"Black Mirror": Episode Match Trivia Quiz

Answer: Hang the DJ

"Hang the DJ" (season 4) stars Georgina Campbell and Joe Cole. The title of the episode is from the song "Panic" by the Smiths. While Frank and Amy want to stay together, their electronic "coaches" inform them that they "know best" and that their method of partner selection is 99.8% effective.

Answer: San Junipero

One of the series' most famous episodes, "San Junipero" (season 3) starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Mackenzie Davis won two Emmys in 2017. The audience is initially bewildered as the couple frequently meets in difference decades and references life and death, setting up a powerful twist with strong philosophical implications.

Answer: Striking Vipers

"Striking Viper" was released in 2019 as part of season 5, and stars Anthony MacKie and Yayha Abdul-Mateen II. Danny, a married man, plays a male fighter in the "Mortal Kombat"-style video game while his friend Karl plays a female fighter. The virtual reality game allows the player to personify their character completely.

Their friendship and Danny's marriage are tested when the two online characters have intense sexual chemistry.

Answer: Fifteen Million Merits

"Fifteen Million Merits" (season 1) stars Daniel Kaluuya and Jessica Brown Findlay. Most people must earn "merits" by continuing to ride their bikes every day. These merits allow them to buy perks when they return to their living spaces, isolated cubes with large TV screens. Bing (Kaluuya) is dissatisfied with society after he spends all his merits to get Abi (Findlay) into a singing competition and her success is not what he had anticipated.

Answer: Mazey Day

"Mazey Day" (season 6) stars Zazie Beetz and Clara Rugaard. A paparazzi is desperately seeking information and pictures of a famous actress who has disappeared after a mysterious incident in the Czech Republic. After extensive research, she and her team finally find the actress imprisoned.

Answer: White Bear

"White Bear" (season 2) stars Lenora Crinchlow and Michael Smiley. An unknown woman, later revealed to be Victoria Skillane, seems to be one of only a few people not affected by a strange signal that has hypnotized all people in her vicinity. She has no idea where she is and why she is being constantly filmed by random passersby as she gets hunted by men with rifles.

Answer: Nosedive

"Nosedive" (season 3) stars Bryce Dallas Howard and Alice Eve. Apartment complexes, airport seats, and any other life convenience require a minimum rating to unlock. Lacie believes that attending her popular friend Naomi's wedding will skyrocket her rating due to the presence of many highly-rated people at the event. Things don't exactly go to plan, and Lacie's rating starts to suffer excruciatingly as she attempts to reach Naomi's wedding.

Answer: USS Callister

"USS Callister" (season 4) stars Jesse Plemons and Cristin Milioti. While the initial sequence depicts a jolly "Star Trek" style spaceship run by a friendly and charismatic captain Daly, the morbid truth is quickly revealed to the audience. Robert Daly, a perpetually disrespected genius programmer who works at a major video gaming company, has created digital copies of his co-workers and effectively enslaved them in his sadistic game: a world where he is a God.

Answer: Joan is Awful

"Joan is Awful" (season 6) stars Annie Murphy and Salma Hayek. Joan is very upset that her life is being run in real-time for the entire world to see on a streaming platform by a contracted virtual copy of the famous actress, Salma Hayek. She plans to stop it by performing various unacceptable acts that would humiliate the real Salma.

Answer: The National Anthem

"The National Anthem" (season 1) is the very first episode of the series, starring Rory Kinnear and Lindsay Duncan. After the beloved and popular princess is kidnapped, the abductor contacts the country's prime minister and informs him that she will be killed unless he publicly fornicates with a pig on camera in front of the nation.