50 free Game of Thrones Season 5 trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Season 5 of Game of Thrones is where the show passed the books. Tyrion meets Daenerys years before the novels get there, Sansa takes a storyline from a minor character, the Night King raises the dead at Hardhome, and the season ends with Cersei walking through Dubrovnik and Jon Snow bleeding in the snow. It also set a Guinness record with 12 Emmys in one night. These 50 questions cover all ten episodes, from 'The Wars to Come' to 'Mother's Mercy': Maggy the Frog, Mance's pyre, Aemon's tiebreak vote, the viper and the necklace, Janos Slynt, the Faith Militant, Barristan's death, greyscale in Valyria, the House Martell motto, Jorah's gift, the corkscrew, Lanna the oyster seller, Karsi and Mastodon at Hardhome, breaking the wheel, Shireen, Daznak's Pit, Brienne and Stannis, poisoned lipstick and 'For the Watch'. There are production questions too: the leaked screeners, Córdoba as Volantis, the Tower of London premiere, the body double and the directors' debuts. Easy questions stick to the big deaths; the expert tier asks about Kaštel Gomilica, Calgary and Dave Hill. 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 01On what date did Game of Thrones season 5 premiere on HBO?
April 12, 2015
The finale aired on June 14 after ten episodes.
Q 02Season 5 drew loosely on which two novels?
A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons
It also used leftover Storm of Swords material and elements of the unpublished Winds of Winter.
Q 03How many Emmy Awards did season 5 win, a Guinness record for a single season?
12
It won 12 of 24 nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series.
Q 04Why did the books' author not write a season 5 episode?
He was finishing The Winds of Winter
He had written one episode in each of the first four seasons.
Q 05Which assistant to Benioff and Weiss was promoted to staff writer in season 5?
Dave Hill
He wrote 'Sons of the Harpy', his first episode.
Q 06Which season 5 director was the only returning one from earlier seasons?
David Nutter
Slovis, Mylod, Podeswa and Sapochnik were all first-time Thrones directors.
Q 07Who joined the cast as the High Sparrow in season 5?
Jonathan Pryce
Hannah Waddingham joined alongside him as Septa Unella.
Q 08Which actor plays Doran, ruling Prince of Dorne?
Alexander Siddig
Toby Sebastian plays his son Trystane.
Q 09What are Oberyn's three eldest bastard daughters collectively called?
The Sand Snakes
The show trimmed their number from eight in the books to three.
Q 10Who took over as Myrcella Baratheon in season 5?
Nell Tiger Free
Aimee Richardson had played the princess in the first two seasons.
Q 11Which late actor returned for one episode to play Tywin Lannister's corpse?
Charles Dance
His character had been killed on the privy in the season 4 finale.
Q 12Which three regulars were absent from season 5 because their story had caught up with the books?
Bran, Hodor and Meera
Their storylines had reached the end of A Dance with Dragons.
Q 13Which Spanish city stood in for Volantis in season 5?
Córdoba
The Roman bridge of Córdoba was used for filming in October 2014.
Where was Cersei's walk of atonement filmed?
Q 21Who is the fortune teller young Cersei visits in the season 5 opening flashback?
Maggy the Frog
It was the show's first use of a flashback.
Q 22How does Mance Rayder die in 'The Wars to Come'?
Jon shoots him as he burns
Jon fires the arrow out of mercy before the fire takes him.
Q 23Who casts the tiebreaker vote that makes Jon Snow Lord Commander?
Maester Aemon
Sam had nominated Jon against Ser Alliser.
Q 24What threatening gift does Cersei receive from Dorne?
Dubrovnik
The scene was shot on the Stradun between the cathedral and the Sponza Palace.
Q 15Which actress served as Lena Headey's body double for the walk of atonement?
Rebecca Van Cleave
CGI was sometimes used to place Headey's face on her body.
Q 16Which Croatian town stood in for parts of Braavos?
Kaštel Gomilica
Meereen scenes returned to Diocletian's Palace and Klis Fortress.
Q 17A small portion of season 5 was filmed in which Canadian city for Ghost's scenes?
Calgary
The direwolf was played by an animal actor named Quigly.
Q 18Where was the world premiere of the season 5 opener held?
Tower of London
It took place on March 18, 2015.
Q 19How many season 5 episodes leaked online the day before the premiere?
Four
TorrentFreak counted 32 million downloads in the first week.
Q 20Which season 5 episode set a viewership record with 8.11 million viewers?
Mother's Mercy
The premiere had drawn 8 million.
Myrcella's necklace in a viper's jaws
Jaime responds by heading to Dorne with Bronn.
Q 25Who does Jon Snow execute for refusing an order in 'High Sparrow'?
Janos Slynt
Slynt had been told to restore Greyguard and insulted Jon instead.
Q 26Who kidnaps the Imp from a brothel in Volantis?
Jorah Mormont
He declares he is taking Tyrion 'to the queen'.
Q 27Whose death in 'Sons of the Harpy' drew criticism because he is alive in the novels?
Barristan Selmy
He dies defending Grey Worm against the Sons of the Harpy.
Q 28Which group does Cersei authorise the High Sparrow to revive?
The Faith Militant
They promptly arrest Loras Tyrell.
Q 29The title 'Kill the Boy' comes from advice given to Jon by whom?
Maester Aemon
The full line is 'kill the boy and let the man be born'.
Q 30What disease does Jorah contract from the stone men in Valyria?
Greyscale
He finds the lesion on his wrist after saving Tyrion.