aSoIaF Trivia Game

[Anushka Mokosh]

Then Arsten you may post the next trivia. House was Royce and thus Vale.

 

[ArstenWhitebeard]

Okay an easy one.

How many Kings has Barristan Selmy served as a Kingsguard?

 

[Boaz]

Three? King Aerys II Targaryen, King Robert Baratheon, and King Joffrey Baratheon. He is currently serving Queen Daenerys Targaryen as Lord Commander of her Queensguard.

 

[ArstenWhitebeard]

3 is incorrect. But since Boaz did the Tiger's share of the work, I will give it to him.

you only forgot King Jahaerys, who was king when Barristan was first inducted in the order.

 

[Boaz]

Ah.... you could have waited for someone to get the correct answer... But in the meantime, I'm the winner!

Okay... here goes...

My husband's brothers in-law were both Hands. His third brother in-law is not yet Hand, but he's more powerful. My husband is a lord... sort of... he's been replaced by my step-brother who was aided by his nephew who's own nephew put his stamp of approval over the entire affair.

 

[Anushka Mokosh]

Roslin Frey?

My husband - Edmure Tully
My husband's brothers in-law were both Hands. - Ned Stark and Jon Arryn
His third brother in-law is not yet Hand, but he's more powerful. - Middlefinger
My husband is a lord... sort of... he's been replaced by my step-brother - Emmon Frey
who was aided by his nephew - Jaime Lannister
who's own nephew put his stamp of approval over the entire affair. - Well, Tommen

 

[Boaz]

Well done, Sry.

 

[Anushka Mokosh]

A woman who abandoned her home during the siege of Meereen lost it to prostitutes and came to complain to Daenerys. What had Dany decided in her infinite wisdom?

 

[ArstenWhitebeard]

Those were some good deducing skills Sry. I was completely confounded and utterly befuddled by Boaz's question.

I seem to recall that Dany decreed that she could have her house back, but the prostitutes got to keep all of her gowns and other posessions.

 

[Anushka Mokosh]

Other way around, but meh. Your turn Arsten.

And thank you. Lord of sorts gave it away.

 

[Boaz]

The best part was that I did not befuddle myself. I actually got the trivia right.

 

[ArstenWhitebeard]

good work Boaz.

Name 6 animals, besides horses, that serve as a mount to a character in the story

 

[Groot]

dragons, pigs, giant ice spider, snow bear, elephants, mammoths and dogs.

 

[Boaz]

... and Coldhand's giant Elk, Hodor and Small Paul.... and Gatehouse Ami. Robb was rumored to ride a Direwolf.

 

[ArstenWhitebeard]

I'll give it to groot, who named 7, though the Giant Ice spiders is just a rumour/tale. The other 6 are valid though and since I only asked for 6, Groot has it.

Personaly, I forgot about the Elephants, and was thinking of coldhand's Elk as the 6th animal (Dragon, Mammoth, Pig, Dog, Snow Bear and Elk).

I knew someone was going to say Hodor and I just want to say, that's very mean Boaz. Gatehouse Ami on the other hand, is hilarious.

 

[Boaz]

Arsten, good trivia. I don't think of Hodor serving as Bran's mount as mean. Hodor is simple minded, but he's a gentle soul with a helpful spirit. Hodor does not serve out of obligation, he serves from a desire to help. He likes hodoring and watching, but he likes likes being a stable boy. I think it cheers his heart to know that he's a benefit to the Starks and not a burden. Hodor literally carried his own weight around Winterfell. I'm of the opinion that if Hodor was of sound mind, then he'd volunteer to carry Bran.

Also, I believe that in ADWD, when Bran uses Hodor's body to go spelunking, that Bran's urge to profess his love for Meera stems from Hodor. If that were so, wouldn't Bran have thought it at other times in his POV? Why does he all of a sudden think this while in Hodor's body?

Small Paul is also a large, large man. He carried Sam for a while because Sam was his sworn brother.

I, myself, am six and a half feet tall... nowhere near Hodor, Paul, or Gregor... and I've always seen it as my God given gift to assist physically when I can. I see it as a blessing to assist my family when I can. When my dad needs boxes moved, when my step mom needs the Christmas tree set up, when my brother in-law needs help painting... And I don't want to bully anyone or intimidate them with my size, unless I'm playing basketball... or they're bullying someone else.

Being tall is great at work... of course, I lalways make my co-workers call me Aragorn or at least confess that they're hobbits before I help them.

 

[Groot]

Name the seven major islands of the Iron Islands?

 

[Boaz]

Doc, Sneezy, Bashfu.... oops.

Uh... Pyke... um, Harlaw... oh, there's Orkmont... and uh, well, I dunno... Skye, Oahu, Kauai, and Gilligan's Island.

 

[Groot]

Thats quite impressive for the first three, there are two more, apart from Pyke, which I remembered, the remaining two will be more difficult.

 

[Tywin]

Pyke, Harlaw, Old Wyk, Great Wyk, Saltcliffe, Orkmont, Blacktyde.

... and don't forget Lonely Light.