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Take Our Game of Thrones Quiz and Win a Song of Ice and Fire Box Set

M’athchomaroon, Game of Thrones superfans! It’s time for you to compete for a chance to enter the Citadel, to earn a link in your maester’s chain, to drink and know things. George R.R. Martin is celebrating the 20th anniversary of A Game of Thrones by releasing three commemorative box sets that contain collectibles, exclusive memorabilia, and a special, illustrated version of the first book of A Song of Ice and Fire, which is surely worth it for the maps alone. Thank the Seven, Vulture has teamed up with Random House and HBO to give away a limited-edition box this December.

Want to win? Take our Song of Ice and Fire quiz below!  To enter, please send your quiz answers to [email protected] by 10 p.m. ET Sunday, and we’ll award one lucky scribe the box set plus a T-shirt. Don’t think you’ll win? We’ve also got you covered: You can always order the box set with the special promo code “NYMAG15†to get 15 percent off. Good luck, and just remember: All men must quiz.

  1. Obsidian, dragonglass, or … ?
  2. Which Duran Duran song should remind you of a Greyjoy?
  3. At which tournament did Ser Barristan of House Selmy become known as “the Bold,†and why?
  4. Who has been to Asshai?
  5. Where and why was the Pact made?
  6. What is the difference between one pinch and three pinches of sweetsleep?
  7. Who is too fat to sit a horse?
  8. When and why did Stannis first stop believing in the Seven?
  9. Who has the “true†telling of the Dance of the Dragons?
  10. Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock — who stopped Jinglebell’s clock?

Extra credit: Describe the wines of each region, and pick which one would be best to drink.

Contest: Win an Game of Thrones Box Set