Winter is coming, and so is a very long quiz. These 120 Game of Thrones trivia questions cross all eight HBO seasons, from Winterfell and King's Landing to the Wall, Braavos, Meereen, and the frozen lands beyond.
Major spoilers are everywhere. If you have not finished the series, consider this your raven-delivered warning.
Why Game of Thrones Makes Great Trivia
Game of Thrones turns family trees, geography, politics, mythology, battles, prophecies, betrayals, and dozens of memorable characters into one giant trivia playground. HBO confirms the completed series runs eight seasons and 73 episodes, based on George R. R. Martin's book series and created for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.
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The Stark Family & Winterfell
Q: What is the ancestral seat of House Stark?
A: Winterfell.
Q: What words belong to House Stark?
A: "Winter is Coming."
Q: What animal appears on the Stark sigil?
A: A direwolf.
Q: Who is Lord of Winterfell at the beginning of the series?
A: Eddard "Ned" Stark.
Q: Who is Ned Stark's wife?
A: Catelyn Stark.
Q: What is the name of the eldest Stark son?
A: Robb Stark.
Q: Which Stark daughter dreams of courtly life and marrying a prince at the beginning?
A: Sansa Stark.
Q: Which Stark daughter prefers swords, riding, and adventure to traditional court expectations?
A: Arya Stark.
Q: Which Stark son becomes paralyzed after being pushed from a tower?
A: Bran Stark.
Q: What is the name of the youngest Stark child in the main family?
A: Rickon Stark.
Q: Who is introduced as Ned Stark's illegitimate son?
A: Jon Snow.
Q: What is Arya's sword called?
A: Needle.
Q: Who gives Arya Needle?
A: Jon Snow.
Q: What is Jon's direwolf called?
A: Ghost.
Q: What unusual color distinguishes Ghost from the other Stark direwolf pups?
A: He has white fur and red eyes.
The Lannisters & King's Landing
Q: What animal appears on House Lannister's sigil?
A: A lion.
Q: What is the ancestral seat of House Lannister?
A: Casterly Rock.
Q: Who are the three principal Lannister siblings?
A: Cersei, Jaime, and Tyrion Lannister.
Q: Who is the father of Cersei, Jaime, and Tyrion?
A: Tywin Lannister.
Q: What secret relationship exists between Cersei and Jaime?
A: They are twins and lovers.
Q: Who is Cersei married to when the series begins?
A: King Robert Baratheon.
Q: Who is publicly believed to be Robert's eldest son and heir?
A: Joffrey Baratheon.
Q: Who is Joffrey's biological father?
A: Jaime Lannister.
Q: Which Lannister is famous for wit, reading, and surviving through political intelligence?
A: Tyrion Lannister.
Q: What office does Tyrion serve in while acting as the king's chief minister?
A: Hand of the King.
Q: What substance plays a major role in Tyrion's defense of King's Landing?
A: Wildfire.
Q: What battle sees Stannis Baratheon's fleet attacked with wildfire?
A: The Battle of the Blackwater.
Q: Who kills Tywin Lannister?
A: Tyrion.
Q: What weapon does Tyrion use to kill Tywin?
A: A crossbow.
Q: Who ultimately becomes Queen of the Seven Kingdoms before Daenerys attacks King's Landing?
A: Cersei Lannister.
Daenerys Targaryen & the Dragons
Q: What house does Daenerys belong to?
A: House Targaryen.
Q: What animal appears on the Targaryen sigil?
A: A three-headed dragon.
Q: Who is Daenerys's older brother at the beginning of the series?
A: Viserys Targaryen.
Q: Who does Daenerys marry in Season 1?
A: Khal Drogo.
Q: What nomadic warrior culture does Drogo lead?
A: The Dothraki.
Q: What title is given to the wife of a khal?
A: Khaleesi.
Q: How many dragon eggs does Daenerys receive as wedding gifts?
A: Three.
Q: What are Daenerys's dragons called?
A: Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion.
Q: Which dragon is named after Khal Drogo?
A: Drogon.
Q: Which dragon is named after Rhaegar Targaryen?
A: Rhaegal.
Q: Which dragon is named after Viserys Targaryen?
A: Viserion.
Q: What title does Daenerys earn after freeing enslaved people in Slaver's Bay?
A: Breaker of Chains, among her many titles.
Q: What city does Daenerys rule for an extended period?
A: Meereen.
Q: Which adviser eventually becomes Hand of the Queen to Daenerys?
A: Tyrion Lannister.
Q: Which dragon survives the end of the television series?
A: Drogon.
The Wall, Night's Watch & White Walkers
Q: What enormous structure guards the northern border of the Seven Kingdoms?
A: The Wall.
Q: What brotherhood guards the Wall?
A: The Night's Watch.
Q: What is the main Night's Watch stronghold shown in the series?
A: Castle Black.
Q: Who travels north to join the Night's Watch in Season 1?
A: Jon Snow.
Q: Who is Jon's close friend in the Night's Watch and later becomes a maester?
A: Samwell Tarly.
Q: What are the undead foot soldiers raised by White Walkers called?
A: Wights.
Q: Who leads the Army of the Dead?
A: The Night King.
Q: What material can kill White Walkers?
A: Dragonglass and Valyrian steel.
Q: What is dragonglass in ordinary geological terms?
A: Obsidian.
Q: What wildling woman becomes Jon Snow's lover?
A: Ygritte.
Q: What phrase does Ygritte repeatedly say to Jon?
A: "You know nothing, Jon Snow."
Q: Who is known as the King-Beyond-the-Wall?
A: Mance Rayder.
Q: What wildling giant becomes an ally of Jon and the Starks?
A: Wun Wun.
Q: Which dragon does the Night King kill and reanimate?
A: Viserion.
Q: What does undead Viserion destroy?
A: A section of the Wall, allowing the Army of the Dead to pass south.
Major Battles, Weddings & Shocking Deaths
Q: What infamous massacre kills Robb Stark, Catelyn Stark, and many Stark allies?
A: The Red Wedding.
Q: At whose castle does the Red Wedding take place?
A: The Twins.
Q: Which house rules the Twins?
A: House Frey.
Q: Who hosts the Red Wedding?
A: Walder Frey.
Q: What song signals the betrayal at the Red Wedding?
A: "The Rains of Castamere."
Q: What color gives Joffrey's fatal wedding its nickname?
A: Purple, as in the Purple Wedding.
Q: What kills Joffrey?
A: Poison.
Q: Who is ultimately revealed to have helped orchestrate Joffrey's poisoning?
A: Olenna Tyrell, working with Petyr Baelish.
Q: What battle pits Jon Snow's forces against Ramsay Bolton?
A: The Battle of the Bastards.
Q: Who wins the Battle of the Bastards?
A: Jon Snow's side, after the Knights of the Vale arrive.
Q: What happens to Ramsay Bolton afterward?
A: Sansa has him killed by his own starving hounds.
Q: What battle brings the living together against the Night King at Winterfell?
A: The Battle of Winterfell.
Q: Who kills the Night King?
A: Arya Stark.
Q: What weapon does Arya use to kill the Night King?
A: A Valyrian steel dagger.
Q: What happens to the Night King's army when he dies?
A: The White Walkers and wights under his power collapse and are destroyed.
Arya, Sansa, Bran & the Stark Journeys
Q: Who trains Arya in swordplay in King's Landing?
A: Syrio Forel.
Q: What fighting style does Syrio teach Arya?
A: The Braavosi style called water dancing.
Q: What organization does Arya join in Braavos?
A: The Faceless Men.
Q: Who trains Arya at the House of Black and White?
A: Jaqen H'ghar and the Waif.
Q: What ability do the Faceless Men use to assume other identities?
A: They wear magically prepared faces of the dead.
Q: What title does Sansa ultimately hold?
A: Queen in the North.
Q: Who is Sansa forced to marry in King's Landing?
A: Tyrion Lannister.
Q: Who does Sansa later marry at Winterfell?
A: Ramsay Bolton.
Q: Who helps Sansa and Jon regain Winterfell?
A: Forces including the Knights of the Vale.
Q: What mystical role does Bran eventually assume?
A: The Three-Eyed Raven.
Q: What power allows Bran to enter the minds of animals and sometimes people?
A: Warging.
Q: What power lets Bran see events from the past?
A: Greensight through the Three-Eyed Raven's abilities.
Q: What revelation does Bran help confirm about Jon Snow's parents?
A: Jon is the son of Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen.
Q: What is Jon Snow's Targaryen birth name in the series?
A: Aegon Targaryen.
Q: What does Arya decide to explore at the end of the series?
A: What lies west of Westeros.
Politics, Schemes & Famous Players
Q: Who is nicknamed Littlefinger?
A: Petyr Baelish.
Q: What political philosophy does Littlefinger summarize with the idea that chaos is a ladder?
A: He sees instability as an opportunity to climb socially and politically.
Q: Who is the eunuch spymaster known as the Spider?
A: Varys.
Q: What network gives Varys much of his information?
A: His spies, whom he calls little birds.
Q: Who serves as Hand to several rulers and is known for rigid loyalty to law and duty?
A: Stannis Baratheon values law, while Davos Seaworth becomes one of his most trusted advisers.
Q: Who is known as the Onion Knight?
A: Davos Seaworth.
Q: Why is Davos called the Onion Knight?
A: He smuggled onions and other food into Storm's End during a siege and was knighted for helping save the castle.
Q: Who is the Red Priestess who advises Stannis?
A: Melisandre.
Q: What deity does Melisandre worship?
A: R'hllor, the Lord of Light.
Q: What Tyrell matriarch is nicknamed the Queen of Thorns?
A: Olenna Tyrell.
Q: Who is Margaery Tyrell's brother?
A: Loras Tyrell.
Q: What religious movement rises to power in King's Landing under the High Sparrow?
A: The Faith Militant.
Q: What humiliating punishment does Cersei endure?
A: A public walk of atonement through King's Landing.
Q: How does Cersei destroy many of her political enemies at once?
A: She detonates wildfire beneath the Great Sept of Baelor.
Q: Who dies in the destruction of the Great Sept, helping clear Cersei's path to the throne?
A: Margaery Tyrell, the High Sparrow, Loras Tyrell, and many others.
Final Season, Cast & Hard Game of Thrones Challenge
Q: How many seasons does Game of Thrones have?
A: Eight.
Q: How many episodes are in the complete HBO series?
A: 73.
Q: Who created the television adaptation?
A: David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.
Q: Who wrote the A Song of Ice and Fire novels that inspired the series?
A: George R. R. Martin.
Q: Who plays Jon Snow?
A: Kit Harington.
Q: Who plays Daenerys Targaryen?
A: Emilia Clarke.
Q: Who plays Tyrion Lannister?
A: Peter Dinklage.
Q: Who plays Arya Stark?
A: Maisie Williams.
Q: Who plays Sansa Stark?
A: Sophie Turner.
Q: Who kills Daenerys in the series finale?
A: Jon Snow.
Q: What does Drogon destroy after Daenerys dies?
A: The Iron Throne.
Q: Who is chosen as king after Daenerys's death?
A: Bran Stark.
Q: What independent kingdom does Sansa rule at the end?
A: The North.
Q: Where does Jon go at the end of the series?
A: He returns north with the Free Folk beyond the Wall.
Q: Why is Game of Thrones unusually difficult trivia material?
A: Eight seasons and 73 episodes combine dozens of houses, shifting alliances, family secrets, fictional geography, invented languages, battles, religions, magical creatures, and characters whose titles change repeatedly.
How Did You Score?
If the Blackwater, the Twins, dragonglass, the House of Black and White, the Queen of Thorns, and Jon's true parentage all felt obvious, you may be ready for a seat on the Small Council.
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