aSoIaF Trivia Game

[Tywin]

Clearly Rufio's win.

I'm like the guy who walks by and notices that you've been working on a jigsaw puzzle for the past five hours and proceeds to help you with the last 5 minutes.

[Boaz]

Or who is like my little brother, who at age forty-three, still swipes one piece as soon as he walks in the door just so he can be the guy who puts in the last piece five hours later.

[Rufio]

But I'm no good at thinking up questions.

Ok, name Robert Baratheon's Kingsguard, as of Game Of Thrones.

[Tywin]

Barristan Selmy
Jaime Lannister
Arys Oakshield
Merin Trant
Boros Blount
Mandon Moore
Preston Greenfield

[Rufio]

Correct. I never would have got Preston Greenfield!

[Tywin]

He's the one who got killed by Joffrey's riot trying to cut his way to the High Septon.

Who was the last ruler of the Iron Islands before the Greyjoys, and where was his castle?

[Boaz]

Black Harren at Harrenhal?

[Tywin]

Correct, it was Black Harren.

[Boaz]

Ha, ha!!!!

Okay, here's some trivia... back to the cultures of the various regions of Westeros...

I can think of four, although there may be more, mythical hero-kings from the Age of Heroes. I think each founded a kingdom, or at least is credited for establishing a power base that continues to the present story, I want the name that each is remembered by posterity. Hint: Two of them had first names and two just had titles, if I recall correctly.

[Heartsbane]

Lann the Clever
Bran the Builder
Garth Greenhand The Gardener King
The Grey King of the Iron Islands
Durran of the Storm Kings who built Storm's End

[Boaz]

Heartsbane, Welcome to the Chrons! Great first post! Everything I was looking for and more. And did you put Lann ahead of Bran just to make me happy? It worked! Now, it's your turn to post a trivia question.

[Heartsbane]

Thanks Boaz. Let's try this one.

Who was the last King of the Reach?

[Tywin]

Mern IX. The last of house Gardener.

Would also like to add the comment that I'm least happy with GRRM's choice of names when those names correlate too perfectly with the position or temperament of the character. For example House Gardener (ruled the most fertile part of Westeros), House Florent (another agricultural-based name in the reach), House Redwyne (they make red wine), House Stark (because they are all... well stark and spartan and such). Also see Mance Rayder (because he like... raids... south of the wall), etc..

[Heartsbane]

Mern IX is correct.

[Tywin]

Ah shoot, this one was mine.

Okay, name all the men who have served as Hand of the King under Tommen Baratheon.