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27 Pokémon Trivia Questions and Answers

Pokémon trivia about the games, the anime and the cards: Pikachu and the first 151 Pokémon, the regions from Kanto to Paldea, Team Rocket, Pokémon Go and the people and companies behind the franchise. Every answer is printed under its question.

There are 27 questions on this page. They are free to use for quiz nights, classrooms and pub quizzes, and each one links to its own page.

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  1. 1.Which company is the original publisher of the Pokémon video game series?

    Answer: Nintendo

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  2. 2.Who created Pokémon?

    Answer: Satoshi Tajiri

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  3. 3.In what year were the first Pokémon games, Red and Green, released in Japan?

    Answer: 1996

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  4. 4.Which yellow Electric-type Pokémon is the franchise's mascot?

    Answer: Pikachu

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  5. 5.What is the name of the main character of the Pokémon anime who travels with Pikachu?

    Answer: Ash Ketchum

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  6. 6.Which English advertising slogan did the Pokémon franchise adopt?

    Answer: "Gotta catch 'em all!"

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  7. 7.What is the name of the device that stores information on every Pokémon a player has seen?

    Answer: The Pokédex

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  8. 8.What does Pikachu evolve into?

    Answer: Raichu

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  9. 9.Which three Pokémon could players choose as their first partner in Pokémon Red and Blue?

    Answer: Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle

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  10. 10.Which fire-breathing Pokémon is the final evolution of Charmander?

    Answer: Charizard

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  11. 11.Which villainous group, led by Giovanni, appears in Pokémon Red and Blue?

    Answer: Team Rocket

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  12. 12.What are the names of Team Rocket's trio in the Pokémon anime, alongside Meowth?

    Answer: Jessie and James

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  13. 13.Which genetically engineered Pokémon was created from the DNA of Mew?

    Answer: Mewtwo

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  14. 14.Which company originally developed and published Pokémon Go?

    Answer: Niantic

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  15. 15.In what year did the Pokémon Trading Card Game first come out in Japan?

    Answer: 1996

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  16. 16.How many Pokémon appeared in the original Red and Blue games?

    Answer: 151

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  17. 17.Which large Pokémon is best known in the games for being an inadvertent roadblock?

    Answer: Snorlax

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  18. 18.What is the name of the region in which Pokémon Red and Blue are set?

    Answer: Kanto

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  19. 19.Which 2019 live-action film starred Ryan Reynolds as the voice of a talking Pikachu?

    Answer: Detective Pikachu

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  20. 20.Which Pokémon game is set in the Hisui region, based on the island of Hokkaido?

    Answer: Pokémon Legends: Arceus

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  21. 21.Which Pokémon games are set in the Paldea region, based on the Iberian Peninsula?

    Answer: Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

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  22. 22.In which region is the 2019 game Pokémon Sword and Shield set?

    Answer: Galar

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  23. 23.Which company was established in 2000 to manage the Pokémon franchise?

    Answer: The Pokémon Company

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  24. 24.What is the Japanese full name that "Pokémon" is short for?

    Answer: Pocket Monsters

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  25. 25.Which Pokémon type was added in Pokémon X and Y?

    Answer: Fairy

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  26. 26.Which Pokémon game came bundled with the Transfer Pak, letting players use Pokémon uploaded from Red, Blue and Yellow?

    Answer: Pokémon Stadium

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  27. 27.Which 1998 film was the first Pokémon feature film?

    Answer: Pokémon: The First Movie

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