The Song of Ice and Fire Quiz

By: Kyle Nelson
Estimated Completion Time
6 min
The Song of Ice and Fire Quiz
Image: n/a

About This Quiz

Do you stop in your tracks when someone mentions the Song of Ice and Fire? Do you find yourself checking and rechecking the map in Game of Thrones and imagining that amazing world? Thinking back on the first book in the series, do you feel awash with emotions: victory, struggle, misery, sacrifice, leadership and justice? Then this is the quiz for you. Relive what makes Game of Thrones so immensely popular: the characters, the situations that turn on a dime, the thirst for power … and vengeance. Take the quiz now and you’ll quench your need to rule the day. 


Sure, some of the questions will be easy, as they’ll be focused on your favorite characters and conflicts. The rising threat of the supernatural Others, the ambition of Daenerys Targaryen to assume the Iron Throne. You may easily recall the name of Lord Eddard Stark’s sword (Ice). But do you know the official name of the band of sellswords led by Vargo Hoat (the Brave Companions)? What about who “killed” Jon Snow? Take this quiz now and don’t be surprised if you find yourself re-reading one of your favorite books. Winter is coming. Don’t wait. Click the button below to start your quiz.

What is the punishment for deserting the Night's Watch?
Getting sent to The Wall
Banished from the realm to become a wilding
Nothing. The Night’s Watch needs all the men it can get to stop the White Walkers
Death
Jon Snow attempts to desert to help his brother Robb, but is brought back by his friends at the wall who convince him to uphold his vows.

Advertisement

Which King died first in the War of Five Kings?
Renly Baratheon
Renly is killed by a shadow of his brother Stannis that the Lady Melisandre conjures.
Joffrey Baratheon
Robb Stark
Balon Greyjoy

Advertisement

Which Free City is known to have a fortified statue guarding the entrance to it?
Pentos
Volantis
Astapor
Braavos
The Titan of Braavos is listed as one of the nine Wonders Made by Man by explorer Lomas Longstrider.

Advertisement

What is Sansa’s favorite food?
Lemon Cakes
Sansa has a sweet tooth, but probably also enjoys Pigeon Pie because it was the last thing that Joffery ate before he died.
Bowl of Brown
Honeyed Chicken
Strawberry Pie

Advertisement

What was the name of Lord Eddard Stark’s sword?
Oathkeeper
Ice
Ice is a Valyrian Steel greatsword and heirloom of House Stark. This was also the sword used to take Ned’s life.
Needle
Fire

Advertisement

What is the name of Rickon Stark's direwolf?
Crookshanks
Shaggydog
Shaggydog was part of the litter of direwolves found by the Starks along with Grey Wind, Summer, Lady, Nymeria, and Ghost.
Ser Pounce
Hodor

Advertisement

Who unexpectedly accompanies Jon Snow on his first journey to The Wall?
Tyrion Lannister
Tyrion does not believe he’ll ever get a chance to look upon The Wall again, so he takes advantage of the opportunity.
Mance Rayder, King-Beyond-the-Wall
Bran Stark
Jeor Mormont, the Old Bear

Advertisement

Who killed Jon Arryn?
Jaime and Cersei Lannister
Mad King Aerys
Varys
Lysa Arryn
Lysa Arryn worked with Littlefinger to poison Jon Arryn and then to accuse the Lannisters.

Advertisement

What medical drink is used as a strong painkiller and should only consumed in small doses?
Polyjuice Potion
Moon Tea
Tears of Lys
Milk of the Poppy
Some people prefer to deal with the pain rather than take Milk of the Poppy due to its long lasting negative symptoms.

Advertisement

What does Eddard Stark discover right before King Robert's death?
That Robert has no trueborn heirs to the throne
Eddard finds out that Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen were all fathered by Cersei's brother Jaime. He is never able to tell Robert this.
Cersei has made plans to kill Robert
Joffrey has been treating Sansa cruelly
The throne is bankrupt

Advertisement

Bran loses the ability to use his legs after being pushed from the top of a tower. What is the primary way he gets around afterwards?
He walks on his hands
Rides on his direwolf, Summer
He flies on the back of his three-eyed crow
A basket around the shoulders of Hodor
Luckily for Bran, Hodor is incredibly strong and willing to carry him around.

Advertisement

Who are the siblings of Catelyn Stark?
Edmure Tully
Robert Baratheon
Lysa Arryn
A and C
House Tully was the ruling house of the Riverlands before the Red Wedding. Edmure Tully is the heir to Riverrun. Lysa and Catelyn were married to House Arryn and House Stark, respectively

Advertisement

Cersei Lannister had a troubled relationship with her husband King Robert. What first caused the strain in their relationship?
Cersei was in love with Rhaegar, whom Robert killed
Robert called Cersei “Lyanna” on their wedding night
This eventually led to Cersei ordering Roberts squires to give him strongwine while hunting hoping that he would get gravely injured.
Robert didn’t permit Cersei to see her brother Jaime
Cersei disliked the bastards Robert had previously fathered

Advertisement

Ramsay Bolton (formerly Snow) takes Theon Greyjoy captive and tortures him. What new name does he give Theon?
Sneak
Reek
It is later revealed that Theon is the second Reek that Ramsay has created.
Freak
Meek

Advertisement

Who won the Hand’s Tourney?
Jaime Lannister, Kingslayer
Barristan Selmy, the Bold
Sandor Clegane, the Hound
The championship bout never happens because Loras Tyrell proclaims Sandor Clegane the victor after the Sandor saves Loras from a surprise attack by Gregor Clegane.
Loras Tyrell, the Knight of Flowers

Advertisement

Who is Robb’s army able to capture during the Battle of the Whispering Woods?
Kevan Lannister
Brienne of Tarth
Gregor Clegane, the Mountain that Rides
Jaime Lannister, Kingslayer
Catelyn Stark goes behind Robb’s back and frees the Kingslayer in an effort to exchange him for her two daughters.

Advertisement

What does Hizdahr of Mereern petition Daenerys to do many times before she finally agrees?
Marry him
Give him more time to find the Sons of the Harpy
Reopen the fighting pits
Hizdahr bought a stake in the fighting pits, so he has a lot to gain by seeing them reopen.
Remove Skahaz mo Kandaq from the Brazen Beasts

Advertisement

Why is The Hound on Arya’s list of people she wishes were dead?
He kidnapped her from the Brotherhood without banners
Killing Mycah, the butcher’s boy
Arya eventually removes the Hound from her list after learning more about him during their travels together.
Stealing Needle
Not protecting Sansa from the cruelty of Joffrey

Advertisement

What is the name given to the blue lipped magic practitioners in Qarth that tried to kidnap Daenerys in the House of the Undying?
Warlocks
Warlocks have blue lips due to their ritual of drinking shade of the evening.
Order of the Phoenix
The Thirteen
The Faceless Men

Advertisement

How much does Jon Snow know according to Ygritte?
Everything
A lot
A little
Nothing
Ygritte would often say “You know nothing, Jon Snow”.

Advertisement

Stannis and Davos have a relationship going back many years. How did this friendship begin?
Davos helped Stannis capture the Lyseni Pirate Salladhor Saan
Davos smuggled onions to feed Stannis’s army during a siege at Storm’s End
Although Davos saved Stannis, that didn’t stop Stannis from taking off the fingertips of Davos’ right hand for being a smuggler.
Oldtown sent Davos to Stannis to become his new Maester
Stannis saw Davos helping him become King in the flames of R’hllor

Advertisement

How does Tyrion Lannister almost die during the battle of the Blackwater?
The wildfire he started burns out of control and burns his face
The mountain clans turn on Tyrion for not paying them and attack him with an axe
Ser Mandon Moore of the Kingsguard attempts to assassinate him
Podrick Payne saves Tyrion’s life by killing Ser Mandon before he can finish the job that Cersei hired him to do.
Alcohol poisoning

Advertisement

Who does Jon Snow mistakenly think is Mance Rayder when taken captive by the Wildings?
Tormund Giantsbane
Jon Snow believed Tormund was Mance due to impressive physical appearance.
Tom Bombadil
Qhorin Halfhand
Styr, the Magnar of Thenn

Advertisement

What does Bran discover about himself through his dreams and with the help of Jojen Reed?
That he is a greenseer
He is a Warg and can enter the minds of others
A Warg is able to enter the minds of people and animals. Bran most often enters into the mind of his direwolf, Summer.
He is Bran the Builder reborn
He’ll marry the future queen

Advertisement

In Westeros what is Guest Right?
If a man breaks bread with a woman in her father's house he must take her to wife
Guests are reserved the highest honor at the table and are served meat first
Guests who eats and drinks under a hosts roof are under their protection
Guest Right is a sacred custom in Westeros. The most notable violation was when Walder Frey ordered the killing of Catelyn Stark, Robb Stark, and the their men.
Help will always be given in Westeros to those who ask for it

Advertisement

Why does Sandor Clegane despise his older brother Gregor, the Mountain that Rides?
Gregor is the heir to House Clegane
Joffrey wished his bodyguard was the Mountain instead of the Hound
Gregor is an anointed knight and the Hound loathes knights
As children Gregor brutally burned Sandor's face
Sandor Clegane's father helped cover up this incident by telling everyone that Sandor’s bed had caught fire.

Advertisement

Where does Bran and his companions encounter Samwell Tarly and Gilly on their journey to find the three-eyed crow?
The Nightfort
Samwell promises Bran that he won’t tell anybody, including Jon Snow, that he saw them.
Queenscrown
Rivendell
Fist of the First Men

Advertisement

What is the official name of the band of sellswords led by Vargo Hoat?
The Black Goats of Qohor
The Fellowship of Mummers
The Brave Companions
The Brave Companions were sellswords for Tywin Lannister and afterwards for Roose Bolton. After Roose Bolton leaves Harrenhal to attend the wedding of Edmure Tully, Hoat loses Harrenhal to The Mountain. Hoat’s hands and feet are chopped off after his own fashion.
All of the above

Advertisement

Who was behind the assassination attempt on Bran where his life was saved by his direwolf, Summer?
Tyrion Lannister
Joffrey Baratheon
Catelyn Stark wrongly accuses Tyrion Lannister of attempting to murder her son and imprisons him at the Eyrie.
Voldemort
Mance Rayder

Advertisement

Who volunteers to fight for Tyrion in his trial by combat, not to prove Tyrion’s innocence of killing Joffrey, but instead to get vengeance on the man that he believes killed his sister, Elia?
Bronn the sellsword
Prince Oberyn, the Red Viper
Prince Oberyn nearly kills Gregor, the Mountain that Rides, but drops his guard while demanding that the Mountain to confess his crimes and is pummeled to death by the Mountain.
Jaime Lannister
Timett son of Timett

Advertisement

Jon Snow is offered what by Stannis before he is elected Lord Commander by the Night’s Watch?
To become Hand of the King
Lordship of Winterfell
As sworn brother of the Night’s Watch, Jon is forbidden to hold any lands and becoming Lord of Winterfell would break his vows.
A pardon for his past crimes
The safe return of Arya Stark

Advertisement

Tyrion narrowly escapes death from Stone Men that are inflected with what deadly disease?
Bloody Mummers
Greyscale
Greyscale is rarely fatal for children although it will likely disfigure them like Shireen Baratheon’s face.
Bloody Flux
Pox

Advertisement

In exchange for not helping Tyrion, Cersei arranges a marriage for Bronn to what highborn lady?
Lollys Stokeworth
Tyrion is not able to “double the price” for Bronn, so Bronn refuses to represent him during the Trial by Combat.
Taena Merryweather
Alayaya
Genna Lannister

Advertisement

Maesters are trained at the Citadel, located where?
King’s Landing
Oldtown
This is where Maesters earn their chains in all the different fields they study before getting sent to advise a Lord.
Maidenpool
Summer Isles

Advertisement

What were Tywin Lannisters last words?
“You are no son of mine”
This is said, of course, to Tyrion Lannister after he shot his father with a crossbow.
“Where whores go”
“The Rock will never be yours”
“A Lannister always pays his debts”

Advertisement

As a girl, Cersei Lannister goes to a fortune teller to find out if she would marry Prince Rhaegar. What did she find out instead?
She would have three children
She would be queen
Her children would be golden of hair
All of the above
Cersei also learned that her death would come at the hands of her younger brother and that she would see her children dead beneath golden shrouds.

Advertisement

What crop is Meereen famous for?
Wine grapes
Olives
Meereen had an ancient grove of olive trees which was a great source of income for the city. When the Masters of Meereen learned of the approach of Daenerys’s army they had the trees burned down.
Dragon Fruit
Poppy

Advertisement

Who killed Jon Snow?
White Walkers
Brother's of the Night's Watch
Assuming that Jon Snow actually did die, that is.
Ghost
Wildings

Advertisement

Why did Brienne love Renly Baratheon?
He was the rightful heir to the Iron Throne
He was gallant when other men tried to make sport of her
Unlike many of Brienne’s previous visitors from Tarth, Renly treated Brienne kindly and danced with her. She loved him ever since.
He prowess in battle was unmatched
He was the only knight to defeat her in the tourney on Prince Joffrey’s name day

Advertisement

Daenerys is nearly killed during a surprise attack at the fighting pits by the Sons of the Harpy. How does she ultimately escape?
She flees with Jorah while disguised as a commoner
Hizdahr pleads with his people to stop their attack
She flys away on the back of her dragon Drogon
Luckily for Dany, Drogon wasn't locked away like his brothers.

Advertisement

[BONUS QUESTION] R + L = ?
A
D
J
The popular fan theory is that Jon is the son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark. The real questions is when will we know for sure?
V

Advertisement

You Got:
/41
n/a