Anyone can die. Every alliance can break. This quiz finds out if you were actually watching or just going along with the hype.
10 questions on the betrayals, the houses, the deaths you did not see coming and the ones you absolutely did. Let's find out how closely you were paying attention.
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Game of Thrones changed what people expected from prestige TV. It killed off main characters without warning, burned alliances to the ground and made you root for people you probably shouldn't have. If you watched it live, you remember the shock. If you binge-watched it, you still felt every single one.
The normal quiz sticks to the moments nobody forgets: house words, the Red Wedding, Ned's head, Jon's parentage. Hard mode goes after the songs, the swords and the throwaway details from the early seasons that pay off years later. If you rewatched the whole thing before the finale, that is the one for you.
Game of Thrones is based on George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, but by season 6 it had run past the published novels, and it had been changing things long before that. Characters die differently, some storylines exist only on one side, and a few answers here would be wrong on the page.
Every question follows the HBO series, which ran for eight seasons from 2011 to 2019. If you have read the books, trust what you saw on screen.
The show won 59 Primetime Emmy Awards, more than any other drama series in the history of the ceremony. Its last season was also its most argued-about, with many viewers feeling that six episodes were not enough to land seven seasons of slow-built plotting. Hard mode has a question or two for people who stuck around to the very end anyway.
All ten easy level questions, with the answer and the reasoning behind it.
Correct answer: The Iron Throne
The Iron Throne, famously uncomfortable, and nobody keeps it for long.
Correct answer: Jon Snow
Jon Snow, usually followed by his name. She has a point.
Correct answer: Peter Dinklage
Peter Dinklage, who won four Emmys for the part.
Correct answer: Twins
Twins. This is, unfortunately, not the end of that story.
Correct answer: Three
Three: Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion.
Correct answer: A Song of Ice and Fire
A Song of Ice and Fire. A Game of Thrones is only the title of the first book.
Correct answer: Tyrion Lannister
Tyrion, summing up his career at the time.
Correct answer: The Dothraki
The Dothraki, who do not trust anything that floats.
Correct answer: House of the Dragon
House of the Dragon, set almost two centuries before the original show.
Correct answer: The Night King
The Night King, created for the show. In the books published so far, the Night's King is only an old legend.
Want to warm up before playing or double-check something? Open any question to reveal the correct answer and a short explanation.
Correct answer: Winter is Coming
House Stark's words are "Winter is Coming." Beyond being a warning about the cold season, they serve as a constant reminder that hardship always returns, even during times of peace.
Correct answer: Ned Stark
Eddard (Ned) Stark, the Lord of Winterfell and the central figure of Season 1, is beheaded in the finale. His unexpected death established the show's reputation for killing off its most important characters.
Correct answer: A lion
House Lannister's sigil is a golden lion on a crimson field. Their official words are "Hear Me Roar," though the phrase everyone knows is "A Lannister always pays his debts."
Correct answer: The Red Wedding
The Red Wedding takes place at the Twins during the wedding feast of Edmure Tully. Robb Stark, his pregnant wife Talisa and his mother Catelyn are all murdered on Walder Frey's orders.
Correct answer: Aegon Targaryen
Jon Snow's true name is Aegon Targaryen. He is the legitimate son of Prince Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark, which gives him a stronger claim to the Iron Throne than Daenerys herself.
Correct answer: Dragons
Daenerys has three dragons: Drogon (named after her late husband Khal Drogo), Rhaegal and Viserion. Dragons are the symbol of House Targaryen, whose words are "Fire and Blood."
Correct answer: Jaqen H'ghar
Jaqen H'ghar, a Faceless Man from Braavos, teaches this phrase to Arya Stark. The traditional response is "Valar Dohaeris" (All men must serve).
Correct answer: 8
Game of Thrones ran for 8 seasons from 2011 to 2019, comprising 73 episodes in total. The final season proved highly controversial among fans who felt the ending was too rushed.
Correct answer: Tyrion Lannister
Tyrion Lannister is called "The Imp" because of his small stature. Despite his father Tywin's contempt for him, he is one of the show's most intelligent and popular characters, played by Peter Dinklage.
Correct answer: Astapor
Astapor, where the Good Masters train the Unsullied as slave soldiers. Daenerys trades a dragon for the whole army, turns it on the slavers the moment the deal is done and frees the soldiers, who follow her by choice to Yunkai and Meereen.
Stuck on one, or just curious how nasty it gets? Every hard mode question is here with its answer and the reasoning behind it.
Correct answer: "Hold the door"
"Hold the door." In season 6, Bran's vision reaches back to the young stable boy Wylis at the very moment Meera shouts it in the present, and the order collapses into the only word Hodor will ever say again.
Correct answer: Jon Snow
Jon Snow, before he leaves Winterfell for the Wall in the second episode. "Stick them with the pointy end," he tells her. Syrio Forel is the Braavosi who later teaches her how.
Correct answer: The Rains of Castamere
The Rains of Castamere, a Lannister song about the house Tywin wiped out for defying him. Catelyn recognises it, lifts Roose Bolton's sleeve and finds chainmail underneath. By then it is too late.
Correct answer: Mormont
House Mormont. Lord Commander Jeor Mormont gives it to Jon after Jon saves his life from a wight, with the bear on the pommel replaced by a wolf. Heartsbane, the sword Sam takes from his father, belongs to House Tarly.
Correct answer: Jaqen H'ghar himself
His own. It is the only way she can force him to help her escape Harrenhal, and she takes the name back once he agrees. Many viewers still wish she had said Joffrey.
Correct answer: His brother Gregor held his face in a fire
As a boy he played with one of his older brother's toys, and Gregor pressed his face into a brazier. Littlefinger tells the story to Sansa in season 1, and it explains the Hound's lifelong terror of fire.
Correct answer: The Valyrian steel dagger once meant for Bran
The Valyrian steel dagger from the attempt on Bran's life in season 1. It passes through Littlefinger's hands to Bran, who gives it to Arya. She drops it from one hand and stabs with the other, the same move she pulled on Brienne in their sparring match at Winterfell.
Correct answer: Rhaego
Rhaego, after her brother Rhaegar. He is stillborn after Mirri Maz Duur's blood magic in season 1, the price paid for keeping Drogo's body alive. Daenerys's three dragons hatch in the same fire as Drogo's funeral pyre.
Correct answer: Braavos
Braavos, the free city of canals and the Iron Bank. Arya arrives at the end of season 4 with the iron coin Jaqen gave her, and "Valar Morghulis" is her password into the city.
Correct answer: Dragonfire
Dragonfire. She first uses it in the House of the Undying in season 2, then at Astapor in season 3, turning Drogon on the slaver Kraznys after trading him for the Unsullied. "Burn them all" belongs to her father, the Mad King.