--- title: Game of Thrones Cast Plays Sword or '80s Metal Band description: Not even the cast of Game of Thrones can remember the names of everything in Westeros. canonical: https://time.com/4278053/game-of-thrones-sword-or-80s-metal-band/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-31T18:16:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:17.174Z og:title: Watch the Game of Thrones Cast Play Sword Name or '80s Metal Band og:description: From Crimson Death to Heart Eater og:url: https://time.com/4278053/game-of-thrones-sword-or-80s-metal-band/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Game of Thrones Cast Play Sword Name or '80s Metal Band twitter:description: From Crimson Death to Heart Eater twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch the _Game of Thrones_ Cast Try to Tell the Difference Between Sword Names and '80s Metal Bands  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 31, 2016 6:16 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 31, 2016 6:16 PM UTC Not even the cast of [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4277766/game-of-thrones-episode-cost-expensive/)can remember the names of everything in Westeros. Several of the HBO drama’s actors seemed to have a tougher time than expected while playing a recent game of “_Game of Thrones_ Sword or ’80s Metal Band.” A video released on Thursday shows [Lena Headey](http://time.com/4270508/women-game-of-thrones-daenerys-arya-sansa/) (Cersei Lannister) and [Sophie Turner](http://time.com/4275256/game-of-thrones-season-6-sophie-turner-sansa-stark/) (Sansa Stark) as the standouts of the group — with Turner going the extra mile to identify who owned certain sabers — while Iwan Rheon (Ramsay Bolton), John Bradley (Samwell Tarly) and Michiel Huisman (Daario Naharis) struggled with their answers. **Read More:** [Watch the New _Game of Thrones_ Season 6 Trailer](http://time.com/4251517/game-of-thrones-season-6-trailer/) The quiz was part of an ongoing [promotion to raise money](https://www.omaze.com/experiences/GameOfThrones-2?ref=GoT) for the [International Rescue Committee](http://), an organization that “responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises by restoring safety, health, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people whose lives have been devastated by conflict and disaster.” Those who donate will have a chance to join the cast at the _G.o.T._ season 6 premiere and after-party in Los Angeles. _Game of T_ _hrones_ returns April 24th on HBO. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4278053/game-of-thrones-sword-or-80s-metal-band/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4278053/game-of-thrones-sword-or-80s-metal-band/"},"headline":"Watch the Game of Thrones Cast Try to Tell the Difference Between Sword Names and '80s Metal Bands","datePublished":"2016-03-31T18:16:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:17.174Z","description":"From Crimson Death to Heart Eater","url":"https://time.com/4278053/game-of-thrones-sword-or-80s-metal-band/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","Music","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"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/4278053/game-of-thrones-sword-or-80s-metal-band/","name":"Watch the Game of Thrones Cast Try to Tell the Difference Between Sword Names and '80s Metal Bands"}}]}] ```