Twenty years of Game of Thrones: how well do you know the book? – quiz

George RR Martin published the first in his bestselling series A Game of Thrones on this day in 1996. A 20 year old book in 20 questions – can you slay this quiz? Warning: watching the TV show may not help you...
  
  

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Do you remember what Daenerys’s dragons are called? Photograph: c.HBO/Everett / Rex Features

  1. What are the names of the Brothers of the Night’s Watch in the prologue?

    1. Gared, Will and Ser Waymar Royce

    2. Qhorin Halfhand, Blane and Cotter Pyke

    3. Othor, Garse and Wick Wittlestick

    4. Ser Wynton Stout, Gueren and Ebben

  2. Grey Wind, Lady, Nymeria, Summer, Shaggydog – one direwolf is missing from this list. Which of the Stark children does it belong to?

    1. Sansa

    2. Arya

    3. Rickon

    4. Jon

  3. Sean Bean as Eddard Stark.

    What is the name of the man executed for desertion by Ned Stark at the start of A Game of Thrones?

    1. Gared

    2. Gregor

    3. Will

    4. Rast

  4. Which of the Stark children go with Ned to King's Landing?

    1. Sansa and Rickon

    2. Sansa and Arya

    3. Robb and Bran

    4. Arya and Bran

  5. Why does Catelyn Stark arrest Tyrion on the Kingsroad and take him to the Vale of Arryn?

    1. For killing a man in a drunken brawl

    2. For match-fixing and gambling in a jousting tournament

    3. For conspiring to murder Jon Arryn

    4. For the attempted assassination of Bran

  6. Who helps Arya escape from King's Landing?

    1. Jaqen

    2. Yoren

    3. Gendry

    4. Hot Pie

  7. Bran Stark, all grown up in season six of the HBO TV adaptation.

    How old is Bran in the first chapter of the book?

    1. 6

    2. 7

    3. 8

    4. 10

  8. Who betrays Ned Stark to the Lannisters?

    1. Jorah Mormont

    2. Petyr Littlefinger

    3. Walder Frey

    4. Shae

  9. Complete the popular saying: "What a king dreams, the hand..."

    1. Builds

    2. Destroys

    3. Achieves

    4. Weaves

  10. Who is the first character to use the term "Game of Thrones"?

    1. Ned Stark

    2. Jorah Mormont

    3. Prince Joffrey

    4. Catelyn Stark

  11. Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister.

    How does Bronn defeat Ser Vardis Egen in Tyrion’s trial by combat?

    1. Tires him out then knocks him over the head with his own shield

    2. Stabs him then pushes him through the Moon Door

    3. Crushes him with a statue before stabbing him

    4. Sets his shield on fire before stabbing him with a spear

  12. Why was Samwell Tarly sent to the Wall?

    1. His father wants to toughen him up

    2. He must pass a test before he can be betrothed to Lord Paxton's daughter

    3. His father wants to disinherit him

    4. He must lose weight before he can become the head of House Tarly

  13. What was the name of Tyrion’s wife?

    1. Tasha

    2. Talisa

    3. Tysha

    4. Tyene

  14. What is the name Daenerys chooses for her stillborn son?

    1. Rhaegar

    2. Rhaego

    3. Rhaegys

    4. Rhaegard

  15. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister.

    Who is Jaime Lannister supposed to marry?

    1. Lyanna Stark

    2. Lysa Tully

    3. Melisandre

    4. Asha Greyjoy

  16. Which of the Seven Kingdoms is missing from this list: The North, The Vale, The Stormlands, The Reach, The Iron Islands, Dorne…

    1. The Westerlands

    2. The Flatlands

    3. The Disputed Lands

    4. The Barrowlands

  17. What is the name of Jon Snow’s sword?

    1. Hearteater

    2. Orphan-Maker

    3. Nightfall

    4. Longclaw

  18. What is the official motto of House Lannister?

    1. Hear me roar

    2. None so Fierce

    3. Our Blades Are Sharp

    4. A Lannister always pays his debts

  19. Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen.

    What are the names of Daenerys’s three dragons?

    1. Vhagar, Meraxes and Balerion

    2. Drogon, Viserion and Rhaegal

    3. Vermithor, Silverwing and Dreamfyre

    4. Stormcloud, Morghul, and Shrykos

  20. What is the name of Arya’s sword?

    1. Needle

    2. Dark Sister

    3. Lion's Tooth

    4. Oathkeeper

Solutions

1:A, 2:D, 3:A, 4:B, 5:D, 6:B, 7:B, 8:B, 9:A, 10:B, 11:C, 12:C, 13:C, 14:B, 15:B, 16:B, 17:D, 18:A, 19:B, 20:A

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