Pokémon Quiz: 30 Questions and Answers for Trainers of All Ages

Types are the rulebook under every battle, and the core matchups have held since the first games. These six stay with the long-settled ones, from the easy Water and Electric pair to the Ice versus Dragon one that catches even confident trainers.

In Red and Blue, every trainer starts with a choice of three, and the starters' evolution lines are the first thing most fans can recite. Expect quick answers on the first two and a pause on Bulbasaur's types and the Eevee question.

The first region is where almost everyone's Pokémon story starts, and where the questions are most settled: a fixed list of the first Pokémon, a row of Gyms and the roads between the towns. Place names change from one language to the next, but the towns and Gym Leaders keep their roles.

Items, helpers and rules that have stayed put since the beginning: the professor who hands out starters, the ball that never misses, the device in every trainer's pocket. One question on abilities for the readers who check the small print.

How the whole thing began: a pair of Game Boy games in Japan, a talking cat from Team Rocket, a card game and a phone game that sent people outside. These are origin facts, so they do not change with a new release.

Play the full 10-question Pokémon quiz, a mix of multiple choice, true or false and typed answers, with an explanation after every question.

• Start with Pikachu-level questions. The first round should let every child score, then raise the difficulty.
• Use teams for mixed ages. Pair a younger child with an older one so the type questions become a conversation.
• Keep the timer generous. Twenty seconds is plenty. A speed round rewards the fastest reader, not the biggest fan.
• Let the room argue. A Pokémon fan is always sure the answer is wrong. The explanation after each question settles it.
• Skip the collector's questions. Card prices and rare-card rankings change and start fights, so none of the questions above touch them.

New Pokémon games come out all the time, so we avoided anything a release can change: no total number of Pokémon, no newest region, no competitive rankings and no card values. The type matchups used here, the original 151, the Kanto story and the launch years are fixed history, and the facts were checked against the games and community wikis such as Bulbapedia.