Q 01/05

HBO launched its streaming service HBO Now days before Game of Thrones season 5, first on which tech company's devices?

A) Google

B) Apple

C) Amazon

D) Microsoft

Answer · why

B) Apple

Apple devices carried HBO Now from April 7, 2015, five days before the premiere, so fans could buy HBO and watch the new season without a cable subscr...

Q 02/05

Game of Thrones season 5 mainly adapted A Feast for Crows and which novel set over the same period?

A) A Storm of Swords

B) A Dance with Dragons

C) A Clash of Kings

D) The Winds of Winter

Answer · why

B) A Dance with Dragons

A Dance with Dragons runs alongside A Feast for Crows because George R. R. Martin split one overlong manuscript by character and place, not by time; t...

Q 03/05

In 2015, Game of Thrones season 5 broke which drama's single-year Emmy record?

A) The Sopranos

B) Law & Order

C) The West Wing

D) The X-Files

Answer · why

C) The West Wing

The West Wing won nine Emmys for its first season in 2000; Game of Thrones had lost the top drama prize four years running before its 12 wins in 2015 ...

Q 04/05

Why did George R. R. Martin write no Game of Thrones season 5 episode?

A) To write Fire & Blood

B) To settle a contract dispute

C) To recover from illness

D) To finish The Winds of Winter

Answer · why

D) To finish The Winds of Winter

To finish The Winds of Winter, he said, after scripting one episode in each of the first four seasons; as of 2025 the sixth novel he stepped back for ...

Q 05/05

What word does a septa chant while ringing a bell behind Cersei on her walk of atonement in Game of Thrones?

A) Sinner

B) Shame

C) Repent

D) Confess

Answer · why

B) Shame

Shame: Septa Unella repeats it with every toll as Cersei walks naked from the Great Sept to the Red Keep, the price the High Sparrow sets for letting ...