The Game Of Thrones Backstories Quiz

For once, where you come from matters more than where you're going...

Thrones Backstories
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Game of Thrones, as a work of fiction, is big. Dauntingly so.

Between the 5 released books we've had approximately 415,000 words spanning well over 1,000 pages, and thanks to HBO you can add over 62 hours of television to that as well. It's a lot to take in, and somehow it only encompasses a relatively small timeframe in the Seven Kingdoms - literally only 5 or 6 years.

But this is fantasy, and where there's a central premise built around myths and legends, so to is there thousands upon thousands of years of backstory. The timeline for a Song of Ice and Fire actually starts nearly 12,000 years before the events of the first book, and somehow still manages to relate to the events therein.

This means that every kingdom, every prophecy, and every battle and all come with scores of literature attached. But way more intersting than any of that, are the characters, and the tales that led them taking a starring role in our epic story. Think you know it all already? Take the quizzical plunge and find out.

1. For What Crime Was Ser Jorah Mormont Sentenced To Death By Ned Stark?

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