Pokémon Trivia Challenge

In-game description

Pokémon Trivia Challenge is a trivia minigame in Pokémon Masters Arena.

Gameplay

A question

This trivia game is accessed by clicking on the Torchic at the main menu. The first screen contains the in-game description of the Pokémon Trivia Challenge, as well as a "Play" button to start playing and a "Score" button that does not display any scores, but instead displays the pieces of the posters that have been unlocked by the player, if any. There are additional buttons to check the descriptions of other minigames. An arrow at the top-left corner may be clicked to go from the main trivia to the game description, or from the game description to the main menu.

The trivia game starts once the player clicks on "Play" at the Pokémon Trivia Challenge description screen. The answer to all questions is always a Pokémon species. For each question, there are three images of Pokémon (the Pokémon names are not shown); only one of them is the correct answer. When the player clicks on an answer, the text "That's right!" or "Nope, that's wrong!" appears, depending on whether the player has chosen the correct answer.

The trivia consists of six levels. They are numbered from level 1 to 6 in normal gameplay. Some internal game files refer to them as level 00 to 05. Each level has a set of 10 possible questions. However, only a few of these questions are asked randomly to the player. At the right side, there is a Poké Ball meter (a vertical meter with a Poké Ball shown at the bottom) that starts full but decreases when the player answers incorrectly. When the player finishes all levels, they win one of the six pieces of a poster.

Glitches

• Usually, the player starts a new game from the level 1. However, if the player has lost a previous game but didn't close the game application yet, they start a new game from the beginning of the level where they lost. (for instance, if the player loses at the level 4, they will start a new game at the level 4 rather than 1) This contradicts the in-game description and game over screen, which indicate that the player was supposed to start from the beginning.
• When the player leaves the trivia (by clicking on the return arrow at the top left) and then opens the trivia again without closing the game application, this happens:
  • The game remembers the current level and number of correct answers, as if the player didn't leave.
  • The Poké Ball meter resets and the game forgets the number of wrong answers. (Therefore, it's possible to get infinite chances by repeatedly leaving and returning to the trivia.)
  • The current question is replaced by another question from the same level. (This is usable in case the player does not know the answer; they can answer another question instead.)

Blurb

Test your knowledge of Pokémon by clicking on the image that correctly answers the trivia question. Try to answer all the questions in each level. If you get an answer wrong, you lose a level in your Poké Ball meter. If you lose them all, you have to start again. Win all 5 levels to get a piece of your Pokémon Masters Poster!

List of questions

The questions are stored in the internal file "Trivia.ini", in the order displayed below. However, the questions are shown randomly according to each level in normal gameplay. Some questions are written in an unusual way, such as lowercase "route 101" instead of "Route 101", and evolution by "swapping records" when the question is about evolution by trade.

Level 1

• Question 1

Which Pokémon attacked Professor Birch along route 101?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Poochyena	Zigzagoon	Aron

• Question 2

Treecko uses a Mega Drain attack. Which Pokémon does it affect the least?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Torchic	Nosepass	Sandshrew

• Question 3

Mudkip evolves into Marshtomp. Which of the following Pokémon is the same Type as Marshtomp?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Whiscash	Corsola	Lombre

• Question 4

When this Pokémon reaches level 7 it evolves into one of two Pokémon.
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Wurmple	Makuhita	Whismur

• Question 5

You can trade Pokémon with your friends at Pokémon Centers. Which one of these Pokémon evolves through trading?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Machoke	Marill	Silcoon

• Question 6

Of the 3 following Pokémon, which one levels up the quickest?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Taillow	Lotad	Shroomish

• Question 7

There are some Pokémon that change type when they evolve. Which of these Pokémon does that?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Staryu	Psyduck	Natu

• Question 8

Which of these Pokémon weighs the most?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Cascoon	Silcoon	Lotad

• Question 9

Which one of these Pokémon learns Mega Drain if it levels up without evolving?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Lotad	Seedot	Cacnea

• Question 10

Of these 3, which Pokémon levels up the slowest?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Numel	Tentacool	Aron

Level 2

• Question 1

One of these Pokémon is a different type than the others - can you guess which one?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Minun	Delcatty	Spinda

• Question 2

Of the following three Pokémon, which is the shortest?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Roselia	Ralts	Whismur

• Question 3

Of the following three Pokémon, which does not evolve?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Chimecho	Anorith	Meditite

• Question 4

The three Pokémon below are all Grass Type Pokémon. Which of them is also Dark Type?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Cacturne	Tropius	Vileplume

• Question 5

When it evolves, by swapping records, this Pokémon changes its Type.
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Seadra	Sealeo	Vulpix

• Question 6

Its voice is usually quiet as a whisper, but as danger approaches, it gets so loud that it can cause headaches. Who is it?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Whismur	Ralts	Mudkip

• Question 7

Evolving Pokémon is one of the fastest ways to complete your Pokédex. Which of the following 3 does not evolve?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Minun	Spoink	Snorunt

• Question 8

The following Pokémon evolve with friendship. Can you find the exception?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Wynaut	Pichu	Azurill

• Question 9

One of these Pokémon can use Rock Smash to clear away rocks that are blocking the road. Which is it?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Magcargo	Magneton	Grumpig

• Question 10

Which one of these Pokémon evolved during a trade?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Golem	Metagross	Aggron

Level 3

• Question 1

Which Pokémon can't you catch with the Good Rod?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Whiscash	Barboach	Corphish

• Question 2

Which of these Pokémon will evolve without the use of an evolution stone?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Electrike	Lombre	Nuzleaf

• Question 3

Of the following three Pokémon, which is the heaviest?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Hariyama	Makuhita	Torkoal

• Question 4

It's raining in the middle of a battle. Whose will to fight will increase?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Marill	Aron	Numel

• Question 5

Which Pokémon doesn't have the Thick Fat special ability?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Whiscash	Spoink	Sealeo

• Question 6

Which of the following Pokémon was originally told how beautiful it was?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Milotic	Latias	Gorebyss

• Question 7

Inside which Pokémon's belly is 1200F~ magma boiling?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Numel	Torkoal	Slugma

• Question 8

A sandstorm is brewing in the middle of a desert battle. Who receives damage?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Hariyama	Sandshrew	Rhyhorn

• Question 9

Which of these Pokémon doesn't belong to the leader of Team Magma?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Lairon	Golbat	Camerupt

• Question 10

Which Pokémon won't you encounter without the go-goggles?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Trapinch	Lunatone	Heracross

Level 4

• Question 1

Which of the following Pokémon could be caught with a Safari Ball?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Wobbuffet	Grovyle	Marshtomp

• Question 2

Which Pokémon cannot be caught in Pokémon Ruby?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Lotad	Groudon	Latios

• Question 3

Of the following three Pokémon, which is the heaviest?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Metagross	Wailord	Aggron

• Question 4

Which of the following Pokémon isn't used by Gym Leader Winona?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Shiftry	Altaria	Pelipper

• Question 5

Which of the following Pokémon is printed on Glitter Mail?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Pikachu	Bellossom	Clamperl

• Question 6

Which of these Pokémon is strong against Gym Leader Winona's Skarmory, Pelipper, and Swellow?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Minun	Hariyama	Donphan

• Question 7

Which Pokémon levels up and evolves as its Beauty condition rises?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Feebas	Meditite	Igglybuff

• Question 8

Which of these Pokémon cannot be caught in the Safari Zone?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Staryu	Pinsir	Heracross

• Question 9

The root fossil that you find in the desert can be brought back to life as what Pokémon?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Lileep	Cacnea	Anorith

• Question 10

Which Pokémon can't learn a single HM?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Golbat	Duskull	Barboach

Level 5

• Question 1

Which of these Pokémon cannot be caught by diving under water?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Horsea	Chinchou	Relicanth

• Question 2

One of these Pokémon does not have the Clear Body special ability. Which is it?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Solrock	Regirock	Regice

• Question 3

Earthquakes and tsunamis occur when this Pokémon is seen, so it's also known as the disaster Pokémon.
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Absol	Glalie	Metagross

• Question 4

Which of these Pokémon can't you catch unless you have a Poké Ball and less than 5 Pokémon in your party?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Shedinja	Sableye	Shelgon

• Question 5

All of these Pokémon except one change into Dragon Type when they evolve. Which is the exception?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Magikarp	Swablu	Seadra

• Question 6

Which Pokémon has the Swift Swim ability, which doubles their agility in the rain?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Huntail	Whiscash	Snorunt

• Question 7

There was a Poison Type attack. Which Pokémon did the attack not affect at all?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Mawile	Gardevoir	Bellossom

• Question 8

This Pokémon changes form depending on the weather.
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Castform	Roselia	Grovyle

• Question 9

Which of these Pokémon evolved by using a leafstone?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Shiftry	Ludicolo	Bellossom

• Question 10

Machop uses its Karate Chop attack! Which of the following receives no damage?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Sableye	Snorunt	Graveler

Level 6

• Question 1

Which Pokémon senses the emotions of people using the horns on its head?
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Ralts	Trapinch	Sandslash

• Question 2

This Pokémon can read the future.
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Gardevoir	Seviper	Cradily

• Question 3

This Pokémon is so fast that it cannot be seen, even while its crying can be clearly heard.
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Ninjask	Luvdisc	Seadra

• Question 4

This Pokémon will keep getting up and attacking its foe however many times it is knocked down.
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Makuhita	Walrein	Girafarig

• Question 5

This Pokémon stores electricity in its long body hair.
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Electrike	Wigglytuff	Milotic

• Question 6

Every time this Pokémon appears before people, it is followed by a disaster such as an earthquake or a tidal wave.
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Absol	Phanpy	Regirock

• Question 7

Instead of blood, a powerful magnetic force courses throughout this Pokémon's body.
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Beldum	Natu	Girafarig

• Question 8

This Pokémon rides updrafts rising from the sea by extending its long and narrow wings to glide.
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Wingull	Beautifly	Dustox

• Question 9

This Pokémon lives underground. It uses its sharp claws to carve the roots of trees and absorb moisture and nutrients.
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Nincada	Baltoy	Anorith

• Question 10

This Pokémon can swim at speeds of up to 75 mph by jetting seawater out of its backside.
Correct answer	Incorrect answers
Sharpedo	Wailord	Huntail

Trivia

Errors

• The sixth question of level one states that Taillow levels up the quickest when compared to Lotad and Shroomish. In reality, both Taillow and Lotad level up at the Medium Slow rate, while Shroomish levels up at the Fluctuating rate. Therefore, Shroomish may reach some levels faster than them (such as the level 20) and other levels slower than them (such as the level 40). Lotad and Shroomish reach level 100 faster, with 1,059,860 experience points, as opposed to Shroomish, with 1,640,000 experience points.
• Four questions later, it states that Numel levels up the slowest when compared to Tentacool and Aron. In fact, Numel levels up the fastest compared to them. Numel has a "Medium Fast" levelling rate, while the others have a "Slow" levelling rate. This mistake may be related to the fact that Numel evolves into Camerupt at a later level than Tentacool and Aron evolve into Tentacruel and Lairon, respectively.
• The fifth question of level two states that Seadra evolves by "swapping records". In reality, record mixing is a mechanism to share player information, and Seadra evolves into Kingdra when traded while holding a Dragon Scale.
• The seventh question of level three states that Numel's belly contains "1200F~ magma boiling". This contradicts the Pokédex, which states the correct temperature is 2,200°F, or 1,200°C.
• The seventh question of the fourth level states that Feebas "levels up and evolves as its Beauty condition rises". In reality, Feebas's Beauty does not affect its level. This may be a wording mistake from the fact that Feebas with maximum Beauty is able to evolve when it levels up.
• The fourth question of the fifth level states that in order to catch Shedinja, the player requires "a Poké Ball and less than 5 Pokémon in the party". In reality, a Shedinja appears in the party if the player has an empty slot when Nincada evolves into Ninjask. In particular, having "less than 5 Pokémon" would mean having at most 4 Pokémon in the party; the player may actually have up to 5 Pokémon (out of 6 slots in the party). The additional requirement of having a Poké Ball when it evolves was introduced later, in Generation IV. Additionally, Shedinja has not been able to be caught in the wild at all in any core series game until the introduction of Max Raid Battles in Generation VIII.
• Two questions later, it states that Swift Swim doubles a Pokémon's "agility", but the correct stat doubled is Speed.

Outdated information

Some of the questions and answers apply to Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (the latest pair of core series games released before Pokémon Masters Arena), but were contradicted by later games.

• The first question of the game asks which Pokémon attacked Professor Birch. The answer given is Poochyena, which is true for Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, for their remakes Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire also, as well as in the anime episode Get the Show on the Road!. However, Zigzagoon is also listed as a possible answer; in Pokémon Emerald, which was released after Pokémon Masters Arena, a Zigzagoon attacks Professor Birch instead.
• The ninth question of level one states that Lotad learns Mega Drain if it levels up without evolving, unlike Seedot and Cacnea.
  • This applies to Generations III to VII, where Lotad is able to evolve into Lombre from level 14 onwards, but if left unevolved can learn Mega Drain on level 43^RSEFRLG, 19^{DPPtHGSSBWB2W2XY}, or 18^ORASSMUSUM. Seedot and Cacnea do not learn Mega Drain at all in these generations.
  • In Generation VIII and IX, Seedot would be the correct answer instead. It is able to evolve into Nuzleaf from level 14 onwards, but if left unevolved can learn Mega Drain on level 15. Conversely, Lotad now learns Mega Drain on level 12 (before its evolution into Lombre), and Cacnea is still unable to learn this move.
• The first question of level three states that Whiscash cannot be caught with the Good Rod. In fact, Whiscash can be encountered using the Good Rood in Pokémon Platinum.
• The first question of level four states that Grovyle and Marshtomp cannot be caught with a Safari Ball. This was true in the first few generations, when this ball was only usable in the Safari Zone. Starting in Pokémon Sword and Shield's The Isle of Armor Expansion, the Safari Ball can be used in regular wild encounters. Grovyle and Marshtomp are available in Max Lair's Dynamax Adventures.
• The third question of level four states that the Trapinch can't be found without Go-Goggles. This is true in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, but Trapinch can be caught in several later games without that item.
• The tenth question of the fourth level states that Golbat cannot learn any HM move. However, Golbat has been able to learn some HM moves in later generations, starting with Fly and Defog in Generation IV.

Other

• The eighth question of the fourth level states that Staryu cannot be caught in the Safari Zone. While this is true in normal gameplay, Staryu can be caught in the unused Safari Zone found in the game data of Pokémon Gold and Silver.

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