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183 free Pokemon trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
81 free Pokemon trivia questions with answers. From a Game Boy cartridge in 1996 to a global phenomenon spanning games, cards, anime, and a mobile game that got the whole world walking, Pokemon is the highest-grossing media franchise in history. Think you know it all?
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Q 01What is the first Pokemon listed in the National Pokedex?
Bulbasaur
Bulbasaur is #001 in the National Pokédex, yet it was the last of its family to be designed: its artist started from the finished Venusaur and worked backwards.
Q 02Jynx, the female-only Generation I Pokémon that evolves from Smoochum, has which pair of types?
Ice/Psychic
Ice/Psychic was a pairing no other Generation I Pokémon had; Jynx's original black-skinned design was recoloured purple after accusations that it resembled blackface.
Q 03Which Pokémon travelling with Jessie and James can speak human language?
Meowth
Meowth taught himself to talk and walk upright to win over a female Meowth named Meowzie; she called him a freak instead, and the heartbroken Meowth went off to join a crime syndicate.
Q 04Which Pokémon sings its audiences to sleep in the anime, then angrily scribbles on their faces?
Jigglypuff
Jigglypuff takes it as an insult when listeners doze off mid-song, so it uses the marker pen it carries as a microphone to draw on every sleeping face.
Q 05What does Pikachu evolve into?
Raichu
Raichu is what a Thunder Stone makes of Pikachu, and it was once meant to evolve again: a third stage called Gorochu was designed, then dropped before the first games came out.
Q 06Which item instantly raises a Pokémon's level by one when used from the Bag?
Rare Candy
Rare Candy lifts a Pokémon one level on the spot, and in Red and Blue a glitch could multiply it: meeting MissingNo. adds 128 copies of whatever item sits sixth in the Bag.
Q 07Which Pokémon does Charmander evolve into directly, at level 16?
Charmeleon
Charmeleon arrives at level 16 and Charizard only at 36; in the anime, Ash's obedient Charmander stopped listening to him as soon as it evolved into Charmeleon.
Q 08Which type is super effective against Water-type Pokemon?
Grass
Grass beats Water, Water beats Fire and Fire beats Grass: a rock-paper-scissors loop that the first games' manual spelled out and every trio of first partners since has been built around.
Q 09Which Poké Ball catches any wild Pokémon without fail?
Master Ball
Master Ball is the one that never fails, and Red and Blue hand the player a single one: a thank-you from the president of Silph Co., the firm that makes it, for rescuing his company.
Q 10Which Pokemon is known as the 'Balloon Pokemon' and often floats away?
Drifloon
Drifloon is said to tug at children's hands to steal them away, but it is so light that the children end up pulling it around instead; folklore calls it the Signpost for Wandering Spirits.
Q 11In Pokemon Gold and Silver, what new type was introduced alongside Dark?
Steel
Steel arrived with Dark in Gold and Silver: Dark was immune to Psychic moves, the first real answer to Psychic types, while Steel was built for defence, and Magnemite was retyped to join it.
Q 12What is the maximum number of Pokemon a trainer can carry in their party at one time?
6
6 is the party limit, so a seventh catch is sent straight to the PC storage system, which the games say was built by a Pokémon collector named Bill.
Q 13Which Pokémon appears on the box art of Pokémon Red?
Charizard
Charizard fronts Red and Blastoise fronts Blue, both final forms of first partners; from Gold and Silver on, the box art of each new generation went to Legendary Pokémon instead.
Q 21Which Pokémon hatches from the Mystery Egg entrusted to the player in Pokémon Gold and Silver?
Togepi
Togepi hatches from the Egg that Mr. Pokémon asks the player to carry to Professor Elm for study; Elm's aide hands it back in Violet City, and it hatches in the player's party.
Q 22What is the trio of legendary birds from Generation I?
Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres
Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres count themselves off in Spanish: their names end in uno, dos and tres, matching the order in which they appear in the Pokédex.
Q 23What move does Magikarp famously learn that makes it seem useless?
Splash
Splash does nothing but play a hopping animation; stick with Magikarp to level 20 and it becomes the fearsome Gyarados.
Q 14Which is the newest of Eevee's eight evolutions as of Generation IX?
Sylveon
Sylveon arrived in Generation VI and nothing has joined it since; at its first reveal its type was kept secret, which set fans arguing over what it would turn out to be.
Q 15What Pokemon is number 150 in the original Pokedex?
Mewtwo
Mewtwo is #150, one slot before Mew at #151; the clone precedes its original because Mew was a last-minute secret addition to the game.
Q 16Which gym leader is the first one battled in Pokemon Red and Blue?
Brock
Brock, the Pewter City Rock-type specialist, leads with Geodude and Onix, a brutal opening for anyone who picked Charmander.
Q 17Which villainous team awakens the Legendary Kyogre in Pokémon Sapphire?
Aqua
Aqua, the team led by Archie, wants more sea for Pokémon to live in, so it steals a submarine to reach Kyogre's cavern on the seabed; in Ruby the roles flip and rival Team Magma wakes Groudon.
Q 18Which sleeping Pokémon blocks two routes in Pokémon Red and Blue until it is woken?
Snorlax
Snorlax dozes across Routes 12 and 16 until the player plays the Poké Flute, a gift from Mr. Fuji for rescuing him from the crooks holding him in Pokémon Tower.
Q 19What type was added in Pokemon X and Y (Generation VI)?
Fairy
Fairy was the first new type since Gold and Silver, added to rein in the dominant Dragon type; older Pokémon such as Clefairy and Marill were switched over to it.
Q 20What is the name of the region in Pokemon Sword and Shield?
Galar
Galar is modelled on Great Britain, which is why its Gyms look like football stadiums: battles there are staged as big-match sport in front of packed, cheering crowds.
Q 24Which evolution stone turns Clefairy into Clefable?
Moon Stone
Moon Stone is described in the games as a shard of the meteorites that fall on Mt. Moon, the very cave where players first find wild Clefairy and two of the stones in Red and Blue.
Q 25Which Scarlet and Violet mechanic gives a Pokémon a crystalline look and can change its type?
Terastallizing
Terastallizing gives a Pokémon a glittering, jewel-like body and switches it to its Tera Type, which need not match its usual one, so a Psychic-type like Gardevoir can turn up as a Water-type.
Q 26In Pokémon Gold and Silver, leaving a compatible pair at which facility can produce an Egg?
Pokémon Day Care
The Pokémon Day Care on Route 34 takes two Pokémon at once, which is what made Eggs possible in Gold and Silver; the Day Care in Red and Blue could mind only one.
Q 27Which Nintendo designer mentored Satoshi Tajiri and suggested selling the first Pokémon games as paired versions?
Shigeru Miyamoto
Shigeru Miyamoto proposed splitting the Pokémon between two cartridges so that players had to trade, and an admiring Tajiri named the hero's rival Shigeru after him in the Japanese games.
Q 28Which Pokémon's ghost haunts Lavender Town's Pokémon Tower in Red and Blue?
Marowak
The ghost is Cubone's mother, a Marowak; the player needs the Silph Scope to see the tower's ghosts for what they are, and her spirit is laid to rest once she is defeated.
Q 29In Generation I, which type combination belonged only to the Gastly, Haunter and Gengar line?
Ghost/Poison
Ghost/Poison belonged only to Gastly, Haunter and Gengar in Generation I; the Poison half left the game's only Ghost types weak to Psychic, and no pure Ghost existed until Misdreavus in Generation II.
Q 30What does 'EV' stand for in Pokemon competitive training?
Effort Value
Effort Values are earned by defeating Pokémon; 252 maxes a single stat and 510 is the cap, so serious players pour 252 into two stats and put the leftover 6 elsewhere.