50 Fun Facts About Game of Thrones Season 8

How many episodes make up the final season of Game of Thrones?

Four of them ran longer than an hour; HBO's Casey Bloys called them 'six one-hour movies'.

How many Emmy nominations did season 8 receive, a record for a single season?

It won twelve, including Outstanding Drama Series and a fourth for Peter Dinklage.

Which director handled three season 8 episodes, including the premiere?

He had directed 'The Rains of Castamere'; Sapochnik took the two big battle hours.

How long was the outline from which season 8's scripts were written?

Benioff said dividing it up was harder than ever because it was the last time.

Who plays Harry Strickland, commander of the Golden Company, in season 8?

Grey Worm kills Strickland during the assault on King's Landing.

Which character returned in the finale after missing season 7, played by Tobias Menzies?

Sansa tells her uncle to sit down when he starts a speech at the Dragonpit council.

What is the title of the two-hour documentary about making season 8?

It aired the week after the finale.

Roughly how many people pirated the season 8 premiere in its first 24 hours?

India alone accounted for 9.5 million downloads.

A Change.org petition to remake season 8 had gathered how many signatures by September 2019?

Sophie Turner called it 'disrespectful to the crew and the filmmakers'.

Which novelist publicly defended season 8, writing 'All good things...'?

He said people simply 'don't want ANY ending'.

Who wrote the season 8 premiere, 'Winterfell'?

It was his final script; Cogman wrote episode 2 and the showrunners the rest.

Which weapon does Qyburn hand Bronn when hiring him to dispose of the Lannister brothers?

Bronn later takes Highgarden in exchange for their lives.

Which young lord is found dead and impaled at Last Hearth in the premiere?

Beric burns the reanimated boy with his flaming sword.

Who tells Jon about his true parentage in the season 8 premiere?

Sam has just learned Daenerys executed his father and brother.

Which two actors from It's Always Sunny and Silicon Valley cameoed as Ironborn in the premiere?

Writer Dave Hill joined them as a soldier killed in Theon's rescue of Yara.

Who does the knighting in 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms'?

Tormund's grumble that he would do it without hesitation prompts Jaime to act.

Which band performed 'Jenny of Oldstones' over the credits of episode 2?

Podrick sings the in-show version; only its first line comes from the books.

Which Valyrian steel sword does Sam give Jorah before the battle of Winterfell?

It is House Tarly's blade; Jorah's father Jeor had given Longclaw to Jon.

Who volunteers to guard Bran in the godswood as bait for the Night King?

Bran tells him he is a good man before Theon's final charge.

How many night shoots did it take to film 'The Long Night'?

Eleven weeks of harsh weather at Moneyglass, Saintfield and Belfast.

Which country singer cameoed as a wight in 'The Long Night'?

His bass player and tour manager were zombified alongside him.

Who kills the Night King?

She switches the Valyrian steel dagger to her other hand, the move she practised with Brienne.

Which tiny lady of Bear Island kills a wight giant as it crushes her?

Bella Ramsey's final appearance; she later starred in The Last of Us.

What does Melisandre enchant to burn at the start of the battle of Winterfell?

The flames go out one by one as the charge is swallowed in the dark.

What happens to Melisandre at dawn after the battle of Winterfell?

Davos watches mutely rather than keep his promise to kill her.

In 'The Last of the Starks', Daenerys names Gendry lord of which castle?

Legitimised as a Baratheon, he proposes to Arya, who turns him down.

Which out-of-place object was spotted on a table in 'The Last of the Starks'?

It was digitally erased two days after broadcast; the finale then featured a water bottle.

Which dragon is killed by Euron's scorpions in 'The Last of the Starks'?

Benioff's explanation that Daenerys 'kind of forgot about the Iron Fleet' became a meme.

To whom does Jon give his direwolf Ghost before marching south?

Fans hated that he did not even pet the dog; they reunite at Castle Black in the finale.

Which castle does Bronn accept in exchange for sparing Jaime and Tyrion?

He ends the series as Master of Coin on Bran's small council.

Who is executed on Cersei's order outside the walls of King's Landing?

Nathalie Emmanuel was digitally inserted into the long shots to keep the scene secret.

Where does Tyrion tell the freed Jaime to take Cersei if the city falls?

Instead the twins die together under the collapsing Red Keep.

What signal of surrender does Daenerys ignore before burning King's Landing?

Tyrion had begged her to spare the commoners if the bells rang.

Whom does Jaime fight and fatally wound on the beach below the Red Keep?

Euron dies boasting that he killed Jaime Lannister, which is not quite true.

How does 'Cleganebowl' end?

Gregor kills Qyburn moments earlier for trying to intervene.

What does Arya find and ride out of the ruined city at the end of 'The Bells'?

The pale horse drew endless Book of Revelation readings online.

Which promotional photo error followed the coffee cup, in a still from 'The Bells'?

In the episode itself only the metal hand is seen.

Who wrote and directed the series finale, 'The Iron Throne'?

They earned Emmy nominations for both writing and directing it.

What does Drogon do to the Iron Throne after Daenerys dies?

He then flies east with her body.

Who is elected ruler of the Six Kingdoms at the Dragonpit council?

Isaac Hempstead Wright said the idea came directly from George R. R. Martin.

Which kingdom wins its independence in the finale?

Sansa is crowned Queen in the North at Winterfell.

What sentence does Bran hand Jon to placate Grey Worm?

Jon instead leads the wildlings back beyond the Wall as the snows thaw.

Where do Grey Worm and the Unsullied sail at the end of the series?

It was Missandei's homeland, where they had planned to go together.

Which four characters sit on Tyrion's new Small Council?

Bran drops in only to ask where Drogon is.

What is the title of the history book Sam produces in the finale?

Tyrion, to his dismay, is not mentioned in it.

Where does Arya sail at the end of the series?

She wants to map the uncharted Sunset Sea.

How many viewers watched the finale's first HBO broadcast, an HBO record?

It beat The Sopranos' record of 13.4 million; streaming pushed the total past 19 million.

Which actors were flown to Seville as decoys during the Dragonpit finale shoot?

The Night King, the Waif and Jaqen H'ghar were all long dead on screen by then.

Which of Daenerys's losses does Jon cite to Tyrion as the ones that drove her to burn the city?

Tyrion's counter is that she has always believed her destiny justifies the fire.

Who is made Lord Commander of the Kingsguard and completes Jaime's entry in the White Book?

Gwendoline Christie said she was 'dismayed' by her character's season 8 turn but embraced the ending.