EASY NON-SPOILERY ASOIAF (5/5)
This man’s first wife was a member of House Glover but died after her third miscarriage and left behind no children. His second wife was named the Queen of Love and Beauty at a tourney in Lannisport. That woman is (*) Lynesse Hightower. In the Greyjoy Rebellion, he was the second to breach the walls of Pyke, following Thoros of Myr. He left behind his sword Longclaw after he was sent into exile for participating in the slave trade. His father is the 997th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. For 10 points, name this former Lord of Bear Island, the knightly companion of Daenerys Targaryen.
ANSWER: Ser Jorah Mormont [prompt on “Mormont”]
This former criminal used to be a poacher who hunted in the woods near Seagard, but was caught skinning a buck. He has belonged to a certain organization for four years, and his final assignment was commanded by a lordling from the Vale. After going into the Haunted Forest with (*) Gared and Ser Waymar Royce, he finds a lot of dead bodies that disappear when he goes back to look for them, and he hides in a tree while the Others kill Ser Waymar, who turns into a wight and murders this man. For 10 points, name this ranger in the Night’s Watch, the POV character of the prologue of A Game of Thrones.
ANSWER: Will
In one film, this actor plays Lord Nelson Rathbone, who engages in a sword fight with Jackie Chan’s character in Big Ben and falls to his death. That film is Shanghai Knights. He plays the Master who tutors an Apprentice played by Aisling Franciosi in a film called Ambition, which advertises the Rosetta mission. In the opening scene of (*) The Dark Knight Rises, this actor plays a CIA agent who interrogates Bane and subsequently dies in a plane crash. In another of his roles, he rises from the position of city councilman to that of the Mayor of Baltimore, and then becomes Governor of Maryland. For 10 points, name this actor who plays Tommy Carcetti on The Wire and Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish on Game of Thrones.
ANSWER: Aidan Gillen
When he was ten years old, this man entered a tournament at Blackhaven as a mystery knight, where Prince Duncan Targaryen took pity on him and gave him his epithet. When he was sixteen, Aegon V knighted him after he defeated both Prince Duncan and Duncan the Tall in a tourney at King's Landing. During the War of the Ninepenny Kings, he killed (*) Maelys the Monstrous. When he was twenty-three, he was named to the Kingsguard by Jaehaerys II. For 10 points, name this Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, who is often called the Bold.
ANSWER: Ser BarristanSelmy [accept either first or last name]
A member of this family is the son of the Lord Commander of the City Watch of Oldtown and acts like an asshole to his classmate Pate; that member is Leo the Lazy. The Florents dispute this family’s status as the rightful successors of House Gardner. This family has historically feuded with House (*) Martell, especially after Oberyn Martell dueled and disabled Willas, the eldest son of Mace, the lord of this family. Lord Luthor from this family married Olenna Redwyne, the Queen of Thorns. Loras of this family is known as the Knight of Flowers while his sister Margaery is the queen of Renly Baratheon. For 10 points, name this family who rules from Highgarden, the overlords of the Reach.
ANSWER: House Tyrell
Identify these members of the Stark family, for 10 points each.
[10] This man is the lord of Winterfell at the beginning of the series.
ANSWER: Eddard Stark [or Ned Stark]
[10] This eldest brother of Ned Stark was executed by the Mad King Aerys II Targaryen along with their father Rickard.
ANSWER: Brandon Stark
[10] This sister of Ned Stark died at the Tower of Joy in Dorne after Rhaegar Targaryen kidnapped her.
ANSWER: Lyanna Stark
Name some maesters, for 10 points each.
[10] This man is the maester at Winterfell. He first appears when giving a message to Catelyn Tully from her sister Lysa. Notably, his chain has a Valyrian steel link.
ANSWER: Maester Luwin
[10] This third son of Maekar I Targaryen became the maester at Castle Black after his younger brother Aegon V became king.
ANSWER: Maester Aemon Targaryen
[10] This Grand Maester is secretly loyal to House Lannister and first served under Aegon V.
ANSWER: Grand Maester Pycelle
Answer some questions about a certain city, for 10 points each.
[10] This city is the capital of the Seven Kingdoms. King Robert Baratheon rules here.
ANSWER: King’s Landing
[10] This is the royal castle in King's Landing. The Iron Throne is located here.
ANSWER: Red Keep
[10] This grand temple is where kings are buried and where Eddard Stark was executed. A statue of its namesake is featured here, and as the seat of the High Septon, it is the center of the Faith of the Seven in Westeros.
ANSWER: Great Sept of Baelor
Identify these Dornishmen, for 10 points each.
[10] This 996th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch began sending patrols from Castle Black to Eastwatch every third day and to the Shadow Tower every second day. Mance Rayder deserted the Night’s Watch under his command.
ANSWER: Lord Commander Qorgyle
[10] This Kingsguard was one of Rhaegar Targaryen's best friends until he was slain by Ned Stark at the Tower of Joy. His sister Ashara committed suicide after she miscarried her child.
ANSWER: Ser Arthur Dayne [prompt on “Dayne”]
[10] Catelyn Tully asks this master-at-arms of the Red Keep to examine her Valyrian steel knife, but he cannot identify it. In the Tourney of the Hand, his joust against Lothor Brune ends in a draw, and he ultimately loses to Jason Mallister.
ANSWER: Ser AronSantagar [accept either first or last name]
This man meets with Varys underneath the Red Keep, but Arya Stark overhears their conversation. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this magister who hosts Viserys and Daenerys at his manse and arranges for Daenerys’s marriage to Khal Drogo.
ANSWER: IllyrioMopatis [accept either first or last name]
[10] Illyrio is a magister of this city. Every year, the Prince of this city deflowers the maiden of the fields and the maiden of the seas. If this city falls into turmoil, its citizens slit the Prince’s throat and elect a new one.
ANSWER: Pentos
[10] Illyrio keeps two of these slaves as door guards. These eunuchs are raised in Astapor and trained to feel no emotions. One of their rituals is to receive a dog and care for it, then to kill the dog.
ANSWER: Unsullied
HARD SPOILERY GRRM (5/5)
In A Dance with Dragons, Sybelle Glover gives Stannis Baratheon trackers and hunters from this house along with men from houses Woods, Branch, and Bole. A squire who serves this house joins the Night’s Watch after defending his father from a Bolton soldier; that squire, Gared, is the nephew of the castellan of this house, Duncan (*) Tuttle. A member of this house lives in exile in Essos for eloping with Gwyn, the daughter of the lord of their rivals, House Whitehill. This family lives in Ironrath, where they cultivate forests of ironwood. For 10 points, name this central family of Game of Thrones - A Telltale Game Series.
ANSWER: House Forrester
This man was born the son of a longshoreman, has two sisters, and grew up near the docks. He changed his name when he was thirteen years old as part of a religious ceremony. As a young adult, this man managed to escape a war in another land and decided to help the poor for several years. When he was in his mid-twenties, he married his first wife, but that marriage only lasted four years and produced no children. Five years before he got married, he sold his first work of (*) literature, named “The Hero.” For 10 points, name this current husband of Parris McBride.
ANSWER: George Raymond Richard Martin [or GRRM]
This character is most likely named after Phil Simms, because George R.R. Martin loves the organization that Simms is associated with. A victim of this character is named after a Montreal man surnamed St. Denis, who supports the (*) Dallas Cowboys. This character is discovered by the Night’s Watch in the Haunted Forest after Mance Rayder’s defeat, and the wildling Leathers gives him his nickname. He develops a liking for wine and protects the wildling Val by sleeping in the entry hall of Hardin's Tower. For ten points, name this giant who smashed Ser Patrek of King’s Mountain against a wall, shortly before a notable assassination.
ANSWER: Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun [or Wun Wun]
This work makes heavy references to Longfellow’s “The Theologian’s Tale” and to Arnold’s “Dover Beach.” At the end of this work, the protagonist escapes to Baldur with Laurie Blackburn, who is the former lover of Dino Valcarenghi. Valcarenghi is the planetary administrator of (*) Shkea, and his predecessors include Phil Gustaffson, who falls victim to the entity that the protagonist is trying to investigate. The protagonist and the title character are telepathic lovers and have the same names as the King in the North and his paternal aunt, respectively. For 10 points, name this 1974 work by George R.R. Martin, published in his first short story collection, in which Robb cannot prevent the title character from being consumed by the Greeshka.
ANSWER: “A Song for Lya”
In June 2013, Youtube user Benny2kk8 uploaded an eight-second trailer for this event that parodies the opening credits of Enter the Void. One participant in this event is theorized to be the gravedigger on Fair Isle, under the care of the Elder Brother. A body part of the other participant in this event is currently owned by (*) Doran Martell. That participant is Robert Strong. For 10 points, name this hypothetical future event that might take place in The Winds of Winter, in which the Hound may duel the undead Mountain at the trial of Cersei Lannister.
ANSWER: Clegane Bowl [accept any answer mentioning that the Clegane brothers Sandor and Gregor fight; prompt on “Cersei’s trial by the Faith” until mentioned]
For some reason, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss decided to give this character two attractive lady companions named Myranda and Violet, who predictably get naked. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this natural son and heir of Roose Bolton. He marries and then starves Lady Hornwood to death, and he used to keep a smelly companion named Reek.
ANSWER: Ramsay Bolton [accept Ramsay Snow but give them a hard stare]
[10] Ramsay likes to perform this action on his victims, including his new Reek, aka Theon Greyjoy. The coat of arms of the Boltons is a man who has undergone this process.
ANSWER: flaying [prompt on “torture”]
[10] Iwan Rheon, who portrays Ramsay on Game of Thrones, also plays Simon, an antisocial young man who is struck by lightning while performing community service and gains the superpower of invisibility, on this TV show.
ANSWER: Misfits
Answer some questions about derived works from A Song of Ice and Fire, for 10 points each.
[10] This website is dedicated to recreating the dishes described by Martin throughout his books. Its recipes were compiled into A Feast of Ice and Fire, and its authors refuse to cook certain meats such as horse, swan, and dog.
ANSWER: Inn at the Crossroads [or innatthecrossroads.com]
[10] This mobile application for iPhone and Android serves as a companion guide to A Song of Ice and Fire. An excerpt from The Winds of Winter from Tyrion’s POV was released solely for this app.
ANSWER: A World of Ice and Fire [do not accept “The World of Ice and Fire”; prompt on “AWOIAF”]
[10] Disruptor Beam developed this terrible freemium MMORPG, which is available on the iPad, Facebook, and Kongregate. In this game, you follow the plot of the TV show and have to wait forever to complete quests.
ANSWER: Game of Thrones Ascent
For 10 points each, answer some questions about a certain bastard.
[10] This 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch succeeds Jeor Mormont through the help of Samwell Tarly, who gets both Cotter Pyke and Ser Denys Mallister to put their support behind him.
ANSWER: Jon Snow [or Lord Snow; prompt on “Snow”]
[10] This wildling lover of Jon Snow dies from an arrow when Styr, Magnar of Thenn, attacks Castle Black from the south. She is called “kissed by fire” due to her red hair, and her favorite phrase is “You know nothing, Jon Snow.”
ANSWER: Ygritte
[10] This theory is the most prominent one concerning the parentage of Jon Snow. Major arguments for this theory include the ambiguity regarding what happened during Robert's Rebellion and the honorable nature of Ned Stark.
ANSWER: R+L=J [accept any answer mentioning both Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark]
For ten points each, answer some questions about a certain Martin work.
[10] The title entities in this short story are initially owned by Jala Wo and eventually evolve to be human-sized, human-eating, sentient beings. They are divided into black, red, white, and orange types.
ANSWER: “Sandkings”
[10] This protagonist buys the sandkings but neglects to take proper care of them. He murders his former lover Cath m'Lane to stop the sandkings from escaping, but he eventually falls victim to the orange ones, who all have his face.
ANSWER: SimonKress [accept either first or last name]
[10] Beau Bridges plays Kress in the pilot of this revival of a 1960s television show, which features an anthology of science fiction stories. However, the TV adaptation of “The Sandkings” takes place on Earth, not Baldur.
ANSWER: The Outer Limits
Answer some questions connecting reddit and A Song of Ice and Fire, for 10 points each.
[10] On this day, moderators of /r/asoiaf claimed that they had received several chapters of The Winds of Winter from Bantam-Spectra as a marketing campaign called the “ranging initiative.” A few days later, they revealed that it was all a hoax. The resulting drama led to the creation of /r/trueasoiaf by user Larrygiggles.
ANSWER: April Fools’ Day 2013 [or April 1, 2013]
[10] On /r/gameofthrones, user TMWNN outlined Operation Weeping and Wailing, in which book readers filmed the reactions of their TV-show-only friends to this episode, which aired on June 2, 2013 and featured the Red Wedding.
ANSWER: “The Rains of Castamere” [accept any obvious equivalent of “Season 3 Episode 9”]
[10] This artist posts his comics on /r/asoiaf, in which he imagines such scenes like the Tower of Joy and the duel between Oberyn Martell and Gregor Clegane. For his efforts, /r/asoiaf awarded him the flair of Best Fanmade Project.
ANSWER: humansmartbomb [accept Jeff McComsey]
COMMUNITY (3/3)
Although it isn’t Grown Ups, this man inserted himself into his directorial debut as the character Lewis, who works at the water park Water Wizz and comforts Duncan on his summer vacation in Cape Cod; that film is The Way Way Back. With his frequent collaborator Nat Faxon, this writer adapted a novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings into a screenplay for a film directed by Alexander Payne and starring George Clooney, (*) The Descendants, for which he won an Oscar. This man wrote an episode in which Troy and Abed switch bodies, allowing Troy to break up with Britta at Señor Kevin’s. That season 4 episode was “Basic Human Anatomy”. For 10 points, name this actor who plays Dean Craig Pelton.
ANSWER: Jim Rash
During one of these events, Shirley pulls a fire alarm and Abed as Han Solo makes out with Annie under the sprinkler after Troy confronts enemies dressed like stormtroopers. Those enemies are employees of Pistol Patty’s Cowboy Creamery, which is a cover for City College, who hires an online student played by (*) Josh Holloway to eliminate the study group. That “Black Rider” is shot by Pierce, who fakes a heart attack and goes on to win the prize of $100,000, which he donates to Greendale. In the first of these events, Chang as El Tigre Chino ambushes Jeff and Britta after they have sex on the study room table, and Shirley wins priority registration from Dean Pelton. For 10 points, name these campus-wide contests in which Greendale students shoot capsules of dye to eliminate their enemies.
ANSWER: Paintball Assassin games [accept synonyms for “games” such as fights, wars, matches, etc.]
Annie and the Dean find this character in a severe depression trying to produce a suitable replacement for his most prized possession, which is stolen by a spoiled rich kid named Archie. This character’s actor portrayed Lee Jordan in the first two Harry Potter films. This character runs for Student Body president and engages in a back-and-forth debate with (*) Leonard, who blows raspberries in response. During the second paintball game, this character sacrifices himself by using his body to shield the others from a paint bomb, which explodes under him. This character, who is actually British, is first seen at a party that the Dean holds at Jeff’s apartment, where he often says his signature phrase to loud laughter. For 10 points, name this character portrayed by Luke Youngblood, whose catchphrase is “POP POP!”