Below is the full Quizmo quiz devoted to the theme "Black Mirror": each question, its four options, the correct answer highlighted and, where available, its source. A chance to brush up on your general knowledge and then test what you know.
▶ Play today's quizBlack Mirror is best described as which kind of anthology series?
Source: Each standalone episode imagines how near-future technology warps human life, a modern Twilight Zone for the digital age.
What recurring theme links most Black Mirror episodes?
Source: Creator Charlie Brooker said the 'black mirror' is the cold reflective screen of any phone, TV or monitor when switched off.
Which streaming service revived Black Mirror after its first two UK seasons?
Source: The show began on Britain's Channel 4 before Netflix bought it in 2015, turning a cult UK series into a global hit.
Which Black Mirror title let viewers control the plot through their own choices?
Source: Bandersnatch was Netflix's interactive film where your remote-control picks branch the story, with millions of possible paths.
In 'Nosedive', society ranks people using what system?
Source: Every interaction earns a 1-to-5 rating, and your average score decides where you can live, work and travel.
In 'San Junipero', the seaside town is actually what?
Source: The nostalgic 80s town is a simulation where the dead and dying can live on forever, a rare Black Mirror happy ending.
The episode 'The National Anthem' forces a UK Prime Minister to do what on live TV?
Source: The grotesque ransom demand for a kidnapped princess eerily preceded real 'piggate' rumours about a British politician years later.
In 'White Bear', what is the disoriented woman actually trapped in?
Source: She is a convicted accomplice whose daily torment, watched by paying spectators, is staged as justice-as-entertainment.
In 'The Entire History of You', people record everything using what implant?
Source: The 'grain' lets you replay any memory on your eye or a screen, turning jealousy and doubt into a destructive obsession.
In 'Fifteen Million Merits', citizens earn 'merits' by doing what all day?
Source: They cycle to generate power and currency, surrounded by inescapable screens, in a savage satire of gig-economy drudgery.
Which comedian and journalist created Black Mirror?
Source: Brooker honed his savage tech satire writing TV-review columns and presenting 'Screenwipe' before launching the series in 2011.
In 'Be Right Back', a grieving woman recreates her dead partner using what?
Source: An AI rebuilds him from his texts and social posts, then a lifelike android body, but it can never truly be him.
In 'USS Callister', the godlike captain secretly traps colleagues as what?
Source: He clones co-workers from their DNA into his private game, ruling them as a tyrant in a Star Trek-style fantasy.
In 'Shut Up and Dance', the teenager is blackmailed after hackers obtained what?
Source: Malware filmed him through his laptop camera, and the final twist reveals his secret was far darker than expected.
In 'Hated in the Nation', a deadly swarm is built from artificial what?
Source: Robotic bees replacing extinct pollinators are hijacked to kill whoever the public condemns most with an online hashtag.
Which 'Black Museum' artefact lets a man feel his comatose wife's sensations?
Source: The implant first feels intimate, then becomes a torment as he experiences her every ache without escape.
The black-and-white episode 'Metalhead' is built entirely around fleeing what?
Source: Shot entirely in stark black and white, its relentless 'dogs' were inspired by real Boston Dynamics robots.
Which tech company recurs as an Easter egg across many Black Mirror episodes?
Source: TCKR Systems, the consciousness-uploading firm, is glimpsed across San Junipero, White Christmas, USS Callister and more.
In 'Hang the DJ', the dating 'System' is finally revealed to be what?
Source: The whole world is one of a thousand simulated rebellions a dating app runs to calculate a 99.8% match score.
Which director, known for '30 Days of Night', helmed the harrowing 'Metalhead'?
Source: David Slade, also behind 'Hard Candy' and '30 Days of Night', gave 'Metalhead' its bleak, near-wordless survival tension.