Q 01/05

What real-world technology does Pokémon Go use to place wild Pokémon around the player?

A) Wi-Fi

B) NFC

C) GPS

D) Bluetooth

Answer · why

C) GPS

GPS pins your avatar to your real position, so wild Pokémon turn up as you walk around, and an optional AR mode uses the phone's camera to show them i...

Q 02/05

The Google Maps Pokémon Challenge that inspired Pokémon Go marked which day in 2014?

A) Valentine's Day

B) April Fools' Day

C) Pokémon Day

D) New Year's Day

Answer · why

B) April Fools' Day

April Fools' Day 2014: Google Maps hid Pokémon across its world map and dangled a fake job as the company's Pokémon Master. The prank caught the eye o...

Q 03/05

What forced Niantic to pause Pokémon Go's international rollout days after its July 2016 launch?

A) A trademark dispute

B) Overloaded servers

C) Privacy lawsuits

D) An app store ban

Answer · why

B) Overloaded servers

Overloaded servers: traffic passed Niantic's forecast within 15 minutes of the first launches in Australia and New Zealand and peaked at 50 times the ...

Q 04/05

Which coffee chain partnered with Pokémon Go in December 2016, turning its US stores into PokéStops and Gyms?

A) Starbucks

B) Costa Coffee

C) Dunkin'

D) Tim Hortons

Answer · why

A) Starbucks

Starbucks marked the deal with a Pokémon GO Frappuccino, a vanilla bean drink blended with raspberry syrup and blackberries, sold as thousands of its ...

Q 05/05

At what trainer level do players first choose between Team Mystic, Valor and Instinct?

A) 5

B) 10

C) 20

D) 40

Answer · why

A) 5

5 is the level that opens Gyms, and tapping your first one makes you pick a side, because Valor, Mystic and Instinct exist to fight each other for con...