60 Game of Thrones Trivia Questions That’ll Separate the Casuals from the Rewatchers

The pilot episode of Game of Thrones was so bad that HBO nearly scrapped the entire series. The original cut was described by friends of showrunners Benioff and Weiss as “unwatchable,” and they had to reshoot almost the entire thing with a partially recast ensemble. The show that became the biggest television event of the 21st century almost died in the cradle. I think about that every time someone confidently tells me they knew it was going to be huge from the start.

I’ve run Game of Thrones trivia rounds for years, and the thing that never stops being interesting is the gap between what people think they remember and what actually happened on screen. Everyone’s got a version of the show in their head, shaped by memes, arguments, YouTube recaps, and the emotional residue of specific moments. These 60 questions are designed to find where your memory is sharp and where it’s been quietly rewriting history.

The Ones You Should Get

1. What are the words of House Stark?

I use this one to settle a room down. Everyone knows it. But it’s worth noting that the Starks are the only Great House whose words are a warning rather than a boast. That tells you everything about who they are.

2. What is the name of Daenerys Targaryen’s largest dragon?

Named after her husband, not her father. People mix that up more than you’d expect.

3. What massive structure marks the northern boundary of the Seven Kingdoms?

George R.R. Martin was inspired by visiting Hadrian’s Wall in northern England and imagining what it would’ve felt like to be a Roman soldier staring into the unknown beyond it. Then he multiplied everything by about a hundred.

4. Who kills King Joffrey?

This is a question that plays differently depending on whether someone watched the show once or twice. First-time viewers blame Tyrion, because that’s what the show wanted them to do. Rewatchers know better.

5. What is the name of Jon Snow’s direwolf?

The albino runt of the litter, found separate from the others. The symbolism isn’t subtle, but it works.

6. What is the motto of the Night’s Watch?

Three words that sound noble until you see how the Watch actually lives.

7. Which city across the Narrow Sea does Daenerys conquer and attempt to rule before heading to Westeros?

The Meereen arc is where you find out who was watching for the politics and who was watching for the dragons.

8. What is the name of the Valyrian steel sword belonging to House Stark?

Ned carried it. Then it got melted down into two swords, which is one of those plot points that hits harder than any battle scene.

Where the Confidence Starts to Wobble

9. What is the name of Arya Stark’s sword?

Jon gave it to her. The name tells you everything about where Arya’s story is going, and Jon’s too.

10. How many kingdoms make up the Seven Kingdoms? Think carefully.

This is my favorite trick question for groups that think they’re above trick questions. Everyone says seven. But the name is historical, and the actual political divisions at the time of the show don’t perfectly match.

11. What poison is used to kill Joffrey at his wedding?

I’ve had tables argue about this for five minutes before someone quietly Googles it and realizes nobody was right.

12. Before becoming the Three-Eyed Raven, Bran is pushed from a tower. Who pushes him, and why?

Everyone remembers who. The “why” separates the people who paid attention from the ones who just remember the fall.

13. What is the real name of the character known as Hodor?

The revelation of why he only says “Hodor” is one of the few moments from the later seasons that genuinely felt like it came from George R.R. Martin’s original plan. Because it did.

14. What organization does Arya Stark train with in Braavos?

A girl had to answer this one correctly.

15. What is the name of the wildling woman Jon Snow falls in love with?

Kit Harington and Rose Leslie got married in real life, which means at least one Game of Thrones love story had a decent ending.

16. What family are the traditional wardens of the North?

17. Who says “Chaos is a ladder”?

One of those lines that sounded like a philosophy and turned out to be a confession.

18. What is the name of the continent where the Seven Kingdoms are located?

19. Who forges Gendry’s claim to importance in the story? Put another way: who was his father?

Gendry is one of those characters where knowing his parentage makes you rewatch every scene he’s in differently.

20. What event is commonly known as the Red Wedding?

I’ve shown the Red Wedding clip at trivia nights. The room goes quiet in a way that tells you exactly who’s seen it before and who hasn’t.

The Middle Distance

21. What material can kill White Walkers besides Valyrian steel?

22. Jon Snow is resurrected after being murdered by the Night’s Watch. Who brings him back?

Melisandre had spent entire seasons being wrong about everything, and then the one time it actually mattered, she got it right. That’s good writing.

23. What is the name of the mercenary company that Daario Naharis commands when Daenerys meets him?

Also a good time to ask: how many people noticed that Daario was played by a completely different actor between seasons 3 and 4?

24. What is the seat of House Lannister?

25. Who is the first character to sit on the Iron Throne as king in the series?

This one catches people because they jump to the character they associate most with the throne, not the one who was actually sitting on it when the show started.

26. What phrase does Syrio Forel teach Arya to say to the God of Death?

27. What is the name of the enormous direwolf belonging to Robb Stark?

28. Tyrion demands a trial by combat after being accused of poisoning Joffrey. Who fights as his champion?

And who fights for the crown. That’s where the real pain is.

29. What is Samwell Tarly’s claim to fame regarding the Night’s Watch and White Walkers?

30. What is the ancestral Valyrian steel sword of House Mormont, which Jeor Mormont gives to Jon Snow?

A father gave away his family sword to a stranger because his own son brought him shame. That’s a sentence with a lot of weight in it.

Now We’re in It

31. What is Jon Snow’s true name, as revealed in Season 8?

I’ve had people shout “Jaehaerys” because they read a fan theory once. The show went a different direction.

32. Who ultimately sits on the throne (or what’s left of it) at the end of the series?

The answer that launched a thousand think pieces.

33. Name the three dragons Daenerys hatches from eggs.

Two out of three is where most people land. The third one always takes a second.

34. What is the name of the massive battle in Season 2 where Tyrion defends King’s Landing?

35. What does Cersei use to destroy the Great Sept of Baelor?

The musical build in that scene is maybe the single best piece of scoring in the entire show. Ramin Djawadi understood the assignment.

36. Who kills the Night King?

The discourse around this answer could fill a book. Half the room always expects Jon. The other half remembers.

37. What is the Dothraki word for “king” or “lord”?

38. Theon Greyjoy captures Winterfell in Season 2. Whose “bodies” does he display to claim he killed Bran and Rickon?

This is a detail that separates the people who were watching closely from the people who just remember being upset.

39. What is the name of the Valyrian steel dagger that plays a pivotal role across the entire series?

It’s used in the assassination attempt on Bran in Season 1 and reappears in a very different context in Season 7 and 8. The show never gives it an official name, but the books and lore community do.

40. How many seasons did Game of Thrones run?

I include this one because at least once per event, someone confidently says seven. The show and the books have blurred together in people’s heads.

The Deep End

41. What is the name of the poison that kills Jon Arryn before the events of the series begin?

Jon Arryn’s death is the domino that starts everything, and almost nobody remembers the specifics of how it happened.

42. Who actually poisoned Jon Arryn?

This is one of those reveals that recontextualizes the entire first season. Everyone assumes it was the Lannisters. The truth is worse.

43. What is the name of the castle where the Night’s Watch is headquartered?

44. Who composed the music for the Game of Thrones series?

If you know, you know. And if you’ve ever heard “Light of the Seven” live, you really know.

45. What is the name of the sword that Brienne of Tarth carries, forged from the Stark blade Ice?

Jaime names it. That detail matters more than it seems.

46. What is the second sword forged from Ice, and who carries it?

47. What are the names of Cersei and Jaime’s three children?

Getting all three right and in order is harder than it sounds. Myrcella is the one that slips away.

48. What is Littlefinger’s actual family sigil?

This is the kind of question that makes someone at the table say “Wait, he has a sigil?” And yes. He’s minor nobility from the Fingers, and the sigil tells you exactly how little his family started with.

49. In what real-world country were the King’s Landing outdoor scenes primarily filmed?

If you’ve been there, you recognized it immediately. The walls of the city are unmistakable.

50. What is the name of Jorah Mormont’s father?

The Questions That End Friendships

51. What disease does Jorah Mormont contract, and who cures him?

52. How did Khal Drogo actually die?

People remember the pillow. They don’t always remember what brought him to that point, and the chain of causation is important.

53. What is the name of the enormous weirwood tree network that the Three-Eyed Raven uses?

54. What phrase does Missandei say as her final word before execution?

One word. It landed like a bomb in every room I’ve ever played it in, because everyone remembers the feeling but half the room can’t pull the actual word.

55. Which actor was recast between the pilot and the aired first episode in the role of Catelyn Stark?

The original pilot is essentially a lost episode. Almost none of it survives publicly.

56. What is the name of the book Samwell Tarly presents at the final council meeting, the one that chronicles the events of the series?

And who wrote it? And what’s wrong with it? This question always gets a groan because people blocked out the finale details.

57. In the show, what specific phrase completes the Valyrian command “Valar Morghulis”?

58. What is the name of the keep where Lyanna Stark died and where Jon Snow was born?

The Tower of Joy is one of the most important locations in the entire mythology, and it appears on screen for maybe four minutes total. Those four minutes carry the weight of the whole story.

59. How many people does Daenerys name as members of her Queensguard throughout the series? Trick question. She never formally establishes one. But who serves as Hand of the Queen across the series? Name all of them.

This one is pure pain. Most people get Tyrion. The rest come in fragments.

60. The Iron Throne was forged from the swords of Aegon the Conqueror’s enemies. According to the books, roughly how many swords make up the throne?

This is the one I always end on, because it does something beautiful in a room. Everyone has a picture of the Iron Throne in their head. The show version is a big chair. Impressive, sure. But George R.R. Martin has said the show’s version never matched what he imagined. In the books, the throne is a massive, ugly, asymmetrical monstrosity that towers above the room, made from a thousand swords melted together by dragonfire. It’s so large and sharp that kings have cut themselves on it, and there’s a belief that the throne itself rejects unworthy rulers. The answer is roughly a thousand swords. But the real point is this: the version of the Iron Throne you picture says everything about whether the show or the books own more real estate in your imagination. And after sixty questions, that’s probably a question worth sitting with.

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Luca Klein, Music Journalism Cert.

Music and film rounds are where trivia nights either come alive or fall flat. I've been writing them in Munich, Germany for 10 years, and I believe a good music question should make everyone at the table feel something, even when they get it wrong.

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