aSoIaF Trivia Game

[Katrina Stark]

Eragon? Aren't you in the wrong book, lol?

And I can't remember a Saiha... But I could be wrong.

You got 3 right, however, so you only owe me one (or an assurance that Saiha was right - I did a quick check and didn't find any mention of a dragon by that name, but it might have slipped past my notice).

[Young stormlord]

Silverwing, the dragon of Good Queen Allysanne. Syrax, the dragon Tyrion mentioned. Urrax, the dragon that ate the so called queen in first Dance of Dragons (I think it was his name, eaten the Mother of Aegon the Dragonsbane). No Eragon or Saiha... I don't know any more.

[Katrina Stark]

Very good Young Stormlord! You get brownie points. I think we mentioned just about all the dragons there are. So - next turn goes to Eversummer for answering first.

[Eversummer]

I think I'll pass this to Young Stormlord c:

Saiha was some dragon in a Manga comic book.

[Young stormlord]

Ok, here's a really easy one. What are the hair colours of Stark children? (including Snow)

[southron sword]

Blonde and....... Blue?

[Tywin]

Red/Auburn for the ones that take after their mother (Robb, Sansa, Bran, Rickon), and Black for those that take after their father (Arya and Jon).

Okay, so if R+L=J, then Jon takes after his mother since he doesn't have silver hair, but lets not get too complicated here.

[Young stormlord]

You're correct, Tywin. Your turn . As for your observation, thing is, Asoiaf haircolours follow the rules of genetics. That's why every Robert's child has black hair and eyes, no matter hair and eye colour of the mother...

[Katrina Stark]

Originally Posted by Young stormlord

You're correct, Tywin. Your turn . As for your observation, thing is, Asoiaf haircolours follow the rules of genetics. That's why every Robert's child has black hair and eyes, no matter hair and eye colour of the mother...

You mean as in blond is a recessive gene and blond not? So if R+L=J then there is a strong probability he would inherit the darker Stark coloring. It does raise the question of how Sansa and Robb came out red-haired...

[Mesanna]

Originally Posted by Katrina Stark

It does raise the question of how Sansa and Robb came out red-haired...

I'm sure The Imp'll have a new crackpot theory about Catelyn's fidelity up any day!

[Tywin]

A person with dark hair (dominant gene) can have a child with light hair (recessive gene) because everyone carries two genes and if one of them is dominant that one shows. One of the two genes they carry gets passed on to their child, so a person with dark hair that is carrying a recessive light hair gene has a 50% chance of passing the light hair gene. On the other hand someone with light hair carries only two recessive genes.

So:
Two people with dark hair can have a blonde haired child if they both carry a recessive gene (25% chance)

If one parent has dark hair (but carries a hidden recessive gene) and the other has light hair, then they have a 50% chance of having a kid with light hair.

If both parents have light hair, 100% of their children will have light hair (no dominant genes passed anywhere)

[Katrina Stark]

Okay, okay - Catlyn wasn't unfaitful - Ned's Mother was just probably a redhead.

Thanks for the refresher course Tywin, but you missed the point of this tread: what's the next question?

[Tywin]

I thought it was interesting that GRRM didn't apparently understand hereditary hair color since that was a major plot point in AGOT, although I will allow that since he is writing a book set in a fantasy world, their genetics could be different as well.

Okay, here's the question:
Name 20 Maesters and where they serve/served.

[Needle]

Sorry for the continues thread jacking but Tywin if you are speaking of Robert's bastards with the black hair this is very possible. Robert could carry two dominants (black) in which case all of his children would inherit that gene and the black hair.

Maester Aemon- The Wall-Castle Black
Grand Maester Pycelle- Kings court in kings Landing
Maester Ballabar- Arbor
Maester Colemon- Eryie
Maester Myles- Sunspear
Maester Caleotte- Water Gardens
Maester Vyman- Riverrun
Maester Lomys- Highgarden
Maester Pylos- Dragonstone
Maester Wendamyr- Pike
Maester Melwys-Rosby
Maester Creylen-Casterly Rock
Maester Harmune-Eastwatch
Maester Mullin-Shadow Tower
Maester Cressen-Dragonstone
Maester Jurne-Storm's End
Maester Luwin-Winterfell
Maester Vyman-Winterfell
Maester Willamen-Longbow Hall
Maester Frekenken-Stokeworth

There! Dang that was a tough one!

[Katrina Stark]

I was thinking along the same lines as Needle - where did GRR Martin go wrong with the genetics?