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50 free Pokemon Sword and Shield trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Pokémon Sword and Shield took the series to Galar, a region modelled on Great Britain, where Gym battles draw roaring crowds and Pokémon can swell to the size of tower blocks. Released in 2019 as the first new generation made for Nintendo Switch, the pair became some of the best-selling games in the whole series. This quiz covers the lot. A good share of the questions ask you to name a Galar Pokémon from its lore, its design inspiration or the odd way it evolves. The rest follow the Gym Challenge badge by badge, from the first Gym Leader to the Champion Cup, along with the rivals, the villain's scheme, the differences between the two versions and the two expansions that followed. It is written for anyone who has finished the Gym Challenge, whichever version they picked, and for fans who simply like putting names to Pokémon. Questions run from easy openers to deep cuts for completists.
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Q 01Besides a fish, which Pokémon can Cramorant gulp down and spit at its foes in Pokémon Sword and Shield?
Pikachu
Pikachu ends up stuck head-first in the bird's beak, legs kicking, when Cramorant dives at low health, and a foe hit by the spat-out mouse is left paralysed.
Q 02Which corgi-like Electric puppy from Pokémon Sword and Shield may nod to Queen Elizabeth II's favourite dogs?
Yamper
Yamper is a herding dog with an Ability all its own, Ball Fetch, which retrieves used Poké Balls.
Q 03Which fluffy sheep Pokémon from Sword and Shield escapes danger by simply rolling away?
Wooloo
Wooloo became a fan favourite the day it was revealed, and game director Shigeru Ohmori admitted its popularity caught him by surprise.
Q 04Which armoured raven Pokémon carries passengers across Galar as a Flying Taxi in Pokémon Sword and Shield?
Corviknight
Corviknight takes its look from the legend of the ravens that guard the Tower of London.
Q 05Which Sword and Shield Pokémon has a long tongue and a star-patterned eye resembling Gene Simmons of Kiss?
Obstagoon
Obstagoon got the rock star's blessing: Simmons acknowledged the likeness himself and called it flattering.
Q 06Which starter from Pokémon Sword and Shield cries tears said to be as potent as 100 onions?
Sobble
Sobble was made timid on purpose, as a contrast with the other two starters, and went on to win an official popularity poll of the trio.
Q 07Which wolf-like Legendary Pokémon helps stop the Darkest Day in Sword and Shield with a blade held in its mouth?
Zacian
Zacian has often been compared with Sif, the great wolf of Dark Souls, another beast that fights with a sword between its jaws.
Q 08Which dish do Trainers cook over a campfire with their Pokémon in Pokémon Sword and Shield?
Curry
Curry cooked on the player's own birthday arrives with a birthday candle stuck in their portion.
Q 09Which gang of hooligans in Pokémon Sword and Shield is really rival Marnie's overzealous fan club?
Team Yell
Team Yell turns out to be a Gym's own Trainers in disguise, blocking roads and hotel lobbies to slow down the challengers competing against her.
Q 10Which Kanto starter's final form is Champion Leon's undefeated partner in Pokémon Sword and Shield?
Charizard
Charizard has been at Leon's side since he set out as a Trainer aged ten, and he turns it into a giant in the exhibition match that opens the games.
Q 11In which farming town does Milo award the first badge of the Gym Challenge in Pokémon Sword and Shield?
Turffield
Turffield comes first because its gentle Leader struggles to go all out on weaker opponents, though he can roll 770-pound hay bales with ease.
Q 12Which Water-type Gym Leader in Pokémon Sword and Shield also has a successful career as a model?
Nessa
Nessa has declared Milo her rival, a claim he shrugs off by insisting that his only rival is himself.
Q 13Fire-type Gym Leader Kabu of Pokémon Sword and Shield was invited to Galar from which earlier region?
Hoenn
Hoenn-born Kabu is the Gym Challenge's first real wall, and many challengers give up after failing to beat him.
Q 21Which blocky Rock-type exclusive to Pokémon Sword is modelled on a prehistoric monument on England's Salisbury Plain?
Stonjourner
Stonjourner is modelled on Stonehenge: they gather in a ring at the same time every year and simply stand there, and their slabs can move like arms and legs.
Q 22Which penguin Pokémon exclusive to Pokémon Shield protects its heat-sensitive head inside a block of ice?
Eiscue
Eiscue fishes with the single long hair on its head, and a physical hit shatters the ice to reveal its speedier Noice Face.
Q 23Which Pokémon does Applin become when given a Tart Apple in Pokémon Sword and Shield?
Flapple
Flapple wears the halves of its old home as wings, and can pull them shut to pass itself off as an ordinary piece of fruit.
Q 14What does Allister, the shy Ghost-type Gym Leader of Pokémon Shield, never remove in public?
His mask
His mask is one of at least a hundred identical ones, kept as spares in case the one he is wearing ever falls off.
Q 15Which elderly Fairy-type Gym Leader in Pokémon Sword and Shield tests challengers with deliberately tricky quizzes?
Opal
Opal inherited the Gym at eighteen and ran it for seventy years before going in search of a successor.
Q 16How are Gordie and Melony, the two version-exclusive Gym Leaders of Circhester in Pokémon Sword and Shield, related?
Mother and son
Mother and son fell out when Gordie chose Rock types over her Ice types, yet Melony is said to have become the first member of his fan club.
Q 17Which Dark-type Gym Leader in Pokémon Sword and Shield is the only one who never uses Dynamax?
Piers
Piers refused when Chairman Rose asked him to move his Gym onto a faraway Power Spot, so his battles stay normal-sized and few fans visit his town.
Q 18Which Galar city, home to a vault of ancient tapestries, hosts Raihan's Dragon-type Gym in Pokémon Sword and Shield?
Hammerlocke
Hammerlocke's Raihan is rated the strongest Gym Leader in Galar, even though he has lost all ten of his battles with Leon.
Q 19Unlike the pin badges of earlier regions, the Gym Badges of Pokémon Sword and Shield are pieces of what?
A medallion
A medallion takes shape as each piece slots into a metal ring, and once all eight are set the finished reverse shows the Gym Challenge logo.
Q 20Which karate prodigy leads the Stow-on-Side Gym only in Pokémon Sword, replaced by Allister in Shield?
Bea
Bea was drilled so strictly from childhood that fans think she feels nothing, though she hides a secret weakness for sweets.
Q 24Which final evolution of Scorbunny in Pokémon Sword and Shield resembles a soccer player and kicks a flaming ball?
Cinderace
Cinderace makes its own ball, pouring fire energy into a stone before booting it at opponents.
Q 25Which final evolution of the Water starter in Pokémon Sword and Shield is classed as the Secret Agent Pokémon?
Inteleon
Inteleon fires water from its fingertips at Mach 3 and is skilled at finding an opponent's weak points.
Q 26Which Kanto Poison-type wears smokestacks like top hats in its Galarian form in Pokémon Sword and Shield?
Weezing
Weezing in Galar is part Fairy-type: it breathes in polluted air and puffs purified air back out of its smokestacks.
Q 27Which Kanto Pokémon's Galarian form, found only in Pokémon Shield, was first revealed during a 24-hour livestream?
Ponyta
Ponyta in Galar is a Psychic-type with the look of a unicorn, and its mane stores the life energy of the forest.
Q 28Which tap-dancing Pokémon from Sword and Shield, with a cane of ice, appears modelled on Charlie Chaplin's Tramp?
Mr. Rime
Mr. Rime has a pattern on its belly that looks like a second face, and it tends to be more expressive than the real one.
Q 29Which Steel and Dragon Pokémon from Sword and Shield appears to be based on The Shard skyscraper in London?
Duraludon
Duraludon is unusually light for its size, and it shares a habitat with Tyranitar, which it frequently battles for territory.
Q 30The Gyms of Pokémon Sword and Shield, packed with roaring crowds, are styled after which real sporting venues?
Football stadiums
Football stadiums leave room for the games' giant Dynamax Pokémon, a mechanic designed to stage bigger battles than the series had shown before.