"House of the Dragon" S1:E1 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jaehaerys

King Jaehaerys I Targaryen ruled on the Iron Throne for sixty years and he outlived his two sons who would have been his natural successors. Having no standard successor, King Jaehaerys called together a Great Council of over a thousand lords to choose his heir at Harrenhal. Since no female had ruled on the Iron Throne, Jaehaerys's eldest descendant, Princess Rhaenys Targareyan was passed over as successor in favor of her younger cousin Prince Viserys Targareyan who was the king's eldest male descendant.

Answer: Syrax

Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen's she-dragon, Syrax, had a name derived from a goddess of Valyria. Although Rhaenyra loves to take Syrax out to fly, her protector, Ser Harrold Westerling, always fears when she goes flying because of the dangers involved.

Answer: The childbed

Rhaenyra's mother, Aemma, tells her that they have royal wombs and that the childbed is their battlefield. Aemma has suffered numerous failed pregnancies in the ten years that she has tried to birth a male heir for her husband, King Viserys.

Answer: The Triarchy

The Free Cities were nine-city states located on the coast of Essos that frequently traded with Westeros. However, the Triarchy of Lys, Myr and Tyros undertook to control the Narrow Sea threatening trade routes leading into Westeros. A member of the King's Council and Master of Ships, Lord Corlys, recommends that to King Viserys that they take action on the Triarchy but the king declines.

Answer: Gold cloaks

The gold cloaks are ordered by Daemon to round up lawbreakers in King's Landing and many of them are brutally dismembered or killed without having a trial. Daemon justifies his actions by telling the king and council that many nobles will be visiting King's Landing and he wanted the streets to be safe.

Answer: Jousting

Knights from across the realm head to King's Landing to participate in the tournament. They primarily engage in jousting matches against one another. The two best jousters end up being Daemon Targaryen and a minor knight known as Ser Criston Cole. Ser Criston ends up besting Daemon both in jousting and with swords and he is presented with a floral gift from Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen who is impressed with his fighting.

Answer: The heir for a day

When Daemon hears the news about the death of his nephew Baelon who is the heir to the Iron Throne he celebrates by going to a brothel with the gold cloaks and other friends. While there he joyfully celebrates Baelon's death calling him 'The heir for a day'.

When news gets back to King Viserys about this Daemon is banished from King's Landing and told that he will not be in the line of succession.

Answer: Dracarys

Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and her father, King Viserys Targaryen, are both in tears at the funeral for Aemma and Baelon. The king's brother, Prince Daemon Targaryen, eventually tells Rhaenyra that it is time so she commands her dragon, Syrax, 'Dracarys' so that he will set the pyres on fire.

In the books by George R. R. Martin upon which "Game of Thrones" and "House of the Dragon" are based, 'Dracarys' is the High Valyrian word for dragonfire and the term is used by members of House Targaryen to have their dragons set fire to something.

Answer: Dragonstone

Aegon I Targaryen was a dragonlord, the first Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and the founder of the Targaryen dynasty. Aegon also declared that the heir to the king would reside at the castle on Dragonstone. The castle was made out of stones and shaped to look like dragons.

Answer: Milly Alcock

Milly Alcock was born in Sydney in 2000 and she gained recognition in Australia for her role in the crime thriller "Reckoning" (2019-2020) and the comedy "Upright" (2019). Milly's fame worldwide and on social media went way up in August 2022 when she appeared as the young Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and her acting received positive critical and fan response.