote the original heterosexual love story as a same-sex one because such marriages were not legal that year.
Q 09In 'Hated in the Nation', the government's Autonomous Drone Insects replace which vanished creature?
Bees
The Autonomous Drone Insects are robotic bees built to pollinate crops after real bees died out; a hacker turns the swarm into a weapon that kills people targeted by a hashtag game.
Q 10What is the primary goal of the relationship-expiry dating system in 'Hang the DJ'?
To find each user's lifelong partner
The System's stated purpose is to find each user's lifelong partner, with Coach claiming a 99.8% success rate; the real-world dating app then pairs Frank and Amy as a 99.8% match.
Q 11In 'Striking Vipers', what unexpectedly develops between two estranged friends inside a VR fighting game?
A romantic and sexual relationship
Estranged college friends Danny and Karl begin a romantic and sexual relationship through their avatars inside the game, hidden from Danny's wife Theo; critics debated whether it counts as infidelity.
Q 12Why does rideshare driver Chris take a hostage in the Black Mirror episode 'Smithereens'?
To speak directly with the firm's chief executive
Chris's main objective in the episode "Smithereens" is to force a direct conversation with Billy Bauer, the CEO of the social media company.
Q 13In 'Common People', which tech startup keeps Amanda alive on a monthly subscription?
Q 21In 'White Bear', what is the name of the main character who wakes up with amnesia?
Victoria
The episode 'White Bear' follows Victoria Skillane, a woman who wakes up with amnesia and is later revealed to be undergoing a daily psychological punishment.
Q 22In Black Mirror's 'Bandersnatch', set in 1984, what is the profession of main character Stefan Butler?
Video game programmer
Video game programmer Stefan, played by Fionn Whitehead, is adapting a fantasy gamebook at the software house Tuckersoft, alongside Will Poulter's Colin Ritman.
Q 23In Black Mirror's 'Demon 79', set in 1979, vandals paint the symbol of which British far-right group on Nida's door?
The National Front
Rivermind
Rivermind's surgery is free, but the subscription keeps rising in price as the service degrades, and Amanda's husband Mike goes to humiliating lengths online to pay for it.
Q 14On which British network did Black Mirror air its first two series and the 2014 'White Christmas' special before moving to Netflix?
Channel 4
Channel 4 aired series one (2011), series two (2013) and the 'White Christmas' special (2014) before Netflix took the show over from series three in 2016.
Q 15What does Charlie Brooker say the title 'Black Mirror' refers to?
A switched-off device's screen
Once a phone, monitor or TV goes dark it becomes a literal black mirror, showing the viewer their own reflection.
Q 16Ashley O's songs in 'Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too' are reworkings of tracks by which band?
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails songs were adapted into 'On a Roll' and 'Right Where I Belong'; the Ashley Too doll is a clone of the singer's personality.
Q 17What makes 'Bandersnatch' (2018) unlike every other 'Black Mirror' instalment?
Viewers choose the plot
Viewers choose the plot: it is an interactive film in which the audience makes decisions for programmer Stefan Butler.
Q 18In which year is 'Bandersnatch' set?
1984
Bandersnatch is set in July 1984, the year Stefan pitches his game to Tuckersoft; 1984 was also when a real, never-released Bandersnatch game was announced by a Liverpool studio.
Q 19In 'The National Anthem', what is the name of the British Prime Minister who faces a shocking dilemma?
Michael Callow
Michael Callow is the fictional Prime Minister blackmailed on live television in 'The National Anthem', the show's 2011 debut episode.
Q 20The robotic 'dogs' hunting Bella in Black Mirror's 'Metalhead' were modelled on machines from which company?
Boston Dynamics
Brooker has said the dogs were inspired by Boston Dynamics' viral robot videos; the 41-minute episode was shot entirely in black and white.
The National Front's symbol is part of the hostility Nida faces in the town of Tipley, and the episode leaves open whether the demon Gaap is real.
Q 24In 'The National Anthem', what animal must the Prime Minister have sex with on live TV?
A pig
The 2011 episode was later compared to 'Piggate', the 2015 anecdote alleging a university initiation rite involving David Cameron and a dead pig's head.
Q 25In 'Shut Up and Dance', teenager Kenny is blackmailed with a video that hackers captured through what?
His laptop webcam
The hackers recorded Kenny through his laptop webcam after he installed a bogus anti-malware tool on the machine his sister had infected, then used the footage to control him.
Q 26What is Robert Daly's job title at Callister Inc. in 'USS Callister'?
Chief Technical Officer
Daly is Callister Inc.'s Chief Technical Officer, the co-founder who wrote the game's code, while co-founder James Walton is the CEO who takes the credit and the spotlight.
Q 27The episode 'Beyond the Sea' primarily takes place in what retrofuturistic year?
1969
'Beyond the Sea' is set in a retrofuturistic 1969, following two astronauts on a space mission.
Q 28In 'Hotel Reverie', Brandy Friday stars in an AI remake of a romance film from which decade?
The 1940s
The original 'Hotel Reverie' is a black-and-white British romance from the 1940s; when Brandy strays from its script, her AI co-star Clara gradually gains the memories of the actress who first played her.
Q 29In 'Demon 79', what does the demon Gaap tell Nida she must do to prevent the world's end?
Commit three murders
The demon Gaap tells Nida that she must commit three human sacrifices by May Day to avert the end of the world.
Q 30In 'Bandersnatch', Stefan Butler is adapting what kind of book into a video game?
A fantasy gamebook
'Bandersnatch' is a fantasy gamebook that belonged to Stefan's late mother; the film's branching structure mirrors the choose-your-own-adventure format he is trying to program.