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50 free Game of Thrones Season 3 trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Season 3 of Game of Thrones aired on HBO from March 31 to June 9, 2013, adapting the first half of A Storm of Swords, and it contains the scene that made Benioff and Weiss want the rights in the first place: the Red Wedding. Around it sit Daenerys buying and freeing the Unsullied in Astapor, Jaime losing his hand and gaining a conscience in a Harrenhal bathtub, Jon and Ygritte climbing the Wall, Sam killing a White Walker, and Tyrion's grim wedding to Sansa. This quiz covers the plot of all ten episodes plus the production: Morocco standing in for Slaver's Bay, the Iceland cave, the $50 million budget, David J. Peterson's Valyrian, George R. R. Martin's own script, Benioff's directing debut, the Coldplay drummer at the Twins, Bart the bear, the Hugo Award and the episode titles from 'Valar Dohaeris' to 'Mhysa'. Fifty questions, four options each, with a short explanation after every answer. Play in sets of ten or print it for a rewatch night.
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Q 01Season 3 of Game of Thrones adapts roughly the first half of which novel?
A Storm of Swords
Benioff had long said the book was too big for one season.
Q 02Which new country joined the season 3 filming locations for Daenerys's storyline?
Morocco
Essaouira doubled as Astapor and Aït Benhaddou as Yunkai.
Q 03Gosford Castle in County Armagh stood in for which castle in season 3?
Riverrun
House Tully's seat hosted Hoster's funeral and Robb's war councils.
Q 04Which conlanger built the Valyrian languages first heard at length in season 3?
David J. Peterson
He had already built Dothraki for season 1 from the few words Martin invented.
Q 05Who wrote the season 3 episode 'The Bear and the Maiden Fair'?
George R. R. Martin
He first titled it 'Autumn Storms', then 'Chains', before the bear scene was moved in.
Q 06Which showrunner made his directing debut on 'Walk of Punishment'?
David Benioff
Weiss co-directed, but Directors Guild rules allowed only one credit.
Q 07Which actor broke an ankle in July 2012, delaying the Iceland shoot?
Kit Harington
A body double occasionally stood in for Jon Snow while he healed.
Q 08Which American indie band recorded 'The Bear and the Maiden Fair' for the season 3 credits?
The Hold Steady
The seven-inch came out on Record Store Day 2013.
Q 09Which Coldplay member cameoed as a musician at the Red Wedding?
Will Champion
Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody also cameoed that season.
Q 10What was the name of the animal Brienne fought in the pit at Harrenhal?
Bart the Bear 2
'Little Bart' was trained by the same couple who raised the original Bart the Bear.
Q 11'The Rains of Castamere' won which science-fiction prize in 2014?
the Hugo Award
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form; Benioff and Weiss also got an Emmy writing nomination.
Q 12What does the premiere title 'Valar Dohaeris' mean in High Valyrian?
all men must serve
It mirrors the season 2 finale, 'Valar Morghulis'.
Q 13Which Irish actor joined season 3 as Mance Rayder?
Ciarán Hinds
The first scene he shot was his character's first: the tent meeting with Jon.
Q 21Who kills Lord Commander Jeor Mormont at Craster's Keep?
Rast
It was James Cosmo's last appearance; Karl Tanner killed Craster moments earlier.
Q 22Varys tells Tyrion he was made a eunuch by a sorcerer in which city?
Myr
He then reveals he has the sorcerer in a crate, ready for revenge.
Q 23Which Astapori slaver trades the Unsullied for one of Daenerys's dragons?
Kraznys
He insulted her in Valyrian throughout, not knowing it was her first language.
Q 24How many Unsullied does Daenerys buy in Astapor?
Q 14Who saves Daenerys from a warlock's scorpion-like creature in Astapor?
Barristan Selmy
The former Kingsguard knight then swears himself to her service.
Q 15Which pirate rescues a stranded Davos after the Battle of the Blackwater?
Salladhor Saan
He is quitting Stannis's service but agrees to ferry Davos to Dragonstone.
Q 16Which Love Actually child actor plays the seer Jojen Reed?
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Ellie Kendrick plays his sister Meera.
Q 17Iwan Rheon's unnamed 'cleaning boy' is revealed in the finale to be whom?
Ramsay Snow
Roose Bolton's bastard renames Theon 'Reek' at the Dreadfort.
Q 18Which court position does Tywin give Tyrion in season 3?
Master of Coin
He discovers Baelish borrowed tens of millions from the Iron Bank of Braavos.
Q 19Who cuts off Jaime Lannister's sword hand?
Locke
Noah Taylor's character replaced the books' Vargo Hoat.
Q 20Tyrion's brothel joke about 'the Meereenese Knot' refers to what?
a plotting snarl that delayed Martin's fifth book
Martin wrestled with it from 2005 to 2011 while writing A Dance with Dragons.
8,000
She threw Missandei into the bargain, then turned the army on the slavers.
Q 25Which actor took over as Beric Dondarrion in season 3?
Richard Dormer
David Michael Scott had played him briefly in season 1's 'A Golden Crown'.
Q 26The title 'Kissed by Fire' refers to wildlings with what feature?
red hair
Ygritte is the prime example; the episode won an Emmy for non-prosthetic make-up.
Q 27Who begins teaching Davos to read in the Dragonstone dungeons?
Shireen Baratheon
Cogman's script also invented Selyse's jars of stillborn sons.
Q 28Which lord does Robb personally execute for murdering two Lannister boys?
Rickard Karstark
The Karstark forces then desert, pushing Robb back toward the Freys.
Q 29Why was Qyburn expelled from the Citadel?
human experimentation
Roose Bolton sends him to treat Jaime's amputation at Harrenhal.
Q 30The Grjótagjá grotto in Iceland provided the establishing shot for which moment?
Jon and Ygritte's cave scene
Most of the scene itself was shot in the studio; Dimmuborgir was Mance's camp.