Pokemón
Fun With Words
Michaels
Science
Inventions
100

This electric mouse Pokémon has been the franchise’s mascot since 1996.

What is Pikachu?

100

A word spelled the same forwards and backwards, like racecar or level, is called this.

What is a palindrome?

100

This NBA superstar led the Chicago Bulls to six championships in the 1990s.

Who is Michael Jordan?

100

Water freezes at this temperature on the Celsius scale.

What is 0 degrees Celsius?

100

In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered this substance, the world’s first true antibiotic.

What is penicillin?

200

This 2016 mobile app sent millions of players outside to catch Pokémon using augmented reality.

What is Pokémon GO?

200

This word means “a word that imitates a sound,” like buzz or sizzle.

What is onomatopoeia?

200

This actor played Batman in Tim Burton’s 1989 film and later won an Oscar nomination for Birdman.

Who is Michael Keaton?

200

In humans, this organ is responsible for filtering blood and producing urine.

What is the kidney?

200

Samuel Morse is known for developing this method of long-distance communication using dots and dashes.

What is Morse code?

300

In the original Red and Blue games, players had to choose between Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and this Fire-type starter.

What is Charmander?

300

The name given to people from Indiana

What are Hoosiers?

300

This awkward-yet-charming actor is known for roles in Superbad, Juno, and Arrested Development.

Who is Michael Cera?

300

DNA is made up of four bases: adenine, thymine, cytosine, and this one.

What is guanine?

300

This German engineer invented the first practical automobile powered by an internal combustion engine in 1885.

Who is Karl Benz?

400

Ash Ketchum finally became World Champion in this year, 25 years after the anime began.

What is 2022?

400

DAILY DOUBLE!

The dot over a lowercase “i” or “j” has this specific name.

What is a tittle?

400

This New York politician served as the city’s mayor from 2002 to 2013 and is the billionaire founder of a media empire.

Who is Michael Bloomberg?

400

This law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

What is Newton’s Third Law of Motion?

400

In 1947, this invention at Bell Labs revolutionized computing and electronics, replacing vacuum tubes.

What is the transistor?

500

This elusive Mythical Pokémon was only obtainable in the original games through glitches or Nintendo events and occupied Pokédex #151.

What is Mew?

500

The word alphabet comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, which are these.

What are alpha and beta?

500

This five-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer, often overshadowed by teammate Mark Spitz in 1972, also shares the name Michael.

Who is Michael Wenden?

500

In genetics, this type of mutation changes a single DNA base pair, potentially altering the protein produced.

What is a point mutation?

500

DAILY DOUBLE!

This invention by Garrett Morgan in 1923 became a critical tool for traffic safety.

What is the traffic signal (stoplight)?

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