Q 01/05

Season one of Game of Thrones premiered on HBO in which year?

A) 2011

B) 2009

C) 2010

D) 2008

Answer · why

A) 2011

The ten episodes ran from April 17 to June 19, and viewership grew from 2.2 million to over 3 million by the finale.

Q 02/05

The title of the first episode, "Winter Is Coming", is the motto of which family?

A) Lannister

B) Stark

C) Baratheon

D) Targaryen

Answer · why

B) Stark

The finale's title, "Fire and Blood", is the Targaryen motto, bookending the season with two house words.

Q 03/05

Which position does Robert ask Ned Stark to fill after the death of Jon Arryn?

A) Master of Coin

B) Lord Commander of the Kingsguard

C) Hand of the King

D) Warden of the East

Answer · why

C) Hand of the King

Robert also proposes betrothing Sansa to Joffrey during the same visit to Winterfell.

Q 04/05

Ned executes a Night's Watch deserter in the premiere. What had the man seen beyond the Wall?

A) A dragon

B) Wildling giants

C) A Targaryen fleet

D) White Walkers

Answer · why

D) White Walkers

Ned ignores the warning, insisting the Walkers have been extinct for thousands of years.

Q 05/05

Which two dead animals do the Starks find on the road, an omen involving both houses' sigils?

A) A stag and a direwolf

B) A lion and a wolf

C) A stag and a lion

D) A boar and a direwolf

Answer · why

A) A stag and a direwolf

The direwolf's pups go home with the Stark children, one for each of them.