Short answers, pulled from the story.
The first episode of Game of Thrones premiered on the 17th of April 2011. The series was acquired by HBO in January 2007 after screenwriters David Benioff and D.B. Weiss convinced author George R.R. Martin to adapt his novels for television.
Game of Thrones filmed in Northern Ireland, Croatia, Iceland, and Spain to represent the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos. Principal photography began in July 2010 at the Paint Hall Studios in Belfast, while the Mourne Mountains stood in for the Dothraki Sea and the ancient walls of Dubrovnik represented King's Landing.
A 2012 study ranked the series second among recent television dramas for deaths per episode, averaging 14 deaths per episode. A 2018 scientific study found that approximately 60 percent of major characters died from violence and war throughout the series.
The final season of Game of Thrones cost over 100 million dollars to produce, making it the most expensive season of a television series. The cost per episode rose to 15 million dollars by the final season, up from 50 to 60 million dollars for the first season.
David J. Peterson created the Dothraki and Valyrian languages for the series, writing 300 pages of material before production began. Language-learning company Duolingo began offering courses in High Valyrian in 2017, with 1.2 million people signing up between 2017 and 2020.
The episode Unbowed Unbent Unbroken was controversial because it depicted Sansa Stark being raped by Ramsay Bolton, which some reviewers called gratuitous and artistically unnecessary. The series faced significant criticism for its frequent use of nudity and sexual violence, with some scenes being censored or banned in countries like China, India, and Iran.