150+ Game of Thrones Trivia Questions and Answers to Test True Fans of Westeros

I’m so excited to share this collection of trivia questions about one of the most epic fantasy series ever created. When my friends and I get together for our monthly watch parties, we always end up testing each other with trivia about Westeros and beyond.

I’ve put together over 150 Game of Thrones trivia questions covering everything from the major houses and their mottos to the most shocking deaths and plot twists. Whether you’re planning a Game of Thrones-themed party, looking to challenge your friends, or just want to test your own knowledge of the Seven Kingdoms, these questions will transport you right back to the world of ice and fire.

House Stark Trivia Questions

The noble House Stark ruled the North from their ancestral seat of Winterfell for thousands of years. From Ned’s honor to Arya’s revenge journey, the Starks have had some of the most compelling storylines in the series. Test your knowledge of the Wardens of the North with these questions!

What is House Stark’s motto? Answer: Winter is Coming
Who was the Lord of Winterfell at the beginning of the series? Answer: Eddard (Ned) Stark
What is the name of Jon Snow’s direwolf? Answer: Ghost

How many legitimate Stark children were there at the beginning of the series? Answer: Five (Robb, Sansa, Arya, Bran, and Rickon)
Which Stark child was pushed from a tower by Jaime Lannister? Answer: Bran Stark
What is the name of Arya’s sword given to her by Jon Snow? Answer: Needle

Who taught Arya Stark how to fight in Braavos? Answer: The Faceless Men/Jaqen H’ghar
Which Stark became the Three-Eyed Raven? Answer: Bran Stark
What was the name of Ned Stark’s Valyrian steel sword? Answer: Ice

Which Stark was proclaimed “King in the North” after the Battle of the Bastards? Answer: Jon Snow
What is Sansa Stark’s favorite food? Answer: Lemon cakes
Which Stark child was nicknamed “the Young Wolf”? Answer: Robb Stark

Who did Robb Stark marry instead of a Frey daughter? Answer: Talisa Maegyr
What animal appears on the Stark sigil? Answer: A direwolf
Which Stark was forced to marry Tyrion Lannister? Answer: Sansa Stark

What was the name of Rickon Stark’s direwolf? Answer: Shaggydog
Which Stark had the ability to warg into animals? Answer: Bran Stark
Who was Jon Snow’s real mother? Answer: Lyanna Stark

What was the name of the executioner’s sword at Winterfell? Answer: Ice
Which Stark became “No One” during her training? Answer: Arya Stark
What position did Jon Snow hold at the Night’s Watch? Answer: Lord Commander

Who killed Lady, Sansa’s direwolf? Answer: Ned Stark (on Robert Baratheon’s orders)
Which Stark returned to Winterfell after years in Essos? Answer: Arya Stark
Who was the founder of House Stark according to legend? Answer: Bran the Builder

What gift did Petyr Baelish give to Bran Stark? Answer: A Valyrian steel dagger

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House Lannister Trivia Questions

The wealthy and powerful House Lannister ruled from Casterly Rock with their famous motto “Hear Me Roar” – though they’re perhaps better known for the unofficial saying, “A Lannister always pays his debts.” From Tywin’s cunning to Cersei’s ruthlessness, test your knowledge of the golden lions!

What is the Lannister family motto? Answer: Hear Me Roar
What precious metal is mined in the Lannister lands? Answer: Gold
Who killed Tywin Lannister? Answer: Tyrion Lannister

Which Lannister was known as the “Kingslayer”? Answer: Jaime Lannister
What is the name of Cersei and Jaime’s youngest child? Answer: Tommen Baratheon
Who was Hand of the King to Joffrey Baratheon before Tyrion? Answer: Tywin Lannister

What was the name of Tyrion’s first wife? Answer: Tysha
Which Lannister lost a hand? Answer: Jaime Lannister
Who poisoned Joffrey at his wedding? Answer: Olenna Tyrell

What was Tywin Lannister doing when Tyrion killed him? Answer: Sitting on the toilet
Which Lannister was acting as Hand of the King for most of Robert Baratheon’s rule? Answer: Jon Arryn (not a Lannister)
What did Cersei do to the Great Sept of Baelor? Answer: Blew it up with wildfire

Who was Cersei’s champion in Tyrion’s trial by combat? Answer: Ser Gregor “The Mountain” Clegane
Which Lannister was called “the Imp”? Answer: Tyrion Lannister
What position did Kevan Lannister hold before his death? Answer: Hand of the King to Tommen

Who was Tywin Lannister’s father? Answer: Tytos Lannister
What is the Lannister sigil? Answer: A golden lion
Which Lannister was known for drinking and knowing things? Answer: Tyrion Lannister

Who was betrothed to Sansa Stark before she married Tyrion? Answer: Joffrey Baratheon
What was the name of Cersei’s daughter? Answer: Myrcella Baratheon
Which Lannister twin was born first? Answer: Cersei

What did Tyrion use to defend King’s Landing during the Battle of Blackwater? Answer: Wildfire
Who was Cersei’s cousin and lover after Jaime left King’s Landing? Answer: Lancel Lannister
What was the name of Tywin Lannister’s wife? Answer: Joanna Lannister

Which Lannister was killed by the Sons of the Harpy? Answer: None (trick question)

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House Targaryen Trivia Questions

The dragon lords of old Valyria, House Targaryen ruled the Seven Kingdoms for nearly 300 years before Robert’s Rebellion. From Aegon the Conqueror to Daenerys the Breaker of Chains, test your knowledge of the fire and blood of House Targaryen!

What are the Targaryen house colors? Answer: Red and black
What is the Targaryen house motto? Answer: Fire and Blood
How many dragons did Daenerys Targaryen hatch? Answer: Three

What were the names of Daenerys’s three dragons? Answer: Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion
Who was the Mad King? Answer: Aerys II Targaryen
Who was Jon Snow’s real father? Answer: Rhaegar Targaryen

Which Targaryen conquered Westeros with dragons? Answer: Aegon I (The Conqueror)
What happened to Viserion in Season 7? Answer: He was killed and resurrected by the Night King
What was Daenerys called by the Dothraki? Answer: Khaleesi

Which Targaryen was known as “The Dragon Knight”? Answer: Aemon Targaryen
How did Khal Drogo die? Answer: From an infected wound (later with Daenerys’s mercy killing)
Who did Rhaegar Targaryen marry in secret? Answer: Lyanna Stark

How many kingdoms were there before Aegon’s Conquest? Answer: Seven
What gift did Magister Illyrio give to Daenerys at her wedding? Answer: Dragon eggs
What was special about many Targaryen marriages? Answer: They married brother to sister

What city did Daenerys rule before heading to Westeros? Answer: Meereen
What happened to Rhaegar Targaryen during Robert’s Rebellion? Answer: Killed by Robert Baratheon at the Battle of the Trident
What was the name of the Targaryen ancestral castle on Dragonstone? Answer: Dragonstone

What color was Drogon? Answer: Black with red markings
What happened to the Mad King’s wife during the sack of King’s Landing? Answer: She had already died in childbirth
Which Targaryen founded the Night’s Watch according to legend? Answer: None (it was Brandon the Builder, a Stark)

What title did Daenerys claim that was not traditionally Targaryen? Answer: Khaleesi
What kept the Targaryen dragons in check in the Dragonpit? Answer: Chains/captivity (which stunted their growth)
Which Targaryen prince was killed at the Tourney of Harrenhal? Answer: None (trick question)

What was Jon Snow’s birth name? Answer: Aegon Targaryen

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Battle and War Trivia Questions

From the Battle of the Blackwater to the Battle of the Bastards, Game of Thrones featured some of the most epic warfare scenes in television history. Test your knowledge of the conflicts that shaped the Seven Kingdoms!

Who led the wildling army at the Battle of Castle Black? Answer: Mance Rayder
What was the name of the battle where Stannis attacked King’s Landing? Answer: The Battle of Blackwater Bay
Who commanded the Bolton forces at the Battle of the Bastards? Answer: Ramsay Bolton

What was the name of the battle where Daenerys attacked the Lannister army? Answer: The Loot Train Attack (Battle of the Goldroad)
Which giant fought for Jon Snow at the Battle of the Bastards? Answer: Wun Wun
Who saved the Stark forces at the Battle of the Bastards? Answer: Knights of the Vale/Littlefinger

What weapon did the Night King use to bring down the Wall? Answer: Undead Viserion
Which battle did Tyrion lead the defense of King’s Landing? Answer: Battle of Blackwater Bay
Where was the final battle against the White Walkers fought? Answer: Winterfell

Who killed the Night King? Answer: Arya Stark
What battle ended Robert’s Rebellion? Answer: Battle of the Trident
Where did Stannis Baratheon’s forces lose to Ramsay Bolton? Answer: Outside Winterfell

In which battle did Jaime Lannister capture Edmure Tully? Answer: Second Siege of Riverrun
What was used to destroy the Great Sept of Baelor? Answer: Wildfire
Where did Euron Greyjoy ambush Yara’s fleet? Answer: Near Dragonstone

What war followed the death of Robert Baratheon? Answer: War of the Five Kings
Who was commanding the Lannister forces when Daenerys attacked with her dragon? Answer: Jaime Lannister
Which city was dubbed “Slaver’s Bay”? Answer: Bay of Dragons (formerly Slaver’s Bay)

What creature did the Unsullied have to kill as part of their training? Answer: A baby/infant
How did Stannis try to take Winterfell from the Boltons? Answer: By marching through the snow
Which gate of King’s Landing did Stannis attack during the Battle of Blackwater? Answer: The Mud Gate

Who commanded the Second Sons before Daenerys? Answer: Mero (the Titan’s Bastard)
What strategy did Robb Stark use to capture Jaime Lannister? Answer: He sent a small force to distract Tywin while attacking Jaime’s camp
How did Daenerys conquer Yunkai? Answer: By turning the Second Sons to her side

What weapon did Bronn use against Drogon during the Loot Train Attack? Answer: The Scorpion (giant crossbow)

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Character Deaths Trivia Questions

Game of Thrones is infamous for its shocking character deaths. From the Red Wedding to the Purple Wedding and beyond, test your knowledge of how your favorite (and most hated) characters met their demise in the world of ice and fire!

How did Ned Stark die? Answer: Beheaded by Ser Ilyn Payne
Who killed Joffrey Baratheon? Answer: Olenna Tyrell (with Littlefinger’s help)
How did Robb Stark die? Answer: Stabbed through the heart by Roose Bolton

What event resulted in the deaths of many Stark supporters? Answer: The Red Wedding
Who killed Tywin Lannister? Answer: Tyrion Lannister
How did Stannis Baratheon die? Answer: Executed by Brienne of Tarth

Who killed the High Sparrow? Answer: Cersei (via wildfire explosion)
How did Littlefinger (Petyr Baelish) die? Answer: Throat cut by Arya Stark
Who killed Ramsay Bolton? Answer: His own hounds

How did King Robert Baratheon die? Answer: From wounds sustained during a hunting accident
Who killed Ser Meryn Trant? Answer: Arya Stark
How did Lysa Arryn die? Answer: Pushed through the Moon Door by Littlefinger

Who killed the Night King? Answer: Arya Stark
How did Tommen Baratheon die? Answer: Suicide (jumped out a window)
Who killed Walder Frey? Answer: Arya Stark

How did Hodor die? Answer: Holding the door against wights
Who killed Cersei and Jaime Lannister? Answer: Crushed by falling rubble in the Red Keep
How did Daenerys Targaryen die? Answer: Stabbed by Jon Snow

Who killed Viserys Targaryen? Answer: Khal Drogo
How did Viserys Targaryen die? Answer: Molten gold poured on his head
Who killed Qyburn? Answer: The Mountain (Ser Gregor Clegane)

How did Rickon Stark die? Answer: Shot with an arrow by Ramsay Bolton
Who killed Lyanna Mormont? Answer: A giant wight (though she killed him too)
How did Missandei die? Answer: Beheaded by the Mountain on Cersei’s orders

Who killed Barristan Selmy? Answer: Sons of the Harpy

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Behind the Scenes Trivia Questions

Beyond the world of Westeros lies the fascinating reality of how Game of Thrones was made. Test your knowledge of the actors, production details, and behind-the-scenes facts from one of television’s most ambitious productions!

Which book series is Game of Thrones based on? Answer: A Song of Ice and Fire
Who wrote the book series? Answer: George R.R. Martin
How many books are currently published in the main series? Answer: Five

How many seasons did Game of Thrones run for? Answer: Eight
Who played Jon Snow? Answer: Kit Harington
Which actress played Daenerys Targaryen? Answer: Emilia Clarke

What was the name of the actor who played Tyrion Lannister? Answer: Peter Dinklage
Which two countries served as the main filming locations for Winterfell? Answer: Northern Ireland and Scotland
What country was used for filming most of King’s Landing scenes? Answer: Croatia

Which character was originally played by a different actress in the pilot episode? Answer: Daenerys Targaryen
What is the name of the conlang (constructed language) created for the Dothraki? Answer: Dothraki
How many languages were created for the show? Answer: Two main ones (Dothraki and Valyrian)

Which character appears in the most episodes? Answer: Tyrion Lannister
What is the estimated cost per episode in the final season? Answer: $15 million
Which famous band had a cameo in the show? Answer: Sigur Rós

Which famous singer had a cameo as a Lannister soldier? Answer: Ed Sheeran
How many Emmy Awards did Game of Thrones win in total? Answer: 59
What material were the “stone” dragon eggs made from? Answer: Painted foam

What breed of dog was used to portray the direwolves in early seasons? Answer: Northern Inuit Dogs
Who directed the famous “Battle of the Bastards” episode? Answer: Miguel Sapochnik
What was used to create the sound of dragon fire? Answer: Blowtorches and flamethrowers
Which actress was pregnant during filming but had it hidden on screen? Answer: Lena Headey (Cersei)
Which two actors were originally meant to play Catelyn and Ned Stark? Answer: Jennifer Ehle and Sean Bean (though only Ehle was replaced)
What was the official title of the final episode? Answer: “The Iron Throne”
What happened to the Iron Throne in the final episode? Answer: Melted by Drogon

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Why Game of Thrones Trivia is Perfect for Fans

Game of Thrones trivia is the perfect way to keep the spirit of the show alive long after the finale aired. I’ve found that testing my friends on their knowledge of Westeros always leads to heated debates, nostalgic discussions about favorite scenes, and even the occasional rewatch session.

Last winter, during a blizzard that kept us all indoors, my sister and I challenged each other to a Game of Thrones trivia showdown. What started as a simple game turned into a six-hour marathon of questions, reminiscing, and eventually rewatching key episodes to settle disputes about certain plot points. That’s the magic of Game of Thrones trivia – it brings fans together and reignites our passion for this incredible world.

Not only is it entertaining, but it’s also a way to appreciate the intricate storytelling and worldbuilding that went into creating this masterpiece of television. You might be surprised at how many details you missed during your first watch!

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Final Thoughts

Well, there you have it – over 150 questions to test even the most dedicated Game of Thrones fans! My friends and I use these questions during our rewatch sessions, and it’s amazing how many details we still discover even after multiple viewings.

The world of Westeros might be fictional, but the connections we’ve made through our shared love of the show are very real. I hope these trivia questions bring back fond memories of your first time watching this incredible series and maybe inspire you to return to the Seven Kingdoms for another adventure.

Did you manage to answer all the questions correctly? Which category did you find the easiest, and which one stumped you? I’d love to know which houses and characters you remember best from the series!

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Remember, when you play the game of thrones trivia, you win or you… well, you just have a really good time!