Greek Mythology
Failed Tech Battles in History
Series Team
Pokemon
Food
100

In Greek mythology, this person flew too close to the sun.

Icarus

100

Google came out with this social network to compete with Facebook in 2011.

Google+

100

What emoji were we before?

🌊

100

This hobby inspired the creation of Pokémon.

Insect collecting

100

Aubergine, a species of nightshade, is more commonly known in the U.S. as this.

Eggplant

200

This mortal son of a god died from staring at his reflection.

Narcissus

200

Microsoft took on Apple with this product.

Zune

200

These two are actually family

TK & FA

200

Pokémon Red and Green debuted this year.

1996

200

This was the first food grown in space.

Potato

300

Prometheus was punished in this way for bringing fire to mortals.

Chained to a rock where an eagle would peck out his liver eternally 

300

This was a failed social network of the mid-2000’s.

MySpace

300

This person was a nationally ranked soccer player

JS

300

This Pokémon was featured on an episode that sent viewers to the hospital.

Porygon

300

This was the primary color of carrots before they were cultivated in the late 16th century.

Purple

400

This individual was cursed to always have the last to say but never to speak first. 

The nymph Echo

400

This failed to Blu-Ray

HD DVD

400

Who’s the first hire?

DL

400

There are this many forms of Unown.

28

400

The first Jack-o-Lanterns were made using this vegetable. 

Turnips

500

Orpheus rescued this individual by going into the Underworld.

Eurydice 

500

This streaming startup failed when >90% of its early subscribers decided to drop its services when they were prompted for payment.

Quibi

500

These team members own devil creatures 🐱

TK, ZI, BC*

500

This region is the setting for Pokémon Ruby, Emerald, and Sapphire.

Hoenn

500

This was declared a vegetable by the Supreme Court in 1893.

Tomato