Trivia quiz for Harry Potter, Game of Thrones and Friends enthusiasts. Another series from the Thirsty Crow Quiz League at IIMR.

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3.  8 questions
 Written round
 + 10 for every correct answer
 Bonus +10 for getting everything right

4.  In the title sequence of GoT, there are several
inscriptions etched on the revolving rings.
 What do they signify?
 Images follow

7.  The image shows a species of sea slug
discovered a year ago off the coast of
northeast Brazil by scientists from the
Federal University of Ceara. It was named
‘Tritonia ________’.
 Fill in the blanks <single word>

9.  The series’ notable qualities gave rise to a
new word – ‘sexposition’.
 What is sexposition?

10.  In the books, he has brown hair and a beard
and is the great grandson of Old Nan. His first
name is Walder but no one calls him by that
name.
 He is incredibly strong and over seven feet
tall. ID.

14.  This is David J. Peterson.
 Why is he in this quiz?

15.  Legendary Icelander Ormur Stórólfsson once
set a record by carrying a massive 1250 pound
log on his back for 3 three steps.
Unfortunately his back broke under the
enormous pressure and he was never the
same again.This record stood for 1000 years.
 This record was broken (and bettered)
recently at the recentWorld’s Strongest
VikingTournament. ByWhom?

16.  Michelle Fairley, who played Catelyn Stark on
the series was also in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-
it cameo in the Harry Potter movie series.
 Whom did she play?

18.  In the title sequence of GoT, there are several
inscriptions etched on the revolving rings.
 What do they signify?
 Images follow

21.  the revolving metal rings show part of the
history ofWesteros. It begins with the
conquest ofWesteros by Aegon the
Conqueror of HouseTargaryen, followed by
Robert's Rebellion (where theTargaryens are
deposed), and ending with the crowning of
Robert Baratheon as King of the Seven
Kingdoms

22.  The image shows a species of sea slug
discovered a year ago off the coast of
northeast Brazil by scientists from the
Federal University of Ceara. It was named
‘Tritonia ________’.
 Fill in the blanks

24.  Khaleesi

25.  The series’ notable qualities gave rise to a
new word – ‘sexposition’.
 What is sexposition?

26.  Answer

27.  Sex-exposition
 It is the practice of providing plot points
against the backdrop of sex. Hence, censors
cannot easily cut scenes in the series.

28.  In the books, he has brown hair and a beard
and is the great grandson of Old Nan. His first
name is Walder but no one calls him by that
name.
 He is incredibly strong and over seven feet
tall. ID.

29.  Answer

30.  Hodor

34.  Answer

35.  Snow
 These are the bastard surnames for the lands in
Westeros
 Waters for King’s Landing and Dragonstone,
 Snow for the North,
 Pyke for the Iron Islands,
 Rivers for the Riverlands,
 Stone for theVale,
 Hill for theWesterlands,
 Flowers for the Reach,
 Storm for the Stormlands and
 Sand for Dorne

36.  This is David J. Peterson.
 Why is he in this quiz?

37.  Answer

38.  David J. Peterson is president of Language Creation
Society and has created language Dothraki for
Game ofThrones

39.  Legendary Icelander Ormur Stórólfsson once
set a record by carrying a massive 1250 pound
log on his back for 3 three steps.
Unfortunately his back broke under the
enormous pressure and he was never the
same again.This record stood for 1000 years.
 This record was broken (and bettered)
recently at the recentWorld’s Strongest
VikingTournament. ByWhom?

40.  Answer

41. Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson aka
Gregor the mountain Clegane

42.  Michelle Fairley, who played Catelyn Stark on
the series was also in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-
it cameo in the Harry Potter movie series.
 Whom did she play?

43.  Answer

44.  She is Hermione Granger’s mother

47.  16 questions clockwise
 +10 for every correct answer
 Infinite bounce
 Infinite pounce +10/-5

49.  Answer

50.  Kevin Bright
 Marta Kauffman
 DavidCrane

51.  Chris McMillan created this while he was stoned.
It immediately became very popular after the
first two seasons of the show and became
closely associated with one of the main
characters.
 Ironically, the character in question never liked
it, quoting in an interview
 “Have there been disasters? Let's say there have been
moments I'd rather not relive, like that whole ___ thing.
I love Chris, but he’s the bane of my existence…What I
really want to know is, how did that thing have legs?”

52.  Answer

54.  In Season 6, ‘The one with the proposal part
1’, Joey and Rachel meet a Mr. Beaumont at a
charity event.A minor misadventure causes
Rachel to convince Mr. Beaumont to do
something, however she ends up convincing
Joey instead.
 How is Mr. Beaumont remembered for the
rest of the series?

56.  Answer

58.  X usually served as part of unadon where
Anguilla japonica is served on a bed of rice.
Lake Hamana in the Shizuoka prefecture is
considered home of the highest quality X and
the lake is surrounded by several restaurants
serving various X dishes.What is X?

60.  Answer

62.  When CharlieWheeler was introduced in the
9th season of Friends, it was the first time that
something was addressed.There had been
other characters albeit in minor roles, and
Charlie was the first major character/love-
interest that appeared on the show in this
capacity. In what way was Charlie a first on
the show?

63.  Answer

65.  X is one of the longest running series in the
world (around 12,357 eps).The series focuses on
its core families –The Hortons and the Bradys.
 The storylines touched realistic, daring, political
and even supernatural ones but it had the
desired effect of making it the most-watched
daytime soap among young and middle-aged
women, also becoming one of NBC's five most
profitable shows in any time slot.
 WhichTV series?

66.  Answer

69.  Answer

72.  Answer

75.  Answer

77.  What is Chandler’s job at the beginning of the
series?

78.  Answer

80.  This is defined as the sporogenous tissue
forming the central part of the sporophore in
certain fungi, as in puffballs and stinkhorns.
 What?

81.  Answer

83.  The term X began as a reference to The
Twilight Zone which featured people caught
in a weird and frustrating situation.
 It was coined in the Nov 3rd 1994 episode of
Friends, ‘The One with the Blackout’, where
Joey calls Ross the ‘Mayor of X’.
 What is X?

84.  Answer

86.  MaggieWheeler
based her portrayal
of this character on
Friends on Fran
Drescher.Whom?

87.  Answer

89.  This was made by the artist Jules Cheret in
1885. It’s an advertisement for toys and
features a rocking horse, which was one of
the most expensive things a child could get at
the time.
 How is this (more) popular?

90.  Answer

92.  This was actually a good luck gift from the
producers to JenniferAniston on the first day
of shooting and he first appeared on the
show in the episode ‘The One where Eddie
moves In’. He was affectionately called Pat.
 Who or what?

93.  Answer

95.  Chandler and Joey kept a duck and a chick.
What was the chick’s name?

96.  Answer

99.  Written round
 10 posters in GoT style
 Identify each HP person being referred to
 +10 for every correct answer
 Bonus 10 for all correct

132.  16 questions anticlockwise
 +10 for every correct answer
 Infinite bounce
 Infinite pounce +10/-5
 Final Round

133.  X is the feminine form of the Greek
messenger of the Gods. It is also the name of
the wife of Leontes in the Shakespearean
play ‘TheWinter’sTale’.
 Y is of French origin and is the occupational
name for a farm bailiff. It is derived from late
Latin, meaning ‘granary’.
 Identify XY.

134.  Answer

135.  Hermione Granger

136.  WhenArthurWeasley takes Harry Potter into
the Ministry of Magic in Order of the Phoenix,
he gets into an abandoned red phonebooth
and dials ‘62442’.
 What is the significance of ‘62442’?

137.  Answer

138.  It is the number for ‘MAGIC’ on a standard
telephone keypad

139.  ‘What ifVoldemort had never heard the
prophecy?’ JKR thus confirmed in an interview
that the prophecy acted as a catalyst for the
events in the 7 books.
 This is similar to the plot of another very
famous book, where the title character X
meets 3 women in the woods who tell him his
future and this in turn leads to the book’s
events.
 ID the book X.

140.  Answer

141.  Shakespeare’s Macbeth

142.  In the Potterverse, this person survived a
nasty fall in her final year at Hogwarts (a foul
during Gryffindor versus Slytherin quidditch
match).
 This incident left her with a concussion,
several broken ribs and a lifelong desire to
see Slytherin crushed on the Quidditch pitch.
 Who?

143.  Answer

144.  Minerva McGonagall

145. This object is a staple of Potterlore. It has the
inscription on it, “______ stra ehru oyt ube
cafru oyt on wohsI”, which is a warning to the
casual observer that it gives neither truth nor
knowledge and men have wasted away before it,
entranced.
What object?

146.  Answer

147.  The mirror of Erised

148. If you were to follow the events of the book, this
happened on July 27, 1997. It is a smaller event
in a larger battle, but it is significant in that it
represents Harry’s loss of innocence and
thereby his coming of age.
What lamentable event?

149.  Answer

150.  The death of Hedwig in Deathly Hallows

151. These are some of the mentioned users of a
particular substance in the books,
What substance?
Individual Date Notes
Tertius 16th century
Found a wizarding family to take him to Diagon
Alley, goldfor a new wand and robes, and a job as
a Curse-Breaker
Albus Dumbledore Unknown "Only recreationally "
Horace Slughorn
Once at age 24,
once at age 57
Had two perfect days

152.  Answer

153.  Felix felicis aka Liquid Luck

154. Connect the following
 Langlock
 Levicorpus
 Liberacorpus
 Muffliato
 Toe-nail growing index
 Vulnera Sanentur
 X

155.  Answer

156.  All spells created by Severus Snape in the
half-blood Prince’s copy of Advanced Potion-
Making

157.  According to historical accounts,
broomsticks, enchanted carriages and carts
were first used. Apparation was also used,
with disastrous effects.To solve the inherent
problems, portkeys were arranged
throughout london, but they were unreliable.
 Finally, the Minister of Magic, Ottaline
Gambol introduced a revolutionary idea
which continues on, to this day.
 What am I talking about?

158.  Answer

159.  The Hogwarts Express to transport students

160.  Godric Gryffindor left only two known relics.
One was a goblin sword, adorned with jewels.
 The other, X, is battered and old and
generally quite dirty. X uses legilimency and
loves to sing.
 Identify X.

161.  Answer

163.  Some wizarding historians claim that this
may have been invented by Merlin himself,
others claim that its first widespread use was
in Madagascar in the 11th century.
 Even if any of this is true, the fact remains
that it was not very popular until 1379, when
Elizabeth Smudgling — the most likely
inventor in the opinion of MirandaGoshawk
— used it in a duelling contest in Dartmoor.

164.  Answer

165.  Expelliarmus

166.  How do the following riddles pertain to the
series
 Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?
Answer: A circle has no beginning.
 Where doVanished objects go?
Answer: Into non-being, which is to say,
everything.

167.  Answer

168.  These are the two of the RavenclawTower
dorm room passwords

169.  What are these collectively known as?
Also Identify the missing one
 “TheWizard and the Hopping Pot”
 “The Fountain of Fair Fortune”
 “TheWarlock's Hairy Heart”
 “Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump”
 ??

170.  Answer

171.  TheTales of Beedle the Bard
 The tale of three brothers

172. A – means ‘white’ in Latin, usually dull or matte
B – old French for ‘puncture the valley’; a knight
in King Arthur’s court who was allowed to
see the Holy Grail
C – Anglo Saxon word for ‘wolf power’
D – Old Celtic word meaning ‘noble’ or ‘high’
E – 18th Cent. English word for ‘bumblebee’
What does ABCDE make when put together?

173.  Answer

174.  Albus PercivalWulfric Brian Dumbledore

175.  The only person in the books on which this
was successfully performed was Barty
Crouch, Jr.This act of horror is so unpleasant
that even witnessing it is unbearable. Only
two people in the books were mentioned to
have seen it done – Minerva McGonagall and
Cornelius Fudge.
 WhatAct?

176.  Answer

177.  A Dementor’s kiss

178.  Who has been blanked out?

179.  Answer

181.  Fin