The document describes rules for a jousting tournament: 1. The prelims contain 20 questions with most being multi-pointers worth a maximum of 30 points total. 2. The top 8 jousters who score the highest will qualify for the finals. 3. In the event of a tie, there will be a sudden death tie-breaker.

2. 1. The prelims contain 20 questions.
2. Most of the questions are multi-pointers, totaling the maximum score to 30 points.
3. Top 8 jousters qualify for the finals.
4. Tie-breaking will be done by sudden death.
5. No Googling allowed, if found a special meeting with the King’s Justice will be arranged.

3. 1.
What has been blanked out
here?

4. 2.
______ __ ____ is a term used by the free folk to
describe people with red hair. They consider red
hair to be lucky and very attractive. It is rare
among the free folk and those who have it are
said to be ______ __ ____ .
The spearwife Ygritte is considered common
looking by Jon Snow at first but when he joins the
free folk he soon learns that amongst the
wildlings she is considered a great beauty due to
her red hair.
‘’You’re ______ __ ____, remember? Lucky.’’
Jon Snow to Ygritte (ASOS, Jon II)
Later however this phrase becomes literal for her
in a lateral way, the phrase ?

5. 3.
Which two distant cousins(1+1) are being described here?
• X >> He is a grim man, thin, with a beardless, pockmarked face. He has a deep
set of pale, colorless eyes and hollow cheeks. He was the commander of
Lord Tywin Lannister's guard when he was Hand of the King for King Aerys II
Targaryen. He was heard saying that it was Tywin who truly ruled the Seven
Kingdoms, rather than Aerys.
‘’He made the perfect drinking companion. He never interrupted, never disagreed,
never complained or asked for favors or told long pointless stories. All he did was
drink and listen.’’ Jaime Lannister ( AFFC, Jaime VII).
• Y >> Both in the S4E03("Walk of Punishment“), and S4E04 ("And Now His Watch
Is Ended“), his mysterious yet powerful prowess with prostitutes get
mentioned. Somehow he's so proficient at with these ladies that they forego
any payment which astounds both highborn and lowborn alike. One speculation
among the ‘obvious’ one on which countless memes have been made, is that
he is a natural master of the Lord’s Kiss.

6. 4.
What in Westeros comprises of
the Green Fork, the Red Fork and
the Blue Fork.
The forks are represented in the
arms of
Houses Shawney and Strong, and
the river kings from House
Teague used it in their sigil.
House Shawney
House Strong

7. 5.
The G1 is a harsh deity and goes hand in hand with the Old Way. It is said the G1 made
the _______ to reave and rape, to carve out kingdoms and to make their names known
in fire and blood and song. The G2 himself is believed to have brought flame from the
sea and sailed the world with fire and sword. The G1’s eternal enemy, the G2, resides in
a hall within the clouds and ravens are his creatures. It is said the two deities have been
in conflict for millennia and the sea roils in anger when they engage in battle. However,
much like the G1, no one aside from the _______ believe in the G2. G1,G2(1+1)?

8. 6.
X married her first cousin, Y, in a lavish ceremony in the Great Sept of Baelor. On
their wedding day, the oft-grim Y smiled, a rare occurrence. At the wedding feast,
Aerys drunkenly japed about how it was a pity the first night tradition was banned,
and he took certain "unwonted liberties" with X in the bedding ritual when the
men at the feast had to disrobe the bride.
Not long thereafter, X was dismissed by Queen Rhaella Targaryen from her service
in King's Landing. While Rhaella turned a blind eye towards most of her husband's
infidelities, she did not approve when it concerned one of her own ladies, several
of whom were sent away from court.
X's marriage to Y was reportedly a happy one, and she became Y's trusted
counselor and companion.
X and Y?

9. 7.
____ ____ is the seat of House Tarly in
the Reach. The castle lies south
of Highgarden and a hundred leagues northeast
of Oldtown among the thickly-wooded
foothills of the Red Mountains. The Tarlys
are marcher lord of the Dornish Marches.
There is a pond that lies below the castle. Given
the Tarly huntsman sigil and Lord Randyll Tarly's
threats to kill Samwell Tarly while hunting, it
may be surmised that the woods around ____
____ are teeming with game.
Renly Baratheon is camped at ____ ____ when
Lord Randyll Tarly receives Stannis Baratheon's
letter claiming that the children of the
late Robert Baratheon are bastards.

10. 8.
A ranger of the Shadow Tower, he often
sang of Bael the Bard after returning from
rangings beyond the Wall. When Lord
Commander Qorgyle traveled
to Winterfell to meet with Lord Eddard
Stark, he rode escort and met the
young Robb Stark and Jon Snow.
He was attacked by a shadowcat while
ranging, and was healed by a wildling
woman. While he recuperated, she
mended his torn cloak with swatches of
red fabric. Upon returning to the Wall,
Ser Denys Mallister required he to replace
his mended cloak with one of uniform
black.
Who is he?

11. 9.
X is the only city of the Dothraki people. It is located in the northeast of the vast Dothraki
sea, beneath the Mother of Mountains and near a lake, the Womb of the World. X has no
walls.
The city is ruled and inhabited by slaves and the Y, the wives of all the khals who have come
before. It is forbidden to wear a blade or shed a free man's blood within the confines of the
city. The name X means City of Riders.
X and Y?

12. 10.
X was born as the eldest son of Lord Jasper ______. Not much is known about his
youth or his parents. He was married three times. His first marriage was to Jeyne
Royce, but she died in childbed, their daughter stillborn. His second marriage was
to Rowena ______, a cousin, who died of a winter chill during a childless
marriage. Because he had no children, he had appointed a number of heirs who
died one after another.
During Robert's Rebellion, he married a third time, this time to Y , to gain her
house’s support and to secure an heir for the failing ______ line.
X and Y?

13. 11.
It has been measured at three times the height of the Wall or
the Hightower of Oldtown. It is almost two leagues long from west to east, and
contains tunnels, dungeons, storerooms, barracks, halls, stables, stairways, courtyards,
balconies, and gardens. In the bowels of it are rooms and cells for the worst
prisoners. It also contains a sept.
The main entry, is an enormous natural cavern reaching two hundred feet high. Its
steps are now wide enough for twenty riders. Its port has docks, wharves, and
shipyards and is accessible by longships and cogs. From below it thunder can be
heard, where the sea comes in.
Legend says that it is named for the family that ruled it in the Age of Heroes, who no
longer exist.
‘’They say there is naught but stone at the heart of _________ ____.’’ Catelyn
Stark to Robb Stark (AGOT, VII)

14. 12.
X, known as the Y, was a famed and
legendary knight and a member of Aerys II
Targaryen's Kingsguard. Many considered him
to have been the most chivalrous warrior of
the Seven Kingdoms.
He was Prince Rhaegar Targaryen's closest
friend. According to Catelyn Stark, he was the
deadliest of the seven knights of Aerys II
Targaryen's Kingsguard. Ser Jaime Lannister,
who idolized him,recalls that he was stronger
than him.
X is remembered as not only a skilled fighter
but as a valiant and true knight.
X and Y?(1+1)

15. 13.
C is one of the Free Cities located to the east of Westeros, also known as the the
First Daughter . The southern-most and oldest of the Free Cities, it lies on the
southern coast of Essos, where the mighty Rhoyne River meets the Summer Sea. It
was founded as a colony of Valyria many centuries ago and is a great port.
C was the first of the Free Cities founded by the Valyrian Freehold in western Essos.
In the present day, C remains one of the more powerful of the Free Cities, and has
the largest population of any of them. C is ruled by three Triarchs. They are elected
from the noble families of old blood by the free landowners.
Many of the statues in C lack heads. C is the closest Free City to Slaver's Bay, lying
approximately five hundred and fifty leagues from Meereen.
Which city is C?

16. 14.
The __________ is a traditional ceremony
held by inhabitants of the Iron Islands in
which kings were chosen by longship
captains. The __________s which chose
the High King of the Iron Islands were held
on Nagga's Hill on Old Wyk.
When a __________ is held, any captain
may put his name forward as a candidate
for the rule - as among the ironborn "every
captain is a king on his own ship" - and
name three champions and may try to
sway his fellow ironborn with a speech on
his prowess and gifts to show his
generosity; only once a vast majority call
out a candidate's name to proclaim him
king does the __________ end.

17. 15.
The east is plagued with mystics who claim many dread powers but prove only
one, separating the foolish from their purses. Not so with the renowned
____X1____ of ____X2____ . They demand a much dearer coin in the return of
their parlor tricks. Respect. Once the ____X1____ truly were mighty, or so they
would have us believe. They are an old order, and one does not obtain a seat
on the Thirteen, the governing council of ____X2____, without making 12 of
it’s most powerful citizens afraid to forbid it. Thankfully for ____X2____, the
____X1____ exert little influence on its’ politics. They rarely leave the confines
of the _____X3______ .
X1, X2,X3?(1+1+1)

18. 16.
Whose quotes?
• ‘’My order serves the realm, not the ruler. Once I counseled King Aerys as loyally as I
council King Robert now, so I bear this girl child of his no ill will. Yet I ask you this-
should war come again, how many soldiers will die? How many towns will burn? How
many children will be ripped from their mothers to perish on the end of a spear? Is it
not wiser, even kinder, that Daenerys Targaryen should die now so that tens of
thousands might live? ‘’
– to the small council
• How many of you betrayed , I wonder? Aerys, Eddard Stark, me... King Robert as well?
Lord Arryn, Prince Rhaegar? Where does it begin, _______?
– Tyrion to _______

19. 17.
What is being described here(three word term)?
It is commonly believed it was a natural calamity caused by the eruption of the
Fourteen Flames, although some septons believe the polytheistic residents delved
too deep to the seven hells. Alternatively, Septon Barth and some maesters believe
that the spells which controlled the Fourteen Flames faltered. Other explanation
include the curse of Garin the Great, the fire of R'hllor, or
infighting dragonlords assassinating fire mages.
On the day, every hill for five hundred miles exploded, filling the air with ash and
smoke and fire. Earthquakes destroyed palaces, temples, and towns, while lakes
boiled or turned to acid. The Fourteen Flames, the fiery mountains, sent molten
rock a thousand feet into the air.
George R. R. Martin's inspirations include the legend of Atlantis and the fall of
Rome.

20. 18.
Crownlands : A
Dorne : Sand
Iron Islands : B
Reach : C
Stormlands : Storm
Vale of Arryn : D
A,B,C,D?(0.5+0.5+0.5+0.5)

21. 19.
X’s backstory in both the books and the show is pretty distressing. The warrior
lost both the mother and all of the siblings and, suffered through three broken
engagements.
Martin has given X’s non-dainty frame tremendous new meaning. X,
he announced to the Balticon (Comic-Con of sorts in Baltimore) crowd, is the
descendent of Y.
Though the show doesn’t have the luxury of delving into history all that often, it
made some room for Y in Season 4 when Joffrey was flipping through the
history of the knights of the Kingsguard. “Y. Four pages for Y. He must have been
quite a man,” Joffrey sneered. “So they say,” his father/uncle Jaime replied.
X and Y?(1+1)

22. 20.
What is present on the coat of arms of House Reyne ?

24. 1.
What has been blanked out
here?

25. 1.
The Iron Price
The iron price is a concept in the
culture of the ironborn, and their local
religion of the Drowned God.
Paying the iron price means seizing
something from those one has
defeated rather than paying or trading
for it.

26. 2.
______ __ ____ is a term used by the free folk to
describe people with red hair. They consider red
hair to be lucky and very attractive. It is rare
among the free folk and those who have it are
said to be ______ __ ____ .
The spearwife Ygritte is considered common
looking by Jon Snow at first but when he joins the
free folk he soon learns that amongst the
wildlings she is considered a great beauty due to
her red hair.
‘’You’re ______ __ ____, remember? Lucky.’’
Jon Snow to Ygritte (ASOS, Jon II)
Later however this phrase becomes literal for her
in a lateral way, the phrase ?

27. 2.
Kissed By Fire

28. 3.
Which two distant cousins(1+1) are being described here?
• X >> He is a grim man, thin, with a beardless, pockmarked face. He has a deep
set of pale, colorless eyes and hollow cheeks. He was the commander of
Lord Tywin Lannister's guard when he was Hand of the King for King Aerys II
Targaryen. He was heard saying that it was Tywin who truly ruled the Seven
Kingdoms, rather than Aerys.
‘’He made the perfect drinking companion. He never interrupted, never disagreed,
never complained or asked for favors or told long pointless stories. All he did was
drink and listen.’’ Jaime Lannister ( AFFC, Jaime VII).
• Y >> Both in the S4E03("Walk of Punishment“), and S4E04 ("And Now His Watch
Is Ended“), his mysterious yet powerful prowess with prostitutes get
mentioned. Somehow he's so proficient at with these ladies that they forego
any payment which astounds both highborn and lowborn alike. One speculation
among the ‘obvious’ one on which countless memes have been made, is that
he is a natural master of the Lord’s Kiss.

29. 3.
X = Illyn Payne
Y = Podrick Payne

30. 4.
What in Westeros comprises of
the Green Fork, the Red Fork and
the Blue Fork.
The forks are represented in the
arms of
Houses Shawney and Strong, and
the river kings from House
Teague used it in their sigil.
House Shawney
House Strong

31. 4.
The Trident

32. 5.
The G1 is a harsh deity and goes hand in hand with the Old Way. It is said the G1 made
the _______ to reave and rape, to carve out kingdoms and to make their names known
in fire and blood and song. The G2 himself is believed to have brought flame from the
sea and sailed the world with fire and sword. The G1’s eternal enemy, the G2, resides in
a hall within the clouds and ravens are his creatures. It is said the two deities have been
in conflict for millennia and the sea roils in anger when they engage in battle. However,
much like the G1, no one aside from the _______ believe in the G2. G1,G2(1+1)?

33. 5.
G1 = The Drowned God
G2 = The Storm God

34. 6.
X married her first cousin, Y, in a lavish ceremony in the Great Sept of Baelor. On
their wedding day, the oft-grim Y smiled, a rare occurrence. At the wedding feast,
Aerys drunkenly japed about how it was a pity the first night tradition was banned,
and he took certain "unwonted liberties" with X in the bedding ritual when the
men at the feast had to disrobe the bride.
Not long thereafter, X was dismissed by Queen Rhaella Targaryen from her service
in King's Landing. While Rhaella turned a blind eye towards most of her husband's
infidelities, she did not approve when it concerned one of her own ladies, several
of whom were sent away from court.
X's marriage to Y was reportedly a happy one, and she became Y's trusted
counselor and companion.
X and Y?

35. 6.
X = Tywin Lannister
Y = Joanna Lannister

36. 7.
____ ____ is the seat of House Tarly in
the Reach. The castle lies south
of Highgarden and a hundred leagues northeast
of Oldtown among the thickly-wooded
foothills of the Red Mountains. The Tarlys
are marcher lord of the Dornish Marches.
There is a pond that lies below the castle. Given
the Tarly huntsman sigil and Lord Randyll Tarly's
threats to kill Samwell Tarly while hunting, it
may be surmised that the woods around ____
____ are teeming with game.
Renly Baratheon is camped at ____ ____ when
Lord Randyll Tarly receives Stannis Baratheon's
letter claiming that the children of the
late Robert Baratheon are bastards.

37. 7.
Horn Hill

38. 8.
A ranger of the Shadow Tower, he often
sang of Bael the Bard after returning from
rangings beyond the Wall. When Lord
Commander Qorgyle traveled
to Winterfell to meet with Lord Eddard
Stark, he rode escort and met the
young Robb Stark and Jon Snow.
He was attacked by a shadowcat while
ranging, and was healed by a wildling
woman. While he recuperated, she
mended his torn cloak with swatches of
red fabric. Upon returning to the Wall,
Ser Denys Mallister required he to replace
his mended cloak with one of uniform
black.
Who is he?

39. 8.
Mance Rayder

40. 9.
X is the only city of the Dothraki people. It is located in the northeast of the vast Dothraki
sea, beneath the Mother of Mountains and near a lake, the Womb of the World. X has no
walls.
The city is ruled and inhabited by slaves and the Y, the wives of all the khals who have come
before. It is forbidden to wear a blade or shed a free man's blood within the confines of the
city. The name X means City of Riders.
X and Y?

41. 9.
X = Vaes Dothrak
Y= Dosh Khaleen

42. 10.
X was born as the eldest son of Lord Jasper ______. Not much is known about his
youth or his parents. He was married three times. His first marriage was to Jeyne
Royce, but she died in childbed, their daughter stillborn. His second marriage was
to Rowena ______, a cousin, who died of a winter chill during a childless
marriage. Because he had no children, he had appointed a number of heirs who
died one after another.
During Robert's Rebellion, he married a third time, this time to Y , to gain her
house’s support and to secure an heir for the failing ______ line.
X and Y?

43. 10.
X = Jon Arryn
Y = Lysa Arryn

44. 11.
It has been measured at three times the height of the Wall or
the Hightower of Oldtown. It is almost two leagues long from west to east, and
contains tunnels, dungeons, storerooms, barracks, halls, stables, stairways, courtyards,
balconies, and gardens. In the bowels of it are rooms and cells for the worst
prisoners. It also contains a sept.
The main entry, is an enormous natural cavern reaching two hundred feet high. Its
steps are now wide enough for twenty riders. Its port has docks, wharves, and
shipyards and is accessible by longships and cogs. From below it thunder can be
heard, where the sea comes in.
Legend says that it is named for the family that ruled it in the Age of Heroes, who no
longer exist.
‘’They say there is naught but stone at the heart of _________ ____.’’ Catelyn
Stark to Robb Stark (AGOT, VII)

45. 11.
Casterly Rock

46. 12.
X, known as the Y, was a famed and
legendary knight and a member of Aerys II
Targaryen's Kingsguard. Many considered him
to have been the most chivalrous warrior of
the Seven Kingdoms.
He was Prince Rhaegar Targaryen's closest
friend. According to Catelyn Stark, he was the
deadliest of the seven knights of Aerys II
Targaryen's Kingsguard. Ser Jaime Lannister,
who idolized him,recalls that he was stronger
than him.
X is remembered as not only a skilled fighter
but as a valiant and true knight.
X and Y?(1+1)

47. 12.
X = Ser Arthur Dayne
Y = Sword of the Morning

48. 13.
C is one of the Free Cities located to the east of Westeros, also known as the the
First Daughter . The southern-most and oldest of the Free Cities, it lies on the
southern coast of Essos, where the mighty Rhoyne River meets the Summer Sea. It
was founded as a colony of Valyria many centuries ago and is a great port.
C was the first of the Free Cities founded by the Valyrian Freehold in western Essos.
In the present day, C remains one of the more powerful of the Free Cities, and has
the largest population of any of them. C is ruled by three Triarchs. They are elected
from the noble families of old blood by the free landowners.
Many of the statues in C lack heads. C is the closest Free City to Slaver's Bay, lying
approximately five hundred and fifty leagues from Meereen.
Which city is C?

49. 13.
Volantis

50. 14.
The __________ is a traditional ceremony
held by inhabitants of the Iron Islands in
which kings were chosen by longship
captains. The __________s which chose
the High King of the Iron Islands were held
on Nagga's Hill on Old Wyk.
When a __________ is held, any captain
may put his name forward as a candidate
for the rule - as among the ironborn "every
captain is a king on his own ship" - and
name three champions and may try to
sway his fellow ironborn with a speech on
his prowess and gifts to show his
generosity; only once a vast majority call
out a candidate's name to proclaim him
king does the __________ end.

51. 14.
Kingsmoot

52. 15.
The east is plagued with mystics who claim many dread powers but prove only
one, separating the foolish from their purses. Not so with the renowned
____X1____ of ____X2____ . They demand a much dearer coin in the return of
their parlor tricks. Respect. Once the ____X1____ truly were mighty, or so they
would have us believe. They are an old order, and one does not obtain a seat
on the Thirteen, the governing council of ____X2____, without making 12 of
it’s most powerful citizens afraid to forbid it. Thankfully for ____X2____, the
____X1____ exert little influence on its’ politics. They rarely leave the confines
of the _____X3______ .
X1, X2,X3?(1+1+1)

53. 15.
X1 = Warlocks
X2 = Qarth
X3 = House of the Undying

54. 16.
Whose quotes?
• ‘’My order serves the realm, not the ruler. Once I counseled King Aerys as loyally as I
council King Robert now, so I bear this girl child of his no ill will. Yet I ask you this-
should war come again, how many soldiers will die? How many towns will burn? How
many children will be ripped from their mothers to perish on the end of a spear? Is it
not wiser, even kinder, that Daenerys Targaryen should die now so that tens of
thousands might live? ‘’
– to the small council
• How many of you betrayed , I wonder? Aerys, Eddard Stark, me... King Robert as well?
Lord Arryn, Prince Rhaegar? Where does it begin, _______?
– Tyrion to _______

55. 16.
Maester Pycelle

56. 17.
What is being described here(three word term)?
It is commonly believed it was a natural calamity caused by the eruption of the
Fourteen Flames, although some septons believe the polytheistic residents delved
too deep to the seven hells. Alternatively, Septon Barth and some maesters believe
that the spells which controlled the Fourteen Flames faltered. Other explanation
include the curse of Garin the Great, the fire of R'hllor, or
infighting dragonlords assassinating fire mages.
On the day, every hill for five hundred miles exploded, filling the air with ash and
smoke and fire. Earthquakes destroyed palaces, temples, and towns, while lakes
boiled or turned to acid. The Fourteen Flames, the fiery mountains, sent molten
rock a thousand feet into the air.
George R. R. Martin's inspirations include the legend of Atlantis and the fall of
Rome.

57. 17.
Doom of Valyria

58. 18.
Crownlands : A
Dorne : Sand
Iron Islands : B
Reach : C
Stormlands : Storm
Vale of Arryn : D
A,B,C,D?(0.5+0.5+0.5+0.5)

59. 18.
A = Waters B = Pyke
C = Flowers D = Stone

60. 19.
X’s backstory in both the books and the show is pretty distressing. The warrior
lost both the mother and all of the siblings and, suffered through three broken
engagements.
Martin has given X’s non-dainty frame tremendous new meaning. X,
he announced to the Balticon (Comic-Con of sorts in Baltimore) crowd, is the
descendent of Y.
Though the show doesn’t have the luxury of delving into history all that often, it
made some room for Y in Season 4 when Joffrey was flipping through the
history of the knights of the Kingsguard. “Y. Four pages for Y. He must have been
quite a man,” Joffrey sneered. “So they say,” his father/uncle Jaime replied.
X and Y?(1+1)

61. 19.
X = Brienne of Tarth
Y = Duncan the Tall

62. 20.
What is present on the banners of House Reyne ?

63. 20.
A Red lion