50 free Game of Thrones Season 6 trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Season 6 of Game of Thrones was the first to run beyond George R. R. Martin's published novels, and it shows: Jon Snow comes back, Hodor holds the door, Bran sees the Tower of Joy, Daenerys burns the khals, Sansa's letter brings the Knights of the Vale, and Cersei blows up the Great Sept to a piano score. It cost more than $100 million and won 12 Emmys. These 50 questions cover all ten episodes, from 'The Red Woman' to 'The Winds of Winter': Melisandre's reveal, Doran and Trystane, Khal Moro, Dave Hill's resurrection episode, Wylis, Balon's bridge, Roose's death, Arthur Dayne, Smalljon and Shaggydog, the cobbler High Sparrow, Robin Arryn, Euron at the Kingsmoot, the Children's secret, Kinvara, Benjen, Heartsbane, all the bloodriders, Ian McShane's septon, Lyanna Mormont, trial by combat abolished, Riverrun, Arya in the dark, Cannae, the hounds, wildfire, Frey pie and R+L=J. There are production questions too: the five filming countries, the Braavos troupe and Of Monsters and Men. Easy questions stick to the big moments; the expert tier asks about Binevenagh, Sebastian Croft and After the Thrones. 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 6 premiere?
April 24, 2016
The finale aired on June 26.
Q 02Roughly how much did season 6 cost to produce?
Over $100 million
Each episode cost more than $10 million, a series high at the time.
Q 03Season 6 was the first in which the story moved past which published novel?
A Dance with Dragons
Much of the plot came from outlines Martin gave the showrunners.
Q 04In which five countries was season 6 filmed?
N. Ireland, Spain, Croatia, Iceland, Canada
HBO had said there would be no Croatia filming, but the cast was spotted in Dubrovnik.
Q 05Which Northern Ireland area stood in for the Dothraki Grasslands?
Binevenagh and Magilligan
Larrybane and Ballintoy were used for the Iron Islands.
Q 06Which veteran actor took over as the Three-Eyed Raven in season 6?
Max von Sydow
Struan Rodger had played the role in the season 4 finale.
Q 07Which Danish actor joined as Theon's pirate uncle?
Pilou Asbæk
Euron murders his brother Balon by throwing him off a bridge.
Q 08Who plays Lady Crane, the actress portraying Cersei in the Braavos play?
Essie Davis
Richard E. Grant was cast as the troupe's manager.
Q 09Which Icelandic band appears as the musicians of the Braavos theatre troupe?
Of Monsters and Men
It continued the show's tradition of indie-band cameos.
Q 10What is the name of the play staged by the Braavos theatre troupe?
The Bloody Hand
It retells King's Landing events from the start of the series.
Q 11Which character does Freddie Stroma play, introduced at Horn Hill in season 6?
Dickon Tarly
Randyll is played by James Faulkner.
Q 12Who plays the young Ned Stark in the season 6 flashbacks?
Sebastian Croft
Bran sees him, Benjen and Lyanna as children at Winterfell.
Q 13How many Emmys did season 6 win from its 23 nominations?
12
It took Outstanding Drama Series for the second year running.
Q 14How many viewers watched the season 6 finale, a record at the time?
Q 21What is Hodor's real name, as revealed in 'Home'?
Wylis
Bran sees him as a stableboy in a vision of young Ned, Benjen and Lyanna.
Q 22How does Euron kill Balon Greyjoy?
Throws him off a bridge
Yara swears vengeance but Aeron reminds her the Kingsmoot chooses the successor.
Q 23Who does Ramsay kill in 'Home' to take the North for himself?
Roose Bolton
He then has Walda and her newborn son killed by his hounds.
Q 24Which two Kingsguard knights face Ned Stark at the Tower of Joy?
8.89 million
Viewership rose about 13 percent across the season.
Q 15What was the name of the live aftershow that followed season 6 episodes on HBO Now?
After the Thrones
Andy Greenwald and Chris Ryan hosted it on Mondays.
Q 16Which track from the finale reached No. 1 on Billboard's Spotify Viral 50 chart?
Light of the Seven
Ramin Djawadi built the nine-minute piece largely on piano, unusual for the show.
Q 17What is revealed about Melisandre at the end of 'The Red Woman'?
She is physically very old
The reveal used a technique similar to Cersei's body double.
Q 18Who fatally stabs Doran Martell in the season 6 premiere?
Ellaria Sand
The Sand Snakes kill Trystane and seize Dorne in the same episode.
Q 19Who takes Daenerys prisoner in 'The Red Woman'?
Khal Moro
He insists widows of khals must live out their days in Vaes Dothrak.
Q 20Who wrote the episode 'Home', in which Jon Snow is resurrected?
Dave Hill
Jeremy Podeswa directed it.
Arthur Dayne and Gerold Hightower
Howland Reed stabs Dayne in the back before Ned delivers the fatal blow.
Q 25Who presents Rickon Stark to Ramsay as a prisoner in 'Oathbreaker'?
Smalljon Umber
He also brings the severed head of Rickon's direwolf Shaggydog as proof.
Q 26Which Stark siblings reunite at Castle Black in 'Book of the Stranger'?
Jon and Sansa
It was the first reunion of Stark siblings since the first season.
Q 27Who tries to seduce and stab Ramsay in 'Book of the Stranger', and is killed?
Osha
Ramsay knew she had used the same ruse to escape Theon.
Q 28What was the High Sparrow's trade before his religious conversion?
Cobbler
He tells Margaery his wealth and pursuits were lies.
Q 29Whom does Littlefinger manipulate into sending the Vale's army north?
Robin Arryn
He tells the boy his cousin Sansa is unsafe at Castle Black.
Q 30Who is chosen King at the Kingsmoot in 'The Door'?
Euron Greyjoy
He plans to sail to Slaver's Bay and marry Daenerys.