Pokémon Master
Fun with Team Names
Big Retail
Acting the Part
200

The word “Pokémon” is a combination of these two words.

“Pocket” and “Monsters”

200

The 1962 groundbreaking ceremony for this Houston venue included guns, as the team was then the Colt .45s

The Astrodome

200

This chain of convenience stores with a double-digit, rhyming, numerical name is known for the Big Gulp and Slurpee.

7-Eleven

200

Andy Sachs, Selina Kyle, Mia Thermopolis

Anne Hathaway

400
As a part of the "Bear Program," this Big 12 school has actual live bears on their campus.

Baylor

400

Nicknamed "The Juice Box," home field for the Houston Astros is named for this juice brand owned by the healthy folks at Coca-Cola.

Minute Maid

400

Bruce Wayne, Nick Dunne, Matt Murdock

Ben Affleck

600

True or False: Ghost types are weak against themselves.

True

600

Originally known as the Titans, this franchise changed its name in 1963 because its home at the time -- Shea Stadium -- was located near LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York.

New York Jets

600

Goodthreads is a private label fashion brand that’s under the Prime domain of this mega online retailer.

Amazon

600

Stanley Goodspeed, Cameron Poe, Benjamin Franklin Gates

Nicolas Cage

800

Students at Cal Berkeley refer to teams from this younger U.C. school as "Baby Bears"

UCLA

800

A 17-year-old Swede named Ingvar Kamprad founded this company

IKEA

800

Bruce Wayne, Dickey Eklund, Jack Kelly

Christian Bale

1000

This former ABA team was originally known as the Rockets. When the team was preparing to move to the NBA in 1974, they needed a new nickname, as Rockets was already claimed by the franchise in Houston.

Denver Nuggets

1000

Brian Lee, Robert Shapiro, M.J. Eng and this Kardashian name co-founded the online fashion retailer ShoeDazzle in 2009.

Kim Kardashian

1000

Lt. Daniel Kaffee, Brian Flanagan, Les Grossman

Tom Cruise

1200

Giant baseball caps sit perched right outside the gates of this MLB park have an official New Era size, measuring at 649 1/2 compared to the standard 7 3/8. 

Angel Stadium

1200

This alliterative tech retailer was originally called “Sound of Music” before it rebranded and expanded in the mid-1980s.

Best Buy

1200

Gwen Stacy, Skeeter Phelan, Bella Baxter

Emma Stone

1400

The linguistics dept. at the Univ. of Toronto said this team name is not incorrectly pluralized, as it is a proper noun

The Maple Leafs

1400

This major retailer founded by Sam Walton announced its partnership with Affirm to add "Buy Now Pay Later" payment option to its self-checkout lanes in December 2023.

Walmart

1400

Bruce Wayne, Cedric Diggory, Edward Cullen

Robert Pattinson

1600

This NL East team were once called the Blue Jays, believe it or not.

Philadelphia Phillies

1600

In 2019, Nike partnered with this retailer to open the first-of-its-kind “Nike Community Power Store” in Manhattan, The 9,000-square-foot location was part of the retailer's footprint of 3,200 stores around the world.

Foot Locker

1600

Melanie Smooter, Annette Hargrove, June Carter

Reese Witherspoon

1800

This is the only Pokémon with a dual Fire/Water type?

Volcanion

1800

A game between these 2 NHL teams was described as a "West Side Story" clash

The Jets & the Sharks (or Winnipeg & San Jose)

1800

The Maine Hunting Shoe, which is also known as a "duck boot", was the first product ever sold by this clothing brand, which is now the third largest company in Maine.

L.L. Bean

1800

Billy Costigan, Calvin Candie, Ernest Burkhart

Leonardo DiCaprio

2000

Rhydon is considered as the first Pokémon designed, despite being categorized as this Pokédex entry number.   

112

2000

This city's NBA & NFL teams run the full gamut of stock market animals

Chicago

2000

Issaquah, Washington boasts the headquarters of this third-largest U.S. retailer.

Costco

2000

Robert McCall, Frank Lucas, Joe Miller

Denzel Washington

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