Element... or Pokémon?

Can you guess which of these items are Pokémon and which are elements of the Periodic Table?

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First submitted	February 28, 2021
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1. Silicon

Element

Pokémon

2. Aggron

Element

Pokémon

3. Arcanine

Element

Pokémon

4. Cobalion

Element

Pokémon

5. Gallium

Element

Pokémon

6. Magnemite

Element

Pokémon

7. Rhydon

Element

Pokémon

8. Technetium

Element

Pokémon

9. Bergmite

Element

Pokémon

10. Meganium

Element

Pokémon

11. Mantine

Element

Pokémon

12. Oganesson

Element

Pokémon

13. Lumineon

Element

Pokémon

14. Xenon

Element

Pokémon

15. Beldum

Element

Pokémon

16. Radon

Element

Pokémon

17. Bismuth

Element

Pokémon

18. Rotom

Element

Pokémon

19. Vespiquen

Element

Pokémon

20. Gadolinium

Element

Pokémon

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102 Recent Comments

+55

Level 68

Dec 4, 2021

Very very cool. Thought process:

"Do I recognise it?"

Yes = Element

No = Pokemon

Level 60

Dec 4, 2021

Thanks a ton!

Level 84

Dec 10, 2021

You and me both, man!

Level 62

Dec 10, 2021

I did it the opposite way around lol

Level 65

Dec 10, 2021

Yep, that was my tactic too!

Level 22

Mar 22, 2024

same

Level 33

Mar 2, 2025

same

Level 86

Dec 4, 2021

Fun idea!

Level 88

Dec 4, 2021

When I started, I thought my knowledge of Pokemon would be more helpful on this quiz. Somewhat surprisingly, it actually turned out to be my knowledge of the Periodic Table.

Level 81

Dec 4, 2021

Don't know Pokemon, but I do know all the elements, so... by process of elimination. But this was a fun quiz and I can see that quite a few Pokemon do in fact sound like elements.

+11

Level 61

Dec 5, 2021

Finally, a science quiz I can ace.

+19

Level 80

Dec 6, 2021

Finally, a Pokemon quiz I can ace.

Level 46

May 6, 2022

Finally, a science and Pokémon quiz I can ace.

Level 44

Dec 5, 2021

I thought that elements will be 10

Level 79

Dec 5, 2021

Super clever...well done!

Level 75

Dec 6, 2021

Hilarious, and much harder than I might have guessed!

Level 86

Dec 7, 2021

Managed to get 20/20 - all from my knowledge of elements, as I know nothing about Pokemon!

Level 22

Mar 22, 2024

same

Level 29

Nov 20, 2024

cap

Level 74

Dec 10, 2021

I happen to be a fan of both, so this quiz was a breeze.

Level 71

Dec 10, 2021

Same :)

Level 67

Mar 26, 2022

Same :)

Level 46

May 6, 2022

Same :)

Level 84

Dec 10, 2021

"Oganesson" is... an... element??!? Huh. TIL!

Level 66

Dec 10, 2021

It's only been an element since recently. Some people may have outdated science knowledge due to learning from an outdated source.

Level 78

May 8, 2023

Well, the source wasn't outdated at the time. I guess that means I'm outdated.

Level 39

Apr 15, 2023

At first I only knew it as “ununoctium,” but after reading about fifteen other books on elements and/or chemistry I found out that its OFFICIAL name is “oganesson.”

Level 66

Dec 10, 2021

Clever quiz, thank you

Level 48

Dec 10, 2021

20/20 I only know the names of like two Pokemons (Pikachu and Squirtle), but at least I'm decent with the periodic table!

Level 48

Dec 10, 2021

I wonder if it's bad that I only got 100 percent due to my knowledge of Pokémon rather than science xD

Level 62

Apr 18, 2022

doesn't matter as long as you're happy

+10

Level 70

Dec 10, 2021

You should add "both" as an option for every question, even if it applies to none, just to mess with people!

Level 22

Mar 22, 2024

i like you

Level 55

Dec 10, 2021

memorize all of either category and you're good

Level 65

Dec 10, 2021

Easy for a Pokemon fan like me.

Level 37

Dec 10, 2021

20/20 pretty quickly; not familiar with most pokemon, but I majored in a chemistry oriented field, so at least I knew how to recognize the elements

Level 72

Apr 18, 2024

Doesn't everyone learn the periodic table at school??

Are there countries where it is not on the curriculum?

This is regardless of how much information sticks of course (but recognizing is much easier than having to come up with them yourself, so it should not be too much of a problem, even if it was decades ago)

+10

Level 67

Dec 10, 2021

This comments section is a good example of "there are two kinds of people in the world" lol

Level 49

Jan 6, 2025

what about the people who know neither

Level 73

Dec 10, 2021

Cool quiz, I expected it to be extremely easy but then looking at some of them I realized why this concept made sense because a lot of Pokemon names do sound like elements lol, I got 19/20 just missed Gadolinium which didn't really sound like a Pokemon and I didn't recognize it too well from the elements

Level 82

Dec 10, 2021

Knew zero of those Pokemon characters...scored 100%. I'm satisfied with memorizing the Periodic table over those.

Level 58

Dec 11, 2021

Nice quiz, I wouldn't know a single Pokemon but the elements are easy. :)

Level 58

Dec 11, 2021

I knew nothing about Pokémon, but yet got 100%. I know my chemistry. :-)

Level 57

Dec 11, 2021

My knowlegde of elements is so sincere that i got 19 on my first try.

Level 33

Dec 12, 2021

argh!

Level 65

Dec 12, 2021

This is the best trivia idea I've seen on this site!

Level 41

Dec 12, 2021

I like this quiz. Cool concept.

Level 56

Dec 12, 2021

This is a great combination of concepts and ideas. My Pokemon knowledge really helped me pull through here

Level 30

Dec 13, 2021

Easiest quiz I've done, I'm knowledgeable in both Pokemon and elements lol

Level 49

Dec 14, 2021

I'm a Pokemon nerd so this quiz was very easy but like I never realized how much some Pokemon sound like elements and vice versa. If I didn't know anything about either I definitely would've thought Aggron and Lumineon were elements.

Level 47

Dec 21, 2021

If you think you are a Pokemon nerd, then try this quiz:

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/136733/all-the-pokemon

Level 24

Feb 1, 2022

HOW COULD YOU DO THAT??????????????

Level 90

Jan 18, 2022

It seems the twain don't mix, like people would either be science geeks or Pokemon geeks and either way score 100%.

Level 75

Jan 26, 2022

Yep, got 20/20 and the only Pokemon I've heard of is Pickachu

Level 62

Apr 18, 2022

it does for some of us! i know my elements perfectly but pokemon are far easier to identify when they're a big part of one's childhood.

Level 24

Feb 1, 2022

20/20, my chemistry knowledge got me the 5 points there.

Level 77

Mar 21, 2022

Great idea.

Level 49

May 11, 2022

20/20 in 30 seconds

Level 25

May 12, 2022

I may not even have known a single Pokémon (until I done this quiz) but I generally hadn't thought they would be so similar to the elements! Luckily, I know my elements quite well, so I managed a 17/20 easily enough.

Level 65

May 21, 2022

I know absolutely nothing about pokemon, but because i know all the elements, i got 100%

Level 61

May 27, 2022

The pokemon names were chosen pretty well. eg: Meganium really sounds like an element name

Level 63

May 3, 2023

Aggron / Argon almost got me.

Level 27

May 28, 2022

i got them all right somehow i dont even like pokemon

Level 68

Jul 28, 2022

This quiz is really cool because i only had to know one of them. I know a lot about pokemon, and nothing about elements, but I knew which ones were and were not pokemon

Level 81

Sep 16, 2022

Half of the people here: "I know the Periodic Table but nothing about Pokémon"

The other half of the people here: "I know the names of every Pokémon but I don't know any elements"

Me, who knows the name of every element AND every Pokémon:

Level 43

Sep 23, 2022

i thought silicon said silcoon

Level 45

Oct 17, 2022

I somehow first tried this in 36 seconds

Level 59

Nov 10, 2022

I don't know any pokemon, but knowing your elements makes this an easy 20/20

Level 76

Nov 18, 2022

Too pokemon-centric

Level 67

Jan 1, 2023

Oh, look, salty oatmeal.

Level 65

Feb 2, 2023

It's quite literally a quiz about Pokémon, what did you expect? Countries of the World?

Level 26

Nov 29, 2022

i aced it in 30 seconds on my first try. i know too much about pokemon

Level 67

Jan 1, 2023

When you're a nerd who knows all of both...

Nerd powers engaged! 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

Level 67

Sep 20, 2024

I realized that I forgot to make it clear that this is purposefully cringe, please everyone don't think I'm actually like this

Level 67

Sep 20, 2024

On a more serious note though, knowing both actually made it harder because I can't just go by "if I recognize it" because I recognize everything

Level 40

Jan 8, 2023

20/20 i love my pokemon which made this easier (bc i don't know my elements lol)

Level 17

Jan 13, 2023

too easy, I had 3:35 left

Level 76

Apr 10, 2023

What I did is if it didn't sound familiar, it was an element.

Level 39

Apr 15, 2023

Have never heard of Pokémon.

Got 100%

That’s why I took the elements quiz first.

Level 50

May 3, 2023

Ha Ha. Good fun. The sort of thing at a trivia night that would encourage a lot of involvement.

Level 42

May 3, 2023

Great quiz, but a little heavy on the Pokémon side of things perhaps?

Level 63

May 3, 2023

I thought the same, but there are more Pokémon that sound like elements than elements that sound like Pokémon.

Level 48

May 4, 2023

Proof that you don't need to know everything in life:

I have never watched Pokemon but got 100% in this quiz.

Level 32

May 5, 2023

i got 18/20 even though i only knew like 4 of them for certain.... i just went off of how the names sound

Level 38

May 5, 2023

i dont know my pokemon though i know my element names

so if its not an element name ill just pick pokemon

Level 16

May 7, 2023

This is a very cool idea. Nice quiz!

Level 23

May 19, 2023

Got 20/20 first try on 19 seconds. I may have watched too much Pokémon… I recognized almost every pokémon in under a second.

Level 47

Jul 18, 2023

As a Pokémon fan, I easily got 20/20.

Level 27

Aug 4, 2023

18/20 and I am French

Level 24

Sep 21, 2023

I got 17/20 first time

Level 64

Oct 24, 2023

I've never felt so cool as when I know nothing about pokemon or elements and aced this on the first try

Level 54

Nov 6, 2023

Flying colours because I know what is an element and what isn't. Except manganese. I forgot about manganese.

Level 56

Feb 28, 2024

25 seconds babyyy

Level 22

Mar 22, 2024

26 seconds

Level 22

Mar 22, 2024

26 seconds all from knowledge of elements

Level 72

Apr 18, 2024

Normally I often find quizzes too tight in time, this one however could be 2:30 minutes less as far as I am concerned. I am not gonna ask it to be decreased btw, as it does not matter if I have 3 minutes left or 3 seconds.

Pretty easy and I don't know anyhing about pokemon. I only know one and I bet you can guess which ;)

Level 20

May 17, 2024

This is such a fun and original idea! It definitely put my gamer knowledge to the test!

Level 57

May 31, 2024

20/20 :3 lowkey one of my favorite concepts for a quiz, keep cooking

Level 17

Aug 10, 2024

the most creative quiz ive seen on jetpunk. I know the whole periodic table so the elimination method worked : )

Level 43

Feb 15, 2025

Vespiqueen is misspelled

Level 60

Feb 16, 2025

It’s Vespiquen

Level 17

Apr 1, 2025

Cool quiz bruh. I'm not a nerd but i know most Pokémon.

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