Writer George R.R. Martin attends the "Game Of Thrones" HBO...

Writer George R.R. Martin attends the "Game Of Thrones" HBO celebration party inside the WIRED Cafe at Palm Terrace At The Omni Hotel during Comic-Con International 2012 in San Diego. (July 13, 2012) Credit: Getty Images

George R.R. Martin, the master of the "Game of Thrones" universe, made a reasonably rare appearance on late night TV Tuesday, when he was a guest along with Amy Poehler on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" -- and he had to work for this one. Subjected to a three-minute quiz by the host, determining whether he could recall lines from the many thousands of pages written over the last fourty or so years, Martin did admirably well. Take a look. Martin, meanwhile, has a new book out: The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire).

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