Would you rather questions: 115 for every group

How do you play would you rather?

1. 1

   Ask

   One person reads a question with two choices.

2. 2

   Choose

   Everyone picks one. No "neither" and no "both".

3. 3

   Defend it

   Each person says why. The best argument can change a few minds.

4. 4

   Pass it on

   The next person asks a question. Keep going round the room.

Would you rather questions for kids

Easy and silly, for kids from about five up.

• Would you rather be able to fly or be invisible?
• Would you rather have a pet dragon or a pet unicorn?
• Would you rather eat ice cream for breakfast or pancakes for dinner?
• Would you rather be a fish or a bird?
• Would you rather live in a treehouse or a castle?
• Would you rather talk to animals or speak every language?
• Would you rather have a robot that does your homework or one that cleans your room?
• Would you rather be really tall or really small?
• Would you rather have a slide or a pool in your bedroom?
• Would you rather be a superhero or a wizard?
• Would you rather only eat sweet food or only eat salty food?
• Would you rather have no homework or no bedtime?
• Would you rather ride a dinosaur or a giant turtle?
• Would you rather be the fastest runner or the best jumper?
• Would you rather have a chocolate river or a lolly forest?
• Would you rather sneeze glitter or burp bubbles?
• Would you rather live under the sea or on the moon?
• Would you rather be a famous singer or a famous footy player?
• Would you rather have eyes in the back of your head or hands on your feet?
• Would you rather be a cat for a day or a dog for a day?
• Would you rather never have to brush your teeth or never have to have a bath?
• Would you rather have a magic paintbrush or a magic pencil?
• Would you rather go to school on a skateboard or on a horse?
• Would you rather find a treasure map or a talking parrot?
• Would you rather have hair that changes colour or eyes that glow in the dark?

Would you rather questions for teens

A bit harder, for teenagers and the grown-ups who want to keep up.

• Would you rather lose your phone for a month or your music for a year?
• Would you rather know every answer in a test or never need to study again?
• Would you rather be famous online or rich and unknown?
• Would you rather go back in time or see the future?
• Would you rather have a rewind button or a pause button for your life?
• Would you rather be the funniest person in the room or the smartest?
• Would you rather always be ten minutes late or always be an hour early?
• Would you rather live without the internet or without air conditioning?
• Would you rather be a world-class gamer or a world-class athlete?
• Would you rather read minds or move things with your mind?
• Would you rather have free food for life or free flights for life?
• Would you rather only be able to whisper or only be able to shout?
• Would you rather never get a song stuck in your head or never get bored?
• Would you rather have a personal chef or a personal driver?
• Would you rather redo your last year or skip the next one?
• Would you rather be stuck in a lift with a celebrity or with your best friend?
• Would you rather design video games or star in films?
• Would you rather have unlimited data or unlimited battery?
• Would you rather live in a big city or a small beach town?
• Would you rather be great at every instrument or speak every language?

Would you rather questions for families

For the dinner table or a road trip, from grandparents to grandkids.

• Would you rather go camping or stay in a fancy hotel?
• Would you rather have a picnic at the beach or in the mountains?
• Would you rather have Christmas in summer or in winter?
• Would you rather cook dinner or wash up after it?
• Would you rather go on a road trip or fly somewhere far away?
• Would you rather have a family band or a family sports team?
• Would you rather visit every country or every beach in Australia?
• Would you rather watch a film at home or at the cinema?
• Would you rather have breakfast in bed or dinner on the roof?
• Would you rather live on a farm or in a lighthouse?
• Would you rather be the oldest or the youngest in the family?
• Would you rather have a garden full of veggies or a garden full of flowers?
• Would you rather build a sandcastle or a snowman?
• Would you rather play board games or go for a walk after dinner?
• Would you rather have a dog that talks or a cat that dances?
• Would you rather spend a day at a theme park or at the zoo?
• Would you rather have a house with a secret room or a house with a slide?
• Would you rather go to the past to meet your great-grandparents or to the future to meet your great-grandkids?
• Would you rather eat the same dinner every night or never eat the same dinner twice?
• Would you rather have a holiday at the snow or at the reef?

Would you rather questions for adults

Harder choices for grown-ups, still nothing to make anyone blush.

• Would you rather never pay rent again or never do housework again?
• Would you rather retire tomorrow or love your job forever?
• Would you rather have more time or more money?
• Would you rather give up coffee or give up chocolate?
• Would you rather live without your phone or without your car?
• Would you rather have a perfect memory or perfect sleep?
• Would you rather be able to cook any meal or fix anything in the house?
• Would you rather know how you will die or when?
• Would you rather win the lottery or live twice as long?
• Would you rather always say what you think or never speak again?
• Would you rather be the best at one thing or good at everything?
• Would you rather have a four-day week or a month off every year?
• Would you rather lose all your photos or all your messages?
• Would you rather never queue again or never sit in traffic again?
• Would you rather be twenty again with what you know now or eighty with a lifetime of stories?
• Would you rather have a famous friend or a famous parent?
• Would you rather live in a tiny house by the sea or a mansion in the suburbs?
• Would you rather never have another cold or never have another headache?
• Would you rather be really good at small talk or really good at public speaking?
• Would you rather have your own podcast or your own cooking show?

Would you rather questions for work

Icebreakers for team meetings and work parties: easy to answer, nothing too personal.

• Would you rather work from a beach or from a mountain cabin?
• Would you rather have a three-hour lunch break or finish at 3 every day?
• Would you rather lead the meeting or take the notes?
• Would you rather have a desk by the window or by the coffee machine?
• Would you rather never answer another email or never sit in another meeting?
• Would you rather work with a team of ten or completely on your own?
• Would you rather have a job with a uniform or one where you choose what to wear?
• Would you rather present to the whole company or write a twenty-page report?
• Would you rather start work at 6 am or finish at 8 pm?
• Would you rather have a nap pod or a games room in the office?
• Would you rather have free lunch every day or a bonus once a year?
• Would you rather be the boss or be the boss's favourite?
• Would you rather swap jobs with a colleague for a day or swap desks for a month?
• Would you rather have a short commute or work from home?
• Would you rather plan the work party or give the speech at it?
• Would you rather have a dog in the office or a cat in the office?
• Would you rather learn a new skill every month or master one this year?
• Would you rather have a standing desk or a hammock?
• Would you rather fix the printer or fix the Wi-Fi?
• Would you rather have casual Fridays every day or a long weekend every month?

Aussie would you rather questions

For a true-blue game, with a few from the Gold Coast.

• Would you rather surf at Burleigh or swim at the Spit?
• Would you rather have a meat pie or a sausage sizzle?
• Would you rather pat a koala or feed a kangaroo?
• Would you rather spend Christmas at the beach or in the bush?
• Would you rather have a lamington or a slice of pavlova?
• Would you rather watch the cricket or the footy?
• Would you rather wear thongs all year or boots all year?
• Would you rather see the sunrise at Surfers or the sunset at Uluru?
• Would you rather share your lunch with an ibis or a seagull?
• Would you rather go on a road trip to Byron Bay or to the Whitsundays?

Play party games like this on your TV

Like a game where everyone has an opinion? These run on the TV with everyone playing on their phone: Mind Meter is about where you'd put something on a scale, Survey Showdown asks what a hundred people said, and Imposter is all about defending your answer.

Mind Meter

Give a clue that helps your teammates find a hidden spot on a scale. For teams who like talking about what words mean.

• 4–30 players
• About 10–20 minutes
• Needs teams
• Same room only

Read how to play →

Survey Showdown

Try to name the answers people gave in a survey. Popular answers score more. A good game for people who like talking and quick guesses.

• 2–30 players
• About 15–25 minutes

Read how to play →

Imposter

Everyone gets the same secret word, except one player: the Imposter. Find them before they fool you!

• 3–16 players
• About 5–15 minutes
• Same room only

Read how to play →