50 free Game of Thrones Season 8 trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
The eighth and final season of Game of Thrones ran six episodes in April and May 2019 and drew more argument than any television season in memory: 32 Emmy nominations and twelve wins on one side, a 55 percent Rotten Tomatoes score and a 1.7-million-signature remake petition on the other. Whatever you think of it, it is dense with trivia. This quiz covers the lot: the 140-page outline, the 55 night shoots behind 'The Long Night', Arya and the Night King, Melisandre's choker, Jaime knighting Brienne, Florence and the Machine's 'Jenny of Oldstones', the coffee cup and the water bottles, Rhaegal and the forgotten Iron Fleet, the bells of King's Landing, Cleganebowl, Drogon melting the throne, Bran's election, Sansa's crown, Arya's westward voyage and the 13.61 million viewers who made the finale HBO's most-watched hour ever. Cameos by Chris Stapleton, Aaron Rodgers and two sitcom stars included. Fifty questions, four options each, with a short explanation after every answer. Play in sets of ten or print it for a rewatch debate.
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Q 01How many episodes make up the final season of Game of Thrones?
six
Four of them ran longer than an hour; HBO's Casey Bloys called them 'six one-hour movies'.
Q 02How many Emmy nominations did season 8 receive, a record for a single season?
32
It won twelve, including Outstanding Drama Series and a fourth for Peter Dinklage.
Q 03Which director handled three season 8 episodes, including the premiere?
David Nutter
He had directed 'The Rains of Castamere'; Sapochnik took the two big battle hours.
Q 04How long was the outline from which season 8's scripts were written?
140 pages
Benioff said dividing it up was harder than ever because it was the last time.
Q 05Who plays Harry Strickland, commander of the Golden Company, in season 8?
Marc Rissmann
Grey Worm kills Strickland during the assault on King's Landing.
Q 06Which character returned in the finale after missing season 7, played by Tobias Menzies?
Edmure Tully
Sansa tells her uncle to sit down when he starts a speech at the Dragonpit council.
Q 07What is the title of the two-hour documentary about making season 8?
The Last Watch
It aired the week after the finale.
Q 08Roughly how many people pirated the season 8 premiere in its first 24 hours?
55 million
India alone accounted for 9.5 million downloads.
Q 09A Change.org petition to remake season 8 had gathered how many signatures by September 2019?
over 1.73 million
Sophie Turner called it 'disrespectful to the crew and the filmmakers'.
Q 10Which novelist publicly defended season 8, writing 'All good things...'?
Stephen King
He said people simply 'don't want ANY ending'.
Q 11Who wrote the season 8 premiere, 'Winterfell'?
Dave Hill
It was his final script; Cogman wrote episode 2 and the showrunners the rest.
Q 12Which weapon does Qyburn hand Bronn when hiring him to dispose of the Lannister brothers?
the crossbow that killed Tywin
Bronn later takes Highgarden in exchange for their lives.
Q 13Which young lord is found dead and impaled at Last Hearth in the premiere?
Ned Umber
Beric burns the reanimated boy with his flaming sword.
Q 21Which country singer cameoed as a wight in 'The Long Night'?
Chris Stapleton
His bass player and tour manager were zombified alongside him.
Q 22Who kills the Night King?
Arya Stark
She switches the Valyrian steel dagger to her other hand, the move she practised with Brienne.
Q 23Which tiny lady of Bear Island kills a wight giant as it crushes her?
Lyanna Mormont
Bella Ramsey's final appearance; she later starred in The Last of Us.
Q 24What does Melisandre enchant to burn at the start of the battle of Winterfell?
Q 14Who tells Jon about his true parentage in the season 8 premiere?
Samwell Tarly
Sam has just learned Daenerys executed his father and brother.
Q 15Which two actors from It's Always Sunny and Silicon Valley cameoed as Ironborn in the premiere?
Rob McElhenney and Martin Starr
Writer Dave Hill joined them as a soldier killed in Theon's rescue of Yara.
Q 16Who does the knighting in 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms'?
Jaime Lannister
Tormund's grumble that he would do it without hesitation prompts Jaime to act.
Q 17Which band performed 'Jenny of Oldstones' over the credits of episode 2?
Florence and the Machine
Podrick sings the in-show version; only its first line comes from the books.
Q 18Which Valyrian steel sword does Sam give Jorah before the battle of Winterfell?
Heartsbane
It is House Tarly's blade; Jorah's father Jeor had given Longclaw to Jon.
Q 19Who volunteers to guard Bran in the godswood as bait for the Night King?
Theon Greyjoy
Bran tells him he is a good man before Theon's final charge.
Q 20How many night shoots did it take to film 'The Long Night'?
55
Eleven weeks of harsh weather at Moneyglass, Saintfield and Belfast.
the Dothraki's arakhs
The flames go out one by one as the charge is swallowed in the dark.
Q 25What happens to Melisandre at dawn after the battle of Winterfell?
she removes her choker and dies
Davos watches mutely rather than keep his promise to kill her.
Q 26In 'The Last of the Starks', Daenerys names Gendry lord of which castle?
Storm's End
Legitimised as a Baratheon, he proposes to Arya, who turns him down.
Q 27Which out-of-place object was spotted on a table in 'The Last of the Starks'?
a disposable coffee cup
It was digitally erased two days after broadcast; the finale then featured a water bottle.
Q 28Which dragon is killed by Euron's scorpions in 'The Last of the Starks'?
Rhaegal
Benioff's explanation that Daenerys 'kind of forgot about the Iron Fleet' became a meme.
Q 29To whom does Jon give his direwolf Ghost before marching south?
Tormund
Fans hated that he did not even pet the dog; they reunite at Castle Black in the finale.
Q 30Which castle does Bronn accept in exchange for sparing Jaime and Tyrion?
Highgarden
He ends the series as Master of Coin on Bran's small council.