--- description: Find out how well Martin knows his own characters title: Amy Poehler Grilled George R.R. Martin on Game of Thrones Trivia Last Night image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Amy Poehler Grilled George R.R. Martin on _Game of Thrones_ Trivia Last Night by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 29, 2014 4:55 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 29, 2014 4:55 PM CUT Quick, who said it: “When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die.” George R.R. Martin knew the answer when he stopped by _Late Night with Seth Meyers_ last night. The author was promoting his new book (no, not _that_ one), _The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones._ He quickly found himself in a verbal duel of honor with Amy Poehler, who challenged him to find out exactly how well he knew his characters. Poehler and Meyers took turns quizzing Martin with lines from his very long, multi-volume work and asking which character said it. For the most part Martin nailed it, but he apparently completely forgot about the Westeros 9 meteorologist who first predicted that winter is coming. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3546075/game-of-thrones-trivia-amy-poehler-george-r-r-martin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3546075/game-of-thrones-trivia-amy-poehler-george-r-r-martin/"},"headline":"Amy Poehler Grilled George R.R. Martin on Game of Thrones Trivia Last Night","datePublished":"2014-10-29T16:55:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:10.284Z","description":"Find out how well Martin knows his own characters","url":"https://time.com/3546075/game-of-thrones-trivia-amy-poehler-george-r-r-martin/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","Amy Poehler","Late Night with Seth Meyers","George R.R. Martin"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3546075/game-of-thrones-trivia-amy-poehler-george-r-r-martin/","name":"Amy Poehler Grilled George R.R. Martin on Game of Thrones Trivia Last Night"}}]}] ```