Game of-thrones-quiz

Prelims - RULES
1- There are 20 questions, worth a total of 25 points
2- Each question carriers 1 mark unless mentioned otherwise in the slides.
3- Give your team a cool name and write your and your team members name on
the sheet
4 -There are 5 star marked questions throughout the prelims which will be used
as tie breakers.
5- In case of a tie after factoring in the star marked questions too, sudden death
will come into the picture.
6- Eight teams in the finals
7- Hints on my discretion

Q.1
■ There are nineteen castles built along the Wall, but due to the decline of the Night's Watch over the
centuries only three are actively garrisoned by the time of theWar of the Five Kings: Castle Black in the
centre,The Shadow Tower at the western end, and Eastwatch-by-the-Sea at the eastern end on the coast.
The X is one of the abandoned castles of the Night's Watch along the Wall, the only one whose steps up the
side of theWall were carved into the ice. It sits between Icemark to the west and Deep Lake to the east. The
X figures in some of Old Nan's scariest stories. In the books, when Stannis reaches Castle Black he plans to
make X his wartime seat.
■ Identify X

Q.2*
■ The fan theory that X is gay is subscribed to by a large number of the fan base.
Common reasons put forward to support the theory are
■ X refuses to marry when Holden suggests it
■ George R.R. Martin has confirmed that one of the POV characters in A Dance with
Dragons is gay, and it is implied that this is X, who was in love withY. X refers toY as
his "silver prince" when he reminisces about him, and X believedY's wife, Z, to have
been unworthy of him.
■ Identify X

Q.3
■ X is a region on the east coast of theVale of Arryn, located along the shores of
the Narrow Sea. It consists of five long, slender peninsulas extending into the sea,
divided by bays, inlets and channels. House Baelish rules over the smallest of X.
■ Identify X

Q.4*
■ GRRM is a man quite fond of foreshadowning.One of these moments include the
direwolves attackingTyrion when he returns toWinterfell from the Wall in the books. It
is widely believed that this was meant to foreshadow a particular event which was in
GRRM’s original plans for the ASOIAF trilogy.
■ What event was this?

Q.5 Identify the actress and her connection to GOT

Q.6 Poor old tywin
■ It came into the possession of the Lannister kings in the century before the Doom of
Valyria, and it is said that the weight of gold they paid for it would have been enough
to raise an army. But it was lost little more than a century later, when King of the Rock,
Tommen II Lannister carried it with him when he sailed with his great fleet to
ruinedValyria, with the intention of plundering the wealth and sorcery he was sure still
remained.The fleet never returned, nor didTommen and this sword.
■ House Lannister has been searching for a replacement ever since. LordTywin
Lannister attempted to buy a replacement from lesser, poorer houses, but was always
rebuffed
■ Identify this sword.

Q.7 [1+1]
■ In the original pilot, X and Y were played by Jennifer Ehle andTamzin Merchant,
respectively; by the time the show aired, they had been replaced by Michelle Fairley
and Z.
■ Identify X andY

Q.8
■ X, known as theWhite Bull, was a knight of HouseY and the Lord Commander of
the Kingsguard during the reigns of kings, Jaehaerys IITargaryen andAerys II
Targaryen.
■ “You swore a vow to guard the king, not to judge him”
■ X to Jaime Lannister after the deaths of Rickard and Brandon Stark
■ Identify X

Q.9
■ X, which took place in 277AC, was a landmark event during the reign of King Aerys II
Targaryen. X began when the Lord of Y refused to pay taxes, demanding a new town
charter and certain rights for citizens and ended with the extirpation of one noble
family and a severe rift between the king and his Hand of the King, LordTywin
Lannister. X was eventually ended when Ser Barristan Selmy offered to perform a solo
rescue mission.
■ Identify the event, X

Q.10 [1+1]
■ British actor and stunt performer IanWhyte has played a grand total of four
roles on Game ofThrones. In seasons one and two he was aWhiteWalker; also in
season two, he played X (one of three actors to play the role); season three saw him as
an unnamed giant; in season five he played Y.
■ Identify X and Y

Q. 11*
• Light of the Seven
• TheWinds ofWinter
• Blood of my blood
• Winter has come
■ Connect (Not Exhuastive)

Q.12*
■ Alleras, known asThe Sphinx, is a novice studying at the Citadel in Oldtown.Alleras is
described as having a noble Dornishman for a father and a Summer Islander for a
mother. In ‘A Feast for Crows’ we learn that Alleras has been at the Citadel for a year
and has forged three links in his Maester's chain.
■ Another popular fan theory, is that Alleras is actually X. Here is Prince Doran Martell
talking about X to Areo Hotah.
"What of X? She is a woman grown, almost twenty.“
"Unless she returns to Dorne, there's naught I can do about X save pray that she shows more
sense than her sisters. Leave her to her . . . game.”
■ Identify X

Q.13 Connect to Game ofThrones

Q.14* Connect these two actresses wrt
GoT

Q.15 [1+1]
■ A clipping from an article from 2013 goes as follows:
■ In November, Game ofThrones announced that X’s drummer Y, would be making a
cameo this season, and this Sunday they came through on that promise.As you can
see in the clip below (at the 23-second mark), there he was, playing drums at the Red
Wedding.We should’ve known something was about to go down when he started
playing the drum part to “FixYou.”
■ Identify X andY

Q.16
■ Identify this director who was responsible for two of the show’s best episodes, Battle
of the bastards andTheWinds ofWinter

Q.17
■ X a once powerful guild, was brought back to life by the actions of certain Lannisters.
A full member of the X is called a wisdom.There are also apprentices and acolytes to
assist them.The order is led by a wisdom that bears the title of Grand Master.
■ Identify X

Q.18
■ The meme on the next slide features characters from a particular scene and is in
reference to another event relating to the seventh season of Game ofThrones which
was embarrassing for HBO.
■ Give me the scene from the show.

Q.19 What prompted these tweets?

Q.20 [1+1+1]
■ Aegon’s Hill – Red Keep
■ Visenya’s Hill – X
■ Y’s Hill - Z
■ Identify X,Y and Z

Q.2*
■ The fan theory that X is gay is subscribed to by a large number of the fan base. Common
reasons put forward to support the theory are
■ X refuses to marry when Holden suggests it
■ George R.R. Martin has confirmed that one of the POV characters in A Dance with
Dragons is gay, and it is implied that this is X, who was in love withY. X refers toY as his
"silver prince" when he reminisces about him, and X believedY's wife, Z, to have been
unworthy of him.
■ Identify X

X –Tyrion burning and sackingWinterfell
Also in the original plans was a Jon-Arya-Tyrion love triangle
and Jaime being the King

The actress is Diana Rigg who played
OlennaTyrell on the show

X – Catelyn Stark
Y – DaenerysTargaryen

X – Ser Gregor Clegane
Y –WunWun

Songs from the soundtrack for Season 6

Sarella Sand (Sarella is the reverse of
Alleras)

Tritonia khaleesi - Sea slug named after
Daenerys’s hair

Actress on the left is Rebecca van Cleave,
body double for Lena Headey during the
Walk of Shame scene

X – Coldplay
Y –Will Champion

Guards ofWinterfell whom Arya sneaks
past when she returns in Season 7

X – Great Sept of Baelor
Y – Rhaenys
Z – Dragonpit

Round 1 – DRY CLOCKWISE
■ 10 Questions
■ + 20 / -10 on Pounce
■ + 10 on Direct / Pass
■ The questions will go around in a clockwise manner

Q.1
■ Described as the most dangerous man in Dorne by Doran Martell, he is responsible for
slashing off Princess Myrcella’s ear inAFFC.
■ Identify this knight who calls himself “of the night” and lives under the shadow of his
late famous cousin.

Q.2
Also known as the Fifth Blackfyre Rebellion, it was a conflict between the Band of Nine, a
group of merchants, mercenaries and pirates from the Free Cities, and the Seven
Kingdoms ofWesteros. After the Band of Nine had successfully conquered
the Stepstones, King Jaehaerys IITargaryen, aware of the fact that the Band of Nine were
set on conquering the Seven Kingdoms for the last remaining Blackfyre Pretender, Maelys
I Blackfyre, dispatched an army to the Stepstones to defeat the enemies of the Iron
Throne
Which war is being talked about here?

Q.3
■ Having been taken from the dungeons of King’s Landing byYoren, X stayed true to his
name till his very death as Brienne and Sandor (Book and Show respectively) would
probably justify
■ Identify X

Q.4
■ “Night gathers, now my Duff watch begins. It shall not end until my death. Or my 13-
week option is not picked up. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, and father no children
except for the wife and house and kids I’m already stuck with. I shall wear no other beer’s
crowns. I am the six-pack hidden in Daddy’s secret cabinet. I put the “fest” in Oktoberfest
and sell for eight bucks at ballparks, though I have nothing to offer but my suds, head
and beers, and promotional cozies, for this night and all the nights to come.”
■ An oath spoken by which famous tv character?

Q.5
■ He has keeps the company of whores and hedge wizards, talks with
hairy Ibbenese and pitch-black Summer Islanders in their own tongues, and sacrifices
to queer gods at the little sailor's temples down by Oldtown’s wharves.
■ He encountered Mirri Maz Duur in his travels and taught her the secrets of the human
body and the CommonTongue.
■ Which archmaester of the Citadel is being talked about here?

Q.6 Who came up with this song?
(Negative points for mentioning Sheeran)
He rode through the streets of the city
Down from his hill on high
O'er the wynds and the steps and the cobble
He rode to a woman's sigh
For she was his secret treasure
She was his shame and his bliss
And a chain and a keep are nothing
Compared to a woman's kiss
For hands of gold are always cold
But a woman's hands are warm
For hands of gold are always cold
But a woman's hands are ...

Q.7
■ Who was actually the ghost of Renly Baratheon during the Battle of Blackwater Bay?

Q.8
■ The Hall of Faces is perhaps the easiest place to insert a hard to spot cameo into the
scene.
■ The most famous cameo of this sort was by the duo of X and Y
■ X drafted a screenplay of the mythological epic Troy (2004) for whichWarner Bros
pictures paid him $2.5 million.
■ Y completed a screenplay for a film adaptation of the video game series Halo
Identify X andY

The show creators, X – Benioff,Y -Weiss

Q.9
■ Connect
■ Wildling
■ X
■ Closer to Home
■ Still going strong
■ Y
■ Z
■ I’m a real bastard

All songs from Game ofThrones –The
Musical

Q.10
■ Who delivered these lines, perhaps one ofASOIAF’s most epic speeches
■ "My sonWendel came to theTwins a guest. He ate LordWalder's bread and salt, and
hung his sword upon the wall to feast with friends. And they murdered him. Murdered,
I say, and may the Freys choke upon their fables. I drink with Jared, jape with Symond,
promise Rhaegar the hand of my own beloved granddaughter ... but never think that
means I have forgotten.The north remembers, Lord Davos.The north remembers,
and the mummer's farce is almost done. My son is home."

Round 2 - A HISTORYOF ICEAND FIRE
■ A total of 8 questions based on past events from the world of ASOIAF
■ Each question for +25/0
■ If you get all 8 correct, then another +100
■ Write down your answers in the sheets provided to you and exchange after the round’s
done

Q.1
■ X was a fire at Y, a pleasure castle of HouseTargaryen in the Dornish Marches, in 259
AC.The conflagration caused the deaths of, among others, King AegonVTargaryen,
his eldest son, Prince DuncanTargaryen, and Ser Duncan theTall, the Lord
Commander of the Kingsguard.
■ The cause of X is as yet unknown, but was connected with King Aegon's desire to
restore dragons to the Seven Kingdoms.
■ Prince RhaegarTargaryen, who was born at Y, often returned there alone, with not
even the Kingsguard for company. He would sleep under the stars in the ruined hall,
and would be inspired to compose songs for his harp, about "twilights and tears and
the death of kings.

Q.2
■ One night, 600 years ago (about 300 years before Aegon's Landing), X was destroyed.
Something terrible happened that night; the details are uncertain. Its people are said to
have been carried off into slavery by slavers from across the Narrow Sea or slaughtered for
meat by cannibals out of Skagos, depending on the tale one chooses believe.
■ The homes of the inhabitants of X were said to have burned with flames so high and hot
that the watchers on the Wall far to the south thought that the sun was rising in from the
north. Afterwards, ashes rained down on the haunted forest and the Shivering Sea alike for
almost half a year.
■ Traders and a ship sent by the Night'sWatch to investigate reported only nightmarish
devastation where X had stood, a landscape of charred trees and burned bones, waters
choked with swollen corpses and blood-chilling shrieks echoing from the cave mouths that
pock the great cliff that looms above the settlement, a cliff where no living man or woman
could be found.
■ Identify X

Q.3 What popular theory is being justified in
the answer below?

Q.4
■ X was one of the most outstanding examples of the madness that can hit the
members of HouseTargaryen.Cruel and arrogant, he thought he was a dragon in
human form. Reportedly, he was a dabbler in the black arts.
■ X owned a dragon egg that was gold and silver.
■ The same year as his son's birth, X died screaming after drinking a cup of wildfire,
believing it would transform him into a dragon.
■ Identify X, aTargaryen King

Q.5
■ According to legend, X lived during the Age of Heroes, not long after the Wall was
complete. He was a fearless warrior named the thirteenth Lord Commander of the Night's
Watch. Later, he fell in love with a woman "with skin as white as the moon and eyes like
blue stars". He chased her and loved her though "her skin was cold as ice", and when he
gave his seed to her he gave his soul as well. X brought her back to the Nightfort and after
the unholy union, he declared himself king and her his queen, and ruled the Nightfort as his
own castle for thirteen years.
■ It was not until Brandon the Breaker, the King ofWinter, and Joramun, the King-Beyond-
the-Wall, joined forces that X was brought down and the Night's Watch freed. After his fall,
when it was discovered that X had been making sacrifices to the Others, all records of him
were destroyed and his very name was forbidden and forgotten.
■ Identify X

Q.6
■ In 209 AC, a tourney was to be held at Ashford.
■ WhenTanselle is attacked by Prince AerionTargaryen, X rushes to her defense,
attacking the Prince in the process.When Aerion's guards intervened, Y protected X
from further harm by revealing his identity as Prince AegonTargaryen.
■ Identify X andY, whose stories go beyond the five ASOIAF books.

Q.7
Ser Criston Cole was a knight of House Cole. Made a member of KingViserys ITargaryen's
Kingsguard, eventually rising to Lord Commander. Criston convincedViserys's son,Aegon,
to claim the rule of the Seven Kingdoms as his father lay dead.This led to the Dance of the
Dragons, a civil war between Aegon II and his elder sister, Rhaenyra, whomViserys had
long groomed as his successor. For this he became known as ________________.

Q.8Torrhen Stark, shown in the picture
is quite infamously remembered as?

Exchange your Sheets
And the Answers are…

Theory that the Faceless Men caused the
Doom ofValyria

Aerion “Brightflame”Targaryen

Night’s King (Night King is wrong xD)

X – Duncan theTall
Y – Egg (AegonTargaryen)

Round 3 – MEN OFTHE KINGSGUARD
■ There are a total of 5 questions
■ Each question describes one knight of the Kingsguard, answers being their names ofc
■ +20/0 for each question
■ +50 if you get all 5 correct

Q.1
■ A knight of House Strong and a member of the Kingsguard of King Jaehaerys I
Targaryen.
■ He had three wives, by whom he had sixteen children according to Princess Arianne
Martell and Ser Arys Oakheart, and thirty children according to Ser LorasTyrell.
■ When his Sworn Brothers discovered his deceit, they gelded him, after which King
Jaehaerys I sent him to theWall to join the Night'sWatch.
■ After he died, he became known as Lucamore the Lusty.[1] His deceits are recorded in
theWhite Bookand are sung about in a humorous song.

Q.2
■ Also called the __________, was a knight from HouseTargaryen who became Lord
Commander of the Kingsguard. He was the second son of KingViserys IITargaryen and
the brother of KingAegon IVTargaryen
■ He has been referred to as the noblest knight who ever lived, and his skill with a sword
is legendary throughoutWesteros. Even over a hundred years after his death, he is a
popular figure among the highborn and smallfolk in songs, stories, and fables.
■ He took part in the invasion of Dorne, led by his cousin and king, Daeron theYoung
Dragon.An assassination attempt on Daeron was prevented by the actions of the
___________, who threw himself in the path of an poisoned arrow meant for his king.

Q.3
■ An amalgamation of ___________ and Ser Gerold Hightower is portrayed by Eddie
Eyre during a flashback in Season 6 of the television adaptationGame ofThrones.

Q.4
■ He has pale grey eyes, oddly flat and lifeless, which unnerve Sansa Stark. Bronn thinks
he has the eyes of a fish, and Sansa thinks he has a curiously dead face.
■ He is a skilled warrior, but he is not loved by the smallfolk and he is not close to his
fellow brothers of the Kingsguard. Ser Jaime Lannister considers him the most
dangerous of the Kingsguard after himself, as his face does not give away his
intentions.
■ During the battle of Blackwater,Tyrion is in danger of falling into the Blackwater Rush.
________ first offers his hand to saveTyrion, but the knight then slashes at the Hand,
cutting off part ofTyrion's nose.Tyrion pulls himself onto the deck, but ________
prepares to stab him in the throat. However, Podrick pushes ________ into the
Blackwater, where he sinks under the weight of his armor and drowns.

Q.5
■ According to Qyburn, _________ has made a vow of silence, supposedly one of not
speaking until "all of (KingTommen's) enemies are dead and evil has been driven from
the realm".
■ Septa Unella hates him for sure
■ For your answer, go by the books not the show

Q.2
■ Also called the Dragonknight, was a knight from HouseTargaryen who became Lord
Commander of the Kingsguard. He was the second son of KingViserys IITargaryen and
the brother of KingAegon IVTargaryen
■ He has been referred to as the noblest knight who ever lived, and his skill with a sword
is legendary throughoutWesteros. Even over a hundred years after his death, he is a
popular figure among the highborn and smallfolk in songs, stories, and fables.
■ He took part in the invasion of Dorne, led by his cousin and king, Daeron theYoung
Dragon.An assassination attempt on Daeron was prevented by the actions of the
Dragonknight, who threw himself in the path of an poisoned arrow meant for his king.

AemonTargaryen –The Dragonknight

Q.5
■ According to Qyburn, _________ has made a vow of silence, supposedly one of not
speaking until "all of (KingTommen's) enemies are dead and evil has been driven from
the realm".
■ Septa Unella hates him for sure
■ Give me the name from the books

Round 4 – DRY ANTICLOCKWISE
■ 10 Questions
■ + 20 / -10 on Pounce
■ + 10 on Direct / Pass
■ The questions will go around in a anti-clockwise manner

Q.1 FITB
■ _____, known to the ancients as the Isle of Butterflies, is an island in the Summer Sea
off the northwestern coast of Sothoryos.
■ People from _____ have a unique look to them with flat faces, dark skin and golden
eyes.They are called the Peaceful People, due to their belief in extreme pacifism.They
make music rather than war and kill nothing, not even animals, eating only fruit and
never flesh.They are widely sought after by slavers who consider them to make the
best slaves.
■ People there revere butterflies as messengers of the Lord of Harmony, their only God,
charged with protection of the island and its people.These legends come from
the butterfly fever that has laid waste to conquerors throughout history.

Q.2
■ Carries his family’sValyrian steel longsword, Lady Forlorn
■ Works secretly for Petyr Baelish
■ Slew Lewyn Martell at the Battle ofTrident
■ Also, might be a paedophile
■ Identify this person

Q.3
■ You have been residing on Planetos for a while now until one day, while walking a dark
alley you feel a dagger through your heart and someone whispers to you “I am so sorry
“
■ As you lay there dying, you realize that someone must have hired X to have you killed.
■ Identify X

Q.4
■ A feast of slaughtered corpses holding cups, spoons, and food, with a dead man with a
wolf's head sitting on a throne wearing an iron crown.
■ “I dreamt a wolf howling in the rain, but no one heard his grief. I dreamt of a roaring
river and a woman that was a fish. Dead she drifted, with red tears on her cheeks.”
■ “Fool's blood. King's blood, blood on the maiden's thigh, but chains for the guests and
chains for the bridegroom, aye, aye, aye.”
■ These are all prophecies about the RedWedding. Give me the names of the three
people these prophecies were seen or said by.

1 – DaenerysTargaryen ( House of the
UndyingVision )
2 – Ghost of High Heart
3 - Patchface

Q.5
■ Mya Stone
■ Bella
■ X
■ Barra
■ Y
■ Twins of unknown gender fathered at Casterly Rock
■ Connect and give me X andY

Known bastards of Robert Baratheon
X – GendryY – Edric Storm

Q.6
■ Legends of the north state X and his dog and twelve other companions went in search
of the children of the forest during the Long Night, thousands of years ago.The only
survivor of the company after attacks from giants, wights, and Others, X eventually
reached the children and gained their assistance.The Night'sWatch then formed and
won the Battle for the Dawn.This ended the generation-long winter and sent the
Others into retreat, possibly to the Land of AlwaysWinter.The fate of X is unknown.
■ It is unknown if there is a connection with Azor Ahai, a person who saves the world
from the darkness in legends from Essos.
■ Identify X

Q.7
■ "It was the summer of 1991. I was still involved in Hollywood. My agent was trying to
get me meetings to pitch my ideas, but I didn't have anything to do in May and June. It
had been years since I wrote a novel. I had an idea for a science-fiction novel called
"Avalon. I started work on it and it was going pretty good, when suddenly it just came
to me, this scene, from what would ultimately be the first chapter ofA Game of
Thrones. It's from Bran's viewpoint; they see a man beheaded and they find some
direwolf pups in the snow. It just came to me so strongly and vividly that I knew I had
to write it. I sat down to write, and in, like, three days it just came right out of me,
almost in the form you've read.“
■ Which scene is GRRM talking about here?

The Starks find the direwolf puppies

Q.8
■ Volantis is ruled by three triarchs.They are neither kings nor princes, but instead are
chosen by every freeborn landowner, regardless of gender.
■ The triarchs belong to one of two political parties: the X and the Y.The Y are the party
of the merchants and moneylenders, while the X are old aristocracy and warriors.The
Y advocate trade and the X advocate conquest. Since the rise of the Y at the end of
the Century of Blood, at no time has more than one X has been named triarch.
■ Identify X andY

Q.9
■ X and Y participated in a bet beneath the walls of Highgarden to see who would be the
first to claim Brienne’s maidenhead.
■ After the bet was discovered and ended, Brienne sought out and defeated X and Y
during the melee at Bitterbridge, riding over Y and breaking X’s helm and leaving him
with a scar on his head.
■ The names X and Y are references by George R. R. Martin to J. K. Rowling's character
Harry Potter, who has a scar on his forehead.
■ Identify X andY

X – Robin Potter
Y – Harry Sawyer

Q.10 FITB
■ _______ __ ___ __________ are the descendants of the Rhoynar, who fled in Nymeria's
ten thousand ships to Dorne, but refused to assimilate into Dornish culture.
■ They still mourn the loss of their distant homeland in Essos, and so continue to
practice the traditions of their river-faring ancestors.They consider themselves to be
"orphans" as they are of the Rhoynar and have been orphaned from their "Mother",
the river Rhoyne, which in their faith also holds a divine status.Therefore, they also
identify the river as "Mother Rhoyne."

Round 5 : Connect
■ Q.1: +20/0
■ Q.2: +40/-20
■ Q.3: +60/-30
■ Q.4: +80/-40
■ Q.5: +100/-50
■ If you want to answer, raise your hands and write it down in your sheets.
■ No shouting out answers. Question will stand cancelled in that case and the team
guilty gets negative points corresponding to question.

Q.1 +20/0
■ Barristan Selmy
■ Myrcella Baratheon
■ Mance Rayder
■ Pyp

People who’re dead in the show but not
in the books

Q.2: +40/-20
■ Jaime Lannister
■ Robert Baratheon
■ Lancel Lannister
■ Osney Kettleblack
Exhaustive as far as we know

People Cersei has slept with (that we
know of)

Q.3: +60/-30
■ The Pointy End
■ Blackwater
■ The Bear and the Maiden Fair
■ The Lion and the Rose
(Exhaustive)

Episodes for which GRRM wrote the
script

All are actors from the Game ofThrones
porn parody : Game of Bones

Q.5 +100/-50
■ Arys Oakheart
■ Melisandre
■ Merrett Frey
■ Kevan Lannister
Non Exhaustive

Characters only one POV chapter in the
books
Arys Oakheart
Melisandre
Will
Cressen
Chett
Merrett Frey
Kevan Lannister
Pate
Varamyr Sixskins

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