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“WTF is this show?” Warning: Contains spoilers.

BuzzFeed staff from around the world who have never seen Game of Thrones were asked to explain some photos and answer questions about the show. Here's what happened...

What is Game of Thrones about?

Stephanie A (Australia): A bunch of medieval families fighting to get control of the land, I guess. But with incest, dragons, and lots of rape and murder.

Jim (UK): It's an epic quest to avoid spoilers from your colleagues in which a medieval king has their head chopped off.

Nirali (India): Incest and people dying and dragons and stuff.

Alex K (US): It's essentially the same thing as Lord of the Rings, but with a bunch of episodes and worse characters.

Augusta (US): A lot of impossibly beautiful women, some dragons, and I think some thrones? Oh, also, everyone dies.

Adam (US): People kill each other and show their butts a lot.

Anna K (US): It's about a family who lives in a place in the future where there's a lot of snow, I think? And they all wear a lot of fur and have sex with each other, even though a lot of them are related. And any time there's a wedding, someone dies. Or there's a fight and a lot of blood.

Elena (US): It's a live-action version of Dungeons & Dragons.

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