Nerdy Trivia: February 27, 2026

I have a confession to make. I'm a Bulbasaur lover. I picked it as my starter every single time, and I will not be taking questions about it. Yes, it's a little green dinosaur with a plant growing out of its back, and yes, it's statistically the least popular starter, but it absolutely carries you through Misty's water gym while Charmander owners are out there suffering. Nobody who picked Charmander ever wants to bring that part up.

How many Pokémon are in the first generation?

Ash Ketchum is officially the World Pokémon Champion, but he showed up to his first gym battle after training with Pikachu for exactly two weeks. Ash got crushed, and yet he still walked away with a badge. Who gave Ash his first gym badge on "Pokémon"?

Take a swing at some random trivia. When you get the answer, just hit "Random Question" to keep going!

30 years ago TODAY, kids in Japan grabbed their Game Boys and picked their very first starter when Pokémon Red and Green launched in 1996!

What started as a slow-burn RPG about wandering Kanto to literally catch ’em all turned into a full-on empire: Game Boy sequels, a weekday-afternoon anime, trading cards at every lunch table, movies, plushies, and a Pokédex that just keeps growing. Thirty years later, the Pokémon Company says the franchise has shipped over 489 million Pokémon-related game units and produced over 75 billion trading cards sold in 90+ countries and regions.

Which Pokémon was the first to be designed by Game Freak?

Game shows are a tricky thing to figure out. You need a simple enough premise that viewers can follow, but unique enough that they stick around. So when Bob Stewart created "Password," I don't think "let's have people yell words at each other until they guess the right one" would've cut it. But when one of the shouters is Carol Burnett, Peter Lawford, or Zsa Zsa Gabor? Now we're talking. Which TV personality completed the winning formula as the show's first host?

Check out more celeb birthdays in today's birthday post!