Wheel of Time Trivia
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66 free Wheel of Time trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Wheel of Time trivia for readers who have made the long journey from Emond's Field to Tarmon Gai'don, and for viewers who met Moiraine, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Egwene and Nynaeve through the Prime Video series. The quiz covers the world Robert Jordan built - the One Power and its two halves, the Ajahs of the White Tower, the Aiel and their Three-fold Land, the Seanchan, the Ogier and the thirteen Forsaken - and the story beats from The Eye of the World to A Memory of Light. It also digs into the history behind the books: Jordan's real name and his Vietnam service, the Conan novels he wrote first, how Harriet McDougal chose Brandon Sanderson to finish the series, the strange 2015 'Winter Dragon' pilot, and the casting, filming and cancellation of the Amazon show. Questions run from easy to expert, so casual viewers and readers who know their cuendillar from their ter'angreal will both find a challenge. Every answer has been checked against a reference page and each question shows its source once you have answered.
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Q 01Who wrote the first eleven Wheel of Time novels?
Robert Jordan
Robert Jordan wrote the first eleven books over fifteen years and died in 2007 while drafting what he meant to be the twelfth and final volume.
Q 02Which author completed the final three volumes after the original author's death?
Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson, a longtime fan, finished the series; the eulogy he posted for Robert Jordan helped persuade Jordan's widow and editor to choose him.
Q 03How many main volumes does the finished series contain, not counting the prequel?
14
The finished series runs to 14 volumes, eleven by Robert Jordan and three completed by Brandon Sanderson, plus a prequel and several companion books.
Q 04What is the title of the first novel in the series?
The Eye of the World
It was released as a large paperback in January 1990 and later split into two illustrated volumes for younger readers.
Q 05In which year was the first book in the series published?
1990
The Eye of the World was published in 1990; Jordan had begun it in 1984 and reworked it heavily, at one point centring it on an older man who discovers his destiny late in life.
Q 06What is the title of the fourteenth and final novel?
A Memory of Light
A Memory of Light, published in January 2013, was the title Jordan had chosen for his planned single final volume, which Sanderson's completion grew into three books.
Q 07Which of these was the FIRST of the three co-written volumes that concluded the series?
The Gathering Storm
The Gathering Storm came out in October 2009, followed by Towers of Midnight in November 2010 and A Memory of Light in January 2013.
Q 08Which publisher has released every volume of the series?
Tor Books
Tor Books, founded by Tom Doherty, has published every volume; Doherty had earlier hired Jordan for a run of licensed novels because he wrote quickly.
Q 09What is the title of the prequel novel, expanded from a 1998 novella?
New Spring
New Spring, expanded in 2004 from Jordan's novella in the Legends anthology, is the only prequel; fan grumbling led him to shelve two more planned prequels and finish the main series.
Q 10Roughly how many copies had the series sold worldwide as of 2021?
90 million
The series had sold over 90 million copies worldwide by 2021, making it one of the best-selling epic fantasy series since The Lord of the Rings.
Q 11What is the male half of the One Power called?
Saidin
Saidin is the male half; the Dark One tainted it at the moment of his sealing, which is why male channelers go insane.
Q 12People around whom the Pattern bends, such as Rand, Mat and Perrin, are called what?
Ta'veren
Ta'veren such as Rand, Mat and Perrin bend the Pattern around themselves, though even they can only push events as far as the Wheel's weaving permits.
Q 13What title is held by the leader of the Aes Sedai?
The Amyrlin Seat
The Amyrlin Seat rules the Aes Sedai from the White Tower; Siuan Sanche holds the office when the story begins.
Q 21How many Forsaken were sealed away with the Dark One at the end of the Age of Legends?
13
13 Forsaken were sealed in the Bore with the Dark One; they call themselves the Chosen and compete to be named nae'blis, his regent over the world.
Q 22Rand al'Thor is the reincarnation of which Dragon from the Age of Legends?
Lews Therin Telamon
Lews Therin Telamon, the Dragon, led the sealing of the Bore; the Dark One's counterstroke drove him mad, he killed his family and himself, and the Breaking of the World followed.
Q 23The Seven Seals on the Dark One's prison are made of which unbreakable substance?
Cuendillar
Cuendillar, or heartstone, cannot be broken by any known force, yet the Seven Seals weaken as the Dark One's prison fails; the last of them are finally broken during the Last Battle.
Q 14In which city does the White Tower stand?
Tar Valon
Tar Valon, an island city in the River Erinin, is home to the White Tower and is governed directly by the Aes Sedai.
Q 15Which of the seven Ajahs of the White Tower hunts down male channelers and cuts them off from the One Power?
Red Ajah
The Red Ajah exists to hunt men who can channel and gentle them; traditionally its sisters alone take no bonded protector.
Q 16What is the secret eighth sisterhood whose members serve the Dark One while posing as ordinary sisters?
Black Ajah
The Black Ajah is the hidden sisterhood of Darkfriends inside the White Tower; in the TV series Liandrin Guirale is revealed as one despite wearing Red.
Q 17An Aes Sedai's magically bonded male protector is called what?
Warder
A Warder is bonded to his Aes Sedai; the bond gives him heightened senses, strength, stamina and resistance to injury, and each can sense the other's condition.
Q 18Emond's Field, home village of Rand, Mat and Perrin, lies in which region of Andor?
The Two Rivers
The Two Rivers is a remote corner of Andor so isolated that its people barely remember they are the Queen's subjects; Emond's Field is its main village.
Q 19Which brutal humanoid Shadowspawn, eaters of any meat including humans, attack Emond's Field?
Trollocs
Trollocs, bred from men and animals in the Age of Legends, raid Emond's Field on Winternight; they eat any meat, human included, and fight in fists led by officers of the Shadow.
Q 20Which eyeless creatures can vanish into shadow but will not cross running water?
Myrddraal
Myrddraal, also called Fades or Halfmen, are eyeless, melt into shadow and are loath to cross running water; they serve as officers of the Dark One's armies.
Q 24Which weapon of the One Power erases its target from existence backwards through time?
Balefire
Balefire burns a thread out of the Pattern backwards in time, undoing its target's recent deeds; it is also the only thing that permanently kills a Darkhound.
Q 25Rand claims which crystal sword, a powerful sa'angreal, from the Stone of Tear?
Callandor
Callandor, the Sword That Is Not a Sword, hung in the Heart of the Stone until Rand took it; the Forsaken Be'lal had lured him there hoping to seize it himself.
Q 26At Falme, Mat summons legendary heroes back from the dead by blowing what?
The Horn of Valere
The Horn of Valere, found at the Eye of the World, calls the Heroes of the Horn back from the dead; at Falme they drive off the invading Seanchan.
Q 27In which cursed, abandoned city does Mat steal the dagger that poisons him?
Shadar Logoth
Shadar Logoth's ruby-hilted dagger binds Mat to the city's own evil, Mashadar, which is separate from the Dark One's; Aes Sedai in Tar Valon later cleanse him of it.
Q 28Perrin learns from Elyas Machera that he can communicate telepathically with which animals?
Wolves
Men with the gift are called wolfbrothers, and Perrin later kills two Whitecloaks who slaughtered one of the pack.
Q 29What was Perrin Aybara's trade in Emond's Field?
Blacksmith
Perrin was apprenticed to the blacksmith Haral Luhhan, and the hammer stays his symbol; Rand was the shepherd of the three and Mat the gambler.
Q 30Lan Mandragoran is the uncrowned king of which nation, lost to the Shadow in his childhood?
Malkier
Malkier, a Borderland nation, fell to the Blight when Lan was an infant; he grew up as its uncrowned king and eventually marries Nynaeve.