Game of Thrones Season 4
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49 free Game of Thrones Season 4 trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Season 4 of Game of Thrones is the one where the show stopped being careful. Joffrey dies at his own wedding in episode two, Tyrion is put on trial for it, Oberyn Martell volunteers to fight the Mountain, Lysa Arryn goes out of the Moon Door, and the season closes with Tywin on the privy and Arya on a boat to Braavos. These 49 questions cover all ten episodes, from 'Two Swords' to 'The Children': the Dornish arrivals, the necklace that carried the poison, the three judges at Tyrion's trial, Shae's testimony, the battle at Castle Black, Stannis's cavalry charge and the Three-Eyed Raven. There are production questions too: George R. R. Martin's last script, Sigur Rós at the wedding, the Icelandic strongman who became the Mountain, the Monty Python easter egg hidden in the Meereen champion's insults, Diocletian's Palace, the 136-day shoot and the IMAX run for the final two episodes. Easy questions stick to the big deaths and the main cast; the expert tier asks about Martin's original draft, Bryan Cogman's cameo and which episode won which Emmy. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss.
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Q 01The Game of Thrones season 4 premiere drew HBO's biggest audience since which show's finale?
The Sopranos
The Sopranos. The opener's 6.6 million viewers were HBO's most since the mob drama ended in 2007, far above anything in season 3, where even the Red Wedding episode was not the year's high.
Q 02Game of Thrones season 4 is adapted mainly from the second half of which novel?
A Storm of Swords
A Storm of Swords. The third novel was judged too long for a single season, so the producers split it in two, and its first half had already become season 3.
Q 03At which event does King Joffrey die in Game of Thrones season 4?
His wedding feast
His wedding feast. Joffrey chokes on poisoned wine minutes after humiliating his uncle Tyrion in front of the guests, which is why Cersei has Tyrion arrested on the spot.
Q 04Which writer's last script for Game of Thrones was the season 4 episode 'The Lion and the Rose'?
George R. R. Martin
George R. R. Martin. He wrote one episode in each of the first four seasons, then stopped to concentrate on The Winds of Winter, saying a single script cost him at least three weeks.
Q 05In Game of Thrones season 4, which Icelandic band plays 'The Rains of Castamere' at the royal wedding?
Sigur Rós
Sigur Rós. Joffrey cuts the trio's performance short by pelting them with coins, and their mournful cover of the Lannister anthem returns over the closing credits.
Q 06In Game of Thrones season 4, which actor plays the Dornish prince known as the Red Viper?
Pedro Pascal
Pedro Pascal. After years of small parts, his single season as the Red Viper was the breakout that led to Narcos, The Mandalorian and The Last of Us.
Q 07Who joins Game of Thrones in season 4 as Ellaria Sand, the Red Viper's paramour?
Indira Varma
Indira Varma. Her Ellaria later murders Prince Doran and seizes Dorne to avenge her lover, a coup that never happens in the novels, where she argues for peace.
Q 08Who replaced Ed Skrein as Daario Naharis in Game of Thrones season 4?
Michiel Huisman
Michiel Huisman. The Dutch actor took over after a single season, and Ed Skrein later said that giving up the sellsword role had not been his choice.
Q 09Which actor took over the role of Tommen Baratheon in Game of Thrones season 4?
Dean-Charles Chapman
Dean-Charles Chapman. He had already died on the show once: in season 3 he played Martyn Lannister, a captive squire murdered in his cell by Rickard Karstark.
Q 10Which strongman took over as the Mountain in Game of Thrones season 4?
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson. The Icelander was the third actor in the part after Conan Stevens and Ian Whyte, who lasted a season each, but he kept it until the series ended.
Q 11Which Sherlock actor plays Iron Bank envoy Tycho Nestoris in Game of Thrones?
Mark Gatiss
Mark Gatiss. Sherlock's Mycroft plays the banker who turns Stannis down flat, then relents when Davos argues that the ageing Tywin Lannister will soon be dead.
Q 12In the Game of Thrones season 4 premiere, the Hound starts a tavern brawl after demanding what?
A chicken
A chicken. With no money to pay, the Hound warns the king's soldiers that he will eat every chicken in the room, and in the fight that follows Arya wins back her sword, Needle.
Q 13Which villain makes his first on-screen appearance in Game of Thrones season 4?
The Night King
Q 21In Game of Thrones season 4, who privately admits to Margaery a part in King Joffrey's murder?
Olenna
Olenna. The Queen of Thorns tells her granddaughter she would never have let her marry 'that beast', then leaves for Highgarden while Tyrion sits in a cell for the crime.
Q 22Daenerys crucifies Meereen's masters in Game of Thrones to avenge whom?
Slave children
Slave children. The masters nailed one to every mile marker on the road to Meereen, 163 in all, so Daenerys overrules Barristan's plea for mercy and crucifies 163 masters in return.
Q 23In Game of Thrones season 4, whom does Lysa admit she poisoned at Petyr Baelish's urging?
Jon Arryn
The Night King. After a split-second glimpse in one of Bran's visions, he appears in the closing scene of the fourth episode, where a touch of his finger turns Craster's last baby son into a White Walker.
Q 14What is the name of King Tommen's cat, introduced in Game of Thrones season 4?
Ser Pounce
Ser Pounce. Margaery meets the cat on a secret night-time visit to Tommen's chambers, her first move to win over the boy king before his mother can turn him against her.
Q 15Who secretly trains Jaime Lannister to fight left-handed in Game of Thrones season 4?
Bronn
Bronn. Jaime cannot let the court see how badly the head of the Kingsguard now fights, so Tyrion sends him to the sellsword, who can be paid to keep his mouth shut.
Q 16The Game of Thrones season 4 episode 'Mockingbird' is named after which character's personal sigil?
Littlefinger
Littlefinger. Petyr Baelish chose the mockingbird as his own emblem and wears it as a silver pin, and the episode named for it ends with him killing his new wife.
Q 17In the Game of Thrones season 4 premiere, Tywin has which sword melted down into two blades?
Ice
Ice. The Lannisters had held Ned Stark's huge Valyrian steel greatsword since his death, and Tywin turns it into one blade for Jaime and one for King Joffrey.
Q 18In Game of Thrones season 4, what name does Brienne give the Valyrian steel sword Jaime gives her?
Oathkeeper
Oathkeeper. Jaime hands it over with new armour and a squire, Podrick, and sends her to find Sansa, honouring the vow he made to Catelyn Stark to see her daughters safe.
Q 19Which Game of Thrones season 4 episode title comes from Tommen's coronation?
First of His Name
First of His Name. The phrase follows the boy's name in the royal style proclaimed at the crowning, and during the ceremony Cersei surprises Margaery by seeming to approve of her marrying him.
Q 20In Game of Thrones season 4, who gives Sansa the necklace that secretly carries the poison used on Joffrey?
Dontos Hollard
Dontos Hollard. The court fool offers it as his mother's necklace, in thanks for Sansa once saving his life, but it is a fake made for the plot, and he is killed as soon as he has delivered her.
Jon Arryn. Her husband's death was the mystery that opened the series, and by blaming the Lannisters for it she set the Starks against them and started the war.
Q 24Littlefinger brings Sansa, disguised as his niece Alayne, to which Game of Thrones castle?
The Eyrie
The Eyrie. At the Bloody Gate he tells the guards she is his niece Alayne, but the disguise is dropped inside, where her aunt Lysa is waiting to marry him.
Q 25Who are the three judges at Tyrion's trial in Game of Thrones season 4?
Tywin, Mace and Oberyn
Tywin, Mace and Oberyn. Tywin chooses both fellow judges himself, winning over the Dornish prince with a seat on the small council and a promise of justice for his murdered sister.
Q 26Who is the final witness to testify against Tyrion at his trial in Game of Thrones season 4?
Shae
Shae. Her false story that he and Sansa planned the murder makes Tyrion throw away a deal to confess and be sent to the Night's Watch, and demand a trial by combat instead.
Q 27Through what is Sansa's aunt Lysa pushed to her death in Game of Thrones season 4?
The Moon Door
The Moon Door. Lysa is threatening to throw Sansa through the hole in her castle's floor when her new husband calms her, tells her he only ever loved her sister, and shoves her out instead.
Q 28Whom does Cersei name as the crown's champion for Tyrion's trial by combat in Game of Thrones season 4?
Gregor Clegane
Gregor Clegane. Naming the Mountain costs Tyrion both his first hopes: his brother Jaime admits he would lose one-handed, and his sellsword friend has been bought off with a highborn bride.
Q 29Who volunteers to be Tyrion's champion in his trial by combat in Game of Thrones season 4?
Oberyn
Oberyn. He has no love for Lannisters: he wants the chance to face the man who killed his sister Elia and her children, and to force a public confession out of him.
Q 30After the trial by combat in Game of Thrones season 4, what sentence does Tywin pass on Tyrion?
Execution
Execution. Tywin passes the death sentence the moment his son's champion falls, but it is never carried out, because Jaime lets Tyrion out of his cell before it can be.